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Dignitas pulls out a win: LCS Week 5, Day 1 recap

Dignitas pulls out a win: LCS Week 5, Day 1 recap

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James Domizio

James Domizio

24 Jan, 2023, 13:30

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Last updated: 12 May, 2025, 17:36

FlyQuest, Team Liquid, Golden Guardians, Counter Logic Gaming and Dignitas won on Feb. 23, the first day of Week 2 of the 2023 League of Legends Championship Series (LCS) Spring Split at Riot Games Arena in Santa Monica, Calif., United States.

Dignitas pulls out a win: LCS Week 5, Day 1 recap

FlyQuest vs. 100 Thieves

FlyQuest kicked off the day with a 18-12 win against 100 Thieves in 33:41. FLY bot laner Lee "Prince" Chae-hwan led all players on the day in kills on his 14/0/1 Zeri, while FLY support Bill "Eyla" Nguyen made his debut for the team with a 0/3/16 Soraka performance. FLY top laner Jeong "Impact" Eon-young went 3/1/8 on Renekton. 100T acquired four of five dragons in the game, as well as one tower. LCS Player of the Game: FLY Prince, 5th

Dignitas pulls out a win: LCS Week 5, Day 1 recap

Immortals vs. Team Liquid

Team Liquid broke a three game losing streak with a 21-3 victory against Immortals in 28:07 in Game 2. TL's 2022 world champion jungler Hong "Pyosik" Chang-hyeon earned his first Player of the Game award of the split for his 8/0/10 Wukong carry performance; mid laner Harry "Haeri" Kang finished 6/2/6 on Akali; and bot laner Sean "Yeon" Sung and support Jo "CoreJJ" Yong-in went 6/0/6 on Zeri and 0/0/16 on Annie. IMT's only major objective was a lone dragon. LCS Player of the Game: TL Pyosik, 1st

Dignitas pulls out a win: LCS Week 5, Day 1 recap

Golden Guardians vs. Cloud9

Golden Guardians continued a league-leading six-game win streak with a 15-4 win against Cloud9 that lasted 35:56. GG bot laner Trevor "Stixxay" Hayes logged his first death since Week 2 but finished 4/1/4 on Lucian; former C9 top laner Eric "Licorice" Ritchie went 3/0/2 on Jax; and mid laner Kim "Gori" Tae-woo finished 2/1/7 on Sylas; while jungler Kim "River" Dong-woo and support Choi "huhi" Jae-hyun added 5/2/6 and 1/0/8 KDAs on Vi and Nami respectively. C9 mid laner Jang “EMENES” Min-soo went 1/6/2 on Viktor in his major league debut, bot laner Kim "Berserker" Min-cheol found a 3/2/0 Zeri performance, and C9 found just two towers and one dragon in the loss. LCS Player of the Game: GG Gori, 1st

Dignitas pulls out a win: LCS Week 5, Day 1 recap

TSM vs. Counter Logic Gaming

Counter Logic Gaming beat TSM 16-4 in 37:49. While CLG bot laner Fatih "Luger" Güven found a quadra kill on his 9/0/5 Caitlyn, mid laner Cristian "Palafox" Palafox earned POTG for his 1/0/9 Sylas. On the top side, top laner Niship "Dhokla" Doshi and jungler Juan Arturo "Contractz" Garcia were 4/2/8 on Elise and 2/1/8 on Sion. CLG support Philippe "Poome" Lavoie-Giguere finished 0/1/14 on Nami.

LCS Player of the Game: CLG Palafox, 1st

Dignitas pulls out a win: LCS Week 5, Day 1 recap

Dignitas vs. Evil Geniuses

In a back-and-forth game that they almost threw away, Dignitas found their first victory of 2023 against Evil Geniuses in 36:48, leading 17-5 in kills. DIG mid laner Nicolaj "Jensen" Jensen singlehandedly won the game with a four-man Azir ultimate and finished 4/2/9; bot laner Frank "Tomo" Lam finished 6/1/5 on Lucian in his DIG debut; and İrfan Berk "Armut" Tükek went 3/0/7 on Jax. In supportive roles, jungler Lucas "Santorin" Tao Kilmer Larsen and support Lee "IgNar" Dong-geun went 4/2/9 on Sejuani and 0/0/12 on Nami. LCS Player of the Game: DIG Jensen, 1st

Strafe Player of the Day: DIG Jensen (4/2/9), 1st

Featured photos courtesy of Robert Paul/Riot Games.

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