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C9 vs LYON ALL GAMES Highlights | LCS 2026 Playoffs | Cloud9 vs LYON

By Onivia Editorial

TL;DR

LYON and Cloud9 met in a best-of-five LCS Summer Playoffs series on Patch 26.17. LYON's previous series was a 2-0 win over Disguised in Summer Season. Cloud9's previous series was a 3-0 win over Shopify Rebellion in Summer Playoffs.

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The video above covers the full best-of-five LCS Summer Playoffs series between LYON and Cloud9. The final score, full Picks and Bans, and game-by-game results are below.

Cloud9's lineup featured Thanatos (Park Seung-kyu) (top lane), Blaber (jungle), Loki (Lee Sang-min) (mid lane), Tactical (bot lane), and Vulcan (Philippe Laflamme) (support). LYON's lineup featured Dhokla (top lane), Inspired (jungle), Saint (Kang Sung-in) (mid lane), Berserker (Kim Min-cheol) (bot lane), and Isles (support).

LYON's previous series was a 2-0 win over Disguised in Summer Season. Cloud9's previous series was a 3-0 win over Shopify Rebellion in Summer Playoffs.

LYON and Cloud9 had no recorded recent head-to-head meeting before this series.

Series result

LYON

LYON

1 - 3

Cloud9 win

C9

C9

Picks & Bans

4 games
LYON logo

LYON

blue side
Picks
 
Yunara
Yunara
 
Lulu
Lulu
 
Locke
Locke
 
Wukong
Wukong
 
Gwen
Gwen
Bans
Cassiopeia
Cassiopeia
Vi
Vi
Seraphine
Seraphine
Lee Sin
Lee Sin
Rumble
Rumble
Cloud9 logo

Cloud9

red side
Picks
 
Ezreal
Ezreal
 
Karma
Karma
 
Syndra
Syndra
 
Xin Zhao
Xin Zhao
 
K'Sante
K'Sante
Bans
Lucian
Lucian
Nocturne
Nocturne
Olaf
Olaf
Jarvan IV
Jarvan IV
Gnar
Gnar

Draft read

Cloud9 banned Lucian 4 times and Cassiopeia twice, while LYON banned Vi 4 times and Cassiopeia twice.

Game 140:36

Cloud9 won

Game 1 was contested, with Cloud9 taking the result. Cloud9 won from red side in 40:36. Cloud9 finished 14-11 in kills and 77.3k to 74.2k in gold, a margin of 3 kills and 3.1k. Cloud9 led 9-4 in towers, 2-0 in Barons, 1-0 in Rift Heralds, and 2-0 in inhibitors. LYON had the edge 3-0 in Void Grubs. Dragons finished 4-1 for Cloud9.

Tactical led the damage chart for Cloud9 on Ezreal, finishing 2/3/4 with 38,199 damage and 387 CS. Loki (Lee Sang-min) added 24,726 damage on Syndra and ended the game 7/3/3. Berserker (Kim Min-cheol) was the top damage source for LYON, putting up 29,051 on Yunara in a 6/4/4 game. Dhokla followed for LYON with 18,566 damage and a 1/3/1 line on Gwen.

LYONblue : redCloud9

Kills

11:14

Gold

74.2k:77.3k

Towers

4:9

Dragons

1:4

Barons

0:2

Game 242:33

LYON won

LYON edged a tight Game 2. Playing red side, LYON finished Game 2 in 42:33. At the end, LYON led 18-20 in kills and 82.3k to 81.4k in gold. The final gaps overall were 2 kills and 0.8k. LYON led 9-8 in towers and 3-0 in Barons. Cloud9 had the edge 2-1 in Void Grubs and 1-0 in Rift Heralds. Dragons finished 5-2 for LYON.

On Ryze, Saint (Kang Sung-in) topped LYON's damage output at 43,762 and finished 7/4/8 and 359 CS. Berserker (Kim Min-cheol) followed with 35,062 damage and a 4/5/9 line on Kalista. Cloud9 got its highest damage total from Thanatos (Park Seung-kyu), who dealt 37,308 on Rumble and finished 7/3/7. Tactical added 32,949 damage for Cloud9 on Jhin, ending at 5/2/10.

Cloud9blue : redLYON

Kills

20:18

Gold

81.4k:82.3k

Towers

8:9

Dragons

2:5

Barons

0:3

Game 343:53

Cloud9 won

Game 3 was the longest game of the series at 43:53. Cloud9 took Game 3 from red side. The final scoreboard showed 11-3 in kills and 82.9k-76.8k in gold for Cloud9, leaving differences of 8 kills and 6.1k. Cloud9 led 8-4 in towers, the only Baron, 1-0 in Rift Heralds, and 1-0 in inhibitors. LYON had the edge 3-0 in Void Grubs. LYON led dragons 4-3.

Thanatos (Park Seung-kyu)'s Camille dealt a team-high 27,897 damage for Cloud9, alongside a 4/1/3 scoreline and 361 CS. A 2/1/5 game on Orianna brought Cloud9 another 24,977 damage from Loki (Lee Sang-min). For LYON, Berserker (Kim Min-cheol) led the damage numbers with 34,230 on Jayce and a 0/1/1 line. Dhokla's Renekton supplied 27,997 damage and finished 3/2/0 for LYON.

LYONblue : redCloud9

Kills

3:11

Gold

76.8k:82.9k

Towers

4:8

Dragons

4:3

Barons

0:1

Game 425:22

Cloud9 won

Game 4 was the shortest game of the series at 25:22. Cloud9 won from blue side. Cloud9 finished 13-0 in kills and 52.3k to 39.8k in gold, a margin of 13 kills and 12.5k. Cloud9 led 8-0 in towers, the only Baron, 3-0 in Void Grubs, 1-0 in Rift Heralds, and 1-0 in inhibitors. Dragons finished 2-1 for Cloud9.

Loki (Lee Sang-min) led the damage chart for Cloud9 on Sylas, finishing 3/0/7 with 18,900 damage and 245 CS. Thanatos (Park Seung-kyu) added 14,534 damage on Kennen and ended the game 4/0/8. Saint (Kang Sung-in) was the top damage source for LYON, putting up 16,496 on Akali in a 0/2/0 game. Dhokla followed for LYON with 8,201 damage and a 0/4/0 line on Gnar.

Cloud9blue : redLYON

Kills

13:0

Gold

52.3k:39.8k

Towers

8:0

Dragons

2:1

Barons

1:0

Series read

The kill margin moved from 3 in Game 1 to 13 in Game 4, while the final gold gap changed from 3.1k to 12.5k. Berserker (Kim Min-cheol) produced the series' highest damage total, recording 106,006 for LYON. Berserker (Kim Min-cheol) gave LYON 10 kills and 14 assists across the series. Their damage moved from 29,051 in Game 1 to 7,663 in Game 4. Tactical gave Cloud9 11 kills and 17 assists across the series. Their damage moved from 38,199 in Game 1 to 6,429 in Game 4.

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