Anyone's Legend flips the script to win LPL Split 3 after six straight losses to BLG

Anyone's Legend beat Bilibili Gaming 3-1 in the LPL Split 3 grand final, locking in the Chinese league's first seed for Worlds 2026 and snapping a brutal losing streak against their rival.

Six straight losses to the same rival in 2026, including a humiliating 3-0 sweep in the upper bracket final just six days earlier. That was Anyone's Legend's track record against Bilibili Gaming heading into the LPL Split 3 grand final on Sunday, September 13. And that's exactly where the script flipped: 3-1 for AL, trophy in hand, in the kind of result only a double-elimination bracket can produce.

Game one set the tone, with AL closing it out 18-8 in kills after locking down Dragon Soul. Game two was a straight-up demolition: a 20-1 kill lead in a 31-minute match that barely qualifies as competitive. BLG hit back in game three, riding a Viper Xayah performance to a 20-9 win, but couldn't keep the momentum going — AL stole a crucial Baron in game four and shut the door 22-5.

Getting there wasn't easy. Anyone's Legend dropped to the lower bracket after that 3-0 beatdown from BLG and still had to grind through a 3-2 series against Invictus Gaming just to earn a rematch with their tormentor. In practice, that's three straight must-win series with zero margin for error — the kind of stretch that usually drains a roster, but here seemed to do the opposite.

Jungler Tarzan walked away with Finals MVP, and AL pocketed CN¥1.7 million (roughly US$253,000) in prize money, against CN¥1 million (US$149,000) for BLG. The trophy matters more than the cash, obviously, but the real prize here is the LPL's first seed at Worlds 2026, which now belongs to Anyone's Legend.

Here's the detail that always trips people up who don't follow the Chinese format closely: even after losing the final, Bilibili Gaming isn't shut out — the team locks in the region's second seed thanks to a dominant regular season points total (12-2, against AL's 9-5). It's a system that rewards full-season consistency over a single Sunday result, and honestly it's fairer than it looks at first glance — even if it does create that odd picture of the "loser" heading to Worlds with favorite-level swagger.

For anyone tracking Worlds 2026, the takeaway is simple: BLG arrives as the paper favorite on regular-season resume, but psychologically they might show up more rattled than expected after having their perfect record against AL snapped at the worst possible moment. Anyone's Legend, meanwhile, brings the kind of confidence that only comes from winning when the games are truly do-or-die — and historically, that tends to matter more than regular-season win totals.