Bot lane dominance: LCS Week 2, Day 1 recap

Cloud9, FlyQuest, 100 Thieves, Team Liquid, and Evil Geniuses won their 2023 League of Legends Championship Series (LCS) Spring Split matches on Feb. 2 at the Riot Games Arena in Santa Monica, Calif., United States.

Counter Logic Gaming vs. Cloud9

Cloud9 kicked off the day with a 17-5 win over Counter Logic Gaming in 26:26. While C9 toplaner Ibrahim "Fudge" Allami continued his run of dominance on his 4/0/9 Fiora, jungler Robert "Blaber" Huang's Vi was 4/2/7 and a major obstacle for CLG. C9 midlaner Dimitri "Diplex" Ponomarev and botlaner Kim "Berserker" Min-cheol added 3/0/5 performances on Ahri and Caitlyn, and support Jesper "Zven" Svenningsen went 3/3/6 on Kalista. CLG's only major objective was the first dragon of the game. LCS Player of the Game: C9 Fudge, 3rd

FlyQuest vs. Golden Guardians

FlyQuest won a relatively low-kill game against Golden Guardians in 38:11 by a killscore of 9-6. While GG midlaner Kim "Gori" Tae-woo impressed in his LCS debut with a 3/2/2 Azir score, FQ botlaner Lee "Prince" Chae-hwan's Lucian and support Kim "Winsome" Dong-keon's Nami were too much for GG to handle, combining for a 4/2/10 KDA. LCS Player of the Game: FLY Prince, 2nd

Dignitas vs. 100 Thieves

In a 16-4 game that lasted 31:09, 100 Thieves beat Dignitas. 100 midlaner Søren "Bjergsen" Bjerg found a 4/0/9 score on Azir, but the true star was botlaner Yiliang "Doublelift” Peng, whose 9/1/5 Zeri was supported expertly by support Alan "Busio" Cwalina's 0/1/14 Nami. LCS Player of the Game: 100 Doublelift, 2nd

Immortals vs. Team Liquid

Team Liquid found their first win of 2023 with an 11-7 win against Immortals that lasted 26:35. TL botlaner Sean "Yeon" Sung ran the game on his 5/1/4 Lucian, while support Jo "CoreJJ" Yong-in played Sona and notched a 1/1/9 score. IMT's only objective was a lone tower. LCS Player of the Game: TL Yeon, 1st

TSM vs. Evil Geniuses

To close the day, Evil Geniuses won 18-7 against TSM in 27:29. EG botlaner Ian Victor "FBI" Huang found a 9/1/6 KDA on Lucian including a quadra kill, and was supported by support Philippe "Vulcan" Laflamme's 0/0/15 Nami and jungler Kacper "Inspired" Słoma's 0/0/12 Vi. EG toplaner Kim "Ssumday" Chan-ho was also strong, going 5/2/8 on Gwen. TSM's only major objectives were three towers. LCS Player of the Game: EG FBI, 1st

Strafe Player of the Day: 100 Doublelift, 1st

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