LCK, 2026-01-21. The matchup was Dplus Kia against Nongshim RedForce, and the result was a win for Nongshim RedForce. At 23:56, the game was settled relatively early. The teams combined for 29 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 13,637, with Nongshim RedForce 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 RedForce finished with 9 on Towers against 1 for the opponent — the widest objective gap in this game.

Looking at Sponge, the pick was Nocturne and the line reads 7/1/9. The gold and damage share in the scoreboard show what kind of game it was. In the Mid matchup, Scout finished 4,560 gold ahead of ShowMaker. This compares end-of-game totals for the same position, so it is not a laning-phase figure on its own. The opening bans were Orianna from Dplus Kia and Malphite from Nongshim RedForce. This is game 2 of a 3-game series, played on patch 16.1.