{"id":8044,"date":"2026-02-15T15:57:41","date_gmt":"2026-02-15T10:57:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/paknews.centers.pk\/sentinels-outlast-disguised-in-lcs-lock-in-playoff-opener\/"},"modified":"2026-02-15T15:57:41","modified_gmt":"2026-02-15T10:57:41","slug":"sentinels-outlast-disguised-in-lcs-lock-in-playoff-opener","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/paknews.centers.pk\/ur\/sentinels-outlast-disguised-in-lcs-lock-in-playoff-opener\/","title":{"rendered":"Sentinels outlast Disguised in LCS Lock-In playoff opener"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<section id=\"section-0\">\n<p>Sentinels opened the playoffs on Saturday by winning a 3-2 battle with Disguised in the upper-bracket semifinals at the League Championship Series 2026 Lock-In in Los Angeles.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"section-1\">\n<p>Cloud9 faces FlyQuest on Sunday in the other semifinal, with the winner advancing to the upper-bracket final against Sentinels on Feb. 22.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"section-2\">\n<p>With the loss, Disguised dropped to the lower-bracket quarterfinals against Team Liquid, while LYON awaits the loser of the second semifinal.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"section-3\">\n<p>The six-team playoffs are double-elimination, with all matches best-of-five. The overall winner qualifies for the 2026 First Stand Tournament.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"section-4\">\n<p>The lower-bracket semifinal is Feb. 27, and the lower-bracket final is Feb. 28. The grand final is scheduled for March 1.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"section-5\">\n<p>Diguised won the opening map on Saturday in 33 minutes on red, then Sentinels drew even in 35 minutes on blue. The back-and-forth match continued with Disguised winning in 36 minutes on red, and Sentinels victorious in 32 minutes on blue.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"section-6\">\n<p>Sentinels took the decisive map in 33 minutes on blue.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"section-7\">\n<p>Ham &#8220;HamBak&#8221; Yoo-jin of South Korea paced Sentinels with a 21\/15\/42 kill-death-assist ratio, teammate Isaac &#8220;DarkWings&#8221; Chou of the United States posted a 20\/10\/29 K-D-A, and Jeong &#8220;Impact&#8221; Eon-young of South Korea had a 13\/7\/32 ratio.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"section-8\">\n<p>Cho &#8220;Castle&#8221; Hyeon-seong of South Korea led Disguised with a 19\/21\/23 K-D-A, Sajed &#8220;sajed&#8221; Ziade of the United States had an 18\/11\/20 K-D-A and Christian &#8220;KryRa&#8221; Rahaian of Canada recorded a 6\/12\/39 ratio.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"section-9\">\n<p>Match most valuable players were &#8220;HamBak,&#8221; &#8220;KryRa&#8221; and &#8220;Castle.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><\/p>\n<section id=\"section-10\">\n<p>The playoffs followed the Swiss stage featuring eight teams over three rounds of best-of-three matches, except the last-chance tiebreaker as a best-of-one. Dignitas and Shopify Rebellion were eliminated by finishing seventh and eighth in the standings.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"section-11\">\n<p>2026 Lock-In at Los Angeles prize pool<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"section-12\">\n<p>1. TBD, qualifies for First Stand Tournament<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"section-13\">\n<p>2. TBD, qualifies for America&#8217;s Cup<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"section-14\">\n<p>3. TBD, qualifies for America&#8217;s Cup<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"section-15\">\n<p>4. TBD<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"section-16\">\n<p>5. TBD<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"section-17\">\n<p>6. TBD<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"section-18\">\n<p>7. Dignitas<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"section-19\">\n<p>8. Shopify Rebellion<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><\/p>\n<section id=\"section-20\">\n<p>&#8211;Field Level Media<\/p>\n<\/section><\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/deadspin.com\/sentinels-outlast-disguised-in-lcs-lock-in-playoff-opener\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sentinels opened the playoffs on Saturday by winning a 3-2 battle with Disguised in the upper-bracket semifinals at the League Championship Series 2026 Lock-In in Los Angeles. Cloud9 faces FlyQuest on Sunday in the other semifinal, with the winner advancing to the upper-bracket final against Sentinels on Feb. 22. 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