C9 vs DSG Highlights: C9 Win 2-1, LCS Summer Season 2026 Week 3
TL;DR
Cloud9 won the best-of-three LCS 2026 Summer Season series 2-1 against Disguised on Patch 26.15. They took Game 1 in 23 minutes, finishing 21-4 in kills, Disguised took Game 2 in 46 minutes, finishing 24-10 in kills, then Cloud9 took Game 3 in 25 minutes, finishing 14-0 in kills.
Watch on YouTubeCloud9 and Disguised played a best-of-3 in the LCS 2026 Summer Season on August 8, 2026, on Patch 26.15.
Cloud9 came in at 1-1 in third, and Disguised at 0-2 in seventh.
In their last two series at LCS 2026, Cloud9 beat Dignitas 2-1 and lost to Team Liquid 0-2, while Disguised lost to Shopify Rebellion 0-2 and FlyQuest 0-2.
Cloud9 had Thanatos in the top lane, Blaber in the jungle and Loki in mid, with Tactical and Vulcan in the bot lane. Disguised answered with Srtty, KryRa and Callme, plus sajed and Lyonz in the bot lane.
Cloud9's staff included Arrow, coach, Veigar v2, coach, YamatoCannon, coach, and IWDominate, head coach. Brandini and ido were Disguised's coaches for the event.
Cloud9 and Disguised had met 4 times since 2025, with Cloud9 ahead 4-0. Cloud9 won the teams' only meeting in the previous six months.
Series result
C9Cloud9
2 - 1
Cloud9 win
DSGDisguised
Picks & Bans
3 gamesDisguised
Cloud9
Draft read
Across the series, Blaber played Jarvan IV and Skarner and Poppy for Cloud9. Loki moved between Orianna and Ryze and Sylas across the series for Cloud9. Disguised banned both Akali and Poppy twice.
Game 123:26
Cloud9 won
Game 1 was the shortest game of the series at 23:26. Cloud9 took Game 1 from red side. Disguised drafted with first pick. By 15 minutes, Cloud9 had a 1,019 gold lead. In lane, Loki on Orianna led the opposing laner by 1,065 gold and 20 CS. The final gaps left Cloud9 17 kills and 11.7k gold ahead. Cloud9 was ahead 1-0 in Rift Heralds and 1-0 in inhibitors. Disguised still led 3-0 in Void Grubs. Cloud9 took first blood and the first dragon, Rift Herald, Baron, and tower.
On Orianna, Loki topped Cloud9's damage output at 21,559 and finished 9/1/10 and 231 CS. Thanatos added 19,284 damage on Gnar and ended the game 4/1/7. For Disguised, sajed led the damage numbers with 16,571 on Lucian and a 3/4/1 line.
Kills
4:21
Gold
39.2k:50.9k
Towers
2:7
Dragons
0:3
Barons
0:1
Game 246:47
Disguised won
Game 2 was the longest game of the series at 46:47. Disguised won from red side. Cloud9 opened the draft with first pick. At 15 minutes, Disguised led by 1,653 gold. In lane, Srtty on Vayne led the opposing laner by 1,092 gold and 4 CS. Disguised finished 14 kills and 8.8k gold ahead. They led 1-0 in inhibitors. Cloud9 had the edge 3-0 in Void Grubs and 1-0 in Rift Heralds. Disguised drew first blood and was first to the tower, while Cloud9 was first to the dragon, the Rift Herald, and the Baron.
Srtty's Vayne dealt a team-high 50,921 damage for Disguised, alongside a 11/3/8 scoreline and 365 CS. sajed followed with 48,085 damage and a 3/4/15 line on Ziggs. Tactical was the top damage source for Cloud9, putting up 52,332 on Ezreal in a 5/4/3 game.
Kills
10:24
Gold
87.0k:95.8k
Towers
3:10
Dragons
3:5
Barons
2:2
Game 325:52
Cloud9 won
Tactical and Thanatos combined for zero deaths in Game 3. Playing red side, Cloud9 finished Game 3 in 25:52. Disguised had first pick in the draft. Cloud9 was 2,866 gold up at 15 minutes. In lane, Tactical on Caitlyn led the opposing laner by 1,723 gold and 36 CS. At the end, Cloud9 was 14 kills and 13.7k gold ahead. Cloud9 was ahead 1-0 in Rift Heralds and 2-0 in inhibitors. Disguised came out ahead 2-1 in Void Grubs. Cloud9 took first blood, first dragon, first Rift Herald, first Baron, and first tower.
Tactical led the damage chart for Cloud9 on Caitlyn, finishing 2/0/4 with 18,543 damage and 287 CS. A 6/0/2 game on Aatrox brought Cloud9 another 18,313 damage from Thanatos. Disguised got its highest damage total from Srtty, who dealt 12,383 on K'Sante and finished 0/1/0.
Kills
0:14
Gold
39.6k:53.4k
Towers
0:9
Dragons
1:3
Barons
0:1
Series read
Every game in the series was won from red side. No player dealt more damage across the series than Tactical, with 85,425 for Cloud9. Across the series, Tactical recorded 14 kills and 17 assists for Cloud9. sajed gave Disguised 6 kills and 16 assists across the series.
Next up
Coming up next: Disguised vs Team Liquid in Summer Season, set for August 15.