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.

RankTeamSeriesGamesChange
3C9Cloud92W 0L4W 1L–
1LYONLYON (2024 American Team)1W 0L2W 0L–
2TLTeam Liquid1W 1L2W 2L▼1
6SRShopify Rebellion0W 1L1W 2L▼1
8DIGDignitas0W 1L0W 2L–
4SENSentinels0W 1L0W 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

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

ChampionPresencePicksBansWin ratevs. last week
Cassiopeia88.9%170.0%-11.1%p
Olaf88.9%08–+11.1%p
Nocturne77.8%3433.3%-11.1%p
Lee Sin77.8%160.0%±0.0%p
Rumble66.7%33100.0%+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.

Next week

The week ahead holds one match. Of those, the meeting between Cloud9 and Shopify Rebellion carries the most weight.

Schedule as of publication — fixtures may have changed since.