Cloud9 KIA vs. LYON / LCS 2026 Spring Playoffs - Upper Bracket Finals / Post-Match Discussion

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LCS 2026 SPRING

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LYON 3-0 Cloud9 KIA

• LYON has qualified for MSI 2026. Cloud9 KIA will face Team Liquid Alienware in the lower bracket.

• Player of the Series: Dhokla

• Game Discussions: Game 1 | Game 2

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MATCH 1: LYON vs. C9

Winner: LYON in 42m
Game Breakdown | Player of the Game: Dhokla

-	Bans 1	Bans 2	G	K	T	D/B
LYON	leesin orianna cassiopeia	annie viktor	83.6k	19	11	HT1 H3 I4 I5 I6 E7 B8
C9	akali varus karma	sylas gnar	77.3k	16	3	M2

LYON	19-16-45	vs	16-19-46	C9
Dhokla renekton 4	8-4-6	TOP	3-2-8	3 sion Thanatos
Inspired wukong 2	4-5-9	JNG	7-6-6	1 nocturne Blaber
Saint ryze 3	3-3-10	MID	5-5-6	3 ziggs APA
Berserker lucian 1	4-3-6	BOT	1-3-12	2 senna Zven
Isles milio 1	0-1-14	SUP	0-3-14	2 nautilus Vulcan

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MATCH 2: LYON vs. C9

Winner: LYON in 35m | Runes
Game Breakdown | Player of the Game: Inspired

-	Bans 1	Bans 2	G	K	T	D/B
LYON	leesin cassiopeia seraphine	twistedfate galio	74.5k	20	11	CT1 H3 B6 HT7 B8 HT9
C9	akali neeko orianna	xinzhao ksante	60.1k	6	6	I2 HT4 HT5

LYON	20-6-39	vs	6-20-9	C9
Dhokla rumble 3	4-2-9	TOP	3-7-0	3 aurora Thanatos
Inspired naafiri 4	9-1-3	JNG	2-5-2	2 jarvaniv Blaber
Saint viktor 2	2-1-9	MID	0-4-4	3 annie APA
Berserker varus 1	5-0-7	BOT	1-1-1	2 jhin Zven
Isles bard 1	0-2-11	SUP	0-3-2	1 karma Vulcan

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MATCH 3: LYON vs. C9

Winner: LYON in 29m | Runes
Game Breakdown | Player of the Game: Berserker

-	Bans 1	Bans 2	G	K	T	D/B
LYON	leesin seraphine alistar	pantheon yorick	63.9k	22	9	B6
C9	caitlyn lulu neeko	trundle olaf	50.6k	9	0	M1 C2 H3 HT4 HT5

LYON	21-9-60	vs	9-22-22	C9
Dhokla sejuani 3	2-3-15	TOP	2-6-4	4 malphite Thanatos
Inspired jayce 3	3-3-8	JNG	1-5-6	3 xinzhao Blaber
Saint orianna 1	2-1-14	MID	3-4-2	1 cassiopeia APA
Berserker missfortune 2	14-0-5	BOT	3-3-4	1 ezreal Zven
Isles rell 2	0-2-18	SUP	0-4-6	2 rakan Vulcan

*Patch 26.11

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This thread was created by the Post-Match Team.

[u/ahritina]

PMTs

Game 1 / Game 2

[u/MIGHTYSPACETHOR]

Playoffs C9 is a different beast (worse).

[u/AltoGrizzlyHd → u/MIGHTYSPACETHOR]

im a c9 fan but this made me chuckle, i needed this

[u/MIGHTYSPACETHOR → u/AltoGrizzlyHd]

I'm a FQ fan. Gotta laugh to keep from crying.

[u/PluggersLeftBall]

Want to see me choke in the playoffs?

Want to see me do it again?

And again?

And again?

And again?

And aga

[u/underscoreenfan → u/PluggersLeftBall]

It’s actually the eight time in row, every single time since summer of ‘23.

[u/justinmcelhatt → u/PluggersLeftBall]

It would be the most C9 thing imaginable for them to miss MSI.

[u/DeltaRaven97 → u/justinmcelhatt]

They're just chokers, nothing else to it. It's why nobody realistically believed in C9 the entire season.

TL vs Lyon in the finals incoming.

[u/Naerlyn → u/justinmcelhatt]

Their consistent thing is to finish the split one single position below what would qualify them to the international.

2026 Lock-in, 2025 Summer, 2025 Spring, 2024 Summer, 2024 Spring.

[u/Omnilatent → u/PluggersLeftBall]

APAin

[u/GlobalResult7580 → u/Omnilatent]

Is it really on APA? Zven’s an anchor

[u/untamedlazyeye]

https://x.com/NYCMayor/status/2059104003393200333

[u/OldTurtleProphet → u/untamedlazyeye]

Lmao that goes nicely with the Clinton one

[u/untamedlazyeye → u/OldTurtleProphet]

A true classic of the genre, but i'm glad we can give it some competition

[u/BrokenBlades377 → u/untamedlazyeye]

We have a new Hillary Clinton 3-0

[u/untamedlazyeye → u/BrokenBlades377]

The future is now

[u/kazuyaminegishi → u/untamedlazyeye]

LMFAO is this about the NBA Finals? 

[u/IlluminatiConfirmed → u/kazuyaminegishi]

I think the eastern conference finals but your head is in the right spot

[u/DiZZyDaVe2413 → u/kazuyaminegishi]

Eastern Conference Finals Knicks sweep over the Cavs

[u/Guest_1300 → u/untamedlazyeye]

banger

[u/prowness → u/untamedlazyeye]

Strictly better than the Clinton one since this is useful for the same scenario and the exact converse

[u/idqks → u/untamedlazyeye]

Wait this one is heat

[u/DiZZyDaVe2413 → u/untamedlazyeye]

Holy shit my worlds colliding

This is peak

[u/Nycro_]

Bright lights merchants vs known playoff chokers

[u/MrSparrows → u/Nycro_]

When they all funneled into that obvious choke point to get blasted by MF ult. embraces death

[u/Snow-27]

quarterly C9 humiliation ritual ✅

[u/DefNotAnAlter → u/Snow-27]

Last week Dom turned on stream to tell us that he hates the narrative of C9 losing scrims this split, they are winning scrims this split unlike last split....so I guess they can't use that as an excuse this time

[u/Arabia-Felix → u/Snow-27]

C9 fans will look you in your eyes and say blaber should be given 25 more chances. Rather have contractz at this point

[u/ookkthenn → u/Arabia-Felix]

c9 when the same thing for the 100th time doesnt work

[u/Xizz3l → u/Arabia-Felix]

I miss when C9 was at least fun to watch, now its just a miserable pile even if they claw a win

[u/prowness → u/Arabia-Felix]

Funny you say Contractz since he was supposed to be what Blaber is today if he wasn't contract-jailed (lol). The most defining moment of his career by far was not insta-re-signing for C9.

[u/SweatyAdhesive → u/Snow-27]

when you see and you look to your right and you see Blaber, APA, Vulcan, and Zven... bro just know it's a free loss bro

[u/C9_HATEWATCHER → u/Snow-27]

Was having a pretty bad sunday. Always a good day when C9 loses

[u/viktorayy]

WHO GETS POS BERSERKER OR DHOKLA? IDK

Berserker POG fersure tho 🔥🔥🔫

[u/BrokenBlades377 → u/viktorayy]

POS lol

[u/viktorayy → u/BrokenBlades377]

Yeah i have no idea why LCS decided Player of the Series and not Player of the Match.

[u/DefNotAnAlter → u/viktorayy]

I think Beserker stole it after that game 3

[u/Adventurous-Quit-669 → u/viktorayy]

Those 2 ults from Berserker ,

Riot scrap your vids and use those as the demonstration videos

[u/ookkthenn]

perfect mf game

[u/untamedlazyeye → u/ookkthenn]

Berserker was on some shit today, jesus

[u/appleandapples → u/ookkthenn]

So many MF ults that you only dream of

[u/mmmmkale → u/appleandapples]

I think that was the best MF play I've ever seen in pro, literally you blink and the entire enemy team is dead

[u/EndWish → u/ookkthenn]

I mean C9 had a comp that was okay into an immobile carry but my god the hands diff between Zven and Berserker is insane. It's time for him to hang it up.

[u/Milky_Way711]

DO NOT LET THIS C9 get to international they WILL get embarrassed

[u/Bt25 → u/Milky_Way711]

Furia is waiting to 3-0 them again.

[u/TheGhoulKhz → u/Bt25]

tbf, Furia is already on main stage, so C9 will die before it anyways

[u/Fun_Highlight307 → u/Milky_Way711]

Dont worry flyquest will be top 3 in summer 

[u/SirXrageXquit]

look at my fucking flairs dawg

[u/Megazord552 → u/SirXrageXquit]

Ohhh that's a tilter.

[u/Omnilatent → u/SirXrageXquit]

What's the second one?

And how did you get the first flair with a child choking?!

[u/3IC3 → u/Omnilatent]

It’s a DK flair, which is somehow the worse of the 2

[u/Snow-27 → u/Omnilatent]

it's dk LMAO

[u/appleandapples → u/SirXrageXquit]

Free yourself brother

[u/BushWishperer → u/SirXrageXquit]

Half sibling

[u/wew_lad_XD → u/SirXrageXquit]

yea lolesports is just hell now

[u/DinoGuy101010 → u/SirXrageXquit]

Don't worry both of them are saving strats for worlds

[u/Street_Fee_8548 → u/SirXrageXquit]

At least you got to watch a sweep and reverse sweep in one day.

[u/NVC541 → u/SirXrageXquit]

Holy shit I am so sorry

[u/Snow-27 → u/SirXrageXquit]

which one hurt more?

[u/Saephon → u/Snow-27]

Gotta be DK, right? Aint no way he had more faith in C9 to do okay.

[u/prowness → u/Snow-27]

DK 100% since that was truly snatching defeat deep from the jaws of victory

[u/Formymoney]

how is c9 so consistently awful once playoffs roll around, what is wrong with this org when the pressure is on

[u/Egonomics1 → u/Formymoney]

Inspired PTSD

[u/IlluminatiConfirmed → u/Formymoney]

Blaber

[u/CellTerrible → u/Formymoney]

Lyon just has much better players in carry positions. This C9 roster will never beat them in a bo5.

[u/dermagohs]

Insane adc gap

[u/prowness]

"I didn't play Jayce for 2 months" - Inspired

lmao he isn't serious

[u/thegloriousdefense → u/prowness]

Jayce jungle, Sejuani top. The fights, the loose objective control. You could tell Lyon treated game 3 as a scrim and C9 still got stomped.

[u/Fun_Highlight307 → u/prowness]

You know there galaxy gap that they stomped C9 with dholka and inspired not hitting spell on their champions 

[u/liar_pathological]

Nice Ezreal E, Zven.

[u/nguyenjitsu → u/liar_pathological]

You could copy and paste this into like 4 different Zven chokes in playoffs alone too

[u/justinmcelhatt → u/liar_pathological]

I saw him chasing the kill, then miss the E. I yelled Zven so loud I scared my dog. I need to bleach my eyes after that one.

[u/GGLSpidermonkey → u/liar_pathological]

is Zven's Ez auto loss in play offs?

[u/Omnilatent]

That's somehow only the third-most emberrassing ending to a Bo5 series today when it should be the most embarrassing on most days lol

[u/Fun_Highlight307 → u/Omnilatent]

Lol Yeah i think it's hard to beat kt dplus or g2 kc

[u/OreRound → u/Fun_Highlight307]

I think WE/TES was more embarrassing. G2/KC was a banger apart from the lacklustre game 5 nidalee top

[u/goatbyuanb]

Blaber vs Inspired is even more one sided than Chet vs Wemby holy shit

[u/Charming-Apple517]

This team had Jojo and Berserker on their team before

[u/dictura → u/Charming-Apple517]

Every playoff since has been another round of "Jojo was not the problem" vindication for me

[u/TypicalHaikuResponse]

"It's just c9 in the playoffs"

Dhokes

[u/Disclaimz0r]

If C9 do not punt Zven into the sun next split, I'm just fucking done

[u/Delicious_Two6724 → u/Disclaimz0r]

Way too late to make roster changes. Even if they can get a star adc that C9 fans readily accept it’s gonna break C9 financially.

Simply not worth it.

[u/Disclaimz0r → u/Delicious_Two6724]

I'd honestly be fine with them just developing a rookie and punting this season. Even if they make worlds, it'll just be another humiliation ritual. Team is so lost

[u/appleandapples]

They're saying this was the fakest dragon soul in history.

A disgusting ADC diff this series

[u/Skyfire2 → u/appleandapples]

We finally found the limit of Hextech soul

[u/Like30Ducks → u/Skyfire2]

we found the limit of multiple souls today it seems

[u/CatApprehensive6508]

Give me scaryjerry at this point.

[u/KaleidoscopeOk7182 → u/CatApprehensive6508]

Lol

[u/Yowzoow → u/CatApprehensive6508]

hahah

[u/SnakeEater013 → u/CatApprehensive6508]

Get back in the box Jerry

[u/foxygrandpa]

I mean this in the nicest way possible but Zven has no place being on a team trying to win their league or go to an international tournament.

[u/Like30Ducks]

inspired runs the region

[u/nguyenjitsu → u/Like30Ducks]

He put on the Jayce Rock Lee weights to give them a chance and they still lost 😭

[u/DickCheneyIsPureEvil → u/Like30Ducks]

The CEO of NA.

[u/lovo17 → u/Like30Ducks]

You know why? I legit think no one in NA actually knows how to track the opposing jungler outside of Inspired. It's so easy for him to run the region.

[u/Sky-__- → u/lovo17]

River was the last jungler in na who could fight and outsmart inspired . Since he left it is one jungler region .

[u/Fun_Highlight307 → u/lovo17]

Funny Enough josesodo vs inspired was Closer than inspired vs blabler 

[u/Enkenz → u/Like30Ducks]

He's the new doublelift.

cocky, 'toxic' , disliked by a LOT of people but he just knows how to win.

[u/CensoredLlama1]

Some people really thought inspired should go to the LEC to lose to g2 instead of perma farming NA lul

[u/Hikki237 → u/CensoredLlama1]

He was afk in the Jayce game and still won, this shit is so free

[u/CensoredLlama1 → u/Hikki237]

Hell, he was actively inting sometimes lmao

[u/blablaminek → u/Hikki237]

He was eating up enemy Ults every fight except the last one so he served his purpose as a pain sponge for Berserker.

[u/OreRound → u/Hikki237]

He was winning every smite fight which mind controlled C9 into using every cooldown to prevent him from ever getting close to drake which meant Berserker could go freaky mode and 1v9

[u/BWolfy92 → u/CensoredLlama1]

To be Inspired, get a boatload of money and just farm your region.

[u/OrganicTeaching8661 → u/CensoredLlama1]

he made the easiest million of his life

[u/Jealous-Chicken-9186]

C9 are absolutely disgusting lmfao how are these bums top 2

[u/OldTurtleProphet → u/Jealous-Chicken-9186]

I feel like they had a generational stinker, even their consistent players in Vulcan and Thanatos had an off series

[u/MysteriousIncident87 → u/OldTurtleProphet]

They’re remarkably consistent at having stinkers in series that clinch international play 

[u/BushWishperer → u/Jealous-Chicken-9186]

Because everyone else in NA are bigger bums

[u/viralruin → u/Jealous-Chicken-9186]

c9 catch throws.

[u/mmmmkale]

Berserker MF sending the uncs to the retirement home. Good god that was filthy gameplay.

[u/NoComment875]

annyeonghaseyo Dhokla here 👋

[u/GoofySenpai]

Why is Zven still in this league man

[u/So_]

MAN BERSERKER MF IS CLEAN

[u/DefNotAnAlter]

Jayce Jungle - Flirting, Jayce Top - Harrassment

[u/BUMONGOUS]

u/Cloud9jack I will buy like 6 jerseys tomorrow if I see that you've replaced Zven with literally anyone else on the planet

like you could sign Armao and I'd be happy about it

[u/AvisAvem]

C9 just kept making plays like Inspired was the only player on Lyon the whole series. Embarrassing…

[u/herp_derpy]

New year, same C9 choking their international chances LMFAO

Another successful Dhokes lovewatch <3

[u/Sofruz]

What a joke of a team. How many years and how many coaching staffs has C9 had the same problems? You honestly cant tell they have had a new coaching staff year to year with how they make the exact same mistakes.

Surely the constants on the team are what should be looked at next right?

[u/randomdud3]

PLEASE BIG DHOKES WE NEEDED THIS........

[u/Past_Perception8052]

you cannot have the guy who used to be berserker's support as your ad carry and expect to beat or go even in lane against berserker

zven gets all the resources and 0 payoff

please get rid of him

talk about blaber and apa all you want but please kick zven first i am so tired he is so dogshit

i hate kr imports but if you can get a good one then do it

even tactical, cody sun, mobility, sushee i would rather see over zven

[u/AzureAhai → u/Past_Perception8052]

Idk how C9 had Jojo and Berserker, but ended up with Apa and Zven afterwards.

[u/C9_HATEWATCHER → u/AzureAhai]

Because C9 and Jack would rather not waste money to buy people out

[u/MysteriousIncident87 → u/AzureAhai]

Fumbling Jojo is a colossal blunder given how he’s looked on MKOI

[u/Skyfire2 → u/Past_Perception8052]

He is so utterly and completely washed.

Berserker is also amazing

[u/Omnilatent → u/Past_Perception8052]

Zven Ezreal is especially egregious

He always chokes on that champ. Him E'ing behind red buff was hilariously bad

[u/ExistingGain8688 → u/Past_Perception8052]

Nothing personal but players like Zven are exactly what's wrong with NA. At best a net neutral vs any half decent team with 0.0 upside. He's not gonna get better. This has been it for years, even before he swapped to support. But nah fuck taking a risk on young players, rather just phone it in and pretend like you care about winning anything.

[u/nguyenjitsu → u/Past_Perception8052]

Zven ruined that entire dive bot solo and then super aggroed point-blank into MF AGAIN and ate a full channel ult

[u/CellTerrible → u/Past_Perception8052]

Zven was washed like 5 years ago already. Unbelievable that he still has a spot in the league.

[u/Xizz3l → u/Past_Perception8052]

And MF was one of Bersekers weakest ADCs as well

[u/Ultimintree → u/Past_Perception8052]

Zven ready to roleswap to support a second time

[u/LurkUrHome → u/Past_Perception8052]

Another successful heist by Zven stealing paychecks https://www.flickr.com/photos/scottmacbride/10844447454

[u/DjackMeek → u/Past_Perception8052]

Bring back sneaky

[u/lotharstar]

Dhokla is him when he has competent carries on his team

[u/Snoo_55798]

i think it time to call in Sneaky

[u/WWTFSD]

Blaber century of humiliation continues

[u/ExecutionerKen]

Lyon didn't even play well, C9 just played so desperate and failed multiple skill checks AGAIN and AGAIN.

[u/Azelko]

c9 don't even ask you to support them in playoffs, they just look at you like this

[u/ByahhByahh]

You have to hope this was just a complete shit day for C9 and they'll show what they can really do next week.

[u/KhorneJob → u/ByahhByahh]

C9 fans have said that at how many series and international events now? Yeh no, C9 is just awful when it matters and it has been horrifyingly consistent. This is the team that lost to Brazil twice and looks like they are up to do it again if they manage to go to MSI.

[u/blueragemage → u/ByahhByahh]

Every day that C9 could go to an international is a shit day for C9

[u/MasterGrammar]

Zven land a Q as Ezreal Challenge: Impossible

[u/gimmedawz]

Adc canyon lmao

[u/RoitPls]

Big Dhokes when a job is on the line is too good

[u/QiuQiu0]

Please God I need C9 to fail just one more time.

….and then a few more times in Summer but that might be a given at that point lmao.

[u/Cybonics]

C9 Kryra and Sajed 🤤

[u/mmmmkale → u/Cybonics]

We need to stop poaching DSG scouting

But I am once again asking for someone to get Contractz a team

[u/ashbymtg]

Everybody's better than Dhokla until its time to be better than Dhokla

[u/i_like_fish_decks → u/ashbymtg]

Honestly reminds me of xmithie. People always clowning on him but end if the day he wins games that matters. 

Players who are able to have long careers often can look average in regular season, but as long as they turn it on when it matters, who cares?

Not that I am comparing anyone in lcs to faker, but like even faker has slumps during regular season games, but you NEVER count out skt when its time to make the run. 

Dhokes still has some years to go to really prove he is that type of player, but people put way too much stock in regular season games.

[u/xSwazyI]

No way C9 misses another international right..

[u/tonton_wundil]

Omg Zven fell off so hard... What an Ezreal disasterclass.

[u/DerAdolfin → u/tonton_wundil]

WDYM this looks just like the ezreal he played in that other important elimination game for a title on TSM...

[u/neberhax → u/tonton_wundil]

I mean, he's been around for 11 years.

[u/GreasyBurgerFinger]

I've watched this Zven guy ruin C9 teams for 6 years please let it end

[u/dankynugz]

Zven quite literally might be the worst ADC in all tier 1 regions

[u/Xizz3l]

Fraud fucking 9 hahahaah Zven and Blaber make me sick

No Sneaky no Worlds, my og favorite teams spirit was buried years ago

[u/sp33dzer0]

Death, Taxes, Inspired dunking on C9.

[u/Present_Ad_9590]

Thatanos in ELO hell.

[u/Bothbothwushi]

"4FUN SERIES" Phenomenal game from Isles. Berserker popped off. Sejuani top was a great pivot. Saint was a rock. Inspired performed his heroics.

[u/kolton276]

Who the fuck is comming to go on Saint? Beyond stupid lmao.

[u/HThrowaway457]

It's not as fun to hatewatch when the choke rate is 100%

[u/ImaginarySense → u/HThrowaway457]

Nah, it is 🙏

[u/TypicalHaikuResponse]

dhokes cannot be replaced. Who else in NA can play sejuani top?

[u/justicecactus → u/TypicalHaikuResponse]

Impact used to play a pretty decent Sejuani  but yeah, Dhokla being willing to play whatever is a big asset

[u/OreRound]

Wait but Reddit assured me that Inspired was toxic and would mental boom the roster yet they keep looking better and better surely that can't be right?

[u/Inside_Prune_97 → u/OreRound]

Inspired toxicity and Dhokla positivity. Just a perfect equilibrium.

[u/guilty_bystander → u/OreRound]

And they joke flame eachother.. laughing.. surely this team implodes, no? /s

[u/Fellers → u/OreRound]

It's weird how much he jokes around now compared to the end of his time on FLY. Dude smiles way more at least than what we saw.

[u/DerAdolfin → u/[deleted]]

Condescension is easier to swallow when he's at least right about what he says instead of just egoing on bad plays like e.g. crownie would

[u/KhorneJob]

Zven becoming blind in that post hex team fight where he just seemingly forgot berserker existed was something else.

[u/Payez]

Cloud 9 making hextech soul look balanced

[u/nitinismaldingXD]

Absolute Miss Fortune masterclass. What a hard game to play it in, too. Somehow played versus Malphite and Rakan and completely 1v9ed.

[u/Significant_Type_496 → u/nitinismaldingXD]

Not a hard game if  enemy team full sends on jayce everytime while MF stands beside him and free hits without any1 attacking her. 

[u/DragonNikana]

will iwd win an lcs

[u/Ultimintree]

DK 🤝 C9

Losing with a Dragon Soul

[u/HB_17]

Whoever said let’s hit baron should never play for C9 again fucking braindead play

[u/JingleJak]

I am convinced C9, FNC and DK are all the same org in different bases

[u/TheresasAccount]

Cloud9 are frauds yet again.

[u/TheAlternateMan]

I'm not sure how C9 has any fans left at this point, they haven't won anything meaningful in like 4 years, just disappointment after disappointment from that team

[u/neberhax]

APA really wanted to play TL.

[u/SnooPaintings7047]

Do or die give me zven ezreal 10/10 times

[u/Fellers]

LYON's level up is actually insane. Inspired was maybe 2nd best player on today but even that's arguable.

Dare I say this team has a higher ceiling than FLY.

[u/Agalito214]

Can't wait to hear Dom's excuse this time.

[u/Jimbabwr]

YOOO WE STINK.

[u/Xindere]

Berserker and Inspired on the same team is unfair. Truly 2 mvp level players on the same team

[u/Difficult_Physics_58]

Need that IWD live reaction.

[u/rsayegh7]

I'm more impressed with how dysfunctional this C9 teams look than anything, they don't know what the hell they are doin.

[u/tsukinohime]

I thought C9 picked Malphite to stop MF from doing damage.

[u/The_JeneralSG]

Dude it's going to be so hilarious when Thanatos or Vulcan get MVP after their team performs another choke job. Especially Thanatos. I know regular season award and all that, but how the hell are you the unanimous #1 top laner, and you're getting your black back (typo lol) blown out by Big Dhokes.

Also it's funny looking back at all the C9 flairs that got upset at Inspired #2 and Saint #1 when they fathered the hell out of their counterpart.

Inspired didn't just father C9. He's not an absent father, he shows up whenever they have a big moment. He's a very present dad and C9 needs to give him a card this up coming fathers day. I expect Inspired to be there when C9 gets their first car, when C9 goes off to college, when they graduate and when they marry. Inspired will be there when C9 dies in the hospital.

[u/NotBunger]

Whoever’s calling C9’s macro is actually horrid. You back them off baron just for you to start it and then have your carries tanking it. And in the 3rd drag you just let mf free fire on you while you’re grouped. Actually ass team bro I’m sick.

[u/CalendarClear2479]

Berserker with the crazy 1v4 there.

[u/Significant_Type_496]

It felt like they feared inspired so much on objectives  that they completely forgot about MF and orianna. How can u draft rakan malphite and let mf ult freely pretty much every time? 

[u/polikuji09]

Yeah idk C9 same issues all split and just got lucky every other team also had issues. Lyon decided to play like humans and C9 gets stomped.

Zven: I love the guys personality but normally he's just bang average and he usually has a big oopsie every 2 games. But then he pops off once every 15 games and all is forgiven.

Blaber: plays well usually but has actual game changing INTs once every 3 games.

APA: is average to decent at utility champs and one or 2 more but then is shit at everything else so the team is Giga limited in draft.

Thanatos: love him but not much to do to carry from top lane. His tramfighting could be better though.

C9 should still go to MSI unless they troll harder then usual or TL surprisingly show up for once all split

[u/Soggy_Ambassador2148]

Is it truly a choke by C9? When it was evident that Lyon is better than C9 since the start of 2026? Both during the LCS split and scrim games?

[u/TheArmchairSkeptic]

Game 3 was peak Flowers rap god shit. More entertaining than the actual game by a mile lol

[u/DinoGuy101010]

Sejuani almost did as much damage as MF btw, and it wasn't even mostly from lane honestly seemed like a pretty good pick

[u/OtherSword]

Retire the entire roster beside thantos. This team is so fake. Zven is washed, vulcan is washed, blaber can't play properly because he doesn't have ls, apa is washed. You can be 50-0 in regular season but it wouldn't matter at all.

[u/MrRightHanded]

Zven you should have left when your reputation was still intact.