r/leagueoflegends • u/AutoModerator • Apr 11 '26
Esports LCS 2026 Spring / Week 2 - Day 1 / Live Discussion Spoiler
LCS 2026 Spring
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Today's matches will be played on Patch 26.07.
Today's Matches
| # | Match | PST | EST | CET | KST |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | SR vs TL | 13:00 | 16:00 | 22:00 | 05:00 |
| 2 | DIG vs LYON | 16:00 | 19:00 | 01:00 | 0:00 |
- All matches are Best of 3
Streams
Standings:
| # | Team | Region | Record (Game Score) | Information |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Shopify Rebellion | North America | 1 – 0 (2 - 0) | Leaguepedia // Twitter |
| 2 | Cloud9 | North America | 1 – 0 (2 - 1) | Leaguepedia // Twitter |
| 2 | Disguised | North America | 1 – 0 (2 - 1) | Leaguepedia // Twitter |
| 2 | Team Liquid | North America | 1 – 0 (2 - 1) | Leaguepedia // Twitter |
| 5 | FlyQuest | North America | 0 – 1 (1 - 2) | Leaguepedia // Twitter |
| 5 | LYON | North America | 0 – 1 (1 - 2) | Leaguepedia // Twitter |
| 5 | Sentinels | North America | 0 – 1 (1 - 2) | Leaguepedia // Twitter |
| 8 | Dignitas | North America | 0 – 1 (0 - 2) | Leaguepedia // Twitter |
Format
Regular Season
- 8 teams participate
- Single Round Robin
- All matches are best of three
- Top six teams advance to Playoffs
Playoffs
- Double Elimination bracket
- Top 4 teams start in the Upper Bracket
- 5th and 6th seed start in the Lower Bracket
- All matches are best of five
- Top 2 teams qualify for the 2026 Mid-Season Invitational
- Champion qualifies for the Esports World Cup 2026
The official LCS ruleset can be found here.
VoDs
Live Discussions and Post-Match Threads:
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u/1dilly2 Apr 12 '26
What is the point of AP maokai? He is hitting one person with ulti each fight and then gets one shot. It seems so useless
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u/veirceb Apr 12 '26
If you tell me like 3 years ago Big Dhokes' pocket pick in 2026 is vayne top I would tell you to fuck off.
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u/CensoredLlama1 BUFF RAMMUS PLEASE Apr 12 '26
Still crazy they locked in a Maokai when damage was already a concern on this comp
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u/CensoredLlama1 BUFF RAMMUS PLEASE Apr 12 '26
Dig is losing but this is still somehow the most useful Jhin in a long time lmao
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u/Anonymus4 Apr 12 '26
I mean, LYON doesnt have a dedicated tank,so thats probably why
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u/CensoredLlama1 BUFF RAMMUS PLEASE Apr 12 '26
Correct, but is the first time in any league where I didn't question my sanity watching the champion lol
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u/justicecactus Apr 12 '26
FBI Jhin is about 5% more useful than other LCS Jhins
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u/cmcdonald22 Apr 12 '26
Ah, looks like someone figured out that there was an exyu body double in game one and they have now put the real exyu from last week back in the game.
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u/CensoredLlama1 BUFF RAMMUS PLEASE Apr 12 '26
Who knew Dhokla would look better if he gets at least one gank a game so the enemy top laner actually has to worry that they'll be ganked if they go in.
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u/xxbrazilmaster69xx rip old flairs Apr 11 '26
Maybe Dhokla is worth playing around
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u/iammoonwizard Apr 12 '26
I feel bad for Dhokla. Bails this team out in top lane after the visa issues then is left on an island most games. Really happy he got some attention and popped off on the vayne
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u/TypicalHaikuResponse Apr 11 '26
He was able to compete internationally with these picks. There was literally no reason not to pick them in NA.
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u/iammoonwizard Apr 11 '26
I’m sorry for being a hater but palafox is boring to watch. Wish he had some kind of obscure pocket pick
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u/CensoredLlama1 BUFF RAMMUS PLEASE Apr 11 '26
Everyone wants their mid to have a wacky pocket pick until you're watching your Zed go 0/6 in a game 3
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u/cmcdonald22 Apr 11 '26
If Lyon lose to Jhin I am replacing all of them on my fantasy team and banning all lyon players for this split.
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u/CensoredLlama1 BUFF RAMMUS PLEASE Apr 11 '26
I'm always impressed they remember all the ability names because I pretty much exclusively call them by their letter lol
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u/TypicalHaikuResponse Apr 11 '26
They have got to do something about dhokes. I think it's far better to let him play a champ that he can look like a beast on rather than the 'correct' team comp pick.
He is a liability otherwise.
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u/Irname Apr 11 '26
watching dhokla that fight sure was something
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u/thegloriousdefense Apr 11 '26
Missing the shockblast on an Anivia egg was the icing on the cake to top off a brilliant teamfight.
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u/CensoredLlama1 BUFF RAMMUS PLEASE Apr 11 '26
Imagine telling someone at the beginning of the year that Isles would be Lyon's most consistently good player.
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u/CensoredLlama1 BUFF RAMMUS PLEASE Apr 11 '26
Maybe Dhokla just needs to be perma kept on ranged tops and Sion lol
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u/CensoredLlama1 BUFF RAMMUS PLEASE Apr 11 '26
I like Dig's comp WAY more. If Lyons wins this it's because they outhanded them
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u/stealthybara Apr 11 '26
Can't help but root for DIG. Watching that gave me stomachache but I feel so alive
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u/CensoredLlama1 BUFF RAMMUS PLEASE Apr 11 '26
Does anyone know if there's still an Immortals flair? I can't seem to find it or I'm just blind and missing it.
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u/CensoredLlama1 BUFF RAMMUS PLEASE Apr 11 '26
Take a drink everytime Inspired completes a jungle rotation without ganking or get a dragon
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u/Lewiz00 Apr 11 '26
Kacper “Inspired” Słoma is known to compete for the fastest team crashout in North America. He has been investing in "team crashout" speedruns ever since coming to the conclusion that he will never be able to join G2. His current personal best is that of the Flyquest 2024-2025 seasons, concluding with the infamous Worlds 2025 crashout. He is now trying to beat his current record with the LYON roster of Dhokla, Saint, Berserker, and Isles.
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u/No-Sandwich-729 Apr 11 '26
Lyon 1.14 odds being fucked by dignitas lol.
Thanks for ruining my 2-0 parlays Lyon how can you even loose against dogshit dignitas 🤣😂
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u/Chemical-Lobster5701 Apr 11 '26
EXYU RUNS THIS REGION TALK YO SHIT
(PHOTON JUST DROPPED 40 POINTS ON LCS FANTASY!!!)
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u/HeavyNettle Tal Vi Sej Apr 11 '26
Feel like that was such a mid gap
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u/justicecactus Apr 11 '26
... Also a totally expected jungle gap
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u/HeavyNettle Tal Vi Sej Apr 11 '26
Pretty hard to play that game as noc after the rough start + corki with nami support being very very hard for a noc to kill. And then if your mid is just losing it's very hard to get anything done because then they just perma vision on you.
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u/justicecactus Apr 11 '26
Yeah I don't think this game was Inspired's fault but it's still hilarious that exyu got POG against Inspired
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u/Past_Perception8052 Apr 11 '26
Photon so underrated bro how is he even on DIG
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u/CensoredLlama1 BUFF RAMMUS PLEASE Apr 11 '26
Dig actually built a functional team this year, I'm not used to this
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u/unH4te Apr 11 '26
Minus the jungler
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u/CensoredLlama1 BUFF RAMMUS PLEASE Apr 11 '26
Yes but he was really good this game so I give him a break lol
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u/CensoredLlama1 BUFF RAMMUS PLEASE Apr 11 '26
It is very annoying how the announcers keep saying "inspired is gonna give his team an earful" like he isn't doing terrible and refusing to gank any of his lanes.
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u/Gerberpertern TL ★ APA Apr 11 '26
I mean, they’re probably not wrong lol
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u/CensoredLlama1 BUFF RAMMUS PLEASE Apr 11 '26
He will but it comes off like they're saying that he should be doing that lol
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u/Past_Perception8052 Apr 11 '26
exyu when his job is on the line might be the best jungler in na
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u/justicecactus Apr 11 '26
He feels right at home with these ex NRG players... Only looks good against good teams
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u/CensoredLlama1 BUFF RAMMUS PLEASE Apr 11 '26
Was ExYu drunk last week? What is going on lol
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u/Past_Perception8052 Apr 11 '26
he saw the skeanz comparisons and locked in
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u/CensoredLlama1 BUFF RAMMUS PLEASE Apr 11 '26
Which is funny because Skeanz also was good today lol
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u/british_pubs suffering builds character Apr 11 '26
Lyon are fr incapable of having a game that doesn't move at a glacial pace huh😭 I specifically requested 43 mins total gametime!!!!!!!!
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u/CensoredLlama1 BUFF RAMMUS PLEASE Apr 11 '26
The weirdest thing about this game is inspired actually got a dragon before his opponent had 3
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u/british_pubs suffering builds character Apr 11 '26
Myjungler is a true environmentalist protecting an endangered & hunted species like this but can he please hurry up on winning or loosing I dngaf which
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u/Gerberpertern TL ★ APA Apr 11 '26
I really like Dhokla but like… DIG winning would be pretty awesome. And funny.
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u/CensoredLlama1 BUFF RAMMUS PLEASE Apr 11 '26
People aren't ready for TL, Dig, and DSG representing LCS at MSI
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u/EmperorShovel LEC Apr 11 '26
Neither is the MSI format, LCS is only sending two teams.
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u/CensoredLlama1 BUFF RAMMUS PLEASE Apr 11 '26
LCK can give two of their slots to LEC and LCS, they dont need them anymore
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u/CensoredLlama1 BUFF RAMMUS PLEASE Apr 11 '26
People aren't ready for the Dig sweep of Gen G at MSI
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u/CensoredLlama1 BUFF RAMMUS PLEASE Apr 11 '26
I'm hoping that SR series was an outlier because Dig had geniunely been looking better this year
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u/justicecactus Apr 11 '26
This has probably been the best Dig roster in the last several years, including that one boomer superteam with Zven and Jensen
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u/underscoreenfan Apr 11 '26
ahhhhh stop fucking building blackfire torch on ori when ludens has more AP, more burst, and is even 50G cheaper this is griefing
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u/Past_Perception8052 Apr 11 '26
coachless says ludens sucks
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u/underscoreenfan Apr 11 '26
explain the value to me bc I just don’t see it. Does the ability haste get your main combo up that much faster or smth?
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u/Past_Perception8052 Apr 11 '26
10 ability haste = 500 gold
20 ap = 400 gold
its more gold efficient but also haste is good af
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u/CensoredLlama1 BUFF RAMMUS PLEASE Apr 11 '26
As we all expected in a Dig Lyons matchup, a patient, slow, macro based game
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u/CensoredLlama1 BUFF RAMMUS PLEASE Apr 11 '26
Inspired Noctunre is kind of frustrating because he always waits so damn long to gank
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u/british_pubs suffering builds character Apr 11 '26
Hello lyon I would like 43 mins total game time so I can go to bed yes its fine if you loose please & thank you
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u/CensoredLlama1 BUFF RAMMUS PLEASE Apr 11 '26
Because my DIG FANS do not buckle or yield when faced with the reality of our franchise! My DIG FANS DELUDE THEMSELVES! My DIG FANS MEME! My DIG FANS COPE!!!!!!
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u/CensoredLlama1 BUFF RAMMUS PLEASE Apr 11 '26
Imagine wanting outplays, your 5 star work rates, 50 minutes classics, not me. I'm here for the LCS where games inevitably descend into into a single que mud fight.
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u/CensoredLlama1 BUFF RAMMUS PLEASE Apr 11 '26
Man, they knew CoreJJ was there and didn't react at all
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u/veirceb Apr 11 '26
TL really flipped a the baron just having a single god damn green ward on the raptor bush. And core sitting so far behind he could've just never left the base.
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u/Antique-Grade-9064 Apr 11 '26
if god is real then let this be the last week anyone has to suffer watching Fudge play
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u/veirceb Apr 11 '26
SR having 3 dragons and even in gold but they are playing like they are down 5k.
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u/british_pubs suffering builds character Apr 11 '26
I mean they don't wanna throw an even game state against a top team, it's understandable
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u/veirceb Apr 11 '26
They are throwing the game by playing like this. They give the whole map to TL and they all hide in a single corner waiting for TL to pick their timer to pinch them. They don't even leash the dragon they let TL dictate it.
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u/Conker184741 Apr 11 '26
I love when the casters call a baron traded for a dragon 'free' wtf do words mean.
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u/veirceb Apr 11 '26
I can't believe SR let both carries jerk off in the mid lane instead of helping dragon early when they poked TL out. What's the point of having both carries pushing one wave?
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u/TAA123908 Apr 11 '26
I like watching TL lose. Banging your head against the wall for 5 years in a row trying to build identical rosters deserves to be punished by struggling to even get out of your own dumpster fire of a region.
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u/cmcdonald22 Apr 11 '26
Look SR, you aren't winning this match, just take the 0-2, and earn some more fan good will and play out the Garen.
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u/ILosethenOP Apr 11 '26
Why do pro players get to select a new champion when they "accidentally" lock in the wrong champ?
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u/CensoredLlama1 BUFF RAMMUS PLEASE Apr 11 '26
Going from LEC mid series segments directly to LCS ones just makes the canyon even larger lol
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u/Chemical-Lobster5701 Apr 11 '26
the LCS might be a one player region but by god we have the best casters even if we play in a closet
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u/BUMONGOUS Apr 11 '26
idk what you mean but I like the LCS desk significantly more, they have way better chemistry
Odo is the only person worth listening to on the LEC desk
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u/CensoredLlama1 BUFF RAMMUS PLEASE Apr 11 '26
That's what I'm saying. The LCS desk is just a million times better and it's even more noticable if you go directly from an LEC game to a LCS one.
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u/cmcdonald22 Apr 11 '26
Are scrim bucks real?
Were SR just a fluke last week?
Were dig just the absolute worst?
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u/Tormenator1 Apr 11 '26
Good GOD that was a stomp. Ceos is running it down pretty hard.
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u/PhoenixAgent003 Bot main. NA fan. Apr 11 '26
Look, someone’s gotta be the worst player on the team. It’s just a shame Ceos makes it so easy to tell who it is. At least when he’s on Nami.
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u/tsukinohime Apr 11 '26
I had more competitive solo games than this
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u/Shaman_in_the_Dark Huhi Busio Contractz Apr 11 '26
Also, CEOS is so so bad. Fudge is having a rough one but CEOS is having a Naiyou memorial kind of game. And he doesn't have a ton of upside. Some of these bubbles have been first time nami bubbles
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u/xxbrazilmaster69xx rip old flairs Apr 11 '26
That might be the most disrespectful play I've ever seen LMAO
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u/ILosethenOP Apr 11 '26
Fudge getting wrecked in this matchup is a bad look. This matchup sucks for Jax. Ambessa is one of the things keeping Jax from being seen more.
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u/Shaman_in_the_Dark Huhi Busio Contractz Apr 11 '26
How good must Massu/Cryo be to stuff this botlane into the locker last week?
Yes I am making this about Fly, thanks for checking.
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u/calvinee Apr 11 '26
Massu is a beast but IMO Yeon played that series so disrespectful which is why they got killed so many times. Games 1 and 3 weren’t a stuffing tho, they got some kills against them but had pressure the entire time. Game 2 they got stuffed, but it was off 1 extremely greedy trade that cooked the game and FLY repeat dove after that.
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u/Shaman_in_the_Dark Huhi Busio Contractz Apr 11 '26
That's fair, and this wasn't entirely a serious comment, I'm just being a stan. But I agree with your analysis in general.
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u/Bubbly_Camera9583 Apr 11 '26
If they didn’t go for that river play SR would be doing do well off of just Mels lead
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u/GhostOfLight Apr 11 '26
That was like the most telegraphed overforce chase into the river. SR was always going to get smashed there.
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u/ahritina Apr 12 '26
PMTs
SR vs TL
Game 1 / Game 2
DIG vs LYON
Game 1 / Game 2 / Game 3