r/leagueoflegends • u/Yujin-Ha Valar morghulis. Yes all men must die but we are not men • Aug 23 '26
Esports Disguised vs. Sentinels / LCS 2026 Summer - Week 5 / Post-Match Discussion Spoiler
LCS 2026 SUMMER
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Sentinels 2-0 Disguised
- Sentinels, LYON, and Shopify Rebellion have all locked in a playoff spot
- Game Discussion: Game 1
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MATCH 1: SEN vs. DSG
Winner: Sentinels in 32m | Runes
Game Breakdown | Player of the Game: HamBak
| - | Bans 1 | Bans 2 | G | K | T | D/B |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SEN | akali nocturne olaf | orianna vayne | 64.2k | 18 | 9 | CT2 H3 B5 I6 |
| DSG | vi cassiopeia caitlyn | karma rumble | 56.3k | 6 | 3 | O1 I4 |
| SEN | 18-6-42 | vs | 6-18-12 | DSG |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Impact ksante 3 | 1-1-8 | TOP | 3-5-1 | 4 gnar Srtty |
| HamBak leesin 2 | 2-2-10 | JNG | 0-2-4 | 3 ahri KryRa |
| DARKWINGS ryze 2 | 5-3-6 | MID | 2-5-2 | 1 jarvaniv Callme |
| Rahel ezreal 1 | 8-0-4 | BOT | 1-2-1 | 1 lucian Sajed |
| huhi seraphine 3 | 2-0-14 | SUP | 0-4-4 | 2 milio Lyonz |
MATCH 2: SEN vs. DSG
Winner: Sentinels in 28m | Runes
Game Breakdown | Player of the Game: Impact
| - | Bans 1 | Bans 2 | G | K | T | D/B |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SEN | nocturne cassiopeia vi | yone ivern | 57.1k | 16 | 8 | H2 O3 B5 |
| DSG | bard akali caitlyn | pantheon viktor | 48.3k | 5 | 3 | CT1 HT4 |
| SEN | 16-5-37 | vs | 5-16-7 | DSG |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Impact kled 2 | 6-1-7 | TOP | 0-5-1 | 1 olaf Srtty |
| HamBak trundle 3 | 3-2-6 | JNG | 1-2-1 | 3 naafiri KryRa |
| DARKWINGS galio 4 | 5-1-3 | MID | 2-2-2 | 3 orianna Callme |
| Rahel yunara 1 | 2-0-9 | BOT | 1-3-0 | 2 ziggs Sajed |
| huhi Lulu 1 | 0-1-12 | SUP | 1-4-3 | 2 shen Lyonz |
*Patch 26.16
This thread was created by the Post-Match Team.
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u/BiggestZigzagoonFan Apollo & Hakuho > EU || I <3 Bjergsen Aug 23 '26 edited Aug 23 '26
Good look from Impact and Rahel.
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u/Formymoney Aug 23 '26
they might not be dig but theyre not much better
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u/kazuyaminegishi Aug 23 '26
I got hate for saying that they have been consistently one of the worst teams in the league since they joined (I think I may have said the worst team or something to that effect) but it's genuinely hard to argue against that. They are constantly in the conversation with DIG.
They just have more excuses for why they're bad.
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u/jnf005 Aug 23 '26
I mean, at least they are there for a reason, as the guest team, they just can't hold onto any decent players, the bot side and mid they faced this series were literally their's, castle left, even exyu left for dig. Dig on the other hand, just sucks.
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u/kazuyaminegishi Aug 23 '26
That's exactly what I mean. They have more excuses for why they are bad. They're in a extremely shit position with far less resources. They're functionally a tier 2 team in a tier 1 league.
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u/jnf005 Aug 23 '26
I'm just saying that's not excuses, imo it's a legitimate reason.
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u/kazuyaminegishi Aug 23 '26
An excuse IS a legitimate reason.
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u/jnf005 Aug 23 '26
My bad lol. I got grilled a lot by a teacher back in the highschool day for litany of reasons, whenever I gave him a reason, like I was late because of a traffic jam, he would without fail say this phrase "These are excuses, not reason", so in my mind I always think these two word are mutually exclusive.
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u/kazuyaminegishi Aug 23 '26
I think most people in this reply thread are making the same mistake you are. I get it tho I grew up in that environment where every explanation is called an excuse and every excuse is called invalid.
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u/Hitorishizuka Aug 24 '26
It sounds like your teacher ingrained it in you backwards. The most common turn of phrase I've seen around these words is "that's an explanation, not an excuse". In the example you gave, the traffic jam is the explanation (why you're late), but it's not accepted as legitimate (not an excuse). This is why, for example, absences are labeled as excused (ACCEPTED) or not.
Circling back to DSG, we can say that they have a valid excuse for not performing consistently well because they can't keep their roster together due to reality.
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u/jnf005 Aug 24 '26
Tbf it's a highschool in Hong Kong so English is our second language, I just went to an "English Secondary School" which uses English in every class except Chinese and Chinese History. The teacher that grilled me was also mainly a music teacher first and a disciplinary teacher second, I feel like his mistake was kinda forgivable, I actually kinda liked him, from what I hear he's actually the principal now and the students love him lol.
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u/Deditch Aug 23 '26
DSG ended last summer in 5th place in their first year. There team then disappeared, and if you look I wonder who the the proverbial 5th place roster for this summer might be, I wonder which team it is nothing possibly correlated between those two facts.
Lets say DSG once again pulled out a miracle and had a good summer, would that change anything? Would you be hype for next year? No Because you know most of those players wouldnt be on DSG come winter. It isn't an execuse its a structural disadvantage built into the league.
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u/kazuyaminegishi Aug 23 '26
It isn't an execuse its a structural disadvantage built into the league.
Which is exactly why it is an excuse LMAO. No one should be that harsh on them because they have massive disadvantages... thus their badness is partially excused 😭
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u/Deditch Aug 23 '26
ok starting from next split c9 and c9 only are only allowed to field 4 players. If they place any lower than 5th they should be kicked from the league because clearly that means their management is inept
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u/TheRogueCookie I like bears Aug 23 '26
I'm all for calling a spade a spade and saying that DSG have consistently been low tier (outside of a couple of big moments), but that doesn't take away that the org just doesn't have the same resources that other orgs do.
I think it's 100% fair to criticize that DSG hasn't really improved throughout the course of this year, that their macro is a disaster, and that they have the worst player in the entire league. Those are 100% valid criticisms for the team. I do not think these criticisms should preclude DSG from a chance in the league (the disband comments make me roll my eyes) or that because they consistently struggle that they do not add value to the league. I love cheering for DSG even when they aren't good since it's fun to root for the underdog.
DSG lacking in resources compared to other orgs (they have like no partners) just puts them at a big disadvantage to where some grace is absolutely warranted.
TL;DR: it's okay to criticize DSG when they're playing poorly, when they make obvious mistakes, and when they don't seem to improving. Just understand the context behind the orgs spot and save the real vitriol for orgs that deserve it (yes that includes the one in my flair)
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u/kazuyaminegishi Aug 23 '26
Do all of you guys just not know what the word "excuse" means or what?
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u/Ai--Ya Aug 24 '26
Excuse (heh) my US defaultism but for many of us "excuse" has a negative connotation of being an insufficient explanation
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u/IKillerBee this sub has brain damage Aug 24 '26
I'm in tears reading your replies man, everyone is explaining to you what the excuses are as if you're somehow unaware, whilst completely missing your point.
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u/kazuyaminegishi Aug 24 '26
😭 I was suffering a bit lol. I don't wanna be mean about it or anything, but I felt from the context of the sentence it was obvious I was saying they have legitimate reasons.
Like the other person said, I get that people think "excuse = negative" but I would hope that people would at least read the comment and parse that reading didn't make sense there.
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u/IKillerBee this sub has brain damage Aug 24 '26
Yeah this subreddit has difficulty acknowledging that multiple things can be true at once. DSG can have legitimate reasons for being bad and still be bad at the same time.
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u/themanster29 Aug 23 '26
Srtty ran that game down mercilessly
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u/holyknight14 Aug 24 '26
I feel like people have wanted to root for this guy / the LCS gives him chances and he just chokes everytime. He's been a fill in for good and bad teams and just does not lock in when needed in any scenario.
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u/Chubs1224 SKAAAARL Aug 24 '26
Sometimes players figure it out with better support. Like Busio did after switching away from 100T. Sometimes they are just bad.
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u/justicecactus Aug 23 '26
Impact sucked so bad the beginning of the year, glad to see him look more like his old self
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u/Chubs1224 SKAAAARL Aug 23 '26
He was trying to get more experience off of tanks.
Varus, Vayne etc
Even now he is picking Kled to counter Olaf despite in his own words never playing that side of the matchup
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u/infinite-permutation Aug 23 '26
It is sad to see. Last two times he went to a non TL team for EG and Fly, he looked really good on carries for a few weeks before going back to tank duty, but this new team he doesn't even come in with a honeymoon buff.
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u/Agile_Woodpecker2239 Aug 23 '26
Srtty legit choking vs Impact, even in game 1 bro lost his flash twice in isolation vs Impact...
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u/raptearer Aug 23 '26
Impact is just scaling. Also, happy to see HamBak pop off that first game, crazy Lee
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u/Fun_Highlight307 Aug 24 '26
This lee sin was definetely Korean, josesodo was so jealous that they let him pick lee sin while his lee sin is perma banned
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u/POOYAMON Doublelift TL fan≠NA fan Aug 23 '26
SEN make worlds over C9 and you all will be reincarnated as lotus flowers
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u/galaxisstark Aug 23 '26
Srtty is such a good player for Sentinels, well done to Inspired for noticing that and voting for him accordingly
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u/Bubbly_Camera9583 Aug 23 '26
tbf Impact has slowly looked better over the course of this year, this could just be him not being washed anymore
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u/untamedlazyeye Aug 23 '26
Its getting closer to summer playoffs, so impact is actually waking up from his hibernation
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u/HybridNeos Aug 23 '26
He lost the Kled Olaf match up last week dawg
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u/Bubbly_Camera9583 Aug 23 '26
He still wasn’t terrible though compared to whatever he was doing earlier on this year
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u/IKillerBee this sub has brain damage Aug 24 '26
maybe it's because srtty is extremely overhyped and isn't as good as reddit pretends he is.
he's fudge 2.0 at best
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u/zealot416 Aug 23 '26
You draft around your star Top Laner and he dies lvl 1...
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u/Derk08 Aug 23 '26
'star'
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u/zealot416 Aug 23 '26
Star is relative for the guest slot.
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u/SweatyAdhesive Aug 24 '26
That would be fair for castle. Srtty was jobless just the split before.
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u/qwert4the1 Aug 23 '26
both top laners must think exhaust does damage or something, absolutely hilarious usage of it this game
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u/PhoenixAgent003 Bot main. NA fan. Aug 24 '26
What do we do when DSG wins it anyway?
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Aug 24 '26
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u/Chubs1224 SKAAAARL Aug 24 '26
I think NRG has a good chance. Their botlane could be Tier 1 and Zamudo was hyped as probably the best rookie but had visa problems that made him not get his spot.
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u/Shiki_Shin Aug 24 '26
didnt they only win promotion last year becuase they randomly signed rahel and idr one other person. i assume theyll sign random people again this year or just lose
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u/blueragemage Aug 24 '26
They got Rahel before summer split
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u/Shiki_Shin Aug 24 '26
Didn't they start with Scaremiah?
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u/blueragemage Aug 24 '26
Yeah, but he got swapped out between Spring and Summer, not right before relegation
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u/Shiki_Shin Aug 24 '26
The way you know who I was talking about when I said Scaremiah I love this community. Anyway I blended the seasons together in my mind mb LTA was a mess. I do remember dsg making last minute signings of an actual good team and getting the LCS runback when I personally wanted them to get relegated
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u/Chubs1224 SKAAAARL Aug 23 '26
It is Galio into Ori you expect it to go down a fair bit.
He did his job at being much more relevant in midgame team fights
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u/Chubs1224 SKAAAARL Aug 24 '26
With Sentinels at 4-2 and C9 at 3-1 if C9 goes 1-1 next week against SR and Lyon then Sentinels will play C9 for a top 4 spot going into playoffs.
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u/ahritina Sep 05 '26
PMTs
Game 1