FLY vs. GG and C9 vs. GG: LCS Rounds 3 and 4 recap

Golden Guardians won 3-2 against FlyQuest on April 8 and Cloud9 won 3-1 against GG on April 9 during the final round of the 2023 League of Legends Championship Series (LCS) Spring Playoffs at PNC Arena in Raleigh, North Carolina, United States.

FlyQuest vs. Golden Guardians

Game 1: FLY wins

FlyQuest won Game 1 in 32:51 by a 26-14 score. FLY mid laner Lee "VicLa" Dae-kwang went 11/2/10 on Jayce and led in kills; jungler Mingyi "Spica" Lu found a 3/1/14 score on Maokai; and returning support Kim "Winsome" Dong-keon was 4/2/18 on Braum. Strafe Player of the Game: FLY VicLa, 3rd

Game 2: GG wins

Golden Guardians tied up their series 1-1 with a 33-6 victory in 38:16. GG bot laner Trevor "Stixxay" Hayes was 13/0/9 on Zeri; jungler Kim "River" Dong-woo finished 7/0/20 on Wukong; and Kim "Gori" Tae-woo went 7/0/18 on Lissandra. Strafe Player of the Game: GG River, 2nd

Game 3: FLY wins

FlyQuest won Game 3 13-5 in 30:18. FLY bot laner Lee "Prince" Chae-hwan went 7/0/3 on Jinx; Spica's Maokai went 2/0/8; and support Winsome finished 0/1/11 on Rakan. GG Stixxay's Caitlyn was 3/1/0 in the loss. Strafe Player of the Game: FLY Prince, 1st

Game 4: GG wins

Golden Guardians tied their series 2-2 with a 10-9 win in 31:09. GG top laner Eric "Licorice" Ritchie went 3/2/4 on Malphite, and Gori's Tristana finished 4/0/6. FLY Prince's Lucian was 5/2/3 in the losing effort. Strafe Player of the Game: GG Gori, 2nd

Game 5: GG wins

Golden Guardians secured a trip to finals with a 25-5 win in 28:47. GG Licorice finished 9/0/9 on Fiora; River's Jarvan IV went 4/2/20; and Stixxay and support Choi "huhi" Jae-hyun were 9/1/8 on Lucian and 1/0/20 on Nami. Strafe Player of the Game: GG Licorice, 2nd

LCS Player of the Series: GG Licorice (20/12/27), 2nd

Cloud9 vs. Golden Guardians

Game 1: C9 wins

Cloud9 made a 9.3k gold lead comeback and won 20-16 in 37:58 to open the series. C9 top laner Ibrahim "Fudge" Allami went 7/1/8 on Olaf; mid laner Jang “EMENES” Min-soo finished 6/4/11 on Orianna; and bot laner Kim "Berserker" Min-cheol's Aphelios found a 7/4/8 performance. GG Stixxay went 4/2/7 on Zeri in the loss. Strafe Player of the Game: C9 Fudge, 1st

Game 2: GG wins

Golden Guardians found their only win of the day with a 14-5 victory that lasted 28:26. GG River went 2/1/10 on Wukong; Gori found a 7/0/5 Xayah KDA; and Stixxay and huhi were 7/0/5 on Xayah and 0/1/13 on Rakan. Strafe Player of the Game: GG Stixxay, 4th

Game 3: C9 wins

Cloud9 took a 2-1 lead with their 14-4 win in 26:22. C9 jungler Robert "Blaber" Huang went 3/1/6 on Elise; EMENES found a 3/1/5 LeBlanc score; Berserker finished 6/0/3 on Lucian; and support Jesper "Zven" Svenningsen's Nami was 0/0/9. Strafe Player of the Game: C9 Blaber, 1st

Game 4: C9 wins

Cloud9 won their second straight LCS championship, and their sixth overall, with a 16-6 Game 4 victory in 29:06. C9 Fudge went 2/1/7 on Olaf and earned Player of the Series honors; EMENES dominated on his 4/2/4 LeBlanc; and Berserker finished 7/0/3 on Xayah. Strafe Player of the Game: C9 EMENES, 3rd

LCS Player of the Series: C9 Fudge (12/6/20), 1st

Featured photos courtesy of Marv Watson and Melissa Andres/Riot Games.