LCS2026-w36
Weekly Report · Aug 31 – Sep 6, 2026
Published 2026-09-07 08:05Updated 2026-09-08 08:21
Across the week LCS played 4 series, and those contained 9 games. Games averaged 30:26 this week against a season average of 32:47, 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 Cloud9 this week. The record reads 2 series won and 0 lost, 4-1 across games. The name at the top of the standings is LYON (2024 American Team), with an official record of 6-1. FlyQuest made the biggest jump of the week, moving from position 6 to 5, a gain of 1.
| Rank | Team | Series | Games | Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | 2W 0L | 4W 1L | – | |
| 1 | 1W 0L | 2W 0L | – | |
| 2 | 1W 1L | 2W 2L | ▼1 | |
| 6 | 0W 1L | 1W 2L | ▼1 | |
| 8 | 0W 1L | 0W 2L | – | |
| 4 | 0W 1L | 0W 2L | – |
Best five
Picking the best player at each position leaves 5 in total this week: Thanatos (Top), Blaber (Jungle), Loki (Mid), Tactical (Bot), Vulcan (Support). Nobody in the five posted a stronger week than Loki of Cloud9. At Mid the line reads 28/6/31 across 5 games, 4 of them won, for a ratio of 9.83.
Weekly awards
Most kills
Loki28
5 gamesBest KDA
Isles33.00
2 gamesKill participation
FBI100.0%
2 gamesChampion pool
Loki5
5 gamesSolo kills
Loki2
5 gamesLane solo kills
Berserker4
2 gamesDamage per min
Berserker960
2 gamesGold per min
Berserker505
2 gamesDamage per gold
Dhokla2.05
2 gamesLane CS diff
Berserker+22.0
2 gamesLane gold diff
Berserker+1352
2 gamesRoam kills+assists
Quid7
4 gamesGank kills+assists
Blaber7
5 games
Meta watch
In patch terms this was a 16.17 week. The champion named most often in the draft was Cassiopeia, with picks and bans together reaching 88.9%. The top of that list runs Cassiopeia, Olaf, Nocturne. Wukong, Renata Glasc, Kalista — champions the draft used more than it did last week. Wukong moved the furthest at +55.6%p.
Patch v16.17
| Champion | Presence | Picks | Bans | Win rate | vs. last week |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 88.9% | 1 | 7 | 0.0% | -11.1%p | |
| 88.9% | 0 | 8 | – | +11.1%p | |
| 77.8% | 3 | 4 | 33.3% | -11.1%p | |
| 77.8% | 1 | 6 | 0.0% | ±0.0%p | |
| 66.7% | 3 | 3 | 100.0% | +22.2%p |
Best games
Shopify Rebellion and Cloud9 played the longest game of the week. It ran 35:56 and ended with Shopify Rebellion ahead. A total gold gap of 2,977 — the narrowest of the week, from Shopify Rebellion against Cloud9, where Shopify Rebellion came out in front.
Longest game
35:56
Closest game
2,977 gold
Next week
The week ahead holds one match. Of those, the meeting between Cloud9 and Shopify Rebellion carries the most weight.
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