PCS LoL
PCS is the name long-time viewers still type. Riot's 2026 international sheets label the Pacific league LCP. The team carrying that slot into Worlds is Team Secret Whales. They sit in Swiss tier 2 with Hanwha Life and Bilibili Gaming, so their round 1 opponent comes from tier 3.
What to watch instead of a PCS week
A domestic Pacific broadcast is not the October schedule. Follow TSW through Worlds, then the next LCP split when Riot posts it. Power ranking context: TSW was 12th on the 2026 Global Power Rankings at 1372 points before the event, behind the LCK and LPL favorites and ahead of several teams that still made the Swiss field.
Seeds and dates are on the Worlds page. The game version is patch 26.20.