The 2014 NA LCS season was the second year of the
North American ''League of Legends'' Championship Series. It was divided into spring and summer splits, each consisting of a regular season and playoff stage. The top six teams from the regular season advanced to the playoff stage, with the top two teams receiving a
bye to the semifinals. Regular season games were played in
Riot Games' studio in
Sawtelle, Los Angeles
Sawtelle is a district in the Westside of the city of Los Angeles, California, partially within the West Los Angeles subregion. It was established in 1899 and named after a manager of the Pacific Land Company who was initially responsible fo ...
.
The spring split began on January 16 and concluded on April 20 with the spring finals, which
Cloud9
Cloud9 Esports, Inc., or simply Cloud9 (C9), is an American professional esports company based in Santa Monica, California. The company was originally founded as a professional ''League of Legends'' team by Jack and Paullie Etienne in May 2013 ...
won with the same roster from the previous split:
Balls,
Meteos,
Hai,
Sneaky and
LemonNation
Daerek Hart, better known as LemonNation, is a ''League of Legends'' player, formerly the support for OpTic Gaming of the NA LCS (NA LCS). During his time on Cloud9, Hart played the support role, winning the North American League of Legends Cham ...
.
The summer split began on May 23 and concluded with
Team SoloMid
Team SoloMid (TSM) is a professional esports organization based in the United States. It was founded in September 2009 by Andy "Reginald" Dinh. TSM currently fields players in ''League of Legends'', ''Dota 2'', '' Apex Legends'', '' Valorant'' ...
winning their second NA LCS title on September 1, with a roster consisting of
Dyrus
Marcus Hill (born March 30, 1992), better known as Dyrus, is an American Twitch streamer and former professional player of the multiplayer online battle arena (MOBA) game ''League of Legends''. Dyrus was the top laner for Team SoloMid (TSM) fo ...
,
Amazing,
Bjergsen
Søren Bjerg (born February 21, 1996), better known as Bjergsen (), is a Danish professional ''League of Legends'' player for 100 Thieves. He previously played for Team Liquid and Team SoloMid, spending seven years as the starting mid laner for ...
,
WildTurtle
Jason Tran, better known as WildTurtle, is a Canadian professional ''League of Legends'' player who is the bot laner for Team SoloMid of the LCS. He previously played for Cloud9, CLG, Immortals, and FlyQuest. WildTurtle played in the 2013, 201 ...
and
Lustboy. The summer split also saw the introduction of Riot Games' official
fantasy league, the Fantasy LCS.
Team SoloMid, Cloud9 and
LMQ qualified for the
2014 World Championship by placing first, second and third respectively in the summer playoffs.
Spring
Regular season
Playoffs
Summer
Regular season
Playoffs
References
{{League of Legends Championship Series
League of Legends Championship Series seasons
North American League of Legends Championship
North American League of Legends Championship
North American League of Legends Championship