Nongshim Esports Academy took this one. It was a LCK CL fixture played on 2026-01-20 between HANJIN BRION Challengers and Nongshim Esports Academy. With 13 combined kills, fights were rare, and the game lasted 33:08. When kills are scarce, the gold and objective gaps are what explain the result. The total gold gap grew to 8,980, 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 10 on Towers against 3 for the opponent — the widest objective gap in this game.

The standout line on the winning side belongs to MihawK, who finished on Nocturne with a KDA of 4/1/5. In the Jungle matchup, MihawK finished 3,389 gold ahead of Dinai. 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 HANJIN BRION Challengers removing Varus and Nongshim Esports Academy removing Malphite. Those first two cards set the direction of the draft. This is game 1 of a 2-game series, played on patch 16.1.