I am a G2 fan, but hear me out: there are zero, absolutely zero, negative imaginary number chances that G2 today beats HLE. Pluto’s surface is warmer than G2 chances in this series. World champ Zeus will own Kled OTP BB with +50 cs at 15 minutes. World champ Zeka will annihilate twice-loser-in-finals Caps, no prio from mid. Kanavi will invade tank-only-duty Skewmond by cd, and World Champ Guma will eat any pressure Hans + Labrov apply there.

G2 will draw through botlane, but this Worlds is all about topside. Who drafts stronger topside — always win and HLE with stronger draft there will just body, destroy, annihilate and obliterate G2 to stratosphere.

Anyone who thinks otherwise or thinks G2 stand a chance just cope hard.

[LoL Worlds] 'Viper' addresses lack of communication: "Worse than not doing it at all..."

Published: October 30, 2026, 10:14 AM KST

At the 2026 LoL World Championship (Worlds) Swiss Stage, held at the Credit Union of Texas Event Center in Allen, Texas, USA, on the morning of the 30th (KST), BLG lost to TES 1-2, pushing them to the brink with a 2-2 record.

After the match, 'Viper' Park Do-hyun visited the press room and spoke bluntly about the team's internal collapse in communication and their shaky performance.

In his post-match interview, 'Viper' summarized: "Game 1 went as planned, from draft to in-game play. But from Game 2 onwards, mistakes became frequent, and in the final Game 3, the lack of in-game communication and a draft direction I didn't want left a lot to be desired".

He was especially critical of the team's coordination issues exposed in Game 3. 'Viper' said, "Perhaps due to the aftermath of the Game 2 loss, in Game 3 the players just poured out whatever they wanted to say and didn't listen to each other at all. The most painful moment was the decisive bottom lane fight—even though a call went out that 'Pantheon has no ultimate,' the enemy Pantheon joined the fight with his ultimate and we lost the teamfight badly".

When asked about the instability in BLG's performance, he remarked, "The team BLG has always been far from stable." He admitted, "Even in the games we won, it only looked like we were snowballing well on the surface; in reality, it was because the opponent made frequent mistakes or we rode the momentum well. Today was a loss where we were completely outclassed by the opponent in every aspect".

With his team pushed to the edge ahead of the final 2-2 match, he also shared his resolve. 'Viper' said, "With our current form, it's hard to even gauge what draft would be best, but the most urgent task is to restore communication to normal." He assessed coldly, "Right now, communication within the team is at a level that's worse than not doing it at all".

However, he left room for a rebound: "Honestly, right now I don't have a clear idea of how we should approach the game, but if we seize this last opportunity and make it to the quarterfinals, it could actually be a chance for us to become even stronger".

He concluded the interview by saying, "I'm sorry for showing a disappointing performance to the fans who supported us in Korea. In the next match, we will definitely return to the original form that is worthy of BLG".

WORLDS 2026

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Bilibili Gaming 1-2 Top Esports

Player of the Series: Tian

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MATCH 1: BLG vs. TES

Winner: Bilibili Gaming in 27m
Game Breakdown | Runes

MATCH 2: BLG vs. TES

Winner: Top Esports in 37m
Game Breakdown | Runes

MATCH 3: TES vs. BLG

Winner: Top Esports in 27m
Game Breakdown | Runes

• Patch 26.20

This thread was created by the Post-Match Team.

Tes

BLG

Game 2

BLG

Game 3

BONUS

Bonus comments:

"Just hurry up and draw HLE so they can get knocked out in the Top 16 and go home. Watching this is disgusting."

"4>3>2>1, turns out the LPL seed order is actually reversed, not bad."

"Give BLG an HLE, and maybe a G2 while you're at it."

Sources:

https://m.hupu.com/score-list/lol_bo/7726

https://m.hupu.com/score-list/lol_bo/7917

https://m.hupu.com/score-list/lol_bo/7727

https://m.hupu.com/score-list/lol_match/4517

WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP 2026 SWISS STAGE

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Karmine Corp 2-0 CTBC Flying Oyster

KC move on to the 2-2 pool for a spot in the Knockout Stage!
CFO exit the World Championship in Round 4 Swiss Stage.

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FULL MATCH SUMMARY & STATS

GAME 1: KC vs. CFO

Winner: Karmine Corp in 28m
Runes | Game Breakdown

GAME 2: CFO vs. KC

Winner: Karmine Corp in 37m
Runes | Game Breakdown

This thread was created by the Post-Match Team.

Cvmax recently did an intreview where he said "going 3-0 has its disadvantages" and that "practice can never mimic real stage games" and Chovy recently gave an interview where he said "(people who say 3-0 is a disadvantage) could be right, but what can I do? We can't lose on purpose"

Cloudtemplar responded to Cvmax's interview and said "this isn't just Cvmax's opinion but an opinion that is shared by many that are invovled in esports. The general consensus is that there is too much downtime between end of swiss and their next round of matches."

CT also shared he believes 3-0 team should be given more advantages.

Had to phrase it really roundabout way to not spoil. Look at 369, he’s so excited like it’s his first worlds.

He messes up the team bow, has to do it twice, runs off to collect his peripherals as the teams is calling him for an interview.

How can anyone hate him?

• On what the Asian teams say about KC: “I think the Korean teams are the ones saying it for us.We can really be very, very good, we can be a dangerous team. Now it's up to us to be confident on stage, to have the same mentality as in scrims, to just not be afraid to take risks."
• On scrims vs stage: “Scrims are inevitably very different from officials, there’s no stress, so players just fight. If we get into the games on stage with the same mindset and the same confidence as in scrims, I really think it'll go very well against a lot of teams."
• On the Kalista click against LYON: “It’s not a bug. She’s maybe the only AD carry where you can click on someone and at the last second click on someone else, and your auto attack will switch. I clicked on Syndra, but I clicked too fast on the Wukong and the auto switched onto the Wukong. It’s just my bad, you know.”
• On how the top teams draft: "Top teams right now really draft a lot for teamfighting. They draft simple, clear, precise teamfighting, and then just stack the drakes, fight on the drakes. So we told ourselves to make a life a bit simpler for ourselves, with a clear win condition. Either play through the sides, or play through the team fights."
• On the bot lane taking risks: “If you don’t play aggressive against very high-level bot lanes, most of the time you’re just going to bleed. We have a bot lane that’s aggressive and we have confidence, especially from scrims. If people want to fight, we’re going to fight.”
• On his stress at Worlds: “In play-ins I was stressing too much, especially the first match against C9. But since I arrived in the Swiss stage, I have no stress, no pressure, I feel very, very good on stage."
• On the top ADCs: “I talk a lot with the top ADCs in Korea and in the world. We laugh, we make TikToks. They’re very nice, very cool. I don’t know why they’re so kind to me.”
• On who he'd like to face: "I think I'd prefer to play MKOI, because we think they're probably the most manageable team of them all. But in any case we have to beat everyone."
• On a deep run: "We all know we can go very, very far. We know it's doable."

Worlds 2-2 Possible Matchups If TL & G2 or HLE win

no BLG vs KC or TL or KOI, no LYON vs KC

BLG - LYON 60%, G2 or HLE 40%

LYON - BLG 60%, KOI 20%, TL 20%

TL - KC 40%, KOI 20%, LYON 20%, G2 or HLE 20%

KOI - KC 40%, TL 20%, LYON 20%, G2 or HLE 20%

KC - TL 40%, KOI 20%, KC 20%, G2 or HLE 20%

If G2 win - BLG 40%, TL 20%, KC 20%, KOI 20%

If HLE win - BLG 40%, TL 20%, KC 20%, KOI 20%

EDIT: look at Reina-Reigh comment for the actual correct odds

1 maybe 2 possible Western Teams could be going to quarters

EU vs EU or EU vs NA or NA vs NA are possible

If HLE win, BLG vs HLE would be a good matchup to get since 2 Western teams go to quarters & we get 2 NA vs EU matchups

There is a world where G2 beat HLE, then LYON or G2 beat BLG, and we get 3 western teams out

EDIT: posted the LOS, G2 & LOS, HLE matchups, I don't think TL will lose to LOS but we will see

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From no POV does this make sense. The NA vs Brazil match is kind of early for Americans, (3PM EST) and the EU vs LCK match is super late for European watchers, at least for EET, 1am. Wouldn't this just make so much more sense if it was the other way around?

Only started watching him this worlds.

Not saying it in a way like “pshh, who is this guy”, dude’s a beast at what he does. But is he someone special/important in any manner? Dude gets literally 5x the viewers as the main broadcast - just seems crazy for a ‘regular streamer who’s really good’ to get up to. Not to mention even being featured on the broadcast, etc.

Every time I see Maokai in pro play, it's always AP Maokai. I just struggle to understand what is the appeal of building AP on a champion whose AP ratios were specifically nuked years ago (from his 2022 Worlds levels). I feel as though pros are losing out on having a potent tank who has some of the best peeling potential on top of having some engage potential with his ult. None of these features can become prominent when building for AP Sapling damage, which does insignificant damage to even consider it as a viable option for AP damage for your team composition, imo.

The damage is up to 150 base +25% AP +5% bonus HP without a brush, then doubled in a brush. Since Liandrys is the first buy for AP Mao in pro play as well, and the way the empowered sapling works that Liandrys lasts a wee longer, you can add ~10-12% max hp burn. That is a massive damage drop compared to earlier versions of Maokai, which had his E damage nerfed from the starting point of 12.17, where his E had an 85% AP Ratio, 12% bonus HP ratio and up to 310 base. Not to mention that the cooldown has gone up since. And even then, since 12.17, only at Worlds 2023 did Maokai reliably build a burn item (Demonic Embrace back in 2023) while being meta, whereas for 2022 and 2024, you primarily saw him build tank items. And he was fine.

Can somebody explain why pros are suddenly insisting on AP Maokai?

Basically title,

I think there are a lot of Pros that relied on their same old 2-3-4 champs, maybe most famous the turkish player Armut, also known as GNARmut LMAO, although he also had a nice Wukong sometimes.

A lot of ADCs also traded the same 2-3 meta ADCs back and forth during many Bo3s/Bo5s.

As Jungler maybe Amazing? He relied a lot on Gragas/Lee/Elise in 2015 Worlds for example, once Gragas was banned cause Reignover had a bugged barrel in a FNC game at Worlds, it felt like his Champpool was kind acrushed when OG faced T1.

Toplane maybe Evi and his Ksante?

Controversial: Maybe Rekkles career would have been even better, I remember Selfmade being disappointed when Rekkles 1v9d scrims on Vayne etc. just to NEVER pick em cause he had no confidence on some picks.

If Team Liquid Beats LOS and HLE beats G2 tomorrow then due to rematches there will be a 50/50 chance of top 8 having 2 western teams make it out because BLG have already played TL KOI and KC meaning they could only play lyon or HLE.

theres only so many waves and creeps spawning at one time, I dont understand how they can fight and farm so much at the same time. even with near perfect macro and micro

https://ibb.co/G4ndJ5NK

Edit: I hate that this has been taken as "i want to learn how to cs like them post"

I simulated all possible draws for the 2-2 bracket stage to see how likely each matchup is.

While BLG cannot draw MKOI, KC and TL (if they advance), it's still not a 50/50 whether they get LYON and G2/HLE since LYON also cannot play KC, making it more likely that they are matched into BLG into any scenario.

HLE and TL win

G2 and TL win

HLE and LOS win

G2 and LOS win

A mythic chroma for the legendary Zombie Brand skin is on sale right now. In the picture, he has red fire and red skin instead of green. I thought it would be a great idea to spice up one of my favorite skins and bought it, since the skin is really cool. But the skill colors don’t change… He’s holding red fire, but his spells are green. It looks so bad that I legit won’t be able to play with this chroma. It’s literally a waste of 35 shards. I don’t know what I expected from Riot, but definitely not this. I don't understand why some regular сhroma should be available only for shards.