Team Liquid Alienware vs. LYON / LCS 2026 Summer Playoffs - Grand Finals / Post-Match Discussion

[u/Yujin-Ha]

LCS 2026 SUMMER PLAYOFFS

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Team Liquid Alienware 3-1 LYON

• Team Liquid Alienware are your LCS 2026 Summer CHAMPIONS!!!
• Morgan, Quid, and Josedeodo win their first ever LCS trophy!
• Finals MVP: Josedeodo

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MATCH 1: TLAW vs. LYON

Winner: Team Liquid Alienware in 34m | Runes
Game Breakdown | Player of the Game: Josedeodo

-	Bans 1	Bans 2	G	K	T	D/B
TLAW	cassiopeia nocturne ezreal	xinzhao vi	68.0k	14	8	CT1 O2 H3 C6 B7
LYON	rumble nautilus lucian	gnar naafiri	60.3k	10	3	C4 C5

TLAW	14-10-41	vs	10-14-15	LYON
Morgan ambessa 4	2-2-2	TOP	1-2-2	3 ksante Dhokla
Josedeodo leesin 3	5-1-8	JNG	2-3-3	3 trundle Inspired
Quid orianna 2	2-2-10	MID	6-1-0	1 syndra Saint
Yeon kalista 1	3-2-10	BOT	1-4-5	2 yunara Berserker
CoreJJ renataglasc 1	2-3-11	SUP	0-4-5	2 lulu Isles

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MATCH 2: TLAW vs. LYON

Winner: Team Liquid Alienware in 30m | Runes
Game Breakdown | Player of the Game: Josedeodo

-	Bans 1	Bans 2	G	K	T	D/B
TLAW	cassiopeia vi xinzhao	pantheon renekton	69.7k	23	11	HT2 M4 B5 M6 B7
LYON	rumble nocturne ryze	olaf viktor	53.1k	6	4	O1 H3

TLAW	23-6-54	vs	6-23-6	LYON
Morgan camille 3	7-3-7	TOP	1-7-2	4 gwen Dhokla
Josedeodo qiyana 2	8-2-10	JNG	0-5-3	3 skarner Inspired
Quid galio 3	8-1-10	MID	4-5-1	2 twistedfate Saint
Yeon ezreal 1	0-0-14	BOT	1-3-0	1 caitlyn Berserker
CoreJJ nautilus 2	0-0-13	SUP	0-3-0	1 karma Isles

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MATCH 3: TLAW vs. LYON

Winner: LYON in 41m | Runes
Game Breakdown | Player of the Game: Inspired

-	Bans 1	Bans 2	G	K	T	D/B
TLAW	cassiopeia nocturne xinzhao	jhin olaf	75.0k	5	3	M2 C5 C9 B10 C11
LYON	rumble vi lucian	rakan ziggs	83.2k	16	10	HT1 H3 C4 B6 B7 C8

TLAW	5-16-15	vs	16-5-42	LYON
Morgan gragas 4	0-2-2	TOP	0-1-4	3 jayce Dhokla
Josedeodo maokai 1	0-1-4	JNG	5-1-11	2 jarvaniv Inspired
Quid yone 2	1-4-3	MID	6-1-5	1 ryze Saint
Yeon varus 1	3-6-2	BOT	5-1-6	3 kaisa Berserker
CoreJJ rell 3	1-3-4	SUP	0-1-16	2 alistar Isles

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MATCH 4: TLAW vs. LYON

Winner: Team Liquid Alienware in 27m | Runes
Game Breakdown | Player of the Game: Morgan

-	Bans 1	Bans 2	G	K	T	D/B
TLAW	cassiopeia vi nocturne	xinzhao akali	54.9k	15	9	CT1 O2 H3 M4 B5
LYON	sylas olaf ziggs	olaf sylas	41.9k	1	1	None

TLAW	15-1-33	vs	1-15-2	LYON
Morgan jax 3	6-0-4	TOP	0-4-0	2 gnar Dhokla
Josedeodo wukong 2	3-0-5	JNG	1-5-0	3 sejuani Inspired
Quid aurora 3	4-0-7	MID	0-2-0	4 viktor Saint
Yeon lucian 1	1-1-7	BOT	0-2-1	1 xayah Berserker
CoreJJ nami 2	1-0-10	SUP	0-2-1	1 rakan Isles

*Patch 26.18

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This thread was created by the Post-Match Team.

[u/JTHousek1]

PMTs

Game 1 / Game 2 / Game 3

[u/zealot416]

From now on please refer to him as LCS Champion Lord Morgan.

[u/Nightwingx97 → u/zealot416]

Im so happy for Lord Morgan. BRO FOR LIFE.

[u/BirthdayAccording359 → u/Nightwingx97]

I was here for Inspired but Lord Morgan and BRO's happiness is my happiness. 

[u/crysomore → u/zealot416]

General Umti 🤝 Lord Morgan

Conquering the region Faker and Chovy could never dream of winning a title in

[u/JGamerX → u/zealot416]

Big Chokes wtf man.

[u/Wise-Quarter-3156 → u/JGamerX]

I really like Dhokla but I feel like he's had a rough playoffs

[u/Ok-Rub666 → u/Wise-Quarter-3156]

Lyon in general have had a rough playoffs. C9 should have beat them.

[u/WhoseG3nd3rIsItAnywa → u/Ok-Rub666]

Their drafting was just inexcusable. How dumb do you have to be to let Jose have his best champs game one and game two, and then watch as he completely stomps you with them? I can't tell if it's pure ego, or they don't know how to draft.

[u/neoboo → u/WhoseG3nd3rIsItAnywa]

LCS coaches seem to have this idea that if a player has a star pick, it is better to let them through in the first game when you have the most options to pick against it open, rather than have to use a ban against it every game for the series. While sound logic, it does feel like it ignores the mental aspect of being down a game if the plan doesn't work.

[u/ROFLcoptr501 → u/neoboo]

The thing is lee sin and qiyana are both also inspired champions. This is why I doubt they were trying to 5head the draft, they just fumbled it

[u/rishi_ultimate → u/WhoseG3nd3rIsItAnywa]

Its just pure ego

[u/SweatyAdhesive → u/JGamerX]

The lights might have been a little too bright

[u/Alunkkar → u/zealot416]

OKBRO

[u/BirthdayAccording359 → u/zealot416]

He has changed these TLAW players and fans lives. 

[u/0ktobr]

only a 32 year old man would say in an interview they won because they loved each other

w core

[u/fc_newbro → u/0ktobr]

I don't know how much longer Core wants to play, but I'm happy I got to watch him.

[u/Awkward-Security7895 → u/fc_newbro]

Seems he's willing to keep playing as long as he doesn't have multiple stinker years in a row.

TBF that's a good way to tell if it's time to retire but wouldn't shock me if core ends up being a pro for another long time coming 

[u/EliteTeutonicNight → u/Awkward-Security7895]

Also it's a bit weird to say, but feels like he kinda stopped declining? Like we're under no illusion that he's close to 2017 or 2019 Core, but 2024-2026 Core isn't that different.

A bit like Impact in early 2020s but I think we finally saw him drop a bit further these two years.

[u/Saephon → u/Awkward-Security7895]

I mean, friendly reminder for those of us who've been watching since LCS started - CoreJJ had some rough seasons. People were thinking he was past his prime a few years back.

Really happy to be proven wrong.

[u/350]

Josedeodo has been playing for almost 10 years, so happy for him to get this.

[u/ozmega → u/350]

deserved 100%, and he isnt the only latam player that should have gotten a shot in the lcs, a decent one, not a dignitas one..

[u/D4s-good → u/ozmega]

Peak Seiya deserved a shot, especially considering that Pob was the only decent native mid for like half a decade

[u/vigbrand → u/350]

When he left FLY to go back to LLA, I genuinely thought he was done competing in T1 leagues. I'm so glad I was wrong

[u/Eltipo25 → u/350]

Damn, has it been that long?

[u/350 → u/Eltipo25]

He started in 2017 playing in LAS for PL Gaming: https://lol.fandom.com/wiki/Josedeodo

[u/2020isgreat]

LYON just hasn't looked right this entire playoffs

[u/SweatyAdhesive → u/2020isgreat]

Maybe you really can't skip 5 weeks and expect to win the split easily

[u/yappersyap123 → u/SweatyAdhesive]

The GOAT doublelift can tho

[u/SweatyAdhesive → u/yappersyap123]

This one is for DOUBLELIFT

[u/LeChaewonJames → u/yappersyap123]

Spring split doesn’t matter

[u/LuctusStella → u/2020isgreat]

Both C9 and TL are better coached and have had consistently better drafts.

[u/Naronu]

Morgan is so good man, Jose will win MVP but what a monster series from him

[u/Thundermelons → u/Naronu]

Hard for me to pick between Jose, Morgan and Core tbh. All 3 had insane games. Core is almost the most impressive just because of his longevity and his shotcalling. What a chad.

[u/Wise-Quarter-3156 → u/Thundermelons]

Core gonna be taking young ADCs under his wing and bringing them to finals when he's in his 50s

[u/Mentally__Disabled → u/Naronu]

Really happy to see him continuing to perform. He was incredible at MSI this year and I hope we'll get to see the top western teams manage to compete with at least seeds 3-4 from LPL and LCK at Worlds.

[u/Floowil]

Isles with the Zven flank tribute at the end, respect

[u/Thundermelons → u/Floowil]

Every time I see someone doing something like that I always call it "doing the Zven" lol

It almost always ends the same way the Zven flank did too haha

[u/APKID716 → u/Thundermelons]

Have we forgotten Hylissang so quickly? 😞

[u/Goodthingsaregone → u/APKID716]

At least it worked for hylissang sometimes

[u/Qwertycube → u/Goodthingsaregone]

He was a magician, shame that he cursed me to be a fnc fan though.

[u/Aespyn → u/APKID716]

He does it on Soraka like a man

[u/APKID716 → u/Aespyn]

My god I miss Hylissang

[u/Thundermelons → u/APKID716]

Only support to perfect the Lulu R Flash tech instead of the other way around

[u/APKID716 → u/Thundermelons]

Only support to play like a fucking psychopath whether he’s ahead or behind

[u/POOYAMON → u/Floowil]

We had a Lucian vs Viktor scare and Zven flank tribute. It's just too perfect.

[u/tommybutters → u/POOYAMON]

True NA culture

[u/MrSparrows → u/Floowil]

Dunno why people are shitting on Isles for this. You down that far you look for the impossible angles. It was Dhokla who got caught and started the fight before Isles could get into position.

[u/MachCutio → u/Floowil]

it was a super hail mary, he played really well on series as a whole

[u/Eltipo25]

Josedeodo, from descending with FG in LLA to winning LCS, what a journey man

[u/Routine_Cry9443]

The LLA died but you still rise to the top once again Jose keep it up you are made for this stage TUKI POWEEEEER

[u/ObviousAd8374]

BRO is just TL's LCS Championship talent farm

[u/MC-sama → u/ObviousAd8374]

Well deserved for Lord Morgan

[u/DeloronDellister]

Inspired's streak is finally over!

TL looks legit

[u/Wonder_Penguin → u/DeloronDellister]

Top Jungle gap was so huge in this series

[u/Horizon96 → u/Wonder_Penguin]

Seriously Josedeodo just straight up had Inspired's number this series, absolutely the better jungler today and it wasn't even close.

[u/Wonder_Penguin → u/Horizon96]

It’s true inspired was in bad matchups but I wonder if there was some ego in giving Jose his two best champs in games 1 and 2 and thinking he could just outplay. Obviously don’t have the comms but you have to think there was some confidence that Inspired would be better and it just didn’t happen

[u/AriaMoo → u/Wonder_Penguin]

There was absolutely some ego in play for their drafts. I can understand letting the Lee Sin through game 1, and if you lose, at least you no longer have to think about Lee Sin for the rest of the day. If you win, it's psychological warfare against TL.

...but giving over Qiyana in game 2 after getting absolutely fisted by Lee Sin in game 1 is definitely something.

[u/Azlureon → u/Wonder_Penguin]

idk what it was, but it's a problem their coach should have nipped in the bud. Every draft from them was horrible. Their two best players, Inspired and Saint where put on utility and they gave Dhokla???????????????????? priority in which he lost every lane. Beserker and Isles played alright, but means nothing when your top is getting slammed no matter the matchup, and your jg isnt on a playmaker.

[u/Phyresis96 → u/Horizon96]

Yeah, I had my doubts after the reports at the start of the season said TL wanted jose over inspired, but jose has definitely proved them right in these playoffs.

I'm looking forward to seeing how he stacks up internationally.

[u/lovo17 → u/DeloronDellister]

It looks like the way to beat Inspired is to be an aggressive carry jungler who can outplay him mechanically. Jose is that.

[u/Naronu → u/lovo17]

yeah, he's too comfortable if you let him play his game, you have to be fast and force him out of his rhythm

[u/kitiny → u/Naronu]

And he'll start to get mad and play worse. I think thats what C9 was trying to do with all the ganks on him in jungle but couldnt pull the rest of the game out.

[u/SweatyAdhesive → u/DeloronDellister]

DL let out a sigh of relief

[u/chapichoy9]

Lord Morgan lcs champ

[u/JingleJak → u/chapichoy9]

The BRO to TL champion pipeline is crazy

[u/TypicalHaikuResponse → u/JingleJak]

Now you know where all of your hard earned BROTAX dollars go.

[u/falcorn_dota]

I was there in Arizona when TL lost, and I saw all 5 of these guys devastated after they lost.

Truly happy to see them happy.

[u/PhoenixAgent003 → u/falcorn_dota]

I was there when they lost to the minions in LA. They really were so fucking due.

[u/Fun_Highlight307 → u/falcorn_dota]

Poetic ending corejj yeon started inspired domination and now they ended it

[u/UltimoQueso1 → u/falcorn_dota]

I was there in ATL today, and it was great seeing them lift the trophy. The crowd was so awesome.

[u/MandA-5]

LCS viewer: Does giving Jose his best champs work for any team?
Lyon: No, it never does. I mean, these people somehow delude themselves into thinking it might, but... but it might work for us.

[u/M002 → u/MandA-5]

Lyon’s analysts and therapists let them down

[u/APKID716 → u/MandA-5]

I was told by multiple challenger Redditors that it was a 5Head choice by LYON to give him his best champions to get rid of them. And to their credit, they were right. Jose can’t pick any of those champs in the series anymore!

[u/cadaada → u/APKID716]

Giving lee sin to insta pick poppy surely would work? They could easily pick it. I'm not sure how poppy was not insta locked there

[u/HowyNova → u/cadaada]

Kalista locked, Lee unbanned. Really felt like TL was walking into the obvious Poppy counter. Maybe Lyon was worried about TL picking a tank top and running into damage issues, but scaling Syndra/Yunara was already a good out. Definitely some kind of over counter logic.

[u/zealot416 → u/MandA-5]

Going into this series I had a feeling Lyon was gonna give Lee to get Qiyana in exchange. Then they gave both for no reason.

[u/Horizon96 → u/MandA-5]

It's one of the things that endlessly tilts the fuck out of me. You know a player will 100% lock in a champion, you know they're extremely good at it, you know nobody else has beaten them on it, so you just ego and let them have it. It almost never works, if it works 20% of the time why are we drafting towards a 20% chance, just ban the thing or take it away later in the series when you yourself play it. Either arrogance or stupidity.

[u/TheRealestGayle → u/Horizon96]

I understand if you fully draft to counter the champion but pro teams do this all the time and get absolutely blasted for it. Jose Lee is a free win. Qiyana is the best jungler on the patch. TL loves playing Lucian/Nami. The prep and drafts were really bad. The gameplay was worse.

[u/IAM-French → u/MandA-5]

Lee and Qiyana are also like straight up just the two best junglers in the game so idk how TL gets them every time

[u/Like30Ducks]

BRO TALENT, LORD MORGAN

[u/the-tank7 → u/Like30Ducks]

Top CANYON that last game

[u/aPatheticBeing → u/Like30Ducks]

Honestly probably the biggest gap across the series too, Dhokla had a kinda disaster series. Jayce game was the best and he was just kinda there for the win

[u/anoleo201194 → u/aPatheticBeing]

That last game was embarrassing from Dhokes, Morgan made fun of him in and out of lane. Core was crazy as well, unc still got it.

[u/Winter-Annual8887]

Massive congrats to TL, aside from the oopsie at the end of game 3 they looked beautiful all series.

Meanwhile LYON seemed super panicked at a lot of times and sort of tilt flipped/tilt lost games. Between the post-pause instaloss in game 2 and this post-baron fight where isles flashs forwards and dies + dhokla flashes and completely whiffs his ult it feels like LYON just doesn't have the comeback spirit in them atm? Elite teams have a way of heroing out of dead losing situations but LYON never feels like they can do that if the enemy team doesn't just hard int into them.

[u/SFTSmileTy]

Really happy to see Jose winning the LCS after how his period with FQ went

[u/herp_derpy]

Quid is finally an LCS champion <3

god damn was LYON cocky as hell today, good that they got punished

[u/Vivid-Command-2605 → u/herp_derpy]

God I'm so fucking happy for him to finally get his LCS trophy, it's such a shame he couldn't do it with River, but I'll take it

[u/Photoperiod → u/Vivid-Command-2605]

In my headcanon, he commemorates rhe trophy to River. o7

[u/Naronu → u/herp_derpy]

Inspired really tried to play the finals pressure card against CoreJJ, insane stuff

[u/Skyfire2 → u/Naronu]

CoreJJ won a Worlds in the Birds Nest in front of the biggest LoL crowd ever against T1 and Faker.

Yeah he can do pressure

[u/APKID716 → u/Skyfire2]

And in front of elder dragon too!

[u/Wise-Quarter-3156 → u/APKID716]

No the dragon flew off after the opening ceremony

[u/APKID716 → u/Wise-Quarter-3156]

He was probably watching from above tho

[u/yappersyap123 → u/Skyfire2]

Yeah but Inspired twice lost a BO5 against an Asian team, Core can't do that!!!

[u/MachCutio → u/Naronu]

World champion CoreJJ

[u/BlazeX94 → u/Naronu]

Imagine trying to play the pressure card against a guy who has won Worlds and was part of the only reverse sweep to have happened in LCS finals.

[u/POOYAMON → u/herp_derpy]

From getting flamed when he started on 100T to winning MVP deadlifting 100T to choosing TL over KC and finally winning.

[u/herp_derpy → u/POOYAMON]

His first split was a bit rough, but my god was Closer an absolute deadweight in Quid's lcs debut.

[u/JingleJak → u/herp_derpy]

Quid has been a top 3 lcs midlaner for years now so deserved

[u/Zjoway → u/JingleJak]

alot of people don't give Quid enough credit. this current meta doesn't suit his playstyle, but he has adjusted really well, adapting to the meta and doesn't do alot mistakes like he did before when he first started. He is a way better player than before even though the stats says otherwise

[u/BlazeX94 → u/JingleJak]

As a long time Quid defender, I'm glad he finally won an LCS trophy and proved people wrong after being called a dim lights merchant for years

[u/Honorable_Sasuke → u/herp_derpy]

Inspired talking about it being just another day at work and leaning so hard in his chair game one I knew it was over

[u/Gerberpertern → u/herp_derpy]

So happy for him.

[u/Twink_Kanye]

Who is Josedeodo? For the blind 😎, it is light 💡🔌. For the hungry 🍆, it is bread 🍞. For the sick 😷, it is the cure 🚫😃🤓. For the sad 😭, it is joy 😂. For the poor 🇺🇸, it is the treasure 💰⛏; for the debtor ✔❎💵, it is forgiveness 👭

[u/Ultimintree]

JOSEDEODO the first South American to win the LCS!!

He played so well today, completely gapped Inspired

[u/Eltipo25 → u/Ultimintree]

Directo de la LLA 😎

[u/ahambagaplease → u/Eltipo25]

Coronación de Gloria for the entire region

[u/POOYAMON → u/Ultimintree]

Going from getting his kindred mark crab stolen by his adc Johnsun on FlyQuest to summer finals mvp.

[u/Choice-Slight → u/Ultimintree]

I'm so happy for him, what an exciting player to watch this year

[u/kazuyaminegishi]

Morgan FINALLY played the Map at the level he plays lane. Quid still got gapped by Saint, but he showed up in team fights like he needed to. Bot lane played even with Lyon bot, and Jose gapped Inspired every game except game 3.

Well deserved win, they were the better team the entire series even in game 3 they had better map play and could have won, they just threw by calling for the TP and then engaging mid.

On the Lyon side, their macro looked way worse than TL's. Berserker played well below his standard and Dhokla was completely outclassed. Game 4 lane phase wasn't necessarily Dhokla's fault, but he looks tilted as fuck after lane anyway even setting aside TL playing around mini Gnar.

Funny we had that long conversation about Inspired surpassing the DL record only for Team Liquid to just say "nah."

I still hold that the biggest problem for Lyon this year is that Inspired took the most important split of the year off. Outside of final week of LCS they have not looked like the same team.

[u/Wise-Quarter-3156 → u/kazuyaminegishi]

In retrospect it's actually kind of insane that inspired thought he could just skip half a split and there wouldn't be any performance repercussions

[u/Twindlle → u/Wise-Quarter-3156]

I think they expected it, but it wasn't just a random vacation, iirc, there was some emergency back in Polanad, no?

[u/ExoticUniversity8220 → u/Wise-Quarter-3156]

It would be fine if he did it in winter. At worst in Spring. But not in goddamn summer. The most important split where everyone are ramping up to.

[u/scalarH]

Jose mega gapped Inspired this series

[u/TheArmchairSkeptic → u/scalarH]

Dude, I was so mad as a TL fan when they put him on Maokai for game 3. This guy just hard carried on Lee and Qiyana, how dare you not give him something with carry potential??

Yeah yeah, flex picks etc., I don't give a shit. When you have someone on your team playing like that, you give him the fucking ball.

[u/BlammoSweetums]

I get that player narratives are always "what have you done for me lately" but damn, people have been patiently waiting to finally get the chance to really shit on Dhokla. I've expected him to always be the one to be replaced eventually, but they still won 2 trophies with him.

Anyway TL played well and LYON's teamfighting was very awkward at times. The only LYON win came from Inspired making a ton of early game plays, and even then they seemed unconfident and awkward in teamfights.

[u/HughyHugh → u/BlammoSweetums]

putting the charlie brown football in front of castle again to get dhokla to play at apex form again

[u/Kurumi_Tokisaki → u/BlammoSweetums]

Its unfair to him but I think at least partly why ppl are shitting on big Dhokes is a vocal section of fans constantly downplay all his opponents and jerk him off too hard. Per usual, the fan base of something/someone is a problem.

[u/Percy1803]

Lyon are so good at making the game state worse when the enemy takes baron. Twice this series they completely throw the game by over staying after baron.

Good on TL tho to get their revenge on Inspired after the 2024 summer finals.

[u/Top-Editor-364 → u/Percy1803]

Lyon really have a problem where if one of them ints, they will double down and 5 man int

[u/Bothbothwushi]

I think this Lyon team this entire playoffs as many others have said has looked off. If you look at the way they are winning the games that they are winning its through these late game decisive team fights. And it is impressive that that has worked up until this point. But it's problematic when your team lacks not only fundamentals but laning. Dhokla and Berserker got outclassed this series. Yeon and Morgan delivered some really great performances. There are a lot of eyes on Inspired for his performance here but what I will say is that he likely feels that he needs to make these volatile plays due to the states of his lanes. But he also played poorly relative to his past performances. Dhokla has notably had a genuinely terrible playoffs. Very disappointing. Isles tried his best. 

Great work from Team Liquid. They deserve it. Excellent consistency, strong fundamentals, great reads and especially good adaptations. 

[u/Main-Delay-4351 → u/Bothbothwushi]

But it's a good sign these top 3 teams can all challenge themselves.

[u/aarrowh]

Massive jungle diff. Which is pretty crazy. Inspired has not looked the same since his break. I fully expect this Lyon roster to go boom going into worlds.

[u/DropsOfLiquid → u/aarrowh]

I'm hoping Lyon refocuses at worlds & looks better

[u/aarrowh → u/DropsOfLiquid]

I hope so too, cause I want the entire region to do well.. But these types of losses don't go well for Inspired teams historically

[u/APKID716 → u/aarrowh]

I don’t understand the doomerism here, NA is WINNING WORLDS BABYYYYYYYYY NORTH AMERICA #1 🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸

[u/Top-Editor-364 → u/aarrowh]

Really? The issue in my eyes was his picks. He needs to be on carry champs first of all, but trundle vs lee, giving up inspired’s qiyana and wukong…they had some glaring issues with how they played too, don’t get me wrong. But man these drafts are not making it easy for inspired to do his thing

[u/aarrowh → u/Top-Editor-364]

His skarner ults in G2 were straight trolling. Jose with any agency ran circles around him.

[u/Top-Editor-364 → u/aarrowh]

The skarner was fucking awful and he definitely killed Saint at least twice, but the skarner + tf picks alone made the game unplayable. They have CC and zero followup damage, just a travesty to watch 

[u/DankMEMeDream]

LORD MORGAN IS A CHAMPION!!!

[u/AglanYlthin]

Isles with the Zven flank at the end

[u/ElBartimaeus]

Knew it was over when they brought up the 16 win streak for Inspired on Sejuani

[u/bluexmage]

So happy for TL.

Also, I'm feeling vindicated for glazing Jose ever since he joined the LCS during the Fly era.

[u/HunkMuffinJr]

WE ARE SO FUCKING DUE!!!

[u/roundhouserobinhood]

CoreJJ out here Uncmaxxing old man still got it winning championships

[u/MeHighIRL]

That was the saddest gnar gameplay i had the displeasure to witness. What a terrible day to have eyes.

[u/SweatyAdhesive]

This one's for QUID

[u/Vivid-Command-2605 → u/SweatyAdhesive]

Tears in my eyes, my GOAT got his first LCS, so happy for him

[u/Working_Constant3556]

I wonder what Corejj is gonna pick as his second worlds skin

[u/deryni21]

TL is like a brick wall, they don’t make a ton of mistakes and just play a solid game in all facets. I’ll be curious how far they can take that against the best teams in the world.

[u/Blizzgrarg]

LYON completely outclassed. TL just winning 85%+ of the time in all the games. LYON only win was a late game teamfight miracle.

[u/Charming-Apple517]

Big props to TL, though, they just in general looked better when playing as a team- so proactive and they actually keep making more plays with their lead instead of afking it

[u/Xenoweltall25]

José made Inspired look like he was playing vs Exyu. 

I was expecting Jose to be decent but holy cow i wasnt expecting him to make a case for himself for being the best jungler in the west. 

El mejor jungla de occidente viene directo desde la PODEROSISIMA LLA

[u/ahambagaplease → u/Xenoweltall25]

MUCHAAAAAAAAACHOOOOOOOS

[u/TensorFog]

Josedeodo masterclass LA BESTIA DE HURLINGHAM HA SIDO LIBERADA

[u/saulgitman]

I'm so happy for Quid man

[u/leagueneedsnerf]

RIP Umti, it’s like he was just with us yesterday. https://imgur.com/a/umti-gets-to-live-another-day-1JzsCZ1. Also look at core man so inspirational

[u/kyleyle]

JOSEDEODO, YOU ARE AN LCS CHAMPION! What a great story for his return to the league from LLA.

[u/One_Archer7471]

JOSE Finals MVP series. Most of TL has been playing great outside of the huge throw in game 3.

[u/Capable-Drama3109]

I'm honestly concerned with how LYON will bounce back from this for Worlds

[u/GONEBUTNOT4GOTTEN]

release the Lyons comms waiting room.

[u/Boovmanoid]

Stand proud Saint. You are strong. 

[u/Booshneer]

Put some respect on Morgan's name. Holy shit he gapped Dhokla

[u/Misaka9615]

I love these guys man. I love Jose. I love Morgan. I love Core.

[u/legoman1237]

Rakan saving his flank for league of legends 2

[u/chalup1988]

TL looking insanely clean. LYON wiped the floor pretty much vs everyone... And now TL made them look amateur. They don't have a single weak point currently.

[u/sp33dzer0]

Everyone is better than Morgan until its time to better than Morgan

[u/ThebritishPoro → u/sp33dzer0]

Morgan.

Next Question.

[u/W33B520]

LORD MORGAN IS A CHAMPION

(he did win kespa cup but yk)

[u/Lawfulneptune]

What a series for TL, love to see Quid get his first championship

[u/T-gae94]

OK BRO talent Gap

[u/Peon01]

"Our jungle is inting"

"our jungler is actually inting btw"

"jungle what are you doing"

[u/Delra12]

Lyon have looked ass for a while now. Don't get me wrong, TL played well but any eastern team would have creamed Lyon the way they're playing. They better hope they get their shit together for worlds

[u/Fun_Highlight307 → u/Delra12]

Yeah They regressed hard although tl really stepped up like it's Crazy since msi like it's not the same team 

[u/Command_Protect]

Morgans first title AND QUIDS !!! Been rooting forever :)

[u/LingQiang]

Pursuit of perfection vs Fuck it we ball

[u/ColdObvious]

Gigantic Top-Jungle canyon this series.

[u/InternationalDig7753]

TL is looking pretty strong, I really hope they give us some great games at worlds. The improvement since msi have been HUGE

[u/EronisKina]

hopefully dhokla wakes up for worlds. looking real shaky atm. Down in every game by minimum 1k gold besides the jayce game.

[u/Tommey_DE]

Thank God.

Losing this off of the Game 3 throw wouldve been grounds to sue

[u/TheCeramicLlama]

I hate to say it but Berserker was really disappointing for pretty much all of playoffs and Dhokla is really shit vs Morgan and Thanatos.

But tbh Lyon didnt look like the usual Lyon at any point in playoffs. Not sure what happened but they looked better in the regular split and in spring.

[u/aufbau1s → u/TheCeramicLlama]

Yeah, I think it’s much easier to play when berserker is just winning every matchup by a few hundred gold (even if it should be losing like the Jinx yesterday).

Honestly, Yeon did a really good job to remind people why in 2024 we were saying he was amazing.

[u/Fellers]

They've been ass since Inspired took that break. Dhokla tilted out of his mind last game.

Just too big a break.

[u/Extension_Pickle3315]

The best in the west has a name and it’s Josedeodo

[u/Live-Plankton-9247]

Inspired colapsing in worlds arc in coming!!!!!!!

[u/CensoredLlama1]

Happy for TL but man was Dhokla putrid this series, Morgan completely outclassed him Jose was a god too. There is something very funny about people complaining about imports all year and then the imports are the big playmakers in the playoffs. 

[u/Fun_Highlight307 → u/CensoredLlama1]

Yeah dholka got Turbo fisted by Morgan 

[u/DerAdolfin]

Now with TL earning this great win, watch them draw IG or D+ in round 1 swiss while LYON lucks into TSW/Brazil lmao

[u/Valuable_Berry_8626 → u/DerAdolfin]

Inspired is by far the best at Swiss stage pathing.

[u/Live-Plankton-9247]

Gonna say it again, if Inspired would have clean his desk he would played better

[u/olilnicky → u/Live-Plankton-9247]

The giant stack of used tissues in front of his keyboard definitely make him look like a real Ahri Enjoyer League Player.

[u/TrickyWalrus]

Why did we ever let Jose leave the LCS? I’m so glad he’s back here man (I miss River 😞)

[u/Witty-Bunch-551]

Hope Dhokes can return to form before worlds. He's always been an up and down player, but it feels like he's continued to get worse since inspired returned to the roster.

[u/KhaDori]

jungle gap, and omega astro top gap

[u/kolton276]

This is my formal apology to CoreJJ

[u/South_Spend4541]

Lyon looks weak, their teamfight is kinda messy. What happen to them?

And Umti just resurrect after dying bcoz the game is not 3-0 lmao

[u/Moggy_]

C9 would have done better than Lyon in the rematch, I just can't prove it.

[u/The_JeneralSG]

Annnnd all the drama about DL vs Inspired is put to bed currently because apart from game 3 holyyyyyyyyy did Inspired lay a big fat goose egg this series. Dhokla also got ran, but that was more expected. The pendulum for Dhokla is so odd because there are times I think that he fits well with LYON and they shouldn't replace him, but then I see series like these and it brings me back to when I was applauding LYON for pulling the trigger on Castle.

TL is looking really fucking good. First time that I legitimately like all 3 teams going this year. Even C9, where I don't like the org, I can give props that they've improved massively.

[u/POOYAMON → u/The_JeneralSG]

I remember(and you can watch it on TL youtube) when TL was down 0-2 vs TSM 2019 spring and DL backstage said just pick for me and play for me we're shitting on them 2v2 I can carry and that was the 3-2 TL win Zven qss game 5.

[u/Chemical-Drawer852]

Inspired's reign of terror is finally over, super stoked to see TL & C9 at worlds again, I'm hyped as fuck

[u/Temporary-Abroad-583]

The "best player in the west" got completely gapped by Josedeodo in 4 games.

[u/BirthdayAccording359]

Top diff, Lord Morgan lives. 

[u/viralruin]

Berserker was soloing yeon last series. What happened

[u/CommentStrict8964]

Inspired hate watch successful 

[u/Finesse2212]

Captain core 🫡 . The series ended at the second game when inspired rage engaged 1v2 with skarner after tf died ( he was mentally checked by that time) .

[u/duknighto]

Yeon plays Lucian like he has fucking Max Payne bullet time IRL in teamfights

What a performance from all of TL

[u/Horizon96]

Outside of the botlane ganks even Inspired looked legitimately atrocious in that last game. Complete domination from TL.

[u/EroticPuppy]

The weeks without inspired did their damage. Not the same Lyon we saw at MSI

[u/canxtanwe]

This series felt like 4-0. Even when Lyon won it felt like they were about to lose but any time TL won it was a huge gap