LCK CL, 2026-09-08. The matchup was Nongshim Esports Academy against Dplus Kia Challengers, and the result was a win for Dplus Kia Challengers. With 20 combined kills, fights were rare, and the game lasted 26:48. When kills are scarce, the gold and objective gaps are what explain the result. The total gold gap grew to 9,150, 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. On objectives, Towers split 10 to 2, and Dplus Kia Challengers took the larger share.

A KDA of 5/0/8 is what Wayne recorded on Xayah, the strongest line among the winners. 3,778 is the end-of-game gold gap Wayne built over Lucy in the Bot matchup, the largest positional gap in this game. The draft started with Nongshim Esports Academy removing Cassiopeia and Dplus Kia Challengers removing Poppy. Those first two cards set the direction of the draft. This is game 3 of a 4-game series, played on patch 16.16.