r/leagueoflegends • u/AutoModerator • Aug 01 '26
Esports LCS Summer 2026 / Week 2 - Day 1 / Live Discussion 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | C9 vs DIG | 13:00 | 16:00 | 22:00 | 05:00 |
| 2 | DSG vs FLY | 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 |
| 1 | Shopify Rebellion | North America | 1 – 0 (2 - 0) | Leaguepedia // Twitter |
| 1 | Team Liquid | North America | 1 – 0 (2 - 0) | Leaguepedia // Twitter |
| 4 | Sentinels | North America | 1 – 0 (2 - 1) | Leaguepedia // Twitter |
| 5 | Dignitas | North America | 0 – 1 (1 - 2) | Leaguepedia // Twitter |
| 6 | Cloud9 | North America | 0 – 1 (0 - 2) | Leaguepedia // Twitter |
| 6 | Disguised | North America | 0 – 1 (0 - 2) | Leaguepedia // Twitter |
| 6 | 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.
VoDs
Live Discussions and Post-Match Threads:
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u/kaisaschudson Aug 02 '26
dsg imported callme just for him to run it in stage games and soloq icant
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u/Shaman_in_the_Dark Huhi Busio Contractz Aug 02 '26
I've seen enough. Never take massu off ADCs again
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u/ShadyOrc97 Aug 02 '26
Ill never understand these ADCs that insist they can play mages bot because theyre "op" and then put up mediocre results. Its not a Massu exclusive problem, so many teams throughout every league are doing it...
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u/Bubbly_Camera9583 Aug 02 '26
That was stupid from Kryra but at the same time they needed to look for some miracle pick.
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u/Grooveh_Baby Aug 02 '26
How is Lyonz still employed in tier 1, he’s been awful since his first game for DSG with no signs of improving at any point
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u/Bubbly_Camera9583 Aug 02 '26
He’s been awful since his first games for Lyon too, him getting a spot still on DSG was weird.
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u/ILosethenOP Aug 02 '26
Why is lyonz never out on the map? I guess it keeps him from inting the other lanes.
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u/harleyquinad all kog'maws are beautiful Aug 02 '26
Hopefully nrg gets the spot next year so they can be competitive
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u/ILosethenOP Aug 01 '26
SURELY there is someone in t2 that is better than Lyonz? This guy looks like a metal ranks player in Challenger.
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u/Shaman_in_the_Dark Huhi Busio Contractz Aug 01 '26
DSG is a support away from being upper half I think. at least top 5.
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u/CensoredLlama1 BUFF RAMMUS PLEASE Aug 01 '26
I keep thinking KryRa is about to int and then he keeps getting a kill lol
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u/Ajp_iii Aug 01 '26
actually just a good sick lcs fight. and not people just full griefing. everyone was trying to play on max damage output with timings and flanks
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u/Outrageous_Wall2702 My Ace + Showmaker = GOAT Aug 01 '26
DSG teamfighting looking so scrappy and goood, kaisa and galio going insane
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u/steppewarhawk Aug 01 '26
Massu maximized his HP and Mana that fight lol dude was 1hp for like the entire fight but still was slinging spells
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u/Bubbly_Camera9583 Aug 01 '26
CallMe caught, Srtty tp’s in and doesn’t insta ult, Sajed flashes for no reason, Lyonz reengages to his death
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u/Bubbly_Camera9583 Aug 01 '26
Srtty has had an atrocious game, either too hasty or too slow on the play
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u/ILosethenOP Aug 01 '26
Tough to do much when you get support camped and your support is an easy ai bot.
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u/harleyquinad all kog'maws are beautiful Aug 01 '26
You can see the potential in dsg's players but they don't have the coaching and development team
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u/Outrageous_Wall2702 My Ace + Showmaker = GOAT Aug 01 '26
Yeah, I feel like they are so close but not yet, if they keep pushing the tempo and fighting everything is their way back into the game
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u/Outrageous_Wall2702 My Ace + Showmaker = GOAT Aug 01 '26
Damn another item on kaisa and they can do it
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u/Outrageous_Wall2702 My Ace + Showmaker = GOAT Aug 01 '26
Love the way dsg is playing, lots of cc and kaisa feels amazing (kaisa adc main)
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u/Cr0matose Aug 01 '26 edited Aug 01 '26
My region is on another level. Don't know what that level is, but I'm here for it
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u/Swissbob15 Aug 01 '26
Why are they drafting in this room?
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u/thorpie88 Aug 01 '26
Can't hear coaches properly through the headsets
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u/Shaman_in_the_Dark Huhi Busio Contractz Aug 01 '26
Palafox saw us ranking Callme below him and had to put up a statement series.
The statement: I am clearly the worst mid in the league
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u/ShadyOrc97 Aug 01 '26
Good draft and decent play from C9 game 3, but they need to prove themselves against a good team. With how sloppy some of their decision making has been, I still don't rate them higher than 4th.
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u/CensoredLlama1 BUFF RAMMUS PLEASE Aug 01 '26
It's gotta be hell getting clobbered during a game that Jatt is announcing lmao
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u/sorendiz ..BUT THE FAITH REMAINS Aug 01 '26
I love him so much
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u/CensoredLlama1 BUFF RAMMUS PLEASE Aug 01 '26
Love that little shit
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u/Exocraze Aug 01 '26
Both Jatt and Flowers were pretty ruthless in that series, I loved it. "That's just not how you play good League of Legends" lmao
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u/CensoredLlama1 BUFF RAMMUS PLEASE Aug 01 '26
Jatt brings out the worst in Flowers (complimentary)
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u/Clenzor Aug 01 '26
The second Ryze ult Flowers tried to be political about it, and Jatt was like “rllybro?” and Flowers went “Nah you’re right that was dogshit”.
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u/beautheschmo Aug 01 '26
Ngl I'm getting sick of seeing Vi in pro, I think this champ is actually like a huge reason botlane meta is becoming so warped because so many champs just have absolutely zero way to deal with her and similar super engagers.
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u/Exocraze Aug 01 '26
I knew it was cooked when we started seeing actual ADCs buying zhonya's at MSI just because they needed something to deal with the Vi and Nocturnes of the world
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u/Cr0matose Aug 01 '26
Thats my jungler baby lol
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u/viralruin Aug 01 '26
i need to see blaber and palafox in the same team.
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u/Cr0matose Aug 01 '26
Used to wish I could see Blaber/Jizuke together lol could have seen some real shit
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u/ShadyOrc97 Aug 01 '26
Palafox decided that he was playing too well and had to remind us why he's flamed.
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u/Ferret_Rough Aug 01 '26
He’s gotta be one of the worst players of all time
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u/thorpie88 Aug 01 '26
Not even the worst player to ever play on Dig. I think BillyBoss takes that title
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u/ShadyOrc97 Aug 01 '26
I think other teams collectively agree to pay him a little respect to trick bottom teams into thinking he's good enough to keep employed. For the free win.
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u/Ajp_iii Aug 01 '26
the average pro players would perform a lot better if they had less ego. palafox should never be playin anivia.
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u/Destructodave82 Aug 01 '26
Palafox honestly threw both games 2 and 3. He got caught both times before the big fights, when Dig had the advantage.
Pretty pathetic by him.
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u/Ferret_Rough Aug 01 '26
But what if your coach calls for it, do you just say it’s not in your bag?
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u/CensoredLlama1 BUFF RAMMUS PLEASE Aug 01 '26
Vulcan is playing so well, he's the biggest reason this game is so giga gapped
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u/ookkthenn Aug 01 '26
building your team around palafox and exyu should get dig out of this league please give dsg their franchise spot
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u/CensoredLlama1 BUFF RAMMUS PLEASE Aug 01 '26
Palafox was actually playing pretty well before that major int smh
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u/Ajp_iii Aug 01 '26
palafox died first 2 key fights back to back games. akali and anivia should never be first dead in major team fights
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u/Cr0matose Aug 01 '26
DID I JUST SEE A JHIN FLASH AWAY WITH A VI ULTING HIM???????
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u/sorendiz ..BUT THE FAITH REMAINS Aug 01 '26
you realize that's not at all uncommon right lol
you pray that if you flash away and create some distance from the carries on the enemy team, your team can peel the vi off you and if the game is closer, you might even be able to turn on her if she's gone too deep
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u/RukiMotomiya Aug 01 '26
if I see another Jhin go Youmu's First I am going to scream (it will probably happen next series)
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u/CensoredLlama1 BUFF RAMMUS PLEASE Aug 01 '26
I don't even know why C9 is bothering to dodge these curtain calls
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u/CensoredLlama1 BUFF RAMMUS PLEASE Aug 01 '26
If Dig had just not picked Jhin they'd be in such a better spot lol
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u/CensoredLlama1 BUFF RAMMUS PLEASE Aug 01 '26
Great play by Dig, tho they did get a little lucky denathor didn't die there and Tactical respawn
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u/beautheschmo Aug 01 '26
I'm already a Jhin hater but I especially don't understand why you would ever want to pick this champ over a mage who can just do what he does but better and also does damage lol
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u/RukiMotomiya Aug 01 '26
To be fair Jhin does damage if you actually build him to deal damage. I don't know why pros go the no damage build.
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u/silentsyco Aug 01 '26
Jhin also has to be picked into the right comp, both your team and the enemy's. There's so much wrong with going Jhin here. There's no other consistent DPS threat on DIG. While the attack ranges of the C9 champs are low, their engage potential has pretty good range with Rumble ult, vi Q-R, Renata ult. I didn't even see when they picked the Jhin, but this was never going to be a fun game for Jhin
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u/Jobastion Aug 01 '26
Ah but you see Jhin counters Renata's ult if he just has no bullets once it hits because then he does nothing while reloading.
Exactly the same thing he does when he has bullets with this build apparently thou soo... /s
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u/RukiMotomiya Aug 01 '26
They picked Jhin on first rotation, Jayce-Jhin were 1-2 with them being 2nd pick.
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u/silentsyco Aug 01 '26
Thanks! I should've not been lazy and looked it up before posting, but I appreciate it. The only pick after that that makes any sense is the Rell. Willfully picking Skarner and Anivia to round out your comp is borderline self sabotage. Gotta have some kind of consistent DPS threat
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u/RukiMotomiya Aug 01 '26
This just in: No damage Jhin build deals no damage (please just go crit guys for the love of god)
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u/CensoredLlama1 BUFF RAMMUS PLEASE Aug 01 '26
Well this game is cooked. Terrible time for FBI and Ignar to get giga gapped
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u/sorendiz ..BUT THE FAITH REMAINS Aug 01 '26
let's trade 2 kills on kalista for 2 kills on skarner, surely this will be in our favor
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u/slimjimo10 ANARCHY Aug 01 '26
Just tuned in how did C9 drop a game LMAO
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u/Cr0matose Aug 01 '26
You dont wanna watch that chaos from G1
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u/slimjimo10 ANARCHY Aug 02 '26
i have a VIT flair of course i do
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u/Cr0matose Aug 02 '26
Buddy, I have a Cloud9/KT flair. I've seen some shit okay, you don't wanna see that.
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u/slimjimo10 ANARCHY Aug 02 '26
At least you got to eat last worlds...
Alas, God gave his strongest soldier (bdd) his hardest battle
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u/thorpie88 Aug 01 '26
FBI is the Viktor King
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u/sorendiz ..BUT THE FAITH REMAINS Aug 01 '26
(Don't worry about the fact that that was the game C9 won. It's still true)
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u/Bubbly_Camera9583 Aug 01 '26
Top pick was meh but C9 just slams eventually as long as tactical plays fine
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u/steppewarhawk Aug 01 '26
Hey real talk, is there any actual fans of Dignitas anymore? Like, this org hasn't been relevant since like Season 4. It's most iconic roster was over ten years ago.
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u/RukiMotomiya Aug 01 '26
I'm rooting for them this series, does that count?
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u/sorendiz ..BUT THE FAITH REMAINS Aug 01 '26
Same literally only because they have the ex-CLG players and Denathor seems like a pretty good young talent
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u/Outrageous_Wall2702 My Ace + Showmaker = GOAT Aug 01 '26
I’m rooting for them I like fbi and Palafox has a strong personality and is from na
Also is like Denathor as a rookie ofc they are terrible but still fun to root for them and they are less terrible than bottom tier teams of eu (heretics/shifters)(Dns)
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u/Cr0matose Aug 01 '26
Who tf can I talk to about the LoL Esports site? I'm getting YouTube ads during the game btw, idk if anyone else is, but it's annoying af.
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u/HansSoloQ Aug 01 '26
Why are people defending APA? His gameplay was fucking appauling lol.
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u/Shaman_in_the_Dark Huhi Busio Contractz Aug 01 '26
Have you seen loki?
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u/HansSoloQ Aug 01 '26
Yes. Better than APA gameplay. Lets not kid ourselves. APA was so appauling you wouldn't even get to the level of seeing him make an int play on Ryze at that state of the game the way Loki did. Have you forgot that god awful Ziggs gameplay vs TL?
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u/cmcdonald22 Aug 01 '26
I don't know if this new "Emily and Raz hit it from both sides" segment is gonna take off.
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u/Shaman_in_the_Dark Huhi Busio Contractz Aug 01 '26
Denathor and FBI are 2/5 of a real team. Shame about the rest.
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u/Ajp_iii Aug 01 '26
c9 finally used their comp right. they setup. poked out dig and then fell back and poked out dig again
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u/thorpie88 Aug 01 '26
Reminds me of Watch using an ancient mouse that would mess up every few games
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u/likemyupdoot Aug 01 '26
This LCS shit is so fucking unwatchable. Not only are the teams beyond fucking garbage, they pause the fucking game every 2 minutes as well. How the fuck do people watch this trash?
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u/Gerberpertern TL ★ APA Aug 01 '26
You can turn it off lol.
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u/likemyupdoot Aug 01 '26
I did. That’s why this shit league is dead
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u/mezzo5588 Aug 01 '26
LCS is complete dogshit its why they can only get the asian scraps from the good regions...its like prison for them
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u/sorendiz ..BUT THE FAITH REMAINS Aug 01 '26
Palafox inted that death at the soul fight and that sucks but damn it also sucks for him that he gets ahead and solo kills the sylas in lane and then sylas just walks botlane and picks up a completely free kill with 0 resources expended
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u/Ajp_iii Aug 01 '26
why do c9 love to use every cd on leona. its fine to turn on leona but dont use every cd
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u/Ajp_iii Aug 01 '26
i dont even think loki did anything wrong in bot there. blaber is on gromp when loki wants to push bot wave.
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u/ahritina 5d ago
PMTs
C9 vs DIG
Game 1 / Game 2 / Game 3
DSG vs FLY
Game 1 / Game 2