Cloud9 defeat MAD Lions at Worlds 2023

The emotions of Worlds 2023 are running high, and all the teams are giving their best to take the victories in this Swiss Stage to advance to the tournament playoffs.

After several important and surprising results on the first day of the Swiss Stage, Cloud9 prevailed against the MAD Lions for an excellent victory. This is undoubtedly excellent news for C9, their fans, and the LCS in general, as the North American squad remains at its highest competitive level, and, of course, there are great expectations regarding the participation of NA in this Worlds 2023.

On the other hand, MAD Lions disappointed in this first match of the tournament, as they could not withstand the onslaught of the North Americans at any point.

MAD Lions can’t beat Cloud9 in the debut at Worlds 2023

Cloud9 was good in this Worlds 2023 opener and took an excellent victory against LEC representative MAD Lions in 30:59 minutes. Also, we can see that it is a really low time for the quality of both teams, so we can say that MAD Lions disappointed in their debut in the tournament.

NAgt; EU pic.twitter.com/fFMfJN7HvK

— Cloud9 (@Cloud9) October 19, 2023

MAD Lions were not on their best day; that much is more than clear, as from start to finish, they were literally “lost” in the summoner’s rift and could not bring out their full potential.

C9 counters the Europeans

During the almost 31 minutes of the game, MAD Lions tried everything to be able to step forward and thus be able to hurt Cloud9. However, the North American squad was responsible for countering the Europeans to prevent their advances.

Thanks for the trade @MADLions_EN! pic.twitter.com/P3aBPg8QFg

— Cloud9 League of Legends (@C9LoL) October 19, 2023

And it is that MAD Lions began to make strange, individual plays and many mistakes from one moment to another. As a result, Cloud9 took advantage of this in a big way to completely take control of Summoner’s Rift.

Ibrahim “Fudge” Allami and Kim “Berserker” Min-cheol were at a mind-blowing level of play, as they prevented MAD Lions from even defending at all times. Likewise, it is worth noting that by the time Cloud9 defeated Baron Nashor, they managed to take full control of the game.

LCS starts strong at Worlds 2023

There is no doubt that NA fans of the LCS must be very excited by what they have seen so far from their representatives. In addition to Cloud9’s extraordinary victory over MAD Lions, we also have to highlight Team Liquid’s amazing performance in the tournament.

While it is true that Liquid lost their match on Day 1, it is worth noting that it was against T1m, one of the best LoL teams in the world. Furthermore, in their match, they had control of Summoner’s Rift in some parts of the match.

C L E A N pic.twitter.com/V4PlvelIA9

— LoL Esports (@lolesports) October 19, 2023

At the time of writing this article, the Worlds 2023 Swiss Stage Round 2 matches are being played, and unfortunately, Team Liquid lost to NRG, and Cloud9 also lost to LNG. As a result, the LCS suffered a tough fall on Day 2 of Worlds 2023.

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