The LCK CL match played on 2026-05-12 between Dplus Kia Challengers and HANJIN BRION Challengers ended with a win for Dplus Kia Challengers. With 15 combined kills, fights were rare, and the game lasted 27:14. When kills are scarce, the gold and objective gaps are what explain the result. The total gold gap grew to 12,548, with Dplus Kia 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. The clearest objective gap came from Towers: 11 for Dplus Kia Challengers against 1 for the other side.

A KDA of 4/0/4 is what Sharvel recorded on Xin Zhao, the strongest line among the winners. Comparing end-of-game gold position by position, the widest gap sits at Jungle: Sharvel ahead of Dinai by 4,517. Rumble was the first champion Dplus Kia Challengers removed, while the opening ban from HANJIN BRION Challengers was Varus. On patch 16.9, this counts as game 1 within a series of 2.