C9 vs TL Highlights: TL Win 3-1, LCS Summer Playoffs 2026 Round 4
TL;DRTeam Liquid won the best-of-five LCS 2026 Summer Playoffs series 3-1 against Cloud9 on Patch 26.17. They won Games 1 and 2, none lasting longer than 31 minutes, Cloud9 took Game 3 in 22 minutes, finishing 15-8 in kills, then TL took Game 4 in 47 minutes, finishing 17-18 in kills.
Watch on YouTubeThe LCS 2026 Summer Playoffs brought Cloud9 and Team Liquid together for a best-of-5 on September 27, 2026, on Patch 26.17.
Over their last series at LCS 2026, Cloud9 beat LYON 3-1, and Team Liquid beat FlyQuest 3-0.
Team Liquid played Quid in mid alongside Morgan in top and Josedeodo in jungle, with Yeon and CoreJJ in the bot lane. For Cloud9, Thanatos, Blaber, Loki, Tactical and Vulcan started from top lane to support.
Cloud9's staff included Arrow, coach, Veigar v2, coach, YamatoCannon, coach, and IWDominate, head coach. Spawn and Spookz were Team Liquid's coaches for the event.
Cloud9 and Team Liquid had met 61 times since 2015, with Cloud9 ahead 35-26. The teams had split their 4 meetings in the previous six months 2-2.
Series result
C9Cloud9
1 - 3
Team Liquid win
TLTeam Liquid
Picks & Bans
4 games
Team Liquid
Cloud9
Draft read
Cloud9 banned Nocturne 3 times and Ezreal twice, while Team Liquid banned Cassiopeia 4 times.
Game 131:37
Team Liquid won
Quid finished Game 1 deathless for Team Liquid on Viktor, ending the game on a 5/0/7 scoreline. The blue-side win for TL lasted 31:37. The final gaps left TL 11 kills and 11.2k gold ahead. TL led 1-0 in Rift Heralds and 2-0 in inhibitors. Cloud9 came out ahead 3-0 in Void Grubs.
Morgan led the damage chart for TL on Rumble, finishing 6/1/5 with 26,786 damage and 289 CS. A 5/0/7 game on Viktor brought TL another 23,217 damage from Quid. For Cloud9, Tactical led the damage numbers with 17,344 on Lucian and a 3/4/4 line.
Kills
19:8
Gold
69.3k:58.1k
Towers
10:2
Dragons
2:3
Barons
2:0
Game 226:51
Team Liquid won
Yeon and Morgan combined for zero deaths in Game 2. Team Liquid won from blue side in 26:51. They finished 17 kills and 11.1k gold ahead. TL was ahead 1-0 in Rift Heralds and 1-0 in inhibitors. Cloud9 still led 2-1 in Void Grubs.
On Ziggs, Yeon topped TL's damage output at 20,537 and finished 6/0/8 and 285 CS. Morgan added 16,849 damage on Camille and ended the game 5/0/6. Thanatos was the top damage source for Cloud9, putting up 12,915 on Jax in a 1/6/1 game.
Kills
19:2
Gold
57.5k:46.4k
Towers
9:2
Dragons
3:1
Barons
1:0
Game 322:20
Cloud9 won
Game 3 was the shortest game of the series at 22:20. Playing blue side, Cloud9 won Game 3. At the end, Cloud9 was 7 kills and 8.4k gold ahead. Cloud9 led 3-0 in Void Grubs, 1-0 in Rift Heralds, and 1-0 in inhibitors.
Thanatos' Varus dealt a team-high 23,527 damage for Cloud9, alongside a 4/3/5 scoreline and 200 CS. Tactical followed with 16,821 damage and a 3/1/6 line on Ezreal. Team Liquid got its highest damage total from Quid, who dealt 12,490 on Ahri and finished 3/4/3.
Kills
15:8
Gold
48.9k:40.5k
Towers
7:2
Dragons
2:0
Barons
1:0
Game 447:04
Team Liquid won
Game 4 was the longest game of the series at 47:04. Team Liquid took Game 4 from blue side. The final gaps left TL 1 kill behind but 2.4k gold ahead. TL was ahead 2-1 in Void Grubs, 1-0 in Rift Heralds, and 2-1 in inhibitors.
Yeon led the damage chart for TL on Ashe, finishing 4/3/10 with 54,845 damage and 508 CS. A 5/3/9 game on Ambessa brought TL another 42,031 damage from Morgan. For Cloud9, Tactical led the damage numbers with 43,872 on Caitlyn and a 3/4/7 line. Loki's Aurora supplied 38,077 damage and finished 7/3/5 for Cloud9.
Kills
17:18
Gold
91.4k:89.1k
Towers
9:7
Dragons
3:4
Barons
1:1
Series read
Every game in the series was won from blue side. Yeon produced the series' highest damage total, recording 97,780 for Team Liquid. Yeon gave TL 14 kills and 26 assists across the series. Morgan finished the series with 19 kills and 23 assists for TL.
Next up
Up next: Cloud9 vs LYON in Summer Playoffs, set for October 3.
