In becoming the LCS champion, Cloud9 has also punched its ticket to the 2021 Mid-Season Invitational as the North American representative.
TSM and Team Liquid have gotten the better of Cloud9 at times throughout the season, but if the level of play in previous weeks of the Mid-Season Showdown is any indication, it simply will not matter whether Team Liquid or TSM moves on to the finals: Cloud9 is going to win, regardless of its opponent.
This is the second time Blaber has won the award, the first being in the spring of 2020 in which the young jungler led C9 to its first LCS title since 2014.
Blaber spoke to Inven Global after Cloud9's win over Team Liquid to discuss his matchup against Santorin, how his team has grown since the finals of the 2021 LCS Lock In, and his thoughts on playing offline for the first time in over a year next week at Los Angeles' Greek Theatre.
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.
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.
After the 2-1 weekend that pushed his team over rivals TSM and Team Liquid, Luka "Perkz" Perkovic talked to Inven Global about the growth of Cloud9 since the Lock In tournament, what holds TL and TSM back, and why he thinks he's the best mid laner in NA.
Blaber spoke with Inven Global to discuss his team's performance, what they can improve on, and what players/teams have caught his eye.
The finals match of the 2021 League of Legends Championship Series Lock In was the best LCS match since 2019. After a stale and relatively disappointing 2020 season for North American League of Legends esports fans, the conclusion of the LCS Lock In was a much-needed change of pace. Let’s dive into the factors of what made the LCS Lock In final between Team Liquid and Cloud9 the best series hosted in North America in over a year.
In the first best of five of the year for competitive League of Legends, Cloud9 graced the fans with a reverse sweep, taking down 100 Thieves in a full five-game series, including two pentakills by C9 AD carry, Zven. Read more on the series here:
Years after winning three back to back EU LCS titles and attending two Worlds, former G2 Esports trio Perkz, Zven, and Mithy rejoined forces on Cloud9, this time with Mithy as a coach rather than a support. Read Mithy's expectations and reflections here:
Following the conclusion of Group B, Perkz joined Inven Global's Nick Geracie to discuss Cloud9's play thus far in LCS Lock In, acclimating to North America as a new region and what C9 fans can expect from the team's roster in 2021.
Despite claiming they'd keep their roster together, Cloud9 has made a couple of changes, including promoting Fudge and Reignover. They've also been rumored to sign Perkz. Here is the current roster rumored for Cloud9:
UPDATE 12/2: FlyQuest has announced the signing of top laner Colin "Kumo" Zhao. Kumo, who split time in 2020 between Evil Geniuses and EG Academy, will be the starting top laner for FLY Academy heading into 2021.
C9 can’t just plug Perkz in place of Nisqy and expect to become a better team, and that’s even before accounting for Fudge’s LCS debut this coming spring. New head coach Kim “Reignover” Yeu-jin should help a semi-established roster start fresh, and the execution of the new C9 system being put into place will be crucial for the organization to get the mileage out of Perkz worth the price of admission.
After the NASG Finals came the Scouting Grounds Draft. The draft allows each team to pick up one NASG talent for exclusive negotiation rights for that player for ten days after getting drafted. This allows them a decent period of time to negotiate a contract with that player before they hit free agency (which starts Monday, November 16 otherwise). Teams get draft pi
Cloud9 has released yet another interview with recent addition to the org, streamer IWDominate, speaking to their new LCS head coach, Reignover, and Founder and CEO, Jack Etienne. See the interview here and catch why the team made the changes they made:
Monday, November 2, Cloud9 officially announced that former pro player, Reignover, would take the helm as the team's head coach going into 2021. Reignover replaces former Cloud9 head coach, Reapered. Read more on the announcement here:
Reapered was the Head Coach of C9's League of Legends Championship Series team since the 2016 NA LCS Summer Split, and through four and a half years won the most Coach of the Split awards in the history of the LCS.
We spoke with IgNar after their series victory over Cloud9 to ask about FlyQuest's strength and style, WildTurtle's return to the LCS, their trip to Worlds, and who the best player is on the team. See more here:
