LPL2026-w36
Weekly Report · Aug 31 – Sep 6, 2026
Published 2026-09-07 08:05Updated 2026-09-13 08:05
25 games — that is what the LPL week added up to, spread across 6 series. The upset of the week belongs to Invictus Gaming, who took the series against Top Esports. Going into the week the two sides carried season win rates of 37.8% and 55.3%. Games averaged 31:05 this week against a season average of 32:27, so they finished earlier than usual. Teams that took a lead tended to close it out quickly.
Results
Round 2
- Game 1 · 29:22
- Game 2 · 25:12
- Game 3 · 33:40
- Game 4 · 24:51
Round 2
- Game 1 · 24:55
- Game 2 · 31:14
- Game 3 · 37:46
- Game 4 · 26:32
Round 1
- Game 1 · 32:16
- Game 2 · 28:20
- Game 3 · 42:28
- Game 4 · 36:14
- Game 5 · 25:04
Round 1
- Game 1 · 39:42
- Game 2 · 32:56
- Game 3 · 27:59
Round 2
- Game 1 · 23:28
- Game 2 · 31:33
- Game 3 · 33:45
- Game 4 · 25:42
Round 2
- Game 1 · 30:29
- Game 2 · 41:10
- Game 3 · 26:12
- Game 4 · 26:09
- Game 5 · 40:28
Team records
The best week belongs to Invictus Gaming: 2 series won and 0 lost, or 6-3 once you count individual games.
| Team | Series | Games |
|---|---|---|
 Invictus Gaming | 2W 0L | 6W 3L |
 Anyone's Legend | 1W 0L | 3W 1L |
 Bilibili Gaming | 1W 0L | 3W 1L |
 Ninjas in Pyjamas.CN | 1W 1L | 5W 3L |
 LGD Gaming | 1W 1L | 4W 5L |
 Top Esports | 0W 1L | 2W 3L |
 JD Gaming | 0W 1L | 0W 3L |
 Team WE | 0W 2L | 2W 6L |
Best five
Picking the best player at each position leaves 5 in total this week: TheShy (Top), Wei (Jungle), Rookie (Mid), JiaQi (Bot), Meiko (Support). Nobody in the five posted a stronger week than Rookie of Invictus Gaming. At Mid the line reads 27/13/75 across 9 games, 6 of them won, for a ratio of 7.85.
Top
TheShyInvictus Gaming6W 3L22/25/51 · KDA 2.92
Jungle
WeiInvictus Gaming6W 3L27/33/73 · KDA 3.03
Mid
RookieInvictus Gaming6W 3L27/13/75 · KDA 7.85
Bot
JiaQiInvictus Gaming6W 3L58/21/44 · KDA 4.86
Support
MeikoInvictus Gaming6W 3L9/31/105 · KDA 3.68
Weekly awards
Meta watch
In patch terms this was a 16.17 week. Draft attention concentrated on Cassiopeia, Vi, Nocturne. Cassiopeia sat at the front of it with a presence of 100.0%. The sharpest rise against last week belongs to Olaf, whose presence moved by +20.0%p. The same trend covers Olaf, Jhin, Lulu.
Patch v16.17
| Champion | Presence | Picks | Bans | Win rate | vs. last week |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Cassiopeia | 100.0% | 0 | 25 | – | +26.7%p |
 Vi | 92.0% | 3 | 20 | 66.7% | +5.3%p |
 Nocturne | 76.0% | 4 | 15 | 100.0% | -10.7%p |
 Olaf | 60.0% | 4 | 11 | 25.0% | +20.0%p |
 Orianna | 48.0% | 4 | 8 | 25.0% | -18.7%p |
Best games
42:28 — the longest game of the week, taken by Invictus Gaming in the meeting between Invictus Gaming and Top Esports. A total gold gap of 2,794 — the narrowest of the week, from Team WE against Invictus Gaming, where Invictus Gaming came out in front.
Longest game
42:28
Closest game
2,794 gold
Next week
One match — the size of the schedule for the week ahead. The one to watch is Bilibili Gaming against Anyone's Legend.
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Schedule as of publication — fixtures may have changed since.