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In 2015, the league expanded to ten teams. In 2018, the NA LCS shifted to a franchise system with ten permanent teams, which became eight after the 2023 season. Along with the new model, the league rebranded to simply the League of Legends Championship Series, aligning with the EU LCS's change to League of Legends European Championship ...
Teams marked in bold were part of the LCS during its final split. Teams marked in bold and italics would join the League of Legends Championship of The Americas (LTA) when it began in 2025. 100 Thieves (Spring 2018 – Summer 2024) Apex Gaming (Summer 2016) [b] Cloud9 (Summer 2013 – Summer 2024)
Each team paid $10 million (for existing League of Legends teams who were in the NA LCS or CS) or $13 million (for new teams). [9] [10] The NA LCS re-branded its name to simply the LCS in December 2018 (after the EU LCS became the LEC), [11] and then to just the League Championship Series before the 2021 season. [12]
The 2018 NA LCS season was the seventh season of the North American League of Legends Championship Series (NA LCS), a professional esports league for the video game League of Legends. The season was divided into two splits: Spring and Summer. The Spring Split began on January 20 and culminated with the playoff finals on April 8, 2018.
In 2018, the NA LCS dropped promotion and relegation in favor of a franchising system similar to American professional sports leagues like the NFL; the European league followed suit in 2019. In late 2018, the European League of Legends Championship Series (EU LCS) was renamed to the League of Legends European Championship (LEC).
On the eve of the NA LCS finals, Doublelift was awarded a long-awaited NA LCS MVP for the summer split. This was his first MVP award. [38] Team Liquid easily defeated Cloud9 3–0 in the finals to capture back to back North American LCS titles and looked towards a strong showing at Worlds 2018. [39]
2018 NA LCS season; 2019 LCS season; 2020 LCS season; 2021 LCS season; 2022 LCS season; 2023 LCS season; 2024 LCS season This page was last edited on 7 November ...
At the conclusion of the NA LCS season, TSM qualified for the 2018 NA LCS Regional Qualifier gauntlet, which would determine North America's third and final representative for the 2018 League of Legends World Championship. [67] After defeating Echo Fox in the semifinals, the team reached the finals of the gauntlet, then where they faced Cloud9.