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Upsets and underperformers: LCS Week 4, Day 2 recap

Upsets and underperformers: LCS Week 4, Day 2 recap

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James Domizio

James Domizio

17 Jan, 2023, 22:48

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Last updated: 12 May, 2025, 18:36

Evil Geniuses, Cloud9, Counter Logic Gaming, TSM and Golden Guardians won on Feb. 16, the second day of Week 4 of the 2023 League of Legends Championship Series (LCS) Spring Split at Riot Games Arena in Santa Monica, Calif., United States.

TSM's victory was FlyQuest's first loss of the 2023 split, placing their record at 7-1.

Upsets and underperformers: LCS Week 4, Day 2 recap

Team Liquid vs. Evil Geniuses

Evil Geniuses scraped by Team Liquid in the longest game of the day, a 44:47 game that EG led 23-12 in kills. EG's best performers were toplaner Kim "Ssumday" Chan-ho, who logged a 9/2/4 KDA on Jayce, and botlaner Ian Victor "FBI" Huang, whose Jhin finished 8/2/9. EG midlaner Joseph Joon "Jojopyun" Pyun added a 3/3/14 score on Jayce. LCS Player of the Game: EG Inspired, 4th

Upsets and underperformers: LCS Week 4, Day 2 recap

Immortals vs. Cloud9

Cloud9 beat Immortals in a 17-5 game that lasted 28:50. While C9 jungler Robert "Blaber" Huang earned Player of the Game honors on his 1/1/11 Maokai, toplaner Ibrahim "Fudge" Allami terrorized IMT like a raid boss on his 9/2/2 Jax. C9 botlaner Kim "Berserker" Min-cheol went 6/0/4 on Zeri. IMT found just two towers and a single dragon. LCS Player of the Game: C9 Blaber, 1st

Upsets and underperformers: LCS Week 4, Day 2 recap

Counter Logic Gaming vs. 100 Thieves

Unexpectedly, Counter Logic Gaming won 15-2 against 100 Thieves in 34:54. CLG jungler Juan Arturo "Contractz" Garcia led the way in the jungle on his 5/0/7 Vi; toplaner Niship "Dhokla" Doshi found a 4/1/7 Irelia performance; midlaner Cristian "Palafox" Palafox's Taliyah was 3/1/6; and botlaner Fatih "Luger" Güven went 2/0/10 on Sivir. 100 Thieves only managed to secure one tower, two dragons and a Rift Herald.

Upsets and underperformers: LCS Week 4, Day 2 recap

TSM vs. FlyQuest

In an even bigger upset than the previous game, TSM handed FlyQuest their first loss of 2023 in a 38:17 game they led 22-10 in kills. While the best KDAs on TSM belonged to midlaner Huang "Maple" Yi-Tang's 7/1/12 Taliyah and botlaner Toàn "Neo" Trần's 8/0/8 Varus, the player of the game was definitively toplaner Colin "Solo" Earnest, whose initially 0/5/0 Cho'Gath ended as an unstoppable tank with a 5/5/9 score. TSM support Jonathan "Chime" Pomponio had a 2/0/16 Rakan performance.

Upsets and underperformers: LCS Week 4, Day 2 recap

Dignitas vs. Golden Guardians

Golden Guardians won 14-3 in 28:34 against Dignitas in the last game of the day. CLG botlaner Trevor "Stixxay" Hayes went 7/0/5 on Lucian, midlaner Kim "Gori" Tae-woo finished 5/0/2 on Akali, and jungler Kim "River" Dong-woo found a 0/0/11 performance on Sejuani. DIG were only able to find one dragon and two towers.

Strafe Player of the Day: TSM Solo (5/5/9), 1st

Featured photos courtesy of Robert Paul/Riot Games.

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