GEN vs IG Highlights: GEN Win 3-0, Worlds Main Event 2026 Semifinals
TL;DR
Gen.G won the best-of-five Worlds 2026 Main Event Semifinals series 3-0 against Invictus Gaming on Patch 26.20. Gen.G did not drop a game, winning the kill count 71-36, with no game longer than 40 minutes.
Watch on YouTubeInvictus Gaming and Gen.G played a best-of-5 in Semifinals of the Worlds 2026 Main Event on November 7, 2026, on Patch 26.20. IG represents China in the LPL and Gen.G represents Korea in the LCK.
Invictus Gaming entered at 3-1 in third, while Gen.G was 3-0 in first.
At Worlds 2026, Invictus Gaming beat LYON 2-1 and Top Esports 3-1 in their last two series, while Gen.G beat LYON 2-1 and LYON 3-0.
Gen.G fielded top laner Kiin, jungler Canyon, mid laner Chovy, marksman Ruler and support Duro. Invictus Gaming countered with TheShy, Wei, Rookie, JiaQi and Meiko in the same roles.
Lyn, Nova, and Ryu were Gen.G's coaches for the event. Chengz, Fury, Helper, and Kezman were Invictus Gaming's coaches for the event.
Gen.G won the teams' only meeting in the previous six months.
Series result
IGInvictus Gaming
0 - 3
Gen.G win
GENGen.G
Win chances just before the match started.View on Polymarket
Picks & Bans
3 games
Gen.G
Invictus Gaming
Draft read
Gen.G banned Lulu 3 times and Orianna twice, while Invictus Gaming banned both Locke and Pantheon twice.
Game 133:38
Gen.G won
Gen.G made the opener one-sided. They won from blue side in 33:38. Gen.G finished 20 kills and 14.6k gold ahead. They led 1-0 in Rift Heralds and 2-0 in inhibitors. Invictus Gaming came out ahead 2-1 in Void Grubs.
Ruler's Jhin dealt a team-high 32,905 damage for Gen.G, alongside a 9/2/11 scoreline and 314 CS. A 7/1/12 game on Qiyana brought Gen.G another 32,203 damage from Canyon. JiaQi was the top damage source for IG, putting up 24,692 on Xayah in a 2/5/2 game.
Kills
29:9
Gold
73.3k:58.6k
Towers
9:3
Dragons
4:1
Barons
1:0
Game 229:16
Gen.G won
Game 2 was the shortest game of the series at 29:16. Playing blue side, Gen.G won Game 2. At the end, Gen.G was 17 kills and 14.5k gold ahead. Gen.G was ahead 1-0 in inhibitors. Invictus Gaming still led 3-0 in Void Grubs.
Ruler led the damage chart for Gen.G on Ashe, finishing 7/3/15 with 23,677 damage and 257 CS. Chovy added 22,558 damage on Ahri and ended the game 6/1/10. IG got its highest damage total from TheShy, who dealt 22,338 on Rumble and finished 3/4/2.
Kills
26:9
Gold
63.8k:49.3k
Towers
9:1
Dragons
4:1
Barons
1:0
Game 340:08
Gen.G won
Game 3 was the longest game of the series at 40:08. Gen.G took Game 3 from red side. The final gaps left Gen.G 2 kills behind but 6.5k gold ahead. Gen.G led 1-0 in inhibitors. Invictus Gaming had the edge 2-1 in Void Grubs and 1-0 in Rift Heralds.
On Yunara, Ruler topped Gen.G's damage output at 45,924 and finished 7/3/7 and 437 CS. Chovy followed with 33,471 damage and a 3/3/11 line on Taliyah. For IG, JiaQi led the damage numbers with 27,351 on Ezreal and a 3/3/5 line. TheShy added 23,073 damage for IG on Gnar, ending at 3/4/8.
Kills
18:16
Gold
71.7k:78.2k
Towers
5:9
Dragons
4:2
Barons
0:1
Series read
Gen.G swept all 3 games without dropping a map. Ruler topped the series damage chart with 102,506 for Gen.G. Ruler finished the series with 23 kills and 33 assists for Gen.G. Across the series, JiaQi recorded 7 kills and 12 assists for Invictus Gaming.
