LEC 2026 Summer Week 3 continues on August 8 with SK Gaming vs Natus Vincere and Movistar KOI vs GIANTX.
League of Legends EMEA Championship 2026 Summer Week 3 continues on Saturday, August 8, when SK Gaming clash with Natus Vincere, followed by a meeting between Movistar KOI and GIANTX.
Esportbet brings you free League of Legends betting predictions and picks for the two games, along with esports odds from the top-rated bookmakers for LoL punters.
Natus Vincere started LEC 2026 Summer with a 1-1 record.
They lost to Karmine Corp and beat Shifters last week, with a big throw in the former and a much more convincing performance in the latter fixture.
While it is still very early, Natus Vincere have not looked bad so far and are slowly making a name for themselves as an upper-mid-table squad.
They even had their chances against Karmine Corp, so there might be some unexplored potential with this team.
Priced at +162 on the best LoL bookmakers, SK Gaming enter their third match of the season as underdogs after beating GIANTX and losing to G2 Esports.
The latter series was a weird one, as SK had a shot at winning the first map through superior scaling, but they failed to find any meaningful traction.
They also held on in the second map, which is impressive for SK’s standards and an improvement after an ugly victory against GIANTX in the first game of the split.
Natus Vincere have looked better and should have a higher ceiling. However, SK Gaming have a bite, and they have shown they know how to draft, so a closer game is not out of the question.
Over 2.5 maps
Movistar KOI are 2-3 ahead of their clash with GIANTX, having had a slow start to the split, going 0-3 in the first week.
Since then, KOI have picked up two 2-1 victories against Shifters and Fnatic, but have looked very sloppy.
In their win over Fnatic, KOI nearly lost the first map despite holding an almost 8k gold lead at 20 minutes.
On the second map, KOI were up 2000g just five minutes in, but despite building on that, managed to throw it all away and lost before closing on the third map.
A win is a win, but it was another highly sloppy performance from KOI, who continue to hold the tag of a team who are extremely volatile and unpredictable.
GIANTX are 0-1, having played just one game so far against SK Gaming. It was a sloppy game from both teams, so there are not many positives to take from it.
GIANTX are one of the league’s weakest teams, but Movistar KOI are simply not to be trusted to deliver when expected.
A smaller position on GIANTX to take a map, or better said, KOI to choke a map, is worth a look.
GIANTX +1.5 maps
Mark Prezelj
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