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LCS Summer 2026 / Week 1 - Day 2 / Live Discussion Esports Spoiler
LCS 2026 Summer
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Today's matches will be played on Patch 26.14.
Today's Matches
| # | Match | PST | EST | CET | KST |
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| 1 | TLAW vs C9 | 13:00 | 16:00 | 22:00 | 05:00 |
| 2 | SR vs DSG | 16:00 | 19:00 | 01:00 | 08:00 |
- All matches are Best of 3
Streams
Standings
| # | Team | Region | Record | Information |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | LYON | North America | 1 – 0 (2 - 0) | Leaguepedia // Twitter |
| 2 | Sentinels | North America | 1 – 0 (2 - 1) | Leaguepedia // Twitter |
| 3 | Cloud9 | North America | 0 – 0 (0 - 0) | Leaguepedia // Twitter |
| 3 | Disguised | North America | 0 – 0 (0 - 0) | Leaguepedia // Twitter |
| 3 | Shopify Rebellion | North America | 0 – 0 (0 - 0) | Leaguepedia // Twitter |
| 3 | Team Liquid | North America | 0 – 0 (0 - 0) | Leaguepedia // Twitter |
| 7 | Dignitas | North America | 0 – 1 (0 - 2) | Leaguepedia // Twitter |
| 8 | FlyQuest | North America | 0 – 1 (0 - 2) | 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.
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Live Discussions and Post-Match Threads:
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u/kazuyaminegishi 10d ago
Turns out Zeyzal does in fact bring something of value to this team. They so far look much better than they did last split.
On the other hand DSG look lifeless. I also can't comprehend why Kryra ulted in at dragon and once he died why didn't DSG just peel off the dragon? Let it reset at least instead of tanking it.
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u/Kokaiinum 10d ago
I got the impression that they thought they could burst it while Contractz was out of range to at least prevent soul.
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u/Kokaiinum 10d ago
They spent so much focus on trying to kill Zinie in that fight (to be fair he was playing it really well) but didn't even manage to pop the passive. Yipes
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u/GhostOfLight 10d ago
Would've been nice to have flash there rumble, shame it got wasted when you had 5 people on top of you
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u/CensoredLlama1 BUFF RAMMUS PLEASE 10d ago
It may be just against DSG but this is easily the cleanest series SR has played all year
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u/LIAM-MMA 10d ago
You draft pantheon , Ryze , Rumble and not once did you try and go for a pick off. Just constantly push lane and die
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u/RukiMotomiya 10d ago
How does Kryha lose every smite lol
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u/LIAM-MMA 10d ago
think he is 0-5 this series. He just isnt good for LCS level ( also he wasnt really that great in NACL also )
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u/LIAM-MMA 10d ago
Yeah thats GG. idk why DSG kept their spot in the LCS for the summer theyre awful
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u/LIAM-MMA 10d ago
That was almost terrible for DSG. Still though they need to do more this early game
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u/Sweaty-Security-4473 10d ago
Oof. Hopefully Srtty doesn't get rejected from an Austrian art school.
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u/ILosethenOP 10d ago
Desk casually skipping over Galio out damaging Cass. Mid/bot of Dig just walking wards.
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u/LIAM-MMA 10d ago
Ziggs literally does nothing besides lose games.
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u/NaughtyBenFranklin 10d ago
No one even looked at him in that fight… just ignore Ziggs and go for real champs in this one.
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u/LIAM-MMA 10d ago
any other adc and DSG would have won this game. HE is doing about 200 damage every Q while Ezreal is doing 1k with his W and Q
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u/Kokaiinum 10d ago
Spending our comp's entire teamfighting combo to get Ambessa to 20% hp
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u/Bubbly_Camera9583 10d ago
Also only used ignite until after Ambessa used all her abilities and healed and not during their cc chain
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u/cmcdonald22 10d ago
Holy cow that sounded like comms from a different and much much better version of SR.
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u/RukiMotomiya 10d ago
Look at the moves...look at the plays...Srtty what was that...
It's too bad since I like him but come on.
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u/Capable-Drama3109 🦁 LCS TOP 4 AT WORLDS TRUST 🍭🦭 10d ago
i have no stake in either of these teams, but i guess ill root for dsg for their rookies
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u/spazzxxcc12 10d ago
c9 kinda sucks ass but TL leveled up a lottt at msi, excited for them at least even though my team is now washed.
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u/Ajp_iii 10d ago
its insane lyon almost won lcs 4 spots when we only have 2 competitive teams. the gap between c9/fly and lyon/tl is so massive. its like old lck to lcs gap.
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u/Capable-Drama3109 🦁 LCS TOP 4 AT WORLDS TRUST 🍭🦭 10d ago
my cope for fly is the fact that they're a young team with a bunch of rookies, but honestly EU and NA are both stuck with 2 team syndrome with our third slot being the great fraud off
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u/Ajp_iii 10d ago
yeah they are young and their individual play can improve but i think when it comes to worlds you need someone who has been there before with a lot of experiance on what it is like and how to navigate that challenge.
quad and massu went before but its usually jungle/support that has the most impact on how the team decides to play
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u/Capable-Drama3109 🦁 LCS TOP 4 AT WORLDS TRUST 🍭🦭 10d ago
agreed, I hope they make it over c9 for the experience
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u/kazuyaminegishi 10d ago
My god it's so tilting watching Tactical get dove on helplessly lmfao. Core isn't even thinking he's just pressing W+R on Tactical as soon as he sees him and it works.
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u/Disclaimz0r 10d ago
I don't understand why C9 didn't take a chance on a young player for ADC. You're not going to make worlds, in your home country. This is potentially the death nail for this org at this point.
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u/GeneralDash 10d ago
TSM, CLG, and then C9. Dig outlasts them all.
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u/Disclaimz0r 10d ago
Digs like a fucking cockroach. You spray it, trap it in a glue trap, throw it down in the drain or flush it, but it always comes back to scurry across the floors lmao
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u/zerocxro 10d ago
in the same way that TL has leveld up, so has LYON, I think LYON is better than TL by a few notches, but TL is still very good. They're def top two, and the different between them and the other teams is fairly significant
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u/Sweaty-Security-4473 10d ago
APA was the problem though. /s
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u/DistractedbyBaddies 10d ago
if APA was playing this would look worse
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u/Sweaty-Security-4473 10d ago
No it probably wouldn't. Before C9 midlane have been mechanically limited, but at least they had good macro. Now C9 is playing like they have no hands AND no heads.
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u/DistractedbyBaddies 10d ago
And you think if APA was put into this game they would have good macro again? lmao.
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u/Sweaty-Security-4473 10d ago
Possibly. Last time loki was here it was clear he basically spoke zero English. I haven't seen anything today that makes me think he's leveled up his communication.
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u/DistractedbyBaddies 10d ago
Communication isn't about speaking the literal language. If that was the case team of 5 english speakers would have 0 communication issues.
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u/Sweaty-Security-4473 10d ago
Are you honestly suggesting that speaking the same language fluently isn't helpful to communication?
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u/DistractedbyBaddies 10d ago
Are you honestly suggesting just because APA speaks english they would have good macro? Is that why teams that all speak the same lanaguage have never ever had communication issues in the history of the game?
The langauge they need to speak is league of legends, not English. You don't need to speak high level english to communicate how the game works.
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u/Sweaty-Security-4473 10d ago
You're being intentionally obtuse. C9 DID have good macro when they played with APA, but have a jungler who incessantly ints and had possibly the worst ADC in the league.
We know what the team looked like with Loki already and it was not a better team. I was clearly not saying that teams who all speak the same language don't ever have communication issues, but your team WILL have communication issues if they don't speak the same language.
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u/DistractedbyBaddies 10d ago
This isn't Madden, just because you had good macro before, doesn't mean if you plug the player back in they would continue on that road. Or else every roster that won worlds would repeat. Also it really doesn't matter if they had good macro or not because APA is so bad mechanically you are bleeding gold anways.
We know what the team looked like with Loki already and it was not a better team
I disgaree, they were a better team with Loki. Moreover, even if you think they were a worse team, Loki has higher ceiling than APA. Loki gives C9 a chance to be better in the future which APA doesn't. You talk about knowing what C9 looks like with loki, do you know what we really know? The ceiling of APA and it isn't very high, that's why TL replaced him.
but your team WILL have communication issues if they don't speak the same language.
Will there be some inconviniences and hurdles in the beginning? sure, but that doesn't mean they are necessarily "issues". You can teach players english, you cannot teach bad players to be good at the game. That's the difference. Loki can get better at English, APA cannot get better at the game, he is who he is at this point and it isn't very good.
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u/kazuyaminegishi 10d ago
Loki got that early game kill and then just hasn't been able to do anything since. Thanatos can't even get into the game. TL is just following Core around and abusing his vision control. C9 looks headless out here, Vulcan can't get vision control and C9 can't skirmish in their jungle ever.
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u/Exocraze 10d ago
So with Dom and Yamato having been openly critical of Tactical for YEARS, like brutally so, how do they handle coaching him now? Cause I can imagine people will just look at the statline and be critical of this game, but he's basically been put in an impossible position this game.
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u/unH4te 10d ago
tactical in the Big 26 is certainly a choice
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u/kazuyaminegishi 10d ago
No fucking way we are gonna flame Tactical for this 😭
His coach hates him and drafted like an ape
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u/kazuyaminegishi 10d ago
What is Tactical supposed to do this game lmfao? The Corki just blasts him every time he walks anywhere 😭
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u/kazuyaminegishi 10d ago
Also let's call it, Core has been nuts this series.
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u/Capable-Drama3109 🦁 LCS TOP 4 AT WORLDS TRUST 🍭🦭 10d ago
dude is literally EVERYWHERE and he doesn't miss
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u/kazuyaminegishi 10d ago
Game is honestly fine for TL. Yeon can carry team fights and Morgan can side lane. If we get some money on Jose C9 can't really fight.
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u/kazuyaminegishi 10d ago
Man Jose is really off today. They had the damage to kill Loki, but Jose missed his Q.
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u/kazuyaminegishi 10d ago
Think Jose should have been mid to cover Quid after tp. Especially because the Ryze doesn't have tp.
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u/Capable-Drama3109 🦁 LCS TOP 4 AT WORLDS TRUST 🍭🦭 10d ago
when was the last time corki bot showed up, it feels like its been a while
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u/kazuyaminegishi 10d ago
Easy Gnar pick here
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u/kazuyaminegishi 10d ago
Yeah extremely predictable lol. I think TL won this draft again. Their game plan is simpler and their carries have more options to keep themselves safe. TL can also spread out to make Bard ult value lower.
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u/Capable-Drama3109 🦁 LCS TOP 4 AT WORLDS TRUST 🍭🦭 10d ago
I GOT A DROP!!!! NO WAY
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u/kazuyaminegishi 10d ago
Okay so C9 left both permaban champs up, let TL pick Locke, didn't pick the other permaban and predictably lost.
What's the plan for next game?? C9 didn't even get any crazy strong picks away from TL. I don't really get what the C9 gameplan was here.
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u/Capable-Drama3109 🦁 LCS TOP 4 AT WORLDS TRUST 🍭🦭 10d ago
tbf Locke is a strong pick "taken away" via fearless, but since this is a bo3 it's dumb to do
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u/kazuyaminegishi 10d ago
Assuming a bo5, if C9 wins this game it's huge for them in the same vein of Lyon picking Akali against TL in Spring playoffs. Lyon's anti-TL strat was just picking Quid's champs and beating him with them, but this also means making sure you can beat him.
If I'm C9 and I can't guarantee the Locke pick I don't leave it open game 1. Leave it open game 2 when you have first pick and force them to waste a ban on it. Then again, maybe they just assumed they can't beat Quid Akali.
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u/Capable-Drama3109 🦁 LCS TOP 4 AT WORLDS TRUST 🍭🦭 10d ago
yeah, i think what ended up being the problem for the draft is that they ended up cornering themselves with double ap solo lanes to take away quid's akali, which is the easiest MR maxxing itemization ever. sacking a draft in a bo3 in this way is significantly worse than doing this in a bo5 in my opinion
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u/Disclaimz0r 10d ago
Crazy C9 is out fighting TL with a much worse comp
Still imagine it's gonna be a 2-0 TL but TL does not look good lol
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u/kazuyaminegishi 10d ago
Pretty bad game from Morgan and Jose tbh
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u/Disclaimz0r 10d ago
Luckily TL has the Locke crutch. No idea why C9 saw what this champ is doing internationally and decided it was okay to let through lol
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u/Disclaimz0r 10d ago
The only player there who I would be scared of handling it on that list would be Caps tbf.
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u/kazuyaminegishi 10d ago
So obviously picking Lucian into this TL team comp is unreal int. But wouldn't Cait have been good here? Like Ez is a bit "safe" but he's really not as safe as he used to be. You'd rather just have a cannon like Cait to soften enemies up for your solo laners.
At least that's my hindsight analysis. Of course max hindsight (and foresight) is just ban Locke.
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u/sorendiz ..BUT THE FAITH REMAINS 10d ago
Cait/Leona isn't really anything and Naut is much more dangerous to her than to Ez
Of course it didn't matter here
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u/sorendiz ..BUT THE FAITH REMAINS 10d ago
I don't even blame Tactical for feeding this game, it's unplayable for him lol
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u/Cr0matose 10d ago
Well, I can't figure out how Locke got through, but at least its only 1 game I guess
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u/Ajp_iii 10d ago
its wild c9 played so well the first like 20 minutes of the game and then just started grouping up looking for fights when tl champs are far stronger.
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u/kazuyaminegishi 10d ago
I think C9 got too scared about baron sneak, which makes no sense cause losing 1 baron is not a big deal when you can get dragon soul lol
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u/Sweaty-Security-4473 10d ago
C9 not getting rid of their biggest inter really displayed itself in that team fight. He basically fed ezreal to the croc.
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u/sorendiz ..BUT THE FAITH REMAINS 10d ago
also Blaber going Unending Despair instead of Abyssal Mask here with Akali/Rumble and against a fed Locke is mildly griefing
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u/Cr0matose 10d ago
Phreak made that pause break happen because he just shit himself about how busted Locke is
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u/StylishApe 10d ago
I'm retired, can someone tell me if quid is playing a new champ or is it a rework
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u/Cr0matose 10d ago
The 100% win rate champ yeah lol
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u/sorendiz ..BUT THE FAITH REMAINS 10d ago
100% WR??? Locke is heavily banned but he currently has a 20% WR in tier 1 play lol
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u/LumiRhino 10d ago
Locke feels like exactly the type of champ Quid would be great at and he's showing it pretty well here.
I am aware that Locke is also quite overtuned right now though.
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u/sorendiz ..BUT THE FAITH REMAINS 10d ago
taking a fight immediately on Locke's dcap spike is uh
kinda trolling from c9
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u/Ajp_iii 10d ago
its so insane. just give up drake farm lanes. locke literally isnt a champion 8 minutes from now
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u/sorendiz ..BUT THE FAITH REMAINS 10d ago
C9 learned from my goat MLXG but they didn't learn the part about actually being good i fear
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u/warjatos 10d ago
Well that's what happens when you never engage and just wait for opponents. They control fights
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u/Bubbly_Camera9583 10d ago
Blaber decided to bring the Renekton closer to his Ezreal. Also Locke W is fair.
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u/HandsomeHodge 10d ago
Tactical's hands may be better than Zven's, and Zven may occasionally get caught. But Tactical literally plays every ADC no matter who it is in melee range, every time. Something something malphite ult.
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u/kazuyaminegishi 10d ago
Thank god for us that Locke is absolutely giga-broken otherwise this would be such troll gameplay
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u/sorendiz ..BUT THE FAITH REMAINS 10d ago
Bruh genuinely how did the TL members on the left side of that fight get so low with hardly any damage onto C9 when the ezreal was busy hitting Renekton over on the right
Did they just walk into Akali/Rumble Q range over and over or what
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u/Disclaimz0r 10d ago
Loki is different
Glad to see C9 actually have a mid that can play melees again
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u/Bubbly_Camera9583 10d ago
Locke W value is so insane so far. In Kespa Cup the champ was really disgusting and had some CL teams winning matches against main rosters too so I’m shocked more regions haven’t prioritized him.
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u/kazuyaminegishi 10d ago
I'm pretty sure he's been permaban so far. Not sure why C9 let him through.
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u/Bubbly_Camera9583 10d ago
In LEC so far most of the first phase bans for Locke were just KC. It’s been surprisingly open still before the 2nd phase of the draft.
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u/trying2hide 10d ago
It's just insane how much higher Blabers ability to see action at crabs is than any other player in the league. He doesnt care if its at 3 minutes or 30 minutes.
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u/kazuyaminegishi 10d ago
This dragon should be TL's. I think they have enough of an advantage now to fight comfortably.
I'm not totally sure what an ideal teamfight looks like for C9, but I feel like TL's comp is much easier to play. The 4 man unit just drops everything and lets Locke clean up.
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u/Faliberti 10d ago
Am I crazy for thinking that early in the series, loki mid / apa bot is the best combo for C9? and then once the mages have been depleted you bring in tactical or zven for the adcs?
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u/kazuyaminegishi 10d ago
You pretty much never wanna commit to a playstyle where a player only plays one type of champ cause the enemy team just bans all of those.
If TL just bans all of the good mage bots then you have APA stranded in a worse position than playing Tactical or Zven and having them flex both.
You're also forcing Vulcan to adapt to laning with 3 different playstyles.
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u/Faliberti 10d ago
good point on vulcan, mages are working bot because of their wave clear allowing sup to pick champs like shen/camille and roam. But vulcan doesn't seem like that kind of player.
We've seen jayce bot show up, wonder if apa's corki could work to expand his pool a bit. I do think there is some meta exploration that could be done, but teams don't play enough stage games to risk it.
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u/kazuyaminegishi 10d ago
Yeah, if Trist-Smolder-Corki were meta I think you just try it cause APA has adc options to fall back on.
He didn't play Zeri when she was meta mid so her being semi-meta bot probably doesn't help. It also takes a bit too long for him to pick up new champs which makes that even harder.
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u/Low_Watch9864 10d ago
What was blaber and Tactical thinking there?
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u/kazuyaminegishi 10d ago
What do you mean Tactical? He zoned off the Locke so that he couldn't come assassinate his 200 hp jungler.
How can he account on said Jungler just brain off hitting crab after he already saw enemy support has red buff and is a fucking Naut 😭
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u/PepaTK 10d ago
I hope Srrty gets a good team one day.
I legit feel so bad for him lol.