The League of Legends Championship season has ended with 28 games played by 10 teams with the following standings: 100 Thieves (100) 4-14, Clutch Gaming (CG) 5-13, OpTic Gaming (OpTic) & Counter Logic Gaming (CLG) 7-11, Echo Fox (FOX) 8-10, Golden Guardians (GGS) 9-10, FlyQuest (FLY) 10-9, TSM (13-5), Cloud9 (C9), Team Liquid (TL) 14-4.
Moving to day one in the first week of the playoffs was FLY and GGS in a best of five for a spot in the semifinals. GGS dominated the first game after an early-game play by Contractz, securing GGS two kills and Dragon, GGS continued their lead, ending with a 15,000 Gold lead at 29 minutes. Game two went to FLY with a decisive play at 25 minutes by top-side river and securing three kills and Baron, allowing them to end the game at 28 minutes. A slower-paced game three was won by GGS, who secured Baron at 22 and 31 minutes, allowing them to siege FLY’s base for a second time and ending the game at 33 minutes. Game four was a long-fought game for FLY, taking the win at 45 minutes with a 4,000 Gold lead.
What seemed to be a close final game with GGS taking ahold of Baron and FLY with a significate Gold lead, FLY pushed in for one more siege in the bottom lane. Ending the game at 30 minutes with a 12,000 Gold lead secured FLY’s sot in the semifinals against TL. With day one wrapped up, LCS moved to day two, where TSM played FOX in a best of five to secure a spot in the semifinals. The first game ended with FOX destroying TSM’s Nexus at 37 minutes. TSM taking two kills and Dragon at 10 minutes. At 22 minutes, TSM had eight kills and a 5,000 Gold lead. With oppressive pressure and a Baron on play, TSM finishes the game at 32 minutes.
TSM started game three with a three-minute first blood. TSM held the lead with a 4,400 Gold advantage at 17 minutes. TSM won by securing Baron and four more kills before pushing to end the game at 28 minutes. Fox starts off game four with the first blood. TSM ended up collecting four kills, a turret and Dragon at 16 minutes, putting them ahead. TSM went for the final push, ending the game at 41 minutes and securing TSM’s spot in the semifinals to play against C9. Starting next week, on April 6 and 7, TSM will be playing C9 at 4 p.m. and FLY will be playing against FL at 2 p.m.