{"rewrite":{"id":"r_0e4f27a545fd8521214d1233","clusterId":"c_744970e4b196eb5f60ad91d4","slug":"worlds-2026-meme-swaps-369-s-champion-pool-for-valorant-agents","model":"deepseek-v4-1-flash","headline":"Worlds 2026 Meme Swaps 369's Champion Pool for VALORANT Agents","summary":"At Worlds 2026 in the United States, the official LoL Esports account posted a matchup image comparing Top Esports top laner 369's champion pool with Zeus's. 369's side listed VALORANT agents Clove, Reyna, and Iso. 369 had returned to TES's starting lineup after Zuian's travel trouble, and before the tournament he streamed VALORANT three days in a row. On October 24 Japan time, TES lost 0-1 to Hanwha Life Esports.","whyItMatters":"The joke landed because it is built on a real roster scramble: 369 was back in the lineup on short notice and spent the days before Worlds on VALORANT, and TES then dropped its opening Swiss Stage match.","webCardHtml":"\u003cp\u003eFormer world champion Crisp picked up the joke on his own stream, framing the matchup around Zeus\u0026#39;s champion pool. His point was that Zeus has only laned against League of Legends champions, and never against Clove. The official LoL Esports account had already put Clove, Reyna, and Iso next to 369\u0026#39;s name in the comparison image for the Top Esports top laner and his opponent.\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe image circulated while TES was dealing with Zuian\u0026#39;s travel trouble, which put 369 back in the starting lineup. 369 had streamed VALORANT three days in a row before the tournament, and teammates teased him about it on stream. The Swiss Stage first-day match on October 24 Japan time ended 0-1 for TES against Hanwha Life Esports.\u003c/p\u003e","blueskyPost":"369's VALORANT stream habit gives the Worlds meme real material: a top laner who spent off-hours on Clove, Reyna, and Iso now draws a Zeus matchup post in agent names instead of champions.","twitterPost":"369 streamed VALORANT three days straight, so the Worlds meme post filling his champion pool with Clove, Reyna, and Iso had a real source.","threadsPost":"The LoL Esports post replacing 369's champion pool with Clove, Reyna, and Iso is not random. 369 streamed VALORANT for three days running before Worlds, and TES put him back in the starting lineup after Zuian's travel trouble. The joke tracked what he actually played.","newsletterBlurb":"The official LoL Esports matchup image for 369 against Zeus included three VALORANT agents in 369's champion pool: Clove, Reyna, and Iso. 369 had streamed VALORANT three days in a row before Worlds and returned to TES's starting lineup after Zuian's travel trouble. Crisp added his own line on stream, and TES lost its Swiss Stage opener 0-1 to Hanwha Life Esports on October 24 Japan time.","attributionJson":"[{\"source\":\"Inside\",\"url\":\"https://www.inside-games.jp/article/2026/10/24/189757.html\",\"title\":\"[Worlds 2026] Player 369's champion pool becomes a hot topic - taking on Zeus with VALORANT agents\"}]","lintFlagsJson":null,"lintHits":0,"costUsd":0,"inputTokens":4721,"outputTokens":697,"status":"published","repairAttempts":0,"nextRepairAt":null,"factsAttemptedAt":1792847228,"createdAt":"2026-10-24T13:01:26.000Z","publishedAt":"2026-10-24T13:06:06.000Z","updatedAt":"2026-10-24T13:06:06.000Z"},"cluster":{"id":"c_744970e4b196eb5f60ad91d4","canonicalTitle":"【Worlds 2026】369選手のピックプールが話題にーVALORANTエージェントでZeusに挑む","representativeArticleId":"a_81af2a1fd54c243a7c06e273","sourceCount":1,"writtenSourceCount":1,"writeAttempts":0,"isSolo":true,"entitiesJson":"{\"anime_titles\":[],\"manga_titles\":[],\"work_titles\":[\"League of Legends\"],\"studios\":[],\"people\":[\"369\",\"Zeus\"],\"type\":\"event\",\"domain\":\"games\",\"is_roundup\":false}","contentType":"news","status":"published","firstSeenAt":"2026-10-24T11:25:02.000Z","lastSeenAt":"2026-10-24T11:25:02.000Z","updatedAt":"2026-10-24T13:06:06.000Z"},"attribution":[{"source":"Inside","url":"https://www.inside-games.jp/article/2026/10/24/189757.html","title":"【Worlds 2026】369選手のピックプールが話題にーVALORANTエージェントでZeusに挑む"}],"entities":{"anime_titles":[],"manga_titles":[],"work_titles":["League of Legends"],"studios":[],"people":["369","Zeus"],"type":"event","domain":"games","is_roundup":false},"keyFacts":null}