The weekend is arriving once again, and with it, the 2018 NA LCS Summer Split, now coming to its third week. Unlike in Europe, where Misfits and G2 Esports arrived holding an unscathed record after four games, there is no team left with a perfect 4-0 in North America. However, already know which team will be will there at the decisive moments of the season, fighting for glory and the honor to represent North America at the 2018 World Championship.

And the best thing of all? Two of these teams, the best sides NA has to offer at the moment, face each other this weekend.

The reigning Champions, Team Liquid bounced back in Week 2 after a rather demoralizing loss to the Golden Guardians in the second game of the split. With Doublelift and Impact on fire, Liquid destroyed rivals TSM last Sunday, and will be arriving extra motivated to the showdown against Echo Fox.

A very entertaining team to watch – mainly due to Huni’s natural ability to adapt at every single position in the Rift – Echo Fox suffered a very unexpected loss to OpTic Gaming Saturday, but they definitely have the tools to bounce back and claim sole possession of first in the NA LCS.

Return of a Rivalry

However, the weekend reserves a bunch of other very entertaining match-ups, and the opener satisfies the need of some for some old-fashioned rivalry as Cloud9 and TSM haven't found themselves yet this split. The former still is trying to find any type of form and consistency after one of the most unexpected and bombastic roster changes in the history of the league, while TSM’s star-filled line-up alternates brilliant moments with periods of pure cluelessness.

Continuing day 1 of week 3, there is an interesting game between 100 Thieves and Clutch Gaming. Coming from an extraordinary Spring Split, both sides still didn’t fully find themselves so far. This game can be very well serve as turning point for one team – while the other will be put in a more delicate situation as we reach the first third of the Summer Split.

Don’t want to miss any of the action? You can watch all 10 matches from week 3 of the 2018 NA LCS Summer Split on Riot Games’ official Twitch and YouTube channels. However, in case you don’t have time for every single moment, don’t worry as well! I have highlighted below the three most important matches of the week – the ones you should not miss at any cost!

Week 3 kicks-off Saturday, June 30 at 11pm CEST/2pm PDT with the classic between Cloud9 and TSM.

2018 NA LCS Summer Split Week 3 complete schedule:

Saturday – June 30

o  Cloud9 v TSM – 11pm CEST / 2pm PDT (Must see!)

o  Team Liquid vs Echo Fox – 12am CEST / 3pm PDT (Must see!)

o  100 Thieves vs Clutch Gaming– 1am CEST / 4pm PDT

o  FlyQuest vs Golden Guardians – 2am CEST / 5pm PDT

o  OpTic Gaming vs Counter Logic Gaming – 3am CEST / 6pm PDT

Sunday – July 1

o  Golden Guardians v TSM– 9pm CEST / 12pm PDT

o  Counter Logic Gaming vs FlyQuest – 10pm CEST / 1pm PDT

o  Clutch Gaming vs Team Liquid – 11pm CEST / 2pm PDT

o  Echo Fox vs Cloud9– 12am CEST / 3pm PDT (Must see!)

o  100 Thieves vs OpTic Gaming – 1am CEST / 4pm PDT

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