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

By Onivia Editorial

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.

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The 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

C9

C9

1 - 3

LYON win

LYON

LYON

Picks & Bans

4 games
LYON logo

LYON

blue side
Picks
 
Lucian
Lucian
 
Milio
Milio
 
Syndra
Syndra
 
Gwen
Gwen
 
Xin Zhao
Xin Zhao
Bans
Vi
Vi
Nocturne
Nocturne
Qiyana
Qiyana
Locke
Locke
Akali
Akali
Cloud9 logo

Cloud9

red side
Picks
 
Ezreal
Ezreal
 
Karma
Karma
 
K'Sante
K'Sante
 
Orianna
Orianna
 
Naafiri
Naafiri
Bans
Olaf
Olaf
Gnar
Gnar
Cassiopeia
Cassiopeia
Lee Sin
Lee Sin
Jarvan IV
Jarvan IV

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.

LYONblue : redCloud9

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.

Cloud9blue : redLYON

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.

LYONblue : redCloud9

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.

LYONblue : redCloud9

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.

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