BLG Bin selects Kai’Sa top for first time in LPL Grand Finals

Chen “Bin” Zebin has never been accused of playing it safe. But picking Kai’Sa, a champion almost exclusively played as a bot lane carry, in the top lane during the LPL 2026 Grand Finals is a different level of audacity entirely. The Bilibili Gaming top laner locked in the unconventional pick for the first time in his professional career during the best-of-five series against Anyone’s Legend on September 13, 2026, at the Shanghai Oriental Sports Center. In a match with a championship on the line, Bin decided this was the moment to debut something nobody saw coming. Why Kai’Sa top is such a wild card Kai’Sa is a marksman, designed to deal sustained damage from the back line of a team fight while being protected by teammates. Top lane, by contrast, is traditionally the domain of bruisers and tanks, champions who can absorb punishment in isolated one-on-one matchups during the early phases of the game. Putting a squishy marksman in that role is inherently risky because it trades durability and frontline presence for raw damage output. Bin’s history of high-stakes aggression Bin has collected multiple LPL championships and Finals MVP titles across his career, establishing himself as on...