TL;DRLGD Gaming beat Top Esports 2-0 in the best-of-three LPL 2026 Split 3 series on Patch 26.15. They won every game, winning the kill count 43-16, with no game longer than 33 minutes.
Watch on YouTubeTop Esports met LGD Gaming in a best-of-3 in the LPL 2026 Split 3 on August 13, 2026, on Patch 26.15.
Top Esports came in at 7-1 in first, and LGD Gaming at 1-7 in seventh.
In their last two series at LPL 2026, Top Esports beat Bilibili Gaming 2-0 and TT Gaming 2-0, while LGD Gaming lost to TT Gaming 1-2 and Anyone's Legend 0-2.
LGD Gaming had Burdol in the top lane, Heng in the jungle and Tangyuan in mid, with Shaoye and Crisp in the bot lane. Top Esports answered with ZUIAN, Tian and Creme, plus JackeyLove and Zhuo in the bot lane.
LGD Gaming's staff included Chelizi, coach and 1874, head coach. Top Esports's staff included BoBo, coach, Leo, coach, and Poppy, head coach.
Top Esports and LGD Gaming had met 18 times since 2018, with TES ahead 14-4. Top Esports had won all 2 of the teams' meetings in the previous six months.
Series result
TESTop Esports
0 - 2
LGD Gaming win
LGDLGD Gaming
Picks & Bans
2 games
LGD Gaming
Top Esports
Draft read
LGD Gaming saw Burdol on Ambessa and Zaahen across the series. Across the series, Crisp played Lulu and Milio for LGD. Top Esports banned Naafiri twice.
Game 133:11
LGD Gaming won
Game 1 was the longest game of the series at 33:11. LGD Gaming took Game 1 from blue side. Top Esports drafted with first pick. The final gaps left LGD 15 kills and 7.4k gold ahead. LGD was ahead 2-1 in Void Grubs and 1-0 in inhibitors. TES had the edge 1-0 in Rift Heralds. They took first blood and the first tower, while LGD took the first dragon.
Tangyuan's Locke dealt a team-high 23,815 damage for LGD, alongside a 11/2/5 scoreline and 264 CS. Burdol added 23,140 damage on Ambessa and ended the game 4/3/12. TES got its highest damage total from JackeyLove, who dealt 20,996 on Ezreal and finished 1/5/2. Tian's Xin Zhao supplied 20,744 damage and finished 2/4/5 for TES.
Kills
25:10
Gold
64.9k:57.5k
Towers
7:3
Dragons
3:1
Barons
0:0
Game 228:06
LGD Gaming won
Game 2 was the shortest game of the series at 28:06. LGD Gaming won from blue side. Top Esports opened the draft with first pick. LGD finished 12 kills and 8.6k gold ahead. They led 1-0 in Rift Heralds and 1-0 in inhibitors. TES came out ahead 3-0 in Void Grubs. LGD drew first blood and was first to the dragon, while TES was first to the tower.
Tangyuan led the damage chart for LGD on Akali, finishing 8/1/1 with 26,410 damage and 246 CS. Shaoye followed with 21,560 damage and a 4/2/11 line on Lucian. For TES, ZUIAN led the damage numbers with 24,458 on Renekton and a 2/2/0 line.
Kills
18:6
Gold
57.5k:48.8k
Towers
7:3
Dragons
2:1
Barons
1:0
Series read
LGD 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 won from blue side. Every game in the series was shorter than the game before it. Tangyuan produced the series' highest damage total, recording 50,225 for LGD. Tangyuan finished the series with 19 kills and 6 assists for LGD. Across the series, Burdol recorded 6 kills and 16 assists for LGD.
Next up
Up next: Edward Gaming vs LGD Gaming in Split 3, set for August 14.
