Riot Video games has unveiled all particulars for the LCP Wild Card Playoffs, the match that may determine which staff will get entry to the LCP Promotion Sequence (P&R) and an opportunity to enter the tier-one area in 2026.
Contributors embrace prime performers from the Asia-Pacific regional tournaments, going through off from August twenty eighth to thirty first to find out the staff participating within the LCP P&R.
The 5 groups participating within the competitors are Yang Dae Pal (Indonesia), Faerie Appeal (Malaysia/Singapore), Inferno Esports (Philippines), S8UL Esports (South Asia) and FULL SENSE (Thailand).
Regardless that Inferno Esports got here in second place on the Liga Republika, the staff was promoted by Riot Video games. It is because West Level Esports’ (WPE) academy staff wasn’t thought of eligible to participate within the competitors, as the principle staff is at present competing within the PCS.
LCP Wild Card Playoffs Format
The 5 groups might be battling out in a single spherical robin, every consisting of two video games and utilizing a points-based scoring system (2-0 wins are awarded two factors, ties one level, and losses zero factors).
The highest three groups will then advance to the bracket stage, with second and third place positioned within the first spherical and the primary seed within the Grand Closing. All matches might be performed utilizing Fearless Draft, with the bracket stage matches that includes best-of-five collection.
The winner of the match won’t solely win $3,000 (~£2,226) from the $10,000 (~£7,420) prize pool, however most significantly, head to the LCP P&R. In that occasion, groups compete for the Free-For-All Visitor Spot on the LCP Area in Taipei, which can happen initially of October.
Following the merger of the minor areas forward of the 2025 season, the LCP has gained growing reputation due to the consolidation of sturdy communities such because the Vietnamese fan base, alongside sturdy outcomes on the worldwide stage.
CTBC Flying Oyster (CFO) is the one staff, among the many tier-one areas, to have taken half at each First Stand and MSI. Contemplating its sturdy kind within the LCP Season Finals, the staff may develop into the primary organisation ever to have locked qualification to all three worldwide tournaments in a season for the reason that implementation of the three-split construction.
