C9 vs LYON ALL GAMES Highlights | LCS 2026 Playoffs | Cloud9 vs LYON
TL;DR
LYON won the best-of-five LCS Summer Playoffs series 3-1 against Cloud9 on Patch 26.17. Cloud9 took Game 1 in 30 minutes, finishing 20-6 in kills, then LYON won Games 2 to 4, none lasting longer than 38 minutes.
Watch on YouTubeThe video above covers the full best-of-five LCS Summer Playoffs series between Cloud9 and LYON. 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).
Cloud9's previous series was a 3-1 loss to Team Liquid in Summer Playoffs. LYON's previous series was a 3-1 win over Shopify Rebellion in Summer Playoffs.
Cloud9 led the recent head-to-head 1-0.
Series result
C9Cloud9
1 - 3
LYON win
LYONLYON
Picks & Bans
4 gamesLYON
Cloud9
Draft read
Cloud9 banned Olaf 3 times and Caitlyn twice, while LYON banned Vi 3 times and Akali twice.
Game 130:36
Cloud9 won
Game 1 was the shortest game of the series at 30:36. Cloud9 won from red side. Cloud9 finished 20-6 in kills and 66.7k to 56.6k in gold, a margin of 14 kills and 10.1k. Cloud9 led 11-5 in towers, the only Baron, and 2-0 in inhibitors. LYON had the edge 3-0 in Void Grubs and 1-0 in Rift Heralds. Dragons finished 4-0 for Cloud9.
Tactical led the damage chart for Cloud9 on Ezreal, finishing 2/1/10 with 20,665 damage and 284 CS. Blaber added 20,148 damage on Naafiri and ended the game 7/3/8. Dhokla was the top damage source for LYON, putting up 19,856 on Gwen in a 1/5/3 game. Berserker (Kim Min-cheol) followed for LYON with 17,764 damage and a 2/3/0 line on Lucian.
Kills
6:20
Gold
56.6k:66.7k
Towers
5:11
Dragons
0:4
Barons
0:1
Game 236:36
LYON won
Berserker (Kim Min-cheol) finished Game 2 deathless for LYON on Jhin, ending the game on a 5/0/8 scoreline. Playing red side, LYON finished Game 2 in 36:36. At the end, LYON led 20-9 in kills and 77.1k to 71.5k in gold. The final gaps overall were 11 kills and 5.7k. LYON led 9-8 in towers and 3-0 in Void Grubs. Cloud9 had the edge 2-0 in Barons and 1-0 in Rift Heralds. Dragons finished 4-2 for LYON.
On Sylas, Saint (Kang Sung-in) topped LYON's damage output at 28,813 and finished 10/2/8 and 334 CS. Dhokla followed with 25,699 damage and a 1/4/11 line on Rumble. Cloud9 got its highest damage total from Loki (Lee Sang-min), who dealt 22,566 on Aurora and finished 4/5/2.
Kills
9:20
Gold
71.5k:77.1k
Towers
8:9
Dragons
2:4
Barons
2:0
Game 338:20
LYON won
Game 3 was the longest game of the series at 38:20. LYON took Game 3 from blue side. The final scoreboard showed 14-7 in kills and 77.0k-68.6k in gold for LYON, leaving differences of 7 kills and 8.4k. LYON led 8-5 in towers, 2-0 in Barons, and 1-0 in inhibitors. Cloud9 had the edge 3-0 in Void Grubs and 1-0 in Rift Heralds. Dragons were even at 3-3.
Berserker (Kim Min-cheol)'s Varus dealt a team-high 21,315 damage for LYON, alongside a 4/1/5 scoreline and 426 CS. A 4/4/6 game on LeBlanc brought LYON another 19,562 damage from Saint (Kang Sung-in). For Cloud9, Thanatos (Park Seung-kyu) led the damage numbers with 20,090 on Jayce and a 1/3/1 line. Loki (Lee Sang-min)'s Vex supplied 16,269 damage and finished 0/5/5 for Cloud9.
Kills
14:7
Gold
77.0k:68.6k
Towers
8:5
Dragons
3:3
Barons
2:0
Game 432:12
LYON won
Loki (Lee Sang-min) led Game 4 with 25444 damage to champions for the losing team, Cloud9. LYON won from blue side in 32:12. LYON finished 15-10 in kills and 64.1k to 57.4k in gold, a margin of 5 kills and 6.8k. LYON led 8-4 in towers, 2-0 in Barons, 3-0 in Void Grubs, 1-0 in Rift Heralds, and 1-0 in inhibitors. Cloud9 led dragons 4-1.
Berserker (Kim Min-cheol) led the damage chart for LYON on Jinx, finishing 5/2/7 with 23,313 damage and 318 CS. Saint (Kang Sung-in) added 19,910 damage on Ryze and ended the game 7/1/2. Loki (Lee Sang-min) was the top damage source for Cloud9, putting up 25,444 on Taliyah in a 7/3/1 game. Tactical followed for Cloud9 with 22,743 damage and a 2/4/4 line on Aphelios.
Kills
15:10
Gold
64.1k:57.4k
Towers
8:4
Dragons
1:4
Barons
2:0
Series read
The kill margin moved from 14 in Game 1 to 5 in Game 4, while the final gold gap changed from 10.1k to 6.8k. Berserker (Kim Min-cheol) produced the series' highest damage total, recording 85,783 for LYON. Berserker (Kim Min-cheol) gave LYON 16 kills and 20 assists across the series. Their damage moved from 17,764 in Game 1 to 23,313 in Game 4. Loki (Lee Sang-min) gave Cloud9 15 kills and 18 assists across the series. Their damage moved from 15,209 in Game 1 to 25,444 in Game 4.
Next up
Next on the schedule: Team Liquid vs LYON in Finals, set for October 4.