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It is genuinely hard to fathom how a one-trick can take a champion most high-elo players struggle to even hit Challenger with and pilot him consistently enough to claim Rank 1 EUW.

SpearShot may have one of the best mentalities and champion understandings in the game. It is not only his knowledge about his champ and matchups that carried him; every game he shows the mentality of improving and looking into the game for a single missed Q just to prove that he could have done better every game. I am genuinely not trying to glaze the guy. You may say that this is all not true, but if you have not seen his stream lately, you need to acknowledge that getting Rank 1 as an OTP is hard in itself, but Pantheon is very hard to make work in these high-elo ranks—him climbing the EUW ladder is very hard to believe and see.

As a result of the achievement, he has received a lot of love from his amazing community, rewarding him with over 5,000 gifted subs and donations, and he truly deserved it for pulling off such a performance. Just wanted to let out my thoughts on SpearShot and his community. You can let me know your opinion on his climb, but for me, this is impossible to pull off unless you have such a passion for the game as this man.

https://reddit.com/link/1x3m9a1/video/u3gxfutd6xuh1/player

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If your main could get one extra basic spell, what would you give them?

It haas to be a basic ability, not a second ult
It has to be thematic to the champ (no Magic Missile on Garen)
Ideally it adds something to their gameplay instead of just being more damage.

For example Bel’Veth gets a stacking remora spell. Every jungle monster she kills gives her one stack, up to a cap. When she casts it, she summons remoras that hit the target for a percentage of her on-hit damage.

The idea is to give her a bit of an on-hit mage vibe and reward her for farming the jungle, which I think fits the Void Empress turning everything into her lavender sea.

What would yours be? bonus points if you think about how it would actually change the way the champ plays.

Currently, the radial menu has the owned/unlocked skins mixed among skins that are not owned. Scrolling through all of the skins just to find the ones owned/unlocked during champion select is needlessly clunky. Especially for champions who have a ton of skins. Why not have all of the owned skins side-by-side? This small change would greatly improve the user experience.

I'm sure there are even better ways the devs could go about it, too. But at the minimum collecting/organizing them into one spot together on the menu would make things a lot easier.

The one I'm thinking of off hand is Xayah ultimate - it should (intuitively) allow her to go over walls while she is up in the air. But this would obviously be a huge buff to her and change a lot of the matchups so she would likely have to be nerfed in other areas to compensate.

Are there other examples of this type of change that makes sense but would change the game balance a lot?

It's that time again for Worlds and that means pickems! As a stats nerd, I just had to take advantage of this.

If you don't care about my opinion on each question and just want the full stats, go here: https://wards.lol/lol-esports/pick-ems/2026/worlds/

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Champions

Highest Presence (picked or banned) across all drafts

1. Orianna: 72.4% (54.5% ban rate)
2. Varus: 59.7%
3. Nocturne: 57.7% (nerfed going into Worlds)

My pick: Orianna. Probably the safest bet and still a stable midlane pick. Vi, Nocturne and Cassio are all good picks, but were nerfed going into worlds.

Highest Win Rate (minimum 5 games)

1. Kled: 94.1% in 17 games
2. Kha'Zix: 85.7% in 7 games (buffed)
3. Kog'Maw: 75.0% in 12 games

My pick: Not sure what to pick here, but Kled seems like a fun option. Jinx also does well when it's picked late in fearless formats

Small samples at the top. Ashe (71.7% in 205 games) and Vayne (71.9% in 57) are the biggest-sample champions near the top.

Highest average Deaths per Game (minimum 5 games)

1. Irelia: 5.80 (5 games)
2. Tahm Kench: 4.40 (5 games)
3. Camille: 4.36 (104 games)

My pick: I think Irelia is a bait pick. Nautilus all the way for me

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Players

Highest average KDA

1. Knight (BLG): 6.49
2. Ackerman (LØS): 6.29
3. Vulcan (C9): 6.18

My pick: Probably Knight or Chovy

Highest average Damage per Game

1. Peyz (T1): 28,358
2. Caliste (KC): 27,712
3. Viper (BLG): 27,124

My pick: Peyz is the obvious choice for me

Highest average Kill Participation

1. JoJo (FURIA): 77.2%
2. Duro (Gen.G): 76.4%
3. Vulcan (C9): 75.7%

My pick: Going with Duro, but a play-ins team is also a solid choice here.

Peyz vs Gumayusi: more total kills?

• Peyz: 879 kills in 150 games (5.86 per game, best game 18)
• Gumayusi: 582 kills in 135 games (4.31 per game, best game 15)

Total kills also depend on how deep T1 and HLE go. Both are good options. I honestly didn't like this question, feels like it's just there to stirr up drama.

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Event

Will Faker reach 700 career Worlds kills? He needs 84.

• At his 2026 rate (3.53 kills per game) that's about 24 games
• At his Worlds 2024-2025 rate (4.15) about 21 games
• Past Worlds: 110 kills in 24 games (2025), 60 in 17 (2024), 46 in 15 (2023)

My pick: Depends if you believe in the 4-peat

Will Teemo be picked at least once?

• One Worlds pick since 2019 (Isurus, 2022 play-ins)
• One pick in all of 2026, and that was in the Prime League. Zero in the major leagues.

My pick: I don't believe in the Scout's code, sorry Teemo

How many unique champions will be picked?

• Past Worlds: 98 (2019), 88, 91, 109 (2022), 89, 95, 95 (2025)
• 6 of the last 7 Worlds landed in 0-99, one in 105-109

My pick: This one surprised me A LOT. I usually go 110-114 or 115-119, but probably just going with one of the two lowest options.

More games before or after 32:00?

• Worlds teams in 2026: 51.5% ended before 32:00, 48.5% after (average 32:25)
• All teams in the same leagues: 50.6% before, 49.4% after

My pick: Riot picked a good timeline, it's about 50/50. Probably going after 32:00

Any pro with 15+ kills in a single game?

• 1.43% of Worlds teams' 2026 games had one
• At Worlds since 2019 it happened 3 times, all in play-ins: Shogun 16 (2022), TitaN 15 (2021), Raes 15 (2020)
• The last three Worlds peaked at 14 (Ruler, Peyz, Aiming)

My pick: At first I was just looking at the % of games that had it, but then thought that it just needs to be 1 game, which isn't a lot. Altough there haven't been many at worlds with 15+ kills, it happens quite a lot in regular play, so most likely going with yes. (let me know if you want to see some stats on 15+ kills in regular play outside worlds)

Any pro with 450+ Creep Score in a single game?

• 29 Worlds games since 2019 had one
• Most recent: Gumayusi 468 on Sivir in the 2025 final

My pick: Yes. There is always one weird game that goes on for so long that someone has 450+ CS. Also Chovy is in the tournament.

Role of the Finals MVP (since 2014)

• Top 3, Jungle 3, Mid 3, Bot 2, Support 1
• Last three: Gumayusi (bot, 2025), Faker (mid, 2024), Zeus (top, 2023)

My pick: Don't pick support I guess is the message here, otherwise it's 25% chance.

How many regions in Knockouts? Six regions at Worlds 2026.

• 3 or 4 regions every year since 2019 (average 3.3)
• 2025: LCK, LPL, LEC, LCP

My pick: *Obvious answer is probably 3, maybe 4, but it depends a lot on swiss stage matchups and whether you believe 2 regions outside LPL/LCK will make it. There is a chance the answer is just 2, since those regions can full the entirety of playoffs. *

Will an LCS team reach Knockouts?

• 3 of the last 7 Worlds: Cloud9 (2021), NRG (2023), FlyQuest (2024)
• LCS teams won 21 of 47 games (44.7%) against other regions at 2026 international events

My pick: I think no (Sorry NA, EU fan all the way here), but there is always a chance, especially in Swiss

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Teams

HLE or T1: who places higher?

• 2026 head to head: HLE 6-3 in series, 16-12 in games
• International results: HLE won MSI 2026 (T1 top 8). T1 won Worlds 2023, 2024 and 2025 (HLE top 8 in 2024 and 2025).

My pick: I didn't really like this question. It's T1 at worlds, but HLE have won most the Head-to-head, if they end up facing each other.

Which team wins the shortest game?

1. Hanwha Life Esports: 19:20 shortest win (30:41 average win)
2. Invictus Gaming: 19:47
3. Anyone's Legend: 21:55

My pick: Obvious answer is HLE, since they have shortest and shortest average games, but something like Cloud9 at play-ins is also an interesting choice

Love these episodes. The Flandre and Bwipo one was one of the best eSport content I've ever seen and I'm middle of episode and already enjoy it thoroughly again

Hey guys, do you guys know where can I buy the playins tickets in LA? I looked at the famous websites and none of them have anything.

###LCS 2026 Summer Playoffs

Lolesports | Leaguepedia | Eventvods.com | New to LoL

Today's matches will be played on Patch 26.17.

###Today's Matches

|#|Match|PST|EST|CET|KST |:--:|:--:|:--:|:--:|:--:|:--:|:--:|:--:|:--:|:--:|:--:|:--: |1|TL vs LYON|13:00|16:00|22:00|05:00

• All matches are Best of 5

###Streams

• Stream on Twitch

• Stream on YouTube

• Stream on Lolesports

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###Bracket

Round 1			Round 2			Round 3			Round 4			Finals
C9	3
vs	-		LYON	1
SR	0		vs	-
			C9	3					C9	1
SEN	0								vs	-
vs	-		TL	3					TL	3
FLY	3		vs	-
			FLY	0
-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
												TL	0
												vs	-
												LYON	0
									C9	1
									vs	-
						LYON	3		LYON	3
						vs	-
			FLY	2		SR	1
SR	3		vs	-
vs	-		SR	3
SEN	2

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###Format

• Playoffs
• 6 teams participate
• Double elimination bracket
• Top 2 teams start in Upper Bracket Round 2
• 3rd to 6th seed start in Upper Bracket Round 1
• All matches are best of five
• Top 3 teams qualify for the 2026 Season World Championship

The official LCS ruleset can be found here.

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###VoDs

• VoDs on Reddit

• VoDs on Eventvods.com

• VoDs on YouTube

• VoDs on Lolesports

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###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.

Either the champion is too clunky, has too many counters, or just an ultimately unsatisfying gameplay experience.

What's a champion you don't understand why anyone would one-trick/main it?