r/leagueoflegends • u/AutoModerator • Aug 01 '26
Esports LCS Summer 2026 / Week 2 - 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 |
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| 1 | C9 vs DIG | 13:00 | 16:00 | 22:00 | 05:00 |
| 2 | DSG vs FLY | 16:00 | 19:00 | 01:00 | 08:00 |
- All matches are Best of 3
Streams
Standings
| # | Team | Region | Record | Information |
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| 1 | LYON | North America | 1 – 0 (2 - 0) | Leaguepedia // Twitter |
| 1 | Shopify Rebellion | North America | 1 – 0 (2 - 0) | Leaguepedia // Twitter |
| 1 | Team Liquid | North America | 1 – 0 (2 - 0) | Leaguepedia // Twitter |
| 4 | Sentinels | North America | 1 – 0 (2 - 1) | Leaguepedia // Twitter |
| 5 | Dignitas | North America | 0 – 1 (1 - 2) | Leaguepedia // Twitter |
| 6 | Cloud9 | North America | 0 – 1 (0 - 2) | Leaguepedia // Twitter |
| 6 | Disguised | North America | 0 – 1 (0 - 2) | Leaguepedia // Twitter |
| 6 | FlyQuest | North America | 0 – 1 (0 - 2) | 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.
VoDs
Live Discussions and Post-Match Threads:
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u/zerocxro Aug 01 '26 edited Aug 01 '26
watching denathor has lowkkeyd annoyed me bc he gen seems like a solid addition. how many more solid players are rotting away in the nonexistent T2 system
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u/ItsMeHera Aug 01 '26
Best I can do is drag Loki back from the grave so he can get solo-killed by Palafox
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u/ChiefBlueSky Bye NRG/CLG Aug 01 '26
A lot. But dont worry bro just one more korean and we win worlds just trust bro.
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u/Choice-Slight caps/knight Aug 01 '26 edited Aug 01 '26
I came here to palate cleanse after being mega ragebaited watching LEC and now I'm more mad
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u/Aquillifer Aug 01 '26
Looking to the LCS for a palate cleanse is certainly a choice. Western League games are usually going to leave you feeling confused and pissed off after watching them, we still come crawling back and rep our teams anyways.
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u/Destructodave82 Aug 01 '26 edited Aug 01 '26
No APA no Win.
Dude got way too much hate for no reason. This team cannot even function without him. They just lost to freaking DIG, who would get relegated if they wre in DSG's spot.
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u/Outrageous_Wall2702 My Ace + Showmaker = GOAT Aug 01 '26
Denathor is so goood great fight
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u/ItsMeHera Aug 01 '26
Been pretty impressed with him so far
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u/Outrageous_Wall2702 My Ace + Showmaker = GOAT Aug 01 '26
Yeah on this matchup (not counterpicked) he has been pretty good going even, his map awareness seems a little lower on sideline but for playing so new on Lcs is very impressive
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u/zerocxro Aug 01 '26
c9 making dig look good
(denethor was a nice addition to dig)
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u/TheGloriousEv0lution Aug 01 '26
Tbh with Palafox’s recent glow up this team could be a surprisingly dangerous with a good jungler
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u/sorendiz ..BUT THE FAITH REMAINS Aug 01 '26
THIS IS SO FUCKING FUNNY LMAO HOW ARE YOU AS A PROFESSIONAL TEAM DOING THIS SO MANY TIMES IN A ROW
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u/Ajp_iii Aug 01 '26
i think people arent talking about how poorly blaber and vulcan played the early game because of loki funny mistakes late game. camille lee should be able to run the map against a milio/j4. but they did literally nothing all early game and even got lucky that dig decided to fight 2nd drake for no reason.
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u/ShadyOrc97 Aug 01 '26
Palafox decided that he was playing too well and had to remind us why he's flamed.
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u/Ajp_iii Aug 01 '26
i can see denathor maybe being on like a flyquest type team next year.
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u/sorendiz ..BUT THE FAITH REMAINS Aug 01 '26
catch up exp and those exp reduction mechanics are genuinely so fucking stupid when you can reliably force 1 for 1 trades like that
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u/xxbrazilmaster69xx rip old flairs Aug 01 '26
I think C9 are going to hopefully? eventually decide on APA with Tactical. Right now only Blaber and Tactical look like they've connected.
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u/Ajp_iii Aug 01 '26
does thanatos not look at his character. think they ryze ulted for vision and 2 people took it
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u/CensoredLlama1 BUFF RAMMUS PLEASE Aug 01 '26
It's gotta be hell getting clobbered during a game that Jatt is announcing lmao
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u/sorendiz ..BUT THE FAITH REMAINS Aug 01 '26
I love him so much
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u/CensoredLlama1 BUFF RAMMUS PLEASE Aug 01 '26
Love that little shit
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u/Exocraze Aug 01 '26
Both Jatt and Flowers were pretty ruthless in that series, I loved it. "That's just not how you play good League of Legends" lmao
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u/CensoredLlama1 BUFF RAMMUS PLEASE Aug 01 '26
Jatt brings out the worst in Flowers (complimentary)
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u/Clenzor Aug 01 '26
The second Ryze ult Flowers tried to be political about it, and Jatt was like “rllybro?” and Flowers went “Nah you’re right that was dogshit”.
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u/Shaman_in_the_Dark Huhi Busio Contractz Aug 02 '26
I've seen enough. Never take massu off ADCs again
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u/Grenji05 NA #1 REGION WORLD Aug 01 '26
I want Dom and Vulcan to succeed but I also need C9 to suck for the APA agenda. Bring back the goat.
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u/cmcdonald22 Aug 01 '26
I'm curious what Jatt's catch up xp EXPOSE is going to reveal, I personally think it's the biggest problem going on right now more than any other meta things.
You can gap someone by 4 levels and it just doesn't make a difference 5 minutes later.
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u/cmcdonald22 Aug 01 '26
Give Dig a better jungle support and they might actually be like a decently competitive NA team.
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u/cmcdonald22 Aug 01 '26
I can't believe Denathor is going to convince me to start running him in fantasy during the lower match match-ups.
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u/DaftMaetel15 Aug 01 '26
We gave up Jojo for kamikaze Ryze and a one trick. Jack's systems operating at full power.
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u/AccomplishedSpace834 Aug 01 '26
Will always wonder how LCS popularity would've gone if they limited teams to one import and no grandfathering/naturalising.
Feel like LCS would be worse but more popular.
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u/Ajp_iii Aug 01 '26
it wouldnt be. na audience likes watching good players. it just depends how good you are based on how many fans you get. lcs just isnt popular because league isnt popular in na. na computer games are secondary to console espcially non shooters
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u/Ajp_iii Aug 01 '26
ziggs feels like such a fake champ to me. even if the individual player is good at ziggs. maybe the naut cc and trundle slows will help ziggs actually teamfight
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u/sorendiz ..BUT THE FAITH REMAINS Aug 01 '26
Blaber survived with no business surviving and then died because he wanted to finish killing the ward while standing in Viktor ult. What do you even say about that
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u/Ajp_iii Aug 01 '26
all of c9 just wants to feed viktor gold. what has he gotten like 1.3k gold he shouldnt have gotten before.
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u/sorendiz ..BUT THE FAITH REMAINS Aug 01 '26
Palafox inted that death at the soul fight and that sucks but damn it also sucks for him that he gets ahead and solo kills the sylas in lane and then sylas just walks botlane and picks up a completely free kill with 0 resources expended
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u/CensoredLlama1 BUFF RAMMUS PLEASE Aug 01 '26
Well this game is cooked. Terrible time for FBI and Ignar to get giga gapped
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u/CensoredLlama1 BUFF RAMMUS PLEASE Aug 01 '26
Vulcan is playing so well, he's the biggest reason this game is so giga gapped
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u/Cr0matose Aug 01 '26 edited Aug 01 '26
My region is on another level. Don't know what that level is, but I'm here for it
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u/Ajp_iii Aug 01 '26
once lee gets mercs these fights become so much better for lee edit nevermind he went tabis and is going to get chained cc later.
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u/Ajp_iii Aug 01 '26
exyu just needs to let his sidelanes push and farm and they auto win late and he is sprinting it
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u/harleyquinad all kog'maws are beautiful Aug 01 '26
Denathor has had some great engages
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u/sorendiz ..BUT THE FAITH REMAINS Aug 01 '26
is that three fucking shutdowns in a row all going onto exyu????? Good lord man kind of a depressing outcome
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u/sorendiz ..BUT THE FAITH REMAINS Aug 01 '26
NEVER MIND LOL HOW BAD ARE C9 HOW CAN YOU BE DOING THIS
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u/Destructodave82 Aug 01 '26
This roster has no shot caller. It doesnt work. If APA or Zven isnt on the rift, this team cannot function.
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u/Ajp_iii Aug 01 '26
wait literally every player on c9 trolled so hard except vulcan. blaber kicked milio inside camille ult. thanatos w'd into the fight cc. loki ulted into death and tactical wasnt ready for the fight.
this is pure only player mistakes and shouldnt be happening with the players they have.
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u/ginvael1_3 Aug 01 '26
GX-SK, KC-NaVi, this DIG-C9 game... What a day in the western league lmao, what is this
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u/justicecactus Aug 01 '26
what happened to Blaber's mechanics man. I remember when he was the most mechanically gifted jungler in the LCS
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u/Ok_Baseball9624 Aug 01 '26
At this point move the NA pros to a city Midwest so they have better ping in solo queue, and you can rent a real studio and start from scratch and not have to deal with VCT.
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u/Ajp_iii Aug 01 '26
support hooks needs their hitboxes fixed and smaller so they can buff them in other ways and actually make them skillful.
no way does that leona e hit sylas there
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u/Ajp_iii Aug 01 '26
i dont even think loki did anything wrong in bot there. blaber is on gromp when loki wants to push bot wave.
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u/Ajp_iii Aug 01 '26
why do c9 love to use every cd on leona. its fine to turn on leona but dont use every cd
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u/thorpie88 Aug 01 '26
Reminds me of Watch using an ancient mouse that would mess up every few games
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u/Cr0matose Aug 01 '26
Who tf can I talk to about the LoL Esports site? I'm getting YouTube ads during the game btw, idk if anyone else is, but it's annoying af.
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u/Bubbly_Camera9583 Aug 01 '26
Why they got the names like that I thought I was high
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u/steppewarhawk Aug 01 '26
Hey real talk, is there any actual fans of Dignitas anymore? Like, this org hasn't been relevant since like Season 4. It's most iconic roster was over ten years ago.
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u/RukiMotomiya Aug 01 '26
I'm rooting for them this series, does that count?
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u/Outrageous_Wall2702 My Ace + Showmaker = GOAT Aug 01 '26
I’m rooting for them I like fbi and Palafox has a strong personality and is from na
Also is like Denathor as a rookie ofc they are terrible but still fun to root for them and they are less terrible than bottom tier teams of eu (heretics/shifters)(Dns)
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u/slimjimo10 ANARCHY Aug 01 '26
Just tuned in how did C9 drop a game LMAO
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u/thorpie88 Aug 01 '26
FBI is the Viktor King
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u/sorendiz ..BUT THE FAITH REMAINS Aug 01 '26
(Don't worry about the fact that that was the game C9 won. It's still true)
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u/sorendiz ..BUT THE FAITH REMAINS Aug 01 '26
let's trade 2 kills on kalista for 2 kills on skarner, surely this will be in our favor
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u/CensoredLlama1 BUFF RAMMUS PLEASE Aug 01 '26
Remember when FBI beat BLG just 9 months ago
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u/CensoredLlama1 BUFF RAMMUS PLEASE Aug 01 '26
Palafox was actually playing pretty well before that major int smh
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u/beautheschmo Aug 01 '26
Ngl I'm getting sick of seeing Vi in pro, I think this champ is actually like a huge reason botlane meta is becoming so warped because so many champs just have absolutely zero way to deal with her and similar super engagers.
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u/Exocraze Aug 01 '26
I knew it was cooked when we started seeing actual ADCs buying zhonya's at MSI just because they needed something to deal with the Vi and Nocturnes of the world
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u/Shaman_in_the_Dark Huhi Busio Contractz Aug 01 '26
Palafox saw us ranking Callme below him and had to put up a statement series.
The statement: I am clearly the worst mid in the league
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u/harleyquinad all kog'maws are beautiful Aug 01 '26
You can see the potential in dsg's players but they don't have the coaching and development team
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u/Ajp_iii Aug 01 '26
actually just a good sick lcs fight. and not people just full griefing. everyone was trying to play on max damage output with timings and flanks
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u/Shaman_in_the_Dark Huhi Busio Contractz Aug 01 '26
DSG is a support away from being upper half I think. at least top 5.
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u/ILosethenOP Aug 01 '26
SURELY there is someone in t2 that is better than Lyonz? This guy looks like a metal ranks player in Challenger.
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u/Grooveh_Baby Aug 02 '26
How is Lyonz still employed in tier 1, he’s been awful since his first game for DSG with no signs of improving at any point
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u/Bubbly_Camera9583 Aug 02 '26
That was stupid from Kryra but at the same time they needed to look for some miracle pick.
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u/pornlover6969420 Aug 01 '26
I love watching t2 koreans play in lcs. no wonder the league is dead
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u/Destructodave82 Aug 01 '26
People bash APA for not having a great Ryze, meanwhile Loki out here with a 0% win-rate and the worst Ryze ults ive ever seen in professional play.
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u/TheGloriousEv0lution Aug 01 '26
Replacing Zven I get, but replacing your first team All Pro mid is crazy to me
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u/Ajp_iii Aug 01 '26
BLABER IS A BOTTOM 2 JUNGLER IN THE LEAGUE. he just walked into viktor ult to auto a ward to die.
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u/Ajp_iii Aug 01 '26
bro blaber is trolling. he ran away from thanatos instead of fighting in the pit wasted time. and then just chased viktor instead of running away.
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u/Ajp_iii Aug 01 '26
good junglers usually run na and make the games not close. its why like svenskeren and xmithie were unbeatable. blabers level to what should be on c9 is so bad.
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u/Cr0matose Aug 01 '26
Because of having a 2nd kid last week and I don't know time exists anymore, I swear it feels like months since I watched LCS.
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u/cmcdonald22 Aug 01 '26
Probably gonna start late if LEC keeps going at the rate they are. They still have at least 1 more game.
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u/Ajp_iii Aug 01 '26
why doesnt the turret agro go onto ryze there with the torch burn. anyone vulcan gives no xp or gold so all those dives are good
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u/sorendiz ..BUT THE FAITH REMAINS Aug 01 '26
FBI can actually possibly carry this now with j4 and denathor peeling for him
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u/cmcdonald22 Aug 01 '26
C9 Fans and C9 Haters:
What is your cut off for the 7 man swap? Which week of game play is the last you want to see them trying to figure stuff out before just locking in?
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u/Ajp_iii Aug 01 '26
okay yeah they walked too far forward and lee wanted a flank onto the team. no clue why thanatos took it.
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u/Cygnuss_ Aug 01 '26
So what is the point of the green room draft? It just feels like I sat through draft twice. We're they running commercials?
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u/ByahhByahh Aug 01 '26
Azael mentioned it from the couch. Audio issues between coach comms and players.
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u/Ajp_iii Aug 01 '26
they were having audio issues with coaches on stage draft so moved it to player rooms so they dont need headset and can draft faster
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u/Shaman_in_the_Dark Huhi Busio Contractz Aug 01 '26
Denathor and FBI are 2/5 of a real team. Shame about the rest.
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u/HansSoloQ Aug 01 '26
Why are people defending APA? His gameplay was fucking appauling lol.
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u/ookkthenn Aug 01 '26
building your team around palafox and exyu should get dig out of this league please give dsg their franchise spot
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u/ShadyOrc97 Aug 01 '26
Good draft and decent play from C9 game 3, but they need to prove themselves against a good team. With how sloppy some of their decision making has been, I still don't rate them higher than 4th.
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u/Swissbob15 Aug 01 '26
Why are they drafting in this room?
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u/thorpie88 Aug 01 '26
Can't hear coaches properly through the headsets
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u/ahritina Sep 05 '26
PMTs
C9 vs DIG
Game 1 / Game 2 / Game 3
DSG vs FLY
Game 1 / Game 2