AL vs LGD Highlights: AL Win 3-1, LPL Grand Finals 2026 Round 2
TL;DR
Anyone's Legend and LGD Gaming met in a best-of-five LPL Grand Finals series on Patch 26.17. Anyone's Legend's previous series was a 2-1 loss to Bilibili Gaming in Split 3. LGD Gaming's previous series was a 3-2 win over Top Esports in Grand Finals.
Watch on YouTubeThe video above covers the full best-of-five LPL Grand Finals series between Anyone's Legend and LGD Gaming. The final score, full Picks and Bans, and game-by-game results are below.
LGD Gaming's lineup featured Burdol (top lane), Heng (jungle), Tangyuan (mid lane), Shaoye (bot lane), and Crisp (support). Anyone's Legend's lineup featured Breathe (top lane), Tarzan (jungle), Shanks (mid lane), Hope (bot lane), and Kael (support).
Anyone's Legend's previous series was a 2-1 loss to Bilibili Gaming in Split 3. LGD Gaming's previous series was a 3-2 win over Top Esports in Grand Finals.
Anyone's Legend and LGD Gaming had no recorded recent head-to-head meeting before this series.
Series result
ALAnyone's Legend
3 - 1
Anyone's Legend win
LGDLGD Gaming
Picks & Bans
4 games
LGD Gaming
Anyone's Legend
Draft read
Breathe moved between Jayce and Yorick and Ambessa and Nasus across the series for Anyone's Legend. Hope moved between Ezreal and Lucian and Caitlyn and Corki across the series for Anyone's Legend. LGD Gaming banned Vi 4 times and Jarvan IV 3 times.
Game 124:55
LGD Gaming won
Game 1 was the shortest game of the series at 24:55. LGD Gaming won from blue side. LGD Gaming finished 15-6 in kills and 53.1k to 44.3k in gold, a margin of 9 kills and 8.7k. LGD Gaming led 7-1 in towers, the only Baron, 3-0 in Void Grubs, 1-0 in Rift Heralds, and 1-0 in inhibitors. Anyone's Legend led dragons 2-1. LGD Gaming secured first blood, while Anyone's Legend secured first dragon, while LGD Gaming secured first Rift Herald, while LGD Gaming secured first Baron, while Anyone's Legend secured first tower.
Shaoye led the damage chart for LGD Gaming on Sivir, finishing 5/0/7 with 20,319 damage and 274 CS. Burdol added 13,312 damage on Gnar and ended the game 2/1/5. Hope was the top damage source for Anyone's Legend, putting up 13,116 on Ezreal in a 2/2/1 game. Shanks followed for Anyone's Legend with 13,098 damage and a 2/4/3 line on Orianna.
Kills
15:6
Gold
53.1k:44.3k
Towers
7:1
Dragons
1:2
Barons
1:0
Game 231:14
Anyone's Legend won
Shanks and Hope combined for zero deaths in Game 2. Playing blue side, Anyone's Legend finished Game 2 in 31:14. At the end, Anyone's Legend led 12-2 in kills and 60.9k to 48.7k in gold. The final gaps overall were 10 kills and 12.2k. Anyone's Legend led 8-0 in towers, 2-1 in Void Grubs, 1-0 in Rift Heralds, and 1-0 in inhibitors. Dragons finished 4-1 for Anyone's Legend. Anyone's Legend secured first blood, while Anyone's Legend secured first dragon, while Anyone's Legend secured first Rift Herald, while Anyone's Legend secured first tower.
On Syndra, Shanks topped Anyone's Legend's damage output at 21,012 and finished 3/0/7 and 317 CS. Hope followed with 20,677 damage and a 3/0/7 line on Lucian. LGD Gaming got its highest damage total from Tangyuan, who dealt 15,382 on Viktor and finished 0/2/0.
Kills
12:2
Gold
60.9k:48.7k
Towers
8:0
Dragons
4:1
Barons
0:0
Game 337:46
Anyone's Legend won
Game 3 was the longest game of the series at 37:46. Anyone's Legend took Game 3 from blue side. The final scoreboard showed 14-18 in kills and 73.3k-68.5k in gold for Anyone's Legend, leaving differences of 4 kills and 4.7k. Anyone's Legend led 6-2 in towers, the only Baron, 1-0 in Rift Heralds, and 1-0 in inhibitors. LGD Gaming had the edge 3-0 in Void Grubs. Dragons finished 5-1 for Anyone's Legend. Anyone's Legend secured first blood, while Anyone's Legend secured first dragon, while Anyone's Legend secured first Rift Herald, while Anyone's Legend secured first Baron, while Anyone's Legend secured first tower.
Tarzan's Maokai dealt a team-high 32,137 damage for Anyone's Legend, alongside a 2/4/7 scoreline and 232 CS. A 5/3/7 game on Caitlyn brought Anyone's Legend another 24,255 damage from Hope. For LGD Gaming, Burdol led the damage numbers with 18,633 on Camille and a 6/4/8 line. Heng's Pantheon supplied 18,571 damage and finished 5/4/8 for LGD Gaming.
Kills
14:18
Gold
73.3k:68.5k
Towers
6:2
Dragons
5:1
Barons
1:0
Game 426:32
Anyone's Legend won
Hope and Tarzan combined for zero deaths in Game 4. Anyone's Legend won from blue side in 26:32. Anyone's Legend finished 13-5 in kills and 57.9k to 46.8k in gold, a margin of 8 kills and 11.2k. Anyone's Legend led 9-1 in towers, the only Baron, 3-0 in Void Grubs, 1-0 in Rift Heralds, and 2-0 in inhibitors. LGD Gaming led dragons 3-1. Anyone's Legend secured first blood, while LGD Gaming secured first dragon, while Anyone's Legend secured first Rift Herald, while Anyone's Legend secured first Baron, while LGD Gaming secured first tower.
Hope led the damage chart for Anyone's Legend on Corki, finishing 3/0/6 with 19,552 damage and 308 CS. Shanks added 13,780 damage on Annie and ended the game 1/1/5. Burdol was the top damage source for LGD Gaming, putting up 12,768 on Jax in a 0/2/2 game.
Kills
13:5
Gold
57.9k:46.8k
Towers
9:1
Dragons
1:3
Barons
1:0
Series read
Every game in the series was won from blue side. The kill margin moved from 9 in Game 1 to 8 in Game 4, while the final gold gap changed from 8.7k to 11.2k. Hope produced the series' highest damage total, recording 77,600 for Anyone's Legend. Hope gave Anyone's Legend 13 kills and 21 assists across the series. Their damage moved from 13,116 in Game 1 to 19,552 in Game 4. Shanks gave Anyone's Legend 9 kills and 19 assists across the series. Their damage moved from 13,098 in Game 1 to 13,780 in Game 4.
Next up
Next on the schedule: Ninjas in Pyjamas vs LGD Gaming in Grand Finals, set for September 6.
