Did Nepotism RUIN The LEC? | The Best Damn League Show (ft Emtest) @lastfreenationlol

Uploaded February 2026 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

Is the LEC being ruined by nepotism? Emtest joins Thorin and Peter Dun to to discuss team building in pro League of Legends, the pros and cons of the LEC Versus format, poor performances from SK and Shifters, good showings from Vitality and Heretics, and more!

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0:00 Nepotism in LEC (Emtest's bad point)
25:38 SK (Peter's bad point)
42:49 Shifters (Thorin's bad point)
54:06 LEC Versus format (Emtest's good point)
1:11:38 Heretics (Peter's good point)
1:22:25 Vitality (Thorin's good point)
1:32:34 Betting sponsors (Emtest's ugly point)
1:50:22 GX (Peter's ugly point)
1:58:53 The tiebreaker system (Thorin's ugly point)

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