LCS2026-w20
Weekly Report · May 11 – 17, 2026
Published 2026-08-16 15:09
Across the week LCS played 4 series, and those contained 10 games. Season win rates of 11.1% against 36.4% said one thing; the series said another. Shopify Rebellion beat Disguised for the clearest upset of the week. Games averaged 35:32 this week against a season average of 33:07, so matches ran longer than usual. Per-minute figures get pulled toward the mean in long games, so read them next to the totals.
Results
Team records
The best week belongs to Cloud9: 2 series won and 0 lost, or 4-1 once you count individual games.
| Team | Series | Games |
|---|---|---|
 Cloud9 | 2W 0L | 4W 1L |
 Shopify Rebellion | 1W 0L | 2W 0L |
 LYON (2024 American Team) | 1W 0L | 2W 1L |
 FlyQuest | 0W 1L | 1W 2L |
 Disguised | 0W 1L | 0W 2L |
 Team Liquid | 0W 2L | 1W 4L |
Best five
Thanatos (Top), Blaber (Jungle), APA (Mid), Zven (Bot), Vulcan (Support) — the strongest weekly line at each position, 5 in total. 1/8/63, a ratio of 8.00 — that is what Vulcan recorded for Cloud9 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 100.0%. The top of that list runs Orianna, Nocturne, Varus. The sharpest rise against last week belongs to Twisted Fate, whose presence moved by +40.0%p. The same trend covers Twisted Fate, Milio, Annie.
Best games
40:08 — the longest game of the week, taken by LYON (2024 American Team) in the meeting between Team Liquid and LYON (2024 American Team). The closest game was FlyQuest against Cloud9, decided on a total gold gap of 2,979, with Cloud9 ahead at the end.
Longest game
40:08
Closest game
2,979 gold