Sports season
| 2018 NA LCS season |
| League | NA LCS |
| Sport | League of Legends |
| Elapsing | January xx – April 8 (Bound)
June sixteen – September 9 (Summer)
September 8–10 (Regional finals) |
| Number of teams | 10 |
| Telly partner(s) | Twitch, YouTube |
| Champions | Team Liquid |
| Runners-upwardly | 100 Thieves |
| Top seed | 100 Thieves |
| Flavour MVP | Zaqueri "Aphromoo" Black[1]
(100 Thieves) |
| Champions | Squad Liquid |
| Runners-upwards | Cloud9 |
| Top seed | Team Liquid |
| Season MVP | Yiliang "Doublelift" Peng[ii]
(Squad Liquid) |
| Winner | Cloud9 |
| |
The 2018 NA LCS flavour was the first twelvemonth under partnership and sixth overall of the North American League of Legends Championship Series (NA LCS), a professional person esports league for the MOBA PC game League of Legends. It was divided into spring and summer splits, each consisting of a regular season and playoff stage. The peak 6 teams from the regular flavor advanced to the playoff stage, with the height 2 teams receiving a bye to the semifinals.
The iii teams that qualified for the World Championship in 2018 were Team Liquid, 100 Thieves,and Cloud9.[3]
Format [edit]
Starting in 2018, the Due north American LCS appear that it would proceed under partnership using a franchised model, rather than promotion and regulation. This changed the overall structure of the league, and encouraged long-term investments from owners, which allowed the league to implement revenue sharing, leading to a meliorate foundation for both the teams and professional players. Professional players were also given a larger voice and more protection within the league.
The buy-in price for the league was $10 million for existing League of Legends teams, who had previously participated in the League Championship Series or Challenger Serial. New teams would be subject to an additional $3 million ($thirteen million total), which was to be distributed to the teams that were replaced in the league equally compensation. Interested parties were given applications in June, due on July 28, 2017. Over 100 existing esports organizations, traditional sports teams, venture capitalists and entrepreneurs reportedly applied.[4] Those applications were and then narrowed downwardly to a shortlist, nicknamed "stage two", which saw participants travel to Riot Games' Los Angeles office to interview and review their applications.[5] Riot Games and the North American League Championship Series players' association as well decided that league would not aggrandize and instead remain at x teams.
Buyers for the league were decided in mid-Oct. 6 existing teams from the league, Cloud9, Counter Logic Gaming, Echo Fox, FlyQuest, Team Liquid and Squad SoloMid, were accustomed back into the league.[6] [vii] [8] The other four existing teams, Immortals, Phoenix1, Team Dignitas and Squad EnvyUs, were declined entry into the restructured league.[ix] [10] Due to their divergence, iv new organizations were added to the NA LCS, 1 endemic esports team, and three NBA affiliates. Longtime esports organization OpTic Gaming was reportedly awarded a spot in the league afterwards receiving investment from Texas Rangers co-owner Neil Leibman.[11] The other three new spots went to the Aureate Guardians, supported past the Gilded State Warriors co-owner Joe Lacob and his son Kirk, 100 Thieves backed by the Cleveland Cavaliers, and Clutch Gaming with back up from the Houston Rockets.[12] [13] [14] [15]
Teams and rosters [edit]
| Teams | Roster | Coach |
| Peak | Jungle | Mid | Bot | Back up |
| Counter Logic Gaming |  Darshan |  Reignover | Huhi |  Stixxay | Biofrost | Ziks |
| Squad SoloMid | Hauntzer | MikeYeung |  Bjergsen | Zven |  Mithy | SSONG |
| Cloud9 | Licorice | Svenskeren
Blaber | Jensen
Goldenglue | Sneaky
Keith | Smoothie
Zeyzal | Reapered |
| Team Liquid | Impact | Xmithie | Pobelter | Doublelift | Olleh | Cain |
| FlyQuest | Flame | AnDa | Wing | WildTurtle | Stunt |  RobertYip |
| 100 Thieves | Ssumday | Meteos | Ryu | Cody Sun | Aphromoo | pr0lly |
| Clutch Gaming | Solo | LirA |  Febiven | Apollo | Hakuho | Dlim |
| Repeat Fox | Huni | Dardoch | Fenix | Altec | Adrian | Inero |
| Golden Guardians | Lourlo | Contractz | Hai | Deftly | Matt | Akiri |
| OpTic Gaming | Zig | Akaadian |  PowerOfEvil | Arrow | LemonNation |  Zabountine |
Jump [edit]
Results [edit]
Regular season standings [edit]
| Pos | Team | W–L | Points | Qualification |
| 1. | 100 Thieves | 12–half dozen | +6 | Advance to semifinals |
| 2. | Echo Fox | 12–half dozen | +6 |
| iii. | Team SoloMid | 11–7 | +4 | Accelerate to quarterfinals |
| iv. | Team Liquid | xi–7 | +4 |
| 5. | Cloud9 | 11–7 | +iv |
| 6. | Clutch Gaming | 11–7 | +iv |
| vii. | Counter Logic Gaming | vii–11 | -4 | No qualification for Playoffs |
| viii. | FlyQuest | 6–12 | -six |
| 9. | OpTic Gaming | 5–13 | -seven |
| ten. | Gilt Guardians | 4–14 | -10 |
Prize pool and championship points [edit]
| Pos | Prize Pool | Qualification Points | Team |
 | $100,000 | 90 | Squad Liquid |
 | $50,000 | 70 | 100 Thieves |
 | $xxx,000 | fifty | Repeat Fox |
| 4th | $twenty,000 | 30 | Clutch Gaming |
| 5th/6th | - | 10 | Cloud9 |
| Team SoloMid |
| 7th | - | - | Counter Logic Gaming |
| 8th | - | - | FlyQuest |
| 9th | - | - | OpTic Gaming |
| 10th | - | - | Golden Guardians |
Awards [edit]
| Award | Actor | Team |
| MVP | Zaqueri "Aphromoo" Black | 100 Thieves |
| Rookie of the Split | Eric "Licorice" Ritchie | Cloud9 |
| Bus of the Split | Neil "pr0lly" Hammad | 100 Thieves |
| 1st Squad All-Pro | Heo "Huni" Seung-hoon | Echo Play tricks |
| Joshua "Dardoch" Hartnett | Echo Fox |
| Sǿren "Bjergsen" Bjerg | Team SoloMid |
| Cody "Cody Lord's day" Sun | 100 Thieves |
| Zaqueri "Aphromoo" Black | 100 Thieves |
Playoffs [edit]
Tiebreakers [edit]
First identify [edit]
| | 1st Place Tiebreaker |
| | | | |
| | 100 Thieves | i |
| | Repeat Fox | 0 |
Third through sixth identify [edit]
| Beginning Round | | | Third Place Tiebreaker | |
| | | | | | | |
| Team Liquid | 1 | | |
|
| Cloud9 | 0 | |
| | Team Liquid | 0 | |
| | |
| | | Team SoloMid | 1 | |
| Squad SoloMid | 1 | |
|
| Clutch Gaming | 0 | | | Fifth Place Tiebreaker |
|
|
| | Cloud9 | ane |
|
| | Clutch Gaming | 0 |
Playoff bracket [edit]
| | Quarterfinals | | Semifinals | | Final |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | 3 | Team SoloMid | 1 | | one | 100 Thieves | 3 | |
| | half-dozen | Clutch Gaming | iii | | half dozen | Clutch Gaming | 2 | | |
| | | | 1 | 100 Thieves | 0 |
| | | | four | Team Liquid | 3 |
| | iv | Team Liquid | 3 | | 2 | Repeat Fox | 1 | | |
| | v | Cloud9 | 0 | | 4 | Team Liquid | 3 | | | Third Place |
| |
| | two | Echo Fox | 3 |
| | 6 | Clutch Gaming | 0 |
Summer [edit]
Regular flavour standings [edit]
| Pos | Team | W–L | Points | Qualification |
| 1. | Team Liquid | 12–6 | +6 | Advance to semifinals |
| 2. | Cloud9 | 11–7 | +iv |
| 3. | 100 Thieves | 10–8 | +2 | Accelerate to quarterfinals |
| 4. | Echo Fox | 10–viii | +2 |
| 5. | Team SoloMid | 10–8 | +2 |
| 6. | FlyQuest | 10–8 | +2 |
| vii. | OpTic Gaming | 9–9 | +0 | No qualification for Playoffs |
| 8. | Counter Logic Gaming | vii–11 | -iv |
| 9. | Clutch Gaming | 6–12 | -6 |
| ten. | Aureate Guardians | five–13 | -viii |
Prize pool and championship points [edit]
| Pos | Prize Pool | Qualification Points | Squad |
| | $100,000 | Automatically Qualified | Squad Liquid |
| | $50,000 | lxxx | Cloud9 |
| | $30,000 | 60 | Team SoloMid |
| 4th | $xx,000 | 100 | 100 Thieves |
| 5th | - | 60 | Echo Fox |
| sixth | - | 30 | Clutch Gaming |
| 7th | - | 10 | FlyQuest |
| 8th | - | - | Counter Logic Gaming |
| 9th | - | - | OpTic Gaming |
| 10th | - | - | Golden Guardians |
Awards [edit]
| Honor | Player | Team |
| MVP | Yiliang "Doublelift" Peng | Team Liquid |
| Rookie of the Split | Robert "Blaber" Huang | Cloud9 |
| Coach of the Dissever | Bok "Reapered" Han-gyu | Cloud9 |
| 1st Team All-Pro | Kim "Ssumday" Chan-ho | 100 Thieves |
| Jake "Xmithie" Puchero | Team Liquid |
| Nicolaj "Jensen" Jensen | Cloud9 |
| Yiliang "Doublelift" Peng | Team Liquid |
| Zaqueri "Aphromoo" Black | 100 Thieves |
Playoffs [edit]
Tiebreakers [edit]
| First Circular | | | Tertiary Identify Tiebreaker | |
| | | | | | | |
| Repeat Flim-flam | one | | |
|
| Team SoloMid | 0 | |
| | Repeat Fox | 0 | |
| | |
| | | 100 Thieves | ane | |
| 100 Thieves | 1 | |
|
| FlyQuest | 0 | | | Fifth Place Tiebreaker |
|
|
| | Squad SoloMid | i |
|
| | FlyQuest | 0 |
Playoff bracket [edit]
| | Quarterfinals | | Semifinals | | Concluding |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | three | 100 Thieves | 3 | | 1 | Team Liquid | 3 | |
| | half dozen | FlyQuest | 0 | | 3 | 100 Thieves | 1 | | |
| | | | 1 | Team Liquid | 3 |
| | | | 2 | Cloud9 | 0 |
| | 4 | Echo Fox | 2 | | two | Cloud9 | 3 | | |
| | five | Team SoloMid | 3 | | 5 | Team SoloMid | 2 | | | Tertiary Place |
| |
| | iii | 100 Thieves | 2 |
| | 5 | Team SoloMid | 3 |
Regional finals [edit]
| | Circular ane | | Round 2 | | Finals |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | CP3 | Cloud9 | 3 |
| | | | CP4 | Squad SoloMid | three | | | R2 | Team SoloMid | 0 |
| | CP5 | Echo Flim-flam | 3 | | | R1 | Repeat Trick | 0 | |
| | CP6 | Clutch Gaming | 0 |
References [edit]
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- ^ Chang, Brian (8 September 2018). "Doublelift takes home the 2018 NA LCS Summer Split up MVP". Dot Esports . Retrieved 19 January 2020.
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- ^ "Immortals out, Echo Fox in for the NA LCS, sources say". ESPN.com . Retrieved 2017-10-24 .
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- ^ "Sources: Phoenix1 and Squad Green-eyed declined entry into newly-franchised LCS". ESPN.com . Retrieved 2017-10-24 .
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