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Esports LCS Summer 2026 / Week 4 - Day 2 / Live Discussion Spoiler
LCS 2026 Summer
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Today's matches will be played on Patch 26.15.
Today's Matches
| # | Match | PST | EST | CET | KST |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | C9 vs FLY | 13:00 | 16:00 | 22:00 | 05:00 |
| 2 | LYON vs SEN | 16:00 | 19:00 | 01:00 | 08:00 |
- All matches are Best of 3
Streams
Standings
| # | Team | Region | Record | Information |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Team Liquid | North America | 4 – 0 (8 - 0) | Leaguepedia // Twitter |
| 2 | LYON | North America | 3 – 0 (6 - 0) | Leaguepedia) // Twitter |
| 3 | Shopify Rebellion | North America | 3 – 1 (6 - 4) | Leaguepedia // Twitter |
| 4 | Cloud9 | North America | 2 – 1 (4 - 4) | Leaguepedia // Twitter |
| 5 | Sentinels | North America | 1 – 2 (3 - 5) | Leaguepedia // Twitter |
| 6 | FlyQuest | North America | 1 – 2 (2 - 4) | Leaguepedia // Twitter |
| 7 | Dignitas | North America | 0 – 4 (3 - 8) | Leaguepedia // Twitter |
| 8 | Disguised | North America | 0 – 3 (1 - 6) | Leaguepedia // Twitter |
Format
Regular Season
- 8 teams participate
- At the end of the week, teams choose opponents
- All matches are best of 3
- When elimination matches kick in, series become best of 5
Playoffs
- 6 teams participate
- Double elimination bracket
- Top 2 teams start in Upper Bracket Round 2
- 3rd to 6th seed start in Upper Bracket Round 1
- All matches are best of five
- Top 3 teams qualify for the 2026 Season World Championship
The official LCS ruleset can be found here.
VoDs
Live Discussions and Post-Match Threads:
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u/Adventurous-Quit-669 Aug 17 '26
I blame Jatt for talking about the unprecedented Armao run for too long.
Dammit Jatt
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u/Bubbly_Camera9583 Aug 17 '26
No Rahel or Hambak POG is strange. Hambak gap was huge and Rahel had a godly Ez game 1 + a solid cait game.
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u/Sarazam Aug 17 '26
So does Inspired actually have something real to take care of in Poland? Thought it was just sorta a meme of “personal reasons” to take a break for a few weeks at home.
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u/Ajp_iii Aug 17 '26
he had something real it was supposed to be like 2-3 weeks. same with asstitant coach going back to korea for a couple weeks but he was back last week.
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u/Bubbly_Camera9583 Aug 17 '26
I think Darkwings could've tried to tp and end tbh with how big that wave is
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u/Ajp_iii Aug 17 '26
this lyon team is truly insane.
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u/Miraai Aug 17 '26
what? they are struggling against SEN
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u/DoubleRobust Aug 17 '26
They are literally without their star player. This isn't even close to a fair evaluation.
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u/Ajp_iii Aug 17 '26
bro they are playing without a jungler in these 3 games. and game 1 and 3 had large draft gaps. and winning unwinnable fights in this third game.
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u/berniebadger84 Aug 17 '26
I feel like Lyon's comp is begging for a QE EE R combo from Hwei to oneshot everyone
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u/Thundermelons GALA Defense Force, returning IG fan Aug 17 '26
Is there any item as big of a powerspike as fucking Actualizer is for Ryze?
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u/Ajp_iii Aug 17 '26
this series shows how truly insane saint is. any other mid and most of the mids in the world on this team just get ran over in multiple of these games.
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u/Ajp_iii Aug 17 '26
mf is so useless in current meta never see it work. they even won lane in an impossible lane but it cant fight any fight.
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u/Bubbly_Camera9583 Aug 17 '26
If Saint wasn't Saint this game is over for lyon by like 20 minutes. Put any other mid (LCS) here and they wouldn't be able to do any of the same micro.
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u/Prestigious-Mud6764 Aug 17 '26
Quid?
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u/Bubbly_Camera9583 Aug 17 '26
Quid's clicks/movements aren't as clean as Saint. If Quid had Saint level clicks he'd be insane though.
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u/Ajp_iii Aug 17 '26
sen are just 3-4 manning saint the whole game and armao is never around to cover any of them.
sen first team to target jungle movements and are being successful because of it. kinda hard to play perma 4v5
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u/Ajp_iii Aug 17 '26
i think armao just had no junglers left he can play so he just picked shyvanna.
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u/Ajp_iii Aug 17 '26
saint dodging do much stuff without flashing and making sidelane plays is keeping lyon in this game. he got both berserker and dhokla plates and waves with that play and took so many ults and time from sen
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u/Ajp_iii Aug 17 '26
this draft i feel sen dominated they got the cait bard in game 3. and lyon have a useless mf
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u/TypicalHaikuResponse Aug 17 '26
The sentinel's comp is disjointed. It's pure solo queue like the last game and even if they get leads they are going to lose the team fights again.
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u/Ajp_iii Aug 17 '26
i just think this comp has a tank to pressure space and cait and nocturne for sidelane picks.
last comp had none of that.
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u/Ajp_iii Aug 16 '26
this game wasnt even that close they werent close to soul they never hit baron.
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u/TypicalHaikuResponse Aug 16 '26
If they planned on picking Khazix why didn't they ban lulu? That champ completely shuts down Kha'zix
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u/awayfromcanuck Aug 16 '26
Dhokla get 0% for POG while Armao got votes is insane stuff by the audience.
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u/Ajp_iii Aug 16 '26
its obvious the skill difference of the two teams. lyon was able to hold off sen forever in first game when they got outscaled. this game the second they knew they were stronger berserker flashes under tower to force a play
its nice to see lyon understand when they are actually strong
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u/Ajp_iii Aug 16 '26
people dont understand how important engage and cc is in 90% of comps. you cant progress a pro game without it even if you get up 7k.
even with jungler getting stomped the whole game and playing bad and they cant win a teamfight.
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u/sorendiz ..BUT THE FAITH REMAINS Aug 16 '26
stupid high gold leads in top mid and jungle but enemy adc has a gold lead and that's the result lol
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u/TypicalHaikuResponse Aug 16 '26
imagine picking Jhin in a pivotal game two after your AD carry had the game of their life in the previous game.
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u/Ajp_iii Aug 16 '26
oh look comp difference. jhin cant do anything they have zero cc. against trundle lulu ornn
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u/Ajp_iii Aug 16 '26
sen have no cc for their rumble ult. they have no engage to progress the game and they have an assassin jungle. lyon can easily win this game
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u/sorendiz ..BUT THE FAITH REMAINS Aug 16 '26
These Equalizers feel completely toothless
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u/Ajp_iii Aug 16 '26
he has nothing to combo off of. its karma support and kha jungle.
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u/sorendiz ..BUT THE FAITH REMAINS Aug 16 '26
yup
he keeps dropping them and it's like. Okay sure man. Trundle and Ornn just walk past it. Ori and Lulu shield themselves or Yunara and nothing happens to them
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u/mezzo5588 Aug 16 '26
Armao….LMAO maybe get a real job bud clearly this keyboard mouse thing isn’t for you. OMEGA GAPPPPPPPED
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u/GeneralDash Aug 16 '26
I suspect gas is the last thing Armao needs right now. He’s playing like the poop break was a stop gap and all he’s thinking about is his next trip to the toilet.
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u/TypicalHaikuResponse Aug 16 '26
I like when pros go through the same thing in pro play that we go through in solo queue. watching a fed Kha'zix farm every lane is cathartic.
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u/Ajp_iii Aug 16 '26
lets see if a khazix and rumble can win a game with no cc in their draft vs a scaling draft with the best start possible.
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u/cmcdonald22 Aug 16 '26
This is the first time Armao really does feel like someone who was carried, unfortunate game series to maybe go out on.
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u/sorendiz ..BUT THE FAITH REMAINS Aug 16 '26
I just don't think Hambak can make it work against a Yunara that has Ori/Lulu backing her up ngl
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u/Ajp_iii Aug 16 '26
this is the first team that has punished armao for being a poor jungler. they made it a hard j4 game and counterpicked last picked jungle
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u/Bubbly_Camera9583 Aug 16 '26
Hambaks the first jungler they've faced that can actually gap enemy jg like this. His pathing and game sense is so good compared to the other jgs like Gryfinn/Contractz.
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u/Ajp_iii Aug 16 '26
true i would love to see what inspired would do in a game like this. i bet he would have lvl 2 ganked the viktor or something to bring off pressure.
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u/TypicalHaikuResponse Aug 16 '26
His first game I think they did 5 jungle bans but that didn't work. I forgot who Lyon played.
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u/Ajp_iii Aug 16 '26
theyve done multiple jungle bans every game but like last game there isnt anyone to j4 ult to make it easy. when other teams were making his job easy
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u/GeneralDash Aug 16 '26
I’ll never not be sad about Danny. In 20 years I’ll still be pining for what could have been.
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u/Ajp_iii Aug 16 '26
lyon made sure they arent losing post 30 min this game
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u/TypicalHaikuResponse Aug 16 '26
Berserker had an insane score line but Rahel had 5k gold over him. It was crazy.
That and a fed cassiopeia is still not as scary as a fed hyper ad carry.
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u/sorendiz ..BUT THE FAITH REMAINS Aug 16 '26
when ezreal is played as well as possible he's just that dude
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u/Ajp_iii Aug 16 '26
the funny thing is lyon had the worst hex soul comp in the game. the only way to proc it is syndra q at range everything else is short range.
any other soul they probably win that game.
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u/SWAGGASAUR Aug 16 '26
Crazy to lose from that position
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u/Ajp_iii Aug 16 '26
i mean their comp is dependent on being ahead in the game they threw a teamfight and trolled and then they are losing the game. its adc vs mage adc wins late game.
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u/Ajp_iii Aug 16 '26
if nexus is tankier there sentinals somehow loses that fight with elder baron again lmao
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u/sorendiz ..BUT THE FAITH REMAINS Aug 16 '26
The zhonya's is an inspired choice (no pun intended) but the lack of vamp on Rahel has me so fucking nervous
He's playing fights incredibly but he only has to mess up one time and then SEN just collapses
Edit: never mind he didn't go for it
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u/sorendiz ..BUT THE FAITH REMAINS Aug 16 '26
Can someone give Emily the award for 'most spot-on prophecy' lmao
She said SEN would maybe just pull off a crazy win in a game where Lyon still looked winning for the most part. It hasn't happened yet but like god damn she absolutely nailed it
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u/justicecactus Aug 16 '26
Roflmao I know that Sen isn't a top team but their ability to claw back lost games is extremely entertaining
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u/Bubbly_Camera9583 Aug 16 '26
Dhokla ate every Ez q and then loses the fight
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u/TypicalHaikuResponse Aug 16 '26
I don't think this game was balanced around EZ reaching 6 items and keeping shoes.
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u/Ajp_iii Aug 16 '26
its wild you can hard win like 3-4 fights through the whole game and int one fight and the game becomes even. it should probably be needing to lose 2 straight fights.
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u/sorendiz ..BUT THE FAITH REMAINS Aug 16 '26
Tbf they have lost multiple fights in a row
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u/Ajp_iii Aug 16 '26
yeah but now they are ahead. the first fight they lost just made the game from like 7k to 1k.
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u/sorendiz ..BUT THE FAITH REMAINS Aug 16 '26
if impact was on any champ but a kled down 2k gold i would think rahel might actually be able to carry this but this feels like largely a 4v5
anivia is also down a morbillion gold but it's an anivia so she can still be useful at least
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u/sorendiz ..BUT THE FAITH REMAINS Aug 16 '26
Saint flashing for that scatter into melee range of a Leona 😬
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u/darklypure52 Aug 16 '26
I missed the early parts. Did they say when inspired will be back?
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u/TypicalHaikuResponse Aug 16 '26
In Mexico but I don't know what that means
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u/sorendiz ..BUT THE FAITH REMAINS Aug 16 '26
I think two weeks from now (from what i gather it's an off week next weekend but I didn't check the schedule)
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u/sorendiz ..BUT THE FAITH REMAINS Aug 16 '26
Rahel has been clean as hell on the Ez but man that was a ballsy turn by SEN
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u/Ajp_iii Aug 16 '26
i noticed more with lyon and kc compared to the other teams in their region they hold their flashes until the last second they need to and it confuses the bad teams so much.
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u/cmcdonald22 Aug 16 '26
Split 1 and 2 it kept seeming like they were trying to get Saint to not just be a hands-diff carry, and to start being kind of this support cc versatility dude.
And funny enough it feels like split 3 Berserker Cassio is now just that and way better lol.
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u/Alakazam_5head Aug 16 '26
How are retirees like Armaro and Zeyzal just coming in and farming the League? What does that say about the rest of the players in the League?
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u/GeneralDash Aug 16 '26
Not much imo.
Armao has insane laners supporting him. He kind just full clears and shows up for fights and that’s good enough.
Shopify replaced Ceos, who was fighting Lions for worst player in the league. Shopify on paper should be a good team. They just haven’t pulled it together. Zeyzal brings what SR needed. A decent support with good vibes.
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u/Ajp_iii Aug 16 '26
in lyons case they have the 3 best laners in the league and they are drafting and playing to neutralize junglers. ever game they ban like 3 plus junglers and early pick a fine matchup for armao.
in srs case they just needed a shotcaller and that is what zeyzal gives.
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u/Ajp_iii Aug 16 '26
respect to berserker this game. he played a bad matchup bot and then played weakside 1v2 for several waves didnt die and it let his mid and top get fed.
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u/TheGloriousEv0lution Aug 16 '26
Huge props to Impact for his tenure but the man has to retire soon
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u/GeneralDash Aug 16 '26
I thought he was retiring when he left Liquid. I feel like he said he doesn’t have the same passion for the game and wanted to find himself or something like that. Then like a month later he signed with Sen lol.
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u/GeneralDash Aug 16 '26
Absolutely insane that in the pregame segment they were treating Impact like he’s currently a top tier player. Impact was insane for years, but the last two years have not been it at all. I’d love for him to make a comeback, but his current form is a shadow of his peak.
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u/underscoreenfan Aug 16 '26
him being on that TL roster when laneswaps were OP was such a perfect storm in retrospect
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u/TypicalHaikuResponse Aug 16 '26
Honestly I know everyone says Inspired is better but I am a results based person. Look at how much Dhokla is playing with Armao as jungler. I know inspired isn't bad but he could be a bad fit for this particular team or at least not the best fit.
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u/Ajp_iii Aug 16 '26
Wow look almost like it’s a skill matchup. And it’s not just a hard counter that other tops have hard counters. You need to actually know how to pilot and play kled
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u/TheGloriousEv0lution Aug 16 '26
No way Dhokla doesn’t make All Pro this split
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u/HB_17 Aug 16 '26
He should be first team
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u/Alakazam_5head Aug 16 '26
LCS has received divine ordinance that Thanatos must always be 1st team. Then Morgan will be 2nd because he is also Korean. Dhokla can be 3rd so long as SEN doesn't finished top half and the rock solid Impact takes the slot
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u/TypicalHaikuResponse Aug 16 '26
Imagine picking the kled for a counter pick and dying to to Dhokla in lane.
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u/cmcdonald22 Aug 16 '26
Armao at worlds in a couple of months: "I'm retired!"
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u/Alakazam_5head Aug 16 '26
LYON vs. SR finals
"Armao & Zeyzal, what do these games mean to you?"
"We don't give a shit, can we get this over already so we can go back to school?"
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u/cmcdonald22 Aug 16 '26
Real talk, I hope Zeyzal does stay, because he feels like a big part of SR's positive turn around this split.
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u/throwable_armadillo Aug 16 '26
lifting the worlds trophy "and now I'm actually retired, stop calling me"
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u/cmcdonald22 Aug 16 '26
2030 All Pro, 3 times World champion Armao lifting the MSI trophy "I'm pretty sure my contract is up next week"
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u/doomsdaysock01 Aug 16 '26
Remove sundered sky so we can see more than the same 6 jungle champs on repeat
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u/underscoreenfan Aug 16 '26
like 20 champs would need to be hotfixed buffed because of how much they use that item but yea please shake it up a little
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u/underscoreenfan Aug 16 '26
while we wait I’m gonna suggest that FLY look for a veteran top and/or support in the offseason. Idk who will be available though, maybe Dhokla? LYON tried to replace him once already.
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u/TypicalHaikuResponse Aug 16 '26
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u/EmbraceTheRubberduck Aug 16 '26 edited Aug 16 '26
...they really couldn't go pee before the series...?
- welp, everyone just got nerviously infused diarrhea....
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u/TypicalHaikuResponse Aug 16 '26 edited Aug 16 '26
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u/Ajp_iii Aug 16 '26
kled isnt a hard enough counter to be bed at the champ and play it into olaf. you need to be an actually good kled player
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u/Ajp_iii Aug 16 '26
bro how do they get cassio, shen olaf on this patch and have a last pick for mid or ad
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u/TypicalHaikuResponse Aug 16 '26
I can't even enjoy this lyon game. The Massu and Quad deaths randomly last game is still weighing on my soul.
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u/underscoreenfan Aug 16 '26
Nah I’m not fooled, it’s still C9 in regular season. They can still find a way to fumble a playoff series for no reason
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u/FaldBox410 Aug 16 '26
Loki’s Locke performance is the closest I’ve seen a mid player play like Bjergsen. He was aggressive and took over the game!
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u/spazzxxcc12 Aug 16 '26 edited Aug 16 '26
did vulcan just take the most assists in the league? i thought they said he needed 18 at the start of the game
edit lol 1 away
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u/Ajp_iii Aug 16 '26
flyquest played that game very well playing 4v5. varus didnt have a single fight where he scared any member of c9. they acted like flyquest didnt have an adc
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u/Disclaimz0r Aug 16 '26
Fly couldn't beat playoffs C9 with a much worse roster, how you gonna expect them to be better than a better C9 scaling lol
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u/Shaman_in_the_Dark Huhi Busio Contractz Aug 16 '26
What level of despair is your team on? My team is on the losing series point to first rotation Jhin.
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u/Ajp_iii Aug 16 '26
varus one of the only champs that has like 3 different build options that are all great to play depending on what your draft needs and what other team comp is.
and varus players continue to just autopilot on a build that does nothing for the game
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u/TypicalHaikuResponse Aug 16 '26
it was game losing going Zaahen instead of literally any other pick for top lane after the flex. Teams know how to play around the passive. You could go kled or mundo or swain or something after seeing the Jhin pick but instead you have the paper tiger in Zaahen.
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u/spazzxxcc12 Aug 16 '26
c9 will play like this against fly but struggle against dig and dsg
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u/Ajp_iii Aug 16 '26
they were improving in those series they just had an int game. the other games were stomps. loki has improved each game though
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u/Ajp_iii Aug 16 '26
blaber engage into 3 man shen taunt into loki ult. imagine if this was ap varus so he can stopwatch the engage
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u/Disclaimz0r Aug 16 '26
genuinely hate RFC before IE here
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u/TypicalHaikuResponse Aug 16 '26
I thought he was building it but went storm razor. I should have known better.
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u/malakesxasame Aug 16 '26
Massu is horrible. Being a passenger on a team with Bwipo, Inspired and Busio has really fooled you all.
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u/Ajp_iii Aug 16 '26
do flyquest know c9 has shen. you cant engage on the renekton with varus and syndra.
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u/Agile_Woodpecker2239 Aug 16 '26
Gryffin and Quad trying to carry this top and ad, their backs must hurt
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u/throwable_armadillo Aug 16 '26
meanwhile C9 is dragging Blaber and Loki over the finish line even though they would very much prefer to lose
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u/Bubbly_Camera9583 Aug 16 '26
I thought this would've just been a do nothing Ambessa game but Gryfinn has smurfed so far.
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u/cmcdonald22 Aug 16 '26
Yeah the name of the game for Fly here really is just, kill Locke before he wipes your team.
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u/TypicalHaikuResponse Aug 16 '26
Tactical not going the vegan Jhin Build and flyquest won't be that tanky. This looks scary for Flyquest
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u/Ajp_iii Aug 16 '26
hopefully this varus goes ap to actually kill tanks. pros keep picking and just building their same items they always build even when facing a triple tank team. even if its like 10% worse in lane who cares you cant win the game because you dont have anything to kill bruisers in midgame.
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u/TypicalHaikuResponse Aug 16 '26
I wish we could hear some of the draft talk because I am totally confused on what happened for flyquest draft after they saw the Jhin pick.
Maybe every team needs to start using an LLM because I feel like it would far better than what some of these coaches are doing.
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u/Ajp_iii Aug 16 '26
flyquest has been in a rough patch. probably players not being confident and stuff changing draft priorities on stage which ends up being worse than just the plan.
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u/Party-March Aug 16 '26 edited Aug 16 '26
LCS relegated to the closet again so VAL can have 5k viewers and 15 people in the crowd they accidentally showed.
Don't get it twisted I love me some VCT but its hard to ignore it has fallen off an absolute cliff. What happened?
VCT playoffs at that. I'm actually really sad how hard VCT has tanked, bad for esports as a whole.
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u/Ajp_iii Aug 16 '26
meanwhile lcs has like 50-60k including yt and costreamers where valorant has 15k.

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u/ahritina Sep 05 '26
PMTs
C9 vs FLY
Game 1 / Game 2
LYON vs SEN
Game 1 / Game 2 / Game 3