LEC Spring Split Week 4: Highlights and Takeaways

After another week of competition in the LEC, the first team to qualify for the playoffs is now known: . For some squads, however, the chances of advancing are now almost nonexistent, with their fate no longer entirely in their own hands. Ahead of a decisive week set to take place in Évry-Courcouronnes for the first LEC Roadtrip of the year, many one-sided matches took place this week, with the favorites largely living up to expectations.

As the regular season reaches its halfway point, Sheep Esports looks back at the key storylines from this latest week of LEC action.

After a perfect start to the league with four wins and no losses, suffered two defeats this week against and Team Vitality. The Spanish squad had initially built its record with victories against lower-ranked teams but fell when facing two direct contenders for a top-three finish.

Their final matches will take place during the last week of the regular season against the three teams that finished in the top three of the LEC Versus. Following these losses, the only undefeated team left in the league is now , which secured another win on Monday against and currently sit at 3–0.

Lucian had been on a 15-game losing streak in the LEC, but that run has finally come to an end. During NAVI’s victory over GIANTX, broke the curse with a standout performance in Game 3. Often criticized as either weak or too difficult to play outside Asian leagues, Lucian had not won a game in the LEC since the LEC Spring Split 2025. Paired with the Milio of , the duo dominated the botlane and played a decisive role in NAVI’s fourth victory of the split.

In excellent form this week, the most iconic player in LEC history delivered two strong performances, including one against SK Gaming that earned him the match MVP and his eighth pentakill in his career. With Ahri, it became the seventh champion with which has achieved a pentakill. His previous one had occurred just over a year ago, also against SK Gaming.

Thanks to a perfectly set-up fight by his team, the Danish midlaner chained resets to punish his former teammates and . secured two new successes this week with a current record of three wins and two losses.

Called up from the academy roster to join after chose to step down from the lineup, endured a tough return to the LEC. Facing in an all-Spanish matchup, the Polish jungler struggled to find his rhythm, and his team suffered another heavy defeat, further reducing their already slim playoff hopes. While qualification remains mathematically possible, it would require several unlikely results for Heretics to make it.

Unlike Team Heretics, Team Vitality threfore officially secured their playoff spot after defeating GIANTX, becoming the first team to qualify. The French organization still has two matches left to play against SK Gaming and before entering a long break until May 23, when the playoffs begin.

Meanwhile, playoff ambitions are gradually fading for several teams, particularly SK Gaming, who have only two wins and just one match remaining — and only six spots. is in the same case, currently sitting at four losses ahead of a crucial opportunity to turn things around during the upcoming LEC Roadtrip starting on Friday.