LCS Summer 2023: NRG Win First LCS Title

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Every roster, transaction, and result in the 2023 LCS Summer Split.

The race to Worlds is finally here. By the time September rolls around, just four LCS teams will be moving onto Worlds. Riot Games revealed that Worlds 2023 will feature a brand new format, meaning that three LCS teams will qualify for the tournament's Swiss Stage. Meanwhile, one team will qualify for the Wildcard Qualifier, which will send one team to the Worlds Play-In stage.

HotNewHipHop is here to give you the perfect tool to follow along with all the action. In this article, you will find every roster move and an easy-to-understand breakdown of all ten teams' rosters. Furthermore, you will be able to find the result of every game, as well as regularly-updated standings.

LCS Rosters And Transactions

TopJungleMidADCSupport
100 ThievesSsumdayCloserQuidDoubleliftBusio
Cloud9FudgeBlaberENEMESBerserkerZven
DignitasRichSantorinJensenTomoDiamond
poome
Evil GeniusesRevengeArmao
Sheiden
JojopyunUNF0RGIVENEyla
FlyQuestImpactSpicaVicLa
Spriax
PrinceVulcan
Golden GuardiansLicoriceRiverGoriStixxayHuhi
ImmortalsSoloTacticalTreatz
NRGDhoklaContractzPalafoxFBIIgNar
Team LiquidSummitPyosikHaeri
APA
YeonCoreJJ
TSMHauntzerBugiRubyWildTurtleChime
Names that appear in this table only reflect confirmed roster moves.

April 2023

  • 7th: Team Liquid release head coach MaRin. Meanwhile, FlyQuest promote Winsome from FlyQuest Challengers to the LCS roster. Furthermore, 100 Thieves mid laner Bjergsen announced his retirement.
  • 11th: Cloud9 release positional coach Selfie.
  • 17th: Immortals demote support Fleshy to Immortals Challengers and sign free agent support Treatz. Elsewhere, Dignitas support Biofrost leaves the active roster to become a team content creator.
  • 18th: Immortals release top laner Revenge.
  • 26th. Evil Geniuses release head coach Freeze and assistant head coach H4xDefender. Meanwhile, Immortals sign free agent top laner Solo.
  • 28th: Team Liquid promote assistant head coach Reignover to head coach and team manager Dodo to assistant head coach.
  • 29th: Evil Geniuses release top laner Ssumday, jungler Inspired, ADC FBI, and support Vulcan.

May 2023

  • 2nd: Dignitas sign free agent top laner Rich. Elsewhere, TSM part ways with head coach Chawy.
  • 3rd: Cloud9 release positional coach Armao and sign free agent positional coach Duffman. Meanwhile, TSM release mid laner Maple.
  • 9th: 100 Thieves demote head coach Nukeduck to assistant head coach and hire free agent head coach Cain.
  • 10th: Top laner Armut leaves Dignitas to join Turkish team SuperMassive.
  • 11th: Mid laner Quid joins 100 Thieves from Gen.G Academy.
  • 12th: Top laner Ssumday joins 100 Thieves. Ssumday previously played for 100 Thieves between Spring 2018 and Summer 2022.
  • 13th: 100 Thieves top laner Tenacity leaves the active roster to become a team content creator.
  • May 17th: Dignitas promote academy support Diamond to the LCS roster.
  • 18th: TSM sign free agent head coach Reven. Elsewhere, free agent Armao role-swaps from positional coach to jungler and signs with Evil Geniuses.
  • 19th: FlyQuest release substitute support Eyla and sign free agent support Vulcan.
  • 23rd: TSM announce their Summer roster, adding free agent top laner Hauntzer and free agent mid laner Ruby.
  • 25th: Evil Geniuses head of player development Razvan moves to the role of head coach.
  • 27th: NRG release ADC Luger. Furthermore, support IgNar signs from Dignitas.

June 2023

  • 2nd: Golden Guardians sign free agent ADC Array as their team substitute.
  • 9th: Free agent Svenskeren role-swaps from jungler to strategic coach and joins Dignitas.
  • 10th: FlyQuest sends support Winsome to their academy team.
  • 12th: Evil Geniuses sign top laner Revenge, jungler Armao, ADC UNF0RGIVEN, and support Eyla. Furthermore, Evil Geniuses promotes jungler Sheiden from their academy roster. Elsewhere, Dignitas sign free agent support Diamond.

July 2023

  • 6th: Team Liquid promote academy mid laner APA to the LCS roster.
  • 11th: Dignitas sign free agent support poome.
  • 12th: FlyQuest promote academy mid laner Spirax to the LCS roster.
  • 29th: Immortals release jungler Kenvi

August 2023

  • 9th: Content creator Daniel "dGon" Gonzales claims that a team has sold their spot in the league. However, Gonzales did not name the team but confirmed that it was not TSM
  • 11th: FlyQuest release team manager Nick Phan
  • 29th: Immortals release mid laner Bolulu. Elsewhere, Evil Geniuses release their entire academy roster

LCS Match Results

Following a two-week delay due to the LCS Players' Strike, a deal has been reached between the LCS and LCSPA. The LCS Summer Split will adopt a three-a-week format starting on June 14.

The top eight teams qualify for the LCS Summer playoffs. First and second place begin in the Upper Bracket Semifinals. Third through sixth place begin in the Upper Bracket Quarterfinals. Meanwhile, seventh and eighth place begin in the Lower Bracket.

TeamRecord
Cloud9 [Q]13 - 5
Golden Guardians [Q]13 - 5
Evil Geniuses [Q]12 - 6
Team Liquid [Q]10 - 8
NRG [Q]9 - 9
TSM [Q]8 - 10
Dignitas [Q]7 - 11
100 Thieves [Q]7 - 11
FlyQuest [E]6 - 12
Immortals [E]5 - 13

LCS Week 1

  • Nukeduck played as 100 Thieves' mid laner due to visa issues for Quid.

June 14

Cloud9 1 - 0 Golden Guardians
Team Liquid 1 - 0 TSM
Immortals 1 - 0 Dignitas
Evil Geniuses 1 - 0 NRG
FlyQuest 0 - 1 100 Thieves

June 15

Dignitas 0 - 1 Cloud9
TSM 1 - 0 FlyQuest
100 Thieves 0 - 1 Team Liquid
NRG 0 - 1 Immortals
Golden Guardians 0 - 1 Evil Geniuses

June 16

Immortals 0 - 1 Team Liquid
Golden Guardians 1 - 0 FlyQuest
Evil Geniuses 0 - 1 Dignitas
NRG 1 - 0 100 Thieves
Cloud9 1 - 0 TSM

LCS Week 2

June 21

Dignitas 0 - 1 Golden Guardians
Team Liquid 1 - 0 NRG
FlyQuest 0 - 1 Cloud9
TSM 1 - 0 Immortals
100 Thieves 0 - 1 Evil Geniuses

June 22

NRG 0 - 1 TSM
Golden Guardians 1 - 0 Immortals
100 Thieves 0 - 1 Cloud9
Dignitas 1 - 0 Team Liquid
Evil Geniuses 1 - 0 FlyQuest

June 23

TSM 0 - 1 Golden Guardians
Immortals 0 - 1 100 Thieves
Team Liquid 0 - 1 Evil Geniuses
FlyQuest 0 - 1 Dignitas
Cloud9 0 - 1 NRG

Week 3

June 28

TSM 0 - 1 Evil Geniuses
FlyQuest 1 - 0 Team Liquid
NRG 1 - 0 Golden Guardians
100 Thieves 1 - 0 Dignitas
Cloud9 1 - 0 Immortals

June 29

NRG 0 - 1 FlyQuest
Team Liquid 1 - 0 Cloud9
Dignitas 1 - 0 TSM
Evil Geniuses 1 - 0 Immortals
Golden Guardians 1 - 0 100 Thieves

June 30

Cloud9 1 - 0 Evil Geniuses
Team Liquid 0 - 1 Golden Guardians
Dignitas 1 - 0 NRG
TSM 0 - 1 100 Thieves
Immortals 0 - 1 FlyQuest

Week 4

July 5

NRG 1 - 0 Team Liquid
100 Thieves 1 - 0 FlyQuest
Golden Guardians 1 - 0 Cloud9
Dignitas 0 - 1 Evil Geniuses
Immortals 0 - 1 TSM

July 6

  • APA will start for Team Liquid
Evil Geniuses 1 - 0 100 Thieves
TSM 1 - 0 NRG
Cloud9 1 - 0 Dignitas
FlyQuest 0 - 1 Golden Guardians
Team Liquid 1 - 0 Immortals

June 7

Dignitas 1 - 0 FlyQuest
NRG 1 - 0 Evil Geniuses
Team Liquid 1 - 0 100 Thieves
Immortals 0 - 1 Cloud9
Golden Guardians 0 - 1 TSM

Week 5

July 12

  • Spirax will start for FlyQuest
TSM 1 - 0 Dignitas
Evil Geniuses 0 - 1 Golden Guardians
FlyQuest 0 - 1 NRG
Cloud9 0 - 1 Team Liquid
100 Thieves 0 - 1 Immortals

July 13

  • VicLa will start for FlyQuest
NRG 1 - 0 Dignitas
FlyQuest 1 - 0 Evil Geniuses
TSM 1 - 0 Team Liquid
Cloud9 1 - 0 100 Thieves
Immortals 0 - 1 Golden Guardians

July 14

Team Liquid 1 - 0 FlyQuest
100 Thieves 1 - 0 TSM
Golden Guardians 0 - 1 NRG
Evil Geniuses 0 - 1 Cloud9
Dignitas 0 - 1 Immortals

Week 6

July 19

Dignitas 1 - 0 100 Thieves
Golden Guardians 1 - 0 Team Liquid
NRG 1 - 0 Cloud9
FlyQuest 1 - 0 TSM
Immortals 0 - 1 Evil Geniuses

July 20

Golden Guardians 1 - 0 Dignitas
FlyQuest 1 - 0 Immortals
100 Thieves 1 - 0 NRG
Evil Geniuses 1 - 0 Team Liquid
TSM 0 - 1 Cloud9

July 21

Immortals 1 - 0 NRG
Evil Geniuses 1 - 0 TSM
Cloud9 1- 0 FlyQuest
Team Liquid 1 - 0 Dignitas
100 Thieves 0 - 1 Golden Guardians
Cloud9 1 - 0 Golden Guardians [1st Place tiebreaker]
100 Thieves 0 - 1 Dignitas [7th Place tiebreaker]

Playoffs

Upper Bracket Round 1

Team Liquid 1 - 3 NRG
Evil Geniuses 3 - 2 TSM

Lower Bracket Round 1

TSM 2 - 3 Dignitas
Team Liquid 3 - 1 100 Thieves

Upper Bracket Round 2

NRG 3 - 1 Golden Guardians
Evil Geniuses 0 - 3 Cloud9

Lower Bracket Round 2

Golden Guardians 3 - 0 Dignitas
Evil Geniuses 1 - 3 Team Liquid
  • The elimination of Dignitas means that mid laner Jensen will not present at Worlds for the first time since 2014.

Upper Bracket Final

NRG 0 - 3 Cloud9

Fourth Place Match

Golden Guardians 2 - 3 Team Liquid

Lower Bracket Final

Team Liquid 2 - 3 NRG

Grand Final

Cloud9 1 - 3 NRG
About The Author
Benjamin Mock (they/them) is a sports and culture writer working out of Philadelphia. Previously writing for the likes of Fixture, Dexerto, Fragster, and Jaxon, Ben has dedicated themselves to engaging and accessible articles about sports, esports, and internet culture. With a love for the weirder stories, you never quite know what to expect from their work.
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