LCK, 2026-01-16. The matchup was Dplus Kia against DN SOOPers, and the result was a win for Dplus Kia. At 25:36, the game was settled relatively early. The teams combined for 21 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 15,178, with Dplus Kia 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 9 to 0, and Dplus Kia took the larger share.

Looking at Smash, the pick was Varus and the line reads 5/2/7. The gold and damage share in the scoreboard show what kind of game it was. Comparing end-of-game gold position by position, the widest gap sits at Jungle: Lucid ahead of Pyosik by 3,715. Orianna was the first champion Dplus Kia removed, while the opening ban from DN SOOPers was Qiyana. Game 2 of the series. The series ran to 2 games in total, and the patch applied was 16.1.