Cloud9, Team Liquid retain undefeated records at LCS Spring
A backlit keyboard is part of the gear online video game streamer Jordan Woodruff uses in his Gilbert home.
Jordan Woodruff Team Liquid and Cloud9 each won on Saturday to remain unbeaten and move into a tie atop the standings at the LCS Spring event in Los Angeles.
Cloud9 escaped with a 2-1 win over Dignitas, which fell to 0-5, while Team Liquid swept Disguised, which is 1-4 through five weeks of regular-season competition.
Eight teams will compete in best-of-three matches in the round-robin regular season before advancing to the playoffs of the League of Legends event, which will be contested in best-of-five matches in a double-elimination format. The top two teams will qualify for the Mid-Season Invitational.
Cloud9 remained unblemished with a pair of 32-minute victories on red over Dignitas sandwiched around a 35-minute defeat on blue.
Philippe "Vulcan" Laflamme of Canada earned MVP honors for Cloud9 with his 3-4-33 kill-death-assist ratio. American Lawrence "eXyu" Xu was the MVP for Dignitas and had a 7-10-21 K-D-A ratio.
Team Liquid completed its 2-0 sweep of Disguised with a 30-minute win and a 33-minute triumph, both on blue.
Argentina's Brandon "Josedeodo" Villegas led the Liquid charge with a 19-3-13 K-D-A ratio, while Christian "KryRa" Rahaian of Canada was the best contributor for Disguised with a 4-7-6 K-D-A.
Week 5 concludes Sunday with LYON facing Sentinels and Shopify Rebellion taking on FlyQuest.
Regular-season standings (Win-loss total, map differential)
T1. Cloud9, 5-0, 10-3
T1. Team Liquid, 5-0, 10-3
3. LYON, 3-1, 7-3
4. FlyQuest, 2-2, 6-4
5. Sentinels, 1-3, 5-7
6. Shopify Rebellion, 1-3, 2-6
7. Disguised, 1-4, 2-9
8. Dignitas, 0-5, 3-10
--Field Level Media
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