LCK CL, 2026-02-23. The matchup was DN SOOPers Challengers against Nongshim Esports Academy, and the result was a win for Nongshim Esports Academy. At 35:54, this game ran deep into the late game. It produced 26 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 9,090, 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. On objectives, Towers split 8 to 1, and Nongshim Esports Academy took the larger share.

The standout line on the winning side belongs to Lucy, who finished on Ashe with a KDA of 7/0/5. 4,681 is the end-of-game gold gap SeTab built over Flip in the Mid matchup, the largest positional gap in this game. The opening bans were Pantheon from DN SOOPers Challengers and Orianna from Nongshim Esports Academy. Game 1 of the series. The series ran to 5 games in total, and the patch applied was 16.3.