TSM will move on to the final match in the lower bracket of the post-season to face off against Team Liquid, with the winner heading to the finals against Cloud9 to see who represents North America at the 2021 Mid-Season Invitational.
Rogue has guaranteed a top 3 post-season finish, and will face off against G2 Esports next to see who will meet MAD Lions in the finals.
Cloud9 has punched its ticket to the finals of the 2021 League of Legends Championship Series Mid-Season Showdown after a 3-1 victory over Team Liquid. C9 shook off an 0-2 head-to-head against TL in the 2021 LCS Spring Split and looked like the better team throughout the series in multiple facets, and stands alone as the only undefeated team in the post-season.
MAD Lions has defeated G2 Esports in the 2021 League of Legends European Championship Spring Playoffs. In a 3-1 victory, MAD will move on to the finals as the only undefeated team in the tournament, while G2 will have to survive the lower bracket with FC Schalke 04 Esports and Rogue.
S04 has ended four straight years of top 3 post-season finishes for Fnatic, and will face off against Rogue next week.
The South Korean top laner changed the spelling of his tag to "Rey" when joining the Liga Latinoamérica organization, which in Spanish, translates to 'sea', but has seemingly reverted to his tag's original spelling upon parting ways with R7.
Let's take a look at the 10 highest vote-garnering candidates for the 2021 LCS Spring Split MVP award and rank them in terms of their respective likelihoods of winning the award.
Cloud9's coaching staff won the Coaching Staff of the Split Award after the team's 1st place finish in Kim "Reignover" Yeu-jin's first split as head coach.
Up against Dignitas, 100 Thieves avoided elimination in a clean sweep. Dignitas will join Evil Geniuses in elimination, while 100 Thieves will move on in the lower bracket to face TSM.
MAD Lions will move on in the upper bracket to face G2 Esports, with the winner moving onto the finals undefeated.
After defeating Evil Geniuses, TSM top laner Heo "Huni" Seung-hoon spoke to Inven Global about his pocket pick Nocturne top, his role within TSM throughout the season, and who he expects to face in TSM's next match of the LCS Mid-Season Showdown.
TSM will move on in the lower bracket to face the winner of 100 Thieves and Dignitas, who will play against each other tomorrow.
G2 will continue on to play its second match in the upper bracket against the winner of Rogue and MAD Lions, who will face off tomorrow.
In game 2 of G2's series against FC Schalke 04 Esports in the 2021 League of Legends European Championship Spring Playoffs, Rekkles secured his 500th career kill in the EU post-season on his way to a phenomenal 14/2/6 Ashe performance.
Let's take a look at the teams' performances this season alongside their respective matchups in the 2021 LCS Spring Split and analyze why it will be TSM and Dignitas to survive the weekend while Evil Geniuses and 100 Thieves find themselves eliminated from the LCS Mid-Season Showdown.
SK is the first LEC team to be eliminated from the post-season after losing to FNC in the first lower bracket match of the Spring Playoffs.
For most rookies making their League of Legends Championship Series debut, playing on a team as illustrious as Cloud9 — alongside the best western player of all time in mid laner Luka "Perkz" Perković, no less — would be plenty of pressure. But Cloud9 top laner Ibrahim “Fudge” Allami is not most rookies.
The jungler formerly known as Wiggily has played for both CLG and CLG Academy during his near four-year tenure with the organization — longer than any other jungler who has donned the black and blue.
100 Thieves fans, professional players and members of the community alike were displeased to see ry0ma start in all three games of the series while Cloud9 dealt one merciless blow after another, but the one-sided nature of C9’s win begs the question: Would 100 Thieves starting Damonte have made any difference against Cloud9?
Cloud9 has swept 100 Thieves in its first match of the 2021 League of Legends Championship Series Mid-Season Showdown. Cloud9 will face Team Liquid in the next round of the upper bracket, while 100 Thieves will be dropped down to the lower bracket for an elimination match against Dignitas.