The LCS knows its Atlanta lineup. Team Liquid beat Cloud9 3-1 in the upper bracket final on Sunday to claim the first Grand Final spot, while LYON swept past Shopify Rebellion 3-1 to set up the lower bracket final against Cloud9. Both matches will be played at the Gas South Arena on October 3 and 4, in front of up to 13,000 fans, with the title and the last
The three Worlds representatives are already known: Team Liquid, Cloud9 and LYON. What remains open is where they start. By winning yesterday, Team Liquid locked the only guaranteed Main Event spot so far, and the lower bracket final now doubles as a qualifier: its winner joins them in the Swiss Stage in Texas, its loser takes the third seed and opens Worlds in the Play-In in Los Angeles.
The two eliminated playoff teams are not done either. FlyQuest and Shopify Rebellion, fourth and fifth, take the LCS invitations to the Demacia Cup Global Invitational in October.
Seeding, a title and a shot at skipping the Play-In: Atlanta has plenty riding on it.
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