Perkz grabs his first LCS title after a stellar performance on Sylas
Playoff Perkz has been unleashed.
League of Legendssuperstar Luka “Perkz” Perković has cemented his name in LCS history after just one Spring Split with Cloud9.
In an intense Mid-Season Showdown final against Team Liquid, Perkz capped off C9’s game five draft with Sylas. Seeing as how TL’s team composition featured game-changing ultimates like Hecarim’s Onslaught of Shadows, and Cho’Gath’s Feast, Perkz’s champion was a definite shoo-in with Hijack.
In a 3v5 river engagement, Perkz worked around Ibrahim “Fudge” Allami’s late entry on Sion, and casted a deadly Feast on Jonathan “Armao” Armao’s Hecarim.
As Fudge and Jesper “Zven” Svenningsen’s Tristana pulled apart TL with Rocket Jump and Decimating Smash, Perkz came in as the one-man clean-up crew, taking an easy double-kill to complete the turnaround ace.
Despite dying in a 1v2 turret dive, Perkz redeemed himself with a perfectly-timed teleport flank. As Fudge tanked in the frontline, Perkz stole Armao’s Onslaught of Shadows to cut off the retreating opponents to secure three team kills and a free Baron.
Cloud9 eventually closed out the series with a dominating clash in the mid lane. With Fudge and Perkz deleting Jo “CoreJJ” Yong-in’s Rell, the rest of Cloud9 claimed another Baron and joined the fight, leaving only Nicolaj “Jensen” Jensen alive as they sieged the base for their first-ever Mid-Season Showdown victory.
As a newly crowned LCS champion, Perkz joins teammate Zven as the only two players to win a title in both the EU and NA regions.
Cloud9 picks up its third LCS championship and will now represent the NA region at the Mid-Season Invitational in May.
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