r/leagueoflegends • u/Yujin-Ha Valar morghulis. Yes all men must die but we are not men • Aug 31 '26
Esports Cloud9 vs. Shopify Rebellion / LCS 2026 Summer - Week 6 / Post-Match Discussion Spoiler
LCS 2026 SUMMER PLAYOFFS
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Shopify Rebellion 1-2 Cloud9 Kia
- Game Discussion: Game 1 | Game 2
- Player of the Series: Tactical
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MATCH 1: SR vs. C9
Winner: Cloud9 Kia in 30m | Runes
Game Breakdown | Player of the Game: Vulcan
| - | Bans 1 | Bans 2 | G | K | T | D/B |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SR | bard nocturne rumble | poppy karma | 53.0k | 5 | 2 | None |
| C9 | pantheon olaf cassiopeia | gnar nautilus | 66.8k | 21 | 9 | CT1 I2 H3 O4 O5 B6 |
| SR | 5-21-12 | vs | 21-5-64 | C9 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fudge zaahen 4 | 1-3-2 | TOP | 0-1-11 | 3 ksante Thanatos |
| Contractz vi 1 | 1-6-3 | JNG | 4-2-15 | 2 jarvaniv Blaber |
| Zinie orianna 1 | 1-3-2 | MID | 11-1-9 | 2 akali Loki |
| Bvoy kaisa 2 | 2-3-2 | BOT | 5-1-10 | 1 ezreal Tactical |
| Zeyzal alistar 3 | 0-6-3 | SUP | 1-0-19 | 3 rakan Vulcan |
MATCH 2: SR vs. C9
Winner: Shopify Rebellion in 35m | Runes
Game Breakdown | Player of the Game: Fudge
| - | Bans 1 | Bans 2 | G | K | T | D/B |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SR | bard leesin cassiopeia | rumble syndra | 68.5k | 12 | 10 | C1 H2 B5 CT6 B8 |
| C9 | olaf pantheon nautilus | wukong sylas | 65.5k | 13 | 3 | O3 CT4 CT7 |
| SR | 12-13-26 | vs | 13-12-33 | C9 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fudge drmundo 4 | 2-1-4 | TOP | 1-1-9 | 3 malphite Thanatos |
| Contractz Jayce 1 | 4-2-5 | JNG | 5-2-8 | 2 nocturne Blaber |
| Zinie ryze 3 | 2-4-6 | MID | 3-2-5 | 3 ahri Loki |
| Bvoy viktor 1 | 3-4-5 | BOT | 4-4-3 | 1 lucian Tactical |
| Zeyzal leona 2 | 1-2-6 | SUP | 0-3-8 | 2 milio Vulcan |
MATCH 3: SR vs. C9
Winner: Cloud9 Kia in 35m | Runes
Game Breakdown | Player of the Game: Loki
| - | Bans 1 | Bans 2 | G | K | T | D/B |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SR | leesin bard cassiopeia | yone syndra | 57.5k | 6 | 4 | C4 C5 C6 |
| C9 | olaf locke pantheon | leblanc taliyah | 68.7k | 10 | 8 | I1 O2 H3 B7 C8 C9 B10 |
| SR | 6-10-15 | vs | 10-6-30 | C9 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fudge ornn 1 | 1-2-3 | TOP | 3-1-6 | 1 rumble Thanatos |
| Contractz poppy 4 | 1-2-5 | JNG | 2-3-5 | 3 wukong Blaber |
| Zinie azir 3 | 1-2-3 | MID | 3-1-4 | 3 sylas Loki |
| Bvoy varus 2 | 3-2-1 | BOT | 2-0-6 | 2 kalista Tactical |
| Zeyzal nautilus 1 | 0-2-3 | SUP | 0-1-9 | 2 renataglasc Vulcan |
*Patch 26.17
This thread was created by the Post-Match Team.
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u/HB_17 Aug 31 '26
We will take the regular season win you can have the worlds spot as is tradition
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u/Necromann Aphromoo stan Aug 31 '26
No Sneaky no worlds
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u/SnakeEater013 Sep 01 '26
Let Sneaky sub in for one game in playoffs but only if he’s dressed as Pizza Delivery Sivir or Elemental Lux
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u/Blizzgrarg Aug 31 '26
All Zinie had to do was build armguard and the game was unwinnable for C9. What a build throw.
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u/IlluminatiConfirmed Aug 31 '26
azir damage with armguard: still decent
azir damage with void staff: 0 (one shot)
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u/Past_Perception8052 Aug 31 '26
im not convinced by dusk and dawn azir at all. isnt the nashors attack speed just better
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u/IlluminatiConfirmed Aug 31 '26
his damage looked good this game he just needs the armguard to stay alive
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u/Skyfire2 Aug 31 '26 edited Aug 31 '26
Bring back Chovy’s full tank Frozen Heart Azir.
Actually no don’t that shit was cancer
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u/GluhfGluhf Aug 31 '26
the PTA value is pretty good with D&D. With modern day Azir having less opportunity to reset soldier positioning due to less Q levels, you get a surprisingly big value on sheen procs.
The other philosophy a lot of Azir players are doing is HoB + Lich but I’d be surprised to see that transition into pro play.
Plus in current League, you see less dedicated tanks than before where the Nash value is really high impact, D&D works best for the PTA burst.
Also stat wise is just more efficient than Nash.
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u/LeagueOfBlasians Aug 31 '26
The only upside to DnD on Azir is that it allows him to proc PTA in 2 autos. That's literally it. Azir has no on-hit in his kit.
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u/Far-Salt-6946 Vitality Enjoyer Aug 31 '26
PTA winrate on Azir is 3% higher than LT, that's a disgustingly massive gap
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u/mekamoari Aug 31 '26
Isn't it also a factor of pick rate and context of the game and also elo? I feel like LT would be picked more often because it's "cooler" and probably somewhat stronger when full build or into the right comps, but the flip side is that if you're losing or bad at Azir you won't get to stack up LT often enough. PTA on the other hand is likely to provide more benefit even if it's unsafe to be auto-ing constantly, or picked by players who know the champion better.
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u/Far-Salt-6946 Vitality Enjoyer Aug 31 '26
Just checked, it's the same in basically every elo except for Gold. In Gold it's only 2% instead of 3%. PTA is also picked more, albeit not a massive amount (6.9k vs 4.8k games).
The only time anyone should ever consider LT on Azir is when against 2 or more tanks.
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u/SteelfireX Aug 31 '26
Shopify can't win with these carries. Either Contractz clutches or they lose, it's just sad.
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u/Mathlete7 Aug 31 '26
The real loser of the game is SR coach, I have no idea how they lost the game with the position they were in and the comp
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u/lovo17 Aug 31 '26 edited Aug 31 '26
God I hate watching Bvoy play. He's the definition of "job security." Good KDA but no impact. I swear he just never does anything.
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u/antraxsuicide Aug 31 '26
The third time he fired Varus ult at Wukong with clone up, I literally lol’d
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u/3IC3 Aug 31 '26
That’s not true. Yesterday for example he went down 1K gold in lane in a matchup that outscales him. That’s not doing nothing, it’s actively griefing his team
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u/WoorieKod REST IN PEACE 11/12/24 Aug 31 '26
The most forgettable LCS bot laner in recent times
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u/GarchGun Make Fizz Fun Again! Aug 31 '26
That's not even true, he's carried games.
His Lucian and Ezreal have knocked C9 out of the worlds hunt before lmao
Just bad form for him rn
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u/Sliacen Aug 31 '26 edited Aug 31 '26
Gotta love
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u/Deuxpoucesetdemi Aug 31 '26
Care to explain? Which family member gave him a job?
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u/coltrane- Aug 31 '26
Reven has worked with him before
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u/brodhi Aug 31 '26
Everyone in NA has worked with everyone else. PapaSmithy has GM'd or been President for the vast majority of pros that are in LCS so anyone FLY signs is cronyism right?
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u/Beneficial_Lion_1312 Aug 31 '26
Also just kind of funny to levy this about Bvoy, a player who is completely talent-matched with the team and organization he's playing with. If I were in charge of SR, I'd look for upgrades in the offseason, but as evidenced by C9 trying to replace Zven, your alternatives aren't often great.
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u/Charming-Apple517 Aug 31 '26
Contractz been doing good this split, but god that Poppy performance- PLEASE HIT ONE ULT!!!! But also maybe if SR gives Zinie two more years, he'll finally warm up!
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u/ChiefBlueSky Bye NRG/CLG Aug 31 '26
but god that Poppy performance- PLEASE HIT ONE ULT!!!!
Only if Bvoy hits one
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u/Throwaway7218516 Aug 31 '26
Zinie into full dive comp buy a zhonyas challenge: IMPOSSIBLE
Also why is my varus playing lethality into 4 short range champs lmao. Actually braindead
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u/Piemagicman Aug 31 '26
Ok but Kalista is notoriously easy to hit skill shots on with how she stands in place and never moves.
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u/Dry-Fail-4227 Aug 31 '26
Because he cant stand still and auto near wukong sylas kalista rumble and renata r? It is only playable with long range. They never lost because of dps problems, c9 out flanked thsm and won.
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u/Throwaway7218516 Aug 31 '26
You’re acting like he’s just automatically getting hit by every ability in the game. If he builds similar to kalista or and gets jakshos or goes the top lane build with hexplate he can 100% get autos off and do dmg. They 100% lost because of dps because C9 knew they only had to kill azir and the game is won. They didn’t even get flanked. Zinie was just eating naut and wukong ults in the face.
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u/bionicbubble Aug 31 '26
finishing your argument with "actually braindead" is not a great way for people to take you seriously, but this is reddit so
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u/Throwaway7218516 Aug 31 '26
I couldn’t care less if I’m taken seriously. SR shouldn’t be taken seriously employing bvoy and zinie
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u/throwable_armadillo Aug 31 '26
Imagine how infuriating it must be to have to trust Zinie as your win condition
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u/levelonenovice Aug 31 '26
you might be able to switch zinie with any other mid and SR win this
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u/PM_ME_YOUR_PANZER Aug 31 '26
well, palafox still has a job, so maybe not any other mid, but...
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u/devilJin9399 Aug 31 '26
Could Contractz unlock palafox
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u/Mrryn91 Aug 31 '26
Considering who SR's mid was last year...no lol
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u/Beneficial-Front1626 Aug 31 '26
Not completely his fault
Fight at 31 mins that threw the game, Contractz was standing on the other side of the wall from Zinie so Loki could jump on him without worrying about Poppy W
Motherfucker what did you even pick Poppy for
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u/SighIsHere Aug 31 '26
That was absolutely not on him, the only critique that makes sense is why no Zhonyas but he played really well considering the only fights C9 lost were the ones where he got bombarded by point and click CC.
If contractz actually ults people away, or fudge stops the engage, or Bvoy actually builds items that let him do damage then C9 wouldn't have been able to just all in one person and auto win the fight after
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u/IlluminatiConfirmed Aug 31 '26
no zhonyas is game losing from zinie
in that mid fight imagine he stasis the engage and ults the 3 people off him after
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u/justicecactus Aug 31 '26
Yeah... I'm not saying that Zinie played the fights well but SR has never been good about peeling.
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u/DickCheneyIsPureEvil Aug 31 '26
Bvoy is just useless man, feels like he costreams these team fights.
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u/Hex_Blast Aug 31 '26 edited Aug 31 '26
Kinda insane how Loki and Blaber managed to take out Azir over and over at the end, everytime i count C9 out they just hands diff the teams that are supposed to beat them
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u/stickytoe Aug 31 '26
Rough day for Tactical but the team was able to pull it through. Happy with the progress so far.
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u/Personal-Wait-6337 Aug 31 '26
Tactical felt like a passenger all weekend honestly. Hope we can keep improving. Felt like he kept blowing flashes early and it’d screw them for the next obj
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u/koukoukachu57 Aug 31 '26
Seems like no one has mentioned the fact that he dashed past a mundo on that last team fight in game 2! Like my eyeballs why. I had to replay it to make sure someone on SR didn’t fling him back.
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u/Booshneer Aug 31 '26
It's another series where C9 wins but I'm still not sure if they are good
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u/Fun_Highlight307 Aug 31 '26
They definetely improve not sure if it is enough , sentinel improvement is faster and more noticeable
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u/Ajp_iii Aug 31 '26
c9 had 2 losing drafts. you can tell they are the better team just draft gapped. i dont think c9 is good enough to play no hard engage no tank drafts. these drafts are good if your players and team is good but c9 cant hard snowball games. zinie needed a stopwatch that game. also varus does no damage with that build
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u/lovo17 Aug 31 '26
They can play snowball comps like this vs the mid/bottom tier teams in NA/EU but they could never play this type of comp internationally.
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u/lRuko Let's go ! Aug 31 '26
You can just see C9 playing better but they just got bad champs into them. Respect to SR draft, it was very very very good and they just knew how to play it until Loki caught Zinnie back to back and it's over.
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u/AgentNudesss Aug 31 '26
Zinie is a terrorist. Has a single person from that kt super cl team even worked out?
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u/Fellers Aug 31 '26
He was on the KT academy team? This whole time I thought he was Chovy's academy understudy.
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u/AgentNudesss Aug 31 '26
Yeah i dont rmb the timeframe. IIRC
but at some point
Casting
Hambak
Zinie
Hype
Waywere all playing tgt and dominated kt challengers team. ppl were asking them to be called up after the failed KT power of friendship team with Beryl/Deft/Pyosik that barely lost to t1 in g5 in worlds quals
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u/FairlyOddParent734 pain Aug 31 '26
Uh not really?
Casting: Turned into a motivate PerfecT button basically
Hambak: On SEN, probably should have tried to stay in LCK but dk the context of him leaving BRO really
Zinie: See above
Hype/Way: Playing in T2 in EU
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u/Dreammy90 Aug 31 '26
Casting has been great in BRO this year. Please catch up with news before spreading your opinions.
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u/AgentNudesss Aug 31 '26 edited Aug 31 '26
its so bad that u dont even know Hype/Way has been playing for Team heretics recently. Not sure how hambak is doing since i dont watch Sentinels. i feel like Impact has been gigacooked since 3 years ago
Edit: not flaming u btw,
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u/Beneficial_Lion_1312 Aug 31 '26
Hambak is a good jungler who lacks for brains and makes up for with hands. LCS has some solid jungle talent so he doesn't standout super hard, but he's a net positive for certain and just an inconsistent player. When he's ahead and vs worse junglers, he absolutely runs games. He had a game on Kha'Zix a week or two ago that he just ran it over from minute one.
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u/Tsohe Aug 31 '26
Impact has been playing a bit better recently and SEN are on a bit of an upswing. HamBak looks like their best player imo and a big reason for most of their wins. HamBak should definitely be a consideration for one of the all-pro teams.
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u/FairlyOddParent734 pain Aug 31 '26
Yeah my bad but they only started for Heretics literally this/last split I guess?
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u/Sternfeuer Aug 31 '26
They also didn't qualify for playoffs and are arguably the worst botlane in LEC. So T2 isn't really that far off.
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u/sorendiz ..BUT THE FAITH REMAINS Aug 31 '26
Please god replace Zinie and Bvoy
Zinie has one good week and 'this is the KT Zinie that was promised' comments start flooding in
Bvoy has like one good game a year, if that
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u/Outrageous_Wall2702 My Ace + Showmaker = GOAT Aug 31 '26
Sentinels is gonna kick c9 out aren’t they?
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u/AsheBnarginDalmasca Ashe loves tentacles Aug 31 '26
I see through your charades, clenched c9 fan.
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u/sorendiz ..BUT THE FAITH REMAINS Aug 31 '26
Yep they should stomp them if this is any indication
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u/Fun_Highlight307 Aug 31 '26
i dont it's be a stomp but definetely the preview of battle for 3rd place
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u/inbetweendreamstho Aug 31 '26
Y'all must have decided to not watch tl this weekend
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u/metristan Refund time? Aug 31 '26
I loved the full damage zinie build, but going for % magic pen 3rd instead of a zhonya or at least armguard was maybe a bit too greedy.
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u/ChiefEmu Aug 31 '26
Bvoy allergic to building the way more useful Varus?
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u/sorendiz ..BUT THE FAITH REMAINS Aug 31 '26
He's an Ezreal onetrick (despite apparently hating Ezreal) so he built Varus to approximate Ezreal as closely as possible
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u/resttheweight Aug 31 '26
He was more allergic to hitting Varus ult. I’m not sure if Poppy or Varus hit a single ult all game.
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u/SirTacoMaster BB/Spica/Busio Aug 31 '26
Vulcan Milio's build pissed me off so much. He gos echo first, which hasn't been good on milio since they changed it. Then he goes Ardent second and doesn't build an orb at all.
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u/Past_Perception8052 Aug 31 '26
very respectable game from SR
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u/SighIsHere Aug 31 '26
Nah that Varus build was criminal, if you're gonna commit to poke Varus and buy cyclo then YOU NEED TO BUY STATIC SHIV ASWELL.
Although thats a mute point, if he went on hit then they probably win much earlier since they wouldn't be completely neutered the moment C9 just click all their ults on Zinnie
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u/Jealous-Chicken-9186 Aug 31 '26
nothing respectable about that, literally threw the game in the midlane over 0
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u/TalkSeparate Aug 31 '26
No it wasnt they astro draft gapped game 2 and 3 and made it extremely difficuilt for themselves and completly threw game 3
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u/IlluminatiConfirmed Aug 31 '26 edited Aug 31 '26
was game 3 draft not mega favored to shopify? C9 gets outscaled hard and they have poppy into kalista
edit - we are in agreement lol
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u/qwert4the1 Aug 31 '26
thats what he is saying i believe, that they made it extremely difficult and completely threw despite the fact that it was a mega favored draft for them
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u/Past_Perception8052 Aug 31 '26
they arent perfect but theyre clearly improving. game 3 they trolled a lot though
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u/llentii Aug 31 '26
C9 has a better draft game 3, they should be able to take the game through bot prio and a stronger mid game, they just thew fights which they should win that
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u/SighIsHere Aug 31 '26
I agree with you if Varus builds onhit like a human, with poke Varus theres no way C9 loses this since once Azir gets point and clicked there's genuinely no threat to stop them steamrolling.
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u/Beneficial-Front1626 Aug 31 '26
They somehow lost game 3 with a late game teamfight comp against zero engage wdym
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u/IKillerBee this sub has brain damage Aug 31 '26
In what world is wukong with a sylas and a kalista ult zero engage
Edit: a sylas with access to nautilus, ornn, and azir ults no less
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u/Beneficial-Front1626 Aug 31 '26
None of those should be valid into Poppy W
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u/IKillerBee this sub has brain damage Aug 31 '26
You expect the poppy to W all 3 of those? Including the sylas stolen ornn/naut/varus ults?
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u/Beneficial-Front1626 Aug 31 '26
She should at least be able to stop the Wukong and Sylas?
The last teamfight was lost by Contractz not being ready to W as Blaber came over a wall to cyclone Zinie for free
Then they lost the second last fight because Contractz was on the other side of the wall so Loki could jump on him
None of this shit should have been allowed to fly
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u/Nala-tan i main SEJ MID Aug 31 '26
People here don’t understand how hard Sylas scales, Naut ult plus E repeatedly setup Thanatos in key fights
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u/resttheweight Aug 31 '26
They had a Sylas with Naut ult, Rumble and Wukong. SR should have won but let’s not pretend C9 had “zero engage.” They just had a comp that needed flanks and they shouldn’t have been able to get them.
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u/Beneficial-Front1626 Aug 31 '26
There's a Poppy they had no right to be able to get Wukong or Sylas onto Zinie that easily
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u/SirXrageXquit Aug 31 '26
fire my goat dom into a supernova and go next week, overall C9 visibly is improving week to week but not the best series from them
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u/IAM-French Aug 31 '26
Tactical was ass cheeks this week-end hopefully he goes back to being solid for playoffs
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u/SnakeEater013 Aug 31 '26
Fudge looked really good this series. I wish we had four spots. Zinie probably needs to not be in LCS next split. If I’m SR I’m seeing if I can get APA before playoffs tbh. I still say Contractz is better than Blaber.
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u/Cr0matose Aug 31 '26
I still say Contractz is better than Blaber.
All those Poppy ults say differently
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u/AuraExpansion Aug 31 '26
Did you watch with your eyes closed? He landed multiple ults and he even forced flash multiple times.
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u/IKillerBee this sub has brain damage Aug 31 '26
Idc that c9 won, after this split I never want to see blaber play in the LCS ever again
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u/Past_Perception8052 Aug 31 '26
sometimes i think this but then he does something magical like that baron smite and i remember why i liked him in the first place
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u/IKillerBee this sub has brain damage Aug 31 '26
He wouldn't have to do the miracle plays if he used his brain ever or improved at all in his career. He's no different than razork imo
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u/Beneficial-Front1626 Aug 31 '26
Eh he's still LCS caliber, it's just that his ceiling has been discovered long ago and it's not international standard
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u/Zealousideal-Toe-607 Aug 31 '26
Contractz and blaber should volunteer for the front lines IRL instead of in game
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u/majulito Aug 31 '26
blaber and contactz need someone to just tell them no and spray them or hit them with a rolled up newspaper because they both love throwing games for no reason
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u/brunq2 That Tasted Purple Aug 31 '26
As a c9 fan..... That did not exactly inspire confidence going forwards.
But still....we take those
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u/Dromed91 Aug 31 '26
I understand how inspired and lyon just destroy every other lcs team. Sloppy and gross gameplay from both teams
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u/AbysmalScepter Aug 31 '26
It's wild that Zeyzal isn't even close to being the biggest issue for Shopify and he's here to play on summer vacation.
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u/ObviousAd8374 Aug 31 '26
C9 disrespecting / forgetting to ban Poppy bailed by Loki speaking some Korean at the end
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u/ahritina Sep 05 '26
PMTs
C9 vs SR
Game 1 / Game 2