LCS2026-w40

Weekly Report · Sep 28 – Oct 4, 2026

Published 2026-10-05 08:06

8 games — that is what the LCS week added up to, spread across 2 series. Games averaged 33:12 this week, close to the season average of 32:43. Game length alone does not mark this week out.

Results

Team records

The best week belongs to LYON (2024 American Team): 1 series won and 0 lost, or 3-1 once you count individual games.

TeamSeriesGames
LYONLYON (2024 American Team)1W 0L3W 1L
TLTeam Liquid1W 0L3W 1L
C9Cloud90W 2L2W 6L

Best five

Morgan (Top), Josedeodo (Jungle), Saint (Mid), Berserker (Bot), CoreJJ (Support) — the strongest weekly line at each position, 5 in total. The standout line belongs to Josedeodo of Team Liquid, who played 4 games at Jungle, won 3 of them, and posted a KDA of 18/5/24 for a ratio of 8.40.

Weekly awards

Meta watch

Almost every game this week was played on patch 16.17. The champion named most often in the draft was Nocturne, with picks and bans together reaching 100.0%. The top of that list runs Nocturne, Vi, Cassiopeia. Ryze, Aurora, Qiyana — champions the draft used more than it did last week. Ryze moved the furthest at +33.3%p.

Patch v16.17

ChampionPresencePicksBansWin ratevs. last week
Nocturne100.0%08–±0.0%p
Vi87.5%250.0%+20.8%p
Cassiopeia87.5%160.0%-12.5%p
Ryze75.0%24100.0%+33.3%p
Olaf75.0%150.0%+25.0%p

Best games

The longest game of the week was Team Liquid against Cloud9, settled after 47:04 in favor of Team Liquid. The closest game was Team Liquid against Cloud9, decided on a total gold gap of 2,370, with Team Liquid ahead at the end.

Next week

One match is scheduled for next week. Of those, the meeting between Team Liquid and LYON (2024 American Team) carries the most weight.

Schedule as of publication — fixtures may have changed since.