Hanwha Life Esports Challengers took this one. It was a LCK CL fixture played on 2026-04-13 between Nongshim Esports Academy and Hanwha Life Esports Challengers. At 40:35, this game ran deep into the late game. It produced 31 combined kills, and in long games per-minute figures such as DPM and CSM get pulled toward the average, so read them next to the totals. The total gold gap grew to 14,340, with Hanwha Life Esports Challengers ahead. At that size the item tiers differ, so the late-game combat figures should be read as numbers produced after the gap opened. On objectives, Towers split 9 to 4, and Hanwha Life Esports Challengers took the larger share.

The standout line on the winning side belongs to Panther, who finished on Renekton with a KDA of 8/0/6. Comparing end-of-game gold position by position, the widest gap sits at Jungle: Jackal ahead of MihawK by 4,988. The draft started with Nongshim Esports Academy removing Rumble and Hanwha Life Esports Challengers removing Varus. Those first two cards set the direction of the draft. On patch 16.7, this counts as game 1 within a series of 2.