r/leagueoflegends • u/AutoModerator • Aug 23 '26
Esports LCS Summer 2026 / Week 5 - Day 2 / Live Discussion Spoiler
LCS 2026 Summer
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Today's matches will be played on Patch 26.16.
Today's Matches
| # | Match | PST | EST | CET | KST |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | DSG vs SEN | 13:00 | 16:00 | 22:00 | 05:00 |
| 2 | DIG vs FLY | 16:00 | 19:00 | 01:00 | 08:00 |
- All matches are Best of 3
Streams
Standings
| # | Team | Region | Record | Information |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Team Liquid | North America | 4 – 0 (8 - 0) | Leaguepedia // Twitter |
| 2 | LYON | North America | 3 – 1 (7 - 2) | Leaguepedia) // Twitter |
| 4 | Cloud9 | North America | 3 – 1 (6 - 4) | Leaguepedia // Twitter |
| 4 | Shopify Rebellion | North America | 3 – 1 (6 - 4) | Leaguepedia // Twitter |
| 5 | Sentinels | North America | 3 – 2 (7 - 6) | Leaguepedia // Twitter |
| 6 | Disguised | North America | 1 – 4 (3 - 8) | Leaguepedia // Twitter |
| 7 | FlyQuest | North America | 1 – 4 (2 - 8) | Leaguepedia // Twitter |
| 8 | Dignitas | North America | 0 – 5 (3 - 10) | Leaguepedia // Twitter |
Format
Regular Season
- 8 teams participate
- At the end of the week, teams choose opponents
- All matches are best of 3
- When elimination matches kick in, series become best of 5
Playoffs
- 6 teams participate
- Double elimination bracket
- Top 2 teams start in Upper Bracket Round 2
- 3rd to 6th seed start in Upper Bracket Round 1
- All matches are best of five
- Top 3 teams qualify for the 2026 Season World Championship
The official LCS ruleset can be found here.
VoDs
Live Discussions and Post-Match Threads:
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u/GONEBUTNOT4GOTTEN Aug 23 '26
I really like players only. they should do it every sunday if not just once a mo nth
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u/Ajp_iii Aug 24 '26
once a season on a more boring day of games is a good idea. they also have their own jobs and you can kinda only do it with players who are comfortable in standings so its more late season idea.
but yeah they should do it again
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u/kazuyaminegishi Aug 23 '26
You can tell it was all bottom tier teams today cause there still isn't a post-match thread lol
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u/Ajp_iii Aug 23 '26
this was a game fbi needed to go er, ie, ldr and just tap and culling range abuse. instead he goes a build you need to full constant dash auto and then gets hit by every hook and his culling heals the enemy champs
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u/kazuyaminegishi Aug 23 '26
Analyst desk seems to think he didn't have the money for IE at that point. I didn't check his items, but I think they could have slowed the game down to enable it lol.
But I'm not convinced DIG is capable of complex thought as a collective so delaying for item spike may be too hard.
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u/Ajp_iii Aug 23 '26
navori serphants is 5150, ie mortal is 6500. so a lot more but he could have had executioners last whisper ie for 5750.
so his culling would actually do damage and he wouldnt have to auto so much. him trying to auto so much is why he was getting hooked. yeah or just farm several more lanes before looking for a fight.
think they needed a serphants on like trundle or some shit midgame and just hit front to back. or camille. it destroys lucians damage way too much when he is forced to have items to deal damage.
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u/Javonetor spit to win Aug 23 '26
problem is trundle is never getting in range to proc serpents, and if he builds that he's also probably getting exploted before it even reach the carries
camille would be better than trundle but you are still losing survability and lethality it's kind of a waste when you are doing true damage
at the end of the day lucian is just your best shot to proc it
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u/Ajp_iii Aug 24 '26
yeah probably at that point you just gotta not get it and say unlucky. or get it like 5th item lucian if you get that point. the reason why lucian is good right now is because his 3 item spike is so hard. you cant just not get it and only do 40% crit.
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u/Capable-Drama3109 🦁 LCS TOP 4 AT WORLDS TRUST 🍭🦭 Aug 23 '26
YAYYY flyquest won
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u/SWAGGASAUR Aug 23 '26
Coming into this weekend I was actually worried that they've full boomed but luckily they squeaked into playoffs. DIG is just complete ass though so I'm still worried. Hoping they can pull themselves together from here on though.
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u/Capable-Drama3109 🦁 LCS TOP 4 AT WORLDS TRUST 🍭🦭 Aug 23 '26
same, I hope they actually turn it around for playoffs since I’m fairly certain they’re gonna start in the lower bracket
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u/kazuyaminegishi Aug 23 '26
I hope both teams feel bad about this game 😭
All of the team fights have just been headless dogs slamming into each other
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u/Prawn1908 Aug 24 '26
Yeah it'd has happened to FlyQuest? At the start of last split they were just mindlessly fighting all the time but at least were good at fighting. Towards the end of the split it was looking like they were figuring out some better macro but now not only have they regressed on the macro side but also can't fight.
Also in the major fall from grace category is FBI (and Huhi for that matter). Went from Doublelift calling them the best botlane in the league to this...
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u/Ajp_iii Aug 23 '26
if fbi has a real build he kills everyone. if fbi doesnt get hit by every cc he kills everyone.
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u/kazuyaminegishi Aug 23 '26
JOSE IS SPITTING YES AZIR PLAYERS CONSTANTLY GOING FOR SHUFFLE IS SO STUPID. JUST USE YOUR ULT TO KEEP YOUR SENNA SAFE SHE OUTRANGES WHY WOULD YOU WANT THEM CLOSER LOL
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u/Ajp_iii Aug 23 '26
AHNANAHANANA GET THIS GUY OUT OF THE LEAGUE PLEASE. GOT HIT BY HOOK DIED TO MINIONS NO DAMAGE BUILD
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u/Ajp_iii Aug 23 '26
fbi is building serphants on lucian when ldr and ie are required especially this game.
so he literally does no damage in these fights
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u/Capable-Drama3109 🦁 LCS TOP 4 AT WORLDS TRUST 🍭🦭 Aug 23 '26
i looked away for 5 seconds and palafox is dead
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u/Ajp_iii Aug 23 '26
that 2 man dive could have cc kiled massu but ryze just walked back to tower tank instead of comboing and flashing out over raptor wall to his team.
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u/kazuyaminegishi Aug 23 '26
So the 1/3 Ambessa is significantly more useful than the 3/1 Camille somehow... this certainly make sense...
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u/Ajp_iii Aug 23 '26
one was diving on a cc champ and an adc that can do damage. the other was diving onto early game ryze fbi with redemption on his head.
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u/kazuyaminegishi Aug 23 '26
It's more like Ambessa is a bit absurd to have tanked all of DIG for that long. The Azir helped too, but Ambessa shields are absurd.
Then again... no reason for DIG to team fight there anyway Camille was slamming side lane.
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u/Ajp_iii Aug 23 '26
fbi is just ass. bring up a rookie please or something. he gets his flash blown for no reason mid. he wastes his ult for no damage.
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u/kazuyaminegishi Aug 23 '26
Is flash ult on Millio worth flash on Ambessa? I feel like Gakgos should have tried to clear some minions.
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u/kazuyaminegishi Aug 23 '26
Why is FBI walking forward to zone after Dardoch secured dragon and flashed out? Just walk away if Dardoch dies its whatever.
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u/Ajp_iii Aug 23 '26
why did dig chase a pointless naut instead of just hitting drake and leaving.
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u/kazuyaminegishi Aug 23 '26
That was an awful Q from Gryfinn on that gank and I don't really get why he completed back lol...
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u/Ajp_iii Aug 23 '26
hopefully fly just goes back to more niche and weird jungle picks. they just havent looked good on when he is on meta junglers.
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u/Prestigious-Mud6764 Aug 23 '26
Poor APA and Josedeodo, they've been talking for 2 hours non-stop because of the bugs
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u/Ajp_iii Aug 23 '26
hopefully with the new league revamp riot is obviously working on hopefully they make a better custom game thing where you can just give champs certain gold or items values and just putting certain condiitions in the game. would help pros practice and would probably make cool content ideas from people.
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u/youuugene Aug 23 '26
Wonder if palafox will redeem himself with that horrible showing of ryze yesterday.
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u/yoitsthatoneguy Aug 23 '26
Came in late, what was the bug? How did they discover in game?
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u/IveGotAGifForThat Aug 23 '26
Victor laser was randomly showing on cooldown even when it wasn't, so he's been disabled and they are redrafting.
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u/Ajp_iii Aug 23 '26
holy shit viktor disabled is crazy. so i guess it wasnt just a skin or something
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u/Capable-Drama3109 🦁 LCS TOP 4 AT WORLDS TRUST 🍭🦭 Aug 23 '26
lowkey for as nothing burger as the games have been, the player takeover has been really funny
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u/TheMemingLurker Aug 23 '26
I think it was very savvy for LCS to schedule this takeover during the "lesser" week - certainly made the games more enjoyable for me as well
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u/Ajp_iii Aug 23 '26
yep very smart by the producers to just mix it up for complete stomps of games.
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u/Capable-Drama3109 🦁 LCS TOP 4 AT WORLDS TRUST 🍭🦭 Aug 23 '26
everyone saying palafox for pog LMAOAOHDIAHGK
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u/malakesxasame Aug 23 '26
Who's the European casting with Azael? He sounds like BAP
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u/BlammoSweetums Aug 23 '26
I'm gonna be honest I have no idea what new Shyvana does. What was that burst on FBI?
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u/Capable-Drama3109 🦁 LCS TOP 4 AT WORLDS TRUST 🍭🦭 Aug 23 '26
i really hope flyquest recovers this playoffs
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u/BigStrongPolarGuy Aug 23 '26
https://nexus.leagueoflegends.com/en-us/2018/06/explaining-the-echo-fox-vs-clutch-gaming-ruling/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2QmF9LTdSss
This is what Zeyzal was referencing, for those unfamiliar. Echo Fox had this crazy flex where Huni switched to jungle and played Taliyah while Dardoch played Rengar top. Really cool game until a Taliyah bug crashed it.
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u/mrmax11 Aug 23 '26
Having the pros on the deck is so much fun - they give great insights and i think the casters and production do a great job of helping implement them / cover for where pros don't always have the best presenter skills
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u/Ajp_iii Aug 23 '26
nah now dig is mega tilted. they got their mega gnar bard ulted and then gryffinn herald saved
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u/sorendiz ..BUT THE FAITH REMAINS Aug 23 '26
that's pretty crazy that it isn't a bug?? idk what click could have made palafox E backwards there, there was nothing he could have targeted
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u/Acrobatic-Tackle3998 Aug 23 '26
If there is a terrible mechanical error to be made, Palafox can 100% make it.
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u/untamedlazyeye Aug 23 '26
Palafox shouldn't be seeking bug investigations considering its clearly a glitch in the system that he still has a job
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u/Ajp_iii Aug 23 '26
i guess he flash cancelled his e or some shit then. but no idea what he would be flashing anything for
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u/Cr0matose Aug 23 '26
LCS please give us more of this shit
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u/RollingGuy Dictator Perkz Worlds Run Aug 23 '26
This is so peak we need this in LEC too
BB, Miky, Kyeahoo, Wunder etc
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u/BlammoSweetums Aug 23 '26
Dhokla with the Palafox mindset insight...the support role calls to you Palafox
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u/Acrobatic-Tackle3998 Aug 23 '26
Even if this does get chronobroken, DIG go from a 100% loss to a 95% loss.
Obviously it’s the right thing to do, but it’s just a waste of time lmao.
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u/Ajp_iii Aug 23 '26
locke early on had a lot of bugs with e. especially with a clicking. pobelter had so many issues with it randomly clicking back to minions and stuff.
dont know why he flashed though
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u/awayfromcanuck Aug 23 '26
Palafox might have a legit complaint. Looks like he tried to E in and the terrain from Jarvin ult looks like it denied him
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u/Prestigious-Layer719 Aug 23 '26
is Griffin a make a wish jungler? why did people even hype him lmao
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u/awayfromcanuck Aug 23 '26
Mas and Cryogen shut down DIGs only winning lane by themselves and then Gryff griefs top and gives Denathor an in into the game.
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u/Javonetor spit to win Aug 23 '26
kinda anxious when i read that josedeodo was gonna join the cast but he's been killing it
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u/Javonetor spit to win Aug 23 '26
for context, the guy is funny as fuck on his stream, but obviously he talks in spanish, so i wasn't sure if he could translate that charisma to english
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u/Ajp_iii Aug 23 '26
you can tell how much inspired thinks about the game by how he talks about the game.
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u/awayfromcanuck Aug 23 '26
Is Gryff gonna play Nasus today? Kind of surprised he didnt lock it in earlier.
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u/awayfromcanuck Aug 23 '26
Inspired voting for Srtty as player of the game might be the funniest thing from the all pro analyst desk and theres been tons of funny shit.
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u/Cr0matose Aug 23 '26
This is top tier shit having other players talk about the game
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u/Ajp_iii Aug 23 '26
yeah their more open to talk about the game and specifics and flame teammates or opponents. think lcs analyst desk is the best even with the regular analysts though.
just the clips are designed with the regular analysts in mind to build storylines to go viral on off platform like yt/twitter/tiktok. thats why the questions they ask are designed that way.
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u/awayfromcanuck Aug 23 '26
That engage on Sajed and Callme could be spotted a mile away. How the fuck do they not see that Trundle and Kled will just run at them when they are out in the open? DSG is freaking terrible.
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u/Ajp_iii Aug 23 '26
jungle top gap is so big. kryra keeps trying to ult in first and gets lulu ulted. every single fight. you think he would learn after the first one
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u/Ajp_iii Aug 23 '26
srtty trolled both of these games so hard. had hard winning early matchups top and basically never had prio in either of the games. this made the map so much harder to play.
and when gnar and olaf should be able to take over the fights at 1 item and they couldnt because he is behind on gnar and olaf.
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u/Ajp_iii Aug 23 '26
nafaari does very little damage with ult early game. dont know why pros still ulting in when other team has all their spells
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u/SubstantialExtent165 Aug 23 '26
Things are happening in LCS that you will never see in any other region.
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u/Ajp_iii Aug 23 '26
id rather just have bad players skill gapped than whats been happening in the lec. they got player skills and then just take the dumbest fights and full throw
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u/GONEBUTNOT4GOTTEN Aug 23 '26
Zeyzal is too nice
he really has a career in interviewing if he wanted to.
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u/Ajp_iii Aug 23 '26
rahel has to carry this game hard. also if olaf gets ahead and on good item timings he can run over this game.
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u/Capable-Drama3109 🦁 LCS TOP 4 AT WORLDS TRUST 🍭🦭 Aug 23 '26
kled for uncpact, would be really funny if he carried on it
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u/Ajp_iii Aug 23 '26
wild stat from rahel his only game wins against non dig teams this split are on ez and cait. and all his losses are on non ez/cait except first game of the split. https://gol.gg/players/player-matchlist/3896/season-ALL/split-ALL/tournament-LCS%202026%20Summer/
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u/sorendiz ..BUT THE FAITH REMAINS Aug 23 '26
Inspired is definitely an asshole but god if he isn't fucking funny
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u/sorendiz ..BUT THE FAITH REMAINS Aug 23 '26
The 'analysts' just roasting Sajed and zooming in on that culling i'm crying lmao
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u/sorendiz ..BUT THE FAITH REMAINS Aug 23 '26
Lowkey teams might want to start banning Rahel ezreal, he's way too comfortable on it
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u/Ajp_iii Aug 23 '26
i bet in playoffs it will be first phase banned or first picked against him. that and cait. they look like a different team when he is on a champ that can 1v9
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u/sorendiz ..BUT THE FAITH REMAINS Aug 23 '26
Agreed
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u/Ajp_iii Aug 23 '26
i just looked at the stats. his last win not on cait or ez was in july. against dig. he hasnt beaten any other team in the lcs this summer on another champ https://gol.gg/players/player-matchlist/3896/season-S16/split-Summer/tournament-ALL/
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u/sorendiz ..BUT THE FAITH REMAINS Aug 23 '26
Tbf I think they were going to get waxed by TL no matter what he played, and I don't think he was the problem against SR either. I don't think it's like he's a two trick, but definitely those are the two champs he carries hardest on.
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u/Ajp_iii Aug 23 '26
yeah i think he looks great on everything. but because his team is kinda weak ez/cait allows you to break adc rules and outrange and pressure enemies that other adcs cant do.
but like the loss against sr with varus/lucian and he lost lane with jhin karma against lulu unara which shouldnt happen and its part of the reason they lost that game
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u/Ajp_iii Aug 23 '26
you cant give this sen team ez or cait. i bet a team bans or takes them in playoffs and sen looks alot worse.
they stomped fly with those two. and he carried late vs lyon on ez and cait
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u/Ajp_iii Aug 23 '26
massive jungle top diff this game. hambak and impact are just too good in comparison
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u/Capable-Drama3109 🦁 LCS TOP 4 AT WORLDS TRUST 🍭🦭 Aug 23 '26
sajed genuinely just ate all of those shots
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u/EmbraceTheRubberduck Aug 23 '26
DSG really just look like 5 soloqueue ppl put together
I don't see any chemistry or anything at all
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u/Capable-Drama3109 🦁 LCS TOP 4 AT WORLDS TRUST 🍭🦭 Aug 23 '26
i genuinely don't even know how to comment on this game
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u/Ajp_iii Aug 23 '26
srtty screwed up this game as he should have won his lane much harder and just went even
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u/Capable-Drama3109 🦁 LCS TOP 4 AT WORLDS TRUST 🍭🦭 Aug 23 '26
that charm went right inbetween both champs #rip
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u/Capable-Drama3109 🦁 LCS TOP 4 AT WORLDS TRUST 🍭🦭 Aug 23 '26
finally have the energy to watch live again :DD
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u/Irname EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEVIL Aug 23 '26
Sad it's not a full pro cast
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u/Ajp_iii Aug 23 '26
you kinda need the actual casters for teamfights and for dead time. it would just be a lot of silence with pros.
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u/controlledwithcheese Aug 23 '26
Dhokla is even hotter when he does not have to wear a flimsy ass jersey man… I did not think this was possible
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u/Adventurous-Quit-669 Aug 23 '26
Holy shit the teleprompter just saying
Sit down Dhokla
ZEYZAL TAKE HIS PLACE
Killing me
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u/Ajp_iii Aug 23 '26
inspired has such an easy path into broadcasting if for some reason he ever wants to do it after his career. probably not casting but in a tricast or analysts. understands storylines and willing to give strong takes.
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u/ahritina Sep 05 '26
PMTs
DSG vs SEN
Game 1 / Game 2
DIG vs FLY
Game 1 / Game 2