Gen.G vs. Bilibili Gaming / World Championship 2026 Knockout Stage - Grand Final / Post-Match Discussion

[u/Soul_Sleepwhale]

WORLDS 2026

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Gen.G 1-3 Bilibili Gaming

Congratulations to Bilibili Gaming for winning their first Worlds Championship!
* Finals MVP: Knight

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MATCH 1: GEN vs. BLG

Winner: Gen.G in 38m
Game Breakdown | Runes

-	Bans 1	Bans 2	G	K	T	D/B
GEN	nocturne orianna vi	jax camille	80.0k	19	9	B6 E8
BLG	qiyana cassiopeia lulu	ezreal seraphine	66.0k	4	3	O1 CT2 H3 HT4 HT5 E7

GEN	19-4-61	vs	4-19-12	BLG
Kiin olaf 2	2-1-13	TOP	0-4-1	3 ksante Bin
Canyon leesin 1	3-2-13	JNG	1-4-3	4 jarvaniv Xun
Chovy syndra 2	6-1-11	MID	2-2-1	2 locke Knight
Ruler corki 3	7-0-8	BOT	1-5-3	1 kalista Viper
Duro nami 3	1-0-16	SUP	0-4-4	1 renataglasc ON

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MATCH 2: GEN vs. BLG

Winner: Bilibili Gaming in 53m
Game Breakdown | Runes

-	Bans 1	Bans 2	G	K	T	D/B
GEN	nocturne qiyana nautilus	lulu akali	94.2k	14	4	C3 C4 C6 B10 E11
BLG	jayce vi galio	renekton viktor	99.5k	19	11	CT1 M2 B5 C7 B8 C9 B12

GEN	14-18-27	vs	19-14-50	BLG
Kiin vayne 4	3-4-3	TOP	3-2-6	3 gnar Bin
Canyon chogath 2	2-5-3	JNG	8-1-9	2 naafiri Xun
Chovy orianna 3	2-5-5	MID	4-1-12	1 cassiopeia Knight
Ruler ezreal 1	6-2-5	BOT	3-2-13	3 ziggs Viper
Duro karma 1	1-2-11	SUP	1-8-10	2 camille ON

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MATCH 3: GEN vs. BLG

Winner: Bilibili Gaming in 37m
Game Breakdown | Runes

-	Bans 1	Bans 2	G	K	T	D/B
GEN	nautilus renekton seraphine	kaisa sivir	65.7k	8	4	C1 HT2 H3
BLG	qiyana jayce lulu	xayah poppy	74.0k	20	10	CT4 CT5 B6 CT7 CT8

GEN	8-20-16	vs	20-8-60	BLG
Kiin ambessa 1	0-3-2	TOP	3-1-10	1 jax Bin
Canyon wukong 2	0-4-5	JNG	4-3-12	1 vi Xun
Chovy annie 2	4-6-1	MID	5-2-11	2 viktor Knight
Ruler jhin 3	4-3-3	BOT	6-1-11	4 taliyah Viper
Duro rakan 3	0-4-5	SUP	2-1-16	3 alistar ON

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MATCH 4: BLG vs. GEN

Winner: Bilibili Gaming in 42m
Game Breakdown | Runes

-	Bans 1	Bans 2	G	K	T	D/B
BLG	qiyana jayce seraphine	sylas rumble	89.6k	21	10	H3 CT5 B6 CT7 CT9 B11
GEN	nautilus skarner kindred	renekton galio	79.8k	11	5	C1 O2 CT4 B8 CT10

BLG	21-11-59	vs	11-19-25	GEN
Bin gwen 3	8-2-9	TOP	0-4-6	3 aurora Kiin
Xun nocturne 1	3-3-11	JNG	0-5-5	2 pantheon Canyon
Knight twistedfate 4	2-1-17	MID	5-4-1	3 akali Chovy
Viper yunara 1	6-4-9	BOT	6-2-4	2 xayah Ruler
ON neeko 2	2-1-13	SUP	0-4-9	1 lulu Duro

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• Patch 26.20

This thread was created by the Post-Match Team.

[u/ahritina]

PMTS

Game 1 / Game 2 / Game 3

[u/Transhumaniste]

4 chinese can't win

After 9 years, Khan's curse has been broken.

[u/soudlasantos → u/Transhumaniste]

Also, Knight the first non korean midlaner to win worlds aside from Shushei and Toyz

[u/ModPiracy_Fantoski → u/soudlasantos]

Knight is the first non-Korean midlaner to win Worlds and currently not being in jail or unfortunately deceased.

[u/i_love_sparkle → u/ModPiracy_Fantoski]

Insane statistics lol

[u/just_whelming → u/ModPiracy_Fantoski]

... that's a depressing statistic and hopefully not a curse onto Knight's future

[u/OilOfOlaz → u/ModPiracy_Fantoski]

Knight is the first non-Korean midlaner to win Worlds and currently not being in jail or unfortunately deceased.

Second, Toyz has been released at the beginning of the month. :P

[u/im_mel_pell → u/Transhumaniste]

I was thinking of this quote, too. Knight the first non-Korean mid to win since S2

[u/luna_kuma → u/Transhumaniste]

Year of breaking all the curses loll

[u/Scorpius1473]

The Gwen blind pick was insane. Bin being able to gain an insane gold lead while giving Knight last pick really put the nail in the coffin for GENG.

I feel for Ruler though, he solo killed viper on both Ezreal and Xayah but still couldn’t drag his team to the finish line.

[u/winwill → u/Scorpius1473]

BLG draft have all been really good

Akali into TF were just unplayable

Rakan countered by Taliyah

Alistar into Geng's comp

Daeny are the secret mvp of this series

[u/CWDikTaken → u/winwill]

Yeah but it is kinda BLG exclusive though, I don't think any other top lane maybe besides zeus can Blind Gwen or ap bot

[u/thorpie88 → u/CWDikTaken]

They are the perfect team for the fearless system as everyone seems to have a champion ocean. Makes sense why they've done so well this year

[u/Fordringy → u/winwill]

After all this years Daeny taliyah bot finally worked out lol I still remember that damwon picked taliyah panth bot and lost lmao

[u/chizzmaster → u/Fordringy]

Turns out you just need Viper to play it

[u/imarqui → u/Scorpius1473]

It was a masterclass in drafting, they predicted the Akali pick into Gwen so drafted TF to cover Gwen's weakness in that matchup (ie not being able to attack in shroud)

Insanely deserved win for BLG

[u/Natalie_UwU_]

To lose game 1 in such soulcrushing fashion and then confidently win 3 in a row, mental of steel

[u/tenshi_souzou_reboot → u/Natalie_UwU_]

They knew they were better. If they got stomped then it would be a different story, but they were shitting on GenG and lost due to greed. They fix their greed and they will win.

[u/toxicfireball → u/Natalie_UwU_]

When they came back vs t1 in g3 I knew the mental was solid

[u/snowytheNPC → u/Natalie_UwU_]

Their mental was so strong. Never showed fear playing from behind, never overcommitted after a momentary advantage

[u/kelvin022610]

Ruler I'm sorry. You are allowed to slime out your teammates

[u/appleandapples → u/kelvin022610]

Ruler was having a generational series. It has to be heartbreaking

[u/Azenji → u/appleandapples]

Ruler experiencing 2017 Faker flashbacks like he was having a generational Worlds run

[u/GhostDraw → u/Azenji]

That's why faker was smiling. He knew

[u/_Hypocritee → u/appleandapples]

I'm heartbroken for Ruler. I was rooting for Chovy and Kiin because they had promising performances but what the hell, Chovy and Kiin's clutch factors and Canyon's smite vanished when people needed them the most :c

[u/LogicKennedy → u/_Hypocritee]

I struggle to blame Canyon entirely when in game 2 and 4 he was forced onto solo frontline just so Kiin could play some of the worst ranged tops I've seen in the whole of knockouts.

He still didn't play well though.

[u/_Hypocritee → u/LogicKennedy]

That crucial Pantheon flash + stun and then missing the spear while stunned was painful to watch man

[u/zOmgFishes → u/LogicKennedy]

He was pretty bad in game 4. I didn't know Panth ult was on a 30 minute cooldown. Did not look for any plays at all that game.

[u/mayonnaise_cider → u/kelvin022610]

him getting the 2017 faker experience is almost poetic.

[u/Green7501 → u/mayonnaise_cider]

2035 Worlds gonna have a mf like Xun go 1v9 for entire Worlds and lose finals to Faker and we'll finally come full circle

[u/Marowalker → u/kelvin022610]

Ruler 🤝 Faker

Uncs hitting their prime just in time for the rest of the team to turn into headless chickens

[u/Scholar_of_Yore → u/Marowalker]

Faker: "First time?"

[u/zealot416 → u/kelvin022610]

Ruler can't win with these cats.

[u/FruitSaladBar → u/zealot416]

Ruler can take a plane back home, first class.
Duro can go back with economy.

Chovy will choke on his tears before he even leaves the arena.

[u/Rayser1 → u/FruitSaladBar]

Don't even wanna say it's Choky because that suggests he was even in a position to choke. Knight fathered him back into his ball sack. Dude couldn't do fuck all

[u/Oppaiheimer1945 → u/Rayser1]

Back into his ball sack 😭

[u/mar33n → u/kelvin022610]

he can be nice to duro imo

[u/GreatSunshine → u/mar33n]

it didn’t look like duro inted this series but the gap was real. forget the insane engages on had geng literally had no vision control. on kept putting in deep wards so they knew where canyon was and he couldn’t gank. duro on the other hand felt like he was playing yuumi. literally every game when gen g were blue side i can point on two ward locations that were perma lit up. banana brush next to the red buff one, and the bush next to the drag pit

[u/LearningLaCampanella → u/kelvin022610]

Ruler is gonna have his teammates kidnapped and dropped off in Trenton or Newark.

[u/Ashankura → u/kelvin022610]

Ruler can stand proud. He made BLG work hard for it while his team did nothing (duro excluded)

[u/kayiu102]

Yeah if I’m ruler I’m pentakilling my teammates + coach after that series 

[u/AzureDragon013 → u/kayiu102]

Ruler was fucking incredible. This was his 2017* Faker run

Edit: Woops off by 1 year

[u/Akipella → u/AzureDragon013]

2017 but yeah

[u/WittyReindeer → u/kayiu102]

daeny smurfed those drafts so fucking hard

and on was absolutely insane today too

[u/Stonefencez → u/WittyReindeer]

Huge draft diff this series, massive credit to their coaching staff

[u/Catac0 → u/Stonefencez]

It’s really incredible how good BLG’s drafts were, just diffed them every single corner. The flex mage picks for viper really squeezed geng.

[u/Ordinary_Garage91 → u/kayiu102]

Ruler's career summarized in a single series

[u/HistoricalRoad1755 → u/Ordinary_Garage91]

If Ruler played like this in 2023 he'd have another title

[u/columnconundrum]

every time the camera pans to xun he's running his mouth. talk your shit king

[u/Strong-Lead-3034 → u/columnconundrum]

“canyon can’t win against china jungles in worlds final let me clap him asap”

• Xun probably

[u/BismarckBug]

The most convincing Worlds winner, knocked out every LCK team to get it done, absolutely well fucking done.

[u/lordposedyon → u/BismarckBug]

Eliminated LCK number 4 on Quarters -> DK
Eliminated LCK number 3 on Semis -> T1
Eliminated LCK number 2 in Swiss -> HLE
Eliminated LCK number 1 on Final -> GenG
Take a bow BLG, well deserved.

[u/lcebrand → u/lordposedyon]

Damn they really had the hardest possible draw and still won. Absolutely insane run

[u/Rayser1 → u/lcebrand]

Think it's going to be a while till we ever see anyone replicate this run. It's even more impressive because it isn't like they were dominating these teams through the year and we're favourites going into any of these series tbh

[u/Frostbite2806 → u/BismarckBug]

Went from LPL 0-4 opening day to this

Simply amazing

Also Bo1 is a meme

[u/Ok_Assignment_2127 → u/Frostbite2806]

0-5, JiTu lost as well

Edit: On second thought, they were just setting up the DK 3-0 so BLG could do their gauntlet run.

[u/kor_janna → u/Frostbite2806]

Equivalent exchange: sacrifice every LPL team but one to get a worlds trophy

[u/appleandapples → u/BismarckBug]

BLG are going to be celebrated like kings by the chinese fans

[u/chizzmaster → u/BismarckBug]

LCK SLAYERS

[u/FappingMouse → u/BismarckBug]

legit nightmare bracket and they took it down.

[u/ahritina]

Knight has got that dog in him, felt like he was just pro-active throughout the series, massively deserved after how good he has been historically, and being the 1st non Korean mid since season 2 is just fitting.

Hats off to BLG, close to winning in 2024, rough 2025, won FS then got upset during MSI and LPL finals just to run the LCK gauntlet, truly a historic run and a much needed boost to China's LoL ecosystem/health, unlucky Ruler you tried but your team was just too heavy.

[u/GreenGanymede → u/ahritina]

Knight beating Zeka, Showmaker, Faker and Chovy for a title is actually insane

[u/jeanmiserac → u/GreenGanymede]

The music video is gonna be LIT

[u/Economy-Meat-9506 → u/jeanmiserac]

China won this time so Riot about to get unlimited money from Tencent for it too. It's gonna be peak.

[u/A_Toxic_User → u/jeanmiserac]

You know that ON seraphine ult is going to be in it

[u/Pope_Cheetos_XIV → u/A_Toxic_User]

the Encore is going to be in Worlds montages for as long as the servers stay online

[u/IBarricadeI → u/Pope_Cheetos_XIV]

It's the perfect montage play. Team is in a bad spot 4v5, high stakes game, he ults and it's insane then right as the crowd and casters realize how insane it is the skarner ult follows up and the crowd gets even louder.

[u/Akipella → u/GreenGanymede]

This was Knight's legacy run. Just unreal. Top 2 mid of all time?

[u/sometimesicri → u/Akipella]

I think this championship win really cemented it. He had everything except this, MSI, First stand, multiple LPL first-place finishes across multiple teams.

It sounds insane, but Knight's longevity for the past 4-5 years seeing the peak of success really holds his legacy in place despite midlaners like Rookie, Chovy (lol), Showmaker, etc.

[u/POOYAMON → u/Akipella]

Not even a question anymore. The second best midlaner of all time is a left-handed Chinese player.

[u/Ultimintree → u/ahritina]

This win is huge for China. BLG is definitely the best team of 2026.

[u/jwinter01 → u/Ultimintree]

Probably the best winner for the health of the competitive scene as well

[u/FinallyGivenIn → u/Ultimintree]

Unironically might have saved League now that the Chinese have gotten hope yet again.

[u/so-hardstuck → u/ahritina]

I think the entire topside. Call me crazy but I’d call Xun’s play near perfect as well. But yes incredible performance from Knight the entire tournament.

[u/Joaoseinha → u/ahritina]

Ruler was absolutely the better ADC, but damn if this win isn't deserved for Knight and Bin. Both really deserved the trophy considering how good they are.

[u/MallFoodSucks → u/Joaoseinha]

Ruler was the better ADC but Viper’s mage picks hard carried 2 games. BLG as a whole team was legit.

[u/Maffayoo → u/MallFoodSucks]

Only adc who can still whip them out ATM and the fucking flex power on a thing like cassio was disgusting

[u/aPatheticBeing → u/Joaoseinha]

tbf Viper's ability to play mages at such a high level was very important for draft - BLG ran circles around them there. And Viper's mage games were extremely impactful too. ADC vs ADC he was definitely gapped by Ruler though.

[u/Zeta-X → u/aPatheticBeing]

100%. that last pick Taliyah absolutely locked Game 3 and pretty much any other ADC in the tourney throws the game on it.

[u/compradorconfundido → u/Joaoseinha]

Isn't it the most "deserving" world champion ever? Beat HLE, DK, T1, GenG. From a position of 4 worlds in a row for Korea, they had ALL the pressure of chinese lol scene in their hands... and they managed to defeat the best of the best to raise the trophy.

It's actually scripted

[u/Addarash1 → u/ahritina]

Daeny absolutely cooked Ryu both game 3 and 4 when Gen G should have pick advantage. No idea why they had no answer to Gwen and TF here

[u/homegrownllama → u/Addarash1]

Daeny was SMURFING.

[u/BUMONGOUS → u/ahritina]

MYGOAT finally a world champion

[u/Strong-Lead-3034 → u/ahritina]

THE CURRENT BEST MID IN THE WORLD. NO LEFT HAND OF LPL. NO RIGHT HAND OF LCK.

ONLY THE UPPER HAND, THE KNIGHT NOW A KING

[u/yum122 → u/ahritina]

Unbelievable mid gap this whole series

Chovy had good KP game 1 and just checked tf out

Draft gap felt huge this series too

[u/al-d-rich]

“There has never been a Worlds winner with 8 or more deaths in one game”
ON: allegedly

[u/Few-Spot1905 → u/al-d-rich]

ON has mastered the art of inting the entire game and still being insanely useful

[u/LordDarthAnger → u/al-d-rich]

ON after game one: analysis complete. Generating victory playstyle

[u/thebohster]

We never got silver scrapes this entire Worlds, but what an incredible finals that was. Every game was insane.

[u/RoitPls → u/thebohster]

Technically we did in Play-Ins

[u/AcanthocephalaSad541 → u/RoitPls]

Thank you C9

[u/W33B520 → u/AcanthocephalaSad541]

C9 upscale

[u/Kramerlediger → u/thebohster]

We did have KC vs C9 which was a banger series

[u/Just_Anormal_Dude → u/thebohster]

Game 2 was double the worth and length. I am satisfied.

[u/Ultimintree]

Congrats to BLG. This is the most deserved Worlds title for an LPL team. They eliminated every single LCK team on their path (also broke the LPL Bo5 curse vs. T1). League is not dying anytime soon. LPL winning ensured Chinese whales will spend even more money on League 2 and will for sure buy every single BLG skin.

[u/Mattaru → u/Ultimintree]

i'm so fucking happy, our boys deserved this!

Knight FINALLY GETS HIS WORLDS WIN what a fucking great 2026 for BLG

[u/Akipella → u/Mattaru]

and Bin too, imagine if it was 0-3 in Worlds Finals 😭

[u/BUMONGOUS → u/Ultimintree]

Yep, and every player played very well

Viper had a few silly plays but BLG as a whole were just playing on the highest level

[u/Brusex → u/BUMONGOUS]

ON should pick Camille as his skin

[u/DarthTaz_99 → u/Ultimintree]

IT IS NOT THE LPL VS THE LCK. IT IS BLG VS THE LCK. AND THEY LIKE THOSE ODDS

[u/EnvBlitz → u/Ultimintree]

Oh shit gonna be a sales record for sure.

Edit: CONGRATULATIONS TO BLG. Regardless of how GenG might underperformed, BLG deserves the ovation.

[u/Raging-Brachydios]

Fantastic, they really did the LCK gauntlet

[u/Scholar_of_Yore → u/Raging-Brachydios]

Insane MKOI upscale

[u/denis69]

Ruler can't win with these cats

[u/yellister → u/denis69]

Brother Kiin and Chovy disappeared totally after game 2 insane lategame loss

[u/rightovahere → u/yellister]

So did canyon lol. Had a phenomenal game 1 and 2, then got ASTRO gapped by xun.

[u/rdong → u/rightovahere]

Felt like Canyon lost all the 50/50s

[u/Apprehensive-Unit271 → u/denis69]

How do you literally play any better than what Ruler played that final

[u/random-meme422 → u/denis69]

Kiin absolutely monster gapped

Canyon massively gapped

Chovy did nothing

And the games still looked close because of ruler performance. ADC GOAT

[u/Heliotex]

Even if it didn’t go to the five games, this was a legendary series. That Game 2 will be remembered forever.

[u/Frequent-Aside8861]

Absurd carryjob by Ruler, but he just couldn't drag 4 corpses to victory

[u/Phyresis96 → u/Frequent-Aside8861]

Chovy haters eating good today

[u/T1_URGOD → u/Phyresis96]

knight outperformed him

[u/Naronu → u/Frequent-Aside8861]

Ruler played his damn heart out

[u/lilelf29]

Well deserved win for BLG, made every international finals this year and were clearly the best team this tournament eliminating every LCK team, though this means the best player of the series can't win finals MVP - hopefully Knight gets it at least, even though ON and Xun played incredibly, he was just so much better than Chovy.

[u/nam671999 → u/lilelf29]

Knight/On/Xun are hard choices for MVP ngl. Viper did well but Ruler exceptional performance means he can’t be MVP

[u/kamacho2000]

Ruler was the only person on GENG who bothered to show up after game 1

[u/UnknowSandwich]

I CAN FINALLY SAY IT FOR REAL MY GIGABIN IS WORLD CHAMP

[u/Halbaras → u/UnknowSandwich]

GET MY TOPLANE GOAT HIS JAX SKIN

[u/tehmastah]

I was promised knight vs chovy, I see knight but where is chovy?
Jokes aside, it's not every day you see kiin chovy AND canyon get gapped in a series.
Absolutely historic run.
MY GOATS LET'S FUCKING GO!

[u/salcedoge → u/tehmastah]

BLG topside was straight up just better the entire series. Aside from the Olaf game, Kiin has been nonexistant.

Then we have ON also outplaying Duro. Only Ruler came to play today

[u/Fisherman_Gabe]

Can we talk about the unbelievable drafting masterclass BLG pulled off this series? GenG were so hopelessly gapped in draft.

[u/duknighto → u/Fisherman_Gabe]

Taliyah was an INSANE checkmate last pick in G3 and GenG was on the backfoot from start to finish during the G4 draft phase, it was crazy

[u/NextSink2738 → u/Fisherman_Gabe]

I think the game 3 draft was a total stomp from BLG, but the game 4 draft was just awful from GenG

[u/haku72 → u/NextSink2738]

- low range

- barely any cc

- 3 assassin/divers that want to go forward while adc wants to kite back

- enchanter to protect a self-sufficient non-hyper carry, and 3 assassin/divers that are too far away to help

this is the kind of draft you see in low elo ranked games

[u/Glum-Supermarket1274]

Goddamn chovy. I feel for him. But he really just disappeared when up against the best of lpl every single year. Knight slam the shit out of him the entire series. So extremely impactful compare to chovy. The one year I didn't watch lpl and they won world lol. At this point I don't know if geng have what it takes for world title when they crumble every single year like this. Disappointed as a geng/lck fan. 

[u/Cold-Warthog9846 → u/Glum-Supermarket1274]

Bin also made Kiin look like Doran. Big top gap all series

[u/GeraldinePoon → u/Cold-Warthog9846]

This. Chovy will get memed on the most because of the narrative and reputation but Bin blind picked every game, got countered, and still shit on Korea’s best top laner. Xun mega gapping Canyon didn’t help either.

[u/thamradhel]

Epic final to an epic run by BLG

[u/KeremFB]

Who even gets MVP? Knight was clean all series, ON had huge plays, Bin was amazing too. Ruler had one of the best individual performances I have seen in a final, sadly he was on the losing side. Very fun series after a somewhat disappointing Worlds imo.

[u/Severe_Task5872 → u/KeremFB]

Justice for ON his Alistar and Neeko were insane

[u/Reddit-SteveM → u/KeremFB]

Xun in my eyes

[u/Javonetor]

BLG single handling the future of the LPL, winning against every single LCK team, a league historically seen as the better one

special congratulations to Bin and Knight whom finally get their trophy

[u/alluwala999 → u/Javonetor]

BLG rewrote the dota 2 esque decline of LPL to something better.

[u/celicant]

4 chinese CAN win. ON or Bin for FMVP. last 2 games were absolute stinkers for Canyon.

[u/Mundane-Dirt-4077]

MKOI 100% win rate against BLG at this worlds

[u/EunucZ]

chovy is never beating the allegations

[u/Azenji → u/EunucZ]

The comparison between Chovy’s Game 4 Akali and Faker’s Game 4 Akali is definitely going to be a talking point.

[u/Pope_Cheetos_XIV → u/Azenji]

Chovy's Akali was not nearly as egregious as his Orianna earlier this series. he was casting Sombrero in game-deciding fights

[u/sylvia_sleeps → u/Pope_Cheetos_XIV]

I'm absolutely fuming if I'm Knight and I see Chovy steal my Orianna pick just to pilot it like that.

[u/lordposedyon]

Eliminated LCK number 4 on Quarters -> DK
Eliminated LCK number 3 on Semis -> T1
Eliminated LCK number 2 in Swiss -> HLE
Eliminated LCK number 1 on Final -> GenG
Take a bow BLG, well deserved.

[u/TheBlaaah → u/lordposedyon]

0 doubt that BLG deserved this.

Also does real good for the scene as a whole for a LPL team to win.

[u/slapflash]

"Chovy is the best player in the world."

Man he isn't even the best player on his team.

Ruler tried his best though.

[u/WhoAmI008 → u/slapflash]

Ruler really had an incredible performance. Nothing you can do as an ADC when you're top side is completely invisible though. Poor guy.

[u/Poodlestrike → u/WhoAmI008]

Doesn't help that they ended up having to play protect the president with an akali/pantheon frontline lol

[u/Curious-Age9004 → u/slapflash]

Faker and Ruler both got inted by their grandchilds lol. Uncs still got it

[u/jujubean67 → u/slapflash]

Ruler was a beast. But BLG topside hard gapped his.

[u/Scholar_of_Yore → u/slapflash]

I'm so happy for Viper and his mom, but I have to admit Ruler was the best ADC on the rift today. Unfortunately, no help.

[u/AureliusAmbrose]

was the only 5 game series this whole worlds really the very first one lol

[u/ParkDedli → u/AureliusAmbrose]

I haven't checked yet but I wouldn't be surprised if this series still had more gametime than the 5 game C9 vs KC lol

[u/CradleRobin → u/ParkDedli]

That one game was like 50+ minutes

[u/ImpressionPlenty6567 → u/AureliusAmbrose]

c9 vs kc the only true series

[u/JithraRufure]

I’m so happy bin finally gets his deserved worlds win

[u/CursedPhil]

Knight fucking deserves this win!

[u/Avalon_Avalon]

FIRST NON KOREAN MIDLANER IN 14 YEARS IS A WORLD CHAMPION

[u/bvbfan102]

Im not sure if he will overcome the Narrative that feels set up for Knight or Bin to win Finals MVP and Xun also would deserve it but to me it goes to On. Would be the first Support to get the Award since the very first given out by Riot to Mata and think this Performance is the definition of a Support. Often hurting his own game just to get his team that small part ahead and finding insane set ups to make everyone else shine. Also recency bias but that might have been the best performance in a finals loss ever by Ruler. Just showing why he is considered the ADC Goat by many and proving the point where other parts of GenG faltered. Honestly the most sad for Kiin who possibly wont get another chance and while he couldnt repeat his Game 1 Performance he still had a respectable Final. Also hope Chovy has a good support system cause his haters will go way overboard. Overall Worlds was kinda disappointing and small in scale but the Finals was really good and its a great story with the LPLs finest going through all 4 from the LCK and giving China a second wind and im really happy that Bin finally got his well deserved World Title.

[u/SuperRedeyedmoth → u/bvbfan102]

Not many Support can be said to perform as good as Keria, ON during this world is on this very short, prestigious list. BLG as a whole has been playing incredible.

[u/Cute-Requirement-658 → u/bvbfan102]

ON definitely deserves it for that series. Just pure selfless support play and unironically using his own death timers as a resource for his team. He may have died a bunch as Camille but they wouldn't have had the game they did if he was on any other support.

[u/Dromed91]

Kiin and Chovy had an AWFUL series. Ruler tried so fucking hard man

[u/Dark4legenD → u/Dromed91]

I feel so bad for Ruler honestly no one else was playing on point on that team

[u/FruitSaladBar → u/Dark4legenD]

I was so ready to see the game 2 Ezreal skillshots and flash predict in the next year's music video.

[u/Gravediggerpl → u/Dromed91]

Canyon dodging like crazy in your comment.

[u/Cold-Warthog9846 → u/Dromed91]

Everyone hating on Doran for getting giga gapped, but Bin did the same to Kiin. Maybe Bin is just that good

[u/Mythik16 → u/Dromed91]

Kiin game 1 teamfighting gimmick covered up the fact he lost that olaf ksante lane, that did not bode well for the series

[u/Beneficial-Front1626 → u/Dromed91]

GenG players kept turning off one by one with each game, starting with Chovy. Only Ruler was left in the end. What a mentally fragile team

[u/Lesan007 → u/Beneficial-Front1626]

Caching staff turned off as well. What was that draft in game 4? You have Ruler, THE Xayah player on Xayah, you need somebody to protect him, some frontline..

They proceed to pick Aurora/Akali... into Nocturne... even I know that's a shit move.

Leave it to Gen.G to make Noc a lategame powerhouse

[u/just_whelming]

4 chinese can't win  - Khan valid 2017 to 2026

Despite the score line series felt closer. 

Streaks broken this world's

• Fakers perfect world knockout record vs LPL
• First non Korean mid laner since TPA to win

😅 delulu hope, couple years of non lck winners and we get Phil Choi back for some prime trailer where we see ZOFGK reunite as one last try to win

[u/AkaT27]

Holy shit what a series, I'm so happy BLG won, that's good for the LPL and I love all the players on the team especially Bin and Viper

ON was a beast and Chovy choked once again, dude shrunk (tbf Kiin and Canyon also shrunk after game 1)

[u/Pope_Cheetos_XIV]

reaching finals gave Chovy new and exciting venues to choke at

[u/TypicalHaikuResponse → u/Pope_Cheetos_XIV]

Choking in ways we could never imagine. Tank akali angle

[u/No-Transition7298 → u/Pope_Cheetos_XIV]

Chovy ain't him. That Akali is way anti-clutch.

As you can see, Chovy's weakness is the clutch factor.

[u/Celegorm07]

Xun smite hack and ON’s engages on top Knight’s plays, BLG was just so so clean.

Turns out this year wasn’t Chovy’s year either. Maybe next year.

[u/Flat_Woodpecker_7390]

yeah there was no who's the better top laner debate

[u/Delicious_Sorbett]

T1 Chovy top. It's the only way he's ever winning a Worlds trophy.

[u/Snkg666]

They got as close as they never did, but they lost as they always do

[u/MetaThPr4h]

From meme day 1 for CN to slaying all 4 LCK teams, gratz BLG.

[u/SirXrageXquit]

What an incredible series and year from BLG. After all the Bin drama, after losing to AL in finals, after almost getting eliminated in SWISS, they revive the hope of the LPL in the most insane way possible by eliminating every LCK team. Knight and Bin cement their places as some of the greatest sololaners in history after this series, monstrous individual performances from them. So meaningful for LPL fans that Chinese sololaners are able to individually gap their Korean counterparts in a World Finals after years of being told they couldn’t win without a Korean mid/top.

[u/Priviated]

HOLY W BLG they won against all the lck team that's insane, probably the most deserved world ever. I wonder who the mvp is ? Knight ? Either way my goat Viper joined Beryl, and I hope Ruler will join the group soon he is just insane

As for the game 4 I wonder why GenG picked Akali when Ahri is open and just a lot safer.

[u/ryanruin22 → u/Priviated]

MVP should definitely be ON or Xun.

Knight was amazing, but the entire series was support and jungle throwing down the gauntlet with Xun's smites and ON's engages being the difference makers.

[u/The_Bread_Loaf]

Knight has gotta be the best player in the world right now. At the very least edged out Chovy in lane and absolutely gapped him in map pressure and impact.

GG BLG, was really hoping GenG would finally get it done but the better team won

[u/Mattaru → u/The_Bread_Loaf]

Knight has gotta be the best player in the world right now

No questions asked, Knight was so fucking good

[u/Sushi2k]

Gen.G has let Ruler and Duro down.

The bot duo showed up and threw down but BLG did such a great job isolating them since clearly Gen.G had zero other threats in Kiin/Chovy/Canyon.

This loss is going to follow and loom over Chovy for the rest of his career if he isnt able to get back to Worlds Finals.

GG BLG. Great series from both teams. BLG ran through the LCK like a knife through warm butter.

[u/AppropriateMetal2697 → u/Sushi2k]

Eh, let Ruler down. Duro had good moments but also got outclassed for the majority of the mid to late game these last couple games.

I genuinely think Gen G drafted like they wanted to continue to strong side and play for top like they have done all tournament then just got into game and forgot all about that plan. Like how are they picking Olaf, Aurora and Vayne just to weakside, ask to group lvl 6 onwards etc sacking waves, letting them get roamed on with 0 cover etc…

Kiin could’ve played better on Vayne imo, especially on that first gank and live, but his game is cooked lvl 4 surely due to a miscommunication. He warded river lvl 1 anticipating a potential lvl 3 gank, that means they expect Xun to start top, but he just full cleared into gank? Has to be misinformation in prep/misinformation in game there… Then drafting wukong, cho and panth then not being proactive all series? Crazy stuff imo. Canyon needs junglers with agency man, why is he playing Cho of all things. Wukong I get, to a degree and draft wasn’t all the issue there, but they got caught far too much. Then panth? Dude didn’t ult to cover or to be proactive and gank once lol. It happened once for a dive bot but they were gonna 2v1 kill anyway.

Meanwhile Chovy is losing mid, tf is ulting top from lvl 6 as is noc and no cover is provided ever lol.

[u/Choice-Slight]

THE LOYAL. THE UNWAVERING. THE FAITHFUL SHALL BE REWARDED

4 CHINESE CAN WIN!!! 

[u/joelstaz]

I think we just witnessed the best Chinese team ever peak. And it was with a Korean adc instead so that’s a plot twist. Such a dominant story beating the best of Korea here and whooping the LPL throughout the year. The whole team stepped up at diff times throughout the tourn but my god did ON impress me the most. I just love support players so that’s my bias.

[u/asiantuttle → u/joelstaz]

I feel like Daeny had some masterclass drafts too

[u/Kaihuaii]

THE LPL'S DEATH WAS GREATLY EXAGGERATED

[u/dood1337]

Beautiful series from Bin. Just perfect zoning and pressure, especially on the Jax game

[u/EkrishAO]

It's not LPL vs LCK, it's BLG vs the LCK, and they LIKE. THOSE. ODDS. Generational performance by Bin and Knight, completely outclassing their lane opponents through all 4 games.

Shoutout to Ruler tho, if a losing player could get the finals MVP, he 100% deserves it. Without him, this whole series could've been an email. Thank you for making it entertaining, king.

[u/Xi03]

It’s BLG vs LCK and they like those odds

[u/GoldenSquid7]

Props to BLG, better team won today. My heart hurts for Ruler.

[u/TheSnekKing]

At least Chovy got to finals this time, that's progress! A couple more Worlds and he might eventually win the trophy too!

Overall though, BLG deserved this win. The only one on GenG who seemed to be constantly ahead or at least even with their counterpart all games was Ruler

[u/Decaedeus]

wow chovy really just will never win worlds lmao he just dont got that dog in him

[u/Naronu]

One of the greatest worlds runs ever from BLG, and one of the greatest adc performances ever in the finals, stand proud Ruler, you are strong.

[u/Winter-Annual8887]

The LCK sent four tournament winners to worlds, and BLG walked the road.

[u/General-Crew-7116]

Ruler trying to 1v9 feel for him

[u/DoaistThirdSerenity]

Well played BLG GG. Incredible patience, composure and mental resilience from them. They were simply the better team both individually and collectively. What’s crazy is that everyone played well and still Chovy was arguably the least impressive player in the series for me.

[u/Tall-Bite9480]

Cant keep defending Chovy after this, Knight just outclasses him completely

[u/ExplodingLab]

I hope ON gets MVP, by far the cleanest player this finals imo

[u/Redmon425]

CHOVY CHOKES AGAIN AHAHAHAH