LCS2026-w39
Weekly Report · Sep 21 – 27, 2026
Published 2026-09-28 08:06
Across the week LCS played 3 series, and those contained 12 games. The upset of the week belongs to Shopify Rebellion, who took the series against FlyQuest. Going into the week the two sides carried season win rates of 30.0% and 47.8%. Games averaged 31:00 this week against a season average of 32:43, 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 Team Liquid this week. The record reads 1 series won and 0 lost, 3-0 across games.
| Team | Series | Games |
|---|---|---|
| 1W 0L | 3W 0L | |
| 1W 0L | 3W 1L | |
| 1W 1L | 4W 5L | |
| 0W 2L | 2W 6L |
Best five
Picking the best player at each position leaves 5 in total this week: Fudge (Top), Contractz (Jungle), Zinie (Mid), Bvoy (Bot), Zeyzal (Support). The standout line belongs to Zeyzal of Shopify Rebellion, who played 9 games at Support, won 4 of them, and posted a KDA of 3/18/59 for a ratio of 3.44.
Top
Fudge
Shopify Rebellion4W 5L14/26/32 · KDA 1.77
Jungle
Contractz
Shopify Rebellion4W 5L30/25/33 · KDA 2.52
Mid
Zinie
Shopify Rebellion4W 5L16/22/42 · KDA 2.64
Bot
Bvoy
Shopify Rebellion4W 5L22/24/24 · KDA 1.92
Support
Zeyzal
Shopify Rebellion4W 5L3/18/59 · KDA 3.44
Weekly awards
Most kills
Contractz30
9 gamesBest KDA
CoreJJ42.00
3 gamesKill participation
CoreJJ85.7%
3 gamesChampion pool
Contractz8
9 gamesSolo kills
Gakgos5
8 gamesLane solo kills
Gakgos2
8 gamesDamage per min
Yeon757
3 gamesGold per min
Yeon500
3 gamesDamage per gold
Quad1.66
8 gamesLane CS diff
Morgan+16.0
3 gamesLane gold diff
Saint+824
4 gamesRoam kills+assists
Zinie7
9 gamesGank kills+assists
Contractz12
9 games
Meta watch
In patch terms this was a 16.17 week. Nocturne, Cassiopeia, Orianna — the champions the draft returned to most this week. Nocturne led the way at 100.0%. Orianna, Jarvan IV, Ashe — champions the draft used more than it did last week. Orianna moved the furthest at +41.7%p.
Patch v16.17
| Champion | Presence | Picks | Bans | Win rate | vs. last week |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 100.0% | 0 | 12 | – | +33.3%p | |
| 100.0% | 0 | 12 | – | ±0.0%p | |
| 66.7% | 3 | 5 | 33.3% | +41.7%p | |
| 66.7% | 3 | 5 | 66.7% | +25.0%p | |
| 66.7% | 2 | 6 | 100.0% | ±0.0%p |
Best games
42:57 — the longest game of the week, taken by Team Liquid in the meeting between FlyQuest and Team Liquid. FlyQuest and Shopify Rebellion finished within 3,040 of each other in total gold, the tightest game of the week, and Shopify Rebellion took it.
Longest game
42:57
Closest game
3,040 gold
Next week
2 matches — the size of the schedule for the week ahead. Of those, the meeting between Cloud9 and Team Liquid carries the most weight.
Bo5Featured
Bo5
Schedule as of publication — fixtures may have changed since.