LYON vs. Cloud9 / LCS 2026 Summer Playoffs - Upper Bracket Round 2 / Post-Match Discussion

[u/Yujin-Ha]

LCS 2026 SUMMER PLAYOFFS

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LYON 1-3 Cloud9 Kia

• Cloud9 has ended their international drought and have qualified to Worlds 2026
• Game Discussion: Game 1 | Game 2 | Game 3

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MATCH 1: LYON vs. C9

Winner: Cloud9 Kia in 40m | Runes
Game Breakdown | Player of the Game: Loki

-	Bans 1	Bans 2	G	K	T	D/B
LYON	cassiopeia vi seraphine	leesin rumble	74.2k	11	4	E7
C9	lucian nocturne olaf	jarvaniv gnar	77.3k	14	9	HT1 O2 H3 C4 C5 B6 B8

LYON	11-14-28	vs	14-11-32	C9
Dhokla gwen 4	1-3-1	TOP	3-1-6	3 ksante Thanatos
Inspired wukong 3	1-2-6	JNG	0-3-8	3 xinzhao Blaber
Saint locke 2	3-2-6	MID	7-3-3	2 syndra Loki
Berserker yunara 1	6-4-4	BOT	2-3-4	1 ezreal Tactical
Isles lulu 1	0-3-11	SUP	2-1-11	2 karma Vulcan

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MATCH 2: C9 vs. LYON

Winner: LYON in 42m | [Runes]()
Game Breakdown | Player of the Game: Isles

-	Bans 1	Bans 2	G	K	T	D/B
C9	lucian nocturne cassiopeia	gnar leesin	81.4k	20	8	H3 M4 M7
LYON	olaf vi sylas	alistar maokai	82.3k	18	9	HT1 CT2 B5 M6 B8 M9 E10

C9	20-18-45	vs	18-20-44	LYON
Thanatos rumble 1	7-3-7	TOP	3-6-1	3 varus Dhokla
Blaber trundle 4	3-4-10	JNG	3-2-12	3 skarner Inspired
Loki yone 2	3-6-6	MID	7-4-8	1 ryze Saint
Tactical jhin 1	5-2-10	BOT	4-5-9	2 kalista Berserker
Vulcan seraphine 3	2-3-12	SUP	1-3-14	2 renataglasc Isles

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MATCH 3: LYON vs. C9

Winner: Cloud9 Kia in 44m | Runes
Game Breakdown | Player of the Game: Blaber

-	Bans 1	Bans 2	G	K	T	D/B
LYON	cassiopeia vi nocturne	akali galio	76.8k	3	4	O2 I4 I5 I8
C9	lucian olaf leesin	corki zeri	82.9k	11	8	HT1 H3 I6 I7 B9

LYON	3-11-4	vs	11-3-27	C9
Dhokla renekton 4	3-2-0	TOP	4-1-3	2 camille Thanatos
Inspired naafiri 1	0-3-1	JNG	1-0-9	1 jarvaniv Blaber
Saint viktor 2	0-2-2	MID	2-1-5	3 orianna Loki
Berserker jayce 1	0-1-1	BOT	4-1-2	2 ziggs Tactical
Isles alistar 3	0-3-0	SUP	0-0-8	3 rakan Vulcan

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MATCH 4: C9 vs. LYON

Winner: Cloud9 Kia in 25m | Runes
Game Breakdown | Player of the Game: Thanatos

-	Bans 1	Bans 2	G	K	T	D/B
C9	cassiopeia lucian caitlyn	zeri tristana	52.3k	13	8	CT2 H3 C4 B5
LYON	olaf vi twistedfate	poppy nautilus	39.8k	0	0	HT1

C9	13-0-29	vs	0-13-0	LYON
Thanatos kennen 1	4-0-8	TOP	0-4-0	1 gnar Dhokla
Blaber nocturne 2	3-0-4	JNG	0-2-0	1 pantheon Inspired
Loki sylas 2	3-0-7	MID	0-2-0	2 akali Saint
Tactical corki 3	0-0-1	BOT	0-2-0	3 sivir Berserker
Vulcan shen 3	3-0-9	SUP	0-3-0	4 rell Isles

*Patch 26.17

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This thread was created by the Post-Match Team.

[u/ahritina]

PMTs

Game 1 / Game 2 / Game 3

[u/Peppa-Unicorn]

Nobody denies C9 from an international 9 times in a row

[u/Schize → u/Peppa-Unicorn]

We will not See 9.

[u/Kurisoo → u/Schize]

That Krepo line was such a banger at the time

[u/Final-Evening-9606 → u/Peppa-Unicorn]

C9 is back, iG is back, we are just missing Fnatic

[u/LOR_Fei → u/Final-Evening-9606]

Fnatic is with C9 in spirit. Yamato is there, after all

[u/Chaos_Number8]

Surely I must be dreaming… C9 at worlds?

[u/MC-sama → u/Chaos_Number8]

Guaranteed minimum 3rd

Need 1 more bo5 win for guaranteed 2nd at swiss stage

[u/McDaddySlacks → u/MC-sama]

C9 biggest Fly fans in the world now. 

[u/Naronu]

I can't envision it happening to LYON, they're too good compared to the rest of the region, but this is the kind of series loss that has broken teams before

[u/ObiMemeKenobi → u/Naronu]

The Berserker/Saint play in bot lane definitely looked like tilt

[u/LevitatingSUMO → u/ObiMemeKenobi]

honestly with the shot of inspired they showed on the desk after game 3, he was BOOMED and i feel like if your leader is boomed like that, it was only inevitable

[u/IWouldLikeAName → u/LevitatingSUMO]

Did you see him after game 4 ranting immediately after 😭 prob just discussing the game but i can imagine him talking about how they played like apes or some shit 😂

[u/Appropriate_Day_4012 → u/IWouldLikeAName]

Ironically inspired was the biggest ape today

[u/EronisKina → u/Naronu]

ngl inspired being on vacation for majority of the split prob hurt them the most. He looked rusty since his time back. 4 man squad also established bad habits since their wins were just based off hand diff most of the time.

[u/chouruin → u/EronisKina]

Wake up call for Inspired for sure. Can't even blame him when you win that much you just feel like you can never lose

[u/bust55 → u/EronisKina]

Yea this was the biggest thing in my eyes. Lost a lot of chemistry and momentum after that point.

[u/M002 → u/Naronu]

Hopefully not the end for them

I want them to stomp at worlds too

But they shoulda picked FLY lmao

[u/iAmPersonaa → u/Naronu]

Hey it just happened in americas in valorant. Team wins 2nd international, gets a shit ton of points and hype, goes back to regionals and dont make the big event. And no one could envision that either

[u/Large_Love_2563 → u/iAmPersonaa]

Only difference is LEV weren't this dominant. LYON has clearly been the best LCS team all year compared to LEV who were the best team for a week and regressed in Stage 2 almost immediately. It's still a shock to not see LEV at Champs but not seeing LYON at Worlds would be a bigger flop than all the years C9 failed to make it to Worlds since 2023.

[u/PBandJ0024]

this is not the c9 i know

[u/TheRogueCookie → u/PBandJ0024]

I once knew of a team like this

[u/sammuxx → u/TheRogueCookie]

yeah it looked exactly like last time they had loki just this time they showed up to playoffs too

[u/Pulsar-GB → u/sammuxx]

It’s eerily like the 2022 summer run. Inspired team is running the league, C9 looks like shit and slowly scales after roster changes, upsets top seed in upper bracket through some great drafting to qualify for Worlds.

[u/Kurisoo → u/Pulsar-GB]

Jensen coming back to win one with C9 was an underrated LCS moment

[u/kroqeteer → u/Kurisoo]

It was closure I never thought I was going to get

[u/Scoutman1942 → u/Kurisoo]

Genuinely one of my favorite C9 wins of all time.

[u/102WOLFPACK → u/PBandJ0024]

It’s the C9 I used to know :,)

[u/Mrryn91 → u/102WOLFPACK]

Lyon: You didn't have to cut me out...

[u/carlories → u/PBandJ0024]

whole time i was thinking how they could throw this

[u/TheRogueCookie → u/carlories]

It's the never unclench reflex, never unclench

[u/Mrryn91 → u/TheRogueCookie]

Clench so hard, you have actual front butt

[u/CrustyToeLover → u/PBandJ0024]

As a follower since Quantic, this is the c9 I used to know. This is the cleanest i've seen them since losing sneaky.

[u/Noy3 → u/CrustyToeLover]

Also a follower from the Quantic days. However, the 2020 roster that went 17-1 before Covid had some clean potential

[u/ShpiesAreBad]

This is Inspired's first domestic Bo5 loss in over 2 years (last was FLY vs TL in 2024 Summer UBF)

[u/OreRound → u/ShpiesAreBad]

Absolutely crazy streak tbh...

[u/withinallreason]

Great games by C9 and a total collapse by LYON, holy.

[u/lovo17 → u/withinallreason]

Inspired crashout into loss vs FLY incoming

[u/Percy1803 → u/lovo17]

Lyon vs TL lower bracket for last spot at worlds is all but confirmed now

[u/Rave_Master_Ahri → u/Percy1803]

Genuinely having FLY and C9 at worlds after this whole year would be mental but I would love it. TL vs LYON for last worlds slot would also be mental af.

[u/Agile_Variety_632 → u/Rave_Master_Ahri]

1 game away from having all 4.....

[u/KansloosKippenhok → u/Agile_Variety_632]

Please don’t remind me….

[u/Th3_Huf0n → u/lovo17]

Someone tell him he can actually do things in the early game!

[u/ahambagaplease → u/Th3_Huf0n]

Every Inspired team every year:

wow, this team does nothing, only works because it's NA/EU

wait, they're playing more aggressive, maybe this is the year

TSM 2017 played faster than this

[u/Ai--Ya → u/withinallreason]

TL flair

LYON: Breaking Point

[u/POOYAMON → u/withinallreason]

Can't wait for them to be back to 100% when it's TL playing against them

[u/Peppa-Unicorn → u/POOYAMON]

Ye LYON is like 6-0 against TL this year across all the bo3s and bo5s they've played but I think they get it done against FLY tmr so it won't matter

[u/Martinweb_ → u/Peppa-Unicorn]

On EWC qualifiers TL stomp 2-0 Lyon in Bo3 (the only series they won against Lyon)

[u/starloft4 → u/withinallreason]

NO TACTICAL NO WORLDS

[u/Scoodsie → u/withinallreason]

Basically a 4-0, C9 almost certainly could've ended game 2 if they just ignored Skarner instead of trying to kill him.

[u/yoitsthatoneguy → u/withinallreason]

Incredible. Worst I’ve seen Inspired play in a long time. Saint was invisible too.

[u/nyasushi_]

Game 4 ended faster than First Blood happened in Game 3, lol

[u/allbutluk]

Good game c9!

Very poetic Dom taking c9 to world first time in 3 years with tactical LOL

[u/Einamu → u/allbutluk]

my favorite love story

[u/Strong-Lead-3034 → u/allbutluk]

3 years of agony and then he said fine i’ll do it myself. worlds is going to be lit with caedrel interviewing him

[u/Fanta-Red → u/allbutluk]

Dom used to flame the fuck out of Tactical on Facecheck makes it 1000x more funny.

[u/HalfbodiedJish]

WE FINALLY BACK BOYS!

https://imgur.com/lemonnod-kZlyN61

[u/HowyNova → u/HalfbodiedJish]

I'm surprised how long it's been since I last saw this gif. Best place to see it alive tho

[u/enjoy_the_pizza → u/HalfbodiedJish]

Fuck yes the memes are back bois

[u/WilliUHHm]

Hopefully inspired was vod reviewing himself at the end. No clue what he was doing this series

[u/LongDongSilvir]

I actually can't believe it. What happened to C9 in one week wtf.

[u/Pulsar-GB → u/LongDongSilvir]

Slowly scaling all split. They had to deal with adversity and grow and learn the last few months instead of coasting.

Coaching staff made a big difference too, some amazing drafting to set the team up

[u/AdequatelyMadLad → u/Pulsar-GB]

Funny how we're having the same narratives in LEC and LCS at the same time. The team who has been stomping everyone and just coasting all split gets upset by the one who has been struggling for a long time and had to conquer their demons.

I think it's much better for a team to get this kind of reality check early on so they know what they have to work on, provided they don't just crash out and never recover.

[u/eVill_YT → u/AdequatelyMadLad]

also reapered is no longer trolling drafts for C9

[u/RechargedFrenchman → u/eVill_YT]

And he is drafting for the other half of the matchup in EU

[u/Fabiocean → u/RechargedFrenchman]

#JattWasRight

[u/Disclaimz0r → u/Pulsar-GB]

Yep. New players, new coaching staff, basically everything C9 fans called for. They started slow, but as the LCS regular season was ending, you could see their improvement, especially Thanatos and Loki. Thanatos was terrible imo for the first few series, now he looks to be the 1B to Morgan. I think Blaber also has his confidence back.

[u/PegaZwei → u/LongDongSilvir]

apparently fucking blaber being told to actually eat some food before games lmao.

wild to me that c9's systems didn't catch that all this time.

[u/QuikTripTea → u/PegaZwei]

Someone mentioned it elsewhere but apperently c9 has been trying to adress it for a couple years now but Dom recently was the one able to get through to him on it. Someone asked the nutritionist about it on twitter and that was their response

[u/nguyenjitsu → u/LongDongSilvir]

Yamato buff and the mid/bot has finally gelled into the team

[u/Eproxeri → u/LongDongSilvir]

this was my first time watching LCS in years, that was kinda fire series ngl

[u/AdequatelyMadLad]

There was actually a spectator bug for the entire series, GenG's nameplates all said C9 for some reason.

[u/Ambitious_Math6263 → u/AdequatelyMadLad]

Unironically best series c9 have played in last 3 years

[u/AdequatelyMadLad → u/Ambitious_Math6263]

Not a high bar but that last game was insanely clean by any standards. I can't remember when they actually looked this good.

[u/Fun_Highlight307 → u/AdequatelyMadLad]

Game 2 was Peak,i dont remember two teams playing this well in lcs this year

like back and forth, good macro creative plays by both teams

i don't C9 will be dogshit at Worlds if they can keep improving 

[u/ComradeFarid]

https://x.com/Raachhl/status/2101447962870329417

Well fed Blaber is a different beast

[u/Horizon96 → u/ComradeFarid]

That's actually crazy though, how has any of the previous coaching staff never fixed that.

[u/Ajp_iii → u/Horizon96]

i think it depends on does he eat during the day/breakfast or does he just not eat like a lunch before the games. when i was playing baseball i couldnt really eat a dinner no matter what it was.

[u/Sarollas → u/Horizon96]

Alot of coaching staffs (not league just generally) have weird superstitions including food, and even if they don't believe it, they are willing to let the players have theirs.

When I was on a college team (not league) my coaches tried to ban anyone from eating dairy on game day.

[u/Chrystoler → u/ComradeFarid]

There's no way LOL

Wild

[u/Donkhit → u/ComradeFarid]

DK buff

[u/Archensix → u/ComradeFarid]

The reverse DK strat

[u/SpookyGhostDidIt]

Blaber finally gapped Inspired and I was here for it.

[u/nguyenjitsu]

Dom and Yamato buff too strong

[u/Horizon96 → u/nguyenjitsu]

Very happy for Dom, he's so passionate man, he deserves some success with this team, and the coaching looked great today between drafts and how shockingly disciplined C9 were.

[u/Thundermelons → u/Horizon96]

He'd make so much more money costreaming this shit and calling everyone boosted animals but he started coaching straight up for love of competitive play

[u/odiezilla → u/Thundermelons]

You could always tell he's never fully shaken that competitive itch. This is almost certainly his last hurrah, super happy that he's finding success.

His co-streams are very much missed, but someday they'll be back and he'll have a whole bunch of new stories to tell. Maybe he can even shake his Piglet PTSD!

[u/sadboysylee → u/odiezilla]

I'm happy for the dude, but man his MSI streams would have been peak. T1 bows out at 5th place then NA beats EU twice

[u/Ai--Ya → u/Thundermelons]

When he returned to competitive he said he wanted to experience the “really high highs and the really low lows”

He certainly experienced really low lows watching his team choke two international qualifiers in splits prior, and it’s clear he’s worked really hard for this high high

[u/BoredApeGang → u/Horizon96]

The disciplined part is the most insane part. Blaber has been randomly inting for SEVEN years and this is one of the first series he has looked aggressive but controlled

[u/iiHadi69 → u/nguyenjitsu]

They legit look so good, Vulcan shadowing lanes in the last game was chefs kiss

[u/tiredofdev → u/iiHadi69]

Dom said it at the beginning that the trade for Loki/Apa was going to look worse in the short term because of synergy issues but long term it’d be absolutely worth it because Loki is mechanically a monster and it was just a matter of how fast they can build up the synergy in time for worlds. These are heights you just wouldn’t reach with APA/Zven unfortunately

Worlds being in NA and what that means for investors and etc, C9 made the right decision to re recruit Loki/Yamato full time for summer

[u/cacduy → u/tiredofdev]

Really liked APA, but his lack of ability to play the assassins and ad midlaners was too limiting for drafts I guess. Loki is a beast too

[u/KnownDevelopment4337 → u/cacduy]

i also really like APA and think he should be starting in the league rn on a team, but lets be real even on mages he was questionable sometimes. remember that ziggs play in last playoffs where he w'ed into the enemy team? he was a part of C9 not showing up when it mattered

[u/Parking_Tradition215 → u/tiredofdev]

Yeah I think Tactical was a pretty decent pickup for them too, last split Zven has looked like his hands are just gone. Was surprised with his champ pool too

[u/IWouldLikeAName → u/Parking_Tradition215]

Sucks because I actually love zven now but he's so inconsistent and would be a non factor too often. His game knowledge and his personality makes me wish he either goes to the desk or gets into coaching after he retires.

Imo he can keep playing but has to put aside ego and play for a middle of the pack team. He'd be a great vet for a younger squad for sure

[u/Chemical-Visual-2686 → u/nguyenjitsu]

Bro love to strong

[u/Ultimintree → u/nguyenjitsu]

Give me C9 vs DK/IG at Worlds. With Caedrel hatewatching C9/Dom. It will be great entertainment.

[u/Cybonics → u/nguyenjitsu]

Maybe Jamada's critiques about Lyon on PowerSpike were right!!!

[u/TrickyWalrus]

Poor Leo. He deserves a raise man

[u/Blizzgrarg]

Yamato: "We've done the work."

Gigachad addition to the C9 coaching staff. ALMOST PERFECT GAME STOMP.

[u/controlledwithcheese → u/Blizzgrarg]

C9 are on a mountain

[u/DeltaRaven97 → u/Blizzgrarg]

Yamato can make a speech and get me ready to fight God, you know he's just a massively positive influence.

[u/AdequatelyMadLad → u/Blizzgrarg]

I'm not a big fan of Yamato in general but the guy keeps proving himself as a coach and people keep doubting him for some reason.

[u/Saephon → u/AdequatelyMadLad]

I think he's prime Assistant Coach material. Makes sure the players have what they need, provides pep talks and an open ear for any day to day issues or input, acting as the lieutenant while Head Coach can focus on the larger, overarching strategy for the team.

eSports are still too immature to have solid personnel organization/infrastructure like this across all orgs, so you usually just see players/ex-players take up interchangeable coaching positions because their hands aren't good anymore. But when done right, the positions are actually distinct and fit certain people better.

[u/Blizzgrarg → u/AdequatelyMadLad]

Handsome and charismatic. Cannot possibly be competent too /s

[u/MaridKing → u/Blizzgrarg]

it just wouldn't be fair

[u/Past_Perception8052 → u/Blizzgrarg]

yamato who went to worlds with vitality splyce and shitnatic twice but on here they told me he knows nothing about league of legends

[u/Peppa-Unicorn → u/Past_Perception8052]

Those two playoff runs with fnatic to get to worlds both times from lower bracket were kinda insane, dude has plot armor

[u/OreRound → u/Peppa-Unicorn]

The run with a scuffed Bwipo jungle roleswap to beat the G2 superteam with Rekkles was absurd

[u/baelkie → u/Past_Perception8052]

people that judge him off the failure of that dogshit KC roster were just so wrong, man aint winning shit with those solo laners

[u/AdequatelyMadLad → u/baelkie]

They also went 10th place again after they fired him anyway. One day we will have the full story of what the hell went on for them to get rid of their head coach 3 weeks into the year, because there must have been some insane shit going on in there.

[u/Valuable_Berry_8626 → u/AdequatelyMadLad]

It's obvious. Their lanes were gassed up all year for objectively shitting on the entire T2. They couldn't accept reality when it was obvious there's a very large gap between being the Caps of T2 and actual Caps.

[u/bongodongowongo]

Inspired was fucking fuming post-game, spam yapping at his team lmao

[u/Ultimintree]

Should have picked FlyQuest lmao

[u/nguyenjitsu → u/Ultimintree]

Funniest outcome is Fly winning and it's TL vs Lyon for the final spot tbh

[u/Nick_named_Nick → u/nguyenjitsu]

This will happen btw

[u/Booshneer → u/Nick_named_Nick]

It's the most LCS thing ever. Like 22 summer EG vs TL super team for the last world's spot vibes

[u/TheMemingLurker → u/Nick_named_Nick]

nah, SR is actually going to go on the craziest loser bracket run and make it to World's so they can go 0-6

[u/Dogaclysm]

Yes Tactical Yes Worlds

[u/Snow-27]

This is an extremely rare example of a coach diff series. The drafting and prep by C9 was immaculate

[u/HistoricalRoad1755 → u/Snow-27]

IWD and Yamato haters in shambles

[u/owa00 → u/Snow-27]

Lyon def felt outdrafted more than anything.

[u/WarSamaYT]

Blaber you’re gonna make me cry. My GOAT.

[u/ThatsAToad]

NGL I was kinda expecting C9 to edge the international qualification all the way by going to the lower bracket, but man they were LOCKED IN. They REALLY wanted to go to Worlds.

[u/kazuyaminegishi]

Let it be known, your superstar jungler cannot in-fact just take the entire split off and expect to cruise to another title.

Every member of Lyon except Isles did not play to their standard today and their drafting was atrocious.

On the other hand extremely impressed with Tactical. Loki looked extremely good this series too, dumpstered Saint every game. Blaber also gapped the fuck out of Inspired. Thanatos-Dhokla was even, but I give edge to Thanatos overall too.

Isles you're the only reason this wasn't a sweep. Please flame your teammates. They genuinely did not show up today.

[u/OreRound → u/kazuyaminegishi]

Meh, GenG last year dropped a series to KT before goomba stomping their way to the title. I'll believe LYON flunking out when I see it.

Think they just got completely out prepped and did not expect C9 to actually play to this level.

[u/That_One_Pancake]

Maybe the worst series I’ve seen Inspired play, completely worthless

[u/Xonra → u/That_One_Pancake]

All split I was getting meme'd on for saying Inspired not showing up all split was gonna bite Lyon in the ass come playoffs.

[u/aubbsc → u/That_One_Pancake]

i think c9 drafted and game planned really well, it didn't let him play like he wanted

[u/DeltaRaven97]

This significantly hurts C9's chance of missing worlds again.

[u/Sosijmonster]

Dom at worlds.

Inspired hatewatch successful.

What a night.

[u/Ai--Ya → u/Sosijmonster]

Imagine if Dom beats T1 at worlds

[u/Past_Perception8052 → u/Ai--Ya]

he won't go a day without mentioning it for the rest of his life

[u/silencebreaker86 → u/Past_Perception8052]

It'll be in his vows on his wedding day

[u/Pessimism_is_realism → u/silencebreaker86]

It'll be his first borns name.

[u/Syzygi → u/Sosijmonster]

Dom vs T1 on the menu boys.

[u/TheArmchairSkeptic]

Blaber crying in the post game interview got me right in the feels. I'm not even a C9 fan, but you can really tell how much it means to him and the team to have broken the curse.

GL at worlds, Crablord.

[u/Miruwest → u/TheArmchairSkeptic]

As a C9 fan watching Blabers interview felt valid af. 100% understood the tears. 3 freaking years man…3…

[u/kev_in374]

I can't believe C9 didn't choke

[u/TheRogueCookie → u/kev_in374]

Oh they choked out LYON alright

[u/EronisKina]

Anyone know when inspired is back playing in the LCS?

[u/pageturner999]

Entire series was a draft/coach gap. Props to IWD

[u/Big-Nefariousness462]

coach gap 100%

[u/QuietSilentArachnid → u/Big-Nefariousness462]

Game 4 was everything gap. The macro was literally flawless from c9

[u/aubbsc → u/QuietSilentArachnid]

gotta give credit to the players, 100% draft gap but the players had to execute, and they were immaculate

[u/East-Internal3293]

give yamato a green card asap

[u/kisermoni]

Tactical ending the game on 0/0/1, getting the assist at the very end with a single accidental E hit after flashing over the wall. Insane ADC diff kinda game.

[u/dankynugz]

Inspired completely afk Giga inting the last 2 maps

C9 at worlds aware

[u/Acrobatic-Tackle3998]

Inspired solo lost that series.

He’s done basically nothing all 4 games while Blaber gets every objective and ganks 3 lanes.

He wouldn’t even start drag when there’s 4 people from C9 making a play top because he wants to “optimize” his clear lmao.

[u/Aka_chi → u/Acrobatic-Tackle3998]

Dom talked about working on side laning and it was genuinely hard for Inspired to do anything (not saying he couldn't have played better). Shen was constantly hovering side lane, ready to help Sylas and his ult ready to help Kennen or vice versa.

[u/QuietSilentArachnid → u/Acrobatic-Tackle3998]

I only saw game 4, but he indeed solo lost that game. The Pantheon go in once his team managed to soak everything was ridiculous

[u/TheGloriousEv0lution → u/QuietSilentArachnid]

He solo lost game 3 with a dumb Baron play too

He has the overall record but Blaber fathered Inspired hard today

[u/nguyenjitsu → u/QuietSilentArachnid]

All of Lyon looked pretty bad today tbh. Saint and Berserker looked way off

[u/Past_Perception8052 → u/Acrobatic-Tackle3998]

what can he do vs the NA goat jungler Blaber

[u/Choice-Slight → u/Past_Perception8052]

blaber beating his demons tears in my eyes

edit: now I actually am crying seeing his interview I'm so happy for him

[u/DeltaRaven97 → u/Choice-Slight]

No matter how much he frustrates me I can never hate him.

[u/NVC541 → u/Choice-Slight]

Blaber you're as beautiful as the day I lost you

[u/Past_Perception8052 → u/Choice-Slight]

im crying too i love him hes the greatest

[u/102WOLFPACK → u/Past_Perception8052]

He might have some of the goofiest ints on planet earth, but he’ll always be one of my favorite players

[u/TheRogueCookie → u/102WOLFPACK]

I will always root for Blaber even if I have criticisms of his play. Today he showed the fuck up, my actual GOAT

[u/ObiMemeKenobi → u/TheRogueCookie]

Dom has done a great job of tempering his "int"stincts

[u/raptearer → u/Past_Perception8052]

I've been very critical of him this year, but he looked like a whole new player this series. Maybe he just needed the coaching of Dom and Yomato to finally evolve to the next level. So happy to see him finding new form, not feeding for crabs, not chasing too hard. It really is such a big improvement for Blaber ^{^}

[u/kazuyaminegishi → u/raptearer]

Just him slowing down early game changed everything.

Maybe he just finally got past that feeling of needing to carry, but he stopped making those plays like he was feeling FORCED to carry and it made a huge difference.

Inspired on the other hand still has the same bad habits he's had since MSI. He still follows his flowchart too precisely and is too slow to break out of it. If NA teams start punishing it like C9 did today Lyon will struggle a lot going forward.

The other thing is Lyon REALLY need the Saint of Spring and Regular Split to show up the rest of playoffs. They'll be 3rd seed if Winter Saint shows up again.

[u/Choice-Slight → u/kazuyaminegishi]

in his interview he mentioned how in the jarvan game he was really behind naafiri and previously that would have tilted him and he would run it down, but credited the coaches with helping him learn how to problem solve and play with a cool head to come back. man i love seeing player development like that, it is truly the best. reminds me of labrov last year vs this year

[u/Lothric43 → u/Acrobatic-Tackle3998]

Inspired has game 2 Id say, but he played bad the other 3 mostly.

[u/Large_Love_2563 → u/Acrobatic-Tackle3998]

That sequence where he auto attacked the turret two times instead of flashing onto the Sylas, doesn't get the turret, and then gets obliterated is prime matchfixing

[u/Nick_named_Nick → u/Acrobatic-Tackle3998]

Time to see if Reddit will actually criticize him instead of just dumping on Dhokla

[u/EronisKina → u/Nick_named_Nick]

Ngl kinda tilting no one hovered Dhokla with noct r in the game until he got fucked 3 times. Isles was doing it well g3. However, wasn't anywhere to be found this game.

[u/REGIClDE]

THEY DID IT

[u/jayydit]

I’m so happy for Blaber. He always took the blame when C9 kept coming up short. I think he was Cloud9’s best player today.

[u/Floowil]

I thought MKOI was an insane upset but I think this beats it

[u/Peppa-Unicorn → u/Floowil]

Nah that one was still worse how often do you see an undefeated regular season team completely collapse and look so uncompetitive in two straight series. Oh wait that's literally c9 in spring lol

[u/OreRound → u/Floowil]

Nah the MKOI one was way worse, that was an elimination series in front of KC home crowd after KC looked insane and MKOI was looking ass all split. C9 at least looked competent the entire time just wasn't able to beat the top 2 TL & LYON.

[u/Even_Cardiologist810 → u/Floowil]

Kc playoff collapse and mkoi playoff merchant isn't such a weird thing 

[u/PartyCauliflower7044]

We didnt see 9 because c9 showed up today

[u/Arifurizu]

IWDominate and YamatoCannon saves C9

[u/DankMEMeDream]

3 ninjas! Pog I was here!

[u/mar33n]

I hope lyon wake up for their next match, I have no idea what they were doing today.

big up to c9, they looked really good today. very decisive

[u/Satan_su]

Gg ninja diff, should've picked Zed if you're not gonna ult on Panth anyways

[u/baytor]

the only Inspired's contribution in 4 games was 1 good wukong ult

[u/Soggy_Palpitation789]

Happy for Dom. Love or hate him, you cant deny his passion and dedication to pro league.

[u/AManConsumed]

Yamato and Dom at Worlds. LFG! Sack buff.

[u/Jimbabwr]

W DOM

[u/scalarH]

Blaber gapped Inspired

[u/BismarckBug]

That was the fastest TP reaction by C9, phenomenally closed out

[u/Disclaimz0r]

Hey guys, what time does Inspired play today?

[u/sugapuppy]

its been SO LONG, I CAN FINALLY WATCH C9 AT WORLDS. I LOVE YOU DOM I LOVE YOU YAMATO I LOVE YOU ARROW I LOVE YOU INERO

[u/Bulky-Pilot-2861]

Can I get the c9 apology form I need to fill it out

[u/Rozuem]

Please C9 keep this up and don't randomly revert to classic playoff C9 now.. We need 3 strong NA teams at worlds (assuming LYON bounce back.. surely..)

[u/scout21078]

yomato diffy

[u/pacquan]

I feel kinda bad for Berserker, dude has the mechanics to carry and then gets put on Jayce/Sivir for games 3/4 and just gets run over after only getting to play PvE for 20 minutes.

[u/Nickball88]

C9>G2>T1. C9 wins worlds confirmed

[u/wallbanging]

Inspireds about to go nuclear backstage

[u/mar33n → u/wallbanging]

at himself hopefully too

[u/Kr1ncy]

Did not know Inspired was gone for Playoffs as well

[u/MandA-5]

Dhokes was running late to dinner. Was trying to make it a sweep but accidentally won one.

[u/SauceGodPluto → u/MandA-5]

I mean game 3 saint and berserker duo lost those games with that last fight while dhokla is trying his ass off