Status quo: 2023 LCS Summer Week 4, Day 2 recap

Golden Guardians, Cloud9, TSM, Evil Geniuses, and Team Liquid won on July 6, the second match day of Week 4 of the 2023 League of Legends Championship Series (LCS) Summer Split at Riot Games Arena in Santa Monica, Calif., United States.

FlyQuest vs. Golden Guardians

Golden Guardians (8-3, tied for second place) won 24-12 in 35:20 against FlyQuest (3-8, ninth). GG top laner Eric "Licorice" Ritchie went 3/2/7 as K'Sante; jungler Kim "River" Dong-woo controlled the game on his 7/2/12 Kindred; mid laner Kim "Gori" Tae-woo finished with a 6/1/8 score as Sylas and earned Player of the Game honors; and bot laner Trevor "Stixxay" Hayes added a 7/2/6 Aphelios performance. In FLY's loss, the team only secured one Rift Herald, while top laner Jeong "Impact" Eon-young and bot laner Lee "Prince" Chae-hwan were 4/3/2 as Renekton and 7/3/6 as Aphelios, respectively. LCS Player of the Game: GG Gori, 2nd

Cloud9 vs. Dignitas

Cloud9 (8-3, tied second) won against Dignitas (5-6, tied fifth) in 30:02 by a 17-11 kill score. C9 jungler Robert "Blaber" Huang went 5/1/8 as Maokai and improved to 11-0 on the pick, while mid laner Jang “EMENES” Min-soo went 8/1/4 as Tristana and was the POTG. In the loss, DIG took two towers; top laner Lee “Rich” Jae-won was 3/2/3 as Jax; and mid laner Nicolaj "Jensen" Jensen finished 4/2/7 as LeBlanc. LCS Player of the Game: C9 EMENES, 3rd

TSM vs. NRG

TSM (5-6, tied fifth) won 22-4 versus NRG (4-7, eighth) in a game that lasted 35:02. TSM top laner Kevin “Hauntzer” Yarnell finished 7/0/8 as Renekton; jungler Lee "Bugi" Seong-yeop notched a 5/1/15 KDA as Sejuani; mid laner David “Insanity” Challe was 4/1/9 as LeBlanc; and bot laner Jason “WildTurtle” Tran found a 5/0/8 score as Varus. NRG only found two towers and a drake in their losing effort. LCS Player of the Game: TSM Bugi, 1st

Evil Geniuses vs. 100 Thieves

Evil Geniuses (9-2, first) won a 23:52-long game against 100 Thieves (5-6, tied fifth) and led 16-4 in kills. EG top laner Mohamed "Revenge" Kaddoura was 2/1/3 as Fiora; jungler Jonathan “Armao” Armao found a 2/0/12 score as Ivern; mid laner Joseph Joon "jojopyun" Pyun earned another POTG award for his 4/1/8 Tristana performance; and bot laner William “UNF0RGIVEN” Nieminen added an 8/0/4 score on Aphelios. 100's only major objectives were two drakes. LCS Player of the Game: EG jojopyun, 5th (leads league)

Team Liquid vs. Immortals

Team Liquid (6-5, fourth) won 17-4 against Immortals (2-9, tenth) in 24:54. TL top laner Park "Summit" Woo-tae finished 6/1/4 as Rumble; mid laner Eain "APA" Stearns made his debut in the LCS with an 8/0/3 score on Tristana and POTG honors; and bot laner Sean "Yeon" Sung and support Jo "CoreJJ" Yong-in were 2/1/8 as Ashe and 0/1/14 as Milio. IMT only secured two towers. LCS Player of the Game: TL APA, 1st

Jame's Player of the Day: TL APA (8/0/3), 1st

Featured photos courtesy of Shannon Cottrell/Riot Games.