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LCK CL2026-w17

Weekly Report · Apr 20 – 26, 2026

Published 2026-08-16 15:11

Across the week LCK CL played 10 series, and those contained 26 games. Dplus Kia Challengers lost a series they were expected to win. The gap in season win rate read 33.3% against 58.3% at the start of the week, and Kiwoom DRX Challengers still walked away with the result. Games averaged 30:36 this week against a season average of 31:51, so they finished earlier than usual. Teams that took a lead tended to close it out quickly.

Results

Team records

No side collected more series than Kiwoom DRX Challengers this week. The record reads 2 series won and 0 lost, 4-1 across games. Others came through the week without dropping a series, 3 in total: KT Rolster Challengers, Nongshim Esports Academy, T1 Esports Academy.

TeamSeriesGames
DRXKiwoom DRX Challengers2W 0L4W 1L
KTKT Rolster Challengers2W 0L4W 1L
NSNongshim Esports Academy2W 0L4W 1L
T1T1 Esports Academy2W 0L4W 1L
DNDN SOOPers Challengers1W 1L3W 3L
DKDplus Kia Challengers1W 1L3W 3L
BFXBNK FEARX Youth0W 2L2W 4L
HLEHanwha Life Esports Challengers0W 2L2W 4L
GENGen.G Global Academy0W 2L0W 4L
BROHANJIN BRION Challengers0W 2L0W 4L

Best five

Sero (Top), Sylvie (Jungle), Hwichan (Mid), Jinbeom (Bot), Pleata (Support) — the strongest weekly line at each position, 5 in total. 39/5/52, a ratio of 18.20 — that is what Hwichan recorded for KT Rolster Challengers at Mid, taking 4 of 5 games.

Weekly awards

Meta watch

The reference point for reading this meta is patch 16.8. The champion named most often in the draft was Varus, with picks and bans together reaching 100.0%. The top of that list runs Varus, Karma, Rumble. Jhin, Vi, Ashe — champions the draft used more than it did last week. Jhin moved the furthest at +30.5%p.

Patch v16.8

ChampionPresencePicksBansWin ratevs. last week
Varus100.0%22450.0%+4.0%p
Karma92.3%3210.0%+8.3%p
Rumble80.8%31833.3%-15.2%p
Nocturne76.9%31766.7%-7.1%p
Vi69.2%41450.0%+25.2%p

Best games

44:39 — the longest game of the week, taken by BNK FEARX Youth in the meeting between KT Rolster Challengers and BNK FEARX Youth. A total gold gap of 3,155 — the narrowest of the week, from Kiwoom DRX Challengers against Dplus Kia Challengers, where Kiwoom DRX Challengers came out in front.