The LCS is reportedly moving back to best-of-three series from the 2024 Summer Split regular season after six and a half years of best-of-one play for the North American League of Legends competition.
The format change, which was first reported by League content creator Travis Gafford in a YouTube video on April 17, would bring NA’s premier league in line with China’s LPL and Korea’s LCK competitions—the two titanic League regions have never shifted away from Bo3s. The last time the LCS had a similar format was in the 2017 Summer Split, when TSM when its third consecutive domestic title.
This decision is far from surprising, with LCS commissioner MarkZ suggesting as early as February this year that things were already in motion for an NA format change. At the time, the league boss admitted it’s “what fans want to see.”
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