North American LCS Match Recaps For Week 1, Day 2

What a day out of the NA LCS today. We’ve had some unusual picks, some role swaps, and some technical difficulties all bundled into one action packed days’ worth of games. Here’s a brief breakdown of the games from Week 1, Day 2 in the NA LCS.

TSM vs Flyquest

A much shorter game for TSM fans today, as their team seemed to finally figure out what they needed to do in order to close out early leads. Flyquest tried their best to keep on top of the situation, however it was clear that TSM has been practicing quite a lot in the off-season, and have prepared themselves for the games they’ll be playing. That said, TSM is still showing some reluctance to fully embrace the new Meta with non-AD Carry picks in the bot lane, so we’ll have to wait and see if they are willing to stick to the tried and true style in the face of targeted bans.

Team Liquid vs Golden Guardians

Who could have predicted this outcome? Certainly not I. For more coverage on this particular game, check out our more detailed breakdown, here.

CLG vs 100 Thieves

CLG looks to have bounced back from their defeat yesterday, showing strength in a dominating victory over 100 Thieves. While their neutral game wasn’t bad at all, the lack of killing power for the 100 Thieves was painfully apparent as they only managed a single take down the entire clash. Things will need to change if they want to once again be a top contender in the NA LCS.

Clutch Gaming vs Echo Fox

An exciting game cut short by a catastrophic server error saw Echo Fox handed the victory by default. We’ve got a more detailed breakdown of this match here.

Cloud9 vs OpTic Gaming

After a lot of trepidation on how well they would perform, it seems the new Cloud9 roster is capable of finding victory where it counts. The game was very close for the first 20 minutes or so, though after that it was clear that Cloud9 had a better read on the situation that OpTic did, with the boys in blue claiming their first victory of the NA LCS.

That’s the games from Day 2 of Week 1 in the NA LCS Summer Split all wrapped up now. For more on when these teams will be playing again, check out the official schedule page, here.

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