Play out the whole Swiss stage. Pick the winners of round 1 and the next round is drawn for you the way Riot draws it - inside each record group, no rematches - and so on until eight teams have three wins and eight have three losses. Your Pick'Em sheet fills itself as you go.
Nothing is sent anywhere. Your bracket stays in your own browser and is still here if you close the tab and come back.
How the draw works, and why it is a draw
Only round 1 has fixed pairings. From round 2 on, teams are drawn against an opponent on the same record - 1-0 plays 1-0, 0-1 plays 0-1 - with rematches avoided while the draw allows it. Nobody can tell you in advance who plays whom in round 2, because the draw happens after round 1 has been played.
So this tool does what Riot does: it draws. Each group card has a redraw button in its corner - press it and that group is drawn again, which is the honest way to see how much of your bracket depends on the luck of the draw rather than on your read of the teams. Change a result in an earlier round and everything after it is drawn fresh, because it has to be.
What does not change is the shape of the result: exactly two teams finish 3-0, three finish 3-1 and three finish 3-2, and the mirror image goes out. That is forced by the format, and it is why the tool can fill your sheet the moment the last match is decided.
How the Swiss picks score
The Swiss bracket is worth 125 points, split in two:
- 10 points per advancing team. Eight correct names are 80 points on their own.
- 15 points per record slot that lands exactly. Your first three picks carry a record - 3-0, 3-1 or 3-2 - and the bonus only pays if that team advances on precisely that record.
Each of your eight teams is graded as correct (it advanced, and the record matched if you called one), partial (it advanced on a different record) or incorrect (it did not advance). A missed record drops you from correct to partial and costs the 15-point bonus - never the 10 points underneath it.
That ratio is the whole strategy. The three record slots together are worth less than the eight names, and they are far harder to hit: there are only two 3-0 teams in the entire stage. Put your record slots on teams you were going to advance anyway, because the bonus is a free roll.
More on the format is in Swiss stage explained, and three years of results - including why undefeated teams are a worse bet than they look - are in Worlds Swiss stage stats.
Knockout simulator
The knockout bracket opens for picks on 1 November and locks on 3 November. It is a normal single-elimination bracket - eight teams, quarterfinals to the final, no draw to wait for - and it appears on this page as a second board once the Swiss stage resolves on 31 October.
Every deadline is on Worlds Pickems 2026, and what five analysts picked is on Pickems predictions.
Frequently asked questions
Does this submit my picks to Riot?
No. This is an independent tool and nothing leaves your browser. When your sheet is ready, copy it and enter the same picks on the official LoL Esports site - that is the only entry that counts toward rewards.
Are the round 2 pairings real?
They are a valid draw, not a prediction. The real pairings are drawn by Riot after round 1 is played, under the same rules the tool uses: same record, no rematches. Press redraw on a group to see another perfectly possible version of the same stage.
Will my bracket still be here tomorrow?
Yes, as long as you use the same browser and have not cleared its site data. It is saved locally on your device, not on our server, so it does not follow you to your phone.
Can a team that lost round 1 still advance?
Easily - three of the eight teams that advance do it on a 3-2 record, and the format is built to give a strong team room to recover from one bad result. The only thing an opening loss rules out is a 3-0 finish.
Why do some groups say "finish the previous round"?
Because a group cannot be drawn until it is known who is in it. Decide every match in the earlier rounds and the next cards fill in by themselves.