Smash keeps quiet until LoL Esports names Peyz

A microphone challenge turns a list of fellow ADCs into a test of confidence, with viewers watching every smile.

Channel: LoL Esports Story of November 6, 2026Trari Newsroom

Why this story? The video opened at a pace of 194,202 views a day, 10 times a normal first day on this channel (19,250).

Can't beat 'em all

Caliste, Hans Sama, Berserker, Hope, JackeyLove: the names keep coming, and Smash keeps his microphone waiting.

The instruction in LoL Esports' Short "Can't beat 'em all" is simple: "Smash, don't speak until you hear an ADC better than you." He stays silent and smiles through the player cards. Then Peyz's name arrives. Smash immediately laughs, brings the microphone into use and says, "Good."

It is a player-personality challenge rather than match footage, and it has drawn about 134,000 views in its first 12 hours, already well beyond the channel's usual full-day audience for a Short.

Viewers are examining the pauses as much as the answer. Some point to Smash nearly laughing at Berserker's name; others focus on Gumayusi's absence from the list. The format leaves plenty of room to discuss a player who never even gets a card.

Smash also features in another fast-starting upload, "ShowMaker Wants His Trophy Back. BLG Stands in the Way." That Worlds quarterfinal preview describes him stepping up alongside Career on DK's young roster. Here, away from the match highlights, his contribution is mostly knowing when not to say a word.

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The numbers

Smash's silent challenge has already passed the usual first-day views for LoL Esports Shorts. The DK-BLG preview is also drawing an unusually large audience.

the video's first day

usual first day here

19,250

this video

194,202

subscribers

3,970,000

▲ 10,000 in the last 7 days

total views

1,751,689,101

views per day

3,126,779

typical day: 4,143,819

the video

views

133,948

likes

1,951

comments

59

days online

1

subscribers: this channel and similar channels

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5,870,000

LoL Esports

3,970,000

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3,040,000

VALORANT

2,980,000

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2,780,000

Apex Legends

2,740,000

As of November 6, 2026 · Data source: Trari Social News, Trari Traffic Trends and Ranking Platform, Google YouTube

Subscriber, view, like and comment counts are YouTube's. Rates, usual days, rankings, comparisons and categories are Trari's own calculations.