Gen.G swept Top Esports 2-0 in their Swiss Stage Round four match at the 2025 League of Legends World Championship, advancing to the Knockout Stage with a 3-1 record. The entire series took roughly 53 minutes. Both games ended before the 30-minute mark.
The speed of the victory was striking, but the manner was even more impressive. Gen.G willingly left Azir—one of the tournament’s most contested mid laners—open for TES in both games. They also gave away powerful engage tools like Pantheon and Leona. It didn’t matter. Gen.G won every major teamfight through cleaner execution and better coordination.
Game one saw Gen.G run a high-tempo composition built around skirmishing and picks. TES countered with a front-to-back setup featuring Sion top and Azir mid, looking to scale into the later stages. They never got there. Gen.G broke apart TES’s formation in repeated skirmishes before the scaling could kick in. Ruler’s Kai’Sa cleaned up fights with precise positioning, and Gen.G closed it out comfortably.
Game two featured the series’ defining moment. Early in the game, TES attempted a multi-man gank on Chovy’s Yone mid. Chovy and Canyon turned the play around completely, securing kills instead of giving up first blood. The tempo swing was immediate and decisive.
From there, Chovy took over. Every time Creme’s Azir tried to set up TES’s preferred teamfighting style, Chovy disrupted it. He knocked up Azir mid-combo, canceled Emperor’s Divides, and kept TES from ever finding their rhythm. The final fight captured the execution gap perfectly. Azir launched his ultimate at Ruler’s Kai’Sa, looking for the winning engage. Ruler instantly repositioned with his ultimate and activated stopwatch, negating the threat entirely. Gen.G collapsed on TES and ended the game.
Canyon bounced back from an earlier Swiss Stage loss with aggressive early pathing that set up Gen.G’s lanes. Ruler played on the knife’s edge all series, spacing perfectly in chaotic teamfights. Kiin facilitated both games—taking on tank duty with Ornn in Game two and playing a riskier Rek’Sai top in Game one, where his ability to draw TES into bad skirmishes repeatedly paid off.
TES drop to 2-2 in the Swiss Stage. They now face a do-or-die elimination series to reach the Knockout Stage. One more loss and their Worlds run ends. The loss continues a rough pattern for TES against elite LCK teams at this tournament.
What’s next for both teams
Gen.G lock in their Knockout Stage spot and will await their quarterfinal matchup. At 3-1, they’ve recovered well from their single Swiss loss and look every bit the tournament favorites many expected them to be. The core of Kiin, Canyon, Chovy, Ruler, and Duro is hitting form at the right time.
Top Esports face mounting pressure. Their roster features star names like Kanavi, Creme, and JackeyLove, but they’ll need to reset quickly. The Swiss Stage format is unforgiving—three losses means elimination, and TES are one match away from that outcome. Their next opponent and match time will be determined by Swiss Stage pairings, but the stakes couldn’t be higher.
