SK vs NAVI Highlights: NAVI Win 2-1, LEC Summer Season 2026 Week 3
TL;DR
Natus Vincere took the best-of-three LEC 2026 Summer Season series 2-1 over SK Gaming on Patch 26.15. They took Game 1 in 30 minutes, finishing 27-12 in kills, SK took Game 2 in 29 minutes, finishing 18-8 in kills, then NAVI took Game 3 in 42 minutes, finishing 20-15 in kills.
Watch on YouTubeSK Gaming and Natus Vincere played a best-of-3 in the LEC 2026 Summer Season on August 8, 2026, on Patch 26.15.
Both teams entered the series at 1-1, with SK Gaming in sixth and Natus Vincere in fifth.
At LEC 2026, SK Gaming beat GIANTX 2-1 and lost to G2 Esports 0-2 in their last two series, while Natus Vincere beat Shifters 2-0 and lost to Karmine Corp 0-2.
Natus Vincere played Poby in mid alongside Maynter in top and Rhilech in jungle, with SamD and Parus in the bot lane. For SK Gaming, Wunder, Skeanz, SlowQ, Jopa and Mikyx started from top lane to support.
GotoOne, Lopon, and TheRock were Natus Vincere's coaches for the event. Baguette Coach, Duffman, and OWN3R (David Rodriguez de la Torre) were SK Gaming's coaches for the event.
SK Gaming and Natus Vincere had met 2 times this year, with NAVI ahead 2-0. Natus Vincere won the teams' only meeting in the previous six months.
Series result
SKSK Gaming
1 - 2
Natus Vincere win
NAVINatus Vincere
Picks & Bans
3 games
Natus Vincere
SK Gaming
Draft read
Natus Vincere saw Maynter on Olaf and Ambessa and K'Sante across the series. Across the series, Parus played Shen and Alistar and Braum for NAVI. SK Gaming banned both Camille and Rumble 3 times.
Game 130:10
Natus Vincere won
Game 1 was one-sided in Natus Vincere's favor. The blue-side win for NAVI lasted 30:10. NAVI opened the draft with first pick. They were 2,509 gold up at 15 minutes. In lane, Maynter on Olaf led the opposing laner by 962 gold and 18 CS. The final gaps left NAVI 15 kills and 11.5k gold ahead. NAVI led 3-0 in Void Grubs, 1-0 in Rift Heralds, and 2-0 in inhibitors. They took first blood, first dragon, first Rift Herald, and first tower, while SK Gaming took first Baron.
On Miss Fortune, SamD topped NAVI's damage output at 25,434 and finished 6/4/11 and 282 CS. Poby added 22,404 damage on Orianna and ended the game 7/1/17. SK got its highest damage total from Jopa, who dealt 20,788 on Corki and finished 3/4/6.
Kills
27:12
Gold
68.2k:56.7k
Towers
9:2
Dragons
4:0
Barons
1:1
Game 229:39
SK Gaming won
Game 2 was the shortest game of the series at 29:39. SK Gaming won from red side. They had first pick in the draft. By 15 minutes, SK had a 2,128 gold lead. In lane, Wunder on Gnar led the opposing laner by 1,135 gold and 21 CS. SK finished 10 kills and 12.0k gold ahead. They were ahead 2-1 in Void Grubs, 1-0 in Rift Heralds, and 1-0 in inhibitors. Natus Vincere took first blood and the first dragon, while SK took the first Rift Herald, Baron, and tower.
Wunder's Gnar dealt a team-high 17,639 damage for SK, alongside a 2/2/9 scoreline and 269 CS. Jopa followed with 16,812 damage and a 6/2/7 line on Varus. For NAVI, SamD led the damage numbers with 15,940 on Viktor and a 0/1/2 line.
Kills
8:18
Gold
51.6k:63.6k
Towers
2:8
Dragons
1:3
Barons
0:2
Game 342:16
Natus Vincere won
Game 3 was the longest game of the series at 42:16. Playing blue side, Natus Vincere won Game 3. First pick went to NAVI. At 15 minutes, NAVI led by 807 gold. In lane, Rhilech on Zaahen led the opposing laner by 578 gold and 15 CS. At the end, NAVI was 5 kills and 10.0k gold ahead. NAVI led 3-0 in Void Grubs, 1-0 in Rift Heralds, and 1-0 in inhibitors. SK Gaming drew first blood and was first to the dragon, while NAVI was first to the Rift Herald, the Baron, and the tower.
Rhilech led the damage chart for NAVI on Zaahen, finishing 5/1/14 with 31,413 damage and 398 CS. A 8/4/4 game on Yunara brought NAVI another 29,194 damage from SamD. Jopa was the top damage source for SK, putting up 56,532 on Ziggs in a 5/1/7 game. SlowQ's Annie supplied 23,314 damage and finished 4/4/7 for SK.
Kills
20:15
Gold
89.1k:79.1k
Towers
9:3
Dragons
4:2
Barons
2:0
Series read
No player dealt more damage across the series than Jopa, with 94,132 for SK Gaming. Across the series, Jopa recorded 14 kills and 20 assists for SK. SamD gave Natus Vincere 14 kills and 17 assists across the series.
Next up
Up next: SK Gaming vs Team Vitality in Summer Season, set for August 10.
