LCS Summer 2022: Golden Guardians claw their way to Playoffs, Evil Geniuses take first place

LCS 2022 Summer has kicked off with reigning champions Evil Geniuses returning from MSI 2022 with their tails between their legs after a quick 3-0 elimination in the semifinals. Here’s everything you need to follow the LCS’ return, with streams, the schedule and results, and all final rosters. 

• A win from Dignitas would force a 3-way tie between the bottom teams, while a win from GG would lock them in for Playoffs
• EG lock themselves into first place with a win over Cloud9, CLG locked 4th place
• Team Liquid’s loss to 100 Thieves guarantees a second place finish for 100T and solidifies the top of the standings

The LCS Spring split saw the rise of rookie champions Evil Geniuses, who’ve gained international renown for their rookie talents Joseph ‘Jojopyun’ Joonpyun and Kyle ‘Danny’ Sakamaki.

After being thoroughly humiliated in a 3-0 defeat by EG in the Spring finals, 100 Thieves had a score to settle in Summer. While they weren’t able to best EG in the standings, 100 Thieves still managed to cement themselves as a fantastic team and take second place.

After their worst split ever, TSM made numerous roster changes to try and repair the damage done by their unsuccessful Spring run. They managed to make it into playoffs, but TSM still has a long way to go if they want to restore their former greatness. Can they make a miracle run?

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Can Evil Geniuses bring back that Spring Split magic in playoffs, or will they be dethroned by a new challenger?

Here’s everything you need to know about LCS Summer 2022, including how to watch, final standings, and the schedule.

Contents

• Stream
• Schedule & results
• Standings
• Teams & players

LCS Summer 2022: Stream

LCS Summer 2022 will be streamed live on Twitch on the official LCS channel. We have embedded it below for your convenience.

Miss the games? Catch up with VODs on the LoL Esports channel.

LCS Summer 2022: Schedule & results

Week 8 schedule (August 12 — August 14)

Week 1 results (June 17 — June 19)

Week 2 results (June 25 — June 26)

Week 3 results (July 2 — July 3)

Week 4 results (July 16 — July 17)

Week 5 results (July 23 — July 24)

Week 6 results (July 30 — July 31)

Week 7 schedule (August 6 — August 7)

LCS Summer 2022: Standings

Green = Qualified for playoffs. Red = Eliminated.

LCS Summer 2022: Teams & players

10 teams will take part in LCS Summer 2022. While the offseason didn’t see too many drastic roster changes, many LCS teams have made roster changes mid-season in an effort to qualify for the 2022 World Championship, which will take place in cities across the US and Mexico later this year.

The most notable offseason change came from Cloud9, who role-swapped Ibrahim ‘Fudge’ Allami back into the top lane and brought back legacy mid laner Nicolaj ‘Jensen’ Jensen.

Since the start of the Summer Split, Golden Guardians have swapped out everyone but Eric ‘Licorice’ Ritchie, GG’s top laner, at least once. TSM have also had a revolving door roster with only Mingyi ‘Spica’ Lu and Huang ‘Maple’ Yi-Tang staying at the roster’s core through the split.

Golden Guardians taking Dignitas’ junger, Kim ‘River’ Dong-woo, forced Dignitas to start Lawrence ‘eXyu’ Lin-Xu. This change shortly followed Trevor ‘Spawn’ Kerr-Taylor getting swapped onto Dignitas’ LCS roster when Toàn ‘Neo’ Trần got sent to Academy.

You can find the full list of teams and players competing in LCS Summer 2022 below.