The final days of the 2018 NA LCS Spring Split were chaotic. Going into Week 9 of play, six teams sat at the top of the leaderboard, all pushing and pulling for just a couple more wins to secure their high seed going into the playoffs.
Most of the talk surrounded the usual suspects. Team SoloMid, despite struggling for much of the split, was on a hot streak, seemingly gearing up for their traditional playoffs buff. Cloud9 had been strong all split, never dropping below 3rd place. Team Liquid, bolstered by the reunion of AD carry Yiliang “Doublelift” Peng, mid laner Eugene “Pobelter” Park, and jungler Jake “Xmithie” Puchero, were consistently threatening top spots.