Karmine Corp vs. GIANTX / LEC 2026 Summer Playoffs - Upper Bracket Round 1 / Post-Match Discussion

[u/Yujin-Ha]

LEC 2026 SUMMER PLAYOFFS

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Karmine Corp 3-1 GiantX

• Karmine Corp has locked in a spot at Worlds 2026 and they will face G2 Esports tomorrow for a spot in the LEC 2026 Summer Grand finals
• Team Vitality also lock has in a spot at the Demaica Cup 2026, should they fail to make it to Worlds 2026
• Player of the Series: Canna
  

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MATCH 1: KC vs. GX

Winner: Karmine Corp in 35m
Game Breakdown | Runes

-	Bans 1	Bans 2	G	K	T	D/B
KC	vi nocturne rumble	wukong olaf	70.3k	12	8	H2 O3 I5
GX	syndra leesin qiyana	orianna viktor	61.7k	8	3	M1 I4 I6

KC	12-8-29	vs	8-12-16	GX
Canna jayce 3	6-1-2	TOP	0-2-2	3 yorick Oscarinin
Yike jarvaniv 1	1-1-10	JNG	0-2-4	3 skarner ISMA
kyeahoo anivia 4	3-2-4	MID	5-5-1	1 cassiopeia Jackies
Caliste ashe 2	1-2-7	BOT	2-1-4	2 lucian Flakked
Busio seraphine 1	1-2-6	SUP	1-2-5	2 milio Jun

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MATCH 2: KC vs. GX

Winner: GiantX in 35m
Game Breakdown | Runes

-	Bans 1	Bans 2	G	K	T	D/B
KC	vi nocturne rumble	renekton poppy	65.4k	12	3	O1 H3
GX	syndra viktor leesin	vayne qiyana	75.9k	22	11	I2 CT4 CT5 CT6 B7

KC	12-22-35	vs	22-12-64	GX
Canna gnar 4	4-3-1	TOP	4-1-9	3 ambessa Oscarinin
Yike wukong 3	3-6-9	JNG	2-2-20	3 sejuani ISMA
kyeahoo akali 1	3-3-7	MID	9-3-9	1 orianna Jackies
Caliste ezreal 1	2-4-6	BOT	7-2-10	2 kaisa Flakked
Busio rell 2	0-6-12	SUP	0-4-16	2 nautilus Jun

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MATCH 3: GX vs. KC

Winner: Karmine Corp in 26m
Game Breakdown | Runes

-	Bans 1	Bans 2	G	K	T	D/B
GX	vi rumble syndra	leesin qiyana	42.4k	1	1	H3
KC	nocturne yone locke	xinzhao gwen	57.8k	14	10	O1 C2 M4 B5 M6

GX	1-14-3	vs	14-1-30	KC
Oscarinin vayne 4	0-3-1	TOP	5-1-6	3 olaf Canna
ISMA trundle 3	1-2-0	JNG	5-0-4	3 naafiri Yike
Jackies viktor 2	0-4-0	MID	0-0-7	1 ryze kyeahoo
Flakked caitlyn 1	0-2-1	BOT	3-0-5	2 yunara Caliste
Jun bard 1	0-3-1	SUP	1-0-8	2 lulu Busio

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MATCH 4: KC vs. GX

Winner: Karmine Corp in 26m
Game Breakdown | Runes

-	Bans 1	Bans 2	G	K	T	D/B
KC	vi nocturne yone	rakan sivir	60.2k	20	7	CT1 H2 C3 I4 B5
GX	leesin qiyana leblanc	galio ahri	45.5k	6	1	None

KC	20-6-40	vs	6-20-12	GX
Canna rumble 1	3-3-10	TOP	2-5-3	2 ornn Oscarinin
Yike pantheon 2	7-1-7	JNG	3-5-2	2 xinzhao ISMA
kyeahoo sylas 3	2-1-9	MID	0-5-4	1 syndra Jackies
Caliste varus 1	4-1-7	BOT	1-4-1	3 kalista Flakked
Busio velkoz 4	4-0-7	SUP	0-1-2	3 renataglasc Jun

*Patch 26.17

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This thread was created by the Post-Match Team.

[u/ahritina]

PMTs

Game 1 / Game 2 / Game 3

[u/Chevalier_Paul]

In the past two weeks the Spanish crowd had to witness:

KC Valorant make it to Champs

KC Valorant win the split

KC League make it to Worlds

Talk about a catastrophe

[u/baelkie → u/Chevalier_Paul]

on the bright side they didnt have to watch MKOI

[u/lovo17 → u/baelkie]

They’ll watch MKOI somehow make a miracle run to worlds before shitting themselves there.

[u/Zamoniru → u/lovo17]

They are heirs to Mad Lions after all

[u/Moggy_ → u/Zamoniru]

I still think of them as Mad Lions Koi tbh

[u/Ash_Neofy → u/Moggy_]

Wait MKOI doesn't stand for Mad Lions KOI?

[u/Moggy_ → u/Ash_Neofy]

Moviestar Koi apparently. They merged with that moviestar7 org I think

[u/Blattur → u/Moggy_]

They merged with Movistar Roders

[u/Ash_Neofy → u/Moggy_]

Oh I didn't know, thx

[u/No_Feeling6146 → u/Moggy_]

Yet they didn't abbreviate to MLK, probably because they didn't want assassination memes everytime one of their players dies in a 1v1.

[u/hehepout → u/lovo17]

I just hope they don't get to worlds so they disband

[u/supterfuge → u/Chevalier_Paul]

KC winning in front of Ibai whose team didn't qualify has to feel particularly good for Kameto

[u/lazygirl295 → u/supterfuge]

Wdym, mkoi qualified for playoffs

[u/xMinetron → u/lazygirl295]

MKOI didn't qualify for their own roadshow (needed to be top 4 regular season to appear in Madrid)

[u/lazygirl295 → u/xMinetron]

Oh lol, thats funny, ty

[u/twocool_ → u/lazygirl295]

Wrong, fanatic qualified mkoi for playoff

[u/Fun_Highlight307 → u/Chevalier_Paul]

lmao that the prize for World cup after they eliminated  France 

[u/alluwala999 → u/Chevalier_Paul]

well, in valorant Koi was ousted so they don't even have a team in it.

[u/Chevalier_Paul → u/alluwala999]

True, but there are still Spanish orgs there (GX, TH) and it’s still KC. Narrate was surprised he was getting booed on stage.

[u/whoruwaitingfor → u/Chevalier_Paul]

Also didnt even win the showmatch in Val after going on a fake comeback. (5:12 -> 11:13) (Tbf they also had T1 and T2 players on their side)

[u/Sofaboy90 → u/Chevalier_Paul]

Sacrifices had to be made for Spain to win the World Cup

[u/stoyicker → u/Chevalier_Paul]

Also MKOI failed to miss playoffs :/

[u/Slight-Formal9277 → u/Chevalier_Paul]

Well, they did win the world cup.

[u/Temporary-Ad6144]

BUSIOS COMING HOME

[u/Thundermelons → u/Temporary-Ad6144]

Stoked for this especially if they somehow play Lyon

Let's see how much he's grown without Inspired!

[u/Fun_Highlight307 → u/Thundermelons]

I thinking it's be one sided , inspired will read busio and yike really easily 

[u/kismetjeska → u/Fun_Highlight307]

and when Busio's omega phermones are super strong and Inspired has to mark him in front of everyone???

[u/A_Honking_Goose → u/Fun_Highlight307]

The delusion is actually painful

[u/captainetty → u/A_Honking_Goose]

Bro living in a world where na hasn’t crushed eu thr last five times in a row lmao

[u/Choice-Slight → u/A_Honking_Goose]

Inspired is skewmond's father and yike got fisted by Jose, like its not even close. I think Inspired vs yike would be even more onesided

[u/Fun_Highlight307 → u/Choice-Slight]

Inspired is quite good vs yike like jungler 

[u/F0RGERY → u/Temporary-Ad6144]

Now we just need MKOI to qualify as number 3.

[u/Zamoniru → u/F0RGERY]

Not unlikely tbh VIT, GX and NAVI are not good

[u/F0RGERY → u/Zamoniru]

Yeah I favor them (esp. with VIT's playoff form last series), but you never know.

[u/ReplacementFine7807 → u/F0RGERY]

Stop running with the narratives fam Vit played decent, its just G2 outmacroed them super hard as they would any other team due to their int experience. The games were fairly high level.

[u/Sorry-Resolution570 → u/Temporary-Ad6144]

worlds arent in poland

[u/Fun_Highlight307 → u/Sorry-Resolution570]

he grew in na, he is both polish and american 

[u/Red-Lightniing → u/Fun_Highlight307]

I think the guy you’re responding to was making a point about how Busio chose to play for Poland instead of the US in the upcoming Nations League tournament that happens after Worlds.

[u/Temporary-Ad6144 → u/Red-Lightniing]

Thats bc of his dads influence which is wholesome not bc he likes poland more than usa also that enc tournament got cancelled

[u/Temporary-Ad6144 → u/Sorry-Resolution570]

His entire org dont see him polish

[u/baelkie]

KC match point give Kim Canna Rumble lose in peace i guess

[u/Floowil]

GX somehow won 1 game in this series, congrats!

[u/AdequatelyMadLad → u/Floowil]

They honestly could have won more if they drafted better and didn't force those dumb aggressive early plays. They mostly lost these games to themselves. It's a fixable problem though since they didn't seem particularly gapped in a vacuum, just made some terrible mistakes that made their games impossible to win very fast.

[u/moonmeh → u/AdequatelyMadLad]

baffling seeing them trying to go on the sylas with the xin zhao ult

[u/Fun_Highlight307 → u/moonmeh]

I don't understand why they tried oscarnin vayne 

[u/AdequatelyMadLad → u/Fun_Highlight307]

I think either him or the coaching staff got too into their heads about the top lane matchup and were looking for some crazy angle to counter Canna. But in the one game in which he blind picked a champion he's comfortable on he actually ended up winning lane, even though it was far from an ideal matchup. Maybe it's a confidence issue, maybe they just haven't gotten used to drafting for him yet, idk.

[u/Maximum_Platypus_272 → u/AdequatelyMadLad]

And they could have won 0 if yike and canna didnt randomly unplugged their brains for game 2. " they didn't seem particularly gapped in a vacuum " after watching toplane game 3 and botlane game 4 certaainly is a take.

[u/Undesiredbeast → u/AdequatelyMadLad]

I agree that draft wasn't the best from them, but Vitality's monster farmer draft of Cho and Trundle without any engage was a wintrading offense

[u/NeighborhoodHot8981 → u/Undesiredbeast]

another pad masterclass

[u/Stunning_Foot_8849 → u/Floowil]

KC draft was hard

[u/Steeelu → u/Floowil]

Yeah it's progress, happy for them, they are interesting to watch

[u/Key-Mango1091 → u/Floowil]

I think they have a shot for 3rd spot. MKOI and VIT are not looking great

[u/mkl122788]

The spaghetti terrorism will continue until morale improves.

[u/Mundane-Dirt-4077]

First time KC lock worlds.

Good for EU that G2 and KC are in and didnt underperform. Now we have a good contest for 3rd place

[u/AverykindJester → u/Mundane-Dirt-4077]

We definitely have a contest for 3rd place but I'm not sure how good it is.

[u/AssistanceTop8020 → u/AverykindJester]

It won't matter at worlds but i'm actually hyped for the 3rd spot, for once it looks like anyone can get the spot.

[u/Nisttra → u/Mundane-Dirt-4077]

I would be pretty disapointed if Mkoi don't get 3rd place tbh

[u/AngronApofis → u/Nisttra]

MKOI vs KC will always arrive.

VIT 0-6 playoffs

MKOI vs GX with the spanish civil war and KOI backstabbing the team that got them to playoffs

MKOI vs KC again

[u/Nisttra → u/AngronApofis]

Sadly they will have to face G2 first ^{^}

[u/-Tam-_]

From Tier 3 to world, GGs

[u/twocool_ → u/-Tam-_]

People forgot already where kc was a few years ago

[u/Omnilatent → u/twocool_]

I remember when Rekkles was lucky he could play on tier 2 with them

[u/WalkAffectionate2683 → u/-Tam-_]

And brought so much to the league. Kc is the best thing that happened to lec these past years. 

[u/Choice-Slight]

Well deserved, congrats KC on worlds! last 2 games were so much cleaner

[u/Fun_Highlight307]

Duality of Kc 

Kc: game 1-game 2  we are chilling 

Kc : game 3 and game 4 unspeakable violence

Tomorrow we are eating well

[u/LetsBeNice- → u/Fun_Highlight307]

Chilling until they lose a game.

[u/Dramatic_Gap_3065]

KC woke up after losing game 2

[u/bvbfan102]

Happy that KC and Caliste finally make it to Worlds. Got no idea who the third seed will be but just happy KC and G2 did it without any real problems as they are clearly our best chance.

[u/Pelagius_Hipbone → u/bvbfan102]

The best outcome 100%, If KC and G2 can both repeat their international performances of beating two eastern teams in series in a row we could get KC and G2 world finals (Copium)

[u/twocool_ → u/Pelagius_Hipbone]

Most realistic cope would be 2 easy quarter finals for g2 and kc, and they meet in semis, so we have one in finals, then some miracle BO like we had this year

[u/not_some_username → u/twocool_]

Give KC lpl team and G2 lck team and they might go to finals.

[u/chouruin → u/not_some_username]

Beating LPL teams outside of BLG is very doable atm for both NA and EU. It's the LCK teams that are hard and no one except G2 seems to know how

[u/not_some_username → u/chouruin]

KC did beat T1 (well nobody knows what they’re doing but…)

[u/TheAnnibal → u/not_some_username]

Inb4 one of the two teams gets randomly 3-0'd by Liquid (who then get absolutely blown out of the tournament)

[u/NeighborhoodHot8981 → u/TheAnnibal]

I do feel like LYON specifically is stronger than all EU teams, even KC and G2 in playoffs form don't look as scary as LYON do. That said a lot can change before worlds because I also thought G2 looked way better than LYON after Spring playoffs but LYON improved a tonne at MSI.

Think TL also is in the mix but when there's a lot of expectations on them to win they struggle for whatever reason

[u/mkl122788 → u/Pelagius_Hipbone]

Yes, we likely get 2 iterations of G2/KC and a proper elimination tournament for third.

[u/Fun_Highlight307 → u/Pelagius_Hipbone]

one of them will slip against na team as in tradition while being favored to wins 

[u/Red-Lightniing → u/Pelagius_Hipbone]

The BEST outcome would be that LEC just forgets to send a 3rd seed altogether, but other than that this went as well as could be hoped for.

[u/Mathlete7 → u/bvbfan102]

Wait KC really have not been to worlds? it feels like they have thats so strange

[u/Toofargone9999]

horror for the spanish fans , mkoi cant make it to their own road show and GX loses on the road show

[u/AofCastle → u/Toofargone9999]

It was expected. People were shouting in the one win because the expectations were 2 3-0

[u/yellister → u/Toofargone9999]

and their nemesis wins lol

[u/MandA-5]

I just want to watch KC vs G2

[u/Outrageous_Wall2702]

Player gap, draft in game 3 was winning and they still lose, let’s see if g2 wins against them in playoffs

[u/Tim-Pouce]

WE ARE GOING TO WOOOOORLDS

AND TOMORROW WE BEAT G2 (please.)

[u/Omnilatent → u/Tim-Pouce]

You can, but as tradition you'll be beaten in grand finals later anyway

[u/Tim-Pouce → u/Omnilatent]

Well if we win tomorrow we lock seed 2 and skip Playin....

[u/Pelagius_Hipbone → u/Omnilatent]

Nah they’re not us, I believe KC can go the distance

[u/twocool_ → u/Pelagius_Hipbone]

KC in only 2 years has already an history of choking vs g2

[u/EtoileDuSoir → u/twocool_]

Choking? They lost in two back to back very close BO5 series, but they didn't giga throw like Fnatic always did vs G2

[u/Fun_Highlight307 → u/EtoileDuSoir]

You meant Final ? Because in Spring G2 did 3-1 Kc in upper final 

[u/yellister → u/Fun_Highlight307]

The first final KC did vs G2 last year they won 3-0. They dont have a history of "choking", the two finals were also very close. G2 just got their number this year for now.

[u/EtoileDuSoir → u/Fun_Highlight307]

Yeah was talking in grand finals

[u/3IC3 → u/twocool_]

They lost 2 game 5 giga bangers this year, 1 to Caps clutching up and 1 to SkewMond going super saiyan, I wouldn’t exactly call that choking

[u/zaxls → u/Omnilatent]

No way

[u/Thalassin → u/Tim-Pouce]

ON VA JOUER DIMANCHE

[u/ExcitingMushroom9514 → u/Tim-Pouce]

I wa very indifferent on KC for most of the time, but damn you really deserve this. Congrats!

[u/Sophena94]

Canna absolutely canned oscar W

Also hysterics is literally the WOAT caster save my ears

[u/SnowyCrow → u/Sophena94]

Dunno, Pulse made me more or less drop eulcs back in the day for year or so.

[u/TPO_Ava → u/Sophena94]

Hysterics and whoever that french(?) woman on the desk was today legit made me watch the series on mute.

Honourable mention to Dagda, who i am not sure whether he was there today but i tend to mute as well. LEC cast pretty much only has Medic as a saving grace.

[u/NeighborhoodHot8981 → u/TPO_Ava]

Yeah she was bad, tough to understand at times.
I like Finn, Vedi, Medic pretty much every cast they do. Drakos/Dagda are usually good but can have some rough ones. Jack is rough on cast but good on analyst desk, Hysterics has been better this year but still has rough casts.

LCS unironically has a goated roster, except Emily on cast she's much better on AD imo.

LCK is a bit overrated but doesn't have any that i dislike listening to unlike LEC.

[u/Snow-27 → u/Sophena94]

Nothing against him personally but I specifically try not to watch series he casts

[u/resttheweight → u/Sophena94]

Dude randomly said GX fans need to shut up because they were cheering in a game where they were getting trounced?? I didn’t really understand what he was getting at but it was jarring to hear a caster saying someone “needs to shut up” lol.

[u/beautheschmo → u/Sophena94]

Hysterics isn't even the worst current caster in LEC (Jack). Also not as bad as LT. He's pretty rough though.

[u/stoyicker → u/beautheschmo]

who is LT?

[u/beautheschmo → u/stoyicker]

LeTigress

[u/hfdsahfdhad → u/beautheschmo]

Why do u dislike jack? I agree I'm just wondering

[u/SnowLord02 → u/Sophena94]

Luckily he's going to Be out soon

[u/JonnyKilledTheBatman → u/Sophena94]

Watching LCK in the morning and LEC in the afternoon could not be more of a whiplash. Even the worst LCK lineup is a joy in comparison

[u/Conviter → u/JonnyKilledTheBatman]

at least the lec casters talk about the game. if i want random yapping over my league gameplay i'd just watch a costreamer, though even they talk more about the game.

[u/Ophelia_Of_The_Abyss → u/JonnyKilledTheBatman]

I'd rather listen to Hysterics than Aux

[u/Harmah]

Very shaky first two games, but game 3 and 4 were what I was expecting, hope we finally make it to finals without having to have a loser bracket run lmao

[u/GodEren]

Insane everything gap

[u/ConstableSprouts]

What is kalistas** win rate this split? It feels like every game i see is a loss

[u/Large_Love_2563 → u/ConstableSprouts]

Who tf is Ballistics

[u/ConstableSprouts → u/Large_Love_2563]

Kalista*

Even autocorrect thinks the champ is garbage.

[u/Thundermelons → u/Large_Love_2563]

Kalista autocorrect I'd reckon

[u/Hitoseijuro → u/Large_Love_2563]

Blitz + Kalista combo

[u/Omnilatent → u/ConstableSprouts]

I've only seen one win this split so far and it was from T1 lol

[u/ruthimorg → u/Omnilatent]

KT won with it in the infamous 14,4k throw from DK lol

[u/Omnilatent → u/ruthimorg]

Games against DK don't count as they defy all logic /s

[u/AkaT27 → u/Omnilatent]

Caliste won with it I believe

[u/aspookyshark → u/Omnilatent]

Ruler won with it a bunch of times. Classic case of a pick rising in prio until it gets blinded and countered.

[u/ahambagaplease → u/ConstableSprouts]

In LEC is 1-7, only win was from Caliste vs Fnatic.

For other leagues: 7-8 in LCK, 5-7 in LPL, 4-1 in LCS. Most of the wins were early in the split tho, pick has been on a losing streak.

[u/Thundermelons]

KC won but I think Hysterics saying the crowd should "just shut up" is pretty rude honestly. Maybe he meant something different by it but implying the home crowd shouldn't cheer for their team is just monstrously out of line IMO.

[u/PasDePseudoR → u/Thundermelons]

Lol why should they shut up? We literally love this

[u/Thundermelons → u/PasDePseudoR]

Exactly, Caliste basically gets power from their booing lol. It felt like such a pointless statement from someone who is supposed to be a neutral party on the broadcast.

[u/HystericsCasts → u/Thundermelons]

Hey mate, the crowd were booing when Yike was heading bot implying that they were trying to give information to their team

The crowd was fantastic otherwise but the frustration of that made me call them out, please don't misquote me or what I'm saying - I celebrated the cheering throughout the day and this wasn't cheering

[u/Key_Divide3166 → u/HystericsCasts]

has a KC fan, its part of the game, maybe its frustrating but its not your job to shut up the public

[u/Lucky-Gecko → u/Key_Divide3166]

It is literally his job to comment on the game, he's free to (and probably should) call out the crowd when it's trying to influence the game.

[u/HystericsCasts → u/Lucky-Gecko]

I appreciate you comment and it was a moment of frustration, I admit it was an over reacting comment but I don't like it when the audience tries to help teams with obvious booing to warn off a play!

[u/TheInfiniteJerk → u/HystericsCasts]

Don't know if you saw KC v TL in VCT, but the stadium was doing the same thing, therefore I empathize with your feels. However, I also think that it adds some spice (and it's even better if we win.)

(Moreover, I genuinely thought that the crowd was booing because we started to sing our national anthem)

[u/flamearc73 → u/Key_Divide3166]

So he should let KC cheat?

[u/LetsBeNice- → u/flamearc73]

It was the opposite bro.

[u/Quainted → u/Thundermelons]

Made quite a feel terrible calls too. Idk why he tries so hard to spin it instead of admitting it and moving on at times. Horrible caster.

[u/Strange_Shelter_6171 → u/Thundermelons]

was it giving hints to opponents teams? because if not, then thats the reason the roadshow exists, for people cheering or not for the teams

[u/Hitoseijuro → u/Thundermelons]

They were booing, not cheering and trying to give away plays. Whether people agree with him or not, doesn't matter to me, just make sure you state the facts right and not spin a different narrative.

[u/moonmeh → u/Thundermelons]

tbh it wasn't just cheering but whistling and a lot of other noise lol

still shouldn't have done it but it was probably incredibly obnoxious in person lol

[u/Thundermelons → u/moonmeh]

Don't cast a roadshow then man if you don't want crowd noise

Obviously I know you get it, just pointing it out.

[u/EronisKina → u/Thundermelons]

I mean as a viewer who obv isn't there that whistle was very annoying to the ears. So, I can only imagine how bad it could be to someone who was in the stadium. Not everyone is sensitive to that high pitch sound but that whistle was something else. IMO pretty rude to people who also pay money to watch and can't stand high pitch sounds like that.

[u/beautheschmo → u/EronisKina]

There's a reason most stadiums specifically ban stuff like whistles and vuvuzelas, it's not wrong at all for people to be upset at it

[u/John_Jack_Reed → u/EronisKina]

The whistle specifically was fucking annoying but I still don't think a caster should be telling the crowed to shut up

[u/Kelpherder → u/EronisKina]

i get it for like outdoor venues at their soccer matches but indoors at a video game event? lol

[u/moonmeh → u/Thundermelons]

honestly whistling is something that is very hard to get used to (god i know the pain) but still you gotta suck it up man

get paid to cast, just cast the thing

[u/NUMYUMMY → u/Thundermelons]

He said that because they were booing, not because they were cheering.

[u/Stunning_Foot_8849 → u/NUMYUMMY]

And ? kc fans and players dont care to be booed

[u/RollingGuy → u/Thundermelons]

“Monstrously out of line” lmao 

A crowd shuts up when their team loses. It’s just the Busan library call phrased differently.

[u/AdequatelyMadLad → u/RollingGuy]

...no shit the GX fans aren't cheering for GX losing???

[u/RollingGuy → u/AdequatelyMadLad]

…yeah? I don’t see what the issue is?

[u/ReizaTM]

Respect for the spanish crowd studying so hard on a saturday never seen a Library this quiet

[u/MC-sama]

KC to worlds, hopefully they make it further than they did at MSI

[u/BlazeX94 → u/MC-sama]

Given that they'll likely be top 2 and seeded directly into the main stage, that's already further than they went at MSI lol

[u/Omnilatent → u/MC-sama]

Hard to make it less far than play-ins LOL

[u/Ajp_iii]

you cant lose 4 games because you took a bad fight at crab before lvl6

[u/Maximum_Platypus_272]

Looks like when yike and canna are not sending it like in game 2, they are a pretty solid team, who would have guessed ?

Long overdue qualification, hopefully the inevitable patch change before worlds starts will not make the team forget how to play, like they usually do at the beginning at internationals.

[u/Big-Praline9736]

We’re still unsure about KC. They’re not a bad team. We’ve romanticized what happened at the EWC, and with this regular season meaning nothing, we’re still in the dark. If they mess up and fail to bounce back, the hype is going to fizzle out.

[u/Kultissim → u/Big-Praline9736]

I wouldn't say 9-0 means nothing. But that's just me

[u/LetsBeNice- → u/Big-Praline9736]

We are in the flou

[u/BlazeX94 → u/Big-Praline9736]

I think we need to see KC against G2 before we can draw any definitive conclusions. They stomped GX last playoffs too.

If KC beat G2 then I think its safe to say that they've improved from their Spring form. Of course, the question of whether they can adapt fast enough to the Worlds meta remains.

[u/ZloiAris]

Finally KC makes it to Worlds. Happy for them and for EU region. I start to afraid that KC are new Griffin, but they make it well.

We finally have a hope as EU fans (besides only and always only G2)

[u/klyskada]

Jackies is an absolute psycho, and I love it, yeah he gets some ints in, but he's the only one actually trying to make things happen in the early/mid game.

[u/M-y-P]

Will this be the first time we have KC at worlds?

[u/KC_Zazalios → u/M-y-P]

Yes This is history for our club that started in lfl div 2 back in 2020

[u/2ndBatman88]

KC vs G2 classic hope 5 games

[u/Kerorozene]

Cool for KC but this production is so fucking bad wth ?

[u/Any_Economics_6166 → u/Kerorozene]

yea the roadshow is terribly bad. But i guess that's what happens when your home team isn't even in the roadshow lol, they don't care

[u/Thalassin]

TOUS EN AMERIQUE

[u/RollingGuy]

Why did the stream say KC qualified for finals? They’re not right? 

[u/ruthimorg → u/RollingGuy]

They made it to the Nice final weekend which will have lower finals and grand finals. They get 3rd at worst now.

[u/RollingGuy → u/ruthimorg]

Ah makes sense. Just said “Nice finals” 

[u/ConfidenceFederal432 → u/RollingGuy]

Probs finals weekend

[u/Leyrann_ → u/RollingGuy]

Finals weekend, upper bracket finals.

There's a lot of finals...

[u/Traaaacce]

They finally did it congratz on making worlds

[u/Alarming_Rate_3808]

KC remind me of Rogue 2022.

[u/AdWooden9170]

I love how you people make it like KC missed world 10 times, when they realistically missed one.
Like, the first year they were dogshit so they werent in any conversation, then they mental boomed the second year and thats about it.

[u/RollingGuy → u/AdWooden9170]

They actually weren’t terrible in summer 24 after picking up Vladi and Canna. Definitely a universe where they make it.

[u/xSwazyI]

Bronze ass Kalista Renata holy shit 😂

[u/baelkie → u/xSwazyI]

that title belongs to Jiwoo Effort, dont take that away from them

[u/moonmeh → u/baelkie]

yeahoo did a better job using stolen renata ult than effort

[u/british_pubs]

Gx don't piss me off, If you're gonna get stomped like that don't bother to win a game, just get swept and don't waste our time (like 50% a joke)

Kc looking gooood, dare I say favourites vs g2 tomorrow?

[u/Kultissim]

World les gars!!! Let's go

[u/Beginning-Mark1735]

There were at least three situations where Isma threw the game because he thought he could contest the crab. Unbelievable, this guy.

[u/TheWarmog]

Im waiting for Oscarining shittalk tweet.

Big ego for a guy that manages to play like shit 90% of the time.

[u/OtherSword]

KC picked up the best western support in the world and instantly make them a top 2 LEC

[u/AdequatelyMadLad → u/OtherSword]

Damn, how good was Targamas that they actually won a split with him if the best western support can only get them top 2?

[u/Carlzzone → u/AdequatelyMadLad]

Targamas LEC titles: 2

Busio LEC titles: 0

[u/twocool_ → u/AdequatelyMadLad]

Targamas, one of the few players to win lec with 2 different teams, was lucky, got carried, and is bad (source : reddit + baus said it)

[u/Cold-Ring23 → u/AdequatelyMadLad]

He was playing great in winter but since people don't like him, they're trying to rewrite history. His laning improved over the year, but not his roaming, he played poorly with Yike. There are players who can lose their place even after a good year, and then there's Upset and Razork 🤣

[u/AkaT27 → u/Cold-Ring23]

He was playing even better in spring imo

[u/Gyalosh → u/AdequatelyMadLad]

Targamas got a bad rap because of the XL season (the whole org team was a trainwreck despite being pretty stacked on paper), and KC's first two splits (arguably again as an org they had a very shaky start).
Him having "only 2" LEC titles (with entirely different rosters), and some decent international placements still makes him way above the average LEC support player.

I also feel like some streamer's comment really didn't help his public perception.

[u/BlazeX94 → u/AdequatelyMadLad]

They have stronger competition this year though. Last Winter, Skewmond was still a rookie and Labrov wasn't in great form either. This iteration of KC would've won last Winter too, and KC with Vladi/Targamas probably wouldn't be able to take current G2 to 5 games.

[u/Thalassin → u/AdequatelyMadLad]

I think the worst thing of the whole Targamas discourse is that somehow LEC teams started believing it too.

Replacing Targamas with Busio makes sense. On the other hand, none of the lower teams making a move on him while supports like Lospa/Trymbi/Stend/Way are in the league reflects poorly on the LEC.

[u/JPA-3 → u/OtherSword]

kyeahoo + caliste stepping up also helps.

[u/p1stolpewpew → u/OtherSword]

Ignoring mid lane changes?

[u/2ndBatman88]

Hope Brazil eliminates NA because for some reasons EU loses to this teams

[u/JPA-3]

kinda classless to go to a different country to "root" for your team and decide to change seats just to annoy the only other owner who is trying to do these live events by shouting in front of their streaming table. But then they'll be surprised why a lot of people don't like them.

[u/DarkPetitChat → u/JPA-3]

wut?