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TheShy 2026 Season and Worlds Seed

TheShy returned to IG's active roster on 15 June 2026. The team finished second in the Nirvana group, lost the Split 3 lower-bracket final to Anyone's Legend, and on 19 September beat JD Gaming 3–1 for the LPL's fourth seed at Worlds.

Group
4–2 series
Group games
9–6
Split title
Anyone's Legend
Worlds seed
LPL 4th

The roster he returned to

IG announced the Split 3 lineup on 21–22 July 2026. TheShy is the top laner. Wei jungles, Rookie plays mid, Assum and JiaQi share the bot lane, and Meiko is the support and captain. The coaches named with that roster are Kezman, Helper, chengz and Fury. His contract, in the June return announcement, runs through the 2026 season.

  • Top

    TheShy

  • Jungle

    Wei

  • Mid

    Rookie

  • Bot

    Assum / JiaQi

  • Support

    Meiko

Nirvana group

The group ran inside a split that opened on 22 July. IG's six series produced two sweeps of LNG Esports, two wins over Weibo Gaming, and two losses to Ninjas in Pyjamas, who won the group. Series scores are from IG's side. Champion names are the picks logged for TheShy. Listed start times are UTC. Beijing is eight hours ahead, so 09:00 UTC is 17:00 local.

TheShy Nirvana group series in LPL 2026 Split 3
DateOpponentEventResultTheShy
Sat, 25 Jul 2026 · 09:00 UTCWeibo GamingBo3Nirvana groupWon 2–1Ambessa, Olaf, Yorick
Sun, 2 Aug 2026 · 09:00 UTCLNG EsportsBo3Nirvana groupWon 2–0Jayce, Gnar
Thu, 6 Aug 2026 · 09:00 UTCNinjas in PyjamasBo3Nirvana groupLost 1–2Rumble, Zaahen, Jax
Sun, 9 Aug 2026 · 07:00 UTCLNG EsportsBo3Nirvana groupWon 2–0Olaf, Rumble
Sun, 16 Aug 2026 · 09:00 UTCWeibo GamingBo3Nirvana groupWon 2–1Olaf, Renekton, K'Sante
Sat, 22 Aug 2026 · 09:00 UTCNinjas in PyjamasBo3Nirvana groupLost 0–2Olaf, Yorick

Playoffs and the Worlds qualifier

The Knights' Road on 28 August was a 3–0 over ThunderTalk Gaming. Grand Finals round 1 on 5 September was a 3–2 over Top Esports. In game 1 of that series TheShy played Rumble, finished 3/3/5, and IG won a 32-minute game with 21 kills to 10. The title path stopped in the lower-bracket final: Anyone's Legend won 3–2, then beat Bilibili Gaming 3–1 on 13 September to take Split 3 and the region's first seed.

Worlds spots three and four were decided in Shanghai from 17 to 19 September. Top Esports beat IG 3–1 on 17 September and took the third seed. IG beat JD Gaming 3–1 on 19 September and took the fourth. Public logs for TheShy in that JD series include Gnar, K'Sante, Jayce and Dr. Mundo. The order of those locks is the fearless draft, not a ranking.

TheShy playoff and regional final series in 2026
DateOpponentEventResultTheShy
Fri, 28 Aug 2026ThunderTalk GamingBo5Knights' RoadWon 3–0Camille, Ambessa, VayneThe sweep sent IG into the Grand Finals.
Sat, 5 Sept 2026Top EsportsBo5Grand Finals, round 1Won 3–2—Game 1 lasted 32 minutes. TheShy played Rumble and finished 3/3/5 as IG closed the map 21 kills to 10.
Sat, 12 Sept 2026Anyone's LegendBo5Lower-bracket finalLost 2–3—AL took the series, then beat Bilibili Gaming 3–1 on 13 September to win Split 3. IG's title run ended here.
Thu, 17 Sept 2026Top EsportsBo5Regional Finals, upper bracketLost 1–3—TES took the LPL's third Worlds seed. IG dropped into the lower-bracket final.
Sat, 19 Sept 2026JD GamingBo5Regional Finals, lower-bracket finalWon 3–1Gnar, K'Sante, Jayce, Dr. MundoThe win is the LPL's fourth and last berth at Worlds 2026. JDG finished third in the qualifier and missed Worlds.

Swiss stage

The LPL's four Worlds teams are Anyone's Legend, Bilibili Gaming, Top Esports and Invictus Gaming, in that seed order. All four start in the Swiss stage, scheduled for 23–31 October 2026 in Allen, Texas. An opponent and a clock time for IG's first game come from the official draw. Until that draw is published, the fixture to watch is the LoL Esports schedule.

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Sources

Numbers and results on this page were checked against the links below on 27 September 2026. A newer series will move a season record before it moves the career table.