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Cloud9 advances to Grand Finals, TSM stays alive in Mid-Season Showdown run

Cloud9 advances to Grand Finals, TSM stays alive in Mid-Season Showdown run
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The LCS' Mid-Season Showdown is set to reach its conclusion after Cloud9 and TSM took care of their opponents during the weekend.

Cloud9 advances to Grand Finals, TSM stays alive in Mid-Season Showdown run

The LCS is down to its final three teams competing for the first-ever Mid-Season Showdown title. Only Cloud9, Team Liquid, and TSM still have a shot at grabbing the gold medal.

On Saturday, the upper bracket finals between Cloud9 and Team Liquid determined which team would go straight to the Grand Finals. Cloud9 kicked off the series with a dominant win over Team Liquid, but it wasn't over that easily. With a pop-off performance from Barney "Alphari" Morris on Gangplank, Team Liquid tied the series. It was a consolation prize, however. With mid laner Luka "Perkz' Perkovic having one of his best performances of the season so far, Cloud9 brushed away Team Liquid in the subsequent games, closing the series with a 3-1 victory.

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TSM faced similar opposition from 100 Thieves in the lower bracket of the tournament. After TSM opened the series with a fairly easy victory, 100 Thieves upped the pressure. In the second game they came close to a victory, but TSM edged out the win with simply better team fight coordination. Having tasted blood, 100 Thieves went into game three. Jungler Can "Closer" Çelik was all over the map helping his team gain a lead, which 100 Thieves snowballed to a victory. TSM proved to be resilient, however, and with a 3-1 result advanced to the lower bracket finals.

Team Liquid and TSM play against each other coming weekend in the Mid-Season Showdown. The winner of that game advances to the Grand Finals and takes on Cloud9 for a ticket to the Mid-Season Invitational, held in Iceland later this year.

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Tom Matthiesen
Tom Matthiesen

Esports journalist since 2015. Amateur pizza connoisseur, semi-professional binge watcher. Proud Veigar main in League of Legends.

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