There are no upsets in the
League of Legends Championship Series!
swiftly swept
in the
second series of Round 2 of the LCS playoffs, 3-0. This victory secured the second North American spot at the
2026 World Championship for TL.
The five-time LCS Champions dictated an excruciatingly overwhelming pace for the first two games. TL averaged five kills at fifteen minutes in both Game 1 and Game 2, and even added a target on toplaner Ibrahim Samet “
" Bulut’s back for the latter.
After Game 2, the series average game time was 33 minutes, but one team had a firm grasp over both games from start to finish. The third and final game was the most even across the series, but TL sealed the deal after winning a teamfight where either team could have secured Mountain Drake Soul.
Sigo siendo El Rey
This victory marks Team Liquid’s return to the
World Championship after missing the 2025 edition, and it was in part thanks to a brilliant series from Brandon Joel “
" Villegas. The Argentinean put up an early-game clinic across the series, highlighted by a Game 2 980 GD@14.
The jungler was crowned Player of the Series, but it also checked a box off his personal list of goals: returning to the World Championship. Josedeodo burst onto the scene at the 2020 World Championship with Rainbow7. Three organizations later, the Argentine breaks a six-year Worlds drought.
The roads to Atlanta and Dallas
After this week of competition, the 2026 Worlds host has set two teams to defend the region’s pride: the aforementioned TL and
. These teams
will clash in the Winners Final for a chance to expand their trophy cabinet at the
LLCS Finals Weekend in Atlanta, Georgia,
and a guaranteed skip of Worlds Play-In Stage.
However, the LCS Summer Playoffs will deliver several intense series. FlyQuest will continue its playoff run by facing a surprising underdog,
.
, who got upset by C9, will face the winner of this series and act as the gatekeeper for Worlds. Win and qualify for Worlds; lose and settle with the
Demacia Cup Global Invitational.
