The League of Legends World Championship (LoL Worlds) 2026 final will take place this weekend with Gen.G versus BLG.
After BLG’s heroic 3-1 victory over T1 and Lee ‘Faker’ Sang-hyeok, we’re guaranteed new World Champions for the first time since 2022.
BLG recovered from a difficult Swiss Stage to defeat the three other LCK representatives: T1, Hanwha Life Esports, and Dplus Kia.
Meanwhile, Gen.G are Korea’s reigning LCK champions and have only dropped one single match the entire tournament.
Who’s The Favourite?
It’s so difficult to call between these two teams, who both feel like deserving finalists.
This final is long overdue for Gen.G, who have been the most dominant team in Korea domestically and have won two MSIs in the last few years.
Their previous international trophies have made them slight favourites at 63% with Polymarket users.
Gen.G have shown they are excellent at punishing mistakes and will clinically pick teams apart without taking much risk.
However, it could be argued that their Worlds run has been relatively easy by Worlds standards, having faced HLE, Invictus Gaming and LYON twice.
Meanwhile, BLG defeated the team that won the last three Worlds in T1 as well as the rest of the LCK representatives.
While T1 made BLG struggle in ways Gen.G haven’t this tournament, the LPL team have proved their style works.
No team in the world plays faster, as they put teams under immense pressure with quick rotations between objectives and unexpected fight angles.
Gen.G will want to cleanly deny BLG any resources, while BLG will look to upset Gen.G’s rhythm and rely on their phenomenal team fighting.
Knight vs Chovy Will Decide Worlds 2026
As is appropriate for a LoL Worlds final, both rosters are stacked with individual ability.
And all eyes will be on the mid lane as BLG’s Zhuo ‘Knight’ Ding and Gen.G’s Jeong ‘Chovy’ Ji-hoon fight not only for their first Worlds, but to be known as the best midlaner who isn’t Faker.
After being considered the best midlaner in the world for numerous years, Chovy has finally made a Worlds final and will look to escape his ‘Choky’ nickname.
Meanwhile, Knight has established himself as China’s best ever midlaner and could soon be considered the country’s greatest ever player.
While he didn’t shine much against Faker, Knight has had an excellent tournament otherwise, with a game-winning four-man shockwave versus HLE a clear highlight.
Jungle Diff
However, BLG’s hero against T1 was jungler Peng ‘Xun’ Li-Xun, who pulled off multiple steals and overall had an excellent series.
Yet, he faces a very stern test in former LoL World Champion Kim ‘Canyon’ Geon-bu, who has also had an exceptional tournament.
Canyon currently sports the best KDA (9.6), CSD@15 (15), and XPD@15 (827) out all the players at LoL Worlds this year.
World Class Top Lane Clash
Meanwhile, the toplane is also a monstrous match-up between BLG’s Chen ‘Bin’ Ze-Bin and Gen.G’s Kim ‘Kiin’ Gi-in.
This final is especially important for Kiin, as it’s believed he will return for mandatory military service in Korea after this season.
Meanwhile, this is Bin’s third Worlds final, having previously lost to LCK opposition in DAMWON Gaming in 2020 and T1 in 2024.
A strangely quiet Bin has been criticised for playing within himself this year, yet he leads the tournament in solokills with eight.
However, Kiin is closest to him with five solokills in four fewer matches, and he also leads Worlds toplaners in KDA (7.4), average kills (3.7), average assists (7.7), kill participation (63%), and damage per minute (652).
Former LoL Worlds Winners Clash in the Bot Lane
As for the bot lane, very little separates Park ‘Viper’ Do-hyeon and Park ‘Ruler’ Jae-hyuk.
Both have won one Worlds each and have had struggles outside of the game this year, with Ruler dealing with tax fraud allegations and Viper revealing that his mom is battling cancer.
In the support role, Joo ‘Duro’ Min-kyu is a consistent yet quiet player who rarely catches the eye.
Meanwhile, Luo ‘ON’ Wen-Jun’s remarkable Seraphine ult against T1 was possibly the best play of Worlds 2026.
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