Fnatic out, Jojopyun untouchable, and the LEC packs for Madrid... The LEC Spring Split after Week 6

Fnatic: eliminated, despite Upset

Fnatic are mathematically out after the 1-2 loss to Vitality and MKOI winning against Shifters. There was some progress this week, mostly in the early game, but it never added up to the wins they needed. The roster's biggest issue has been there since week one: a near-total lack of compositional flexibility. Fnatic can essentially only execute front-to-back, and every attempt to deviate from that template has unraveled in midgame. Vladi made the same diagnosis in an interview with RFT.GG. He pointed to limited champion pools across the roster, which lock Fnatic into hyper-carry compositions with weak-side top — and leave the team almost no room to play the opposite.

The exception was Upset. The German bot laner produced his sharpest stretch of the split in Week 6, including a monstruous performance on Ezreal against Vitality on Game 1. Among LEC ADCs, he leads kill participation at 71% and gold differential at 15 minutes at +270, sits second in KDA at 5.4, and third in gold per minute at 519.

Vitality: first place, less convincing

Vitality finished 8-1 and stay top of the standings, pending Karmine Corp's three Madrid matches that could yet flip the order. The week was a 2-1 over SK and a 2-1 over Fnatic — wins, but not the kind of dominant performances that defined April. The teamfight execution dropped a level. The decision-making did not always resemble the team that ran six straight wins through Week 4. The streak is still alive. The form is not as clean.

Shifters: a renaissance, too late

Shifters are eliminated, but Sheo's arrival from Team Heretics has changed the team in real time. The mid-jungle synergy with nuc already looks rehearsed: Sheo is highly proactive in the early game, stacking drakes, ganking and diving across the map. The midgame is still where it collapses — the team keeps "shifting" out of leads in the same 20-to-25-minute window every series — but the early shape is the most compelling this roster has shown all split. They beat Heretics 2-0 and lost 1-2 to MKOI. With Summer in view, this is the version of Shifters that should have started the year.

Jojo the greatest, Madrid the test

MKOI clinched playoffs and split the week's storylines with Jojopyun's continued dominance. Among LEC midlaners, the Canadian leads CS differential at 15 minutes at +10.6, sits second in both XP and gold differential at the same mark (+253 and +285), second in damage per minute at 712 and third in gold per minute at 422. At this point, the argument is settled: he is the best mid laner in the LEC right now. The rest of the roster has been shakier around him — and Jojopyun's leads are too often the only thing holding series together.

The real test starts Friday. MKOI host the Madrid Roadshow at the Madrid Arena and play three straight series against the other three teams in town: GX, KC and G2 — all top-six sides fighting for seeding. Three days, three opponents at their level, in front of a home crowd that lifts and weighs in equal measure.