In today's grand final, Cloud9 were seriously challenged by Golden Guardians for the first time in the 2023 LCS Spring Playoffs. The LCS sixth seed forced C9 to play a much closer series than anticipated after they breezed through the playoffs up until this point, winning six of their first seven individual games.
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In today’s grand final, Cloud9 were seriously challenged by Golden Guardians for the first time in the 2023 LCS Spring Playoffs. The LCS sixth seed forced C9 to play a much closer series than anticipated after they breezed through the playoffs up until this point, winning six of their first seven individual games. Despite this, C9 was still able to win the league championship, the second in as many splits for the franchise. The Golden Guardians’ miraculous split comes to an end with C9’s victory in the 2023 LCS Spring Finals.
With this victory, C9 earns the organization’s sixth overall LCS trophy and becomes the first LCS team to do so since 2019 Team Liquid. If you need more information about C9’s victory in the 2023 LCS Spring Finals ends the Golden Guardians’ miraculous split then read carefully and don’t forget to share with your friends.
With today’s victory, C9 not only won another domestic championship but also guaranteed themselves the top seed from North America at this year’s Mid-Season Invitational. MSI will start on May 2, but C9 will start later because they were seeded directly into the bracket stage of the competition as a result of today’s victory.
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In the first and second games of the series, Golden Guardians built up sizable early game leads, forcing C9 to play defensively in the hopes of mounting a comeback. At the 15-minute mark in both games one and two, Golden Guardians held back-to-back leads of 5,800 gold. C9 only fully recovered in game one, but their dominance in games three and four was sufficient to win the series by a 3-1 margin. The difference-maker for C9 in those late-game matches was the Spring Split MVP, Berserker. In games three and four, he recorded a combined score of 13/0/6.
Although Golden Guardians and C9 were already guaranteed spots in the tournament going into the day, the Mid-Season Invitational this year will welcome the top two teams from each of the four major pro scene regions (North America, China, Korea, and EMEA). As a result, seeding at the event was on the line. The MSI tournament is now divided into two stages: the play-in stage and the bracket stage. With the exception of the LEC, major regions seed their champions into the MSI bracket stage, while the runners-up must compete in the play-in rounds.
This season’s first North American team to compete internationally will be Golden Guardians, who will enter the MSI play-in stage alongside other major region second seeds (such as Korea’s T1) and the scene’s minor region champions (like PSG Talon of the PCS). The MSI play-in stage will start on May 2 in London, United Kingdom, and the LCS will resume its domestic schedule on June 1 when the Summer Split starts.
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