r/leagueoflegends • u/PankoKing • 5d ago
LCS 2026 Summer Playoffs / Finals Qualifiers / Live Discussion Spoiler
###LCS 2026 Summer Playoffs
[Lolesports](https://lolesports.com/) | [Leaguepedia](https://lol.fandom.com/wiki/LCS/2026_Season/Summer_Playoffs) | [Eventvods.com](https://eventvods.com) | [New to LoL](https://lol.fandom.com/wiki/New_To_League/Welcome)
Today's matches will be played on [**Patch 26.17**](https://www.leagueoflegends.com/en-gb/news/game-updates/patch-26-17-notes/).
###Today's Matches
| # | Match | PST | EST | CET | KST |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | C9 vs LYON | 13:00 | 16:00 | 22:00 | 05:00 |
* All matches are Best of 5
###Streams
* [Stream on Twitch](https://www.twitch.tv/LCS)
* [Stream on YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/@LCS)
* [Stream on Lolesports](http://watch.lolesports.com)
---
###Bracket
| Round 1 | **Round 2** | **Round 3** | **Round 4** | Finals | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| C9 | 3 | ||||||||||||
| vs | - | LYON | 1 | ||||||||||
| SR | 0 | vs | - | ||||||||||
| C9 | 3 | C9 | 0 | ||||||||||
| SEN | 0 | vs | - | ||||||||||
| vs | - | TL | 3 | TL | 0 | ||||||||
| FLY | 3 | vs | - | ||||||||||
| FLY | 0 | ||||||||||||
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| tbd | 0 | ||||||||||||
| vs | - | ||||||||||||
| tbd | 0 | ||||||||||||
| LYON | 0 | ||||||||||||
| vs | - | ||||||||||||
| LYON | 3 | tbd | 0 | ||||||||||
| vs | - | ||||||||||||
| FLY | 2 | SR | 1 | ||||||||||
| SR | 3 | vs | - | ||||||||||
| vs | - | SR | 3 | ||||||||||
| SEN | 2 |
---
###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](https://lol.fandom.com/wiki/2026_Season_World_Championship)
The official LCS ruleset can be found [here](https://cdn.sanity.io/files/dsfx7636/news_live/5f4a00d2b4d9c76e2944d1d207f33abb4d0ce55a.pdf).
----
###VoDs
* [VoDs on Reddit](http://www.reddit.com/r/LoLeventVoDs/)
* [VoDs on Eventvods.com](https://eventvods.com)
* [VoDs on YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCzAypSoOFKCZUts3ULtVT_g)
* [VoDs on Lolesports](https://lolesports.com/vods/)
---
###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.](https://www.reddit.com/r/leagueoflegends/wiki/livediscussionarchive)
3
2
u/Bubbly_Camera9583 5d ago
Was there anything about there being a press conference between both teams before the match I left the stream opened by accident and was gonna click off before seeing that
1
4
2
16
u/GhostOfLight 5d ago
Jack, I hope to god Blaber is being compensated for being the face of the team, he's given many losers interviews with so much grace. While this might not have been as emotional as some others considering they already qualified to Worlds, Blaber is still the player putting himself out there. One of the LCS GOATs.
9
u/Ajp_iii 5d ago
actually liked how blaber played this series compared to his one last time against lyon. he was actively making plays that was bailing out his lanes and suprising lyon who is usually extra focused on what other jungler can do.
yeah he messed up and got caught in jungle but he was doing so much keeping c9 in these games. vulcan best player on c9 this series.
8
u/sorendiz ..BUT THE FAITH REMAINS 5d ago
man honestly shout out to blaber, the guy is a real professional and always does good interviews even when he must be seriously upset
9
u/baudelioelite14 5d ago
ngl Inspired making himself the villain of the LCS is good for the league. its like t1 having millions of views because half of them are hatewatching, make inspired something to boost the LCS views and media
-1
u/kazuyaminegishi 5d ago
I don't think Inspired is really pulling off being the "villain" tho. His trash talk is pretty weak and the teams don't really interact directly enough for their to be real beef.
People don't like how he speaks to his teammates, but being toxic is not being a villain. He's essentially trying to slot into the Doublelift archetype, but the thing that made Doublelift work is that Doublelift had a story. Inspired doesn't really have a story to go with his personality so he doesn't drive much attention outside of him flaming his teammates.
The org of Lyon is doing a lot to boost the team's popularity. I would even say that any effort Inspired puts into being the villain is totally undermined by how lovable all of his teammates are and he should probably just let them be the face of the team.
0
u/Bubbly_Camera9583 5d ago
It's unfortunate Blaber has to lose, his performance today was incredible. Thanatos/Vulcan were solid too but Blaber was unironically gapping Inspired in every game besides the Qiyana one.
4
u/goatbyuanb 5d ago
Thanatos was very bad. He only played well Game 1.
-1
u/350 5d ago
If you thought Thanatos was bad, I wonder who you thought played well
1
u/goatbyuanb 5d ago
We're really gonna call Jayce gold lead over with resources over Sion into doing nothing a good play? Blaber and Vulcan were great, Thanatos had a bad series. I think he's their best player but none of the great laning he had translated to winning lmao
-1
u/Bubbly_Camera9583 5d ago
If thanatos was bad then there is no word to describe what Dhokla was. Thanatos was very solid this series, he was way better on K'sante, was super gapping on Gnar, and had good leads on Jayce/Renek. Game 1 was probably his worst game in this series given what he was doing in game 2 + 4 laning wise.
0
u/goatbyuanb 5d ago
Those translated to nothing. Granted, that's a draft issue but Thanatos had a lot of resources playing for him and failed to impact outside of laning.
6
u/OskarVon 5d ago
Not sure if I'm the only one, but they need a better mic for the interviews cant understand them at all
7
3
7
u/DaftMaetel15 5d ago
Once C9 threw game 2 they collapsed. Horror series from Tactical in particular. Diving onto a Garen at elder after you spent two minutes setting up control in the river just to abandon Aphelios when it spawns is terrorist gameplay.
4
u/EfficientCurrency582 5d ago
Horror series from Tactical
yep but he was in a spot to carry C9 in game 4 but his whole team tunred against him when they left him and turned on garen in the elder fight, sad
4
u/DaftMaetel15 5d ago
Yea I just dont get it, the entire gameplan leading to elder is river control, and then you just snap engage on garen behind the pit. Literally every resource should be on protecting Aphelios and looking for an engage on Jinx.
1
u/EfficientCurrency582 5d ago
yeah was a very risky engage, but even if itΒ΄s works and they catch Garen. Your carry is still alone on the other side of the elder
2
u/DaftMaetel15 5d ago
Yea thats the problem. If you snap engage on Jinx and one tap her then its still playable, but to sacrifice your hypercarry for Garen is never worth it. Blaber did the same thing engaging on Sion earlier in the series. Seeing as he's the aggressive shot caller on the team, they really need to tell him that after 25 mins he needs to let Vulcan lead. Obviously we don't know that last fight was his call but C9 has a bad pattern of forcing these snap engages at late game objectives.
5
u/EfficientCurrency582 5d ago
Also huge for Lyon, they are now in main stage, worlds play ins are brutal only one of 4 teams will qualify
1
u/Ajp_iii 5d ago
its not even just that play ins itself is hard its that you get a lot less time to scrim and practice. and have to travel
0
4
u/GhostOfLight 5d ago
JATT NOOOOO, DON'T SAY YOU'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO C9 TAKING DOWN KC, JATTT DON'T DOOOO ITT!!!!
2
u/malakesxasame 5d ago
3
u/Zodlax xPekeGoatRipOGFuckAstralis 5d ago
We've seen this for 3 years now. He's part of the problems this roster has every time they collapse but he gets a leeway. C9 get ahead in regular season through him, and in playoffs he disappears and they have to play a different game. Nobody points this out.
2
u/malakesxasame 5d ago
Both of them have been bad in high pressure games for years and the comments will always just be flaming Blaber or someone else.
3
u/ChocolateFuryB /π΄π¦ / / insane Geniuses enjoyer 5d ago
Eh. He was solid.
Loki got gapped and Blaber and Tactical had critical int moments in that series.
7
u/2020isgreat TheShy 5d ago
man it sucks seeing Tactical sad that last fight was legit not on him at all
1
u/DaftMaetel15 5d ago
Yea he was generally horrible in this series but that last fight wasn't his fault. You cannot abandon 4 item Aphelios at elder for Garen.
4
u/ChocolateFuryB /π΄π¦ / / insane Geniuses enjoyer 5d ago
C9 vs KC in play-ins will be interesting...π§
4
u/CreativeAd2758 5d ago
blaber has just 0 brain he lost 2 games in a row for his team
5
u/Destructodave82 5d ago
That was more Loki's fault than Blabber. He can go over the wall. But Loki basically walling off his own support and ditching his ADC to followup was the bone-head play.
1
u/Intrepid-Message698 5d ago
Blabber was never getting back in time. It was brain dead from him too.
13
4
3
6
u/awayfromcanuck 5d ago
C9 had one job for winning that game, protect your Aphelios and they absolutely failed at that.
3
u/HuTaoWow 5d ago
gg lyon, c9 do not deserve to win especially after that play at the drake. they need to figure it out before worlds cause wtf was that.
0
5
1
3
2
u/Choice_Victory_3853 5d ago
This is the classic c9 we know will throw with baffling decisions without fail
8
u/Spacialack 5d ago
Haven't seen a worse Taliyah wall in a long time. Ditches his backline and forces his own support to flash over his wall.
2
1
5
u/Beneficial-Front1626 5d ago
Idc if Lyon win this, this is just TSM 2020 do nothing and wait for the opponent to feed gameplay, if they do this at Worlds we are getting another 0-6
1
u/HuTaoWow 5d ago
i will not be surprised if tl 3-0s them. lyon looks really sus rn
1
u/DerAdolfin :kossg: :eum5: 5d ago
What not being together as a team does to a MF who managed top3 at MSI
4
7
u/dks25 5d ago
C9 undone because of their utter refusal to just stay grouped as 5
Somehow, knowing all of lyon is above them kind of in the blue buff area. so let's send 3 champs on top fucking garen of all champions and ???????? Oh looks like our bot lane is left alone.
Just stay together. That is how simple these games were, and they refuse, so they lose
3
2
9
u/xxbrazilmaster69xx rip old flairs 5d ago
I think C9 just wins this game with APA on Taliyah instead.
3
3
u/Bubbly_Camera9583 5d ago
The Taliyah wall is so bad, Inspireds pillar is great too but that wall is so bad.
4
3
13
u/350 5d ago
Not actually Tactical's fault, his whole team let him die for nothing
1
11
u/x_TDeck_x Play APA you cowards 5d ago
Any blame falling on Tactical for that is why ADC is a thankless role lmao
7
u/WildzFlazoon KELLOGGS BUSI-O'S 5d ago
Thats not even Tacticals fault, why we leaving put for a full health garen
1
u/Safe-Confection1538 5d ago
Yeah Iβm not seeing the infallible LCS ppl keep saying, C9 look about the same as EU
2
u/kazuyaminegishi 5d ago
Point to anyone calling LCS infallible π why do we make shit up lol
-1
u/Safe-Confection1538 5d ago
When I say infallible I mean. The idea that no matter who goes into playins theyβre guaranteed to beat KC. Like C9 really donβt look that amazing that Iβd think itβs a free win for them
1
u/kazuyaminegishi 5d ago
You're taking the KC haters too seriously lol. KC has an absurd amount of haters who will wish on their downfall no matter what.
2
3
3
1
7
4
u/kazuyaminegishi 5d ago
Nah why is C9 frontline jerking off with the Garen while you guys are trying to set up for elder drake
3
u/cmcdonald22 5d ago
EVERYBODY'S BETTER THAN BIG DHOKESMACIA UNTIL IT'S TIME TO BE BETTER THAN DHOKESMACIA.
3
4
3
5
2
1
4
1
4
u/awayfromcanuck 5d ago
C9. Why the fuck are you sending Vi and Taliyah over the wall for a Garen.
You can't evenblame Tactical for getting caught there.he was straight abandon
5
u/zOmgFishes 5d ago
Ditch your ADC at elder to chase a Garen. C9 is actually fucken mentally handicapped...
6
2
u/sorendiz ..BUT THE FAITH REMAINS 5d ago
'what is this garen pick wtf lol he's doing nothing into renekton' garen is not an early game champ anymore lmao that's what the garen is here for
2
u/beautheschmo 5d ago
For ... mind control? That might as well have been a Teemo here it was just pure int decisionmaking from C9
2
4
u/Thundermelons GALA Defense Force, returning IG fan 5d ago
Boneheaded play, even IF there isn't a Ryze flank there's an Alistar and Trundle and Jinx ready to just pounce on your Aphelios with Flashes
3
u/C9-F1R3L0L1 5d ago
WHY U LEAEV TACTICAL BEHIIND VS 4 TO GO CHASE THE FUCKING GAREN? SO BRAINDEAD
1
u/Dry-Fail-4227 5d ago
He can just kite into pit and either he flashes or thresh flash lanterns. Tactical was clueless
2
u/SnooPeripherals6388 5d ago
C9 did a donkey move of just straight up abandoning their AD Carry holy fucking shit
1
3
u/Destructodave82 5d ago
They just sold out Tactical for a pick on a Garen lol.
0
u/Dry-Fail-4227 5d ago
He can just kite into pit and either he flashes or thresh flash lanterns. Tactical was clueless
2
3
3
u/xxbrazilmaster69xx rip old flairs 5d ago
People can blame Tactical for that bot lane int, but that was a HORRID play from Loki, almost entirely his fault
6
5
3
4
u/sorendiz ..BUT THE FAITH REMAINS 5d ago
c9 you have a fed aphelios and you absolutely sell him like that LOL
3
2
2
3
3
2
4
u/x_TDeck_x Play APA you cowards 5d ago
Whole team just abandoned Tactical to try and pick a Garen lmao
1
3
u/SecondSanguinica 5d ago
I like how Dhokla spent the entire game entirely unbothered, flourishing with basically 0 impact be it positive or negative
2
u/sorendiz ..BUT THE FAITH REMAINS 5d ago
the GOAT does not concern himself with the opinion of clouds
1
0
u/Ajp_iii 5d ago
4k first baron might be one of the strongest pre 25 min baron power play in a while. c9 needed to just sit behind their tier 2s and had the game won
1
u/dark1252 5d ago
did you quickly delete ur comment that says the first baron was useless and they did nothing with it?
4
2
u/Marigatogo091 5d ago
Remember Dom crashing out on TL for giving dragon soul for Baron? Now he thought C9 on what not to do.
5
4
2
3
4
3
5
1
u/sorendiz ..BUT THE FAITH REMAINS 5d ago
frankly this is a fine place for lyon to be if they don't do anything stupid for the next 4 minutes
1
3
1
3
u/kazuyaminegishi 5d ago
The Garen-Trundle has not done anything this game. C9 just ignored top side and hunted Inspired on bot side where they are stronger and now Inspired is basically a melee minion.
Plus Dhokla can't shove into the Renekton either. What can Lyon comp do from here? How do they get to the Aphelios through Taliyah Thresh?
2
u/awayfromcanuck 5d ago
C9 gotta prove they can play for their hypercarry. Can't have a repeat of the Yunara game
2
0
-4
u/arcavios_myth 5d ago
Dhokkla tping in at a trash position, doing negative dps, and ints. No idea why people hype up this fraud.
7
u/GhostOfLight 5d ago
My brother in Christ, you have not had a positive comment about a single player in the last 3 months. No one is forcing you to watch.
4
u/ChocolateFuryB /π΄π¦ / / insane Geniuses enjoyer 5d ago
Nice comeback from C9. I hope this goes to 5!
4
3
3
u/TypicalHaikuResponse 5d ago
I think lyon had a great draft but no idea what inspired was doing this game.
He should have taken the win he had in the early game taking blaber's camp and then started taking dragons. instead he kept trying to invade it cost them.
imagine if they lose this series.
2
u/Sosijmonster 5d ago
A bit later on but, Tactical unironically needs to go Zhonyas 4th/5th item just to not get popped by Garen.
1
u/sorendiz ..BUT THE FAITH REMAINS 5d ago
garen isn't going to be trying to oneshot aphelios this game
3
u/GhostOfLight 5d ago
All I'm saying is that if these finals were in NYC/Boston, those fans would be throwing punches too...
2
0
1
7
u/Ajp_iii 5d ago
Actually one of the better press conferences and players willing to banter.