Anyone’s Legend Roster, History and Worlds 2026

Anyone’s Legend (AL) is a Chinese League of Legends organization in the LPL and the reigning domestic champion: it won the LPL 2026 Grand Finals on 13 September 2026 and travels to Worlds 2026 as China’s first seed. The Anyone’s Legend roster is Breathe in top, Tarzan in jungle, Shanks in mid, Hope in bot and Kael in support.

Two LPL titles in one year, plus a domestic title in each of the two years before it, make AL one of the most consistent teams in China. The sections below explain how they win, what their draft prioritizes and where the record shows cracks.

The lineup is a standard five with no listed substitute: Breathe, Tarzan, Shanks, Hope and Kael. Behind them sits a three-person coaching staff of Despa1r, Teacherma and BigWei, who handle preparation and the draft but do not play.

The bottom of the map and the jungle have been the stable core. Tarzan, Shanks, Hope and Kael played every game of the season together, so the team’s identity in the mid game and around objectives has not had to be rebuilt. The top lane is where the lineup moved: Flandre logged more games across 2026, while Breathe is the starter on the current roster.

AL’s 2026 is a winning season in both series and games, built on depth rather than dominance. The team does not run through the LPL undefeated; it drops series, especially in the regular split, then peaks when the stakes rise. That pattern matters more than the raw record, because it is the shape you want from a team heading into a long international event.

Side selection is not a weakness. AL wins slightly more often on blue side, but the gap to red side is narrow, so opponents gain little by handing them the less comfortable side. Their games average a little past the half-hour mark, which points to a team that is comfortable playing to a full mid game rather than forcing early closes.

The carry load is shared, but two players stand out. Tarzan holds the best KDA among the starters, which fits a jungler who sets up the map without overextending, while Hope leads the team in kills from the bot lane. Kael’s assist numbers are the highest on the roster, a sign that most of AL’s fights run through the bot side and the support’s engage or peel.

Shanks fills the connective role in mid: fewer kills than Hope, steady deaths and a high assist count that shows how often the mid laner moves with the jungler. Of the two top laners, Breathe’s line across his games is slightly cleaner than Flandre’s, though the sample split between them is uneven.

AL drafts around control mages in mid and a reliable bot-lane carry. Ryze sits at the top of their pick list, with Azir and Corki also among the most played champions, so the team is comfortable giving its mid laner a scaling, wave-clearing champion that controls side lanes and objective setups. Naafiri and Neeko add a more aggressive, pick-oriented option when the draft calls for it.

Two picks stand out for results rather than volume. Varus and Sion have been among the most reliable champions in the pool, and both reward the kind of grouped, front-to-back teamfighting AL prefers: Varus for poke and lockdown, Sion for frontline and engage. Pantheon and Rumble round out a pool that leans on early pressure from the top side and jungle.

The ban list tells you what AL games revolve around removing. Vi is the most banned champion in their games, with Jarvan IV and Nocturne also high on the list, so dive-and-engage junglers are the first thing taken off the table. Orianna, Akali and Cassiopeia show up as mid-lane bans, and Rumble appears on both the pick and the ban list, which marks it as a contested priority.

AL’s recent results are a story of a late-season dip followed by a title run. Split 3 opened well, with series wins over EDward Gaming, JD Gaming and ThunderTalk Gaming, then closed with three straight losses to Top Esports, Team WE and Bilibili Gaming. That stretch raised questions about form heading into the playoffs.

The LPL 2026 Grand Finals answered them. AL beat LGD Gaming, then lost heavily to Bilibili Gaming on 7 September 2026, survived a full five-game series against Invictus Gaming and beat Bilibili Gaming in the rematch on 13 September 2026 to take the title. Recovering from a clean loss to the same opponent within a week is the strongest signal of adaptation in their season. Every game of the playoff run with a VOD is linked in the results below.

AL’s rise traces back to the end of 2024, when the team won the Demacia Cup on 29 December 2024. That result opened the most successful stretch in the organization’s history.

2025 turned AL into a domestic power and an international contender. The team won LPL 2025 Split 1 and the LPL 2025 Split 2 Playoffs, then finished 3rd at MSI 2025 and 2nd at the Esports World Cup 2025. Those two runs are the closest AL has come to an international title so far.

2026 has been the peak at home. AL won LPL 2026 Split 1 on 7 February 2026 and the LPL 2026 Grand Finals on 13 September 2026, giving the organization four LPL titles across two seasons. The full list of titles and top-four finishes is below.

Anyone’s Legend qualified for Worlds 2026 as China’s first seed and skips the Play-In, starting directly in the Main Event. Their first stage is the Swiss stage, which begins on 23 October 2026, with the Knockouts to follow for the teams that advance. Follow every stage on the Worlds 2026 hub.