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League of Legends LCS preview Summer 2019

By Josh Tyler

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GWANGJU, SOUTH KOREA – OCTOBER 28: Team Cloud9 of North America stand on the stage before the semifinal match of 2018 The League of Legends World Championship at Gwangju Women’s University Universiade Gymnasium on October 28, 2018 in Gwangju, South Korea. (Photo by Woohae Cho/Getty Images)
GWANGJU, SOUTH KOREA – OCTOBER 28: Team Cloud9 of North America stand on the stage before the semifinal match of 2018 The League of Legends World Championship at Gwangju Women’s University Universiade Gymnasium on October 28, 2018 in Gwangju, South Korea. (Photo by Woohae Cho/Getty Images) /

3. Cloud9

New players: none

Cloud9 didn’t change a thing about their roster, for good reason. This was consistently the second-best team in the league throughout the spring. Hold their loss to TSM in the semi-finals against them all you want, but that was an extremely close series and I have no doubt they could have challenged Liquid in the finals

In all honesty, C9 could be the best team in North America based on cohesion, teamwork, and individual skill level. They match up extremely well with the top teams like Liquid and TSM (particularly in the top and jungle). I would not be surprised if this current iteration of Cloud9 is in the finals this summer.

Player to watch: Tristan “Zeyzal” Stidam
Cloud9 missed out on a trip to St. Louis because of some atrocious play from their support in that series against TSM. Zeyzal will need to be much better in the Summer Split and playoffs if C9 is looking to make to the finals.

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Quite simply this is the best or second-best team in NA. They’re better than third-place TSM, who honestly got lucky to beat them in the playoffs last split. The fact that TSM almost beat Team Liquid just proves that C9 can do so as well, and I think they’ll prove that they are one of the best teams in the LCS in the summer.

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