LPL2026-w16

Weekly Report · Apr 13 – 19, 2026

Published 2026-08-16 15:08

24 games — that is what the LPL week added up to, spread across 10 series. Season win rates of 0.0% against 44.4% said one thing; the series said another. ThunderTalk Gaming beat Oh My God for the clearest upset of the week. Games averaged 33:18 this week, close to the season average of 32:49. Game length alone does not mark this week out.

Results

Team records

2 series won against 0 lost — that is the Top Esports week, which comes to 4-0 in games. The unbeaten column adds 1 more this week: ThunderTalk Gaming.

TeamSeriesGames
TESTop Esports2W 0L4W 0L
TTThunderTalk Gaming2W 0L4W 1L
BLGBilibili Gaming2W 1L4W 3L
NIPNinjas in Pyjamas.CN1W 0L2W 0L
ALAnyone's Legend1W 1L2W 2L
WBGWeibo Gaming1W 1L3W 3L
JDGJD Gaming1W 1L2W 3L
OMGOh My God0W 1L1W 2L
WETeam WE0W 1L0W 2L
UPUltra Prime0W 1L0W 2L
iGInvictus Gaming0W 3L2W 6L

Best five

The best five for this week fills 5 of the five positions: Keshi (Top), Junhao (Jungle), Creme (Mid), Ahn (Bot), Feather (Support). The standout line belongs to Creme of Top Esports, who played 4 games at Mid, won 4 of them, and posted a KDA of 21/4/33 for a ratio of 13.50.

Weekly awards

Meta watch

The reference point for reading this meta is patch 16.7. Varus, Orianna, Karma — the champions the draft returned to most this week. Varus led the way at 100.0%. Ryze turned that attention into results, winning 83.3% across 6 picks — this week it paid to have the pick. The sharpest rise against last week belongs to Varus, whose presence moved by +29.2%p. The same trend covers Varus, Annie, Caitlyn.

Patch v16.7

ChampionPresencePicksBansWin ratevs. last week
Varus100.0%32133.3%+29.2%p
Orianna91.7%22050.0%+4.2%p
Karma83.3%31733.3%-16.7%p
Rumble75.0%41425.0%+4.2%p
Ryze70.8%61183.3%+12.5%p

Best games

Anyone's Legend and Team WE played the longest game of the week. It ran 47:43 and ended with Anyone's Legend ahead. A total gold gap of 2,795 — the narrowest of the week, from Anyone's Legend against Team WE, where Anyone's Legend came out in front.