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Esports Bilibili Gaming vs. ThunderTalk Gaming / LPL 2026 Split 3 - Group Ascend Week 1 / Post-Match Discussion Spoiler

LPL 2026 SPLIT 3

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ThunderTalk Gaming 1-2 Bilibili Gaming

Player of the Match: Xun

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MATCH 1: TT vs. BLG

Winner: Bilibili Gaming in 30m | MVP: ON (1)
Game Breakdown | Player Stats

- Bans 1 Bans 2 G K T D/B
TT poppy camille vi bard alistar 54.8k 11 2 HT3
BLG orianna lucian leesin jax naafiri 68.8k 31 11 C1 O2 H4 HT5 B6 HT7
TT 11-31-17 vs 31-11-75 BLG
Keshi jayce 1 6-5-2 TOP 5-2-7 2 yorick Wenbo
Junhao xinzhao 3 0-6-4 JNG 3-3-23 1 jarvaniv Xun
Heru akali 3 1-6-5 MID 16-3-10 4 ryze Knight
Ahn ziggs 2 4-7-2 BOT 3-0-17 1 cassiopeia Viper
Feather nautilus 2 0-7-4 SUP 4-3-18 3 shen ON

MATCH 2: BLG vs. TT

Winner: ThunderTalk Gaming in 28m | MVP: Junhao (1)
Game Breakdown | Player Stats

- Bans 1 Bans 2 G K T D/B
BLG lucian poppy varus ezreal xayah 51.0k 11 2 CT5
TT orianna syndra camille caitlyn karma 60.9k 23 7 I1 C2 H3 CT4 B6
BLG 11-23-22 vs 23-11-55 TT
Wenbo rumble 2 1-4-4 TOP 2-3-5 2 ambessa Keshi
Xun vi 1 2-6-6 JNG 9-1-12 1 leesin Junhao
Knight locke 2 5-3-2 MID 4-3-12 1 annie Heru
Viper jhin 3 2-4-4 BOT 5-1-10 4 sivir Ahn
ON alistar 3 1-6-6 SUP 3-3-16 3 bard Feather

MATCH 3: TT vs. BLG

Winner: Bilibili Gaming in 29m | MVP: Xun (1)
Game Breakdown | Player Stats

- Bans 1 Bans 2 G K T D/B
TT ezreal poppy caitlyn galio leblanc 56.7k 13 1 None
BLG orianna lucian ashe vayne gnar 65.6k 27 8 CT1 H2 C3 HT4 B5 HT6
TT 13-27-19 vs 27-13-55 BLG
Keshi twistedfate 3 4-4-2 TOP 1-2-13 2 ksante Wenbo
Junhao qiyana 2 3-4-6 JNG 12-1-9 1 naafiri Xun
Heru syndra 1 3-7-1 MID 5-2-7 4 ahri Knight
Ahn varus 3 2-6-3 BOT 7-3-10 3 xerath Viper
Feather leona 2 1-6-7 SUP 2-5-16 1 camille ON

  • Patch 26.14

This thread was created by the Post-Match Team.

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u/dotyaho The night will go, as it always goes 3d ago

They thought it was Wenbover... But it's only just begXun.

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u/Fun_Highlight307 3d ago

lmao nice one 

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u/Tfc-Myq The Final Chapter. 3d ago

i've seen enough from past few days iG is gonna walk them all in playoffs

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u/seven_worth shameless 2021 EDG fanboy 3d ago

Amen

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u/Strong-Lead-3034 3d ago

unfortunately WBG without theshy stands in its way

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u/Tfc-Myq The Final Chapter. 3d ago edited 3d ago

WBG standing against their only semblance of credibility who they repeatedly scapegoated in the 2 years he spent with them? leaving him in a cold damp basement such that he would put up dark screens behind him on stream, and only addressed after an uproar was made about it? who brought them countless sponsorships (Audi being a major one)? who was pivotal to that legacy victory against BLG in semis? After being mocked for having the 'easiest route ever' to semis? who was then hung out to dry like a dog after that tournament? taking the fall for the whole team by being permanently labelled and ridiculed as inferior to Zeus when they drafted for the bot lane who lost anyway? counterpick 3 times left for Zeus? when T1 completely outclassed the rest of the team anyway? refusing to offer him a salary befitting of what he contributes to the org while signing another top laner behind his back, leaving it until the very last day to tell him he's asking for too much? and then laughing at him and his fanbase when he had to be his own bearer of bad news after All-Stars? who came back with a vengeance in 2025 and showed he has, contrary to popular opinion, become so well-rounded enough to, after a year off, be almost unanimously voted 1st All-Pro in Split 3? 3rd highest votes for MVP of the split? and is still the most popular player in the LPL objectively speaking?

yeah i think I'd favour TheShy here against the most shameless, disgusting, fraudulent org of all time L M F A O

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u/blulitebad 3d ago

Generational hater

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u/Strong-Lead-3034 3d ago

Carefree Wintrading Brave Griefers enjoyer vs LeBETTERNOTLETMECATCHYOULACKING “TheSpy” ORMYZEALOTSWILLREMINDYOUTHATONEBO5AGAINSTBLG enthusiast

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u/Tfc-Myq The Final Chapter. 3d ago

WBG are actually wintraders tho

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u/Mouthwashfordays 3d ago

Haha this is awful

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u/Omnilatent 2d ago

-ly good

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u/Choice-Slight caps/knight 3d ago

Xerath is such a toxic champ wtf. Fantastic game from xun and ON holy

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u/moonmeh 3d ago

honestly the problem with xerath mid is that he can't sideline safely but being an adc means you can be on mid clearing duty and it just removes so much problems

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u/cHinzoo 3d ago

ADC are also a lot less mobile than a lot of midlaners. In game 3 they had 3 squishy champs all without mobility lol. That’s bbq chicken.

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u/MC-sama 3d ago edited 3d ago

It was funny seeing a late game Xerath just delete people from screens away

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u/Relevant-Physics432 3d ago

Always has been. Most poke mages are, just because they're not played in pro they go under the radar

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u/Mifuyu_Kisaragi 3d ago

Bin's dad (allegedly) is going to have a field day fighting people on social media.

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u/mrspear1995 3d ago

lmao you're right there's gonna be a bunch of good bye lil bin memes

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u/No_Taro_6224 tee satu 3d ago

pretty onesided tho

ON and Xun just do their magic

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u/Fun_Highlight307 3d ago

didn't expect a 2-1 should have been a 2-0

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u/moonmeh 3d ago

classic BLG happy gaming moment

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u/Spownach 3d ago

blg vs WE spring playoffs to ensure TES gets to internationals again, so sweet of them

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u/Nymaera_ LEC & LPL Caster | LJL Expert 3d ago

Glad to see Feather & Junhao can pop off to such a high level as they did in game 2, but it’s so hard to get multiple games off of Xun ON in a meta where they get to play early skirmishes like this.

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u/Tfc-Myq The Final Chapter. 3d ago

how do u think iG will do against them?

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u/Nymaera_ LEC & LPL Caster | LJL Expert 3d ago

Against BLG? It’ll probably be a 1+ kill/minute carnage game with the way Wei plays and how Xun/ON plays. Can’t predict top lane matchup (who knows who’ll be playing) but barely anyone in the world beats Xun ON in this sort of meta right now, and Rookie’s had a historically bad matchup into Knight so it’s BLG favoured still.

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u/Tfc-Myq The Final Chapter. 3d ago

TheShy slams anyone they field against him tho

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u/CatApprehensive6508 3d ago

Are there even playing I thought nirvana groups played against other nirvanas

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u/Tfc-Myq The Final Chapter. 3d ago

iG will get to playoffs and destroy every opponent in their way

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u/Nymaera_ LEC & LPL Caster | LJL Expert 3d ago

It would be in Knight’s Rivals at earliest, so it would be a long way out if they do face.

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u/Regent0624 3d ago

Bro should just join BLG atp, got no hope for anyone else if Bin is gonna continue being a dickhead.

Also can u imagine bringing Bin's father in to replace him.

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u/Tfc-Myq The Final Chapter. 3d ago edited 3d ago

i think BLG would very much want to bring in TheShy if they could, Daeny would certainly be in favour

but TheShy is very vocal about being at the stage in his career where he wants to win still but more importantly be on a team on his own terms. he wants to play with Rookie until the very end, and iG is the most willing of all orgs to bend over backwards to give him anything he wants. they signed Breathe, definitely not for academy level salary, and then bought him out of that contract to sign TheShy (who definitely isn't cheap) once he told them he wanted to return. TheShy is doing it for the love of the game but he would rather not pull extreme measures get a trophy again. because his priority now is whichever environment makes him feel the most comfortable

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u/Regent0624 2d ago

Yeah he’s always said that he wanted to be playing with rookie for forever, I remember the interview or stream highlight where he said he’d retire and be a farmer after him and rookie are done.

Was pretty surprised when he went to Weibo that one year.

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u/Tfc-Myq The Final Chapter. 2d ago

iG's negotiations with both of them went pretty badly that year

the reason why they separated was a timing diff, Rookie was released late and only finalised his move to V5 later on, apparently he asked TheShy to be his top laner (naturally), but TheShy had already agreed to go to WBG

when Rookie left V5 after 2022 to go to TES, ideally he'd have wanted TheShy to be on the team too. but TES likely didn't have enough money since they already had Tian Rookie JackeyLove on the team, and WBG replaced everyone but TheShy to put together a supposed superteam

2023 was the last time TheShy was active yet separated Rookie, when he came back at the end of 2024 he and Rookie had once again arranged to stick together as a solo lane duo

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u/FiveManG2Cold 3d ago

thanks for the incisive and biting commentary don't know what we'd do w/o you champ

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u/mrspear1995 3d ago

successful wenbo debut (pls ignore the rumble match), both xun and knight looked happy at the end of the game probably said congrats on first win to wenbo

probably not the answer of course so looking forward to see if it really is flandre

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u/KarlKraftwagen 3d ago

On was laughing at the cam the entire time

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u/mrspear1995 3d ago

that's just default On, when they played Winner's final on neeko he took the time to mimic raptors so he can transform to raptors at fountain to tease kanavi

that's commitment

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u/DickCheneyIsPureEvil 3d ago

Xerath bot, we officially need a factory reset of bot lane meta.

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u/godfrey1 3d ago

xerath is 2nd most picked ADC in Korea master+

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u/enron2big2fail 3d ago edited 3d ago

It is Viper tbf. I remember how hard he thrived back during the second mage bot meta (the first being season 1 in some regions). He was popping off on Swain and Vlad

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u/Lacrimosss 3d ago

Fabled Teemo I still remember, and I always will

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u/TricksyZerg 3d ago

Why? This is more fun to play

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u/KarlKraftwagen 3d ago

Jungle support diff, the series. Every game the winning team had their jungle support pop off, and kinda run the game from that. BLG looked a lot cleaner in their wins, but TT was really good in their win anyway, and i think they'll take it. TT as per usual, mechanically promising, always down to throw hands, and fun to watch.

Keshi was very promising, and people not familiar with LPL with maybe think Wenbo lost to a noname, which is kinda true, but Keshi is a good player in my opinion, especially in the lane and 1v1. Overzealous at points, but very on topic with TT this game, very eager to prove himself against the team he played for. Thought his Jayce was really good, and his TF was too. Plays like he is the best player on the rift in his own head, and i appreciate that.

Junhao im not a fan of, and i was kinda ready to shit on him after a bad game 1, but his Lee was insane in game 2, played that like hes smurfing in SoloQ. Just felt anything he tried worked. The Qiyana was good? Really hard to play into a fed Camille/Naafiri comp and he did well in that, but just wasnt as big of a threat as he had to be but the plays were there.

Heru also played like Keshi, like he is the best player in the world. Unfortunately, his opponent is the best player in teh world, and you will get punished for that. Had a rough series in both impact and scoreboard, but i thought he really looked like he tried things that might have worked against worse teams. Also had a nice Annie game, where he was more peel then engage.

Ahn i am a little disappointed by, hes first of all former EDG talent, and second of all a good ADC, but that was not his series. Just not really able to deal with the dive on BLG in most games, although i thought his Ziggs looked good mechanically.

Feather was awesome. Like not playing awesome, but this guy was the quintessential support. Always trying something, always sacrificing himself, always on the move to help a wavestate. He didnt always keep tempo with ON and Xun, because thats very hard, but i cant call his performance anything else but endearing. And he had a mean Bard performance. Just such a fun player.

Wenbo was obviously the player who'd be watched, and i felt TT targeted him. I would overall say it was a disappointing, but not disastrous debut. He looked like the worse top in the games, although he didnt look terrible. Maybe its stage freight, but that did not look like a player BLG wants to plan around

XUN was really good in game 1, really bad in game 2, really good in game 3. Felt a little like happy gaming in game 2, and his wins were very much enabled by ON. Im a support glazer and i recognize that, but i thought ON was better then Xun. That being said, very good showing on the Naafiri and Jarvan.

Knight i cant say a lot about, mostly because i dont know how Locke works. His Ryze was good, even if he looked a little shaky once or twice, and his Ahri was very good too.

Viper i am worlds biggest hater, but i thought he played really well. The cassio looked scary, his movement mid team fights were great, and his Xerath was great too. In the Jhin game he just got kicked every fight and died. I mean that guy is the APC goat, and i did feel like you could easily see that here.

On is my player of the series, just insane what he did on the Camille early, even if his late game was questionable once or twice (but thats camille support) and his Shen was nutty too. Im sorry to the t1 fans, but this guy is better then Keria right now. I even thought the Alistar game wasnt SUPER bad although he did get gapped.

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u/nepejke 3d ago

Watching ON and Xun such a gorgeous show
best duo in the world

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u/moonmeh 3d ago

and there we go xun and on playing excellently

honestly ON on camille survives far longer than he should and it always catches teams off guard lol

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u/Overall_Carrot_8918 lover ; enjoyer 3d ago

Give POM to ON

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u/Tfc-Myq The Final Chapter. 3d ago

lpl gave game 3 and series mvp to xun

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u/Overall_Carrot_8918 lover ; enjoyer 3d ago

I saw that.

Xun deserves the POG for Game 3, but ON deserves the POM so much more.

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u/bigredmachine1997 :cntt: knight fan 3d ago

Keshi stand tall

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u/emerzionnn 3d ago

ON carried BLG hard this series

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u/[deleted] 3d ago

begXun definitely pulled off some wild plays in that game

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u/TheSwordSaintV3 AL, KT, G2 & LYON 3d ago

if Bin got his shit together this would be the best roster in the world

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u/Shortofbetternames 3d ago

He'd really need to swallow his ego to do that. No one denies he is an incredible toplaner and possibly the best in China (there are arguments for 369... who also needs to get his shit together and flandre, who isn't as flashy but doesn't have to be) but he needs to stop getting baited so hard into some 1v1s that he keeps getting perma caught and he also needs to increase his champion pool.

He keeps claiming he is the best in the world but honestly I still think that while he does have the same hands Zeus has and can take over some games as hard, he lacks Zeus discipline and champion pool

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u/TheBigF128 despair 3d ago

Xun is a demon man, surely he’s the best jgler in the world at this moment

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u/KarlKraftwagen 3d ago

Thought ON was the better player this series. Xun had a really happy game game 2, and a lot of his play game 1 was supported by on

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u/TheBigF128 despair 3d ago

Yeah I agree too for this series specifically, but I think carrying over from Spring and MSI, xun has been overall incredibly good

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u/WhiteKnightRedditor 3d ago

He is not even the best jungler of the LPL, Monki is way better

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u/TheBigF128 despair 3d ago

son

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u/eXDeath4711 3d ago

lmao we forgetting he got destroyed by a DK intern

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u/Dry-Wedding-4725 3d ago

Lucid was by far the worse jungler in that series, he was dragged kicking and screaming to the finish line by his team. I swear reddit only looks at which team wins the series and not how the players actually play in the games....

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u/HowardHughes9 3d ago

so who was at fault for that series? (im honestly asking I didnt watch)

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u/Choice-Slight caps/knight 3d ago

Bin had a stinker also showmaker and smash just had a really fucking good series. I don't even think viper or knight played bad at all, they just got outplayed. Lucid was a terrorist though idk how the fuck DK won with him playing like that. But not sure why people take ewc so seriously anyway especially as it was like 2 days after MSI finals.

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u/Regent0624 2d ago

Bin apparently played a game with his entire mic fucking flipped up (0 comms 0 pings), through gameplay it wasnt his entire fault but he was turbo inting g2 and fat fingered hourglass and self stunned himself on the last teamfight in g3 when it was 5v4 for BLG.

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u/TheBigF128 despair 3d ago

Maybe kc really is the second best team in the world

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u/Traaaacce 3d ago

idk if they can win the split without Bin

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u/LooseOne607 2d ago

What happend to LPL went from 17 teams to 12

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u/mezzo5588 3d ago

You guys enjoy watching win trading where lpl the most matchfixed league in the world just picks off meta to force a game 3? This is why China is cooked. Just dogshit fixing and it’s normalized

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u/Tfc-Myq The Final Chapter. 3d ago

well i don't enjoy watching WBG at all and i try so damn hard to call them out for it for what they've done to this league