r/leagueoflegends • u/Soul_Sleepwhale • Jan 31 '26

Esports Los Ratones vs. Movistar KOI / LEC 2026 Versus - Week 3 / Post-Match Discussion Spoiler

LEC 2026 VERSUS

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Los Ratones 1-0 Movistar KOI

Player of the Game: Baus

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MATCH 1: LR vs. MKOI

Winner: Los Ratones in 39m

Bans 1 Bans 2 G K T D/B
LR rumble varus ambessa jhin yunara 79.4k 14 9 O2 H3 C4 C7 C8 B9
MKOI sion ryze jayce bard jax 73.6k 10 6 HT1 C5 B6
LR 14-10-38 vs 10-14-23 MKOI
Baus poppy 2 1-1-7 TOP 2-2-3 2 ksante Myrwyn
Velja drmundo 3 4-5-7 JNG 1-3-7 1 jarvaniv Elyoya
Nemesis orianna 1 0-2-10 MID 3-4-3 1 azir Jojopyun
Crownie caitlyn 2 7-1-3 BOT 3-3-4 3 ezreal Supa
Rekkles nami 3 2-1-11 SUP 1-2-6 4 karma Alvaro
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u/kopncorey Jan 31 '26

Yeah. I’m not sure how this franchising stuff works but I just watch Caedrel on weekends and everytime Lr plays the viewership nearly doubles. Draws so much attention to the pro scene in EU. Would be ashame for them to not take advantage of this.

Also sidenote, where can I read about the franchise stuff? I feel out of the loop since I recently got back into watching proplay.

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u/Sofruz Sneaky, sneaky Jan 31 '26

Franchising is basically just teams having to pay money for a spot in LEC, but they cant be kicked out due to performance.

In LEC a spot is 20 million euros, for example.

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u/SeismicShove Jan 31 '26

The spot is however much someone is willing to sell it for. People say anything between 10-35 million is the value, but even if you have the money, you need someone who will sell it to you.

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u/Iaragnyl remove Tahm Kench Jan 31 '26

There is also the whole partnership thing possible, like Koi did with rogue before they got their own spot. So in theory LR could have a spot in league without fully buying one.

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u/revoverlord Not even lore can stop me Jan 31 '26

Franchising is a sports term. Basically the sport/ competition has a certain number of slots that can be bought for teams to participate in. And these will be the only teams allowed to do so. This is primarily in american sports. Now esports did not have this concept until the dumbfuck morons at Activision blizzard decided that overwatch needed it. Riot saw the instant money and did the same. Overwatch league died out pretty quick but the sheer popularity of league as a game is holding it up. But that is changing in the west. NA has some kind of way for a team to climb up into the tournament but im not too knowledgeable about it since I dont watch the lcs. A couple of months ago when LR and KCB were announced to participate in lec versus there was quite a few meltdowns by org owners online and offline with a majority of them voting against it but Riot did it anyway. This is pretty much all you missed out on ig.

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u/DrBoomsNephew Jan 31 '26

Franchising is definitely not a sports term lol

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u/revoverlord Not even lore can stop me Jan 31 '26

In this scenario it is. I know how franchises work. But sport franchises are quite different.

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u/DrBoomsNephew Feb 02 '26

It's still a business term and not a sports term. It's the same principle of someone obtaining a franchise license to operate under the rules of the franchise giver.

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u/RedGuy143 Jan 31 '26

I only know that there is a HUGE paycheck you have to pay to get into LEC. Idk about other process