Evil Geniuses and 100 Thieves played an epic five game series in round 2 of the upper bracket of the 2021 League Championship Series Championship, and while 100 came away from the series as the victor, EG's win in game 4 featured what could be considered as the LCS play of the year by AD carry Kyle "Danny" Sakamaki.
TL has guaranteed itself a top 3 finish in the post-season with the win against TSM, and in doing so, has qualified for the 2021 League of Legends World Championship.
After sending Evil Geniuses to the lower bracket, Abbedagge joined Inven Global for a brief chat about 100 Thieves' epic 3-2 win, qualifying for Worlds 2021, and his thoughts on the rest of the post-season.
100 will move on to the next round of the upper bracket while EG continues its post-season in the lower bracket.
Golden Guardians is the second LCS team to be eliminated from the post-season following Dignitas' elimination at the hands of Immortals one day prior, and the fourth team to have its LCS season end after DIG, FlyQuest and Counter Logic Gaming, the latter pair whom failed to qualify for the post-season.
Dignitas is the first LCS team to be eliminated from the post-season and the third team to have its season end after Counter Logic Gaming and FlyQuest failed to qualify for the LCS Championship.
Duo Proximity is a stat that measures how often a support stays within 1500 range of its AD carry between the 3- and 15-minute marks, and CoreJJ’s preposterous 0.4% set the record by a good margin.
Danny already looks like one of the future stars of the league and the race between him and Neo for Rookie of the Year is nail-bitingly close. But in my eyes, Neo beats Danny (and the rest) for a few reasons.
After the win, Santorin spoke to Inven Global about Team Liquid's game plan against Cloud9 and the challenges he's faced in balancing his health with returning to competitive play.
After winning his first series of the LCS Championship against Dignitas, Jiizuke spoke to Inven Global to break down the match, discuss community perception of his current form relative to other points in his career, and compare the approach of Evil Geniuses' current coaches to last year's staff.
As a result of its 3-1 win, TL will move on in the upper bracket to face TSM, while Cloud9 will drop down to the lower bracket to fight for survival against Golden Guardians.
EG will move on in the upper bracket to face off against 100 Thieves, while DIG will fight for survival in its next best-of-five series against Immortals.
Contractz may have needed a few extra games to solidify his return to the LCS, albeit in a unique, but pivotal role, but the jungler knew he had arrived once again much sooner than that.
A report from Jacob Wolf at the Daily Dot claims that FTX, the title sponsor of TSM, will be announced as a sponsor of the LCS in the near future.
The 2021 League of Legends European Championship Summer Playoffs bracket has been set, and while five of the six teams qualified for the post-season before the final week of the LEC Summer Split, it took the very last match of the split to decide the sixth and final qualifying team.
The top eight teams from the LCS Summer Split have been seeded, which took until the very last game of the season to decide.
UPDATE 8/1: As a result of the last game of the 2021 League Championship Series Summer Split, Golden Guardians has become the eighth and final team to qualify for the LCS Championship.
UPDATE 8/1: Maximilian Peter Schmidt, Riot Games' Head of Esports for League of Legends in Europe & MENA, has confirmed that in addition to the Akshan being disabled for the rest of the 2021 season in the League Championship Series and League of Legends European Championship, the Rogue Sentinel would also be disabled for the World Championship.
The organization made the announcement via Twitter following its penultimate game of the split, which was a win against Golden Guardians.
CLG may be out of the post-season, but if GG can finish strong and win its last match of the split against IMT, then CLG has a chance to play spoiler and deny FlyQuest the post-season with a win to finish 2021.