LCS2026-w34
Weekly Report · Aug 17 – 23, 2026
Published 2026-08-26 08:19
Across the week LCS played 4 series, and those contained 9 games. LYON (2024 American Team) lost a series they were expected to win. The gap in season win rate read 41.2% against 80.0% at the start of the week, and Sentinels still walked away with the result. Games averaged 35:28 this week against a season average of 32:52, 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
No side collected more series than Sentinels this week. The record reads 2 series won and 0 lost, 4-1 across games. The name at the top of the standings is Team Liquid, with an official record of 4-0. Up 3 places — Sentinels started the week at position 5 and ended it at 2.
Best five
The best five for this week fills 5 of the five positions: Impact (Top), HamBak (Jungle), DARKWINGS (Mid), Rahel (Bot), huhi (Support). Nobody in the five posted a stronger week than Rahel of Sentinels. At Bot the line reads 21/6/37 across 5 games, 4 of them won, for a ratio of 9.67.
Weekly awards
Most kills
DARKWINGS24
5 gamesBest KDA
sajed22.00
2 gamesKill participation
Vulcan84.6%
2 gamesChampion pool
huhi5
5 gamesSolo kills
Rahel2
5 gamesLane solo kills
Berserker2
3 gamesDamage per min
FBI890
2 gamesGold per min
Tactical517
2 gamesDamage per gold
FBI2.28
2 gamesLane CS diff
Thanatos+25.5
2 gamesLane gold diff
Thanatos+1048
2 gamesRoam kills+assists
Quad4
4 gamesGank kills+assists
Gryffinn5
4 games
Meta watch
In patch terms this was a 16.16 week. Draft attention concentrated on Nocturne, Vi, Cassiopeia. Nocturne sat at the front of it with a presence of 100.0%. The sharpest rise against last week belongs to Karma, whose presence moved by +44.4%p. The same trend covers Karma, Viktor, Bard.
Patch v16.16
| Champion | Presence | Picks | Bans | Win rate | vs. last week |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Nocturne | 100.0% | 1 | 8 | 100.0% | +11.1%p |
 Vi | 88.9% | 1 | 7 | 100.0% | ±0.0%p |
 Cassiopeia | 77.8% | 1 | 6 | 0.0% | ±0.0%p |
 Karma | 66.7% | 4 | 2 | 0.0% | +44.4%p |
 Orianna | 66.7% | 3 | 3 | 66.7% | +11.1%p |
Best games
The longest game of the week was Sentinels against LYON (2024 American Team), settled after 43:57 in favor of Sentinels. A total gold gap of 491 — the narrowest of the week, from LYON (2024 American Team) against Sentinels, where Sentinels came out in front.
Longest game
43:57
Closest game
491 gold
Next week
2 matches are scheduled for next week. The one to watch is Shopify Rebellion against Team Liquid.
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