LPL2026-w32
Weekly Report · Aug 3 – 9, 2026
Published 2026-08-16 14:29
32 games — that is what the LPL week added up to, spread across 14 series. Season win rates of 34.4% against 68.8% said one thing; the series said another. Invictus Gaming beat LNG Esports for the clearest upset of the week. Kills per game came to 33.84 this week against a season average of 29.02 — a more combative week than usual.
Results
Week 3
Week 3
- Game 1 · 29:51
- Game 2 · 39:36
Week 3
Week 3
Week 3
Week 3
Week 3
- Game 1 · 27:06
- Game 2 · 30:59
- Game 3 · 34:34
Week 3
- Game 1 · 40:45
- Game 2 · 24:35
Week 3
- Game 1 · 31:00
- Game 2 · 32:23
Week 3
Week 3
Week 3
Week 3
Week 3
Team records
The best week belongs to Top Esports: 3 series won and 0 lost, or 6-0 once you count individual games. JD Gaming — also unbeaten this week, 1 in total, with every series won.
| Rank | Team | Series | Games | Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ascend3 | 3W 0L | 6W 0L | ||
| Ascend5 | 3W 0L | 6W 1L | ||
| Ascend7 | 2W 1L | 4W 4L | ||
| Nirvana3 | 1W 0L | 2W 0L | ||
| Nirvana1 | 1W 0L | 2W 1L | ||
| Nirvana2 | 1W 1L | 3W 2L | ||
| Ascend1 | 1W 1L | 2W 2L | ||
| Ascend1 | 1W 1L | 2W 2L | ||
| Ascend4 | 1W 2L | 3W 4L | ||
| Nirvana4 | 0W 2L | 0W 4L | ||
| Ascend6 | 0W 3L | 2W 6L | ||
| Ascend8 | 0W 3L | 0W 6L |
Best five
The best five for this week fills 5 of the five positions: ZUIAN (Top), Tian (Jungle), HongQ (Mid), GALA (Bot), Zhuo (Support). The standout line belongs to GALA of JD Gaming, who played 7 games at Bot, won 6 of them, and posted a KDA of 39/6/45 for a ratio of 14.00.
Weekly awards
Most kills
JackeyLove46
6 gamesBest KDA
Xiaohao19.00
2 gamesKill participation
Xiaohao88.4%
2 gamesChampion pool
Ahn7
8 games
Meta watch
In patch terms this was a 16.15 week. The champion named most often in the draft was Ezreal, with picks and bans together reaching 90.6%. The top of that list runs Ezreal, Orianna, Poppy. Orianna turned that attention into results, winning 83.3% across 6 picks — this week it paid to have the pick. Olaf, Corki, Ahri — champions the draft used more than it did last week. Olaf moved the furthest at +30.0%p.
Patch v16.15
| Champion | Presence | Picks | Bans | Win rate | vs. last week |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 90.6% | 7 | 22 | 28.6% | +4.0%p | |
| 84.4% | 6 | 21 | 83.3% | +4.4%p | |
| 81.3% | 4 | 22 | 75.0% | -8.7%p | |
| 81.3% | 4 | 22 | 100.0% | +7.9%p | |
| 65.6% | 7 | 14 | 28.6% | +15.6%p |
Best games
Ninjas in Pyjamas.CN and Invictus Gaming played the longest game of the week. It ran 46:52 and ended with Ninjas in Pyjamas.CN ahead. Ninjas in Pyjamas.CN and Invictus Gaming finished within 133 of each other in total gold, the tightest game of the week, and Ninjas in Pyjamas.CN took it.
Longest game
46:52
Closest game
133 gold
Next week
3 matches — the size of the schedule for the week ahead. The one to watch is Weibo Gaming against Invictus Gaming.
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Schedule as of publication — fixtures may have changed since.