LCK CL, 2026-01-12. The matchup was Nongshim Esports Academy against DN SOOPers Challengers, and the result was a win for Nongshim Esports Academy. 36 combined kills over 30:17 places this game inside the usual league range. The figures below are not skewed toward any single phase of the game. The total gold gap grew to 11,662, 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. Nongshim Esports Academy finished with 9 on Towers against 1 for the opponent — the widest objective gap in this game.

The standout line on the winning side belongs to Lucy, who finished on Varus with a KDA of 13/3/3. 5,325 is the end-of-game gold gap Lucy built over Enosh in the Bot matchup, the largest positional gap in this game. Rumble was the first champion Nongshim Esports Academy removed, while the opening ban from DN SOOPers Challengers was Neeko. On patch 16.1, this counts as game 1 within a series of 2.