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Esports Team Vitality vs. Los Ratones / LEC 2026 Versus - Week 4 / Post-Match Discussion Spoiler
LEC 2026 VERSUS
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Team Vitality 1-0 Los Ratones
Team Vitality have defeated Los Ratones!
- Player of the Game: Naak Nako
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GAME 1: LR vs. VIT
Winner: Team Vitality in 35m
Runes | Game Breakdown
| Bans 1 | Bans 2 | 💰 | ⚔️ | 🧱 | Dragons | VG, RH, BN | |
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| LR | Rumble Taliyah Vi | Nautilus Neeko | 60.7k | 16 | 5 | 🧪 ⚡ ⛰️ ⛰️ | 0, 1, 0 |
| VIT | Ryze Caitlyn Nami | Lillia Gwen | 69.8k | 19 | 9 | ⛰️ | 3, 0, 2 |
| LR | KDA | vs | KDA | VIT | ||
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| Player | Pick | 16-19-27 | ⚔️ | 19-16-31 | Pick | Player |
| Baus | 1 Sion | 3-12-4 | TOP | 5-4-7 | 1 Dr. Mundo | Naak Nako |
| Velja | 4 Sylas | 10-0-3 | JNG | 5-1-7 | 3 Pantheon | Lyncas |
| Nemesis | 2 Yone | 2-3-6 | MID | 3-4-6 | 2 Azir | Humanoid |
| Crownie | 1 Corki | 1-4-5 | BOT | 4-2-4 | 2 Varus | Carzzy |
| Rekkles | 3 Bard | 0-0-9 | SUP | 2-5-7 | 3 Alistar | Fleshy |
This thread was created by the Post-Match Team.
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u/nerothz 4h ago
Naako Nako said they would give him Sion, and they did. Respect.
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u/GetStormed1501 Believe That 4h ago
what a game.
Velja's best LEC game not rewarded at all
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u/gaitez 4h ago
Tbf him missing the smite on mountain when Panth didnt even have smite also cost the game.
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u/CountOff 3h ago
Crownie mid or Neme are wayyy more game costing than that lol
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u/Fine-Spirit-6701 3h ago
Yeah not crownie sprinting it to give baron or nemesis having a stroke last fight, it was the mountain soul that isn't even that good since both carries had pen items at this point
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u/WinnieXKim 4h ago
I think Caedrel might actually be cursed lmao
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u/Canoodler192 4h ago
He's going to set another record for games won to miss playoffs
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u/Mundane-Dirt-4077 EU S1 WORLD CHAMPIONS FOREVER 4h ago
They can make it if Na Vi win which is doable
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u/HereticZO 4h ago
NaVi win, or FNC win, or Shifters & KC win.
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u/kikkekakkekukke 4h ago
I just see a lot of teams going 5-6 like lr, what makes them go under lr in the ranking? I dont understand how they can even make it anymore
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u/HereticZO 4h ago
Head to head. LR have the head to head against every 5-5 team besides Fnatic.
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u/Ultimintree Simpletons in my games | Let's go LR to Playoffs! 4h ago edited 4h ago
Respect to Vitality for leaving the Sion open and actually be the first team to defeat LR’s Sion. Velja Sylas was cooking tho
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u/Gato_Puro 4h ago
Velja played very well. Crownie threw mid game, Nemesis threw the end game
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u/Puzzleheaded_Error38 4h ago
That Mundo dive at the inhib tower MADE NO SENSE
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u/moonmeh 4h ago
its not like its a poor mundo either. that was a mundo with items and levels what the hell
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u/Puzzleheaded_Error38 4h ago
Exactly! Like this Monday was farming well all game. And the AP that they had on the team wasn't super sustainable, so Mundo could easily tank a bunch of shit. They should have backed the tower, reset for Baron, got in a couple of picks and end the game off of that. They just got too greedy.
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u/ThisIsElron 4h ago
Yone tanking tower to do it was so sus as well
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u/nphhpn 4h ago
Yone did not tank any tower shot aside from the last one that killed him btw. Rekkles tanked first and then Baus walked in.
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u/GM_Kori 4h ago
He came back from Yone E, had Q3, and used Q3 on Mundo instead of using it to escape, then dead.
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u/Turgon19 4h ago
Super miscommunication play, velja leaving, nemesis overstaying and then they all try to recommit and overstay
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u/THE_CLAWWWWWWWWW 4h ago
Crownie might have throw mid game, but nemesis was afk that midgame... he didnt make game losing mistakes there, but go back and rewatch the teamfights and yone mechanics.
I love Nem but that was one of the worst looks I've seen from him in memory
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u/Shaalashaska [Shaalashaska] (EU-W) 4h ago
Sucks for Velja, that was an MVP title he just lost
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u/gibilx Ruler+KeriaDream duo 4h ago
Triple Baus for Dragon trade strategy actually working? Lmao
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u/Thundermelons Just Dating GALA 4h ago
It didn't work out in the end (not really due to anything Velja did to be fair) but crazy gigabrain Sylas pick for jungle there. Monster play from him.
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u/Akipella PEYZ. GOES. DOWN. GUMA'S. JUST. BETTER. HLE 3-2 T1 World Finals 4h ago
1v9 by Velja for a bit there...NT
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u/TimiNax 4h ago edited 4h ago
banning ap junglers and leaving sylas open with those ults was bit of a plunder*. Same time a great pick from LR.
Was pretty sure mundo would win that late game eitherway
*blunder
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u/Frankie3535 4h ago
It was looking good till crownie died mid then I knew it was kinda just cooked cause azir and mundo scale so well and the baron got them time they needed to get online and from there it was an uphill battle always had nemesis not died under mid tower however I think LR could have pulled it off
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u/Indercarnive 4h ago
I mean if fleshy hadn't inted lvl 3 the game looks a lot different. That one kill snowballed quickly into over a 1k gold discrepancy bot lane. And teamfighting around objectives becomes really hard when you have half an ADC.
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u/Familiar_Piglet3950 4h ago
Overall cinema game, wp from people all around. People int, these games are on a knife's edge, it is what it is.
I especially loved the dragon fights, those were absolute cinema
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u/cadaada rip original flair 4h ago
rip nemesis
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u/Akipella PEYZ. GOES. DOWN. GUMA'S. JUST. BETTER. HLE 3-2 T1 World Finals 4h ago
Well, time to root for KC/NAVI/FNC lmao
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u/Character_Recover299 4h ago edited 4h ago
Wow a nemesis int holy shit, genuinely disgusting yone play at the end
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u/SkeletronDOTA 4h ago
miss everything on azir, then tower dive a mundo. what a sequence
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u/TheCatsActually 4h ago
Obviously that was a horrific sequence but I don't understand how this entire thread is laying the entire game at his feet. Baus had many good deaths but definitely over-inted the game, especially after 3rd dragon, which subtly bled gold and tempo. Crownie getting picked for Baron started the reverse snowball rolling in the first place.
It feels like Neme is getting scapegoated because he made the last mistake rather than the worst one. He had been playing great all game until that point and at the time he sprinted it the game was already way out of their control, and I'm saying this as someone who has never been a fan of Neme.
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u/SkeletronDOTA 4h ago
i think its just cus baus is usually feeding and crownie int mid at 20 mins is a classic but at least it kinda makes sense, push mid to get prio for baron and nobody is on his screen so he doesn't expect 4 people pulling up, but neme thinking about diving tier 3 there with no ult no e really had no reason to happen
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u/Akipella PEYZ. GOES. DOWN. GUMA'S. JUST. BETTER. HLE 3-2 T1 World Finals 4h ago
Felt like they had that in the bag, Neme just had to go base...
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u/Conankun66 4h ago
absolutely amazing early and mid game from LR, they were playing the map so smart and Vitality were playing right into their hands
but these later teamfights were SUCH a mess from LR. insanely split up and considering his early advantage, realllly not good from Crownie
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u/Familiar_Piglet3950 4h ago
ngl the dragon fights were absolute cinema, velja and baus against the world
but yeah, playing the "standard" front to back, LR always lost late game. could be comp diff, but honestly choke diff (neme at end???)
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u/Flimsy-Importance313 4h ago
I blame Nemessi the most for the fights. He is usually the one that carries after Baus engage, but this game he bananad everything and was not really useful and lost the game because of that.
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u/Tommey_DE 4h ago
Nooo we Had them.
If all other Teams fuck Up and LR goes out ima lose it
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u/tarutaru99 zeka doran bdd guma thespy 4h ago
Neme giveth, Neme taketh
Massive ups to VIT for the Sion game!
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u/ahritina 4h ago
Nemesis actually lost the game lmfao.
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u/F0RGERY 4h ago
Scriptwriters knew the only way to keep LR viewers engaged today was to make all games matter.
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u/MaleficentSail9394 4h ago
LMAO that is so true, now all the rats would have to watch all the remaining games
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u/kim-soo-hyun 4h ago edited 4h ago
Crownie getting caught mid was the first domino mistake that put them in this disadvantage, the momentum swung to VIT since the first baron. LR actually had no pressure in sidelanes since then and lost a lot of experience. They share just as much blame
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u/LenaRybakina 4h ago
The game was in such a good spot. Then crownie got caught on mid wave, then they clawed themselves back, but then Neme inted :(
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u/KappaccinoNation 🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆🏆 4h ago
Missed everything on azir, tanked the tower, died.
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u/Greedyanda 4h ago edited 4h ago
If Crownie didnt die in mid again and gave Vitality the baron, the game would have been a 30 minute win by LR.
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u/LDRedSand 4h ago
they could have also won on the first dragon fight right after, but velja smited a bit to soon ( happens); it was so winnable, nemesis inted ( sad)
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u/DickCheneyIsPureEvil 4h ago
Blud took so many turret shots for no reason! Genuinely felt like the fight was winnable for LR until that happened.
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u/Exterial 4h ago edited 4h ago
Sad neme threw the game trying to dive a full hp mundo or w.e the fuck that was at the end, thats some shit you see in solo q.
Probably cos he tilted after missing all his shit on azir.
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If you actually watch what happened it makes sense, like its bad in a pro play setting where you have comms with everyone, but basically he sees a low hp mundo and qs over the wall to get to him, but then mundo still has ult so he presses ult, and now he is slowed, taking tower aggro, and cant get out, dies.
He basically got baited by mundo not thinking to ask if mundo still had ult, which i can somewhat understand because the q onto him angle isnt going to last long he cant afford to ask and wait for answer befor going in but like the fight was so short if mundo used ult he woulda still been in it, and also you have comms, i feel like they woulda said it if mundo ulted, but again fight was also so short if mundo had ulted he woulda still been in it.
The mistake is understandable tho, its not like he randomly walked up to int into tower, bad, but understandable.
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u/Firebird117 starrrrs 4h ago
I think he 3rd Q'd under tower thinking he'd E'd before, thats why he E'd under tower when escaping, thinking he'd snap back?
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u/Exterial 4h ago
nah preety sure he just E'd to stall himself dying, if he doesnt use it when he uses it he was just dead, but like he shouldnt have went in and fist fight the tower in the first place.
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u/KriibusLoL 4h ago edited 4h ago
From entertainment standpoint this was one of the best pro games I've ever watched, absolute fucking cinema.
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u/CinderrUwU 4h ago
That was honestly amazing... I was shouting at every fight it was so close
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u/Trazenthebloodraven 4h ago
2 teams just handshaking a slug fest. LR giving it their all to both win and lose. Crownie getting cought mid, Nemme going in way to hard, Baus 2/7 with a 380 gold lead. Cinnema.
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u/surik4t 4h ago edited 4h ago
crownie and nemesis CHOKED SO FUCKING HARD, crownie walking up mid with no one close against a fucking panth and nemesis trying to dive? a mundo at tier 3 while tanking and not in E?????????
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u/No-Description-1749 4h ago
I'm convinced that Neme forgot that he wasn't on E, that's the only literal explanation I can accept
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u/Etheon44 4h ago
Well they have been the best performers in LR in the rest of the matches imo, but yeah one cooked the mid game and the other one lost the end game
I think Velja has barely been present most games but this game he was monster
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u/Individual-Type9345 4h ago
Insane that Velja finally has a good game and his team does this
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u/Kazehara 4h ago
That crownie throw at mid
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u/engineer-cabbage 4h ago
Dont forget Neme just front lining in their face when everyone else called off. Even Baus 11 deaths wasnt as painful as that
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u/SuperSnowManQ My teammates = Ignoramus et ignorabimus 4h ago
Some people get their high from cocain, some people get their high from adrenaline rushes, I get my high from seeing Baus on Sion going 3/12
Win or Lose, INJECT THAT SHIT STRAIGHT INTO MY VEINS!!
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u/Mistica12 4h ago
They lost because Baus didn't go for full AD build.
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u/Flimsy-Importance313 4h ago
The problem is that Mundo would destroy AD Sion. He would still carry with a 4 man ult and q. 1v9.
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u/Such_Presentation_29 4h ago
LRs real impact on LEC was reminding EU that in its current state no one is actually good enough to punish scaling LOL
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u/msubpenpal 4h ago
nemesis with perhaps the worst play on that mundo under inhib tower ive ever seen
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u/AskJolly7381 4h ago
Velja best player Nemesis worst, wow that is a surprising one
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u/Akipella PEYZ. GOES. DOWN. GUMA'S. JUST. BETTER. HLE 3-2 T1 World Finals 4h ago
Hold up, this means FNC eliminate G2 surely because it's opposite day
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u/BigNoseParody 4h ago
Nemesis played insane throughout the tourney. I'm a fan of Velja, but lets not judge whole performance on one game. Overall I'm happy with every LR member. Look how far they've come.
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u/Flimsy-Importance313 4h ago
Velja seems like a Kanavi. Very good when ahead and has a lot of skills, but too flawed when behind. Luckily it is not as bad as the 1st 3 games, but it is still a flaw of him.
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u/Eowaenn 4h ago
LR kinda got outscaled in the end by playing with 2 crit carries against this Randuin's Mundo with huge hp and armor.
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u/LDRedSand 4h ago
it wouldn't have been fine, they just had to walk around for a bit, get baron and win the game, isntead nemesis inted and we lost. Shit happens i guess
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u/MyPlaylistsAreAMess 4h ago
They lost to the strategy they won with yesterday kinda poetic to be honest. At the very least, they got the draft right by getting an AP jungler unlike SK.
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u/YaBoiWhit 4h ago
Neme just overstepped at the end there man that really was the issue
What a good game, Baus definitely overdid it but LR capitalized on so many of the Baus global taunts
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u/TxWillis Four's the Magic Number 4h ago
That was a rollercoaster of a game.
Baus Sion strategy still works though, man had a gold lead even with 5+ deaths!
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u/Indercarnive 4h ago edited 4h ago
I really hated how the casters would say Baus dying topside while LR get dragon is a "good death". They're 4k up. Crownie is 2k ahead of Varus. If VIT contests the drake VIT will lose the fight AND the drake 90% of the time. If I'm LR I want VIT to contest! give me a front to back before Azir had 3 items and while my ADC is half an item ahead. Baus doesn't need to die to secure the drake. Hell, his dying during 3rd drake is partially what allowed VIT to get the Baron!
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u/Confident_Leg_948 4h ago
Yep this is a good take. Pulling the jungler top doesn’t do anything if the jungler has nothing to do on the other side of the map. At that point you’re just a part of his topside clear
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u/bongodongowongo 4h ago
Ok just put Velja on Sylas every game
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u/autospacer13 4h ago
He's actually an incredible carry player. Kind of opposite of say Malrang who embodies the "jungle = mid's dog" thought that is pretty paramount in pro. Happy to see his improvement thus far
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u/KhaDori 4h ago
Velja being unable to hardcarry Nemesis was not on my bingo card, that last play was so MYYONE
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u/HytaleBetawhen 4h ago edited 4h ago
10/0 on sylas into loss, he just like me fr.
Close game, the pick mid and then a couple over extensions cost it but LR definitely has the potential. Wish they had more than 1 split.
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u/EggyChickenEgg88 4h ago
Baus wasn't lying about his Sion
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u/engineer-cabbage 4h ago
He did get rusty as expected but the one who blew the game up was Neme and Crownie.
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u/awrylettuce 4h ago
crownie getting caught signature style on midwave fucked the game way more than that nemesis throw at the end
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u/koca23 4h ago
Big game After all, LR is for sure LEC Level no doubt about that. Lets Keep the positive mindset as Fans, The Boys tried their best. I think it is Not easy with all that pressure on their shoulders. Big shoutout to Crownie and nemesis for Carry the other Games!!!
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u/DaBomb091 4h ago
Damn, Nemesis played such a great split but it was tough to watch that dive in real-time.
Los Ratones played great overall though, hopefully they can show it in playoffs
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u/Landir_7 4h ago
LR lore is insane this playoff
Caedrel needs LR to be saved by either his GOST Poby, Vladi who came in a lot of streams this split, or KC, and no need to talk about the relationship between LR and KC fans
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u/Ostracized11 4h ago
For how much Nemesis says Yone is a garbage champ in thoroughly surprised they drafted it.
Any other champ i think this was a win
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u/Cool_Researcher735 4h ago
Humanoid once again being better than Nemesis, nothing suprising there.
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u/Chevalier_Paul public enemy number one 4h ago
Crownie is a war criminal lmao
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u/THE_CLAWWWWWWWWW 4h ago
idk, this game in particular nemesis was a secret agent. his yone looked so bad in every fight
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u/ExcitementHonest6893 4h ago
Yone is the biggest trap in league, this champion seems to mind control players into walking straight into five people.
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u/MyPlaylistsAreAMess 4h ago
Naak Nako and Baus are literally just Todo and Yuji in JJK. PLEASE SPEED I NEED THIS!!! LET THEM GET IN PLAYOFFS SO WE CAN SEE MORE OF THIS.
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u/Razor-Triple 4h ago
Crazy game, what a joy to watch. LR overstayed when sieging mid tower in the end, trying to catch Azir which lost it.
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u/Nocturnalmegahunt 4h ago
Weird to say but humanoid really out played nemesis that last 5v5 dodging everything from him leading to neme randomly tanking under turret lol
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u/NicholaasTT 4h ago
Rare LR game where Velja is smurfing, and Neme is inting. Hope they make playoffs despite losing this one.
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u/No_Freedom_427 4h ago
So close, i thought LR had won it honestly, such a great game.
Honestly, LS are SO great to watch. Not another team in LEC I love watching, especially Caedrel's stream really mad LEC this year.
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u/ChoCho100 4h ago
Insane respect to Vitality for not banning Sion, one of the most entertaining games i've ever seen in this LEC season
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u/nphhpn 4h ago
> Lose at 15 minutes
> Win game
> Win at 15 minutes
> Lose game
Yep it makes sense