The LCK CL match played on 2026-01-26 between Nongshim Esports Academy and Hanwha Life Esports Challengers ended with a win for Nongshim Esports Academy. 27 combined kills over 30:29 places this game inside the usual league range. The figures below are not skewed toward any single phase of the game. The total gold gap grew to 14,449, with Nongshim Esports Academy ahead. At that size the item tiers differ, so the late-game combat figures should be read as numbers produced after the gap opened. Nongshim Esports Academy finished with 9 on Towers against 1 for the opponent — the widest objective gap in this game.

A KDA of 8/1/7 is what SeTab recorded on Akali, the strongest line among the winners. Comparing end-of-game gold position by position, the widest gap sits at Mid: SeTab ahead of Cracker by 4,874. Poppy was the first champion Nongshim Esports Academy removed, while the opening ban from Hanwha Life Esports Challengers was Varus. Game 2 of the series. The series ran to 3 games in total, and the patch applied was 16.2.