Top Esports Extend Winning Run to Six Against EDG

TL;DR: Top Esports closed out EDward Gaming 2-0 in the LPL 2026 Season Split 3, extending their winning run to 6. Despite falling -1223 gold behind at 15 minutes, JackeyLove’s Lucian won the bot-lane battle, while Zhuo’s Milio made TES’s late-game fights nearly untouchable.

Key Takeaways

• Top Esports turned a 21-9 kill advantage into a 77.6k to 69.1k gold finish, proving their composed objective setup could overcome EDward Gaming’s early lane pressure.
• JackeyLove posted 10/4/4 on Lucian despite a -1223 GoldDiff@15, transforming a difficult early economy into the game’s defining carry performance.
• Zhuo finished 1/0/16 on Milio for a 17.00 KDA, giving Top Esports the protection needed to win the decisive late fights.

Early Game

With Top Esports already leading the series after a 23-7 Game 1, EDward Gaming needed Game 2 to keep the BO3 alive. Their draft offered a creative route: Camille and Syndra could find picks, while Ziggs threatened to turn even a narrow edge into tower pressure.

That pressure appeared early. Leave built a +1223 GoldDiff@15 on Ziggs, using his lane advantage to become EDward Gaming’s most dangerous source of siege damage at 35.5%. Jiejie’s Dr. Mundo also held a +339 early gold edge, suggesting EDG had found room to protect their bot lane and establish the fragmented map their composition wanted.

Yet TES’s draft advantage was not merely theoretical; it materialized once the game shifted toward grouped fights. ZUIAN’s Renekton secured a +695 GoldDiff@15 over Aatrox, denying the top-side scaling route that EDG needed for a lasting split-push threat.

The Turning Point

The match turned when EDward Gaming’s early leads stopped translating into clean access to the backline. BuLLDoG’s Syndra finished 2/6/2, and the pick tools that had looked so threatening in draft could not consistently break through TES’s peel.

That left JackeyLove free to rewrite the bot-lane story. Although he trailed heavily in gold at 15 minutes, the Lucian player surged into skirmishes and ended with 10 kills and 30.3% of his team’s damage. His 67% KP made the recovery even more striking: TES did not need him to win lane outright when he could win every fight that followed.

Alongside him, Tian’s Skarner went 1/0/13, repeatedly creating the tight objective spaces that favored Lucian, Viktor, and Milio. The predicted EDG siege never found enough uninterrupted time to dismantle the map.

Closing Out

At 39:36, Top Esports completed a disciplined close. They matched EDward Gaming’s 3 dragons, then separated themselves with 1 baron, 10 towers to 3, and the final 21-9 kill score.

Creme’s Viktor contributed 4/2/10 and 24.6% damage, adding a second protected carry who punished EDG whenever they committed their engage tools. With Milio’s shields and resets behind him, TES could wait patiently for the opening rather than forcing it.

For EDward Gaming, the 0 barons and limited tower count showed how completely their intended map-control win condition had been contained. Top Esports did not just close the series; they extended their run to 6 wins by proving that a shaky early lane can mean little when a draft is built to survive, group, and strike back.

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