C9 vs TL ALL GAMES Highlights | LCS 2026 Playoffs | Cloud9 vs Team Liquid
TL;DR
Team Liquid won the best-of-five LCS Summer Playoffs series 3-1 against Cloud9 on Patch 26.17. Team Liquid won Games 1 and 2, none lasting longer than 31 minutes, Cloud9 took Game 3 in 22 minutes, finishing 15-8 in kills, then Team Liquid took Game 4 in 47 minutes, finishing 17-18 in kills.
Watch on YouTubeThe video above covers the full best-of-five LCS Summer Playoffs series between Cloud9 and Team Liquid. The final score, full Picks and Bans, and game-by-game results are below.
Team Liquid's lineup featured Morgan (top lane), Josedeodo (jungle), Quid (mid lane), Yeon (Sean Sung) (bot lane), and CoreJJ (support). 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).
Cloud9's previous series was a 3-1 win over LYON in Summer Playoffs. Team Liquid's previous series was a 3-0 win over FlyQuest in Summer Playoffs.
Cloud9 and Team Liquid had no recorded recent head-to-head meeting before this series.
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. Team Liquid won from blue side in 31:37. Team Liquid finished 19-8 in kills and 69.3k to 58.1k in gold, a margin of 11 kills and 11.2k. Team Liquid led 10-2 in towers, 2-0 in Barons, 1-0 in Rift Heralds, and 2-0 in inhibitors. Cloud9 had the edge 3-0 in Void Grubs. Cloud9 led dragons 3-2.
Morgan led the damage chart for Team Liquid on Rumble, finishing 6/1/5 with 26,786 damage and 289 CS. Quid added 23,217 damage on Viktor and ended the game 5/0/7. Tactical was the top damage source for Cloud9, putting up 17,344 on Lucian in a 3/4/4 game.
Kills
19:8
Gold
69.3k:58.1k
Towers
10:2
Dragons
2:3
Barons
2:0
Game 226:51
Team Liquid won
Yeon (Sean Sung) and Morgan combined for zero deaths in Game 2. Playing blue side, Team Liquid finished Game 2 in 26:51. At the end, Team Liquid led 19-2 in kills and 57.5k to 46.4k in gold. The final gaps overall were 17 kills and 11.1k. Team Liquid led 9-2 in towers, the only Baron, 1-0 in Rift Heralds, and 1-0 in inhibitors. Cloud9 had the edge 2-1 in Void Grubs. Dragons finished 3-1 for Team Liquid.
On Ziggs, Yeon (Sean Sung) topped Team Liquid's damage output at 20,537 and finished 6/0/8 and 285 CS. Morgan followed with 16,849 damage and a 5/0/6 line on Camille. Cloud9 got its highest damage total from Thanatos (Park Seung-kyu), who dealt 12,915 on Jax and finished 1/6/1.
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. Cloud9 took Game 3 from blue side. The final scoreboard showed 15-8 in kills and 48.9k-40.5k in gold for Cloud9, leaving differences of 7 kills and 8.4k. Cloud9 led 7-2 in towers, the only Baron, 3-0 in Void Grubs, 1-0 in Rift Heralds, and 1-0 in inhibitors. Dragons finished 2-0 for Cloud9.
Thanatos (Park Seung-kyu)'s Varus dealt a team-high 23,527 damage for Cloud9, alongside a 4/3/5 scoreline and 200 CS. A 3/1/6 game on Ezreal brought Cloud9 another 16,821 damage from Tactical. For Team Liquid, Quid led the damage numbers with 12,490 on Ahri and a 3/4/3 line.
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 won from blue side. Team Liquid finished 17-18 in kills and 91.4k to 89.1k in gold, a margin of 1 kill and 2.4k. Team Liquid led 9-7 in towers, 2-1 in Void Grubs, 1-0 in Rift Heralds, and 2-1 in inhibitors. Cloud9 led dragons 4-3.
Yeon (Sean Sung) led the damage chart for Team Liquid on Ashe, finishing 4/3/10 with 54,845 damage and 508 CS. Morgan added 42,031 damage on Ambessa and ended the game 5/3/9. Tactical was the top damage source for Cloud9, putting up 43,872 on Caitlyn in a 3/4/7 game. Loki (Lee Sang-min) followed for Cloud9 with 38,077 damage and a 7/3/5 line on Aurora.
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. The kill margin moved from 11 in Game 1 to 1 in Game 4, while the final gold gap changed from 11.2k to 2.4k. Yeon (Sean Sung) produced the series' highest damage total, recording 97,780 for Team Liquid. Yeon (Sean Sung) gave Team Liquid 14 kills and 26 assists across the series. Their damage moved from 13,492 in Game 1 to 54,845 in Game 4. Morgan gave Team Liquid 19 kills and 23 assists across the series. Their damage moved from 26,786 in Game 1 to 42,031 in Game 4.
Next up
Next on the schedule: Cloud9 vs LYON in Summer Playoffs, set for October 3.
