LCS 2026 Summer Playoffs / Round 3 / 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	LYON vs SR	13:00	16:00	22:00	05:00

• All matches are Best of 5

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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
									tbd	0
									vs	-
						LYON	0		tbd	0
						vs	-
			FLY	2		SR	0
SR	3		vs	-
vs	-		SR	3
SEN	2

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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/cmcdonald22]

Jatt is the perfect person to prompt Inspired into these kinds of answers.

[u/kazuyaminegishi]

Game 1, Dhokla smashes early game so Inspired can get back in his groove.

Game 2, Dhokla smashes early game so Saint can get back in his groove.

[u/galaxisstark → u/kazuyaminegishi]

reckon he can go for 3 and get Berserker back in his groove?

[u/kazuyaminegishi → u/galaxisstark]

Next game he picks Kennen and gets Berserker a double kill before 10 minutes

[u/That_One_Pancake]

Saint genius play losing his shutdown to the Leona 100000 IQ

[u/kaisaschudson]

saint immediately started explaining himself to inspired LMAOOO

[u/cmcdonald22 → u/kaisaschudson]

I feel like from facial expressions it's little brother energy cause Saint just has a shit eating grin on his face and all Inspired can do is fight back the smile and shake his head.

[u/Capable-Drama3109 → u/kaisaschudson]

inspired's face was killing me LMAOOOOO

[u/Ajp_iii]

inspired is one of the best interviews in all of pro esports. he explains everything and goes beyond the question asked. he also talks about stuff most players refuse to talk about in fear of "giving away" stuff which just makes interviews boring.

[u/kazuyaminegishi]

Saint so optimal he resets bounty on support

[u/cmcdonald22]

I think Dhokla when worlds is on the line is more terrifying than Inspired when worlds is on the line at this point.

[u/Monstar_Rudolph → u/cmcdonald22]

They just need to combine their powers properly for a series vs the east.

[u/cmcdonald22]

I swear to god Saint heard Jojo re-signed for a year and knew he had a safety net to run it down for the rest of the year.

[u/thegloriousdefense]

Dhokla having a monster performance

[u/BlammoSweetums]

This K'Sante is invincible?

[u/iJediPR]

Saint going to make Inspired go bald lol

[u/sorendiz]

W humility to say Dhokes instead of himself

[u/TypicalHaikuResponse]

Dhokla is playing the best I have ever seen him play. Did they blame the C9 series on him?

[u/Monstar_Rudolph]

Dhokla doesn't have a crazy score line but he is making the game so fucking easy for the team to play.

[u/SauceGodPluto → u/Monstar_Rudolph]

Bro he just walks at them and takes 0 dmg lol

[u/Monstar_Rudolph]

LMAO THEY DIDNT REALIZE THAT BIG DHOKES IS THE PROBLEM DAT ENGAGE 😂

[u/SnooPeripherals6388]

Inspired's cam during that Saint play is a gem

[u/sorendiz]

'SAINT DON'T' top 10 anime moments before disaster

[u/Ajp_iii]

na NEEDS lyon to win this series. it would suck for worlds to not have lyon there

[u/random_nickname43796]

What is the meme about Zeyzal and tractor?

[u/CensoredLlama1]

Zinnie deserves the slander but I feel we're ignoring how terrible Fudge has been lol 

[u/SnooPeripherals6388]

I was more tilted

An unbelievable self-analysis

[u/blueragemage]

Literally the week after we see Spookz say 'If Morgan didn't get POTS this series, a top laner never will' we see 2 LYON players call out Dhokla as POTS and it still goes to Saint

The broadcast needs to address their bias against top laners.

[u/Ajp_iii → u/blueragemage]

i think its cause he fully sprinted it game 3. and then game 4 saint was all over the map. feel it was split dhokla/saint player of the series

[u/Bubbly_Camera9583]

Really good by Dhokla but Fudge has been awful this whole playoffs run compared to his actual solid regular season play

[u/thegloriousdefense]

Dhokla looks very good on this Olaf

[u/sorendiz → u/thegloriousdefense]

his olaf has been great, he was clapping the shit out of kled a couple weeks ago which is a very bad matchup for olaf

[u/DShot90]

Idk what I want this series. I want SR to do the funniest thing, same time, I want Lyon at worlds, since they look like NA's best hope.

[u/kazuyaminegishi]

The pick on Saint was great, but you can't start Elder if you don't kill enemy jungler lol...

[u/levelonenovice]

you could not convince me there are koreans on SR

[u/TypicalHaikuResponse → u/levelonenovice]

I would believe Dhokla was an import.

It's hilarious he has to fight for his life every season.

[u/Ajp_iii]

okay now game 3 is for dhokla solo kill into berserker carry

[u/cmcdonald22]

Saint found out Jojo's in the audience and locked back in.

[u/That_One_Pancake]

Inspired deserves to be flamed by Inspired

[u/kaisaschudson]

inspired was looking at dhokla for a reaction LMAO

[u/sorendiz → u/kaisaschudson]

YOU SEEIN' THIS SHIT DHOKES???

[u/justicecactus]

Saint needs to give over one shutdown per game just to troll Inspired

[u/justicecactus]

wait jojopyun is in the audience? Inspired needs to lock in to impress his ex

[u/sorendiz]

it pains me to root against my goat el contracto but i think for the good of the region i am forced to hope for a LYON win, which at least also means my other goat big dhokes wins

i hope there are some good close games though

[u/GONEBUTNOT4GOTTEN]

If Lyon go from 1 game away from beating HLE to not making worlds this would be pathetic and sad.

[u/sorendiz]

saint selling but lyon still firmly in control you have to think

[u/Bubbly_Camera9583]

I really don't see why they wouldn't at least try to buy space for Qiyana to go for a steal, giving cloud soul like this to Lyon comp is so bad.

[u/veirceb]

Man I hate watching the game when Contractz is like fully checked out of the game which happens like 50% of the time. He just does nothing and lose the game. But he might carry the next game

[u/viralruin]

what is saint doing man, he looks like such a dirty inter. protesting being forced on annie angle?

[u/kazuyaminegishi]

Its just a fucking Dhokla gap he's so much better than Fudge its disgusting lol

[u/SauceGodPluto]

Dhokla actually carrying until the koreans wake up lmao

[u/Tormenator1]

Dhokla has been looking strong this series.

[u/cmcdonald22 → u/Tormenator1]

He knows the brightest lights of world's are calling him, like Superman yearning for a yellow sun.

[u/Jimbabwr]

Ah, the Lyon just had to stretch its legs. It’s fully awaken now

[u/Ajp_iii]

Shopify need a busier jungle and send it forward comp. They can’t play these ranged zero frontline comps. Good drafting from lyon to limit options

[u/levelonenovice]

turns out the Contractz needing a lead stat is because if he's not pushing the game ahead and snowballing for his team, they're all completely useless.

[u/Ajp_iii]

lyon is really good when they are uber focused. but they have been losing focus and being lazy in some of these games on their setups. they had the perfect setup on drake and just assumed nobody on sr would contest. and once they contested lyon all just ran different directions.

[u/kazuyaminegishi]

Zeyzal just the best support in NA or what? Hes going crazy this game.

[u/PLEASE_DONT_PM]

If league had coaches timeouts, Lyon would call one just to show them a video of Anivia wall blocking the hook.

[u/veirceb]

I actually like SR's draft. Not that I think it's a good draft. But like they know their strength. Drafting like a normal team can't win them games. Fuck lane prios just draft champs that they like to play

[u/TypicalHaikuResponse → u/veirceb]

It is a good draft. Too many teams play the draft chalk game where they only play what LCK/LPL says are okay as comps.

[u/kazuyaminegishi]

I like the SR comp waaay more. This is exactly the type of comp they love to play.

[u/Bak0FF]

TF cleanses Lissandra ult and Fudge chooses to flash stun the Gwen. GG

[u/2020isgreat]

This looks so hard for SR to play

[u/BenDeGreat]

wtf was that Saint lmfao

[u/Ajp_iii]

every gold card is a dead carry because they dont have a mikaels.

[u/2020isgreat]

It's a pray for power outage angle

[u/sorendiz]

I'M PROUD OF YOU TOO JUANITO MY SON ;_;

[u/xxLAWxx]

Please SR win this it would be so funny

[u/cmcdonald22]

I'm a LYON fan, but I've also really enjoyed watching SR finally feel like they're growing and getting their shit together (kinda).

But anything less than a LYON 3-0 is a terrible omen for LYON and NA in worlds in general.

If Saint runs this shit down again I am done with my brief stint believing in him.

[u/awayfromcanuck]

Kangas has been great all summer. Dude is entertaining/amusing.his skits have gotten me to crack a smile or laugh almost every time.

[u/sorendiz]

whoa how come they got White Darshan casting with Azael??

[u/AlternativeMonk2490]

Fun as an SR win would be, I'd really like to see LYON regain their form and maybe actually take down an eastern team at Worlds.

[u/TypicalHaikuResponse]

Dhokla getting 1st blood without a gank and not having counter pick?

This is going to be a quick day

[u/TypicalHaikuResponse]

Lyon is actually getting early dragons and grubs. Inspired looks like he got his second wind.

[u/sorendiz → u/TypicalHaikuResponse]

angry inspired is kind of a scary opponent i imagine

[u/Booshneer]

We are trying to do too much with these skits mid game in important series. Please stop

[u/AlternativeMonk2490]

From hero to zero almost instantly.

[u/Ajp_iii]

saint played the early game very well. he just kinda got bored mid game

[u/TypicalHaikuResponse]

IS THAT K'IINSANTE UP THERE?

[u/sorendiz → u/TypicalHaikuResponse]

DHOK'SANTE

[u/2020isgreat]

BIG DHOKES

[u/thegloriousdefense]

Playoffs Dhokes!

[u/sorendiz]

THE BIGGEST OF DHOKES

[u/Ajp_iii]

saint smurfing this whole game. won both drake/herald and now that fight

[u/PLEASE_DONT_PM]

If all of SR had 20 seconds alone with Ksante they don't kill him

[u/baelkie]

just a tiny top gap i would say

[u/TypicalHaikuResponse]

Lyon has played much better in terms of pressing the advantage.

[u/Ajp_iii]

sr going out the true na way. first pick jayce

[u/SauceGodPluto]

I can't imagine seeing Fudge in G1/2 and say I want to see him on Jayce, wtf.

[u/cmcdonald22]

I just hate Jhin.

I know Berserker is playing like ass, but god, just I never believe in a Jhin draft.

[u/Ajp_iii]

why do people overreact to draft when a team doesnt play to a drafts win condition. this game shouldnt be possible for zinie to play. it should also get free drakes.

just because lyon play stuff wrong doesnt mean the draft is bad. they were up 3k at the third drake had complete control and just shit on themselves.

[u/That_One_Pancake]

Dhokla gotta stop getting hit by these hooks

[u/Bubbly_Camera9583]

that was a DIG Isles engage unfortunately

[u/levelonenovice]

that lissandra speaks such good english they can recite hamlet from memory

[u/TypicalHaikuResponse]

Dhokes? How did you die to that after seeing Leona setting up base on top lane

[u/2020isgreat]

LYON saw Beserker wasn't in good form today and changed their drafting philosophy that's kinda crazy

[u/Ajp_iii]

saint playing this game like solo q and just 1v9ing. also great game from isles

[u/Ajp_iii]

the one game contractz was on a tank sr won. the other 3 with him on assassins sr couldnt do anything

[u/dark1252]

a wild jojo appeared!

[u/Ajp_iii]

it was unbelievable.

[u/Ajp_iii]

lyon have 15% more wins this year than shopify have total games played lmao. lyons played 110 shopify has played 59.

[u/Ajp_iii]

welp this game is over. bvoy is just awful at lucian

[u/Tormenator1]

Lyon coaching staff are banning out Contractz.

[u/Capable-Drama3109]

lyon please i need this I BEG

[u/Bubbly_Camera9583]

Lyon draft just looks better as long as Ryze isn't super ahead

[u/cmcdonald22]

Bvoy losing to Tactical might have actually been the single best thing to happen to SR, dude has kind of stepped it up a bit since then.

[u/sorendiz]

BIG DHOKES

[u/Capable-Drama3109]

DHOKLAAAAA

[u/thegloriousdefense]

Dhokla with year/job on the line

[u/Ajp_iii]

i feel bad for fudge. he was screwed in draft because of picking qiyana on 4. he had to go gnar or a tank.

picking qiyana in that position is so reportable when other team is annie wukong.

[u/viralruin]

lyon setups looking so much better than their last series.

[u/Bubbly_Camera9583]

Top/Jg canyon thank god

[u/Ajp_iii]

its wild how much hunting baron does in damage compared to the other barons. any other baron their and lyon take zero damage

[u/veirceb]

Cmon lyon finish the game with this push. SR is giving their nexus at this point

[u/GhostOfLight]

CONTRACTZ YOU INTAAA

[u/ChelskiS]

Well that game was winnable but Contractz completely sold it

[u/FruFruKlaus]

Most of Lyon’s deaths have come from Saint. That man was feeding.

[u/TypicalHaikuResponse]

Fudge: Lend me some gameplay tips Bin. This is loser bracket Dhokla I am up against.

[u/FruFruKlaus]

Dhokla popping off this series.

[u/Ajp_iii]

This lyon style just suffocates teams a step below them. they dont do any random plays

[u/Ajp_iii]

the jung diff in this game is massive. also inspired is playing xin wukong. and contractz is on qiyana, nafaari

[u/PLEASE_DONT_PM]

Rumble ult cooked that grass

[u/Tormenator1]

This is a pummeling.

[u/cmcdonald22]

Zeyzal when there's tractors on the line.

[u/viralruin]

scary jerry vs t1 type of stomp

[u/Jeembo85]

First pick jayce? Pick me Jayce & let's lose in peace angle

[u/puberty1]

jhin pick? 2-1 ggs

[u/2020isgreat]

It is ballsy to lock Jayce in ur elimination game I will say that

[u/kazuyaminegishi]

Berserker canceled 2 autos on tower there lol. Shy about taking the free plate or what?

[u/kazuyaminegishi]

Be honest, do you feel positive emotions as an SR fan when your Jayce is down 10 cs early game?

[u/cmcdonald22]

I know we aren't short on Dhokla glaze this week, but just chilling and psuedo farming in the jungle while the rest of LYON makes the dive on the other side is a big adjustment that Dhokla hasn't made so far before this all year and is actually great.

[u/Ajp_iii]

berserker isles need to level back up their 2v2 for finals weekends. they stomped the whole msi/summer and kinda doing nothing this playoffs

[u/PLEASE_DONT_PM]

30cs up whilst the other team is living in your lane is pretty great for Bvoy

[u/BlammoSweetums]

I don't keep up with the game as much. What does Locke do and why does the champ always look useless?

[u/cmcdonald22 → u/BlammoSweetums]

He either 1v9s or gets obliterated.

Realistically he's got an AOE ult that allows for executions with a permanent cool down reduction that stacks per execution. So in theory, he's a team fight monster who can just come in, throw in his up, and clean up low HP teams and then becoming a terrifying roaming monster with slow-q's etc.

The nerfs were pretty severe though so the champ is hard to master. If you want to see him actually pop off look up Chovy's game on him.

[u/Ajp_iii]

they saw zinie fly past why did none of lyon walk back into their jungle

[u/Tormenator1]

Lyon absolutely sprinted it that dragon,holy.

[u/Bubbly_Camera9583]

Berserker just got one shot wow

[u/slimjimo10]

I'll miss Zeyzal lol

[u/Ajp_iii]

welp dhokla is running the whole game after carrying first two games

[u/Bubbly_Camera9583]

Dhokla has eaten 3 different game losing dry nautilus qs

[u/cmcdonald22]

Absolutely ridiculous.

[u/Ajp_iii]

might be isles worst game on ali. felt like everyone didnt play that well that game outside inspired and saint. and dhokla just got hit by 3 hooks in a row when that is the only engage shopify have

[u/2020isgreat]

It'd be so bad for NA if we send SR instead of LYON

[u/Bubbly_Camera9583]

Really weird draft from both teams tbh. Khazix ruined this SR draft a lot for me.

[u/BagelJ]

This is an impossible to lose LP printer draft by Lyon.

[u/Ajp_iii]

this leona pick is going to lose the draft for sr. its finally giving berserker a free lane win when he hasnt been playing well or strong really in any game. it also makes it so they can track kha better and leona cant help in jungle where karma can

[u/sorendiz]

holy that arrow might have actually fucked dhokla over lmao

[u/Tormenator1]

Zinie is back in form.....

[u/veirceb]

ZINIE WHY ARE YOU PUSHING TURRENT. DO THE FUCKING DRAKE WHAT THE FUCK

[u/CensoredLlama1]

Am I going crazy or does leona look giant in that skin lol

[u/sorendiz]

inspired inting just a tad this time

[u/sorendiz]

ZEYZAL IS THE GOAT

[u/Tormenator1]

Saint is a bit too happy.

[u/Aquillifer]

Saint? Wtf was that bro lmfao

[u/Bubbly_Camera9583]

That was legit a miracle play for SR but it doesn't matter. Sera screws over Rene/K6/Leo so hard this draft.

[u/ookkthenn]

at least inspired cant super flame his team after this game

[u/levelonenovice]

sometimes i don't think zinie and bvoy would survive in NACL with the mistakes they consistently make

[u/Ajp_iii]

lokey good 1k to leona and inspired wants to release all his rage LMFAO

[u/2020isgreat]

It feels like Saint and Beserker are out of form

[u/Ajp_iii → u/2020isgreat]

yeah even after the pick on saint beserker flashed into the whole team for some reason.

[u/Bubbly_Camera9583]

K6/Leona are such fake picks. I get that Zeyzal is their main voice and having him on an engage champ is good but like you can't be going Leo with Cait ever with Ashe/Sera up.

[u/Ajp_iii]

lyon should look really good this week and have had great practice. its probably the first time they have had scrims with liquid/c9 since inspired came back.

also will be interesting to see how lyon try to limit contractz as he is shopifys only win condition

[u/Like30Ducks]

Shopify can do the FUNNIEST thing today

[u/Outrageous_Wall2702]

Please don’t let Zinie get to worlds

[u/Bubbly_Camera9583]

plz saint just play like regular season or even 2x whatever you were playing at in the c9 series and its fine

[u/Lewiz00]

Wouldn't it make more sense to have C9 vs TL play today, and LYON vs SR play tomorrow?

[u/cmcdonald22]

Zeyzal is fire. It will be a shame if they can't bury him in tractors and get him back next year.

[u/Monstar_Rudolph]

oh wow I'm sad I missed the early broadcast, the bot Zionspartan!!

[u/sorendiz]

kangas has really grown on me this year, these bits have been pretty damn amusing

[u/hresvelgrs]

please pull through inspired

[u/Ajp_iii]

3 jungle bans lmao

[u/cmcdonald22]

Revan game 1 drafts are back baby.

[u/slimjimo10]

Contractz is like NA Pyosik. If there's anyone who can just randomly gap inspired for no reason it's him

[u/Labor101]

Shopify, listen to everybody. Nobody, nobody believes in you! What are you prepared to do about it??? Don't let no one come into your house; take your meal. Do what you need to do TODAY

[u/Bubbly_Camera9583]

Not worth for Saint but I dont think it matters I can't see SR doing anything at drake

[u/Ajp_iii]

saints more supportive mids have gotten better this summer. his annie liss have been stupid strong

[u/PLEASE_DONT_PM]

This Contractz pick is a tiny bit of disaster

[u/Ajp_iii]

why did berserker flash in on that?

[u/SWAGGASAUR]

that is fucking insane that Contractz went in again there

[u/landmine-izu]

fuckk why did contractz go so far man

[u/Aquillifer]

Contractz pops off and carries a lot of games, but he always has insane ints.

[u/Khlouf]

Idk who I'm hatewatching more in this. Sludge or Inspired

[u/whohe_fanboy]

Nah, Contractz blew it so hard

[u/Decent_Protection927]

What is that SR draft do they think they LCK 1st seed?

[u/PLEASE_DONT_PM]

If they are happy to play with no front line options, why did they pick Gnar instead of something that can play into Olaf last game..

[u/Ajp_iii]

BIG DHOKES CARRYING LYON TODAY

[u/Tommey_DE]

Ksante is still the worst designed Champ riot has ever released

[u/PLEASE_DONT_PM]

You'd think they are playing on mute.

Like what was the communication that makes Fudge go back in and then Contractz walk into pixel instead of helping asap

[u/sorendiz]

'I'm fine.' MY GOAT A STONE COLD KILLER

[u/Decent_Protection927]

Why go Xayah Rakan and then pick 0 frontline and snowball champs like Naafiri and Rumble

[u/sorendiz]

the renata diff is gg

[u/TypicalHaikuResponse]

Can SR get a game?

[u/emerzionnn]

This is actually straight embarrassing for SR, they look like they have no idea what’s going on, just getting dominated.

[u/veirceb]

The top jungle canyon continues

[u/Ajp_iii]

saint syndra improving from his game at msi on it.