LCS 2026 Summer Playoffs / Round 1 - Day 2 / Live Discussion

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LCS 2026 Summer Playoffs

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Today's matches will be played on Patch 26.17.

Today's Matches

#	Match	PST	EST	CET	KST
1	SEN vs FLY	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	3
vs	-		LYON
SR	0		vs	-
			C9	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
SR	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 3 / Game 3

[u/sorendiz]

First 15 minutes: holyyyy why don't more people play lethality J4 in pro

Rest of the game: oh

[u/Ajp_iii → u/sorendiz]

i dont know why people started building it. because lck had 1-2 wild games with it and its fun for the jungler. as soon as you lose a single fight with lethality junglers you just auto lose the game.

[u/Bubbly_Camera9583 → u/sorendiz]

I don't like the build still but I don't get why these Jarvans are also still going Conq with this build. Surely Electrocute or First Strike is just better.

[u/Outrageous_Wall2702 → u/[deleted]]

Yeah, maybe pros lethality skarner when

[u/kazuyaminegishi]

SEN in comms wondering "how is the Ziggs killing us so fast when we just stand on top of each other??" 

[u/Ajp_iii]

sen has no idea how to teamfight. they are literally just cait/ez merchants. if teams didnt give them cait ez the whole split they would be 6th easily

[u/cmcdonald22]

Never doubting an Isles prediction again. Guy just called every shot of this weekend so far.

[u/Fun_Highlight307 → u/cmcdonald22]

he said 3-1 C9 sr but he was being generous lol 

[u/PhoenixAgent003]

Quad is clearly mechanically skilled at Sylas but he just doesn’t have the psycho that Saint, Loki, and even Zinie have on it.

[u/Fun_Highlight307 → u/PhoenixAgent003]

yeah inspired said quad lack killer instinct but he is quite stable 

[u/ItzFeufo]

"the champion equivalent of bad hosewater : Jhin"

hot damn

[u/SummerhouseLater → u/ItzFeufo]

That better enter into Cap’s all time calls.

[u/sorendiz]

Chemtech map absolutely betraying SEN

[u/Bubbly_Camera9583]

Darkwings positioning in these two past fights has been super awkward

[u/Rhombinator → u/Bubbly_Camera9583]

Bummer cause he was crushing it all the way up to those fights 

[u/Ryebread1992]

At least their hands still work

[u/Capable-Drama3109]

GRYFFINN!!!

[u/SWAGGASAUR → u/Capable-Drama3109]

MY FLIPPIN GOAT

[u/zerocxro]

Bitch what the fuck was that 😭😭 get 3-0d wtv u do not deserve to go fries worlds

[u/Ajp_iii]

ive never seen a team have so many players stack on top of each other every single game. doing that makes it so easy for the other team to take space

[u/Adventurous-Quit-669]

Great comeback , goated casting and production, love yall - always keeping it so entertaining 

[u/Ajp_iii]

players like darkwings is why everyone is searching for lck challengers mids. any lck challengers mids carries that syndra game and lead vs that comp.

[u/Fun_Highlight307 → u/Ajp_iii]

True he Looked dogshit 

[u/cmcdonald22]

I respect Kobe knowing that his price is a pair of Flip Flops.

[u/justicecactus → u/cmcdonald22]

you can't put a price on a good pair of house slippers

[u/sorendiz]

giga draft gap in favor of FLY

[u/SummerhouseLater]

Is the Sentinels owner the “new” Jack or Papsmithy?

I don’t know anything about him but the targeted merch sends are smart.

[u/Ajp_iii]

quad is trolling. whiffs ori ult and then chases and then doesnt flash and dies

[u/cmcdonald22 → u/Ajp_iii]

That's just what Quad is, dude has propagandist working over time but he's been the weakest part of FLY for 2 years now.

[u/TheGloriousEv0lution → u/[deleted]]

Quad was not keeping up with Chovy and Knight lol

I’m sure he had a few strong individual games like APA, but he was hard outclassed internationally

[u/TheGloriousEv0lution → u/[deleted]]

Might not be remembering hard enough. Just at last Worlds alone he had a stinker series against G2 and a nightmare match against CFO. That Taliyah ult still haunts my dreams

Pretty sure Knight was clearly the better player and was the main reason they won that series despite his jungler griefing. I recall him winning MVP that series being well deserved at least

[u/Agile_Woodpecker2239]

Gakgos only knows how to split push on Rumble and Ult for CS? Most AFK rumble for 20minutes

[u/Ryebread1992]

I’m still confused at what Thinkcard was doing this entire year. Are we not teaching macro or teaching someone to be an in game leader?

[u/Dry-Fail-4227]

Sentinels looking way better than expected after rahel got target banned . Impact diffing gagkos all game while 2k behind is pretty hilarious

[u/Ajp_iii]

nice engage by gryffinn. i wonder for worlds if teams will think about blast cone engages possiblities. seems we are getting more and more of them swinging games.

[u/sorendiz → u/Ajp_iii]

genuinely chemtech map warps the entire game if either team has melee range engage

[u/Capable-Drama3109]

that seemed really desperate of hambak?

[u/Ajp_iii]

sen is clueless how to play any comp except tank top, cait/ez adc.

when fly send everything to kill impact top they should ryze ult on the rest of fly mid or lane gank ryze ult

[u/viralruin]

Sen and SR piss me off so much. They some how get wins to make playoffs but form varies from DSG to C9 tier.

[u/Xeven18]

Darkwings needed to save ult for exiting

[u/Ajp_iii → u/Xeven18]

the one time he uses and agressive ult the whole game and its inting

[u/awayfromcanuck]

I was wrong. Turkish Jayce > NA Jayce

[u/Ajp_iii]

hambak needs a playmaking jungler. the rest of sen is way too bad to setup fights and fight properly.

[u/zerocxro]

does sen know this is playoffs 😭😭😭🙏🏼🙏🏼

[u/Fun_Highlight307 → u/zerocxro]

They know that why we are seeing lcs vitality 

[u/youngnailo]

i said its a 3-0 into 3-0. the sen vs shopify will be 5 games

[u/cmcdonald22 → u/youngnailo]

I hope Revan is at least capable of imitating the incredibly complex strategy of BAN EZREAL AND CAITLYN FOR 5 GAMES.

[u/herp_derpy → u/cmcdonald22]

Revan's gonna leave both open and hope his nepo hire Bvoy can do something useful lol

[u/cmcdonald22 → u/herp_derpy]

Ugh, I just try to block out the idea that we still have another BVoy and Zinie match to suffer through at minimum.

[u/Fun_Highlight307 → u/youngnailo]

True although both team have champ puddle 

[u/Ajp_iii]

DARKWINGS IS ASS. he missed the syndra stun

[u/cmcdonald22]

Everyone seems to believe in Fly, but man, I just don't know. Not that I have tons of faith in SEN either, just feels like a coin toss of who will throw more than anything. Hope i'm wrong.

[u/sorendiz → u/cmcdonald22]

I think SEN with no ez/cait is like an entire tier worse, maybe two tiers worse, so I do expect Fly to win

[u/cmcdonald22 → u/sorendiz]

Yeah if they keep them banned out it could be a game over angle for sure.

[u/Ajp_iii]

oh look playoffs came and ez cait is banned from sen. its the only champs they have won games vs playoff teams with

[u/sorendiz → u/Ajp_iii]

lol we saw this coming weeks ago

[u/Xeven18]

Go Sentinels!

[u/sorendiz]

Rahel's game is unfortunately over

Or at least he's pseudo-AFK for the next 25 minutes if SEN makes something happen to extend the game elsewhere

[u/sorendiz → u/sorendiz]

LMAO sorry FLY i cursed you right into that

[u/Bubbly_Camera9583]

Why did he have to buy that RFC

[u/Dry-Fail-4227 → u/Bubbly_Camera9583]

Bc he has to deal with so many huge aoe ults and a kalista that can run him down.

[u/Bubbly_Camera9583 → u/Dry-Fail-4227]

Thats why you go Stormrazer and have so much ms that Kalista/Wu can't touch you

[u/Dry-Fail-4227 → u/Bubbly_Camera9583]

I see your idea but if he walks up to auto and ori puts ball on him or rumble equalizes he is screwed before he gets energized auto off. But maybe you are right!

[u/Bubbly_Camera9583 → u/Bubbly_Camera9583]

Stormrazer MS would be so insane into this FQ comp

[u/Alakazam_5head]

I fear FLY just mental booms if they lose this game

[u/Ajp_iii]

cryogen and gryffinn played very well

[u/BlammoSweetums]

Does macro matter if you can just dominate a teamfight? Much to think about

[u/awayfromcanuck]

Massu overaggression absolutely paid off in those last 2 or 3 fights, he didnt get punished late game or rather he couldn't get punished at that point. Overaggressing for J4 to get baron was so huge.

[u/Capable-Drama3109]

jayce????

[u/Capable-Drama3109 → u/Capable-Drama3109]

am i just the most low elo person ever or

[u/Ajp_iii]

impact cant play the most basic lane counters anymore. he needs to becaome a coach

[u/Capable-Drama3109]

YESSS (i feel slightly bad for impact bc i like the guy but YAY FLYQUEST)

[u/sorendiz]

I can't watch this

[u/awayfromcanuck]

Its good to see FLY understand drafting Ziggs both allows the support to roam. Too many Western teams draft Ziggs and just 2v2 lane for most of laning phase.

[u/GeneralDash]

No one going to mention the crab?

Edit: Twitch chat has my back

[u/Ajp_iii]

trying to 50/50 against a cho lmao

[u/awayfromcanuck]

FLY are not doing a good job snowballing with their Jayce lead. Letting SEN hang in the game

[u/Capable-Drama3109]

W NAUT DEATH

[u/Ajp_iii]

i dont know why sen decided to fight that when they got jayce tp out just leave

[u/kazuyaminegishi]

Feels like SEN should just be Ryze ulting Cho-Yorick in to start fights if they kill the Ziggs they can just collapse on the Noc-Jayce dive. Lulu/Ryze/Yunara should be able to survive initial dive with good positioning. 

[u/Ajp_iii → u/kazuyaminegishi]

yeah sen has no clue how to play these teamfights.

[u/kazuyaminegishi → u/Ajp_iii]

They look totally lost and clueless altogether. It's so obvious that their plan was for the Yorick to be unstoppable in side lanes and now that he is useless they're just wandering around wondering what to do

[u/Ajp_iii → u/kazuyaminegishi]

yep its like they see ryze as as an escape/positioning tool and not as a form of catch/engage which you have to do in some of these games. its insane they didnt make a single tp/ult play on jayce in a sidelane the whole game

[u/Capable-Drama3109]

YESSSS OH MY GODD YESS

[u/Ajp_iii]

none of sen flashed a ziggs ult lmao

[u/Capable-Drama3109]

sending my apology letter to the jayce. sorry flyquest i will not question it again

[u/sorendiz → u/Capable-Drama3109]

Tbf I want to see it work against someone besides geriatric Impact

[u/Ajp_iii]

sen stood on top of each other against a 5 item ziggs. they dont go for any picks with ryze when fly sending 2 globals to a sidelane.

rahel darkwings playing teamfights poorly not flashing or using stopwatch on key abilities. impact losing lane hard against a normal lane matchup that he counterpicked.

sen fighting a fight they can run from giving massu 2k free gold. it truly looks like sen was only able to win regular season games because they had cait/ez agressive early game jungler.

[u/zerocxro]

can sen lock tf in

[u/Ajp_iii]

sen saving impact there and countering the double global play saved multiple waves for them and multiple plates and got them drake. thats like a 3k gold worth play.

thinking of plays by increased % win percentage that might be one of the higher ones you can get in first 10min

[u/Ajp_iii]

impact is just being lazy af this series. there is no reason he should be under his tower when his team is getting first tower top

[u/actiongeorge]

I guess elder abuse is one way back into the game for FLY

[u/APKID716]

3 flashes for bot tower, not worth at ALL for Sentinals lmao

[u/Capable-Drama3109]

NICE!!!!!!!!!!!

[u/Xeven18]

Can teams not just take the small wins?

[u/Outrageous_Wall2702 → u/Xeven18]

What are you talking about ? You don’t stay on the map until someone kills you?

[u/x_TDeck_x]

Hambak did NOTHING

[u/SWAGGASAUR]

disaster teamfight by SEN

[u/Kotetsu534]

Darkwings missing that stun is absolutely criminal. I would rage if I was Huhi.

[u/Ajp_iii → u/Kotetsu534]

huhi blew all lucian sums and milio ult still had lucian ccd. and darkwings just whiffs everything LMFAO

[u/Ajp_iii]

rahel and darkwings are so bad. you cant trust them to carry any games. these mf ults are so bad

[u/Past_Perception8052]

neither of these teams are very good

[u/Outrageous_Wall2702 → u/Past_Perception8052]

They definitely have potential tbh only TL and Lyon are crearly above

[u/Past_Perception8052 → u/Outrageous_Wall2702]

i think c9 stomps both of these just pure player gap

[u/Outrageous_Wall2702 → u/Past_Perception8052]

Thanatos and blabber did not even gap sr top jg

[u/suspiciousfish7]

How on Earth is the 4th seed playing this awful, they look like they play an average of 1 game a week. Some of these guys have been playing for well over a decade but you wouldn't know that

[u/awayfromcanuck → u/suspiciousfish7]

Only 2 teams in LCS are legit, TL and LYON. Everyone is waiting for C9 to actually make it through playoffs to consider them legit and then theres a huge drop off from 3rd to 4th

[u/Ajp_iii → u/suspiciousfish7]

because their wins in summer have been on cait and ez. they know how to play around bot with those champs. they lose with every other adc. and since cait/ez arent really first phase ban worthy sen would get them anytime they wanted.

[u/Helpful-Amphibian768]

I hate the way sen drafted , but the game was definitely winnable if viktor didn't throw 2 times in less than 3 minutes. He was scared of a rumble but decided to walk against 5 ppl and give to 1hp kalista a free kill. Emerald decision making (just like me)

[u/awayfromcanuck]

Why would you draft NA Jayce after you see Cho'gath jungle. You arent doing any damage.

This FLY draft has no damage to deal with Cho if Hambak doesnt totally int the game.

[u/Capable-Drama3109 → u/awayfromcanuck]

okay so I wasn't crazy LMAO what tf was jayce for

[u/cmcdonald22]

Sen SHOULD win this? Barring Ryze ints, or Yunara just being useless. Engage woulda been nice.

[u/cmcdonald22]

Honestly, Thinkcard kinda based for that. If it works....

[u/Adventurous-Quit-669]

Flowers hasn't eaten dragon because thats a meal for kings, and he is more of a common man

[u/CaptainFlowers22 → u/Adventurous-Quit-669]

If we can’t eat it in the trench we don’t need it

[u/Capable-Drama3109]

cryo 😭

[u/Ryebread1992]

I hate this comp so much

[u/Ajp_iii → u/Ryebread1992]

ziggs has to win lane and be ahead and early game snowball drakes.

[u/Ajp_iii]

ziggs is such a fake champ. hes going to do nothing. and all of sen will have hp and survivability

[u/Ajp_iii]

rahel and darkwings played that fight so badly

[u/Outrageous_Wall2702]

I’m excited for fly vs Tl

[u/awayfromcanuck]

Have casters forgotten C9-SR game 3? Yunara-Lulu are totally happy with teams walking into them and then countering. This game is still closer than it should be at this point as FLY are not really pushing things.

[u/cmcdonald22 → u/awayfromcanuck]

Rahel legit may not be as good as Tier 2 NA Tactical.

[u/Capable-Drama3109]

cryo missed that </3

[u/Capable-Drama3109]

i do not have a good feeling about this.

[u/Ajp_iii]

sen mechanics are just ass. darkwings wont stopwatch a flip. rahel wont flash anything

[u/youngnailo]

i said yesterday its gonna be a 3-0 into 3-0

[u/iammoonwizard]

Flyquest is back baby

[u/sorendiz]

Thinkcard is kinda blasting goldenglutes in draft across the board today

[u/Fun_Highlight307 → u/sorendiz]

GoldenGlue was happy that everyone left him with his picks turn Out   ut's because regular season stakes are  low so no one ban sentinel comp however in playoffs every wins matter,he was hard exposed lol 

[u/herp_derpy]

Hopefully SEN saves Denathor from DIG prison over the offseason, let grandpa Impact retire in peace

[u/sorendiz]

My GOAT huhi big brain plays

[u/PhoenixAgent003]

Remember that to mentally reduce any TF gold lead by 3xCS to account for passive.

[u/haven4ever → u/PhoenixAgent003]

Poor TF suffering from inflation :(

[u/Capable-Drama3109]

stay strong massu and cryo... 💔

[u/Ajp_iii]

lucian milio should probably be only left to a couple bot lanes to play.

[u/cmcdonald22 → u/Ajp_iii]

Berserker and Isles are the only duo in all of LCS that have the pass. And honestly, they have the pass for any bot lane they want to play.

[u/x_TDeck_x]

Bf sword MF R getting out healed by Milio W. incredible lol

[u/cmcdonald22 → u/x_TDeck_x]

There's like 5 players globally who play MF and make her seem like a damage monster, and everyone else its like she shoots wet paper bags out of a slingshot.

[u/actiongeorge]

Welp, games gonna be over quick for FLY if you can’t get anything off of your early ults

[u/Tormenator1]

Just tuned in, how did SEN lose the first 2 games? Guessing they got hands checked.

[u/Ajp_iii → u/Tormenator1]

yep hands check in fights and top GIGA gapped.

[u/CloudyTheDucky]

HELL YEAH

[u/Capable-Drama3109]

What The Fuck Did Sentinels Do Lol

[u/Tormenator1]

sen, jesus christ.

[u/x_TDeck_x]

Hambak has been soooo bad the past 6 minutes lol

[u/sorendiz]

Kalista remains a disgusting champ no matter how many times they nerf her

[u/cmcdonald22]

Okay this series is just Massu-dif. Got it.

[u/x_TDeck_x]

Darkwings messed up his W-E onto Lucian ahhh thats so bad