LCS2026-w17
Weekly Report · Apr 20 – 26, 2026
Published 2026-08-16 15:09
9 games — that is what the LCS week added up to, spread across 4 series. Games averaged 33:15 this week, close to the season average of 32:39. Game length alone does not mark this week out.
Results
Team records
The best week belongs to Cloud9: 1 series won and 0 lost, or 2-0 once you count individual games.
| Team | Series | Games |
|---|---|---|
 Cloud9 | 1W 0L | 2W 0L |
 FlyQuest | 1W 0L | 2W 0L |
 LYON (2024 American Team) | 1W 0L | 2W 0L |
 Team Liquid | 1W 0L | 2W 1L |
 Dignitas | 0W 2L | 1W 4L |
 Shopify Rebellion | 0W 2L | 0W 4L |
Best five
Picking the best player at each position leaves 5 in total this week: Thanatos (Top), Gryffinn (Jungle), Quad (Mid), Zven (Bot), Vulcan (Support). Nobody in the five posted a stronger week than Vulcan of Cloud9. At Support the line reads 3/0/34 across 2 games, 2 of them won, for a ratio of 37.00.
Weekly awards
Meta watch
The reference point for reading this meta is patch 16.8. Karma, Bard, Nautilus — the champions the draft returned to most this week. Karma led the way at 100.0%. Nautilus, Bard, Aurora — champions the draft used more than it did last week. Nautilus moved the furthest at +68.9%p.
Best games
44:08 — the longest game of the week, taken by Team Liquid in the meeting between Team Liquid and Dignitas. The closest game was FlyQuest against Dignitas, decided on a total gold gap of 4,127, with FlyQuest ahead at the end.
Longest game
44:08
Closest game
4,127 gold