Cloud9 took this one. It was a LCS fixture played on 2026-02-23 between Cloud9 and Sentinels. At 23:35, the game was settled relatively early. The teams combined for 19 kills, and in a short game the late-game sample is thin, so read the early gold and objective flow first. The total gold gap grew to 12,387, with Cloud9 ahead. At that size the item tiers differ, so the late-game combat figures should be read as numbers produced after the gap opened. Cloud9 finished with 9 on Towers against 2 for the opponent — the widest objective gap in this game.

The standout line on the winning side belongs to APA, who finished on Ziggs with a KDA of 5/1/8. 2,982 is the end-of-game gold gap APA built over DARKWINGS in the Mid matchup, the largest positional gap in this game. The draft started with Cloud9 removing Akali and Sentinels removing Nocturne. Those first two cards set the direction of the draft. This is game 3 of a 3-game series, played on patch 16.4.