A clear thing for Team Liquid: The new line-up around ex-TSM star Søren "Bjergsen" Bjerg wins the title for the season opener in the North American League of Legends tournament LCS Lock In with a 3: 0 against Evil Geniuses.

"It was very nice for me to play," Liquid's new botlaner Steven "Hans sama" Liv said in an interview after the game. "Sometimes we didn't play it completely clean, but I'm happy about my first title." EG had beaten Liquid once in the group stage, but found no way against the co-favorite in the final. Liquid lost only two matches in the whole tournament and also showed an almost flawless performance in the final at the end.

In the preparatory tournament before the real start of the league, many teams competed only with their second teams. Liquid also had changed lineups, as the team would otherwise have crossed the foreign border due to a still missing green card for support Yong-in "CoreJJ" Jo.