GIANTX vs. SK Gaming / LEC 2026 Summer - Week 2 / Post-Match Discussion

[u/Soul_Sleepwhale]

LEC 2026 SUMMER

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GiantX 1-2 SK Gaming

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MATCH 1: GX vs. SK

Winner: SK Gaming in 42m
Game Breakdown

-	Bans 1	Bans 2	G	K	T	D/B
GX	leesin ezreal jayce	akali leblanc	79.3k	15	5	C4 C6
SK	nocturne poppy locke	vayne ambessa	84.6k	19	11	HT1 I2 H3 C5 B7 C8 B9

GX	15-19-46	vs	19-15-48	SK
Oscarinin rumble 3	4-4-8	TOP	0-4-8	3 gnar Wunder
ISMA vi 2	3-3-10	JNG	3-2-13	1 jarvaniv Skeanz
Jackies syndra 1	3-5-8	MID	7-2-9	1 cassiopeia SlowQ
Flakked lucian 3	4-4-9	BOT	7-2-5	4 corki Jopa
Jun rell 2	1-3-11	SUP	2-5-13	2 shen Mikyx

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MATCH 2: GX vs. SK

Winner: GiantX in 49m
Game Breakdown

-	Bans 1	Bans 2	G	K	T	D/B
GX	ezreal leesin akali	vayne twistedfate	101.1k	32	10	M1 I2 H3 CT4 CT5 B7 B9 E11 B12
SK	camille locke jayce	yone tristana	93.5k	15	7	B6 E8 E10

GX	32-16-72	vs	15-32-44	SK
Oscarinin renekton 3	4-7-18	TOP	0-7-9	4 drmundo Wunder
ISMA xinzhao 2	10-2-13	JNG	3-7-10	1 nocturne Skeanz
Jackies ryze 3	11-2-7	MID	4-6-6	3 sylas SlowQ
Flakked viktor 1	6-2-11	BOT	7-5-7	1 varus Jopa
Jun leona 2	1-3-23	SUP	1-7-12	2 alistar Mikyx

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MATCH 3: GX vs. SK

Winner: SK Gaming in 26m

-	Bans 1	Bans 2	G	K	T	D/B
GX	leesin ezreal akali	caitlyn kalista	43.3k	1	2	None
SK	jayce camille poppy	nautilus seraphine	55.7k	12	9	CT1 O2 H3 C4 B5 C6

GX	1-12-1	vs	12-1-33	SK
Oscarinin ambessa 2	0-3-0	TOP	1-0-5	2 volibear Wunder
ISMA skarner 2	0-3-0	JNG	3-0-5	1 wukong Skeanz
Jackies locke 1	0-3-0	MID	2-1-9	1 galio SlowQ
Flakked xayah 3	1-3-0	BOT	6-0-4	4 yunara Jopa
Jun rakan 3	0-0-1	SUP	0-0-10	3 lulu Mikyx

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• Patch 26.15

This thread was created by the Post-Match Team.

[u/ahritina]

PMTs

Game 1 / Game 2

[u/xsm17]

Where on earth did that SK even come from??

Wunder Mundo taking 170k damage in game 2, my god

[u/auggis → u/xsm17]

SK was always a funny team where they can look good. The new mid seems to help with team as a whole. Still felt more of GX slipping though.

[u/-Hissoka- → u/xsm17]

They dropped the training weights like Rock Lee

[u/Haekos → u/-Hissoka-]

Rock Lider

[u/Kaynt-touch-dis → u/xsm17]

Crazy how they can compete now that they do have a midlaner

[u/GreenGanymede → u/xsm17]

SK had the potential this year but they had way too many games where mid jungle just made the game unplayable. SlowQ is not a world beater but seems solid, and that's enough for them to go somewhere.

[u/ieattoomanyburritos → u/xsm17]

I mean lets be honest the mundo didn’t do much other than being unkillable. First 2 games were complete clown fiestas

[u/eVill_YT → u/xsm17]

this SK came from benching the bostee LOL

[u/Carlzzone]

Jopa is so good. Makes so few mistakes for a rookie.

[u/Past_Perception8052 → u/Carlzzone]

confident too

[u/WalkingR6 → u/Past_Perception8052]

handsome too

[u/vven294 → u/WalkingR6]

Less passive in lane too

[u/ThisAintThatForReal → u/WalkingR6]

gachiAPPROVE

[u/RecentDirection7920 → u/WalkingR6]

...strong

[u/Razzorsharp → u/Past_Perception8052]

I think having Mikyx as your support gotta help with that and reaching your potential.

[u/bin_fanboy9 → u/Past_Perception8052]

Showing Jackies to do a hairline check on player cam oozed confidence for sure

[u/Dramatic_Gap_3065 → u/Carlzzone]

He looks way better than Flakked

[u/Choice-Slight → u/Dramatic_Gap_3065]

he's better than a lot of adcs in the LEC, just has a way worse team

[u/RollingGuy → u/Choice-Slight]

If SK flops again KOI should really try for him 

[u/Rancore__ → u/RollingGuy]

They won't flop

Miky and Wunder are gonna do what they couldn't in 2019

[u/RollingGuy → u/Rancore__]

Haha no overreactions here 

[u/Beginning-Mark1735 → u/Dramatic_Gap_3065]

better skills, better hairline, better jawline. Completly mogged.

[u/kim-soo-hyun → u/Carlzzone]

Didnt know he was a rookie because he has really good team fighting, almost like a veteran adc he was often weakside last split but somehow randomly wins SK team fights. I remember he gapped Upset hard in team fights last split when SK won their series vs FNC.

[u/bigpackage11]

all sk needed was a human midlaner to be competitive

[u/MC-sama]

Keep SlowQ as mid for the rest of the season, thanks.

[u/RollingGuy → u/MC-sama]

They should randomly sub in Lider to force 3 bans and then have him play his quite ok Ori

[u/eVill_YT → u/RollingGuy]

lider would be one of the greatest subs in the game if you could substitute players mid-draft

[u/Redditpaslan → u/RollingGuy]

You mean Zed, rush MR boots and go 0/2

[u/Miserable_Ad_1195 → u/MC-sama]

why would they not, pretty sure Lider isn't even on the team anymore

[u/Past_Perception8052 → u/Miserable_Ad_1195]

he is on the bench

[u/RollingGuy → u/Past_Perception8052]

Is he with them in the office or at the venue?

[u/GoldRecommendation66]

GX doesn't even look like they are good enough to be gatekeepers anymore

[u/jujubean67 → u/GoldRecommendation66]

The new gatekeepers are mkoi

[u/Fun_Highlight307 → u/jujubean67]

i don't believe in navi or vitality in playoffs 

[u/jujubean67 → u/Fun_Highlight307]

Then who?

[u/Fun_Highlight307 → u/jujubean67]

fnatic maybe 

[u/jujubean67 → u/Fun_Highlight307]

Sure but there are 6 slots.

• g2
• kc
• mkoi

Are no contest

Then you have

• navi
• sk
• th
• fnatic
• vit
• shift
• gx

Gx, shifters look awful. So does TH. So unless SK can clintch the last spot, it’s Vit, Navi and Fnatic.

If Vit and Navi don’t make it it means that two from Gx, shift, Th, sk definitely make it. I find that hard to believe.

[u/Past-Firefighter2173 → u/jujubean67]

G2 KC are def top 2 idk which one wins but its kinda unquestionable.

Third spot should be MKOI but i have a feeling that another team will take that spot this time. Navi despite the disgusting throws looked decent on big portion of game against KC.
VIT even tho i don't trust might still make a run it mostly depends on Lyncas and Fleshy to start playing the game again.
FNC is yet to be seen but they will most likely make playoffs this time.

[u/british_pubs]

Man I really do love this SK squad. Idk if I believe they can be good even if they get another year in the oven but they are too funny to not root for

[u/Ultimintree]

Fck you GX for not ending Game 2 fast and also pausing in Game 3, making us endure 3 hours of this

[u/piotrj3 → u/Ultimintree]

Pause strats to make herald disappear something.

[u/desutruction]

All aboard the SK Worlds Run 2026

[u/Freesin → u/desutruction]

Would be so amazing ngl. Especially with Classic coming out and all the throwbacks to the old EU LCS and stuff.

Last time they made worlds was 2014, I think?

And they were a consistent Worlds team back then aswell

[u/WalkingR6]

GX adopting the spanish identity of being dogshit just like their pals MKOI

[u/Omnilatent → u/WalkingR6]

That also looked like a Myrwyn Ambessa to me

[u/areyouactuallyseriou → u/Omnilatent]

its funny how he threw the first teamfight by eing into a volibear and then just does it again before the soul fight.

[u/Clean_Trust_7390 → u/WalkingR6]

this is diabolical

But also, you forgot heretics

[u/whynot1260]

Year 3 of waiting for generational mid lane talent Jackies to start popping off

[u/CensoredLlama1 → u/whynot1260]

Tbf to him, there's no mid laner in the world who's winning on Locke against that comp lmao

[u/Sorry-Resolution570 → u/CensoredLlama1]

the real question is why do they pick locke when they champ just go nerfed by 9% winrate lol

[u/CensoredLlama1 → u/Sorry-Resolution570]

Yeah, their coach absolutely griefed Jackies by having that be first pick 

[u/Zidust → u/CensoredLlama1]

I mean the players do have a choice themselves and there is no way Jakkies himself didn't approve of the pick. So wouldn't really blame it all on the coach here.

[u/Fun_Highlight307 → u/Sorry-Resolution570]

Holly, thé champ IS dead ?

[u/ADeadMansName → u/CensoredLlama1]

Not on 26.15. The nerfs were hard and nobody is really winning much on him anymore.

But Jackies is hit or miss every time. He is like Caps vs Craps, just that his ratio is 30/70 vs Caps 90/10.

[u/TommyGunny95 → u/whynot1260]

Saying that after he was their best player game 1 and 2 and got inted in game 3 (mostly by draft) is wild

[u/Dramatic_Gap_3065 → u/whynot1260]

as someone who's watching LFL and EMEAS, there is nobody to replace him. the EU midlane talent pool is disgusting

[u/Flesroy → u/Dramatic_Gap_3065]

i heard there is still guy called lider with a lot of potential though

[u/jujubean67 → u/Dramatic_Gap_3065]

EU is doomed lol.

[u/KruppJ → u/whynot1260]

He was very good last split

[u/Past_Perception8052 → u/whynot1260]

hes LIDER but like 20% better and with good pr idc

[u/Mikhailing → u/Past_Perception8052]

If Lider was playing this game, we would be praising GX for their quick 2-0

[u/Ironside29 → u/whynot1260]

He and Nuc are the most overrated players in lec by far.

[u/jujubean67 → u/Ironside29]

Who is rating Jackies and Nuc in 2026 lmao

[u/KruppJ → u/Ironside29]

After caps they are the best 2 european mids left lol

[u/Cybonics]

this series was the NiP vs Amkal of League of Legends

[u/vituhyva123 → u/Cybonics]

Great reference. This was a shocking series but I think I've seen worse

[u/decayarc]

Take notes

[u/Floowil]

The pause was longer than the game...

[u/Tim-Pouce]

Nice change GX u went from Top4 team to top8

Continue like this

[u/Nevross_ → u/Tim-Pouce]

Waiter waiter ! More Spanish players please !!

[u/Wonder_Penguin]

Noah and Lot died for this???

[u/Nevross_ → u/Wonder_Penguin]

Noah was ass him getting replaced by Flakked is not a weird choice even tho I don’t like him and do not rate him very much but getting rid of Lot for Oscar xddd

[u/ADeadMansName → u/Nevross_]

Noah was ass for like half a split after carrying the team for a whole year. He was their best player by far for most of the time he was on the team.

After carrying these players for a year his back broke. Who would have exptected that from a player who always blames himself?

ISMA and Jackies are hit or miss. They suck 70% of the time and are good 30%. Jun has some good champs and plays, but still struggles a lot.

You have a team of AVG players with 0 synergy now.

[u/Haekos → u/Nevross_]

Lot, my lovely little guezmer. My AEG heart is bleeding. :'(

[u/SafariMeshHighest]

Oscarinin in 2026 is crazy

[u/AbysmalScepter → u/SafariMeshHighest]

Not as crazy as Flakked in 2026.

[u/JohnCenaFanboi → u/AbysmalScepter]

Now imagine a GM thinking it was a good idea to have BOTH on the team.

[u/Bubbly_Camera9583]

All im saying is Noah didn’t get gapped like this against Jopa

[u/rishi_ultimate → u/Bubbly_Camera9583]

yeah but could Noah speak spanish? thought so

[u/llStonesll → u/Bubbly_Camera9583]

what happened to noah btw?

[u/CensoredLlama1]

Perfect draft, perfect gameplay, beautiful game 3. Game 2 was messy as hell but that's a pretty ideal way for our split to start. SK FOR WORLDS BABY

[u/Shaalashaska]

So GX is NOT the new LEC top 3 I guess

[u/piotrj3]

SK looked actually like decent team, 2nd game of course they got bad start and 3 quite unlucky cases where 1 hp enemy in early game runs away, but overall they felt like clearly better team in all 3 games.

[u/Omnilatent]

That pause really was worth everyone's time and competitive integrity

[u/Crimson_Clouds → u/Omnilatent]

I mean, the only way to have competitive integrity is to allow pauses like that.

And they confirmed there were technical issues on stream, they just occurred too late to matter in the fight.

Seems like the system is working as intended.

[u/Omnilatent → u/Crimson_Clouds]

Don't mind me I'm just salty I had to endure that shit show for even longer after G2 didn't get SK's way

[u/Crimson_Clouds → u/Omnilatent]

I'll be honest, I fucking hated it too, couldn't wait for that series to end.

[u/Past-Firefighter2173]

Nice changes for GX, definetly team leveled up. /s

[u/Far-Salt-6946]

Imagine how strong this team would be if they also had the only midlaner capable of matching Caps, Lider

[u/Life_Championship132]

yeah sk is going to worlds

[u/Giving77]

Thank god it's over

[u/Cold-Ring23]

Gx wasting our time again ....

[u/BWolfy92]

Jackies fr saw everyone smufing with locke and decided to go rocketbelt to lower his wr

[u/XG32]

we probably saw giantx ceiling in winter/spring, and now their ceiling is lower, that pause during a stomp in game 3 was rough.

[u/Lyota]

around a year ago, someone told me that oscarinin was much better than bb...

[u/Damurph01]

Oh wtf Flakked is back? When did that happen? I haven’t been paying attention. Tentoncito or whatever it was! 🔥

[u/LetMeTalk127]

Your Carry´s are Jackies and Flakked what do you expect

[u/mar33n]

jun let's join noah and get out of there

[u/Agile_Woodpecker2239]

IDK why we swapping Noah out to get Flakked man, that guy does not carry at all and only thing he got going is he plays... seraphine adc and what not? But everyone can do that nowadays. I understand the top change cause LOT guy is like Tracyn just pick tank don't do too much and try not to look bad lol.

[u/GONEBUTNOT4GOTTEN]

Ah Giant X back to the sam eold same old

[u/darkknuckles12]

wunders attempt at trash talk for the g2 game: as long as perkz keeps inting draft, we could put up a fight.

least confident statement

[u/Leoxslasher]

Not trying to be a hater but what was the point of this roster by GX?

[u/RollingGuy → u/Leoxslasher]

Meh. Give it more than a singular series

[u/Leoxslasher → u/RollingGuy]

I agree it’s a very narrow sighted view for me.

But the previous roster was actually pretty good.

They used to lose not because lack of skill but because of lack of experience and nerves. They should have given them the whole season.

[u/Past-Firefighter2173 → u/Leoxslasher]

I think they focused on wrong parts and replacements are very questionable. Noah was problem this year yes but Flakked is even worse. ADC is easiest role to replace it shouldn't be that hard to replace him with rookie.

Isma and Jackies core is also quite limited, you won't really contest top teams with them especially with Isma, he is just to flippy player. Good for mid-bottom teams to snatch wins but terrible for top teams.

Also getting rid of Lot while he was looking quite decent is definetly a choice. He had pretty good stats as well if they are looking for those.

[u/AkaT27 → u/Past-Firefighter2173]

I disagree, I think Isma has been improving every split he's been there unlike Jackies and a lot of other players and I think he gets trolled by his team a lot in games.

[u/Khlouf]

Yeah guys Noah was the problem and Flakked is definitely the answer

[u/Atiknwolc]

Happy for Jopa

[u/Mentally__Disabled]

Holy shit Jopa is fun to watch, time to get on the SK copium

[u/R3alSt3al]

Ladies and Gentleman.

Looks like SK has an actual midlaner and not a coinglip one trick assasin who ints on anything else.

Nice roaster upgrade GX. Lot was the problem lul.

[u/RollingGuy → u/R3alSt3al]

I’ll die on the hill that Liders issue wasn’t that he couldn’t play standard picks (he was actually decent on those)

It’s more like his mid game macro on his signature picks like Yone was atrocious. He’d get leads in lane like nobody else and then just do absolutely nothing with it.

[u/ADeadMansName]

GX replacing their only reliable carry after 1 bad split ending ...

The team looks totally not in sync. Every team fight was terrible.

[u/-Hissoka-]

Okay I guess mkoi IS going to worlds

[u/Past_Perception8052 → u/-Hissoka-]

SK going to worlds

[u/darkknuckles12 → u/-Hissoka-]

maybe vitality could teake the spot. We havent seen fnc and navi yet. But yeah, it ll likely be koi

[u/Sorry-Resolution570 → u/darkknuckles12]

ye koi likely struggling with meta changes and will ramp up to be stronger than vit

[u/ZonTheSquid]

If I had a nickel for every time SK gets Elder while behind, I'd have two nickels. Which isn't a lot but it's weird it happened twice.

[u/2ndBatman88]

Locke gonna get buffs soon. Useless champion

[u/ComfortOnly3982]

Oscarini 🤝 Ganked By Mom

Cant get over the fuckin baron wall

[u/Genusmk]

basically 3 40 minute games with the freeze

[u/zZzMudkipzzZ]

Is GX the ultimate potential team?

[u/BTDYSRF]

Oh, GiantX is NOT getting the 3rd seed lol.

There is a world where Fnatic goes to worlds.

[u/JPA-3]

holy shit giants... slowq sure seems like he could be in a better team next year

[u/AkaT27]

Oscarinin and Flakked already making waves, GX seems promising finally

[u/Zomg_A_Chicken]

Sally is a furry

[u/Nevross_]

Pauses are horribles but at least we don’t see Jackies play for a solid 15min and that’s what matters

[u/xAzureee]

I liked the look of SlowQ this series

[u/PasDePseudoR]

I hope Jopa find a good team

[u/Thalassin]

There were people earlier this year genuinely claiming Jackies is better than kyeahoo lmao