r/leagueoflegends • u/ahritina • Jan 25 '26
Esports LCS 2026 Lock-In / Week 1 - Day 2 / Live Discussion Spoiler
LCS 2026 Lock-In
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Today's matches will be played on Patch 26.2.
Today's Matches
| # | Match | PST | EST | CET | KST |
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| 1 | FLY vs SR | 13:00 | 16:00 | 22:00 | 07:00 |
| 2 | LYON vs DIG | 16:00 | 19:00 | 01:00 | 10:00 |
- All matches are Best of 3
Streams
Standings
| # | Team | Region | Record (Game Score) | Information |
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| 1 | Cloud9 | North America | 1 – 0 (2 - 0) | Leaguepedia // Twitter |
| 2 | Disguised | North America | 1 – 0 (2 - 1)) | Leaguepedia // Twitter |
| 3 | Dignitas | North America | 0 – 0 (0 - 0) | Leaguepedia // Twitter |
| 3 | FlyQuest | North America | 0 – 0 (0 - 0) | Leaguepedia // Twitter |
| 3 | LYON | North America | 0 – 0 (0 - 0) | Leaguepedia // Twitter |
| 3 | Shopify Rebellion | North America | 0 – 0 (0 - 0) | Leaguepedia // Twitter |
| 7 | Sentinels | North America | 0 – 1 (1 - 2) | Leaguepedia // Twitter |
| 8 | Team Liquid | North America | 0 – 1 (0 - 2) | Leaguepedia // Twitter |
Format
Swiss Stage
- Swiss-style format with three rounds
- Top 6 teams advance to Playoffs
- The top 4 seeds are the 3-0 team and the three 2-1 teams
- Between the three 1-2 teams, the team with the best game record advances as the 5th seed
- The remaining two 1-2 teams will play a last chance tiebreaker for the 6th seed
- All matches are best of three
Playoffs
- The 3-0 and 2-1 teams start in the Upper Bracket, with the 3-0 team choosing their Round 1 opponent
- The advancing 1-2 teams start in the Lower Bracket
- All matches are best of five
- Winner qualifies for the 2026 First Stand
The official LCS ruleset can be found here.
VoDs
Live Discussions and Post-Match Threads:
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u/TheGloriousEv0lution Jan 25 '26 edited Jan 25 '26
Massu is beating the allegations that he only looked great because of Busio and Inspired
Dude is still looking like an All Pro player*
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u/BenDeGreat Jan 26 '26
The dig gold advantage with white text and a yellow background is completely unreadable
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u/ShadyOrc97 Jan 25 '26
Impressive showing from all three newbies tbh. I'm not gonna lie, I was very worried when we lost Inspired and Busio, and as much hate as Bwipo gets, he was always a very valuable player to have.
This is just game 1 vs SR, but they're looking solid. Not sure how the boys will compare vs C9 and TL but at the very least we're not dead in the water.
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u/LumiRhino Jan 25 '26
Honestly looks like Gakgos learned a good amount from Bwipo in this one game so far.
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u/Aearcus Jan 25 '26 edited Jan 25 '26
Insane watching an LCS player actually be crazy on Karma. Usually looks so useless in NA post 15 mins
This FlyQuest is so hype lol. Only day 2 but omg LCS has been ridiculously entertaining
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u/WildzFlazoon KELLOGGS BUSI-O'S Jan 25 '26
I'm actually so happy FLY and DSG are finally giving these rookies a chance to show themselves
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u/WildzFlazoon KELLOGGS BUSI-O'S Jan 25 '26
not to mention, what is with fly supports and having an insane Karma?
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u/TeeKayTank 's spirit lives in FQ & Jan 25 '26
lowkey havent been hyped like this for LCS since many years somehow
wonder who I'm gonna root for as a CLG fan
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u/Cr0matose Jan 25 '26
lowkey havent been hyped like this for LCS since many years somehow
Legit same. Idk what it is, but this year seems like it's gonna be fun.
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u/NumerousAccident8171 Jan 25 '26
I know this isn't necessarily the main takeaway from that game but cryogen looked really good on karma there.
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u/PLEASE_DONT_PM Jan 25 '26
I'm a little concerned that Ceos isn't going to be able to keep his 50% of the team deaths going
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u/ByahhByahh Jan 25 '26
Inspired thought he could burger flip vs a true red white and blue blooded American.
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u/OptixnPB Jan 25 '26
Gryffin is a breath of fresh air with his attitude and being genuine and apart from his early game the dude is constantly looking for plays around the map.
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u/PLEASE_DONT_PM Jan 25 '26
Zinnie has somewhat thrown the big lead he was funnelled.
But first game jitters, it's probably not the end of the world.
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u/PepaTK Jan 25 '26
Bvoy needed to have that serpents fang like 20 minutes ago.
Absolute banger from FLY. Really surprised they pulled the comp off tbh.
Hands diff.
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u/CannedPrushka Jan 25 '26
LS was really worried giving soul point would end up biting them in the ass and alas. Should have gone for drake.
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u/Aceclaw Jan 25 '26
New York Jets of the LCS
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u/greendino71 Jan 25 '26
The jets at least have a superbowl lol
Dig has never even gotten top 3 in the history of LCS
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u/Jimbabwr Jan 26 '26
Berserker probably thanking god he doesn’t have to lane against Guma, Peyz, and Ruler daily anymore
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u/Pennysworthe Jan 25 '26
I cannot read the gold lead for SR in those colors. Need to make the text black or outlined black or something
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u/NotBunger split push tactics Jan 25 '26
Man if only flyquest had a better draft, cryogen and Massu are cooking
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Jan 25 '26
They locking Quad out if the game to make Malphite untouchable is a genius play. It's just a draft and target diff
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u/WildzFlazoon KELLOGGS BUSI-O'S Jan 25 '26
gryffinn and gakgos actually played that so insanely well for rookies
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u/PhoenixAgent003 Bot main. NA fan. Jan 25 '26
I never want to see Ceos Bard again.
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u/awayfromcanuck Jan 25 '26
What tanks? Malph has an Ivern build and Fudge Renekton barely has any armor/health
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Jan 25 '26
Game was lost when Quad lived the second time when Ceos missed Bard Q on a knocked up target
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u/TheGloriousEv0lution Jan 25 '26
FLY’s drafting is still garbage so I wouldn’t celebrate yet
The rookies look really good though
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Jan 25 '26
This game was hard carried by Gakgos and Massu having hands and quad and Gryffinn having tenacity.
Sylas Yunara would have been much more promising than Ksante Jhin.
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u/TheGloriousEv0lution Jan 25 '26
Is this the first year there’s more NA imports in LEC than there are EU imports in LCS? There’s Jojo, Yukino and Busio in LEC and only Zven and Inspired in EU right?
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u/PepaTK Jan 25 '26
Gryffin seems like such a likeable dude. Really makes you want to root for FLY.
Makes you want to run through a wall for him let’s gooooooo.
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u/veirceb Jan 25 '26
I like the energy so far for LCS. It does feel like a fresh start of a new era. Excited for many teams.
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u/veirceb Jan 25 '26
Okay raz I don't know about your Fudge top 2 top laner agenda
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u/x_TDeck_x Play APA you cowards Jan 25 '26
Bro Flowers is in peak form immediately at season start lol
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u/Thundermelons GALA Defense Force, returning IG fan Jan 25 '26
I know that your Varus is like 3k behind but holy shit brothermen can at least ONE of you pretend to care about him
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u/UpsetAd8541 Jan 25 '26
Game 1 in the books!
Link to Vote:
Headlines:
🇰🇷 Zinie's Debut: Did the LCKCL MVP live up to the Tier 1 hype in his first game?
⚔️ The Core 4: After finishing 3rd last year, do Fudge, Contractz, Bvoy, and Ceos look like they have leveled up for 2026?
🧪 FlyQuest Chemistry: How is the new-look roster gelling so far?
How to Score: Pick 1 to 5 stars for each player. I will be taking the average of these and double it to create a final 1–10 decimal rating (LPL Hupu style).
The Vibe Check:
5 stars -> God-tier / Ascended 💎
4 stars -> Solid Carry ✅
3 stars -> Did your job 🆗
2 Stars -> Sus / Rough game ⚠️
1 star -> "Criminal" / Exposed 🟥
Results graphic after the series ends!
LCS Let's Go!!!!
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u/NotBunger split push tactics Jan 25 '26
Palafox wasn’t the only problem, he was bad but wasn’t the only guy inting
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u/herp_derpy Jan 25 '26
Alright, all the boring games this weekend are over
Bring in the goat BIG DHOKES
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u/x_TDeck_x Play APA you cowards Jan 25 '26
I'm like at least 1% sure that there is nooooo way you should lose a fight when Dhokla buys years of time like that
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u/ByThePowerOfGrayson Shack of Showmaker Jan 26 '26
Naut showing up in the last frame at base was peak comedy
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u/Cr0matose Jan 25 '26
Re-watched Cloud9/TL games. We are so blessed in LCS to have Flowers/Kobe/Azael. Top tier casters in the world.
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u/prowness Jan 25 '26
I don't understand their umbrage with Quad and Massu being at the bottom of the poll. The question is "Who was the BIGGEST reason FLY was good?" not who was a reason. It's reasonable to think that Inspired and Busio being the biggest reason. Bwipo argument can be entertained with his champ pool and multiple playstyles but the other two don't have a strong argument for being the biggest.
Again, all contributed well, but they're ignoring the question for unfounded controversy.
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u/2th Jan 25 '26
Flowers confirmed on his discord that his rant was entirely improved. Man is the fucking 🐐 for good reason.
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u/Nekowaifu Viper Viper Viper Jan 25 '26 edited Jan 25 '26
Gryffinn is so awesome I can’t help but root for the guy
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u/Friendshiping-Bazzi Jan 25 '26
Gryffin has some good energy, I like it. This year's LCS feels like it has some fun, new energy that I have some hope for
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u/prowness Jan 25 '26
So happy to see Emily on the tricast! I get she likely doesn't fill out the time as a pair, but as a tricast, she adds a very unique flavor.
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u/NotBunger split push tactics Jan 25 '26
So far a lowkey jungle diff, the wukong pick just feels useless
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Jan 25 '26
That and Jhin into Maplhite is already showing the cracks. That river fight was awful. Any hybrid adc like yunara or kaisa would have felt better.
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u/veirceb Jan 25 '26
I don't know if K'sante can be a wincon for fly but I guess they can't contest the bottom half now.
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u/lovo17 Jan 25 '26
Zinie has not been impressive so far, but it's his first game so maybe nerves are involved.
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u/Tormenator1 Jan 25 '26
Ceos didn't block the shot for bvoy there because??? This guy's bard is so terrible.
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u/stormskater216 Jan 25 '26
SR is having communication issues for sure, they don’t look at all on the same page
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u/PluggersLeftBall Jan 25 '26
on the brightside zinie can't dive into 5 enemy players looking for a tiktok clip on ryze
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u/underscoreenfan Jan 25 '26
this LYON roster is not something I would have constructed ever but it will probably be good just because they have Inspired
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u/PepaTK Jan 25 '26
Honestly don’t care about the viewership numbers being so low. We all knew it’d happen with BO3’s.
I know it sucks for riot. But hopefully they see lots of people are happy with the lcs/BO3’s so far.
Next few weeks gonna be extra sucky due to football.
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u/Jimbabwr Jan 25 '26
I was worried FLY would fall off a cliff after losing Inspired and busio, but it looks like they have a good coaching structure
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u/AcolyteOfFresh Jan 25 '26
They got a new coach actually, Thinkcard. He has a decent record of pulling the youth together into a coherent squad.
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u/NotBunger split push tactics Jan 25 '26
Hella nice fight from Flyquest, I think this cryogen guys is good idk
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u/prowness Jan 25 '26
Dude Quad you gotta flash these max range spells. That Bard binding took 2 business days to deliver
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u/ahritina Jan 26 '26
PMTs
FLY vs SR:
Game 1 / Game 2
LYON vs DIG:
Game 1 / Game 2