NA LCS Match Recaps for Day 2 of Week 3

By Zac Cameron · July 2, 2018 at 8:03 AM UTC

We go over the games from the second day of week 3 in the North American League of Legends Championship Series.

It’s been an exciting weekend of games in the NA LCS, with some teams performing quite well, while others seem to be struggling in the face of their competition. A few of these teams will be heading off to represent North America at the upcoming Rift Rivals tournament, while others will be presumably taking the week off to practice their gameplay a bit more, so without further ado, let’s take a look at the games that closed out week 3 in the NA LCS.

Golden Guardians vs TSM

This was an interesting match to watch, with the Golden Guardians seemingly taking the lead quite early on through their more aggressive play. Both teams continued to trade kills and objectives throughout the early game, while the Golden Guardians slowly but steadily worked on building the small lead they had accrued. As the teams started reaching power spikes however, TSM proved to be the stronger of the two as they repeatedly won team fights and claimed objectives to flip the lead. By the time the dust settled, TSM had completely reversed the flow of the game and ultimately claimed victory quite handily to open out the day.

CLG vs Flyquest

A match that played out very similarly to the previous one, saw Flyquest play the role of the team that fell behind early only to come back aggressively and claim victory. CLG may have started strong, but the ability of Flyquest to remain relevant and contest most of the objectives in this game ultimately proved to be the deciding factor in their victory.

TSM have managed to stick to the top of the ladder for the time being, but it's a position with some shaky foundations

Clutch Gaming vs Team Liquid

A highly anticipated match that many expected Team Liquid to walk away with turned into a dominating victory by Clutch Gaming. We have a more detailed breakdown of this game, here.

Echo Fox vs Cloud9

It seemed as though Cloud9 had found an answer to their recent misfortunes, however the never say die attitude of Echo Fox proved to be the key in their eventual victory here. We have a more detailed breakdown of this game, here.

100 Thieves vs OpTic Gaming

An odd game with very little early bloodshed saw these two teams remain fairly level with each other for quite some time. Neither team seemed too bothered to rush things at first, which meant that when 100 Thieves finally pulled the trigger, it came in a shocking flurry. Multiple objectives fell in rapid succession allowing 100 Thieves to build a gold lead of over 9k in just a few minutes, before they finally closed out the match.

For more on when the teams of the NA LCS will be competing again, check out the official schedule page, here, keeping in mind that next week will be the NA vs EU Rift Rivals competition, suspending all regular season games for the duration.

(All images via Riot Games Flickr)