LCS2026-w21
Weekly Report · May 18 – 24, 2026
Published 2026-08-16 15:09
Across the week LCS played 3 series, and those contained 10 games. LYON (2024 American Team) lost a series they were expected to win. The gap in season win rate read 45.5% against 76.9% at the start of the week, and FlyQuest still walked away with the result. Games averaged 30:32 this week against a season average of 32:55, so they finished earlier than usual. Teams that took a lead tended to close it out quickly.
Results
Team records
No side collected more series than Sentinels this week. The record reads 1 series won and 0 lost, 2-0 across games.
| Team | Series | Games |
|---|---|---|
 Sentinels | 1W 0L | 2W 0L |
 Cloud9 | 1W 0L | 3W 2L |
 FlyQuest | 1W 1L | 4W 4L |
 LYON (2024 American Team) | 0W 1L | 1W 2L |
 Dignitas | 0W 1L | 0W 2L |
Best five
Picking the best player at each position leaves 5 in total this week: Gakgos (Top), Gryffinn (Jungle), Quad (Mid), Massu (Bot), Cryogen (Support). Nobody in the five posted a stronger week than Quad of FlyQuest. At Mid the line reads 22/16/54 across 8 games, 4 of them won, for a ratio of 4.75.
Weekly awards
Meta watch
The reference point for reading this meta is patch 16.10. The champion named most often in the draft was Varus, with picks and bans together reaching 100.0%. The top of that list runs Varus, Karma, Orianna. Compared with last week Nautilus gained +30.0%p in presence, and the rising group runs Nautilus, Yunara, Hwei.
Best games
The longest game of the week was LYON (2024 American Team) against FlyQuest, settled after 38:13 in favor of FlyQuest. A total gold gap of 2,817 — the narrowest of the week, from Cloud9 against FlyQuest, where Cloud9 came out in front.
Longest game
38:13
Closest game
2,817 gold