LCK CL2026-w36

Weekly Report · Aug 31 – Sep 6, 2026

Published 2026-09-07 08:05Updated 2026-09-12 08:15

8 games — that is what the LCK CL week added up to, spread across 2 series. Games averaged 29:21 this week against a season average of 31:42, 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 KT Rolster Challengers this week. The record reads 1 series won and 0 lost, 3-0 across games.

TeamSeriesGames
KTKT Rolster Challengers1W 0L3W 0L
NSNongshim Esports Academy1W 0L3W 2L
DNDN SOOPers Challengers0W 1L2W 3L
DRXKiwoom DRX Challengers0W 1L0W 3L

Best five

Sero (Top), Sylvie (Jungle), Hwichan (Mid), FenRir (Bot), Pleata (Support) — the strongest weekly line at each position, 5 in total. 16/3/31, a ratio of 15.67 — that is what Sylvie recorded for KT Rolster Challengers at Jungle, taking 3 of 3 games.

Weekly awards

Meta watch

Almost every game this week was played on patch 16.16. Nocturne, Vi, Akali — the champions the draft returned to most this week. Nocturne led the way at 100.0%. Neeko, Ezreal, 로크 — champions the draft used more than it did last week. Neeko moved the furthest at +25.0%p.

Patch v16.16

ChampionPresencePicksBansWin ratevs. last week
Nocturne100.0%17100.0%+27.3%p
Vi100.0%17100.0%+54.6%p
Akali100.0%170.0%+72.7%p
Cassiopeia100.0%08–±0.0%p
Syndra62.5%140.0%-28.4%p

Best games

DN SOOPers Challengers and Nongshim Esports Academy played the longest game of the week. It ran 38:34 and ended with DN SOOPers Challengers ahead. DN SOOPers Challengers and Nongshim Esports Academy finished within 3,177 of each other in total gold, the tightest game of the week, and DN SOOPers Challengers took it.