JDG vs EDG Highlights: JDG Win 2-0, LPL Split 3 2026 Week 3
TL;DR
JD Gaming won the best-of-three LPL 2026 Split 3 series 2-0 against Edward Gaming on Patch 26.15. They won every game, winning the kill count 37-16, with no game longer than 30 minutes.
Watch on YouTubeEdward Gaming and JD Gaming played a best-of-3 in the LPL 2026 Split 3 on August 7, 2026, on Patch 26.15.
Edward Gaming came in at 0-6 in eighth, and JD Gaming at 2-4 in fifth.
Over their last two series at LPL 2026, Edward Gaming lost to Anyone's Legend 0-2 and Top Esports 0-2, and JD Gaming beat LGD Gaming 2-1 and lost to Top Esports 0-2.
Edward Gaming had Zdz in the top lane, Jiejie in the jungle and BuLLDoG in mid, with Leave and Parukia in the bot lane. JD Gaming answered with Xiaoxu, JunJia and HongQ, plus GALA and Vampire in the bot lane.
Edward Gaming's staff included Mni, coach, Maokai, head coach, Liet, coach, and Maokai, coach. JD Gaming's staff included Xiaobai, coach, Zoom, coach, Tabe, head coach, and Tabe, coach.
Edward Gaming and JD Gaming had met 20 times since 2017 and split them 10-10. Their last meeting, in September 2025, went to JDG.
Series result
EDGEdward Gaming
0 - 2
JD Gaming win
JDGJD Gaming
Picks & Bans
2 games
Edward Gaming
JD Gaming
Draft read
Across the series, BuLLDoG played Ryze and Sylas for Edward Gaming. Jiejie moved between Jarvan IV and Naafiri across the series for EDG. JD Gaming banned Jayce twice.
Game 130:45
JD Gaming won
Game 1 was the longest game of the series at 30:45. JD Gaming took Game 1 from red side. JDG drafted with first pick. They were 1,350 gold up at 15 minutes. In lane, JunJia on Vi led the opposing laner by 932 gold and 27 CS. The final gaps left JDG 13 kills and 14.2k gold ahead. JDG was ahead 1-0 in inhibitors. Edward Gaming still led 2-1 in Void Grubs and 1-0 in Rift Heralds. EDG drew first blood and was first to the Rift Herald, while JDG was first to the dragon, the Baron, and the tower.
HongQ led the damage chart for JDG on Akali, finishing 6/1/3 with 22,910 damage and 297 CS. A 7/1/10 game on Xayah brought JDG another 22,485 damage from GALA. For EDG, BuLLDoG led the damage numbers with 25,549 on Ryze and a 1/2/4 line. Leave's Lucian supplied 22,365 damage and finished 1/6/3 for EDG.
Kills
7:20
Gold
53.7k:67.9k
Towers
3:9
Dragons
1:4
Barons
0:1
Game 229:32
JD Gaming won
Game 2 was the shortest game of the series at 29:32. JD Gaming won from blue side. JDG opened the draft with first pick. By 15 minutes, JDG had a 2,833 gold lead. In lane, HongQ on Viktor led the opposing laner by 1,879 gold and 39 CS. JDG finished 8 kills and 10.3k gold ahead. They led 3-0 in Void Grubs, 1-0 in Rift Heralds, and 2-0 in inhibitors. JDG took first blood, first Rift Herald, and first tower, while Edward Gaming took first dragon and first Baron.
On Viktor, HongQ topped JDG's damage output at 37,111 and finished 3/3/11 and 270 CS. GALA added 30,419 damage on Corki and ended the game 9/1/3. Leave was the top damage source for EDG, putting up 22,754 on Ezreal in a 2/4/3 game.
Kills
17:9
Gold
64.7k:54.5k
Towers
8:3
Dragons
3:1
Barons
1:1
Series read
JD Gaming took the opener and followed with another win in Game 2, completing the best-of-3 in straight games without needing a deciding map. Every game in the series was shorter than the game before it. No player dealt more damage across the series than HongQ, with 60,021 for JDG. HongQ gave JDG 9 kills and 14 assists across the series. GALA finished the series with 16 kills and 13 assists for JDG.
Next up
Next on the schedule: Edward Gaming vs Bilibili Gaming in Split 3, set for August 8.
