LCK CL, 2026-03-03. The matchup was T1 Esports Academy against Nongshim Esports Academy, and the result was a win for Nongshim Esports Academy. With 17 combined kills, fights were rare, and the game lasted 31:59. When kills are scarce, the gold and objective gaps are what explain the result. The total gold gap grew to 9,297, 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. The clearest objective gap came from Towers: 9 for Nongshim Esports Academy against 4 for the other side.
The standout line on the winning side belongs to MihawK, who finished on Sejuani with a KDA of 5/0/8. 4,460 is the end-of-game gold gap SeTab built over Guti in the Mid matchup, the largest positional gap in this game. The draft started with T1 Esports Academy removing Akali and Nongshim Esports Academy removing Gwen. Those first two cards set the direction of the draft. On patch 16.3, this counts as game 4 within a series of 4.