Liquid Roll Over Undefeated Evil Geniuses In LCS Lock In Final

Team Liquid have dethroned fast-growing North American darlings Evil Geniuses, delivering breakout star Joseph “jojopyun” Pyun and his team a quick-fire 3-0 defeat in the LCS Lock In grand final. The Sunday victory nets them $150k and early 2022 silverware.

• Team Liquid claim their second Lock In title
• Preseason champs hand Evil Geniuses first 2022 loss
• Cloud9, Dignitas round out top four

The LCS 2022 Lock In preseason tournament certainly delivered the action as the 2022 League of Legends season gets underway in earnest in North America.

Team Liquid have emerged as eventual victors, defending their 2021 preseason title with a three-game win over Evil Geniuses. The EG roster, led by breakout starlet Jojopyun, quickly became the must-watch roster of the tournament, but couldn’t get the job done against TL’s veteran squad in the decider.

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Despite their 0-3 loss, however, Evil Geniuses had a strong start to their year, topping Group B undefeated and smashing Cloud9 — albeit without their full roster — in a three-game landslide in the semifinals.

Earlier in the event, Dignitas stunned reigning champs 100 Thieves in the quarterfinals, and TSM disappointed with a group stage exit.

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Here’s all the action from the LCS 2022 Lock In preseason event, including all the group stage and elimination game results, final placements, team rosters, and plenty more.

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LCS 2022 Lock In final placements

Placement	Team	Prize Money (USD)
1	Team Liquid	$150,000
2	Evil Geniuses	$0
3-4	Cloud9
	Dignitas
5-8	100 Thieves
	FlyQuest
	CLG
	Golden Guardians
9-10	TSM
	Immortals

LCS 2022 Lock In groups

The North American preseason Lock In tournament saw the league’s ten franchised teams split into two five-org groups. They then plaedy a single round-robin to eliminate one team from each group and determined knockout seedings.

Group A standings

Placement	Team	Record
1	100 Thieves	3-1
2	Cloud9	3-1
3	FlyQuest	2-2
4	Golden Guardians	1-3
5	TSM	1-3

Group B standings

Placement	Team	Record
1	Evil Geniuses	4-0
2	Team Liquid	3-1
3	CLG	2-2
4	Dignitas	1-3
5	Immortals	0-4

LCS 2022 Lock In results

Group Stage results: January 14-22

Date	Match	PT	ET	GMT
January 14	TSM 0-1 100 Thieves	12:30PM	3:30PM	8:30PM
	Golden Guardians 0-1 Cloud9	1:30PM	4:30PM	9:30PM
	TSM 1-0 FlyQuest	2:30PM	5:30PM	10:30PM
	Golden Guardians 0-1 100 Thieves	3:30PM	6:30PM	11:30PM
	FlyQuest 0-1 Cloud9	4:30PM	7:30PM	12:30AM

January 15	Liquid 1-0 Dignitas	11:30AM	2:30PM	7:30PM
	Immortals 0-1 CLG	12:30PM	3:30PM	8:30PM
	Evil Geniuses 1-0 Liquid	1:30PM	4:30PM	9:30PM
	Immortals 0-1 Dignitas	2:30PM	5:30PM	10:30PM
	Evil Geniuses 1-0 CLG	3:30PM	6:30PM	11:30PM

January 16	FlyQuest 1-0 100 Thieves	10:30AM	1:30PM	6:30PM
	Liquid 1-0 CLG	11:30AM	2:30PM	7:30PM
	TSM 0-1 Cloud9	12:30PM	3:30PM	8:30PM
	Evil Geniuses 1-0 Immortals	1:30PM	4:30PM	9:30PM
	Golden Guardians 0-1 FlyQuest	2:30PM	5:30PM	10:30PM

January 21	CLG 1-0 Dignitas	12:30PM	3:30PM	8:30PM
	Cloud9 0-1 100 Thieves	1:30PM	4:30PM	9:30PM
	Liquid 1-0 Immortals	2:30PM	5:30PM	10:30PM
	TSM 0-1 Golden Guardians	3:30PM	6:30PM	11:30PM
	Evil Geniuses 1-0 Dignitas	4:30PM	7:30PM	12:30AM

Quarterfinals: January 22-23

Date	Match	PT	ET	GMT
January 22	100 Thieves 0-2 Dignitas	11:30AM	2:30PM	7:30PM
	Liquid 2-0 FlyQuest	2:30PM	5:30PM	10:30PM

January 23	Evil Geniuses 2-0 Golden Guardians	11:30AM	2:30PM	7:30PM
	Cloud9 2-1 CLG	2:30PM	5:30PM	10:30PM

Semifinals: January 28-29

Date	Match	PT	ET	GMT
January 28	Dignitas 1-3 Liquid	12:30PM	3:30PM	8:30PM
January 29	Evil Geniuses 3-0 Cloud9	12:30PM	3:30PM	8:30PM

Grand Final: January 30

Date	Match	PT	ET	GMT
January 30	Liquid 3-0 Evil Geniuses	10:30AM	1:30PM	6:30PM

Visa issues plague Lock In rosters

All ten competing LCS teams played with varying degress of their starting lineups at Lock In. TSM and Golden Guardians fielded their academy rosters for the duration of the tournament, as Visa issues and the ongoing global health crisis have meant certain international players had been unable to reach LA on time for the start of the Lock In.

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Cloud9 coach Nick ‘LS’ De Cesare confirmed on a Twitch stream multiple members of Cloud9’s official LCS roster would be unable to attend the tournament. Darshan, Zven, and Isles played the event as starters instead.

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Dignitas replaced jungler Kim ‘River’ Dong-woo with academy jungler Lawrence ‘eXyu’ Xu for their earliest games. River returned for quarterfinals.

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CoreJJ is yet to secure his green card for NA residency, putting Liquid in a tight spot for LCS 2022 Lock In.

Team Liquid also had Visa issues, with support CoreJJ unable to acquire a green card in time to gain resident status for the Lock In, according to a report by Upcomer. Without CoreJJ’s residency, the team currently has three imports in top laner Gabriël ‘Bwipo’ Rau, AD Carry Steven ‘Hans sama’ Liv, and CoreJJ.

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Rather than simply using their academy bot lane, the team played Hans sama and CoreJJ on a rotational basis. Hans sama played with academy support Bill ‘Eyla’ Nguyen, and CoreJJ was partnered with academy ADC Sean ‘Yeon’ Sung.

LCS 2022 Lock In teams

Team	Top	Jungle	Mid	AD Carry	Support
100 Thieves	Ssumday/Tenacity	Closer	Abbedagge	FBI	Huhi
Cloud9	Summit	Blaber	Fudge	Berserker	Winsome/Isles
CLG	Jenkins	Contractz	Palafox	Luger	Poome
Dignitas	FakeGod	eXyu	Blue	Neo	Biofrost
Evil Geniuses	Impact	Inspired	Jojopyun	Danny	Vulcan
FlyQuest	Kumo	Josedeodo	Toucouille	Johnsun	Aphromoo
Golden Guardians	Tony Top	Iconic	ry0ma	Stixxay	Chime
Immortals	Revenge	Xerxe	PowerOfEvil	WildTurtle	Destiny
Team Liquid	Bwipo	Santorin	Bjergsen	Hans Sama/Yeon	CoreJJ/Eyla
TSM	V1per	Hyper	Takeover	Instinct	Yursan