LCK CL, 2026-03-31. The matchup was Dplus Kia Challengers against Gen.G Global Academy, and the result was a win for Dplus Kia Challengers. At 44:05, this game ran deep into the late game. It produced 39 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 was only 2,819, so resources alone did not decide this game. Dplus Kia Challengers finished narrowly ahead, and in games like this a single objective or a single fight is usually what settles it. The clearest objective gap came from Barons: 3 for Gen.G Global Academy against 0 for the other side.

The standout line on the winning side belongs to Garden, who finished on Ryze with a KDA of 10/3/6. Comparing end-of-game gold position by position, the widest gap sits at Top: Jaehyuk ahead of Ripple by 1,925. The draft started with Dplus Kia Challengers removing Rumble and Gen.G Global Academy removing Karma. Those first two cards set the direction of the draft. This is game 1 of a 2-game series, played on patch 16.6.