Prince and the paupers: LCS Week 3 recap
Cloud9, FlyQuest, 100 Thieves, Golden Guardians and Immortals won on Day 1, and FlyQuest, TSM, Evil Geniuses, Team Liquid and Golden Guardians won on Day 2 of Week 3 of the 2023 League of Legends Championship Series (LCS) Spring Split on Feb. 9-10 at the Riot Games Arena in Santa Monica, Calif., United States.
FQ botlaner Lee "Prince" Chae-hwan earned Player of the Game awards in both games this week, as well as his second straight Player of the Week award.
Day 1

TSM vs. Cloud9
Cloud9 beat TSM 20-8 in 34:45. C9 botlaner Kim "Berserker" Min-cheol scored a penta on his 12/1/8 Zeri, while toplaner Ibrahim "Fudge" Allami was 4/3/11 on Jax. LCS Player of the Game: C9 Berserker, 1st

FlyQuest vs. Evil Geniuses
FlyQuest continued their winning streak with a 19-10 victory against Evil Geniuses in 32:31. FQ Prince's 10/1/7 Caitlyn was the centerpiece, while EG's only major objectives were three dragons. LCS Player of the Game: FQ Prince, 3rd

Team Liquid vs. 100 Thieves
100 Thieves won 22-8 against Team Liquid in a 37:49 game. 100's two former TL players -- botlaner Yiliang "Doublelift” Peng and midlaner Søren "Bjergsen" Bjerg -- went 14/0/6 on Caitlyn and 2/0/13 on Taliyah respectively. LCS Player of the Game: 100 Doublelift, 3rd

Counter Logic Gaming vs. Golden Guardians
Golden Guardians beat Counter Logic Gaming 22-3 in 26:36. GG midlaner Kim "Gori" Tae-woo went 9/1/7 on Taliyah, support Choi "huhi" Jae-hyun finished 1/0/15 on Karma and CLG only found a single tower. LCS Player of the Game: GG Huhi, 1st

Immortals vs. Dignitas
Immortals won 14-6 against Dignitas in 39:31 to end the day. IMT jungler Shane Kenneth "Kenvi" Espinoza found a 3/1/8 KDA on Graves, and botlaner Edward "Tactical" Ra went 8/0/5 on Zeri. LCS Player of the Game: IMT Kenvi, 1st
Strafe Player of the Day: C9 Berserker (12/1/8), 1st
Day 2

FlyQuest vs. 100 Thieves
In their toughest match of the season, FlyQuest beat 100 Thieves 25-11 in 30:50. FQ Prince went 11/1/9 on Caitlyn, and midlaner Lee "VicLa" Dae-kwang finished 7/1/9 on Sylas. 100 toplaner Milan "Tenacity" Oleksij's Fiora was 8/3/1 in the loss. LCS Player of the Game: FQ Prince, 4th

TSM vs. Counter Logic Gaming
In a 32:59 game they led 22-9 in kills, TSM took down Counter Logic Gaming. TSM toplaner Colin "Solo" Earnest had a massive 3/1/15 Sion performance, and botlaner Toàn "Neo" Trần's Sivir went 7/1/6. LCS Player of the Game: TSM Solo, 1st

Evil Geniuses vs. Cloud9
Evil Geniuses beat Cloud9 10-4 in 38:50. EG midlaner Joseph Joon "jojopyun" Pyun's surprise Tristana pick went 6/1/3, and botlaner Ian Victor "FBI" Huang went 4/1/3 on Lucian. C9 Fudge's Gwen was 3/1/1 in the loss. LCS Player of the Game: EG jojopyun, 1st

Dignitas vs. Team Liquid
Team Liquid won 16-6 against Dignitas in 24:11. TL botlaner Sean "Yeon" Sung finished 3/0/5 on Ezreal, and midlaner Harry "Haeri" Kang's Viktor was 7/2/4. LCS Player of the Game: TL Yeon, 3rd

Immortals vs. Golden Guardians
Golden Guardians completed a 2-0 week with a 16-5 victory against Immortals in 30:26. GG botlaner Trevor "Stixxay" Hayes went 8/0/4 on Kalista, and IMT only took one tower. LCS Player of the Game: GG Stixxay, 1st
Strafe Player of the Day: FQ Prince (11/1/9), 1st
Featured photos courtesy of Colin Young-Wolff and Robert Paul/Riot Games.

