C9's game 5 level 1 was all it needed to pull away from TL and win the series, and with it, it's second LCS championship in three splits. It was without a doubt the most pivotal moment of the series, as well as the smartest play executed by any LCS team in recent memory, so let's go in-depth on the brilliance of this play and the conditions that were met to allow it to happen in the moment C9 wanted to execute upon it.
In becoming the LCS champion, Cloud9 has also punched its ticket to the 2021 Mid-Season Invitational as the North American representative.
"MSS will begin March 20 and culminate with the first Finals Weekend at the Los Angeles Greek Theatre" the LCS explained in the press release.
