NA LCS/2017 Season/Summer Season

NA LCS 2017 Summer
NA LCS 2017 Summer
Tournament Information
Organizer	Riot Games
Rulebook	Rulebook
Links	Website
Location & Dates
Region	NANorth America
Event Type	Offline
Country	; United States
Start Date	2017-06-02
End Date	2017-08-06
Broadcast
Streams	Twitch - Stream 1 ; Twitch - Stream 2; Full List
Schedule	Spoiler-Free Schedule; Export to Google Calendar

A checked version of this page, approved on 4 November 2018, was based on this revision.

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Overview[]

The 2017 NA League Championship Series is the fifth season of North America's fully professional League of Legends league. Ten teams will compete in a round robin group stage, with the top 6 teams continuing to offline playoffs.

Format[]

9 weeks, League play
Double Round Robin
Each match is best of three
Regular Season Placement:
- 1st-6th place advance to the playoffs, with 1st and 2nd receiving byes
- 9th-10th place play in the 2018 Spring Promotion
Rankings are determined by the following methods:
1. Percentage of series won
2. Percentage of games won
3. Alphabetical order
Show Tiebreaker RulesHide Tiebreaker Rules

Official 2017 Season NA LCS Rulebook

Patch Information[]

Week	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9
Patch	v7.10	v7.11		v7.12		v7.13	v7.14		v7.15

Participants[]

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See here for offseason roster swap information.


Cloud9
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CLG
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Echo Fox
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FlyQuest
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Immortals
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Phoenix1
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Dignitas
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Team EnVyUs
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Team Liquid
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TSM
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Results[]

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"Player of the Game" Standings[]

Place	Times	Player
1st	12	⁠⁠ Bjergsen
2nd	8	⁠⁠ Darshan
2nd	8	⁠⁠ Jensen
2nd	8	⁠⁠ Pobelter
2nd	8	⁠⁠ Ssumday

Click for Full Standings
Place	Points	Player
6th	7	⁠⁠ Dardoch
6th	7	⁠⁠ Froggen
6th	7	⁠⁠ LirA
6th	7	⁠⁠ Sneaky
6th	7	⁠⁠ WildTurtle
6th	7	⁠⁠ Xmithie
12th	6	⁠⁠ Flame
12th	6	⁠⁠ Hai
12th	6	⁠⁠ Huhi
12th	6	⁠⁠ Olleh
16th	5	⁠⁠ Altec
16th	5	⁠⁠ aphromoo
16th	5	⁠⁠ Arrow
16th	5	⁠⁠ Contractz
16th	5	⁠⁠ Doublelift
16th	5	⁠⁠ Hauntzer
16th	5	⁠⁠ Keane
16th	5	⁠⁠ MikeYeung
16th	5	⁠⁠ Shrimp
25th	4	⁠⁠ Apollo
25th	4	⁠⁠ Biofrost
25th	4	⁠⁠ Goldenglue
25th	4	⁠⁠ Nisqy
25th	4	⁠⁠ Smoothie
25th	4	⁠⁠ Svenskeren
31st	3	⁠⁠ Brandini
31st	3	⁠⁠ Cody Sun
31st	3	⁠⁠ Hakuho
31st	3	⁠⁠ Impact
31st	3	⁠⁠ Looper
31st	3	⁠⁠ Reignover
37th	2	⁠⁠ Adrian
37th	2	⁠⁠ Balls
37th	2	⁠⁠ Big
37th	2	⁠⁠ LemonNation
37th	2	⁠⁠ LOD
37th	2	⁠⁠ Matt
37th	2	⁠⁠ Ryu
37th	2	⁠⁠ Seraph
37th	2	⁠⁠ Xpecial
46th	1	⁠⁠ Akaadian
46th	1	⁠⁠ Damonte
46th	1	⁠⁠ Gate
46th	1	⁠⁠ Inori
46th	1	⁠⁠ Lourlo
46th	1	⁠⁠ OmarGod
46th	1	⁠⁠ Piglet
46th	1	⁠⁠ Pirean
46th	1	⁠⁠ Ray
46th	1	⁠⁠ Slooshi
46th	1	⁠⁠ Stixxay

Season Awards[]

Award	Player
Best Coach	⁠⁠ SSONG
Outstanding Rookie	⁠⁠ MikeYeung
All Pro Team	⁠⁠ Ssumday
	⁠⁠ Xmithie
	⁠⁠ Jensen
	⁠⁠ Doublelift
	⁠⁠ Olleh
Most Valuable Player	⁠⁠ Bjergsen

Matches

Matches[]

Week 1 Jun 2 - Jun 4

[showhide] Match Results
C9⁠⁠	1	2	⁠⁠CLG
IMT⁠⁠	2	1	⁠⁠P1
CLG⁠⁠	2	0	⁠⁠TL
FOX⁠⁠	2	0	⁠⁠FLY
TSM⁠⁠	2	0	⁠⁠C9
DIG⁠⁠	2	1	⁠⁠NV
IMT⁠⁠	2	0	⁠⁠TSM
NV⁠⁠	2	1	⁠⁠P1
FLY⁠⁠	0	2	⁠⁠DIG
TL⁠⁠	0	2	⁠⁠FOX

Week 2 Jun 9 - Jun 11

[showhide] Match Results
P1⁠⁠	0	2	⁠⁠C9
IMT⁠⁠	0	2	⁠⁠NV
DIG⁠⁠	2	1	⁠⁠TSM
FOX⁠⁠	1	2	⁠⁠CLG
IMT⁠⁠	2	1	⁠⁠FLY
NV⁠⁠	2	1	⁠⁠TL
FOX⁠⁠	0	2	⁠⁠C9
DIG⁠⁠	1	2	⁠⁠TL
CLG⁠⁠	1	2	⁠⁠TSM
P1⁠⁠	0	2	⁠⁠FLY

Week 3 Jun 16 - Jun 18

[showhide] Match Results
IMT⁠⁠	2	0	⁠⁠TL
NV⁠⁠	0	2	⁠⁠FOX
TL⁠⁠	0	2	⁠⁠TSM
IMT⁠⁠	2	1	⁠⁠C9
FLY⁠⁠	1	2	⁠⁠CLG
P1⁠⁠	1	2	⁠⁠DIG
NV⁠⁠	0	2	⁠⁠TSM
P1⁠⁠	1	2	⁠⁠CLG
FLY⁠⁠	0	2	⁠⁠C9
DIG⁠⁠	2	1	⁠⁠FOX

Week 4 Jun 23 - Jun 25

[showhide] Match Results
IMT⁠⁠	2	0	⁠⁠CLG
FOX⁠⁠	0	2	⁠⁠P1
TSM⁠⁠	2	0	⁠⁠FLY
CLG⁠⁠	2	1	⁠⁠NV
C9⁠⁠	2	0	⁠⁠TL
IMT⁠⁠	2	1	⁠⁠DIG
TSM⁠⁠	2	0	⁠⁠FOX
TL⁠⁠	2	1	⁠⁠P1
C9⁠⁠	2	1	⁠⁠DIG
FLY⁠⁠	1	2	⁠⁠NV

Week 5 Jun 30 - Jul 2

[showhide] Match Results
C9⁠⁠	2	1	⁠⁠TSM
P1⁠⁠	2	1	⁠⁠NV
TSM⁠⁠	2	0	⁠⁠IMT
CLG⁠⁠	2	1	⁠⁠C9
DIG⁠⁠	1	2	⁠⁠FLY
FOX⁠⁠	2	1	⁠⁠TL
P1⁠⁠	2	1	⁠⁠IMT
FLY⁠⁠	2	1	⁠⁠FOX
NV⁠⁠	2	1	⁠⁠DIG
TL⁠⁠	0	2	⁠⁠CLG

Week 6 Jul 14 - Jul 16

[showhide] Match Results
CLG⁠⁠	2	0	⁠⁠FLY
IMT⁠⁠	2	0	⁠⁠FOX
TSM⁠⁠	2	0	⁠⁠P1
CLG⁠⁠	0	2	⁠⁠DIG
C9⁠⁠	0	2	⁠⁠NV
TL⁠⁠	0	2	⁠⁠FLY
C9⁠⁠	1	2	⁠⁠IMT
DIG⁠⁠	2	1	⁠⁠P1
TSM⁠⁠	2	0	⁠⁠TL
FOX⁠⁠	1	2	⁠⁠NV

Week 7 Jul 21 - Jul 23

[showhide] Match Results
C9⁠⁠	2	1	⁠⁠P1
TL⁠⁠	2	1	⁠⁠NV
TSM⁠⁠	0	2	⁠⁠DIG
CLG⁠⁠	2	0	⁠⁠FOX
FLY⁠⁠	1	2	⁠⁠IMT
P1⁠⁠	0	2	⁠⁠TL
DIG⁠⁠	1	2	⁠⁠C9
FOX⁠⁠	1	2	⁠⁠TSM
CLG⁠⁠	1	2	⁠⁠IMT
NV⁠⁠	2	1	⁠⁠FLY

Week 8 Jul 28 - Jul 30

[showhide] Match Results
P1⁠⁠	0	2	⁠⁠FOX
TL⁠⁠	0	2	⁠⁠IMT
FLY⁠⁠	0	2	⁠⁠TSM
NV⁠⁠	0	2	⁠⁠CLG
DIG⁠⁠	2	1	⁠⁠IMT
TL⁠⁠	1	2	⁠⁠C9
C9⁠⁠	2	0	⁠⁠FLY
CLG⁠⁠	1	2	⁠⁠P1
TSM⁠⁠	2	1	⁠⁠NV
FOX⁠⁠	1	2	⁠⁠DIG

Week 9 Aug 4 - Aug 6

[showhide] Match Results
NV⁠⁠	0	2	⁠⁠IMT
DIG⁠⁠	1	2	⁠⁠CLG
P1⁠⁠	0	2	⁠⁠TSM
NV⁠⁠	0	2	⁠⁠C9
FOX⁠⁠	0	2	⁠⁠IMT
FLY⁠⁠	2	1	⁠⁠TL
C9⁠⁠	2	0	⁠⁠FOX
TL⁠⁠	1	2	⁠⁠DIG
TSM⁠⁠	2	0	⁠⁠CLG
FLY⁠⁠	2	0	⁠⁠P1

Timeline[]

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Schedule[]

Week 1
Week 2
Week 3
Week 4
Week 5
Week 6
Week 7
Week 8
Week 9

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Media[]

Streams[]

Articles[]

May 26, Our LCS Summer Split predictions by Mike Stubbs on Red Bull Esports
May 28, 2017 Fantasy LCS Mock Draft by TomMartell on LoL Esports
June 1, NA LCS Summer Split: Players to Watch by Kien Lam on LoL Esports
June 6, NA LCS Week 1 stats breakdown by Paul Marshall on LoL Esports
June 8, 10 thoughts going into Week 2 by Kien Lam on LoL Esports
June 9, The Moment: First impressions of Team EnVyUs by Emily Rand for Yahoo Esports
June 13, NA LCS Week 2 stats breakdown by Paul Marshall on LoL Esports
June 14, 10 thoughts going into Week 3 by Kien Lam on LoL Esports
June 20, NA LCS Week 3 stats breakdown by Paul Marshall on LoL Esports
June 21, 10 thoughts going into Week 4 by Kien Lam on LoL Esports
June 22, Why homegrown NA talent isn't a viable solution by TrevorJ on Esports Heaven
June 27, Rel1c's keys to victory: C9 Jensen by Rel1c on Esports Heaven
June 27, NA LCS Week 4 stats breakdown by Paul Marshall on LoL Esports
June 28, A jungler for a jungler: Emily Rand’s look at the Dardoch/Xmithie trade by Emily Rand for Slingshot Esports
June 28, 10 thoughts going into Week 5 by Kien Lam on LoL Esports
July 12, 10 thoughts going into Week 6 by Kien Lam on LoL Esports
July 18, NA LCS Week 6 stats breakdown by Paul Marshall on LoL Esports
July 19, 10 thoughts going into Week 7 by Kien Lam on LoL Esports
July 21, The ‘new’ Phoenix1 returned lost and confused to NA LCS by Kelsey Moser for Slingshot Esports
July 24, NA LCS Week 7 stats breakdown by Paul Marshall on LoL Esports
July 26, 10 thoughts going into Week 8 by Kien Lam on LoL Esports
July 27, The generational North American talent: On Dardoch and the toxic myth that NA talent doesn’t exist by Kelsey Moser for Slingshot Esports
July 31, Arena: Anatomy of a Pause by Morgageddon on LoL Esports
August 1, NA LCS Week 8 stats breakdown by Paul Marshall on LoL Esports
August 2, Intentionally Feeding by Kien Lam on LoL Esports
August 2, 10 thoughts week 9 -- "IMT is about throw down the Olleh oop to cap their season." by Kien Lam on LoL Esports
August 2, https://slingshotesports.com/2017/08/02/comining-eu-na-one-lcs-mistake/ by Kelsey Moser for Slingshot Esports
August 3, CLG’s latest reset, as always, comes down to being a team by Emily Rand for Slingshot Esports
August 4, Damage Rating: Who packs the hardest punch? by Connie "Barshnip" Lee on LoL Esports
August 8, NA LCS Week 9 stats breakdown by Paul Marshall on LoL Esports
August 24, Phoenix1 turning to Ashes - Explaining the fall of the former third place team by Tomasz Milaniuk on The Shotcaller

Interviews[]

August
July
June

August 1, Doublelift on Team Liquid: 'I don't really know what the f*ck they're doing' with Travis Gafford
August 1, C9 Impact on Pocket Picks: "I want to play Kayne on stage... if my coach allows me" with Inven Global
August 1, DIG Ssumday's Very First English Interview: "I want to avoid TSM in the playoffs" with Inven Global
August 2, Envy Apollo: “I’m more concerned about how we’re going to do in a best-of-five in the coming playoffs.” with Slingshot Esports
August 2, Sneaky on the playoffs teams: 'All the teams look really good, it'll be a really close playoffs' with Travis Gafford
August 2, Huhi elaborates on the reasons for Dardoch's departure from CLG; asks fans to trust in the team with Travis Gafford
August 2, P1 Arrow: "We don’t have much to lose at this point but TSM has higher stakes when they lose" with Inven Global
August 3, Saint: One of the benefits that Cop and I have over any coach - accounts right around challenger with Travis Gafford
August 3, TL Mickey on sudden departure from ROX and new life in NA LCS: "I want to show what I’m capable of" with Inven Global
August 4, Team EnVyUs’s lira wanted coach Ssong who was taken by Immortals with Inven Global
August 6, CLG Huhi on Ssumday’s Nasus: “It wasn't a good pick but he likes playing carry champions” with Inven Global
August 7, Pobelter: “SSONG is really important because he’s smart at the game, but also he can really connect to the Korean players.” with Emily Rand for Slingshot Esports
August 7, Biofrost responds to MarkZ's concerns about his champ pool and who he expects to face in playoffs with Travis Gafford
August 7, NV Apollo on improving teamplay: “I want to teach other players to speak up and communicate during the game” with Inven Global
August 7, Cody Sun on Best Player of the Split: "When we play against Jensen, we have a lot of our focus on midlane" with Inven Global
August 8, Ovilee May on joining the Riot broadcast team, being called 'NA Sjokz,' and more with Travis Gafford
August 9, Nisqy on moving to NA: “I think the biggest challenge is to face Bjergsen, and that was kind of my dream when I started my career on Fnatic Academy was to beat Bjergsen or just play against him.” with Emily Rand for Slingshot Esports
August 9, Eat, sleep, coach: On Reapered’s continued evolution as a coach by Emily Rand for Slingshot Esports
August 9, Pobelter: 'We were really bad last split and we got better because of Xmithie and Coach Ssong' with Travis Gafford
August 10, C9 Smoothie on this year's Worlds: “It’s almost impossible to tell who’s going to win because SKT is doing really bad right now” with Inven Global
August 10, TSM Biofrost on improvement: "It's the hours that you put in at home...because every hour counts." with Inven Global
August 10, P1 MikeYeung on staying positive in defeat: "Of course, you want to feel guilty or remorse, but you have to be grateful for the things you have" with Inven Global
August 11, Reginald on TSM's investment options for franchising, why he's excited for playoffs, thoughts on TL with Travis Gafford
August 11, Xpecial on his future: “I still want to play, but I’ve been playing for so long, I don’t mind trying other things…(playing more) depends on the opportunities that present themselves.” with Emily Rand for Slingshot Esports
August 11, Moon: 'Right now the game is actually pretty enjoyable and it seems like it's in a good spot' with Travis Gafford
August 14, Contractz: 'I'm definitely a top 2 jungler in LCS now, the only one that's difficult is Xmithie' with Travis Gafford
August 17, TSM Sven responds to Contractz jungler ranking, 'we're gonna see in playoffs who's the best' with Travis Gafford

July 3, Huhi: “Draft is the foundation of the execution. If the foundation is solid, it’s pretty easy to view how to play the game.” with Emily Rand for Slingshot Esports
July 3, Cody Sun on RR: 'TSM & C9 have been to international events... for them it might not be as valuable' with Travis Gafford
July 4, Aphromoo explains why he's glad CLG isn't going to Rift Rivals with Travis Gafford
July 4, P1's MikeYeung: 'I believe that I have the most potential to improve as one of the only rookie players coming into the summer split' with theScore esports
July 4, FLY Hai on the mindset moving forward: "We’re competitive players, and we need to win" with Inven Global
July 5, Moon: “Playing in NA can be really depressing because when you look at the grand scheme of things, we’re (3-7) in NA, and NA sucks compared to LCK…We’re in one of the worst regions, and we suck in that region.” with Emily Rand for Slingshot Esports
July 12, Xmithie: “What’s great about this team is that everyone is willing to sacrifice for each other and the good of the team.” with Emily Rand for Slingshot Esports
July 13, Xmithie on Immortals' focus and interacting with recently traded players with Travis Gafford
July 13, Olleh: “Last year, Immortals were the best team but lost in playoffs and then couldn’t go to worlds. I think we can learn and our team can be much better since we lost (now).” with Emily Rand for Slingshot Esports
July 14, Wildturtle: 'don't expect us to become a great team overnight' with Travis Gafford
July 14, Akaadian on Echo Fox's 10-man roster: 'It's really weird that you play your competition (for practice). You don't play your competition in things like football and basketball' with theScore esports
July 17, Adrian: “When I played on my other teams, everyone else was trying hard and I was the one falling behind, I guess. Now on Dignitas, I’m the one who wants to try really hard.” with Emily Rand for Slingshot Esports
July 17, LCS Rookie CLG Omargod: 'I think if I didn't go to scouting grounds, I would still be in school' with Travis Gafford
July 18, Smoothie: “Us not playing well is our fault. I can blame jet lag or whatever all I want, but at the end of the day it’s our fault, and we need to fix those problems ourselves.” with Emily Rand for Slingshot Esports
July 18, MikeYeung explains how he landed in LCS: 'This wasn't really the plan' with Travis Gafford
July 18, Apollo on NV's improvement: 'Lira taught us more than any other coach really did' with Travis Gafford
July 19, Hakuho: “I think that all of the teams that went to Rift Rivals were cursed, except TSM…When I saw SKT lose both of their games after coming back I was like, ‘Ehh, they’re cursed.'” with Emily Rand for Slingshot Esports
July 19, Hauntzer: 'We're gonna take first in summer guaranteed, see you in Boston' with Travis Gafford
July 19, Doublelift on RR: 'We played against worse teams than we would have if we sat at home and scrimmed' with Travis Gafford
July 19, Lemon on FlyQuest: 'I think there's a lot of issues that stack together to make us underperform' with Travis Gafford
July 20, Cody Sun on Immortals’ Week 6 rebound: “We went back to what had been working, which was just follow (Xmithie), give him information and then he’ll make the call.” with Emily Rand for Slingshot Esports
July 20, Keane talks switching focus from Ssumday to the botlane, lethality changes, and Dig's status with Travis Gafford
July 20, Flame on Immortals' Worlds chances and who else he views as contenders with Travis Gafford
July 20, Pobelter on Olleh: 'If I had to compare him to one character in the game, he's actually kind of like Bard' with theScore esports
July 21, Interview With Chaser: a Farewell to Dignitas with Inven Global
July 22, TL Goldenglue: "There's a general lack of character in esports but I'd like to have more fun" with Inven Global
July 22, IMT Xmithie: "My goal every year is to do well in Worlds and I hope it's this year" with Inven Global
July 23, Doublelift upon Hearing the TSM Chant: "Ugh, it's that chant again... oh wait, that's for me!" with Inven Global
July 24, Adrian on his transition to Dignitas and his expectations for the team with Travis Gafford
July 25, DIG Keane: “I think it just felt right, with the roster we’re playing with right now.” with Slingshot Esports
July 25, C9 Contractz: "Meta is fun for me as jungler but I don’t know if my enemies are having any fun" with Inven Global
July 25, DIG Altec: "As long as I am able to perform, I don't care how the community views me." with Inven Global
July 25, CLG Darshan: "I have lots of pocket picks to pull out. I am looking forward to playing Cho'Gath" with Inven Global
July 26, P1 Zig: “The team environment could have been really bad if we let it, but (Pirean) is really positive and counteracts that.” with Emily Rand for Slingshot Esports
July 27, FLY Moon: “I actually love imbalanced patches. I think they’re really fun.” with Emily Rand for Slingshot Esports
July 28, Reignover: “We just really want to not go to relegation, and it’s a lot of stress.” with Emily Rand for Slingshot Esports
July 30, C9 Smoothie: "Jensen getting solo kills is great but I want us to use our leads to take clean games" with Inven Global
July 31, Jensen: “Now we’re the ones making the plays and forcing stuff to happen, so the game feels a lot easier to play, and we feel more in control.” with Slingshot Esports

June 3, IMT Xmithie on teamwork: "I may not be the best shotcaller in NA LCS, but we are getting better." with Inven Global
June 4, FOX Looper's longest interview ever - On NA LCS, Echo Fox and his favorite team house with Inven Global
June 5 C9 Ray on subbing for Impact, who took an extra between-split break: “Since his start in Korea, I was told that he didn’t take a single break in the past five years.” with Slingshot Esports
June 6, Interview with TL Piglet, and his open letter to his teammates with Inven Global
June 6, Flame: “I really do want to make it to worlds and be the best top laner in NA. I guess I could be if we win the summer split.” with Slingshot Esports
June 6, Moon on losing to Akaadian, missing Akaadian, and never being as buff as Akaadian with Blitz Esports
June 7, Pobelter on solving IMT’s communication issues and Xmithie’s smooth transition with Yahoo Esports
June 7, Stixxay on why CLG is right for Dardoch, sports academy bootcamp, thoughts on player's association with Yahoo Esports
June 7, Apollo on bringing on two new mid laners and the lack of audience for NV’s game with Yahoo Esports
June 7, TL Steve talks recent roster decisions and shares his thoughts on the upcoming franchise process with Yahoo Esports
June 7, Wildturtle: ‘I thought it would be better for TSM and me to split ways. I want to be a starter...' with Yahoo Esports
June 7, Dardoch: “I feel on previous teams that I’ve left, I felt a sense of like we already reached our peak or our peak wasn’t good enough to get me to where I want to be, which is first, top three, whatever. I want to go to worlds.” with Slingshot Esports
June 7, Hakuho discusses Xayah and Rakan strength, Envy’s Korean boot camp and Echo Fox canceling scrims with Slingshot Esports
June 7, Akaadian on jungle rivals: “I’ve played LirA a ton in solo queue, he’s not that hard to beat." with Blitz Esports
June 8, Contractz on Ray's communication struggles and gunning for MVP with Blitz Esports
June 8, Dardoch: ‘I wanted to make Worlds. Immortals didn’t really care too much about it’ with Yahoo Esports
June 8, You Laugh, You Lose with Freeze: playing Dota 2, franchising and being called a washed up ADC with theScore Esports
June 8, P1 Inori believes the player’s association should limit player hours, help with contracts with Yahoo Esports
June 8, Pirean: “When I first joined (Envy), I read things on the internet like ‘Nisqy is better,’ or ‘He’s no different from Ninja,’ so I prepared even harder to prove them wrong.” with Slingshot Esports
June 8, Moon on FlyQuest: “I think a lot of my players would consider retiring and stuff like that if they don’t make worlds.” with Slingshot Esports
June 9, Team Liquid Owner Steve Arhancet on LCS Franchising with theScore Esports
June 9, Lourlo on his trust in Cain to lead TL, Piglet’s interview and how Doublelift helped him improve with theScore Esports
June 9, Froggen: “I still think it’s super fun to be in the LCS and just play games every week against other pro players. I don’t know. It’s just so enjoyable.” with Slingshot Esports
June 9, Immortals' CEO speaks on an incredible LCS week 1 with Mike Studds on Red Bull Esports
June 9, Cody Sun on Xmithie: “(He) definitely brings a different mentality since he’s a more experienced guy where he’s also really mature, and he has pretty good leadership qualities.” with Andrew Kim for Slingshot Esports
June 12, LemonNation on Riot Games starting the players union: “There’s just no way that the players by themselves would do it. I think most of the players are too lazy and just too focused on other things.” with Andrew Kim for Slingshot Esports
June 12, C9 Ray credits Jack for helping him through mental struggles: “He’s always supporting me from behind the scenes, telling me that he believes in me. So I’m always thankful for him.” with Andrew Kim for Slingshot Esports
June 13, Sneaky on ending relegation: “Organizations have come in just trying to be super strong. There’s been shifts of orgs, but no one really came in for a long time to up the whole level of the scene.” with Andrew Kim for Slingshot Esports
June 14, LirA: “In Korea, players can’t accept the possibility of another player playing another hour as they sleep. In NA, there seems to be a thought of being well-rested and using their time efficiently.” with Andrew Kim for Slingshot Esports
June 14, Arrow says he’s sad to see relegation go: “I think it makes the scene better because the bad teams would be systematically weeded out with better teams taking their place.” with Andrew Kim for Slingshot Esports
June 15, Piglet: “Maybe it’s because I am doing what I (love) that I am so competitive or hate to lose. I think happiness comes from that.” with Andrew Kim for Slingshot Esports
June 16, Lourlo on relegation: “I don’t want to make anyone else go through that because it is pretty much utter hell because there’s so much stress.” with Andrew Kim for Slingshot Esports
June 16, P1 Zig: “If we keep losing, it’ll be really hard to turn it around without roster changes, and we already put in Meteos instead of Inori.” with Andrew Kim for Slingshot Esports
June 19, Akaadian on LCS franchising and his pre-League of Legends career path with Andrew Kim for Slingshot Esports
June 19, Doublelift: why TSM is trying to focus on being the best team instead of on winning every LCS match with Travis Gafford
June 19, Xmithie on IMT: 'The atmosphere is just different, it reminds me of Vulcun' with Travis Gafford
June 19, Impact on advice he received from kkOma: “When I went to America, he told me this: ‘Don’t think too much about what other people are doing and just focus on yourself.'” with Andrew KIm for Slingshot Esports
June 20, Huhi: It's a new feeling for me because I now have an aggressive jungler that has his strong opinion with Travis Gafford
June 20, Stixxay: IMT get a lot of free wins off of enemies playing bad, that's not going to happen vs us with Travis Gafford
June 20, Immortals’ Olleh opens up about his relationship with Dardoch and why he doesn’t talk trash with Andrew Kim for Slingshot Esports
June 21, Hai discusses Echo Fox’s stream team and why worlds matters so much to FlyQuest with Andrew Kim for Slingshot Esports
June 22, Ssumday discusses his mentality and Dignitas’ team telepathy with Andrew Kim for Slingshot Esports
June 23, Ryu on changes to Challenger league: “I don’t think the skill level of the region will change that much.” with Andrew Kim for Slingshot Esports
June 23, Seraph: “Honestly, nowadays I don’t have the guts I used to have…my anger of losing has gotten duller.” with Andrew Kim for Slingshot Esports
June 23, Three NA LCS coaches answer questions about drafting and Rift Herald with Tim Sevenhuysen for Oracle's Elixir
June 26, Aphromoo and Stixxay discuss CLG’s loss to Immortals: “I think we just played kind of weird.” with Emily Rand for Slingshot Esports
June 26, Can the Immortals Be Slain this Summer? by Xander Torres on Red Bull Esports
June 26, Chaser on Dignitas communication: “We kept scrimming in English, so we started to develop an ear for the language, and it’s been a little better as we start to better understand what is being said.” with Andrew Kim for Slingshot Esports
June 26, TL Matt: “The most important thing in (team) feedback is the skill of tactfully telling someone an honest truth.” with Andrew Kim for Slingshot Esports
June 27, Inori: “I just want to play like my old self, like when I first started on P1. That was the happiest I was in my life.” with Emily Rand for Slingshot Esports
June 27, WildTurtle: “I think I’ve learned a lot considering that I’ve played with 15, 20 players in my whole career.” with Andrew Kim for Slingshot Esports
June 27, Hauntzer: "By the end of the split I'll be the best top laner" with Travis Gafford
June 27, Pobelter on 1st: "We're trying not to get over confident and not letting it get to our heads" with Travis Gafford
June 27, Contractz on MikeYeung: He has good mechanics but needs more experience with Travis Gafford
June 28, C9 Smoothie: “I think as a team, we’ve become a lot stronger in this meta.” with Emily Rand for Slingshot Esports
June 28, Svenskeren on comfort picks, Rift Rivals, and seeing his family in EU with Travis Gafford
June 28, Smoothie talks Rift Rivals excitement and closing the gap between C9 and Immortals with Travis Gafford
June 28, IMT Coach Ssong: "If 70% of coaches are replaced with Koreans, LCS will see 70% performance boost" with Inven Global
June 29, Envy Apollo: “When I look back, I feel like I haven’t really improved significantly and I think it’s about time that I step up as one of the veteran players and actually perform well.” with Emily Rand for Slingshot Esports
June 29, Reignover: “Even after I retire, I’m not sure if I’ll stream at all. I don’t enjoy streaming that much.” with Andrew Kim for Slingshot Esports
June 30, CLG HuHi on Importing Players: "There are plenty of players with great potentials in NA solo queue" with Inven Global
June 30, Reignover on playing with Slooshi and Konkwon "They're new so they don't know how to play as a team" with Travis Gafford
June 30, Shrimp: “I had the confidence that if I were to return (to NA), I would do a much better job than last time.” with Andrew Kim for Slingshot Esports

Videos[]

June 8, The Breakdown with Zirene: The Power of Rakan (NA LCS Summer Week 1) by LoL Esports
June 20, NA LCS top teams and subs, Europe rejuvenated, esports cheerleaders - League Weekly ReCoDeD with Travis Gafford
June 22, The Breakdown with Zirene: How spacing wins teamfights (NA LCS Summer Week 3) by LoL Esports
June 26, Reignover teaches Ovilee how to use a Fidget Spinner with Travis Gafford
June 28, League Weekly ReCoDeD 2 w/ MarkZ, Emily Rand, Kelsey Moser with Travis Gafford
June 29, The Breakdown with Zirene: How aggressive ADCs win teamfights (NA LCS Summer Week 4) by LoL Esports
July 12, What does 'Rift Rivalries' mean and more - League Weekly with Travis Gafford
July 25, League Weekly Re: Mickey to TL, Patch 7.14 makes League crazy, the TSM/SKT perfect team problem with Travis Gafford
July 27, The Breakdown with Zirene: The Power of Kayn (NA LCS Summer Week 7) by LoL Esports
August 10, The Breakdown with Zirene: How TSM beat CLG (NA LCS Summer Week 9) by LoL Esports

Announcements[]

May 30, 2017 NA LCS Summer Split Team Schedules
June 1, Evolution of the NA LCS
August 16, 2017 NA LCS Summer Split Award Winners

Additional Content[]

Viewership Statistics[]

Data sourced from Esports Charts.

Peak Viewership
Total	455 141
Without Chinese Viewers	455 141
English Streams	407 200
Russian Streams	1 950
Twitch.TV Streams	337 157
Other
Total Time Watched	28 438 343 Hours
Avg Concurrent Viewers	142 966