Due to the global pandemic caused by the outbreak of COVID-19, the 2020 LCS Summer Split will be played online until it is deemed safe by state officials to gather at the LCS studios in Los Angeles, CA.
After a rocky early start to his career followed by him leaving the LCS and taking a break for a couple years, Rami "Inori" Charagh returned to professional League of Legends, winning his first split
Reapered is really proud of himself and the team, however, he didn't expect this Spring to work out as well as it did. "At the beginning, we were not that insane of a team... We had a lot of problems." Read more on how Reapered and Cloud9 overcame those issues here:
Cloud9 has secured 1st place in the 2020 LCS Spring Split, the 2020 LCS Spring Playoffs championship, the 1st All-Pro Team in all five positions, the Coach of the Split award for Head Coach Bok "Reapered" Han-gyu and the Honda Most Valuable Player award for Jungler Robert "Blaber" Huang. However, one of Zven's accomplishments stands alone: He is the first player to win both a European and North American League of Legends championship.
Dropping only two games in the entirety of the 2020 Spring Split, through both the regular season and the playoffs, Cloud9 have the most dominant season in LCS history, and claim their first title since 2014. Read more on their dominant 3-0 run here:
After a dominating second half of the split, Cloud9 Academy climbed through the 2020 League of LCS Academy League Spring Playoffs and beat out Evil Geniuses Academy in a clean 3-0 sweep to take the title. Read more on their victory here:
Blaber is your 2020 League of Legends Championship Series Spring Split Most Valuable Player. All five members of Cloud9 were All Pro first team. Top three came down to Blaber, Nisqy, and Zven with Blaber being crowned MVP. Read more on his acheivements here.
Cloud9 Academy Support David "Diamond" Bérubé spoke to Inven Global's Nick Geracie about defeating TSM Academy, facing EG Academy in the 2020 LCS Academy League Spring Finals, and the incredible growth rate of C9A Jungler Rami "Inori" Charagh.
Jatt breaks down his casting style and how he understands his role as a caster. He then goes in detail about how to understand and utilize stats, and how to work around stats that don't tell the full story. Read more on his recent growth here:
Tonight on Tuesday, April 14 at 5:00pm PT, Dignitas Academy Mid Laner Tanner "Damonte" Damonte will teach Major League Baseball star and San Francisco Giants outfielder Hunter Pence how to play League of Legends. The pair will be streaming as part of Verizon's 'Pay It Forward LIVE' to help small businesses.
Cloud9's guaranteed its top 2 finish with the win, which means Evil Geniuses will be sent to the losers' side of the bracket. EG will face the winner of FlyQuest and TSM to see who will face C9 in the 2020 LCS Spring Finals.
Zeyzal showed all spring that he hasn't missed a beat since parting ways with Cloud9 and joining EG, and during the team's turnaround period halfway through the Spring Split, the Support spoke with Inven Global's Nick Geracie about his daily routine, various forms of self-care, and how he maintains the best beard in the LCS.
Cloud9 Academy has eliminated TSM Academy from the 2020 League of Legends Championship Series Academy League Spring Playoffs in a 3-1 victory in the Semifinals. C9 Academy will face Evil Geniuses Academy in the Finals, the latter of whom triumphed over Dignitas Academy in their respective Semifinals match.
Reapered guided C9 to a 17-1 record and a subsequent clinching of the #1 seed for the 2020 LCS Spring Playoffs.
Evil Geniuses Academy are the first team to secure a spot in the 2020 LCS Academy Spring Split Playoff Finals. They faced the early season favorites, Dignitas Academy, in the Semifinals and knocked them out with a clean 3-1 series victory. Read more on the team here:
Evil Geniuses Jungler Dennis "Svenskeren" Johnsen spoke to Inven Global's Parkes Ousley after the win over FlyQuest to break down the series, shed light on the team's adjustments throughout the split, and look ahead towards potential scenarios in the Spring Playoffs throughout the coming weeks.
The entire starting roster of Cloud9 took was nominated as the 1st LCS All-Pro team, as one might expect from a 17-1 team with four LCS Player of the Week Awards.
UPDATED 4/3 - LemonNation has responded regarding his health after testing positive for COVID-19.
The bracket has been set! Cloud9 takes 1st, and chooses 100 Thieves as their opponent, and Evil Geniuses takes 2nd and will battle FlyQuest. TSM and Golden Guardians await in the Loser's Bracket, ready to face the ones who falter. Read more on the LCS playoffs here:
C9 is not the only team qualified for the 2020 LCS Spring Playoffs, it also definitively locked in a specific seed (1st) before any other teams have had the chance to punch their respective post-season tickets.
