Week 6 of the 2025 LPL Split 3 brings the league into the heart of the season, as the Fearless Draft format continues to reshape competitive dynamics. Teams are being pushed to diversify their champion pools, adapt strategies with speed, and find new edges in mid-game teamfighting. Reliable marksmen like Varus, Sivir, and Lucian remain key scaling threats in the bot lane, while mid lane control mages such as Annie, Taliyah, and Orianna are defining objective play. Jungle picks have shifted between engage (Wukong, Pantheon) and disruption (Trundle, Skarner), as teams draft based on lane priority and counterpicks. With Worlds qualification looming—only the top three teams advance from Split 3—every best-of-three series can have an outsized impact on playoff seeding and a direct path to international competition. This week’s schedule features matchups crucial to both Group Ascend and Group Nirvana as teams race for a spot in the playoffs and the upcoming Playoffs Play-In stage.

Recap of Last Week’s Results

NIP 2–0 LGD
JDG 2–0 FPX
UP 0–2 NIP
WBG 2–1 WE
LGD 0–2 NIP
JDG 1–2 TES
AL 1–2 BLG
WE 0–2 FPX
NIP 2–1 EDG
AL 2–0 IG
BLG 2–1 WBG
WE 1–2 JDG
TT 1–2 UP
IG 2–1 TES
WBG 0–2 AL

Updated Standings – August 18, 2025

These standings reflect all match results through Monday, August 18, 2025. Keep an eye on LoLEsports.com for live updates.

Group Ascend	Group Nirvana
Top Esports (TES): 9–2	Ninjas in Pyjamas (NIP): 8–1
Bilibili Gaming (BLG): 8–2	EDward Gaming (EDG): 6–1
Invictus Gaming (IG): 6–3	LGD Gaming (LGD): 3–4
Anyone’s Legend (AL): 6–4	Ultra Prime (UP): 3–5
JD Gaming (JDG): 4–6	ThunderTalk Gaming (TT): 2–6
Weibo Gaming (WBG): 4–6	LNG Esports (LNG): 1–6
Team WE (WE): 2–8
FunPlus Phoenix (FPX): 1–8

Week 6 Match Schedule

All matches are played in a best-of-three format. Times are listed in both CEST and GMT-4. For live match tracking, visit Liquipedia.

Monday, August 18

11:00 CEST / 05:00 GMT-4 – WBG vs FPX
13:00 CEST / 07:00 GMT-4 – IG vs BLG

Tuesday, August 19

11:00 CEST / 05:00 GMT-4 – LNG vs NIP
13:00 CEST / 07:00 GMT-4 – AL vs TES

Wednesday, August 20

11:00 CEST / 05:00 GMT-4 – TT vs LGD
13:00 CEST / 07:00 GMT-4 – AL vs FPX

Thursday, August 21

11:00 CEST / 05:00 GMT-4 – UP vs EDG
13:00 CEST / 07:00 GMT-4 – JDG vs BLG

Friday, August 22

11:00 CEST / 05:00 GMT-4 – IG vs FPX
13:00 CEST / 07:00 GMT-4 – LGD vs EDG

Saturday, August 23

09:00 CEST / 03:00 GMT-4 – LNG vs TT
11:00 CEST / 05:00 GMT-4 – WE vs TES
13:00 CEST / 07:00 GMT-4 – WBG vs IG

Sunday, August 24

11:00 CEST / 05:00 GMT-4 – LNG vs EDG
13:00 CEST / 07:00 GMT-4 – JDG vs AL

Key Matches to Watch This Week

JDG vs BLG – Thursday, August 21 at 13:00 CEST / 07:00 GMT-4

This matchup has serious seeding implications. BLG are in striking distance of the top seed thanks to their decisive setups around early dragons and objective rotations. ADC Elk maintains exceptional positioning in late-game fights, providing the reliability BLG need to close out leads. JDG, however, remain a wildcard team, thriving in messy early skirmishes and capitalizing on objective timers. If JDG’s jungler can establish map control through early vision and leverage aggressive picks, they may disrupt BLG’s calculated tempo and throw the match into chaos.

AL vs TES – Tuesday, August 19 at 13:00 CEST / 07:00 GMT-4

In a meta driven by the Fearless Draft, Anyone’s Legend are one of the most flexible teams in the LPL, with unconventional engage options and unpredictable solo lane picks. Their draft diversity makes them difficult to prepare for. However, Top Esports have been clinical in lane control and early macro play. They excel at turning small leads into major map advantages. The central narrative in this match will be TES’s ability to shut down AL’s instincts to dive or initiate teamfights through timing and map pressure. Executed cleanly, TES should be able to snowball through calculated trades and dragon stacking.

Player Spotlight: GALA (IG, Bot Lane)

GALA has long been one of the premier late-game ADCs in the LPL. Now with Invictus Gaming, he brings a refined champion pool that excels in both aggression and scaling. Whether it’s Kai’Sa, Xayah, Aphelios, or Varus, GALA consistently pushes lane advantages into plate and drake control. He is also one of the few LPL players who can confidently bring out situational picks like Draven for early snowball comps. With impeccable spacing in front-to-back teamfights and strong lane fundamentals, GALA remains the cornerstone of IG’s success. As the team looks to secure a top-four finish, his performance this week will be decisive.