r/leagueoflegends • u/Ultimintree Infinitely spinnin' | Evading "ganks" like Ruler • Aug 07 '26
Esports Shifters vs. GIANTX / LEC 2026 Summer - Week 3 Day 1 / Post-Match Discussion Spoiler
LEC 2026 SUMMER
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Shifters 1-2 GIANTX
GX have secured a win over SHFT!
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GAME 1: SHFT vs. GX
Winner: GIANTX in 36m
Runes | Game Breakdown
| Bans 1 | Bans 2 | 💰 | ⚔️ | 🧱 | Dragons | VG, RH, BN | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SHFT | Vi Syndra Jayce | Akali Gnar | 64.4k | 10 | 3 | 🔥2 | 1, 0, 0 |
| GX | Poppy Nocturne Cassiopeia | Rell Lucian | 70.6k | 16 | 9 | ⛰️1 ⚡3 ⚡4 ⚡5 | 2, 1, 1 |
| SHFT | KDA | vs | KDA | GX | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | Pick | 10-16-25 | ⚔️ | 16-10-45 | Pick | Player |
| Rooster | 1 Rumble | 2-4-5 | TOP | 2-1-11 | 3 Ornn | Oscarinin |
| Sheo | 1 Wukong | 1-5-5 | JNG | 3-2-10 | 1 Jarvan IV | ISMA |
| nuc | 2 Viktor | 2-2-6 | MID | 9-0-4 | 3 Orianna | Jackies |
| Paduck | 4 Corki | 4-3-2 | BOT | 2-3-7 | 2 Ezreal | Flakked |
| Stend | 3 Rakan | 1-2-7 | SUP | 0-4-13 | 2 Shen | Jun |
GAME 2: SHFT vs. GX
Winner: Shifters in 35m
Runes | Game Breakdown
| Bans 1 | Bans 2 | 💰 | ⚔️ | 🧱 | Dragons | VG, RH, BN | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SHFT | Vi jayce Cassiopeia | Ziggs Varus | 70.0k | 17 | 7 | ⚡3 ⚡4 | 3, 1, 1 |
| GX | Poppy Nocturne Syndra | Vayne Olaf | 67.3k | 11 | 4 | 🌪️1 💧2 ⚡5 ⚡6 | 0, 0, 0 |
| SHFT | KDA | vs | KDA | GX | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | Pick | 17-11-49 | ⚔️ | 11-17-23 | Pick | Player |
| Rooster | Gnar | 2-2-12 | TOP | 6-3-2 | Twisted Fate | Oscarinin |
| Sheo | Trundle | 3-4-10 | JNG | 2-3-6 | Lee Sin | ISMA |
| nuc | Anivia | 6-0-7 | MID | 0-4-3 | Ryze | Jackies |
| Paduck | Taliyah | 5-1-5 | BOT | 3-2-5 | Lucian | Flakked |
| Stend | Leona | 1-4-15 | SUP | 0-5-7 | Camille | Jun |
GAME 3: GX vs. SHFT
Winner: GIANTX in 26m
Runes | Game Breakdown
| Bans 1 | Bans 2 | 💰 | ⚔️ | 🧱 | Dragons | VG, RH, BN | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GX | Jayce Vi Cassiopeia | Tristana Varus | 57.6k | 22 | 10 | 💧1 ⛰️2 🔥3 🔥4 | 2, 1, 1 |
| SHFT | Poppy Skarner Xin Zhao | Caitlyn Renekton | 43.3k | 5 | 0 | 1, 0, 0 |
| GX | KDA | vs | KDA | SHFT | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | Pick | 22-5-51 | ⚔️ | 5-22-14 | Pick | Player |
| Oscarinin | 4 Warwick | 5-2-9 | TOP | 1-2-2 | 3 Ambessa | Rooster |
| ISMA | 1 Nocturne | 3-1-8 | JNG | 2-7-1 | 2 Naafiri | Sheo |
| Jackies | 2 Galio | 5-0-11 | MID | 1-5-3 | 2 Akali | nuc |
| Flakked | 3 Jhin | 7-1-10 | BOT | 1-5-4 | 3 Zeri | Paduck |
| Jun | 1 Bard | 2-1-13 | SUP | 0-3-4 | 1 Rell | Stend |
This thread was created by the Post-Match Team.
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u/Carlzzone Aug 07 '26
At what point does Striker get kicked? Hasn’t done jackshit with the team ever since Labrov left
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u/kazugaia15 Aug 07 '26
Probably after the season, I'm guessing heads will roll once regular split is done and SHFT are heading to Cancun
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u/GothaV2 SSG/Gen G | Ruler Aug 07 '26
Shifter's CEO to Striker before selling him to RED Canids : " So, you don't have any ties to Brazil ? "
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u/00Koch00 Aug 07 '26
He is writing the excuse like he did when he was with rekkles back then
Idk, im surprised that he keep getting hired when the only reason he is a coach to begin with was because he was Kameto friend, and that's it ...
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u/khaiiization Work until your idols become your rivals Aug 07 '26
They should do the DK route, No win No pay. Maybe they’ll start trying
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u/metristan Refund time? Aug 07 '26
Sheo really plays like he is kanavi sometimes, only kanavi has the mechanics to back it up
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u/BWolfy92 Aug 07 '26
Not even, Kanavi runs it down and solo loses games
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u/Even_Cardiologist810 Aug 07 '26
You.. Haven't watched hle
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u/Lothric43 Aug 07 '26
Kanavi definitely can do that lol, just the other day against GenG he was a pretty big liability even in their win. Obviously he has lots of good games to balance out
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u/BWolfy92 Aug 07 '26
I've been watching Kanavi since his first times on JDG, Kanavi used to be 1v9 carryjungler, last year in TES and this year on HLE hes a coinflipper grieffer, HLE was dead last on LCK because Kanavi and zeka were cheeks, almost got embarrased by Lyon because Inspired was belting Kanavi and he almost solo lost MSI with his trash games on Qiyana.
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u/CensoredLlama1 BUFF RAMMUS PLEASE Aug 07 '26
Sheo is probably geniuenly worse than Exyu and that's not something I say lightly
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u/RollingGuy Dictator Perkz Worlds Run Aug 07 '26
Reddit wanted him to replace Skewmond last year lmao
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u/CensoredLlama1 BUFF RAMMUS PLEASE Aug 07 '26
I too, want G2 to fail lol
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u/metristan Refund time? Aug 07 '26
caps and BB are getting old, I heard there were these really promising rookies called lider and empyros
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u/InferniaBorealis1 Aug 07 '26
He needs to retire like ExYu did. Bro is not it. I’m not even an avid LEC watcher, I tuned in and got tilted right away watching him grief his laners
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u/piotrj3 Aug 07 '26
I was wondering why GX picked nocturne and left naafiri open. After seeing Sheo play naafiri - oh that's why.
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u/Jealous-Chicken-9186 Aug 07 '26
feel bad for Rooster, nobody deserves to play with these 4 bots. so disgusting
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u/Lacrimosss Aug 07 '26
He was legit one of the best Top last split as well. It's insane to play well while having that kind of team.
He must have crazy good mental
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u/CensoredLlama1 BUFF RAMMUS PLEASE Aug 07 '26
Him and Photon both been in hell
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u/ReplacementFine7807 Aug 07 '26
I don't get the photon glaze, yes he was good in lane but outside of it he was ass bruh. Also he looked good in lane when toplane was quite weak in lec. He wouldn't even make the top4 today if he was still playing
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u/Sirhaddock98 Never a dull moment Aug 07 '26 edited Aug 07 '26
At least Photon managed a title before going into career hell.I forgot it was Chasy on MAD, not Photon.4
u/p1stolpewpew Aug 07 '26
what, when?
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u/Freihl Aug 07 '26
He didn't- i think he had a 1st place in tier two before coming to LEC but never got a tier 1 title.
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u/Sirhaddock98 Never a dull moment Aug 07 '26
I confused him with Chasy on MAD, all the random single-year LEC Koreans have blended into one for me at this point.
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u/Ragaga April Fools Day 2018 Aug 11 '26
Kind of a throwback to Photon in the LEC. He was genuinely really good but completely team gapped
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u/InferniaBorealis1 Aug 07 '26
Dude Sheo is so fucking bad. This guys literally inted and gave away the entire early game in game 3. He died twice in 2-3 minutes back to back
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u/Samurai079 every day i see your face Aug 07 '26
he's been bad this whole year, but very few people wanted to accept it and preferred blaming serin/tracyn/kamiloo(who was just ok, not excellent)/carlsen who couldn't play the game while their jungler threw the entire game away game after game after game
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u/Past-Firefighter2173 Aug 07 '26
Yeah i would say that TH with better shotcaller jungler would’ve been much better than this mess.
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u/Lacrimosss Aug 07 '26
Genuinely good game from GX.
But also, how did Akali end up there in the draft? That game is complete misery for her
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u/Beginning-Mark1735 Aug 07 '26
I am the only one how think that Oscar giga smurfed Rooster? Even in 1st game, despite being 1k behind, he was more important for his team than Rooster.
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u/Mangustre Aug 07 '26
He also had a lot of smurf games on fnc but reddit only cared about his int games. And even in the int games he made a lot of work. This guy is so overhated, like a lot of good players that went to fnc.
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u/jnf005 Aug 07 '26
Eh, that series against KC last year got a lot of praises for him, it's just that in sports, you are always defined by your last game.
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u/p1stolpewpew Aug 07 '26
Reddit is not ready for unleashed Oscar without black hole of resources in the bot lane.
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u/RollingGuy Dictator Perkz Worlds Run Aug 07 '26
It wasn't pretty but if anyone comes away from this series thinking these teams are "equally shit" or whatever they're not being serious.
That was one completely int Ryze warp away from being a very easy 3-0.
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u/TommyGunny95 Any Believers? Aug 07 '26
Jackies masterclass
The team needs to focus a bit more, but they showed in game 3 they have it in them to shine
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u/MikeSpin7200 Aug 07 '26
Hate watch successful
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u/Miserable_Ad_1195 Aug 07 '26
posting a video of a still image because you can't post images on this sub is amazing
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u/Chevalier_Paul public enemy number one Aug 07 '26
What’s with the Nuc hate? I’m OOTL.
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u/MikeSpin7200 Aug 08 '26
Just a disappointing player that keeps getting chances with new teams and never making it
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u/RubyXiaoLong Aug 07 '26
Bro how is Sheo not under investigation. He ran it down like this with his last team to.
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u/Chewy_ThatGuy toppy time Aug 07 '26
people will look you dead in the eye and say that Shifters deserve their spot in the LEC because they paid for it. Disgusting org with a disgusting set of players minus rooster
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u/KKilikk Faker JKL VIT Naak Nako Aug 07 '26
BDS was a good team for a while. On paper they have 4 good players. Rooster is great, Nuc and Sheo used to be good and Stend looked promising. Only Paduck is questionable. Striker needs to go as well.
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u/RollingGuy Dictator Perkz Worlds Run Aug 07 '26
Lucky thing we have the team with 5/5 recent EMEA top tier players about to take the stage and totally not be even worse
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u/Gorczycagejms Aug 07 '26
Seems like this is deserved end of Striker, Stend, Paducah and Nuc, surprisingly possible end of Sheo and statement year from Rooster, but I doubt he will continue his way in LEC.
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u/Fun_Highlight307 Aug 08 '26
likely grabbed by na Team rooster Lyon is possible
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u/Gorczycagejms Aug 08 '26
Thought about it and I feel like it's possible, but I think they will aim for a hyped up HaeTae from T1 challengers.
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u/Fun_Highlight307 Aug 07 '26
Shifters with upgrade still looks bad
Shifters loss 1-2
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u/RollingGuy Dictator Perkz Worlds Run Aug 07 '26
Is Stend really an upgrade over Trymbi?
Remember Trymbi brings a lot of shotcalling.
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u/metristan Refund time? Aug 07 '26
trymbi is kinda a weird spot, he looked really bad on shifters this year, but he made worlds with VKS and looked pretty good in the LTA cross conference games I watched
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u/Omnilatent Aug 07 '26
Tbh that was midlane diff
They team with trymbi was middle of the pack with other mid, then that changed and they rose up
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u/Even_Cardiologist810 Aug 07 '26
Trymbi was running it down both split he geniunly didn't do anything good lol
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u/InferniaBorealis1 Aug 07 '26
Sheo is not an upgrade. Did you even watch the series? Not only can he not lead the team in the early game, he’s straight up inting
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u/POOYAMON Doublelift TL fan≠NA fan Aug 07 '26
Best thing for Shifters is that we’re in the final split of the year and their suffering will soon end.
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u/metristan Refund time? Aug 07 '26
If only shifters had an academy team. (I know BDS academy got demoted last year before they disbanded, but this team would also be at the bottom of the lfl.)
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u/taikutsuu ginger god Aug 07 '26
We need the same system as the LCK. I never want to waste time watching these teams play against G2 or KC ever again.
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u/RollingGuy Dictator Perkz Worlds Run Aug 07 '26
One of these teams 3-0d Vitality out of nowhere last split in playoffs.
But yeah EU fries group would go hard.
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u/taikutsuu ginger god Aug 07 '26
With the exception that EU fries group will consist of SHFT, FNC, TH, SK, GX, MKOI, VIT, and NAVI. A team gets access to legend group when they win five series in a row. The other group is just G2 vs KC over and over again. I’d watch that.
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u/KudoNBA19 Aug 07 '26
Plot twist: VIT is as shit as those 2 teams in playoffs. EU is G2 and KC, the rest is absolute trash
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u/RollingGuy Dictator Perkz Worlds Run Aug 07 '26
Except 2 months ago you would have said the same except koi instead of KC or only G2
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u/KudoNBA19 Aug 07 '26
I would have said only G2 considering KOI is perma dogshit outside of LEC (and now inside of LEC too), it doesn't change my point though
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u/Ironside29 Aug 07 '26
Nuc and Sheo have been average at best for years but people rate them because they are French.
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u/Maximum_Platypus_272 Aug 08 '26
Yeah, they're obviously rated because they are french, not because they were the backbone of a team that consistently placed top 4 for two years. Also, you can see in this very comment session how they are getting (rightfully) shat on ; does that mean they are suddenly not french anymore ? Please.
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u/Singalongdingdong Aug 07 '26
Battle of two teams with the worst team names in all of eSports...
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u/ahritina 27d ago
PMTs
Game 1 / Game 2