LEC2026-w18
Weekly Report · Apr 27 – May 3, 2026
Published 2026-08-16 15:09
11 games — that is what the LEC week added up to, spread across 4 series. Games averaged 33:54 this week, close to the season average of 33:57. Game length alone does not mark this week out.
Results
Team records
1 series won against 0 lost — that is the Karmine Corp week, which comes to 2-1 in games.
| Team | Series | Games |
|---|---|---|
 Karmine Corp | 1W 0L | 2W 1L |
 Natus Vincere | 1W 0L | 2W 1L |
 Team Vitality | 1W 0L | 2W 1L |
 Fnatic | 1W 1L | 3W 2L |
 Shifters | 0W 1L | 1W 2L |
 SK Gaming | 0W 1L | 1W 2L |
 Team Heretics | 0W 1L | 0W 2L |
Best five
The best five for this week fills 5 of the five positions: Empyros (Top), Razork (Jungle), Vladi (Mid), Upset (Bot), Lospa (Support). 5/6/57, a ratio of 10.33 — that is what Lospa recorded for Fnatic at Support, taking 3 of 5 games.
Weekly awards
Meta watch
In patch terms this was a 16.8 week. The champion named most often in the draft was Nautilus, with picks and bans together reaching 100.0%. The top of that list runs Nautilus, Orianna, Varus. The sharpest rise against last week belongs to Ahri, whose presence moved by +30.8%p. The same trend covers Ahri, Lucian, Caitlyn.
Best games
The longest game of the week was Natus Vincere against Shifters, settled after 44:27 in favor of Natus Vincere. The closest game was SK Gaming against Team Vitality, decided on a total gold gap of 6,204, with SK Gaming ahead at the end.
Longest game
44:27
Closest game
6,204 gold