Huge LCS Upsets, Playoffs Begins + Deft is back?! | The Dive Driven by Kia

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The hosts discuss recent LCS upsets, the return of Deft, and the start of playoffs in League of Legends.

Leave it to Azael, Kobe, and Meteos to break down another packed week of League of Legends news on The Dive Driven by Kia! It seems more and more likely that Deft may make a triumphant return from military service, while Los Ratones’ playoff hopes are officially over in the LEC. The buzz around LCK’s Coach Comms led our hosts to ponder: are players practicing in scrims like they’re playing on stage? Some clearly are… Darkwings and Huhi are showing up for Sentinels and KryRa looks right at home with DSG. With week one of playoffs here, audiences are left with one final question: which team is going to make a full run? LCS returns on Valentine’s Day, Saturday, February 14th at 1pm PT/4pm ET for SEN vs DSG. We’ll see you there! Come see the LCS live at the Riot Games Arena in Los Angeles starting Friday, February 20th for Week 2 of Lock-In Playoffs! Tickets are on sale now! https://www.tixr.com/groups/lcs/ Timestamps: 0:00 - Intro 4:44 - International Updates // Deft & Los Ratones 16:09 - SEN vs TLAW Recap 33:04 - Scrims vs Stage 39:31 - LYON vs DSG Recap 51:13 - SR vs DIG Recap 59:25 - LAST CHANCE: TLAW vs DIG Recap 1:10:30 - FLY vs C9 Recap // Bracket Breakdown 1:28:01…

People in this episode

Hosts: Azael, Kobe, Meteos

Topics covered

• LCS playoffs
• League of Legends news
• Deft's return
• scrims vs stage performance
• team recaps
• Lock-In Playoffs

Keywords

• LCS
• Deft
• Los Ratones
• Sentinels
• scrims
• Lock-In Playoffs
• League of Legends

Sponsors

Kia

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Los Ratones, Sentinels, DSG, LCK, LCS, Riot Games

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