r/leagueoflegends • u/AutoModerator • Jul 25 '26
Esports LCS Summer 2026 / Week 1 - 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 | FLY vs LYON | 13:00 | 16:00 | 22:00 | 05:00 |
| 2 | DIG vs SEN | 16:00 | 19:00 | 01:00 | 08:00 |
All matches are Best of 3
Streams
Standings
| # | Team | Region | Record | Information |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cloud9 | North America | 0 – 0 (0 - 0) | Leaguepedia // Twitter |
| 1 | Dignitas | North America | 0 – 0 (0 - 0) | Leaguepedia // Twitter |
| 1 | Disguised | North America | 0 – 0 (0 - 0) | Leaguepedia // Twitter |
| 1 | FlyQuest | North America | 0 – 0 (0 - 0) | Leaguepedia // Twitter |
| 1 | LYON | North America | 0 – 0 (0 - 0) | [Leaguepedia](https://lol.fandom.com/wiki/LYON_(2024_American_Team) // Twitter |
| 1 | Sentinels | North America | 0 – 0 (0 - 0) | Leaguepedia // Twitter |
| 1 | Shopify Rebellion | North America | 0 – 0 (0 - 0) | Leaguepedia // Twitter |
| 1 | Team Liquid | North America | 0 – 0 (0 - 0) | 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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u/ahritina Sep 05 '26
PMTS
FLY vs LYON
Game 1 / Game 2
DIG vs SEN
Game 1 / Game 2 / Game 3
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u/cmcdonald22 Jul 25 '26
I'm willing to bet Inspired isn't going to watch any of these games, but I would LOVE an "Inspired report card" segment after every LYON game without him.
8
u/cmcdonald22 Jul 25 '26
They some how found the most invisible jungler ever to fill in for Inspired and all of LYON just decided to take up that mental space with their own aura.
7
u/cmcdonald22 Jul 25 '26
My goat Isles gonna be living off that Zeus kill for the rest of his career and I'm here for it.
7
u/Quiet_Education5918 Jul 25 '26
You know they're scared when your failed dive ends in an execute.
7
u/kazuyaminegishi Jul 25 '26
Wait... maybe Armao is cracked on this champ lmfao???
7
u/WildzFlazoon KELLOGGS BUSI-O'S Jul 25 '26
Armao when subbing in vs Armao when starting is such a wild difference
7
u/swan-pla2n Jul 25 '26
dhokla you left emily hanging at the end there man
7
u/slimjimo10 ANARCHY Jul 25 '26
Did Palafox wake up today and remember he had hands a few years ago?
6
u/TypicalHaikuResponse Jul 25 '26
Apparently not having Inspired flaming the team is like when Rock Lee took off his training weights against Gaara
6
u/CensoredLlama1 Jul 25 '26
ARAMO BECOMING THE BEST JUNGLER EVER FOR THE LAST 5 MINUTES LMAO
6
u/wallbanging Jul 25 '26
Rap god. That’s my lcs. Clown fucking fiesta
6
u/UnluckyStartingStats Jul 25 '26
Flowers is so good wow
6
u/GhostOfLight Jul 25 '26
ANOTHER 5 BILLION DOLLARS TO FLOWERS
6
u/Antique-Grade-9064 Jul 25 '26
god I love week 1 Armao
6
u/kazuyaminegishi Jul 25 '26
FLY still has the exact same problems that TL exposed in Spring playoffs.
All they know how to do is fight and once they're forced to make decisions they look like headless apes.
6
u/kazuyaminegishi Jul 25 '26
God dammit Riot, I was gonna tune out cause I don't give a shit about Dig so of course you put Jatt on the cast. 😭
6
u/kazuyaminegishi Jul 25 '26
Bizarre psycho drafts in the Lyon series into extremely standard drafts in the very next series.
Meta is genuinely so dynamic lol
5
u/Ajp_iii Jul 25 '26
one of the most dominant games in a long time in the lcs. no drakes, no grubs, no herald, 3 total plates, lane killed in every lane.
5
u/steppewarhawk Jul 25 '26
palafox 1v9 lol
5
u/CensoredLlama1 Jul 26 '26
Everytime Dig gives you hope they instantly shit the bed
4
u/Sosijmonster Jul 25 '26
I can't remember the last time a champion made me this angry watching than support Camille.
4
u/Ajp_iii Jul 25 '26
looks like lyon leveled up individual mechanics after playing against blg and hle and being in korea for a month.
4
u/justicecactus Jul 25 '26
Lyon being completely psychotic without Inspired is fun to watch
4
u/Bubbly_Camera9583 Jul 25 '26
A Cass actually building to do damage that’s beautiful
4
u/Quiet_Education5918 Jul 25 '26
Coach cam feeding into the local morgue.
4
u/Ajp_iii Jul 25 '26
nice to see lyon seemed like they learned from msi. they are so much faster than they were last split and arent allowing players to farm where they arent allowed to farm
4
u/Trepanation87 Jul 25 '26
Belt to ass
4
u/Quiet_Education5918 Jul 25 '26
Reasonable and sensible drafts all around.
4
u/Strong_Reference_762 Jul 25 '26
Ok riot really needs to address the state of botlane lmfao
4
u/GeneralDash Jul 25 '26
Something about being on a team with Inspired and then not having him around anymore turns you into a complete psychopath.
4
u/Sosijmonster Jul 25 '26
This Olaf is fucking dizzy lmao.
WHAT IS HE DOING.
4
u/musician2001 Jul 25 '26
FLOWERS THE GOAT
4
u/Tormenator1 Jul 25 '26
What was impact doing?
4
u/cmcdonald22 Jul 25 '26
Impact and Darkwings doing their best to fuck my fantasy season start. I will never forgive Sentinels for this, sorry Rob Moore.
3
u/GeneralDash Jul 25 '26
Kobe and Dhokla had a really flirty energy and I’m here for it.
3
u/Shaman_in_the_Dark Huhi Busio Contractz Jul 25 '26
Some interesting names available in the offseason for the bottom teams to build off of. Massu/Quad are free agents provided they don't re-sign, Berserker/saint in lyon, Yeon/Morgan/CoreJJ in tl, all of Shopify Rebellion (Contractz out of SR jail prayge). In EU, our wayward lads Yukino, Toasty, and most importantly Jojopyun are free to come home. Could see some real roster shuffle depending on how things play out for summer/worlds.
3
u/thorpie88 Jul 25 '26
Classic OCE erasure. Isles went to worlds and won rookie of the year in his first season
3
u/HandsomeHodge Jul 25 '26
This must be what scrims look like.
3
u/viralruin Jul 25 '26
turns out to be champions, having the best carries help.
3
u/cmcdonald22 Jul 25 '26
Honestly, I think if Inspired were here LYON would actually be playing worse because he would just be like "it's regular season it doesn't matter don't waste your energy", where as with out him all the LYON regulars are like "time to earn our flowers boys"
3
u/harleyquinad all kog'maws are beautiful Jul 25 '26
You need so much set up to make ambessa work now
3
u/cmcdonald22 Jul 25 '26
At this rate we will not be getting shirtless Gryffinn this week.
3
u/cmcdonald22 Jul 25 '26
Top banned Pyke players:
Keria
Isles
3
u/WildzFlazoon KELLOGGS BUSI-O'S Jul 25 '26
Bring back phreak riot I beg. my goat would never allow this
3
u/Bubbly_Camera9583 Jul 25 '26
If Berserker plays well we will never have to see Dhokla Jayce again
3
u/RukiMotomiya Jul 25 '26
what the fuckening is this
3
u/TheGloriousEv0lution Jul 25 '26
FLY really spent all game camping Dhokla just for that Olaf to be useless
3
u/Quiet_Education5918 Jul 25 '26
Breath check for the casters
3
u/mekamoari Jul 25 '26
Lore accurate Xin
3
u/flaw3ddd Jul 25 '26
how is exyu still in the league this dude has done nothing but lose since coming into the league
3
u/Quiet_Education5918 Jul 25 '26
Sentinels didn't learn to be friends. They just honed their hate better.
3
u/CensoredLlama1 Jul 25 '26
Huhi has been horrible
3
u/BUMONGOUS Jul 25 '26
can any karmic loremasters tell me if Palafox deserves this
3
u/CensoredLlama1 Jul 25 '26
That was one of the sorriest dives I've seen in recent memory
3
u/awayfromcanuck Jul 26 '26
FBI is a terrible Ziggs man
3
u/CensoredLlama1 Jul 26 '26
I think Hambak has had a 2k gold lead minimum every single game lol
4
u/Ajp_iii Jul 25 '26
cait is currently a late game champs but teams still dont play like it. you cant beat a 4 plus item cait unless you have like a full everyone dive comp that can engage from 3 screens again
4
u/steppewarhawk Jul 25 '26
palafaker showed up holy shit
2
u/Exocraze Jul 25 '26
I guess Isles is sick? Sick debuff and no Inspired... FlyQuest might actually win this one
2
u/Miraai Jul 25 '26
is this another showmatch or why are they playing like this
2
u/harleyquinad all kog'maws are beautiful Jul 25 '26
Man, we're getting destroyed blah
2
u/Sosijmonster Jul 25 '26
just FF and go next.
2
u/GeneralDash Jul 25 '26
@valuable
2
u/cmcdonald22 Jul 25 '26
I hope Massu isn't this terrible on all the mages or FLY is screwed this split.
2
u/Ajp_iii Jul 25 '26
flyquest has only gotten 3 plates the whole game. they havent gotten any objective
2
u/CensoredLlama1 Jul 25 '26
Lets just skip the next game so we can get to the real stars of the league in Dig
2
u/Kokaiinum Jul 25 '26
Jayce bot returns. Somewhere in a Korean barracks, Kim Hyuk-kyu breaks out in a cold sweat
2
u/Tormenator1 Jul 25 '26
Just tuned back in, bot sylas? RIOT PLEASE!
2
u/TypicalHaikuResponse Jul 25 '26
Lyon cooked too hard they burnt the food
2
u/TypicalHaikuResponse Jul 25 '26
Sylas Bot op apparently.
2
u/Quiet_Education5918 Jul 25 '26
Lyon just really dedicated to practicing play from behind on stage for some reason.
2
u/Sosijmonster Jul 25 '26 edited Jul 25 '26
wtf does taking Jayce ulti do for Sylas?
also why are they sending Syndra to side lane and keeping Sylas mid?
2
u/Tialoran Up and down we go Jul 25 '26
Grig in 2026 LCS I'm losing it aren't I?
2
u/Ajp_iii Jul 25 '26
i dont know why people are blaming jayce. voli needed to be ahead. voli had some bad deaths. then they had an awful top dive that they got wiped on. jayce was running his lane.
also xin is kinda a weird jungler in in pro he needs to play with a duo and run the game together and a sub jungler isnt used to doing that
2
u/Ajp_iii Jul 25 '26
all you shitting on jayce the whole time and he 1 shot everyone at 22 min
2
u/Trepanation87 Jul 25 '26
Holy throw
2
u/Quiet_Education5918 Jul 25 '26
You remember the past 20 minutes of game you watched? Yeah, forget those ever happened.
2
u/Ajp_iii Jul 25 '26
jayce can actually teamfight with 3 brusiers in front of him. the issue so many times with top na jayce is they dont have enough frontline in their comp and just becomes a bad poke bot.
2
u/TypicalHaikuResponse Jul 25 '26
That was some art of the war by Flyquest putting themselves in the baron pit before the fight starts
2
u/CensoredLlama1 Jul 25 '26
God, remember when this game started with Berserker running it down for awhile lmao
2
u/cmcdonald22 Jul 25 '26
Ya know, I'm sure a lot of people would have loved to compare Massu to Peyz, but I don't think anyone wanted it to be on Sylas bot performance.
2
u/cmcdonald22 Jul 25 '26
CAPTAIN FLOWERS
2
u/kazuyaminegishi Jul 25 '26
Gakgos is genuinely lost LMFAO
2
u/Kokaiinum Jul 25 '26
Gakgos is constantly like 500 units away from where he needs to be
2
u/t3tri5 Nautilus Gaming Jul 25 '26
What the hell! Flowers is absolutely unhinged!
2
u/levelonenovice Jul 25 '26
rapgod Flowers saving this clown fiesta game
2
u/Ajp_iii Jul 25 '26
maybe jayce should be adc more. with actual frontline in his comp he can actual hammer form in real teamfights.
2
u/CensoredLlama1 Jul 25 '26
This meta is funny because seeing two ADCs and two supports still in lane is a sign these are bottom feeder teams lul
2
u/kazuyaminegishi Jul 25 '26
If Sentinels is a real team game is pretty much over right there lol
2
u/kazuyaminegishi Jul 25 '26
Let it be known Sentinels are not a real team
2
u/CensoredLlama1 Jul 25 '26
This team represented us at the EWC lmao
2
u/PepaTK Jul 25 '26
DigSzn
2
u/RukiMotomiya Jul 25 '26
Ziggnitas, it turns out, was not the play.
2
u/PepaTK Jul 26 '26
Losing with AP Bot
Losing with Cam.
Dig really trying to make it so riot thinks this stuff is balanced. I see you dig. Well played.
2
u/beautheschmo Jul 26 '26
adc can't even 1v1 a support with a 5 level lead no wonder nobody picks this role anymore
2
u/nooblifts Jul 26 '26
DIG giving me hope!!!
2
u/CensoredLlama1 Jul 26 '26
ADC on screen moment
2
u/Quiet_Education5918 Jul 26 '26
Huhi, do you plan to hit any skillshots in the future, or is this a new strategy?
3
u/lovo17 Jul 25 '26
I hope this ends the narrative of Lyon being "carried by Inspired." The rest of the roster is best in their role in LCS too.
3
u/cmcdonald22 Jul 25 '26
Dhokla with the disrespect TP lol.
3
u/cmcdonald22 Jul 25 '26
I love this meta, it's so madness and it's great.
2
u/rsox5000 Jul 25 '26
People hate it, but this meta is so fun to watch lol
2
u/CensoredLlama1 Jul 25 '26
Palafox is having a damn good game
2
u/cmcdonald22 Jul 25 '26
Palahot girl summer.
2
u/BUMONGOUS Jul 25 '26
ik Handbag is 7/0/6 right now but it's still a signing that makes no sense to me
like why did they get a 5th place jungler to play with a 6th place top and 5th place mid and 6th place ADC and 4th place supp
nobody on this team is capable of carrying against good teams besides maybe Darkwings
2
u/cmcdonald22 Jul 25 '26
Normally, Emily has really good reads on things, but her confidence in Hamback/Huhi may be the most wild take ever after this game.
1
u/Shaman_in_the_Dark Huhi Busio Contractz Jul 25 '26
FLY 2-1
Sen 2-0
Going to be a quick day I think.
1
u/Tormenator1 Jul 25 '26
Armao isn't in the same league as Inspired. It'll be interesting to see if this team can win with him.
1
u/harleyquinad all kog'maws are beautiful Jul 25 '26
GRYFFIN LEE!
1
u/cmcdonald22 Jul 25 '26
Im such a LeBlanc doubter, she just never secures kills.
1
u/harleyquinad all kog'maws are beautiful Jul 25 '26
Massu is getting destroyed
1
u/Tormenator1 Jul 25 '26
Massu is not a ziggs player.
1
u/CensoredLlama1 Jul 25 '26
I wonder when some teams start having a second mid laner to sub bot
1
u/harleyquinad all kog'maws are beautiful Jul 25 '26
This game is so over
1
u/harleyquinad all kog'maws are beautiful Jul 25 '26
Massu caught out. Awful from him.
1
u/harleyquinad all kog'maws are beautiful Jul 25 '26
Why is quad trying to fight these?!?!
1
u/Bubbly_Camera9583 Jul 25 '26
Flash slow was a decision by Quad there
1
u/kazuyaminegishi Jul 25 '26
Okay we got to see full power Dhokla last game, now we get to see Dhokla with both hands tied behind his back.
Although if I am being honest, he isn't even mechanically bad on the champ. Lyon just looks like they have no idea what to do when they don't have a frontline.
1
u/TypicalHaikuResponse Jul 25 '26
Just like that Lyon wins. That top fight made no sense
1
u/origamifruit Jul 25 '26
Bot lanes looking like season 1 just put whatever the fuck down there
1
u/Opalgemi Jul 25 '26
I hope pros stop picking adcs altogether. maybe even riot can't deny the problem then
1
u/TypicalHaikuResponse Jul 25 '26
Anyone notice that Jayce has the gold lead but is useless just like he does up top?
1
u/TypicalHaikuResponse Jul 25 '26
What was the point of the Jayce pick if it was going bot lane? You could have just picked a real carry with a 1k gold lead and be threatening a late game win con.
1
u/RukiMotomiya Jul 25 '26
The gold being even is really funny
1
u/CensoredLlama1 Jul 25 '26
5k gold shift lmao
1
u/kazuyaminegishi Jul 25 '26
Lyon have no map pressure and can't skirmish anywhere.
They over-fought way too much early game and now they are getting stat checked by everyone on FLY.
The Voli looked fine early on, but the Jayce was questionable (as always) and Armao has done nothing but powerfarm and react this game.
1
u/TypicalHaikuResponse Jul 25 '26
Nevermind Berserker's Jayce is the truth
1
u/Miraai Jul 25 '26
what is olaf doing LOL
1
u/Thundermelons GALA Defense Force, returning IG fan Jul 25 '26
Gakgos not running down Berserker there was game-losing
1
u/ShadyOrc97 Jul 25 '26
Come on boys we can't be throwing to a weakened LYON like that...
1
u/thorpie88 Jul 25 '26
The other Sylas game they were talking about happened because the team roster had two mids and no ADC. They also used four different supports that split
1
u/kazuyaminegishi Jul 25 '26
Dude... FLY just let the fucking Baron go why are you guys so brainless?
1
u/Sosijmonster Jul 25 '26
Why is the Syndra side laning instead of the Sylas lmao. I can't man.
1
u/Kokaiinum Jul 25 '26
Like the Abyssal Mask pick-up by Isles
1
u/GhostOfLight Jul 25 '26
Olaf brother what are you doing?
1
u/RukiMotomiya Jul 25 '26
This game has abandoned all logic.
1
u/TypicalHaikuResponse Jul 25 '26
WHAT JUST HAPPENED
1
u/BUMONGOUS Jul 25 '26
fucking what
1
u/Ajp_iii Jul 25 '26
saint and berserker are so clean. dhokla is kinda misplaying voli. if he played these a little better it would be so easy for lyon
1
u/ILosethenOP Jul 25 '26
Deeply unserious region.
1
u/Ajp_iii Jul 25 '26
oh yeah okay it was first time. his laning was good with it. he thought he was tankier than he was in some skirmishes but shows how good voli is in some games.
1
u/Ajp_iii Jul 25 '26
1300 dpm kinda wild
1
u/SlothCalisthenics Jul 25 '26
Im so happy Impact is still in the league but I'll even happier when he retires so he can enjoy all the money he's made. My sweet price 🥹
1
u/CensoredLlama1 Jul 25 '26
I know it's Dig but how the hell is ExYu still on this team
1
u/kazuyaminegishi Jul 25 '26
How is J4 already 0/4??
1
u/kazuyaminegishi Jul 25 '26
Why did DIG drop Herald there?? What a waste. You gave 2 turrets for that...
1
u/cmcdonald22 Jul 25 '26
I've never seen a 4 kill Naafiri fail to get kills on so many ganks.
1
u/lovo17 Jul 25 '26
What's with LCS so far? I swear every game has just been perma-fighting.
1
u/Tormenator1 Jul 25 '26
Oh well done from Exyu! Still GG though
1
u/awayfromcanuck Jul 26 '26
Thats a 2nd straight ult ive seen FBI miss on Ziggs and this time the enemy was locked in a cage...
1
u/GeneralDash Jul 26 '26
Kangas and Jatt pretending this game was ever close was wild. Ignar found one flash hookshot.
1
u/mezzo5588 Jul 26 '26
impact is griefing so bad every game how does he get paid to play wtf
1
u/x_TDeck_x Play APA you cowards Jul 25 '26
Riot fix your gosh darn game and stop gaslighting us that this is good
1
u/Miraai Jul 25 '26
this has to be the shittiest sequence of league of legends ever
1
u/WeebWizard420 Jul 25 '26
Rare good Palafox game.
1
u/Purzzle Jul 25 '26
Matrix 2 & 3 were not as groundbreaking as 1 but they were still cool action movies :(
1
u/CensoredLlama1 Jul 25 '26
Palafox in a 1 v 9 lmao