Weekly Report · May 18 – 24, 2026

Results

• Week 8

  Dplus Kia Challengers0:2T1 Esports Academy
  • Game 1 · 35:10
  • Game 2 · 31:59

• Week 8

  DN SOOPers Challengers1:2Kiwoom DRX Challengers
  • Game 1 · 45:50
  • Game 2 · 30:56
  • Game 3 · 30:14

• Week 8

  Gen.G Global Academy0:2Hanwha Life Esports Challengers
  • Game 1 · 34:22
  • Game 2 · 43:02

• Week 8

  BNK FEARX Youth2:0HANJIN BRION Challengers
  • Game 1 · 33:34
  • Game 2 · 41:47

• Week 8

  KT Rolster Challengers1:2Nongshim Esports Academy
  • Game 1 · 26:07
  • Game 2 · 34:09
  • Game 3 · 29:57

• Week 8

  DN SOOPers Challengers2:0Hanwha Life Esports Challengers
  • Game 1 · 32:14
  • Game 2 · 28:30

• Week 8

  Gen.G Global Academy0:2Nongshim Esports Academy
  • Game 1 · 33:04
  • Game 2 · 27:58

• Week 8

  Dplus Kia Challengers2:0Kiwoom DRX Challengers
  • Game 1 · 34:36
  • Game 2 · 26:21

• Week 8

  HANJIN BRION Challengers0:2T1 Esports Academy
  • Game 1 · 30:49
  • Game 2 · 33:08

• Week 8

  BNK FEARX Youth1:2KT Rolster Challengers
  • Game 1 · 33:21
  • Game 2 · 31:54
  • Game 3 · 30:26

Team records

2 series won against 0 lost — that is the T1 Esports Academy week, which comes to 4-0 in games. The unbeaten column adds 1 more this week: Nongshim Esports Academy.

Team	Series	Games
T1 Esports Academy	2W 0L	4W 0L
Nongshim Esports Academy	2W 0L	4W 1L
BNK FEARX Youth	1W 1L	3W 2L
DN SOOPers Challengers	1W 1L	3W 2L
Dplus Kia Challengers	1W 1L	2W 2L
Hanwha Life Esports Challengers	1W 1L	2W 2L
KT Rolster Challengers	1W 1L	3W 3L
Kiwoom DRX Challengers	1W 1L	2W 3L
Gen.G Global Academy	0W 2L	0W 4L
HANJIN BRION Challengers	0W 2L	0W 4L

Best five

Haetae (Top), MihawK (Jungle), Guti (Mid), Lucy (Bot), Pleata (Support) — the strongest weekly line at each position, 5 in total. The standout line belongs to MihawK of Nongshim Esports Academy, who played 5 games at Jungle, won 4 of them, and posted a KDA of 30/10/54 for a ratio of 8.40.

• Top

  HaetaeT1 Esports Academy

  4W 0L·12/9/31 · KDA 4.78

  • Teemo
  • Sion

• Jungle

  MihawKNongshim Esports Academy

  4W 1L·30/10/54 · KDA 8.40

  • Naafiri
  • Skarner

• Mid

  GutiT1 Esports Academy

  4W 0L·30/8/32 · KDA 7.75

  • Annie
  • Ryze

• Bot

  LucyNongshim Esports Academy

  4W 1L·41/13/41 · KDA 6.31

  • Yunara
  • Ezreal

• Support

  PleataNongshim Esports Academy

  4W 1L·5/13/80 · KDA 6.54

  • Lulu
  • Rell

Weekly awards

• 

  Most kills

  41

  5 games
  Lucy
  Nongshim Esports Academy
• 

  Best KDA

  8.40

  5 games
  MihawK
  Nongshim Esports Academy
• 

  Kill participation

  84.0%

  5 games
  Quantum
  DN SOOPers Challengers
• 

  Champion pool

  6

  6 games
  FenRir
  KT Rolster Challengers

Meta watch

In patch terms this was a 16.10 week. Draft attention concentrated on Varus, Karma, Rumble. Varus sat at the front of it with a presence of 100.0%. Nocturne was picked 6 times for a win rate of 50.0%, close to an even split, so the draft attention did not translate into an edge. The sharpest rise against last week belongs to Cassiopeia, whose presence moved by +54.3%p. The same trend covers Cassiopeia, Anivia, Neeko.

Patch v16.10

Champion	Presence	Picks	Bans	Win rate	vs. last week
Varus	100.0%	0	23	–	+4.0%p
Karma	95.7%	2	20	50.0%	-0.3%p
Rumble	91.3%	3	18	0.0%	-4.7%p
Orianna	82.6%	4	15	0.0%	+10.6%p
Nocturne	78.3%	6	12	50.0%	-5.7%p

Best games

The longest game of the week was DN SOOPers Challengers against Kiwoom DRX Challengers, settled after 45:50 in favor of DN SOOPers Challengers. A total gold gap of 1,494 — the narrowest of the week, from Hanwha Life Esports Challengers against Gen.G Global Academy, where Hanwha Life Esports Challengers came out in front.

• Longest game

  45:50

  DN SOOPers ChallengersKiwoom DRX Challengers

• Closest game

  1,494 gold

  Hanwha Life Esports ChallengersGen.G Global Academy