TL vs C9 Highlights: TL Win 2-0, LCS Summer Season 2026 Week 1
TL;DR
Team Liquid and Cloud9 met in a best-of-three LCS Summer Season series on Patch 26.14. Team Liquid's previous series was a 3-0 loss to LYON in Spring Playoffs. Cloud9's previous series was a 3-0 loss to Team Liquid in Spring Playoffs.
Watch on YouTubeThe video above covers the full best-of-three LCS Summer Season series between Team Liquid and Cloud9. 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 (bot lane), and CoreJJ (support). Cloud9's lineup featured Thanatos (top lane), Blaber (jungle), Loki (mid lane), Tactical (bot lane), and Vulcan (support).
Team Liquid's previous series was a 3-0 loss to LYON in Spring Playoffs. Cloud9's previous series was a 3-0 loss to Team Liquid in Spring Playoffs.
Team Liquid led the recent head-to-head 1-0.
Series result
TLTeam Liquid
2 - 0
Team Liquid win
C9Cloud9
Picks & Bans
2 games
Team Liquid
Cloud9
Draft read
Blaber moved between Skarner and Lee Sin across the series for Cloud9. Loki moved between Akali and Ryze across the series for Cloud9. Team Liquid banned Cassiopeia twice.
Game 137:33
Team Liquid won
Game 1 was the longest game of the series at 37:33. Team Liquid won from blue side. Team Liquid finished 22-14 in kills and 78.2k to 69.1k in gold, a margin of 8 kills and 9.2k. Team Liquid led 7-1 in towers, the only Baron, 2-1 in Void Grubs, 1-0 in Rift Heralds, and 1-0 in inhibitors. Dragons were even at 3-3. Team Liquid secured first blood, while Cloud9 secured first dragon, while Team Liquid secured first Rift Herald, while Team Liquid secured first Baron, while Team Liquid secured first tower.
Yeon led the damage chart for Team Liquid on Kai'Sa, finishing 5/1/9 with 39,145 damage and 420 CS. Quid added 32,602 damage on Locke and ended the game 10/1/7. Thanatos was the top damage source for Cloud9, putting up 36,160 on Rumble in a 7/3/3 game. Tactical followed for Cloud9 with 30,249 damage and a 3/5/6 line on Ezreal.
Kills
22:14
Gold
78.2k:69.1k
Towers
7:1
Dragons
3:3
Barons
1:0
Game 229:21
Team Liquid won
Game 2 was the shortest game of the series at 29:21. Playing blue side, Team Liquid won Game 2. At the end, Team Liquid led 16-6 in kills and 64.2k to 51.2k in gold. The final gaps overall were 10 kills and 13.0k. Team Liquid led 8-1 in towers, the only Baron, 2-1 in Void Grubs, 1-0 in Rift Heralds, and 1-0 in inhibitors. Dragons finished 3-1 for Team Liquid. Cloud9 secured first blood, while Cloud9 secured first dragon, while Team Liquid secured first Rift Herald, while Team Liquid secured first Baron, while Team Liquid secured first tower.
On Corki, Yeon topped Team Liquid's damage output at 22,521 and finished 8/0/4 and 289 CS. Josedeodo followed with 18,033 damage and a 3/1/9 line on Naafiri. Cloud9 got its highest damage total from Tactical, who dealt 13,023 on Viktor and finished 2/4/1.
Kills
16:6
Gold
64.2k:51.2k
Towers
8:1
Dragons
3:1
Barons
1:0
Series read
Team Liquid took the opener and followed with another win in Game 2, completing the best-of-3 in straight games without needing a deciding map. Every game in the series was won from blue side. Every game in the series was shorter than the game before it. The kill margin moved from 8 in Game 1 to 10 in Game 2, while the final gold gap changed from 9.2k to 13.0k. Yeon produced the series' highest damage total, recording 61,666 for Team Liquid. Yeon gave Team Liquid 13 kills and 13 assists across the series. Their damage moved from 39,145 in Game 1 to 22,521 in Game 2. Quid gave Team Liquid 14 kills and 14 assists across the series. Their damage moved from 32,602 in Game 1 to 15,469 in Game 2.
Next up
Next on the schedule: Cloud9 vs Dignitas in Summer Season, set for August 1.
