LES Game 2 Draft Analysis: LUA Gaming vs Team Heretics Academy

Compositions

LUA Gaming assembled a front-to-back teamfight composition built to give Kaii1’s Zeri a protected route into late-game carry status. Pegaso’s Jarvan IV and TIMR’s Leona provide reliable engage and layered crowd control, while NIQKL’s Zaahen can operate as a durable frontline threat. Hydra’s Syndra rounds out the draft with dependable mid-lane priority, pick potential, and burst damage against Team Heretics Academy’s shorter-range carries.

The blue-side structure is straightforward: Jarvan IV or Leona starts the fight, Zaahen holds space, Syndra pressures priority targets, and Zeri cleans up extended encounters. LUA Gaming also have meaningful flexibility around objectives. Syndra can control choke points with Scatter the Weak, while Jarvan IV’s Cataclysm can trap Ziggs or Akali when their movement options are limited.

Team Heretics Academy drafted a more volatile and proactive composition. Lurox’s Lee Sin and Mercy9’s Akali create a high-pressure skirmishing duo capable of attacking Syndra and Zeri from multiple angles. Papiteero’s Renekton gives the red side early lane power, while Batuuu’s Shen offers global support and a powerful answer to isolated fights. Lure’s Ziggs supplies siege, poke, and objective damage from a safe distance.

Heretics’ win condition is not a conventional front-to-back fight. They want Lee Sin, Akali, Renekton, and Shen to create chaos before LUA’s carries can establish formation. If Ziggs gets room to poke and demolish towers, Heretics can force LUA Gaming to engage through unfavorable terrain.

Key Picks

Zeri is LUA Gaming’s central scaling pick. Kaii1 has the protection and engage tools needed to turn a reset-heavy teamfight into a carry performance. However, Zeri must respect Lee Sin kick angles, Akali flanks, and Shen’s taunt. A single misplaced step can allow Heretics’ dive core to bypass LUA’s frontline entirely.

Hydra’s Syndra is equally important because she gives LUA immediate damage rather than asking the team to wait exclusively for Zeri. Syndra can punish Akali before a fight develops and can threaten Ziggs whenever Shen is not positioned to peel.

For Heretics, Akali is the highest-ceiling pick. Mercy9 has a favorable environment to flank because Jarvan IV and Leona naturally commit deep into fights. Akali can wait for key crowd-control abilities to be used, then target Zeri or Syndra from the back line.

Ziggs is also a major strategic piece. Lure does not need to outfight Zeri directly; he needs to keep waves controlled, pressure structures, and make objective setups uncomfortable through poke.

Draft Edge

LUA Gaming own the more coherent 5v5 draft. Their engage is reliable, their damage profile is balanced, and their carries have clear protection. The Jarvan IV-Leona combination can repeatedly force fights before Ziggs establishes siege control.

Still, Team Heretics Academy have the sharper early-game tools. Renekton and Lee Sin can create side-lane pressure, while Shen’s ultimate can transform a local skirmish into a numbers advantage. Heretics also possess better punish potential if LUA Gaming overcommits Cataclysm or Leona’s engage.

The key draft question is whether LUA can maintain vision and formation. In organized objective fights, their composition is easier to execute. In scattered river fights or side-lane skirmishes, Heretics’ mobility and global presence become far more dangerous.

Prediction

LUA Gaming have the draft edge if the game reaches structured teamfights. Zeri, Syndra, Jarvan IV, and Leona form a dangerous objective-fight core that can overwhelm Ziggs before Heretics’ assassins find access.

Team Heretics Academy can win through early tempo, successful Lee Sin ganks, and Akali flanks around vision gaps. But LUA’s composition has the more stable scaling and clearer late-game identity. Expect LUA Gaming to be favored if they avoid conceding early snowball opportunities to Renekton and Lee Sin.