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LCS2026-w18

Weekly Report · Apr 27 – May 3, 2026

Published 2026-08-16 15:09

The LCS schedule produced 4 series this week, 10 games in total. Games averaged 33:07 this week, close to the season average of 32:42. Game length alone does not mark this week out.

Results

Team records

No side collected more series than Team Liquid this week. The record reads 2 series won and 0 lost, 4-1 across games.

TeamSeriesGames
TLTeam Liquid2W 0L4W 1L
LYONLYON (2024 American Team)1W 0L2W 0L
C9Cloud91W 0L2W 1L
DIGDignitas0W 1L1W 2L
SENSentinels0W 1L1W 2L
DSGDisguised0W 2L0W 4L

Best five

Picking the best player at each position leaves 5 in total this week: Morgan (Top), Josedeodo (Jungle), Quid (Mid), Yeon (Bot), CoreJJ (Support). 8/6/57, a ratio of 10.83 — that is what CoreJJ recorded for Team Liquid at Support, taking 4 of 5 games.

Weekly awards

Meta watch

In patch terms this was a 16.9 week. The champion named most often in the draft was Orianna, with picks and bans together reaching 90.0%. The top of that list runs Orianna, Karma, Nocturne. Nocturne, Sejuani, Yone — champions the draft used more than it did last week. Nocturne moved the furthest at +46.7%p.

Patch v16.9

ChampionPresencePicksBansWin ratevs. last week
Orianna90.0%18100.0%+1.1%p
Karma90.0%180.0%-10.0%p
Nocturne80.0%260.0%+46.7%p
Varus80.0%2650.0%+2.2%p
Pantheon70.0%2550.0%+25.6%p

Best games

The longest game of the week was Team Liquid against Sentinels, settled after 48:26 in favor of Sentinels. The closest game was Team Liquid against Sentinels, decided on a total gold gap of 5,510, with Sentinels ahead at the end.