Team Liquid achieves 74.13% scrim win rate across 2026 with 155 games played against Cloud9

The 2026 LCS season is over, and have been crowned the undisputed kings of North America. Following their successful campaign, head coach Jake "Spawn" Tiberi took to social media to share the team's scrim results throughout the year, with the help of head analyst Haitham Algbory. The data offers insight into how the team was able to win its first title of the year and overcome , who had previously dominated the league.

Sharing scrim results in esports is a trend that has become increasingly popular over the past few splits, notably thanks to general manager Romain Bigeard, whom Spawn directly cited as his inspiration. Initially, Bigeard used the practice in part to dissuade teams from canceling scrim blocks, but it has since evolved into a way for fans to gain more insight into how teams operate and prepare throughout the year.

While most of the results shared on X on Tuesday may not appear particularly surprising, a few noteworthy findings stand out and shed some interesting light on how Team Liquid approached the year.

Coming as little surprise, was the team Team Liquid scrimmed against the most this year. According to the data, the two teams faced one another in 155 games throughout the season, with Team Liquid achieving a 63.87% win rate. Most notably, C9 were the team that challenged the eventual LCS champions the most during Split 3, followed by , against whom TL had a 67.92% win rate.

Perhaps the most important note to take from this data, however, is that former LCS champions and Split 3 finalists were the team Team Liquid scrimmed the least among all LCS teams during Split 3. This can most likely be explained by the absence of star jungler for most of the group stage. During his absence, the two teams only played a single scrim block, which ended with TL going 5-0.

Another rather surprising detail is that , who won just a single series throughout the entirety of 2026, were Team Liquid's third-most-scrimmed team in Split 3, as well as their best-performing opponent by win rate. The bulk of their scrims came around the start of the split, with Dignitas seemingly serving as a practice partner to help kickstart Team Liquid's Summer campaign.

On the contrary, came in clutch towards the end of the season, giving Team Liquid four consecutive scrim blocks during the LCS Finals weekend, while the team itself was preparing for the LCS Promotion Tournament.

All in all, according to the coach's post, Team Liquid played an impressive 862 scrim games this year, recording 639 wins and 223 losses for a 74.13% overall win rate.

Now heading into Worlds 2026 on home soil, who knows what Team Liquid will be able to achieve? One thing is certain, though: expectations from North American fans are high, especially after the region missed out on a quarterfinal appearance last year. In his post, Tiberi clearly highlighted that the team had surpassed even the high expectations he had when building this roster.

In an interview, Cloud9 head coach Christian "IWDominate" Rivera also praised the league’s current level: “The LCS has been trending upwards results-wise. I just think LCS is pretty competitive, and in its best state it has ever been right now.”

With just a few days remaining before the start of League of Legends Esports’ biggest event of the year, it remains to be seen whether Team Liquid can translate its domestic dominance to the international stage. The team had only one opportunity to test itself internationally through Riot-sanctioned competition in 2026, at the Mid-Season Invitational. There, TL swept Europe’s 3-0, but went a combined 0-6 against LCK representatives and failed to escape the play-in stage.

Now, with the pressure of playing Worlds on home soil and the weight of an entire region’s expectations behind them, Team Liquid will have one more chance to prove that their dominance extends beyond North America.