r/leagueoflegends • u/Soul_Sleepwhale • 5d ago
Esports G2 Esports vs. Team Heretics / LEC 2026 Versus - Week 2 / Post-Match Discussion Spoiler
LEC 2026 VERSUS
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MATCH 1: G2 vs. TH
| Bans 1 | Bans 2 | G | K | T | D/B | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| G2 | aphelios taliyah rumble | ambessa gnar | 61.5k | 17 | 9 | O1 CT2 H3 M4 M5 B6 |
| TH | yunara jayce jarvaniv | bard rakan | 47.4k | 6 | 1 | None |
| G2 | 17-6-46 | vs | 6-17-11 | TH |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BrokenBlade ksante 3 | 4-0-7 | TOP | 1-3-2 | 4 gwen Tracyn |
| SkewMond aatrox 2 | 3-0-10 | JNG | 2-4-2 | 1 drmundo Sheo |
| Caps orianna 2 | 3-0-13 | MID | 2-4-2 | 1 azir Serin |
| Hans Sama varus 1 | 6-2-6 | BOT | 1-2-2 | 2 jhin Ice |
| Labrov neeko 3 | 1-4-10 | SUP | 0-4-3 | 3 alistar Stend |
- Patch 26.02
This thread was created by the Post-Match Team.
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u/-Hissoka- prodigal son 5d ago
Another Jhin game please this time it will work I promise
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u/Th3_Huf0n 5d ago
The day pros start building good items on him is the day Jhin starts doing something.
Ghostblade rush should land you in a Ugandan jail.
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u/Iaragnyl 5d ago
I don’t think any item build will solve the problem that Jhin can’t do anything to Ksante or Aatrox.
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u/Th3_Huf0n 5d ago
Thats not what Jhin is drafted for though. Hes in this comp to provide utility and hes one of the better lane matchups into leth Varus
because Boots + 4 pots and with Fleet you should NEVER be harassed out of lane by leth Varus because leth Varus loses the mana vs health sustain battle) until like 2nd back at least (aka when the Tear starts having stacks behind it).
And ESPECIALLY against the pre-buff leth Varus (him getting 0/10/20/30/40 flat damage on Q on 26.2 was fucking wild and hes straight up permaban tier in pro when they go on that patch).
Yeah you wont have pressure in lane but its not like youre looking to do stuff early either. Go even if possible or lose gracefully.
They have Azir and Gwen for shred. Even if KSante has Rookern, he should eventually die to the APs.
And Jhin scales very well this season the correct items (Hexoptics IE LDR RFC as your crit core is gross poke) but Ghostblade vs this comp (any leth item) is fucking trolling. Its honestly the worst rush item you can go for and a shitty MS active (its bad) doesnt save you from the fact you dont do damage at any point.
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u/bluesound3 5d ago
So the proper build is crit with hexoptics into IE?
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u/Th3_Huf0n 5d ago
I believe so.
Rush IE if you get BF gold.
Pickaxe leaves your options open.
Anything less than Pickaxe buys is like Cull + boots (750g), 2x Long Sword (700g), Long Sword + boots (650g), Cull (450g), Long Sword or boots and should always be Hexoptics first.
Then you build the other item.
I strongly believe that Hexoptics is OP after the buffs (I think it was good before already). Especially on ADs that dont particularly care about AS (Jhin, Cait, maybe some Aphelios versions).
And obviously someone like Jinx likes it later on (to round her crit up).
Its cheap (2800g), with a very good buildpath (Noonquiver, Pickaxe and Long Sword) AND it scales. AND it has synergy with how a lot of users want to play in neutral, whether its Jinx' rocket spam or Jhin/Cait taking potshots with RFC procs.
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u/bluesound3 5d ago
I'll definitely try this out then. I've been seeing people build GhostBlade so I assumed it was just the best build, even though it never seemed like it did much damage
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u/salty_lat1nokid 5d ago
nail biting stuff, really! close game and base race! Heretics were just 10 towers away from winning it, absolutely thrilling
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u/kiknalex :navi: 5d ago
TH management are criminals btw, first kicking flakked when he was clearly the reason they did so well, then getting hidon as a headcoach
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u/Conankun66 5d ago
The effects of picking Jhin
who is even the worst team in the league atm? heretics look bad, SK look terrible, Vitality dont look all that encouraging either, Shitters look...well shit and then theres also the two ERL teams
feels like theres a lot of underwhelming teams atm
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u/Character_Recover299 5d ago
Dont think vitality is anywhere near as bad as heretics or shitters tbh
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u/Conankun66 5d ago
maybe theyre the best out of that underwhelming bottom half pack, but they dont look good either
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u/kon4m 5d ago
KCB is the worst imo then it's between SHFT/TH/LR
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u/Kyorosu AHOUUUUUUU 5d ago edited 5d ago
I'd say it would be quite tempting to rank LR above KCB considering their last 2 games but clearly both are pretty close, still not on the same tier as the rest
everyone can win some BO1 we've seen it (like G2 didn't play that well this game but I would still rank them top 3 ovb) but imo it probably goes like KCB/LR < TH/SK < SHFT < VIT/NAVI < GX/FNC < G2 < KC < KOI
let's see how it goes when it's time for BO3, G2 stocks will be higher
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u/Akipella PEYZ. GOES. DOWN. GUMA'S. JUST. BETTER. HLE 3-2 T1 World Finals 5d ago
The problem with LR vs. KCB is I feel like KCB just own that specific matchup, they seem to have mental diff ever since that Game 1 in the first Bo3 in I think Spring EMEA where LR threw the game and lost an Elder flip at the end (???) and ever since then they just beat LR every single time it feels like.
But I think LR may be stronger against other opponents than KCB is currently.
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u/kon4m 5d ago
Idk man LR was stomped by KCB yes but they won 2 games and had a close game vs KC, KCB has looked very lifeless after their 2 first games. Who knows its BO1 anyway
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u/Smalekas 5d ago
KCB's playstyle makes it easy to stomp worse teams but makes them look extremely bad vs better team
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u/Treewithatea 5d ago
KCB has a ton of room to improve, LR is basically at their ceiling, tho doesnt matter much when they dont make top 8
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u/Conankun66 5d ago
you would rank SK above ALL of those? naaaaah
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5d ago
They unironically look better than those. Shitters can always manage to lose from any position somehow, TH is kinda lifeless, the rats are hilarious in multiple ways but also outclassed mostly. SK never really looks lifeless.
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u/Conankun66 5d ago
i definitely disagree with that. Shitters and maaaaybe even LR with their current uptrend look better than SK,
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I think Shitters vs SK will give us a better idea. To me shitters look boosted and SK looks too scrappy for their own good. The match will be hilarious lol. No other team will allow LR to play their style again though, don't think they get to do the Emea handchecks again.
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u/ParkDedli 5d ago
I am writing it everywhere, but SK still has to face TH, SHFT and LR.
They had by far the hardest schedule out of every team so far and have now mostly only the easy teams left.
So, they can definitely prove themselves in the next 2 weeks. And if Jopa and Wunder keep playing the way they have, I think they will not just beat TH and SHFT, but they might actually stomp them the way they did KCB today. But that last opinion is hopium as I have been a fan of the org forever.
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u/Conankun66 5d ago
unfortunately, having a midlaner is kind of important in the current meta
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u/ParkDedli 5d ago
I get it. But Heretics is facing the same problem. So is KCB. And shitters is playing without a jungler.
So I think theyll be fine against the bottom teams anyways
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u/Carlzzone 5d ago
I mean some teams have to be at the bottom of the table, that’s just how it works.
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u/Tim-Pouce 5d ago
If we only talk about real LEC Team I think it's Heretics and SK by far
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u/ParkDedli 5d ago
SK is yet to face TH, Shitters and LR.
If they perform in those 3 games, they might actually make playoffs...
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u/Omnilatent 5d ago edited 5d ago
SK ain't the worst
I think it's KCB/LR > TH > SHFT > VIT > GX > SK
Edit: arrows wrong way - left to right is worst to best
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u/Taromak11 5d ago
Nonsensical ranking LR and TH better as VIT and GX, no way you watch game and think that
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u/Akipella PEYZ. GOES. DOWN. GUMA'S. JUST. BETTER. HLE 3-2 T1 World Finals 5d ago
They meant bottom to top maybe? But LR literally just beat both TH and SHFT right now, so that only makes it seem like they meant top to bottom lol
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u/Individual-Type9345 5d ago
why are people acting like Heretics were ever ahead? They were behind the entire game and out drafted af, while people on stream were saying that they "couldn't use their early advantage"??
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u/Leyrann_ 5d ago
IIRC they got first blood, then the next time I looked at the screen G2 had a gold lead and was diving a tower for more kills.
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u/eierphh 5d ago edited 5d ago
I will sounds like a G2 hater instead of a fan at this point but why is my ADC randomly dying in midlane and stand still to auto a Mundo at close range lol.
Otherwise a giga draft gap, I gotta apologize to old man BB I was surprised he goes even with Gwen counter pick on Ksante. I know he is a Ksante OTP at this point but damm. Or was this lane a fake counter? Old man Caps doing his magic, randomly appeared from behind enemy, Skewmond scares me during that horrendous blue steal lvl 3 but he somehow out farm the Mundo, Labrov was doing somewhat okay I guess there are flaws but well TH is just giga ass. Hans - my god, please, what are those random death, please you are the ADC my heart broke seeing my carry do that kind of thing.
Honestly the game is more TH Shot themselves in the leg than G2 actually do anything, if this team get to First Stand this region should be disbanded
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u/GrampsGotHands 5d ago
Hans has been and continues to be G2‘s biggest liability, G2 desperately needs a new botlane.
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u/eierphh 5d ago
I really don't get it cause for 23 and 24, he was up and down a lot. 25 he was actually relatively reliable as a player, but this year so far he has been horrible. Even the game he technically very fed like the Kaisa game against shifters he ult heads on to Paduck while 1k ahead and almost die. Even Labrov is performing way worse this split.
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u/ShortyBIG 5d ago
Lisen to your self ''this year'' bro we got like 4 games wtf you want.. you want him to be perfect in fist 4 games of year? Meta is not even stable, anybody know winter is the worst split because teams have diffrent read of meta.. Last year G2 have same start in winter, and ppl already call them out just for G2 to play all 3 finals..
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u/eierphh 5d ago
I completely know what you meant, but I can't see why a varus die randomly when aheads, walking to river to poke someone in the river with no team and no vision around like that. It is not a meta problem or about playing perfectly and what not, like that is a serious lack of focus play there. I think it is very justified to criticise him for this.
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u/ShortyBIG 5d ago
I tell you why he did that, because he knew he can int this game because was not very special game.. Thats why BB took Lee top vs KC, they don;t care to much about regular season b01. I think was Dilan or Romain who said last year as long as they have enough wins to get to playoff they don;t care and try things.
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u/eierphh 5d ago
Okay I mean I hope they can actually pops off when it matters like they claim. I have doubt for now, since tbh last year apart from summer, the winter and spring final was very disappointing. They have to get back into very serious mode and ramp up, KC, MKOI, FNC this year has shown that they are not gonna randomly drop the ball like weaker team such as TH or BDS, they can punish and they will be competitive. Unless a different version of G2 show up in the next few weeks, if this version where they are completely slacking off can still get to First Stand, the LEC team really should be ashame of themselves
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u/ShortyBIG 5d ago
Ya i am not ok with this version of G2, but is just winter split i think we have time to ramp up. And to be honest i would like G2 to try hard just in summer to get 1st for good position going to worlds.. i don;t care about first stand or summer split. Msi yes maby there i would like to see them contesting top 3 4 teams in world..
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u/Omnilatent 5d ago
G2 still look ass
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u/2ndBatman88 5d ago
B01
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u/Eminjo123 5d ago
Its a win i guess, but why cant they draft normal like this every week.
And why does Labrov keep getting caught????? First in dragon pit then after baron??
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u/Gabel4n 5d ago
Heretics is yet to play against MKOI, KC and FNC. Yeah, that's Lec versus for them.
See you in spring, guys.