LPL2026-w34
Weekly Report · Aug 17 – 23, 2026
Published 2026-08-26 08:19
Across the week LPL played 14 series, and those contained 36 games. Anyone's Legend lost a series they were expected to win. The gap in season win rate read 36.6% against 67.4% at the start of the week, and Team WE still walked away with the result. Games averaged 32:15 this week, close to the season average of 32:32. Game length alone does not mark this week out.
Results
Week 5
Week 5
Week 5
- Game 1 · 28:56
- Game 2 · 31:17
Week 5
Week 5
Week 5
Week 5
Week 5
Week 5
Week 5
Week 5
Week 5
Week 5
- Game 1 · 25:44
- Game 2 · 39:03
- Game 3 · 24:27
Week 5
Team records
3 series won against 0 lost — that is the Bilibili Gaming week, which comes to 6-2 in games. The unbeaten column adds 1 more this week: JD Gaming.
| Rank | Team | Series | Games | Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ascend1 |  Bilibili Gaming | 3W 0L | 6W 2L | – |
| Ascend4 |  JD Gaming | 3W 0L | 6W 2L | – |
| Ascend8 |  EDward Gaming | 2W 1L | 5W 2L | – |
| Ascend6 |  LGD Gaming | 2W 1L | 5W 3L | – |
| Nirvana1 |  Ninjas in Pyjamas.CN | 1W 0L | 2W 0L | – |
| Nirvana3 |  Weibo Gaming | 1W 0L | 2W 1L | – |
| Ascend5 |  Team WE | 1W 2L | 3W 5L | – |
| Ascend3 |  Top Esports | 1W 2L | 2W 5L | – |
| Nirvana4 |  LNG Esports | 0W 1L | 1W 2L | – |
| Nirvana2 |  Invictus Gaming | 0W 1L | 0W 2L | – |
| Ascend2 |  Anyone's Legend | 0W 3L | 3W 6L | – |
| Ascend7 |  ThunderTalk Gaming | 0W 3L | 1W 6L | – |
Best five
Picking the best player at each position leaves 5 in total this week: Xiaoxu (Top), Xun (Jungle), Knight (Mid), Viper (Bot), Vampire (Support). The standout line belongs to Vampire of JD Gaming, who played 8 games at Support, won 6 of them, and posted a KDA of 2/13/111 for a ratio of 8.69.
Weekly awards
Meta watch
Almost every game this week was played on patch 16.16. Draft attention concentrated on Orianna, Cassiopeia, Jarvan IV. Orianna sat at the front of it with a presence of 91.7%. Lucian turned that attention into results, winning 80.0% across 5 picks — this week it paid to have the pick. Compared with last week Pantheon gained +36.1%p in presence, and the rising group runs Pantheon, Orianna, Yone.
Patch v16.16
| Champion | Presence | Picks | Bans | Win rate | vs. last week |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Orianna | 91.7% | 6 | 27 | 50.0% | +27.8%p |
 Cassiopeia | 91.7% | 3 | 30 | 33.3% | +2.8%p |
 Jarvan IV | 69.4% | 8 | 17 | 37.5% | +22.2%p |
 Vi | 66.7% | 12 | 12 | 50.0% | ±0.0%p |
 Lucian | 66.7% | 5 | 19 | 80.0% | +8.3%p |
Best games
The longest game of the week was Anyone's Legend against Bilibili Gaming, settled after 42:59 in favor of Anyone's Legend. A total gold gap of 2,975 — the narrowest of the week, from LGD Gaming against Bilibili Gaming, where LGD Gaming came out in front.
Longest game
42:59
Closest game
2,975 gold