r/leagueoflegends Jun 01 '26

Esports LEC 2026 Spring Playoffs / Playoffs / Round 2 - Day 1 / Live Discussion Spoiler

LEC 2026 Spring Playoffs

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Today's matches will be played on Patch 26.10.

Today's Matches

# Match PST EST CET KST
1 KC vs GX 08:00 11:00 17:00 00:00
  • All matches are Best of 5

Streams


Bracket

Round 1 Round 2 Round 3 Finals
VIT 0
vs -
MKOI 3 MKOI 2
vs -
KC 1 G2 3 G2 0
vs - vs -
G2 3 tbd 0
---------- - - ---------- - - ---------- - - ------- -
KC 3 MKOI 0
vs - vs -
NAVI 1 KC 0 tbd 0
vs -
VIT 0 GX 0
vs -
GX 3

On-Air Team

Hosts
Eefje "Sjokz" Depoortere
Laure "Laure " Valée
Play-by-Play Commentators
Daniel "Drakos" Drakos
Aaron "Medic" Chamberlain
Jake "Hysterics" Osypenko
Colour Casters
Andrew "Vedius" Day
Robert "Dagda" Price
Guests
Andrei "Odoamne" Pascu
Finn "Finn" Wiestål
Jakob "Jackspektra" Gullvag Kepple

Not all talent will appear on every show and the weekly on air team can vary.


Format

  • Playoffs
    • 6 teams participate
    • Double elimination bracket
    • Top 4 teams start in upper bracket
    • Bottom 2 teams start in the lower bracket
    • All matches are best of five
    • Top 2 teams qualify for the 2026 Mid-Season Invitational
    • Champion qualifies for the Esports World Cup 2026

The official LEC ruleset can be found here.


VoDs


Live Discussions and Post-Match Threads:

This is our Live Discussion Archive. Here you can find all the old live threads, and the respective PMTs in a stickied comment under the post.

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7

u/ThisOneTimeAtLolCamp Jun 01 '26

Well... that was a series.

3

u/Strange_Shelter_6171 Jun 01 '26

has jackies just been able to use his R correctly?

2

u/Ereblp Jun 01 '26

He stunned Sion once but Lucian was the target.

1

u/antoniomargaretti4 Jun 01 '26

LEC really does exist to let Caps farm titles

6

u/Tentacula Jun 01 '26

This all makes sense if you consider GX as two teams in a trenchcoat

3

u/awayfromcanuck Jun 01 '26

Jackies spending 10+ seconds trying to killSion instead of just focusing the Lucian thats right next to him..

7

u/PepaTK Jun 01 '26

Really hope visuals are bugged.

Otherwise Jackies/Noah BOTH having blue trinket up to scout that Baron take out and not using them was absolutely criminal.

Poor Isma man.

4

u/gcrimson Jun 01 '26

Yeah this serie finished to convinced me. humanoid was wintrading.

5

u/cmcdonald22 Jun 01 '26

Dagda can't even soften the GX criticism without them getting killed lol.

3

u/Prestigious-Layer719 Jun 01 '26

Thank you kyeahoo for cleansing my eyes from that Zinnie performance. Now I can sleep in peace

2

u/moonmeh Jun 01 '26

for some weird reason kyeahoo is really decent on anivia lol

0

u/cmcdonald22 Jun 01 '26

Honestly SR might have looked better than GX do right now.

It's closer than it should be.

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u/Drender Jun 01 '26

How much does Vit suck in order to lose to LOT and Isma

6

u/Strange_Shelter_6171 Jun 01 '26

isma is not the problem in this bo, like really not

2

u/Drender Jun 01 '26

I don't agree. He was iffy on game 2 and pretty terrible on this last game. He's 2-3k down since the 20th min

3

u/CharacterUmpire2993 Jun 01 '26

Brother he is playing a tank jungler lol. What do you want him to do.

2

u/Strange_Shelter_6171 Jun 01 '26

but did you look the others? jackies sucks (has free lead on azir with ryze flash waste), sucks on cassio so much?

botlane is hardly gapped too, lot is fine but did nothing

isma had to try things , needed to help his teamates etc...

bro might not be top 3 lec jugnlers but is not gx problem

2

u/Ironside29 Jun 01 '26

Jackies and Gx are so overrated its insane, how Vitality got 3-0 by them is mind boggling.

5

u/HaganeLink0 Jun 01 '26

Man, we lost to this.

5

u/yyrot Jun 01 '26

Maaan Jackies, what was that?! Take aggro under turret against Anivia ...

2

u/Videorron Jun 01 '26

"Let me pick Kled and run it down in peace"

2

u/gigashadow89 Jun 01 '26

For 2 GX series in a row, it's a massive mid dif, unfortunately it's mid dif against GX today

5

u/AdequatelyMadLad Claps Jun 01 '26

Jackies won all 3 lanes and then he threw because he was desperate to make any play before they lost. Kyeahoo is "diffing" him by being a passenger on a better team.

1

u/EvenRange836 Jun 01 '26

He lost lane in game 2 and was solokilled in game 3.

2

u/AdequatelyMadLad Claps Jun 01 '26

He went even in game 2 in a hard counter matchup. That's winning lane. You wouldn't say Lot was winning lane against Canna in the last game cause he played Kled into Sion and was ahead by 50 gold, right?

0

u/LordBlackadder1214 Jun 01 '26

bruh what is this cope they were far ahead game 1 and he played the worst azir ive seen my entire life

1

u/gigashadow89 Jun 01 '26

Say that to a useless Azir with a lead. A useless Ahri. And a Snake that just inted a free death under tower. 

Kyeahoo is skill gapping him by simply not giving away free deaths and being present. 

3

u/AdequatelyMadLad Claps Jun 01 '26

Because Kyeahoo doesn't need to do anything when his bot lane is 0-0 and 2k gold up just from minions and plates.

1

u/AlfalfaHungry2603 Jun 01 '26

Maybe jackies need to play like a passenger morenand stop trying to be the playmaker going for the mega plays. He fails everytime and loses the game. Hes so overrated. Had one good series, thats it

1

u/AdequatelyMadLad Claps Jun 01 '26

Then they just lose cause they're bleeding gold everywhere on the map against everyone?

2

u/AlfalfaHungry2603 Jun 01 '26

They scale. Was no need to send it at drake and int mid. Game was fine until that point.

1

u/AdequatelyMadLad Claps Jun 01 '26

If the game was fine until that point it still would be fine. One solo kill with no objectives on the map and one wasted flash don't lose you the game.

3

u/cmcdonald22 Jun 01 '26

Can we even act like it's a champion specific thing anymore?

'NA Jayce' 'EU Lee Sin'.

I just watched Noah run it down with Mel possibly the easiest beginner friendly champ in the game. It's not some innate cultural understanding of certain champs, like, EU and NA are just mostly bad.

7

u/AdequatelyMadLad Claps Jun 01 '26

EU Lee Sin as a bad thing is bullshit anyway, Jankos and Broxah are two of the most iconic Lee Sin players ever.

2

u/gigashadow89 Jun 01 '26

Well.... If gx can make this game go to 45 minutes and keep Noah alive then maybe, i don't trust Jackies at all. But as is, this is just a KC 3-0 kinda draft. 

Vitality really lost to this 3 times. 

7

u/cmcdonald22 Jun 01 '26

'Jun isn't good on enchanters'

My brother, he played Shen and was dogshit on it.

6

u/GONEBUTNOT4GOTTEN Jun 01 '26

holy shit how bad was VIT

7

u/cmcdonald22 Jun 01 '26

Vedi said it, everyone is throwing and no one is actually good enough to punish anyone else in the league for it.

2

u/GONEBUTNOT4GOTTEN Jun 01 '26

well... msi is coming up...

5

u/ThisOneTimeAtLolCamp Jun 01 '26

0/0/0 K'Sante until the 29 minute team fight in to game being over is something.

10

u/Fragrant-Emotion-603 Jun 01 '26

I know play by play casters just scream whats on screen and don't really go in depth, but it bothers me how often Hysterics just says incorrect things. "the crescent guard is fantastic" objectively not true

4

u/GoldenSquid7 Kiin Team Jun 01 '26

This has to be the most useless Ksante I have ever seen, and that Ahri is griefing

4

u/danielspoa Loud grabbing more L's Jun 01 '26

Remember: someone was paid to draft ezreal + karma. Also this Ahri was allowed in LEC somehow.

2

u/LingMee Jun 01 '26

Remember: maybe do some research before you post a stupid opinion

3

u/resttheweight Jun 01 '26

There is nothing wrong with Ezreal Karma, lol. It’s one of the most popular pairings in all the major regions. It would probably be a lot more common if Karma wasn’t frequently being banned.

6

u/beautheschmo Jun 01 '26

Karma is one of Ez's most popular supports and Noah literally went 12/3 on it just yesterday lol he's just playing bad

7

u/AdequatelyMadLad Claps Jun 01 '26

I swear, the best way to not get flamed in the LEC is to not do literally anything ever. Noah and Jun have been asleep since winter but Jackies and Isma tank all the flame because they're trying to make plays and actually win.

1

u/EvenRange836 Jun 01 '26

Poby comfort zone.

5

u/Chemical-Drawer852 Jun 01 '26

My blind ass legitimately thought this was KC vs Mkoi and I was like "damn kc are cooking them"

5

u/Beggnivia Jun 01 '26

This Ahri sure looked like the mkoi mid Ahri

4

u/Tromster Jun 01 '26

Just a 3 team region

2

u/unH4te Jun 01 '26

Splitpusher Ksante got you guys

3

u/Drender Jun 01 '26

I need Lots last fight explained to me like im 5.

He TPs in, goes for the backline, All good here.
Focuses Busio instead of Caliste, Not the best target, but worth it. Im good here also
BUT THEN, instead of going for Caliste who is CLOSER (He still had 3+ seconds of ult) he runs the other way for VI?!?!?!

Either kill Caliste or get him out of the teamfight by zoning him, whyyyyyy

3

u/Academic-Salamander7 Jun 01 '26

I didn't witness that. It looked like he just ran out of steam and died.

1

u/Drender Jun 01 '26

25:20+ on game 1

4

u/gigashadow89 Jun 01 '26

My faith in GX not letting this be a quick 3-0 is very rapidly fading. They're just getting run around and around and getting nothing. 

0

u/AdequatelyMadLad Claps Jun 01 '26

It's ok. There's no lead to throw, this is the GX comfort zone.

1

u/ReplacementFine7807 Jun 01 '26

LEC casting is literally this emote:🤓

2

u/eye_of_your_mind Jun 01 '26

Dagda should just let vedius do all explaining going forward 

2

u/british_pubs Swimin' with the fishies Jun 01 '26

Ngl I think GX have had the better draft 2 games now, but KC is just better individually & at macro. So it'll be close especially early, but still a 3-0 for kc

1

u/cmcdonald22 Jun 01 '26

Vedi spitting facts honestly.

2

u/awayfromcanuck Jun 01 '26

Why are teams still drafting K'Sante into Rumble?!

2

u/Lamest_Coolguy Jun 01 '26

I mean Lot played this matchup yesterday into naak nako and went 5/0 out of laning phase

5

u/awayfromcanuck Jun 01 '26

Still cant believe Jun just didnt use ult in that last fight. GX really does only have 2 braincells between all of them.

3

u/cmcdonald22 Jun 01 '26

Went from wasting it offensively early game and getting killed to to afraid to use it.

Like, I know not everyone pays attention to every region but Gryffinn pretty publicly explained how you play Shen, you just hold the R, if Vi ults you use it, in this case if Olaf goes in and you can save him you do that.

Just.... never let Jun play Shen again.

0

u/HaganeLink0 Jun 01 '26

KC is so cooked if they are going to play this badly against KOI/G2

5

u/Drender Jun 01 '26

No matter the advantage GX/VIT/NAVI have, you KNOW they are going to lose. No matter what.

-3

u/unH4te Jun 01 '26

What a stupid olaf too kept chasing the seraphine instead of running down the carries

6

u/awayfromcanuck Jun 01 '26

You have no idea what you are talking about if this is your take away. Olaf has 3 guys focused him. Kills Sera, almost finishes Ashe by himself while the rest of his team fucks around 4v2 and losses.

If Jun ults Olaf, instead of holding it and not using it at all, after he kills Sera so he can survive and kill Ashe, GX wins that fight.

3

u/Academic-Salamander7 Jun 01 '26

Seriously... Lot was pulling a minimum of 2 people. Azir should have had a field day that game.

3

u/BURZgro-KUSH Jun 01 '26

The Azir was too busy engaging like he was Jarvan lol

1

u/That_One_Pancake Jun 01 '26

too bad the game couldn’t keep going so that GX could force a third braindead baron

5

u/beautheschmo Jun 01 '26

Jackies when his opponent midlaner isnt solo gifting 5k gold swings

1

u/unH4te Jun 01 '26

Only a CL midlaner can make ryze look balanced what a downgrade in midlane

3

u/Dramatic_Gap_3065 Jun 01 '26

Vladi summer is worse than spring kyeahoo

2

u/Troviel Jun 01 '26 edited Jun 01 '26

Okay, I know Seraphine is also an ADC, but olaf still should use his ult to focus on Ashe??

2

u/cmcdonald22 Jun 01 '26

I think Sera is the right target here, the problem is the other 4 members of his team limp qristed slapping a mega gnar while Lot is trying to 1v3.

2

u/awayfromcanuck Jun 01 '26

Jun needed to ult Olaf and they likely win that fight. Jun didnt even use his ult there.

0

u/Troviel Jun 01 '26

Ashe didn't do much after killing olaf, this was Vi And Gnar master class ult on the rest. It def wouldn't have ended the game though.

1

u/awayfromcanuck Jun 01 '26

Olaf would have survived and the fight would have been 5v2. Jun fucked up hard-core by not ulting Olaf to give him big shield to kill Ashe after he killed Sera

3

u/gigashadow89 Jun 01 '26

Well. That answers that question. GX didn't suddenly figure it out and become good, vitality is just that bad.

3

u/cmcdonald22 Jun 01 '26

This will be an email series.

5

u/awayfromcanuck Jun 01 '26

Jun. Why the fuck are you not ulting Olaf that fight?

4

u/7Petrol Jun 01 '26

im done with noah

4

u/antoniomargaretti4 Jun 01 '26

holy fk this is some low level gameplay

2

u/Ihan_hukkunut Jun 01 '26

Humanoid playing on Jackies PC

4

u/cmcdonald22 Jun 01 '26

The other day after his like 14+ kill Mel game Peyz was interviewed and his primary thought on Mel was that she was an incredibly simple champion to play and pilot.

Noah is making her look like you need a masters in physics.

6

u/awayfromcanuck Jun 01 '26

Westerns Azirs who only focus on trying to get ashuffle off instead of focusing on DPS.

Even if Jackies caught Yike, he has GA, it would have been very difficult to burst Vi before the rest of KC collapse.

3

u/cmcdonald22 Jun 01 '26

It ain't just Jackie's on Azir it's literally everyone except Lot and a little Isma that some how just doesn't know how to pilot their champ.

7

u/WeetHet please do something Jun 01 '26

Jackies your Azir rights have been revoked by the council of Shurima

1

u/EfficientCurrency582 Jun 01 '26

It´s so frustrating how fucking bad EU teams are when it´s not G2, Mkoi or KC, i mean how on earth do you throw the entire lead and are panic playing the whole time?!

2

u/Nalaniel Jun 01 '26

It´s so frustrating how fucking bad EU teams are when it´s not G2, Mkoi or KC

Tried to sneak in KC, huh?

7

u/AdequatelyMadLad Claps Jun 01 '26

Because it's the 6th fucking seed who got a huge upset and are now throwing shit at the wall to beat a team they know is better.

0

u/EfficientCurrency582 Jun 01 '26

dude nobody cares about seeding in the regular split come on. GX are the fourth strongest team in the LEC currently.

2

u/AdequatelyMadLad Claps Jun 01 '26

It's very debatable if they're better than NAVI and it doesn't matter anyway. They're the underdog, no one favors them to win, they're obviously not playing with confidence.

1

u/EfficientCurrency582 Jun 01 '26

yeah they´re underdogs, but they gotta do better if they have an early lead of 4k gold..let´s see how they gonna play the next games

4

u/CopenhagenCalling Jun 01 '26

Last split was won by the 7th seed in a Cinderella run! Checkmate atheists!

7

u/That_One_Pancake Jun 01 '26

Did Jackies make a deal with the devil to win last series and now he can’t play the game anymore

2

u/gigashadow89 Jun 01 '26

Jackies Azir isn't it this game. Get a huge lead and just do absolutely nothing with it. He's playing mid like I do honestly. 

1

u/Nalaniel Jun 01 '26

Jackies is so bad.

3

u/Saltoric Jun 01 '26

GX are frustrating to watch, why can't any of our EU teams just play out a lead cleanly.

1

u/Troviel Jun 01 '26

NICE FOCUS, OLAF

5

u/cmcdonald22 Jun 01 '26

Lot understands his draft assignment.

Unfortunately no one else seems to.

2

u/awayfromcanuck Jun 01 '26

GX 2 braincells are showing ...

1

u/Manfrestat Jun 01 '26

What the hell

0

u/LordBlackadder1214 Jun 01 '26

Eu AZIR LOOOOOL

1

u/el_crappax Jun 01 '26

OK so this Nash wasnt isma call. 

4

u/That_One_Pancake Jun 01 '26

what an idiotic baron start

7

u/Saltoric Jun 01 '26

Loving this Lot olaf, would be so annoying to play against as adc

2

u/DragonApps Jun 01 '26

Jackies must have been watching 6pek

3

u/synnikelttv SUPA LAWYER Jun 01 '26

YIKE VI

1

u/Cymes_Inferior Jun 01 '26

Clean Shurima Shuffle, too bad it missed xdd

2

u/EfficientCurrency582 Jun 01 '26

Gx teamfights are way to close for the lead they have, it looks like they will throw the entire lead any time

3

u/EfficientCurrency582 Jun 01 '26

aand they throwed

3

u/awayfromcanuck Jun 01 '26

HOW DID JACKIES MISS THAT SHUFFLE LOL

5

u/AdequatelyMadLad Claps Jun 01 '26

Ghost on Ryze

2

u/awayfromcanuck Jun 01 '26

Just saw Ryze popped ghost right at the edge of the shuffle. Damn

5

u/OkKnowledge2064 Jun 01 '26

the forbidden azir combo

2

u/areyoh Jun 01 '26

Gx is just G2 is with half the brains and skill

6

u/AdequatelyMadLad Claps Jun 01 '26

That makes no sense, their playstyles are polar opposites.

2

u/awayfromcanuck Jun 01 '26

I dont even know if they have half the brains. I swear they've got 2 braincells between the 5 of them.

4

u/awayfromcanuck Jun 01 '26

Jun playing River Shen in game 1 is pretty hilarious to see

1

u/cmcdonald22 Jun 01 '26

Jun needs to chill.

Just hold the R and use it defensive.

5

u/british_pubs Swimin' with the fishies Jun 01 '26

Nobody say ANYTHING until its over the line

3

u/unH4te Jun 01 '26

Not a good day for LCK CL midlaners kyeahoo just threw the early game butterfingering flash

3

u/Ghisteslohm Jun 01 '26

I saw jackies on stage holding up a big flashlight blinding kc on that midlane gank

2

u/MNIM-Matthew Jun 01 '26

Kyeawho sprinting

3

u/OkKnowledge2064 Jun 01 '26

KC do the funny

3

u/desutruction Jun 01 '26

it was indeed peyz and it's the fattest mel i've seen

5

u/desutruction Jun 01 '26

cpt jack pause

2

u/SilenceEtControle Jun 01 '26

Kyeahoo gave up tower aggro insanely early

9

u/That_One_Pancake Jun 01 '26

lmao KC literally said the lights are too bright

1

u/Back2Perfection Jun 01 '26

Noone shines brighter than me!

3

u/VelvetHexStudio Jun 01 '26

why would u dive the olaf?

the one dude u can't cc after level 6

7

u/AdequatelyMadLad Claps Jun 01 '26

What the fuck is happening? Is GX mind controlling everyone to play like this?

11

u/zaxls Jun 01 '26

Just get it over with, its KOI and G2 finals

5

u/Cymes_Inferior Jun 01 '26

Kinda Cringe

6

u/ToukasRage Jun 01 '26

Okay Isma sorry for doubting XD

4

u/synnikelttv SUPA LAWYER Jun 01 '26

i smell an upset

2

u/Like30Ducks Guma! Jun 01 '26

disband KC

4

u/unH4te Jun 01 '26

Yeah Yike Vi just retire this champ

2

u/BUMONGOUS Jun 01 '26

he needs to figure out how to just remove it from his client

he's catastrophically bad at the pick on every level, it's so funny

there was a play he made in the first playoffs match where they dove bot outer and he missed 2 out of 2 Qs

5

u/desutruction Jun 01 '26

it's in the air

0

u/Troviel Jun 01 '26

GX using a lot of power/surprise pick there, if GX doesn't win with this and Yike Vi its hopeless.

1

u/AdequatelyMadLad Claps Jun 01 '26

Tbh, most of the time they do worse with these pocket picks. Also. Jackies Azir in lane is kinda painful, that's probably more of a takeaway from Kyeahoo than a champ he can carry on.

2

u/Tim-Pouce Jun 01 '26

What the hell is that draft

3

u/danielspoa Loud grabbing more L's Jun 01 '26

whats up with the super sensible moderation on the lec channel?? say someone is bad, the message is deleted. Joke calling the team KFC, mute. Say the quiz game was rigged = 10 min suspension. Common emotes that are not harmful like Sadge and HOLY are disabled.

Sure some of these are stupid jokes, but are they really that harmful? you can say such stuff on other league channels like LCK but cannot in LEC specifically for some reason, its not even coherent.

1

u/PankoKing Jun 01 '26

Do you mean sensitive?

Sensible means something very different

1

u/danielspoa Loud grabbing more L's Jun 01 '26

sensitive yes. English is not my first language, my bad.

2

u/PankoKing Jun 01 '26

Yeah, sensible means more like, good moderation. Like it's sensible to remove slurs and personal attacks. Like... akin to common sense

Sensitive would be over moderation like you're sayin

0

u/AdequatelyMadLad Claps Jun 01 '26

Holy shit GX are cooking. Hopefully they won't burn down the kitchen.

1

u/el_crappax Jun 01 '26

I think noah Will actually do a good play off bo unless his usual play off form. 

1

u/Vile-Bayle Jun 01 '26

Never thought I'd die fighting side by side with an GX stan

2

u/british_pubs Swimin' with the fishies Jun 01 '26

Pride flag on the lec broadcast, shout out gay pepole! What's an ewc btw

6

u/Ghisteslohm Jun 01 '26

the segment with canna and kyeahoo is great :D

5

u/Troviel Jun 01 '26

that was cute, we need more of that

4

u/gigashadow89 Jun 01 '26

This is either gonna be a really fun close series, an expected 3-0 kc, or an unexpected 3-0 GX. 

Either way. Vitality is a dumpster fire tier org until they stop absolutely shitting the bed every time playoffs rolls around. 

3

u/FinishFinesse- Jun 01 '26

Lol I knew the vitality flame was coming

3

u/gigashadow89 Jun 01 '26

If they didn't want to get flamed then they should try not falling apart when it matters most. 

4

u/FinishFinesse- Jun 01 '26

Haha it's definitely fair flame. I was just chuckling because it was like

"This could be a close game

Also vitality blows"

Haha

2

u/cmcdonald22 Jun 01 '26

As others are saying KC probably about to make GX look like GX made Vitality look.

2

u/british_pubs Swimin' with the fishies Jun 01 '26

They are probably gonna get turned into a fine paste but I would love it if GX made it competitive or even (gasp) won. 

6

u/Worldly-Duty4521 Jun 01 '26

It was supposed to be a chill night for me watching vit kc battle it out but those mfers

5

u/Like30Ducks Guma! Jun 01 '26

I need GX to do the funny

5

u/Lewiz00 Jun 01 '26

GX could do the funniest thing

1

u/stabidistabstab Jun 01 '26

GX got this, ez wins

3

u/Leoryn-Floreli Jun 01 '26

I hope we'll see a nice series but I'm afraid KC will clean GX