Cloud9 and FlyQuest cruised to 2-0 wins on Friday during Week 3 of the League Championship Series Summer Split.
Cloud9 improved to 3-0 by sweeping Shopify Rebellion, while FlyQuest took down Dignitas to move to 2-1.
Eight teams are fighting for six spots in the double-elimination playoff bracket. The top two seeds will head to the upper-bracket semifinals, with the other four seeds duking it out in the upper-bracket quarterfinals.
The winner will take home $100,000 of the $200,000 prize pool, with the top three teams qualifying for the World Championship.
On Friday, Cloud9 won in 25 minutes on red and 24 minutes on green. South Korea’s Seung-gyu “Thanatos” Park and Kim “Berserker” Min-cheol paced Cloud9 with matching 4-0-5 kill-death-assist ratios. The United States’ Aaron “FakeGod” Lee finished at 1-3-0 for Shopify.
FlyQuest prevailed twice on red, in 27 minutes and 23 minutes. Iraq’s Fahad “Massu” Abdulmalek led the way with a 11-1-7 K-D-A ratio, while the Denmark’s Jesper “Zven” Svenningsen finished at 4-9-1 for Dignitas.
LCS Summer Split group stage standings (overall record, individual game win-loss record):
1. Cloud9, 3-0, 6-1
1. Team Liquid, 3-0, 6-1
3. FlyQuest, 2-1, 5-3
4. Dignitas, 1-2, 3-4
5. NRG, 1-2, 3-4
T6. 100 Thieves, 1-2, 2-4
T6. Immortals, 1-2, 2-4
8. Shopify Rebellion, 0-3, 0-6
LCS Summer Split prize pool:
1. $100,000, qualification to Worlds
2. $50,000, qualification to Worlds
3. $30,000, qualification to Worlds
4. $20,000
5-6. No prize money
7-8. No prize money
–Field Level Media