That said, the off-season chaos has led to some clear winners on paper, with teams like Cloud9 and FlyQuest fielding some incredibly strong rosters and trying to prove that NA is still worthy of being a major region despite all the difficulties the league has faced in the past few years.
NRG, meanwhile, didn’t make it far enough into the Playoffs to defend their title. They got first-rounded after a pretty rough regular season, and Dignitas fell soon after. 100 Thieves showed promise, but were ultimately unable to overcome Team Liquid.
Then again, Cloud9 couldn’t do that either. Bwipo told us he thinksTeam Liquid is better than Cloud9, and they proved it with a dominant 3-0 win over C9. With that, Team Liquid and FlyQuest locked their MSI slots. But, yet again, Team Liquid came out on top and took the championship.
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Here’s a list of all approved co-streamers and their channels:
If you missed the matches, you can catch up on them by watching the VoDs on theLoL Esports YouTube Channel.
Playoffs were all best of 5s this time around, with even the Winner’s Bracket matchets getting their own day.
Here’s the full LCS Spring Playoffs schedule, along with the bracket to get an idea of where match winners will end up if they win or lose. Teams on the lower bracket were eliminated upon losing, meaning the fifth and sixth seeded teams only got one chance.
Here are the past regular season results for those looking to catch up on how things shook out through this year’s Spring Split. It was one of the closest LCS splits in history, with even the bottom teams having a chance until the very end.
The bottom two teams drop out of Playoffs contention entirely once the regular season comes to an end, meaning that placing in the top 6 is a must. Additionally, the top two teams get a bye, freeing them to advance immediately to the upper bracket and bypass the first round of Playoffs matches.
Evil Geniuses and Golden Guardians are out, and Shopify Rebellion have taken TSM’s spot. Here’s a full list of the 8 teams and their starting rosters:
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