The LCK CL match played on 2026-08-21 between T1 Esports Academy and Nongshim Esports Academy ended with a win for Nongshim Esports Academy. At 25:29, the game was settled relatively early. The teams combined for 38 kills, and in a short game the late-game sample is thin, so read the early gold and objective flow first. The total gold gap grew to 13,137, 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: 10 for Nongshim Esports Academy against 2 for the other side.

Looking at Janus, the pick was Ambessa and the line reads 9/1/8. The gold and damage share in the scoreboard show what kind of game it was. In the Bot matchup, Lucy finished 4,607 gold ahead of Cypher. This compares end-of-game totals for the same position, so it is not a laning-phase figure on its own. The draft started with T1 Esports Academy removing Cassiopeia and Nongshim Esports Academy removing Shen. Those first two cards set the direction of the draft. Game 1 of the series. The series ran to 3 games in total, and the patch applied was 16.16.