Sentinels vs LYON (2024 American Team) — a LCS match played on 2026-08-17, and the win went to LYON (2024 American Team). With 17 combined kills, fights were rare, and the game lasted 30:11. When kills are scarce, the gold and objective gaps are what explain the result. The total gold gap was only 1,719, so resources alone did not decide this game. LYON (2024 American Team) finished narrowly ahead, and in games like this a single objective or a single fight is usually what settles it. On objectives, Towers split 8 to 4, and LYON (2024 American Team) took the larger share.

A KDA of 5/1/3 is what Berserker recorded on Yunara, the strongest line among the winners. Comparing end-of-game gold position by position, the widest gap sits at Bot: Berserker ahead of Rahel by 4,133. The draft started with Sentinels removing Nocturne and LYON (2024 American Team) removing Lee Sin. Those first two cards set the direction of the draft. On patch 16.16, this counts as game 2 within a series of 3.