Vulcan named LCS 2026 Spring Regular Season MVP

Philippe “" Laflamme has crowned a dazzling 2026 Spring Split by being named as the split’s Most Valuable Player. The support dominated the league with his consistent performances, helped his team to a perfect 7-0 finish during the regular season, and became a player his team could constantly rely on.

The announcement was made on Thursday, June 11th, during the most recent episode of the League of Legends Championship Series’ (LCS) podcast, “The Dive.” The Canadian accumulated a total of 46 votes across the LCS players and coaches, the Broadcast team, the media, and the fans.

Out of the seven possible votes coming from LCS Players, he got five. Cloud9 can’t vote for their own player. Brandon “" Villegas, a fellow First Team All-Pro, was Cloud9’s support closest competitor, yet the Vulcan passed him by ten votes. The Canadian’s weekly performances shot him above the rest of his competitors and secured 12 first-place votes.

Vulcan broke the almost six-year drought of supports winning the MVP award, which was last won by Jo “" Yong-in, and joins the former and Zaqueri “Aphromoo" Black as the only supports to win this award.

Vulcan’s impressive statistics are the best way to retell an overwhelmingly positive split. With 10.3, the Canadian established the best KDA by a support in LCS history, with a minimum of ten games played. He broke his own record previously established during the 2020 Spring Split.

The KDA statistic is decisive. From all regular-season second splits played across all Tier 1 regions, Vulcan finished as the player with the highest KDA. The Cloud9 support surpassed ’s midlaner, Song “" Dai-Lin, by one-tenth of a point. Vulcan showed over seven weeks of competition that his skills, mechanics, and leadership set him apart from his peers and earned him the award.

Ever since his return to Cloud9 in November 2023, Vulcan has added the MVP award to a list of accolades, including being named to the First, Second, and Third All-Pro teams once. However, ever since he re-signed with C9, the only award missing from his resumé is an LCS Championship.

On Saturday, Cloud9 will kick off Finals Weekend in Tempe, Arizona, when they face

Team Liquid

in the Loser’s Finals. The reigning MVP will try to secure C9 a spot in the Mid-Season Invitational in Korea and meet on Sunday for a rematch of the 2026 Lock-In Finals.