Week 9 saw the conclusion of the NA LCS regular season and now, only the playoffs remain. Two tie breakers concluded the week. Team Liquid and Team 8 faced off for a spot in the playoffs and Counter Logic Gaming took on Cloud9 for a round bye in the playoffs.

Here's what the standings looked like after the dust settled:

Team SoloMid (13-5) Cloud9 (13-6) Counter Logic Gaming (12-7) Team Impulse (11-7) Gravity (10-8) Team Liquid (10-9) Team 8 (9-10) Winterfox (7-11) Team Dignitas (6-12) Team Coast (1-17)

Relegation/Promotion Tournament

It was confirmed coming into Week 9 that the bottom three teams were destined for auto relegation or promotion tournament. Team Coast ended their season on a 16 game losing streak, while Winterfox ended their season on a high note, going 2-0 for the first time since Week 4. Winterfox will need to build off this slight bit of momentum going into the promotion tournament.

Playoff Picture

A tie breaker game between Cloud9 and Counter Logic Gaming determined the outcome of the top NA standings. Cloud9 defeated their opponents in just 27 minutes and secured a first round bye in the playoffs. Counter Logic Gaming, on the other hand, will have to face Team Liquid in the first round. Piglet, in his post match interview, had some strong words for Doublelift making this a must watch series.

Team Liquid secured a playoff spot by defeating Team 8 in their tie breaker on Sunday. Team 8 could not get it together for the last week of the season. They were handed two straight losses in less than 35 minutes, dropped every game and went 0-3 on the week.

Team Liquid will need to build on their 2-1 performance if they want to defeat Counter Logic Gaming in the first round. Liquid barely managed to force the tie breaker, dropping a game to Winterfox on Day 1. Liquid will need to be better come playoff time.

Stat Lines

The top performers for the NA LCS regular season have been determined. Lustboy topped the charts, finishing first in kill participation (78.5 percent), first in total assists (205), and top 5 in KDA ratio (6.5). Bjergsen was also a notable name in the top performers finishing second in KDA ratio (6.8), third in total kills (92), and third in kill participation (76.4 percent).

With stat stuffers like Lustboy and Bjergsen on their team, it was no surprise that Team SoloMid ended the season atop the standings. They finished the season dominating the stat lines, averaging the highest KDA ratio (5.07), gold per minute (1733.37) and gold per match (65500.56).

Paul Park is a writer for theScore eSports. You can follow him on Twitter.