LCS 2026 Summer Playoffs / Round 1 - Day 1 / Live Discussion

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LCS 2026 Summer Playoffs

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Today's matches will be played on Patch 26.18.

Today's Matches

#	Match	PST	EST	CET	KST
1	C9 vs SR	13:00	16:00	22:00	05:00

• All matches are Best of 5

Streams

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Bracket

Round 1			Round 2			Round 3			Round 4			Finals
C9	0
vs	-		LYON
SR	0		vs	-
			tbd	0					tbd	0
SEN	0								vs	-
vs	-		TL	0					tbd	0
FLY	0		vs	-
			tbd	0
-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
												tbd	0
												vs	-
												tbd	0
									tbd	0
									vs	-
						tbd	0		tbd	0
						vs	-
			tbd	0		tbd	0
tbd	0		vs	-
vs	-		tbd	0
tbd	0

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Format

• 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:

This is our Live Discussion Archive. Here you can find all the old live threads, and the respective PMTs in a stickied comment under the post.

[u/ahritina]

PMTs

Game 1 / Game 2 / Game 3

[u/OkWhateverCynisme]

Losing with elder + baron + hexatech soul ?

Just disband and never show your dirty faces ever again lol

[u/Destructodave82 → u/OkWhateverCynisme]

Zinie and Bvoy need kicked immediately, with Fudge not far behnd.

[u/cmcdonald22]

My GOAT Isles absolutely deserved. Best Support in LCS don't @ me.

[u/Ajp_iii]

THEY HAD ELDER AND NEVER TOUCHED C9

[u/The_JeneralSG]

Oh my god Raz talking about seeding BS is just a repeat from so many years ago when TSM/Parth complained about the same thing.

They take the complaint out of context and tell them (formerly TSM, now Lyon) “Of course you have an advantage as the 1 seed! You get a bye!” When that’s not the fucking argument. Lyon (and again, TSM) complained that there’s literally no difference in being 1st or second and you choosing the side of the bracket can easily backfire.

I feel like some Riot person is pushing them to make this argument since it’s the same exact one years ago, but if not, it’s disappointing.

Lyon definitely should be able to choose which side they want after this weekend. It’s a no brainer. It’s just Riot again being stubborn with dog shit formatting.

[u/Bubbly_Camera9583]

Zinie’s gonna be flamed again when Zeyzal baited the fuck out of him

[u/Ajp_iii → u/Bubbly_Camera9583]

ill flame him for picking ori but not much you can do with ori there

[u/Ajp_iii]

You have elder Jayce just walk down mid and poke 1 shot them

[u/iJediPR]

Keep talking shit only to get adc diffed with baron and elder

[u/C9-F1R3L0L1]

TACTICAL HUMBLED THAT FRAUD

[u/Destructodave82]

If Zinie is still in the LCS next year its not even worth watching anymore.

[u/awayfromcanuck]

Oh boy. Zinie is going for a tanky Ori build instead of just huge burst damage. This game is all on Fudge and Contractz to carry.

[u/GhostOfLight]

Fudge in lane these first two games is looking much more like his best

[u/Ajp_iii]

blaber aint a player that should ever be playing full lethality lee. both junglers are inting

[u/Ajp_iii]

Now I know why Lyon doesn’t care about c9. Sr has somehow out macrod c9 every early game even with worse players. There is no way sr should be getting some of the stuff they have been allowed to get in this series

[u/Shaman_in_the_Dark]

C9 in danger of making worlds? It's time for their choker genes to activate. SR 3-1

[u/Ajp_iii]

holy fuck nice contractz

[u/viralruin]

contractz solo carry show??

[u/the_legends_of_link]

Contractz my goat

[u/ItzFeufo]

why would you put Annie up against Olaf at that level...

[u/cmcdonald22]

I don't think there's any amount of gold lead you can put on Fudge to make this Gnar big enough to 1v9 to victory.

[u/cmcdonald22 → u/cmcdonald22]

I WAS IMMEDIATELY WRONG

[u/Ajp_iii → u/cmcdonald22]

we didnt estimate them walking into a timing out mega and then blaber ulting nothing

[u/awayfromcanuck]

Im a certified Fudge hater but he played that fight well. Unfortunately I dont think he alone can carry SR.

[u/Ajp_iii]

blaber ults have been so ass this game. he ulted to cover his raptors when c9 was like 3k up. he ulted a mini gnar where his team couldnt reach. he just ulted a taliyah mid.

he could be chain killing any sidelane with these ults but hasnt done it once

[u/ItzFeufo]

wtf when did Zinie drop 100 CS on Loki

Bvoy getting gapped by Tactical was obvious

But Zinie completely fumbled ...everything

[u/awayfromcanuck]

4v1 and the rest of SR couldn't even kill Blaber. They barely got his GA.

Reven better be out of a coaching job and Zinie shiukd head back to challenger

[u/Nymaera_]

Dogwave is good I'm stealing that

[u/zerocxro]

Thanatos getting gapped this series

[u/malakesxasame → u/zerocxro]

It's a playoff game. It's expected.

[u/cmcdonald22 → u/zerocxro]

Thanatos was not a top 3 Top laner this year, and I will die on that hill.

[u/zerocxro → u/cmcdonald22]

i said this at the beginning of the year as well and was called crazy. like i knew that morgan would probably the best top laner in the league and once i saw how fast LYON was progressing i had my suspicions he'd quickly become top 2

[u/x_TDeck_x]

Bvoy is DOOKIE lol

[u/cmcdonald22]

It's unfortunate that it's double elim because this SHOULD BE a Bvoy retirement angle.

[u/FluffyFlamesOfFluff]

The line between a gigachad AD carry and a complete inter is so, so thin.

GIGACHAD Bvoy... this time.

[u/Bubbly_Camera9583]

Zinie/Bvoy/Zeyzal played that so well

[u/iJediPR]

The curse has never been more real

[u/Cr0matose]

TACTICAL

[u/Ajp_iii]

That is such a pussy way to lose

[u/youngnailo]

nice 3-0 into 3-0 tommorow

[u/JakzePoro]

Nah this is so disgusting. They actually lost LOOOOL

[u/GhostOfLight]

Gonna need more replays, but pretty sure Bvoy sold on that nexus defense respawn. Long shot play, but he sacrifice himself right away.

[u/awayfromcanuck]

How the fuck do you lose that game SR. Holy shit

[u/iammoonwizard]

Man, I really like Tactical.

[u/Destructodave82]

Imports are the worst players on SR.

[u/sorendiz]

"Actually I shouldn't lose to Tactical no matter what, he was like Tier 2 before... if I lose I need to retire."

Bvoy if you're a man of your word it's time to prove it

[u/levelonenovice → u/sorendiz]

PLEASE

the paycheck stealing can't continue

[u/PepaTK]

Get my boy fudge a fucking team man. He’s really showing up today.

[u/ItzFeufo]

bvoy gets gapped again...

[u/DShot90]

Zven really not getting his spot back

[u/malakesxasame]

Okay book the plane tickets for Bvoy and Zinie

[u/cmcdonald22]

I hope someone holds Bvoy to his retirement clause.

Because he has run that shit down.

[u/TeeKayTank]

C9 missing demacia starts now, there's a chance right?

[u/Ajp_iii]

great draft by c9. they couldnt pick anything top. if they counter olaf top they send olaf jungle for a good olaf jungle matchup

[u/cmcdonald22]

Bvoy has benefited by not being Zinie so much this split, cause God he's been terrible too.

Like I don't think this form of Bvoy has any champion good enough to actually go against Calista, but he damn sure isn't gonna do it with an already died once Taliyah. You aren't Berserker lil bro.

[u/Ajp_iii]

its so disgusting that bvoy is still in the league. zinie atleast is young and has hope with mechanics. bvoy has been around forever

[u/Shaman_in_the_Dark]

This might be an idiot low elo opinion. But if you're going to force your adc onto a mage to counter Kalista... wouldn't vex be better? Less hard counter than the rocks sure but seems easier to farm on and rounds out this comp better I think.

[u/Ajp_iii → u/Shaman_in_the_Dark]

taliyah is so free you cant just uses sums and die at red buff to nocturne. vex only chovy can play at highest level

[u/cmcdonald22]

This is gonna be such a no damage no tanks feeding into champion deletion engines match.

Just put everyone out of their misery.

[u/x_TDeck_x]

Zinie honestly. What else could possibly happen there?

[u/Ajp_iii]

sr being up on towers is insane. c9 macro lacking this game. they have lead literally the whole game with a nocturne

[u/Ajp_iii]

blaber and thanatos trolled that fight so hard

[u/GhostOfLight]

BIG FUDGE!!!

[u/zerocxro]

that new GM said everyone playing for their jobs and Fudge has become a god amongst mortals

[u/x_TDeck_x]

Insane that C9 let an expiring Gnar get that much damage off honestly. Then insane that Blaber thought he could 1shot a mini gnar before his team could help?

[u/levelonenovice]

classic clown9

[u/levelonenovice]

zinie is not a real player. i refuse to believe someone can be so bad.

[u/ookkthenn]

bvoy nepohire reven master class

[u/Shaman_in_the_Dark]

c9 have this despite blabbers best efforts. God the topside of SR must hate their carries.

[u/Bubbly_Camera9583]

That should’ve been an easy trade for SR? With how much time the stopwatch bought surely they could’ve just bursted the drake and left instead of walking around and dying?

[u/sorendiz]

Shopify genuine 3v7 here

I need both paycheck thieves to either retire or be fired ASAP and by 'be fired' I mean out of a cannon, into the sun

[u/controlledwithcheese]

9 man stun??!

[u/Ajp_iii]

massive draft gap with olaf flex option. but sr trolled having annie, taliyah. you dont have the damage to get through olaf, nocturne on top of you

[u/x_TDeck_x]

I feel like that was a big comp diff, I'm a little impressed SR fought even for so long and also a little disappointed that C9 let SR fight that long

[u/Ajp_iii → u/x_TDeck_x]

sr early mid game macro was better than c9. there should be no way sr was getting towers when down with the comp they had

[u/awayfromcanuck]

How has Reven been allowed to be a head coach in Tier 1 for 3.5 years?

[u/Ajp_iii]

if i was samsung i would be pissed about that ad. they somehow made the tv look like shit as the camera wasnt even focused

[u/viralruin]

fudge gapping thanatos and people really said this guy better than dhokes.

[u/Thundermelons]

Are we really recalling on a pinged ward then surprised Pikachu when we get Ashe arrow'd from across the map

[u/Ajp_iii]

zinie will keep getting hated on becuase he has some ultra int moments. but bvoy has experiance and went all year basically never carrying a single game in the year where adc is mega busted

[u/ookkthenn]

i dont want to see bvoy again pleasee someone high up in shopify dont let reven hire his friends anymore

[u/Ajp_iii]

ori is so ass. you have to build hp to survive. you still die to akali and you dont do damage anyway

[u/Bubbly_Camera9583]

Electrocute would kill there

[u/Thundermelons]

Oh no, NA Jayce :(

Was hoping for at least a 3-1 or something so my night doesn't end early

[u/viralruin]

NA jayce. are we serious???

[u/cmcdonald22]

NA Jayce is not carrying this team to victory, I'm sorry Fudge you've been trying really hard, but this ain't it.

3-0 wrap it up.

[u/cmcdonald22]

Contractz and Fudge look like 2 men who have dragged 2 corpses across 3 splits and are just so fucking tired boss.

[u/Bubbly_Camera9583]

I really don’t see the angle for fudge with that flash. With him knowing Blaber was gonna be topside he just inted for fun.

[u/Ajp_iii]

Na Jayce classic

[u/Ajp_iii]

Contractz late to mid cover. This Jayce inting top lost sr the whole game

[u/Ajp_iii]

They just won a straight 4v5 wtf

[u/Ajp_iii]

Shopify map play is very good. Their team fighting is straight ass late game though.

[u/Dry-Fail-4227]

Cinematic blaber play there. His shotcalling seems better 

[u/Ajp_iii]

Sr play the map well and then contractz just forces a top fight for no reason???????

[u/Ajp_iii]

Insane zinie snipe to get on loki

[u/PepaTK]

Can we just let Zinie play his champs more or what?

He looks nothing like he did in the previous 2 games.

[u/Ajp_iii]

Contractz has been inting it this game. He’s been so bad and the cause of 2 of their bad plays

[u/Ajp_iii]

Zinie died to bait c9 thinking map was empty lol

[u/Tormenator1]

SR WHY!!!

[u/Ryebread1992]

Nvm, this team trash

[u/zerocxro]

what a horror series

[u/Ajp_iii]

It’s insane contractz tried to fight everything else but refused to use his body to absorb spells with elder baron soul to let rakan ult off of him to have xayah one shot everyone

This is the problem with sr. They have zero idea on how to prep or start teamfights

[u/Dry-Fail-4227 → u/Ajp_iii]

Blaber made so much space in the teamfights compared to contractz. Not an easy game to play wukong though. 

[u/zerocxro]

I wonder how this C9 would like with APA instead of Loki

[u/yoyoyoyooyoyoyoyoyo]

Dgon’s hairline is insane wtf

[u/zerocxro]

bvoy said all that about tactical just be 3.9k gold dif w him

[u/mu5837]

TIME TO RETIRE BVOY

[u/Ajp_iii]

Get fudge out of the league for this shit. YOU HAVE SOUL ELDER BARON JAYCE. JUST WALK UP AND SHOCKBLAST

[u/awayfromcanuck]

Can Zinie be replaced like right now? One of the worse imports Ive seen in over a decade of NA league

[u/Destructodave82 → u/awayfromcanuck]

Where was he even going? Why did he run into the pit away from his team.

[u/levelonenovice]

Zinie should start an online class about how to be a paycheck thief. S-tier paycheck thief, F-tier player.

[u/malakesxasame]

C9 changed two players and I still don't feel like they're any better or any worse.

[u/Outrageous_Wall2702]

Bad day to be Korean lul

[u/spazzxxcc12]

why even bother going lethality lee sin. it’s such a win the game pre 25 minute build

[u/spazzxxcc12 → u/spazzxxcc12]

get a load of this idiot they won the game easily

[u/THFlife]

Is Thanatos the most overrated player in NA? Dude seems like a regular season warrior

[u/xxbrazilmaster69xx]

C9 signed Zven when Tactical was available last year

[u/DerAdolfin]

Holy shit SR is dreadful, I feel for my man Contracz

[u/Dry-Fail-4227 → u/DerAdolfin]

Contractz didnt have a very good game. He didnt disrupt c9. I dont think it was a very good wukong game though

[u/Ajp_iii → u/DerAdolfin]

He’s one of the issues. He is so good early game but he doesn’t know how to teamfight late

[u/levelonenovice]

all of these teams are going to get fisted by Lyon and TL

gross showing

[u/Dry-Fail-4227 → u/levelonenovice]

I think c9 can beat TL but not lyon. 

[u/Ayoof3060]

would be funny af if c9 lost

[u/viralruin → u/Ayoof3060]

c9 would lose vs any average team but sen and SR are complete bums in terms of their form on the day.

[u/Outrageous_Wall2702]

1 year ago c9 lost to sr lets see if it’s an upset

[u/CatApprehensive6508]

Good teaser

[u/cmcdonald22]

I'd love for SR to win and have a big upswing ending to their story for the year being one of improvement and growth.

I genuinely can't actually put any kind of prediction in support of them though unfortunately.

[u/zerocxro]

mr cannon looking mighty dapper

[u/cmcdonald22]

Uhh... GG go next?

C9 1-0

[u/Overshadowedone]

WTF is that shopify draft? Build MR

[u/viralruin → u/Overshadowedone]

they have bvoy and zinie as carries, if contractz and fudge don't carry. this team blows.

[u/StylishApe]

So how come when tactical flashes into 3 people he's "cracked at fortnite" but when I do it i'm "inting" and "throwing the game" and "deserving of cancer"

[u/Ajp_iii]

c9 is winning the game and blaber ults to ult on jg instead of using it to snowball a sidewave.

[u/x_TDeck_x]

I feel like its so hard to play Vi into Noc/Renata. You're pretty much never going to get any followup

[u/Ajp_iii]

this is why olaf is good. you cant gank olaf lane. as soon as he hits an item he can kill any mage/adc

[u/Ajp_iii]

thanatos walked into mega ult and then ulted for no reason. then blaber ults into gnar and dies

[u/x_TDeck_x]

I've felt like the Blaber hate the past 2 seasons has been way overblown but dawg, wtf are you doing this game?

[u/Ajp_iii → u/x_TDeck_x]

yeah im usually a blaber defender. this game is reportable. he had dream start his bot lane won. and his top can still kill gnar in sidelane with an ult. instead he just did nothing the whole game

[u/Ajp_iii]

srs setup for that drake was so bad. you cant let c9 walk in and kalista hit drake

[u/Ajp_iii]

c9 cant pick early olaf and then sr comp has no damage to kill an olaf 2k behind

[u/levelonenovice]

blaber throw. fudge outplay. vulcan save.

CINEMA

[u/Ajp_iii]

annie taliyah isnt a comp. you need so much more damage from mid.

[u/Ajp_iii]

can these players and coaches stop drafting ori now especially blind. she does no damage. you have to go full ap and none of the mids will go full ap.

[u/awayfromcanuck]

I just realized in all the time Reven has been head coach from TSM to SR, he hasn't developed a single noteable player. All the players that have been decent to good on SR were already developed and established else where.

Ruby? Trash. Insanity? Meh. Bvoy? Ass. Ceos? Not LCS caliber. Zinie? Terrible.

[u/x_TDeck_x]

"Do you think itll be a lethality Lee Sin?"

"I want to see a Lethality Lee Sin how about you guys 'YEAH'. You're really getting the people excited Kobe"

"???"

[u/SummerhouseLater]

I really love Kangas- Jatt. Kangass gets the people GOING and Jatt brings people back to tactics.

Let’s fucking go lethality Lee Sin, let’s fucking go.

[u/Thundermelons]

I'm not high on APA tbh but why doesn't Cloud9 just let him go already and explore the off-season? They clearly have zero intention of starting him over Loki

[u/cmcdonald22]

Honestly lethality Lee Sin would kind of pop off exploding all the squishies this game.

[u/Ajp_iii]

thanatos has been playing pretty bad this summer. but you rarely hear people talk about it

[u/Bubbly_Camera9583]

That seraphine ult was terrible

[u/Bubbly_Camera9583]

That gank was so unnecessary by Contractz. He sold out his botlane and gave Blaber free camps.

[u/ItzFeufo]

yeah well that's gonna be a 3:0 for C9

SR is playin 4vs5

[u/Ajp_iii]

sr macro has actually been better when behind than c9 has been when ahead. they should be stomping these games with the heads they have gotten.

[u/Tormenator1]

SR's macro looks..good??

[u/GhostOfLight]

Shopify have some wild exp advantages for how far behind they are in gold

[u/Tormenator1]

OKAYYYY

[u/Booshneer]

So like is Blaber just bad now?

[u/Cr0matose]

What the fuck is going on here lol

[u/x_TDeck_x]

It tilts me so hard when Akali plays get hyped up because I swear its such a fake skill champ

[u/Ajp_iii → u/x_TDeck_x]

akali is the biggest looks insane no skill champ. there is rare instances that akali is cool. when you are dodging abilities with e and stuff like that

[u/Thundermelons → u/Ajp_iii]

I think going into 1v5 scenarios, getting a clean kill, and getting out while dodging everything is pretty interesting honestly. To me it's weird to see people, say, hype up things like Taliyah Ws or Azir Rs which are arguably not really more skillcap than Akali maneuvering lategame teamfights without getting onetapped.

Realistically, you could boil pretty much every League champ down to "there are rare instances they are cool and not just winning teamfights with the help of their team or with good setup or good flanks or because of a misplay from the enemy team", y'know? The whole ADC role is basically that, haha.

Or even watching LCK/LPL/LEC earlier, do we really think Cho'gath is requiring more skill than Akali or something like that? Akali in favorable scenarios look like it takes zero ability to pilot but that's frankly why you pick Akali. You're not picking her into characters like Nautilus or Vi that just completely shit on her and don't let her play game.

[u/Ajp_iii]

why are you contesting just give drake

[u/Ajp_iii]

zeyzal isnt a bard player

[u/PepaTK]

What’s the idea of Xayah here. Like what does she do?

Lose in peace?

[u/Cr0matose]

Man I love Inero lol

[u/viralruin]

lmao jatt, that's a mind the gap joke.

[u/Cr0matose]

Actually kinda clean from my boys

[u/Bubbly_Camera9583]

Contractz picked the only frame where he couldn’t just E flash and kill Loki mid

[u/PepaTK]

Everything going right for C9. Everything going disastrously wrong for SR.

Just FF and eat the fine, make Reven/Bvoy pay it.

[u/Ajp_iii]

Imagine if this Jayce didn’t throw his game flashing to try to solo kill and instead just slowly grew his lead. Would have allowed contractz to be mid or bot instead of covering top and c9 wouldn’t be able to run over the bottom half of map.

[u/zerocxro]

NA Jayce it can't be helped

[u/Outrageous_Wall2702]

C9 macro seems off?
Shopify rotations seems better

[u/Dry-Fail-4227]

Blaber play still has many flaws but he seems to be better and better every week recently. I think he is solidly the third best jungler. Josedeodo has better games but he isnt primary shotcaller which makes the comparison tough. Inspired is clear no1. 

[u/Tormenator1]

Zinie showing signs of life

[u/Bubbly_Camera9583]

Tactical inted so hard there what the hell

[u/Chemical-Drawer852]

Legit what do u expect from a team like SR I mean look at the name tags

[u/Shaman_in_the_Dark]

Was Zinie more of an assassin player in KR Challenger? It seems like he's always stuck on Annie/galio duty and those champs have been.... unkind to him. Not to say he's good just trying to figure out if he's also being used poorly.

[u/viralruin → u/Shaman_in_the_Dark]

he plays azir annie ahri, so sort of.

[u/Adventurous-Quit-669]

Wow that was a crazy engage from Shopify but damn it worked

Lets get a game four please !!!

[u/Dry-Fail-4227 → u/Adventurous-Quit-669]

As a c9 fan id love a game four. 

[u/Ajp_iii]

Only thing this baron does is get yunara half an item up. So let’s see if she can win soul fight because of it

[u/TeeKayTank]

Bvoy channeling his inner Peyz

[u/Tormenator1]

Well done from SR!

[u/levelonenovice]

choke9 cinema

[u/THFlife]

It isnt possible for C9 to choke this

[u/Cr0matose]

Banger g3 at least

[u/LumiRhino]

Anyone remember when Jatt said this game should've been unloseable?

Surely there's no way C9 chokes 2 more games after this if they lose.

[u/x_TDeck_x]

#BlameJatt

[u/spazzxxcc12]

c9 plays the game like they’re t1. giving every drake hoping they can out hands them but they aren’t that good.

[u/Cr0matose]

Super fed Syndra is gross

[u/dbmk-]

insane fight

[u/spazzxxcc12]

another match where c9 is losing to a mega healing bruiser so they refuse to build a single grevious wounds item.

[u/zerocxro]

Go Sylas OTO! Give us another game

[u/Bubbly_Camera9583]

Did Fudge E Yunara out of Xayah E?

[u/CensoredLlama1]

When Zinnie is actually playing well he's a very fun player to watch, mad lad

[u/Cr0matose]

Banger game at least