FlyQuest made this one look straightforward. They swept Sentinels 3-0 in their LCS Playoffs best-of-five on September 13, and Sentinels never finished a game within 7,700 gold of them. Across roughly 99 minutes of play, FLY out-killed their opponents 56 to 25 and took 22 towers to SEN's 11.

Massu carries the load

The standout name on the scoresheet is Massu. The ADC finished the series 23/6/21, and his opening game on Kalista was arguably the best individual performance of the day: 11/4/4 with 34,928 damage and a hand in every one of FLY's 15 kills. He followed it with a deathless 7/0/8 on Ziggs, then a steadier 5/2/9 on Lucian to close things out.

He had plenty of help. Cryogen racked up 47 assists over the three games, and Gryffinn's 7/1/9 Pantheon in the final game gave FLY a jungle threat that SEN seemingly couldn't contain. Gakgos also cycled through Rumble, Jayce and Twisted Fate in the top lane without the results dropping off, a flexibility that can only help FLY as the playoffs go on.

A rough day for SEN

The second game told the story most bluntly. FLY won it 19 kills to 3, and four of their five players ended it without a single death; only Cryogen fell, three times. Impact went 0/6/0 on Yorick and was involved in none of his team's kills, while SEN's whole roster managed only 13,259 damage on its highest-dealing player, DARKWINGS on Ryze.

SEN were not without moments in the data. DARKWINGS put up 32,515 damage on Viktor in the opener, Rahel carried a 7/4/4 Miss Fortune line in game three, and Sentinels took a Baron in each of the last two games and three dragons in the first. None of it was enough to turn the gold or tower totals their way, and game three's 7-6 tower count was the closest they came to parity in any objective column that decides games.

For FLY, a clean sweep is the kind of result that sharpens expectations. They played all three games on blue side and never looked stretched on the final numbers, with no game running past 35:34. The question now is whether this level, and Massu's form in particular, carries into the next round of the LCS Playoffs.