LEC2026-w17

Weekly Report · Apr 20 – 26, 2026

Published 2026-08-16 15:09

18 games — that is what the LEC week added up to, spread across 8 series. Karmine Corp strung the week together, taking 3 series back to back without dropping one. Games averaged 34:40 this week, close to the season average of 33:57. Game length alone does not mark this week out.

Results

Team records

3 series won against 0 lost — that is the Karmine Corp week, which comes to 6-1 in games.

TeamSeriesGames
KCKarmine Corp3W 0L6W 1L
G2G2 Esports1W 0L2W 0L
MKOIMovistar KOI1W 0L2W 0L
VITTeam Vitality1W 0L2W 0L
FNCFnatic1W 1L3W 2L
NAVINatus Vincere1W 1L2W 3L
GXGIANTX0W 1L0W 2L
SKSK Gaming0W 1L0W 2L
THTeam Heretics0W 1L0W 2L
SHFTShifters0W 3L1W 6L

Best five

Canna (Top), Yike (Jungle), kyeahoo (Mid), Caliste (Bot), Busio (Support) — the strongest weekly line at each position, 5 in total. 10/9/103, a ratio of 12.56 — that is what Busio recorded for Karmine Corp at Support, taking 6 of 7 games.

Weekly awards

Meta watch

The reference point for reading this meta is patch 16.8. Draft attention concentrated on Nautilus, Varus, Orianna. Nautilus sat at the front of it with a presence of 100.0%. Pantheon turned that attention into results, winning 80.0% across 5 picks — this week it paid to have the pick. Ashe, Sion, Varus — champions the draft used more than it did last week. Ashe moved the furthest at +45.2%p.

Patch v16.8

ChampionPresencePicksBansWin ratevs. last week
Nautilus100.0%018+14.3%p
Varus88.9%31333.3%+31.8%p
Orianna88.9%115100.0%-11.1%p
Pantheon77.8%5980.0%+27.8%p
Rumble72.2%6750.0%-13.5%p

Best games

Natus Vincere and Fnatic played the longest game of the week. It ran 46:03 and ended with Natus Vincere ahead. The closest game was Natus Vincere against Fnatic, decided on a total gold gap of 2,211, with Natus Vincere ahead at the end.