MSI 2026 Rewards & Changes
Lots of reveals for MSI lately, some long-awaited changes to tournament play, as well as new rewards for watching games.
No Running! Icon (Renekton) & Ducky! Icon (Yunara)
• Participation (Play-ins or Bracket stage): Pinfall Emote (Braum)
• Top 50%: Settle the Score Icon (Blitzcrank) + previous rewards
• Top 25%: Clean Up Emote (Thresh) + previous rewards
• Perfect Picks: Broken Covenant Jhin skin and champion + previous rewards.
Lock in your predictions: Doesn't Look Good Emote (Smolder)
As of 6/17 - you can lock in your MSI pick em's! As usual, getting perfect pick ems earns you every ultimate skin in the game. Predictions close June 28th.
MSI Rule Update - Undefeated teams retain an advantage
Before this change, when a team reached Finals from upper bracket, they MIGHT have gotten side selection for Game 1, but didn't get any additional advantage for staying undefeated.
Now the team that wins the upper bracket Final gets 'Right of Dual Selection' - meaning they get to choose both...
- Their pick position in the Finals bracket
- AND their preferred map side
TLDR: The upper bracket winner is the only team that hasn't lost in the tournament. In double-elemination, lots of people have argued that reaching Finals through the upper bracket provides basically zero reward for the winning team.
This new rule aims to give a meaningul competitive advantage to the undefeated team without needing a "bracket reset".
In traditional double-elemination, every team is allowed one series loss before they get tossed. However, the upper bracket winner reaches the Finals without ever using that second chance, while the lower bracket Finalist has lost once and still gets to compete for the championship. Many fans view this as extremely unfair because the undefeated team doesn't get an equivalent reward for making it through the tournament without a loss.
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