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Doublelift finds his groove: LCS Week 1, Day 2 recap

Doublelift finds his groove: LCS Week 1, Day 2 recap

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James Domizio

James Domizio

29 Dec, 2022, 03:12

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Last updated: 12 May, 2025, 22:36

The first week of the 2023 League of Legends Championship Series (LCS) Spring Split came to a close on Jan. 28 with Counter Logic Gaming, Cloud9, TSM, 100 Thieves and FlyQuest finding victories at the Riot Games Arena in Santa Monica, Calif., United States.

Doublelift finds his groove: LCS Week 1, Day 2 recap

Counter Logic Gaming vs. Evil Geniuses

In an unexpected come-from-behind underdog win, Counter Logic Gaming beat Evil Geniuses in 44:11 while trailing 12-11 in kills. EG's jungler Kacper "Inspired" Słoma and botlaner Ian Victor "FBI" Huang had the best KDAs in the game with 3/1/6 and 4/1/5 scores on Elise and Varus, respectively, but CLG jungler Juan Arturo "Contractz" Garcia took control of the game on his 4/2/5 Sejuani. LCS Player of the Game: CLG Contractz, 1st

Doublelift finds his groove: LCS Week 1, Day 2 recap

Golden Guardians vs. Cloud9

Cloud9 continued to dominate Week 1 with a 24-5 victory vs. Golden Guardians in 25:32. C9 ended with a 15k gold lead and only lost two towers to GG. C9's entire roster played well: toplaner Ibrahim "Fudge" Allami was monstrous on K'Sante, notching a 10/1/9 KDA and a quadra kill; jungler Robert "Blaber" Huang went 4/1/10 on Wukong; midlaner Dimitri "Diplex" Ponomarev's Sylas was 5/2/9; and botlaner Kim "Berserker" Min-cheol and support Jesper "Zven" Svenningsen combined for a 5/1/27 scoreline on Zeri and Lulu. LCS Player of the Game: C9 Fudge, 2nd

Doublelift finds his groove: LCS Week 1, Day 2 recap

TSM vs. Team Liquid

In another surprising victory, Team Liquid fell 19-15 to TSM in 40:07. Despite TL botlaner Sean "Yeon" Sung's massive 7/3/5 Lucian performance, TSM won off the effort put in by midlaner Huang "Maple" Yi-Tang's 7/1/8 Azir, botlaner Toàn "Neo" Trần's 5/3/10 Kalista and support Jonathan "Chime" Pomponio's 1/4/14 Ashe. LCS Player of the Game: TSM Chime, 1st

Doublelift finds his groove: LCS Week 1, Day 2 recap

100 Thieves vs. Immortals

100 Thieves washed their hands of a horrible Day 1 performance with a 28:21 game against Immortals in which they led 15.4. 100 even beat C9's 15k gold lead with a 15.4k gold lead vs. IMT, holding the team to just one drake, one Rift Herald and one tower. 100 jungler Can "Closer" Çelik was 4/0/8 on Sejuani, and botlaner Yiliang "Doublelift” Peng's 5/0/9 Zeri was supported by midlaner Søren "Bjergsen" Bjerg's 3/0/11 Viktor and support Alan "Busio" Cwalina's 2/1/13 Yuumi. LCS Player of the Game: 100 Doublelift, 1st

Doublelift finds his groove: LCS Week 1, Day 2 recap

FlyQuest vs. Dignitas

FlyQuest asserted itself as one of the best teams in North America with a 16-3 victory vs. Dignitas in 28:55. FQ jungler Mingyi "Spica" Lu took advantage of a strong Maokai jungle pick and went 1/0/9. FQ's new LCK imports, midlaner Lee "VicLa" Dae-kwang and botlaner Lee "Prince" Chae-hwan, went 5/1/8 on Sylas and 10/0/2 on Ezreal. LCS Player of the Game: FQ Prince, 1st

Strafe Player of the Day: C9 Fudge (10/1/9), 1st

Featured photos courtesy of Colin Young-Wolff/Riot Games.

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