C9 takeover: LCS Week 8, Day 1 recap

Cloud9, Counter Logic Gaming, 100 Thieves, Immortals and Team Liquid won on March 15, the first day of Week 8 of the 2023 League of Legends Championship Series (LCS) Spring Split at Riot Games Arena in Santa Monica, Calif., United States.

FlyQuest vs. Cloud9

Securing first place in the league, Cloud9 won 12-2 in 26:36 against FlyQuest. C9 jungler Robert "Blaber" Huang went 6/0/3 on Wukong and earned Player of the Game honors; top laner Ibrahim "Fudge" Allami finished 2/1/2 on Fiora; mid laner Jang “EMENES” Min-soo found a 1/0/8 Orianna score; and bot laner Kim "Berserker" Min-cheol busted out Draven and went 3/0/5. FLY only secured one Rift Herald and one tower. LCS Player of the Game: C9 Blaber, 2nd

Counter Logic Gaming vs. Golden Guardians

Counter Logic Gaming took down Golden Guardians 17-8 in 39:16. CLG bot laner Fatih "Luger" Güven's 6/0/5 led all players in kills supported by Philippe "Poome" Lavoie-Giguere's 2/1/12 Rakan; jungler Juan Arturo "Contractz" Garcia controlled the game on his 3/2/9 Sejuani; and mid laner Cristian "Palafox" Palafox finished 3/0/7 on Orianna. LCS Player of the Game: CLG Poome, 1st

TSM vs. 100 Thieves

In a 47 minute comeback effort, 100 Thieves beat TSM 22-17. 100T jungler Can "Closer" Çelik kept up a streak of strong play with a 7/4/10 Wukong performance; while bot laner Yiliang "Doublelift” Peng and support Alan "Busio" Cwalina went 11/2/9 and 0/2/21 on Jinx and Renata Glasc. On the losing side, bot laner Jason “WildTurtle” Tran's Xayah found a 7/4/7 score and mid laner Huang "Maple" Yi-Tang's Aurelion Sol finished 10/3/5 and gathered a 471-279 CS lead on 100T mid laner Søren "Bjergsen" Bjerg. TSM's Maple and WildTurtle accounted for 100% of their team's kills. LCS Player of the Game: 100 Closer, 2nd

Immortals vs. Evil Geniuses

In another upset, Immortals were victorious against Evil Geniuses in a 27:51 win in which they led 14-3. IMT top laner Mohamed "Revenge" Kaddoura went 6/0/3 on K'Sante and led in kills; bot laner Edward "Tactical" Ra was 4/1/7 on Varus; jungler Shane Kenneth "Kenvi" Espinoza finished 2/0/8 on his famous Kindred; and new IMT mid laner Onur Can "Bolulu" Demirol found a 1/1/7 KDA on Galio. EG was only able to take two towers. LCS Player of the Game: IMT Bolulu, 1st

Dignitas vs. Team Liquid

Team Liquid beat Dignitas 11-6 in 31:38 in the final game of the day. Tl support Jo "CoreJJ" Yong-in earned his first POTG award of 2023 for a 0/1/9 Rakan performance in support of bot laner Sean "Yeon" Sung's 2/0/2 Xayah; mid laner Harry "Haeri" Kang went 5/1/2 on Akali and led in kills; and jungler Hong "Pyosik" Chang-hyeon finished 3/2/5 on Wukong. DIG's only major objective was a single tower. LCS Player of the Game: TL CoreJJ, 1st

Strafe Player of the Day: 100 Doublelift (11/2/9), 2nd

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