Zhuo "knight" Ding was named player of the series, and the stat sheet is a work of art. Across all three of BLG's wins, knight did not die a single time . His Game 1 Ahri was a masterclass—14 kills, 5 assists, and the kind of map control that makes opponents want to ff at 15 .
This performance capped a historic regular season. knight earned his fourth career LPL Split MVP award, and he anchored an all-BLG sweep of the All-Pro First Team—the first time any LPL squad has placed all five starters on the first team in a single split . Across 36 regular-season games, he posted a league-leading 7.6 KDA, 818 damage per minute, and a 69% win rate . Another tracking source pegged his KDA even higher, at 8.4 . His 6.8 kills per game stood a full kill above the next-closest mid-laner in any major region .
Qualifying for MSI 2026 etched Chen "Bin" Ze-Bin deeper into the history books. He surpassed Xiaohu's previous record of four MSI trips to become the first Chinese player to compete in five consecutive Mid-Season Invitationals, a streak spanning 2022 through 2026 . Bin first hoisted the MSI trophy with RNG in 2022, and he's been a fixture at the tournament ever since .
After the win, Bin kept things characteristically short on social media: “MSI, I'm coming again” ("MSI我又来了") .
Here’s a stat that flips the script: this will be Park "Viper" Do-hyeon's first Mid-Season Invitational. The 2021 World Champion with EDG and the only player to win back-to-back First Stand titles (2025 with Hanwha Life, 2026 with BLG) had never once qualified for MSI in his decorated career—until this lower-bracket final sealed the deal .
The LPL holds two MSI 2026 slots for Split 2, and both Bilibili Gaming and Top Esports will dive straight into the main event, bypassing the Play-In stage entirely . That luxury traces back to BLG's victory at First Stand 2026 in São Paulo, where they beat G2 Esports 3-1 in March to snap the LPL's 1,036-day international title drought . The First Stand win granted China's MSI representatives a Play-In pass .
BLG's win sets the table for a colossal LPL Split 2 Grand Final against Top Esports on June 14 . Both teams are already MSI-bound, but the grand final trophy brings an additional prize: the winner punches its ticket to the 2026 Esports World Cup in Riyadh, joining JD Gaming and Anyone's Legend as the LPL's three representatives .
Team WE authored one of the most improbable playoff runs in recent LPL memory. Entering the postseason as the eighth seed from Group Ascend with a ghastly 1-12 regular-season record, they stunned BLG with a 3-1 upset in the opening upper-bracket round . They kept the magic alive by sweeping Anyone's Legend 3-0 to reach the upper-bracket final, where Top Esports halted them in a 3-0 sweep .
Dropped into the lower-bracket final against a surging BLG, WE grabbed a 2-1 lead but couldn't land the knockout blow. Their season ended in third place, one best-of-five shy of a fairytale MSI qualification . For a team that had almost nothing to lose, their run will be remembered as a brilliant, fleeting challenge that pushed the LPL's super-team to its absolute limit.
Zhuo "knight" Ding was named player of the series, and the stat sheet is a work of art. Across all three of BLG's wins, knight did not die a single time . His Game 1 Ahri was a masterclass—14 kills, 5 assists, and the kind of map control that makes opponents want to ff at 15 .
This performance capped a historic regular season. knight earned his fourth career LPL Split MVP award, and he anchored an all-BLG sweep of the All-Pro First Team—the first time any LPL squad has placed all five starters on the first team in a single split . Across 36 regular-season games, he posted a league-leading 7.6 KDA, 818 damage per minute, and a 69% win rate . Another tracking source pegged his KDA even higher, at 8.4 . His 6.8 kills per game stood a full kill above the next-closest mid-laner in any major region .
Qualifying for MSI 2026 etched Chen "Bin" Ze-Bin deeper into the history books. He surpassed Xiaohu's previous record of four MSI trips to become the first Chinese player to compete in five consecutive Mid-Season Invitationals, a streak spanning 2022 through 2026 . Bin first hoisted the MSI trophy with RNG in 2022, and he's been a fixture at the tournament ever since .
After the win, Bin kept things characteristically short on social media: “MSI, I'm coming again” ("MSI我又来了") .
Here’s a stat that flips the script: this will be Park "Viper" Do-hyeon's first Mid-Season Invitational. The 2021 World Champion with EDG and the only player to win back-to-back First Stand titles (2025 with Hanwha Life, 2026 with BLG) had never once qualified for MSI in his decorated career—until this lower-bracket final sealed the deal .
The LPL holds two MSI 2026 slots for Split 2, and both Bilibili Gaming and Top Esports will dive straight into the main event, bypassing the Play-In stage entirely . That luxury traces back to BLG's victory at First Stand 2026 in São Paulo, where they beat G2 Esports 3-1 in March to snap the LPL's 1,036-day international title drought . The First Stand win granted China's MSI representatives a Play-In pass .
BLG's win sets the table for a colossal LPL Split 2 Grand Final against Top Esports on June 14 . Both teams are already MSI-bound, but the grand final trophy brings an additional prize: the winner punches its ticket to the 2026 Esports World Cup in Riyadh, joining JD Gaming and Anyone's Legend as the LPL's three representatives .
Team WE authored one of the most improbable playoff runs in recent LPL memory. Entering the postseason as the eighth seed from Group Ascend with a ghastly 1-12 regular-season record, they stunned BLG with a 3-1 upset in the opening upper-bracket round . They kept the magic alive by sweeping Anyone's Legend 3-0 to reach the upper-bracket final, where Top Esports halted them in a 3-0 sweep .
Dropped into the lower-bracket final against a surging BLG, WE grabbed a 2-1 lead but couldn't land the knockout blow. Their season ended in third place, one best-of-five shy of a fairytale MSI qualification . For a team that had almost nothing to lose, their run will be remembered as a brilliant, fleeting challenge that pushed the LPL's super-team to its absolute limit.