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LCK2026-w18

Weekly Report · Apr 27 – May 3, 2026

Published 2026-08-16 15:08

23 games — that is what the LCK week added up to, spread across 10 series. The upset of the week belongs to HANJIN BRION, who took the series against KT Rolster. Going into the week the two sides carried season win rates of 12.5% and 71.4%. Games averaged 31:21 this week, close to the season average of 32:11. Game length alone does not mark this week out.

Results

Team records

The best week belongs to HANJIN BRION: 2 series won and 0 lost, or 4-0 once you count individual games. Hanwha Life Esports, Gen.G — also unbeaten this week, 2 in total, with every series won.

TeamSeriesGames
BROHANJIN BRION2W 0L4W 0L
HLEHanwha Life Esports2W 0L4W 1L
GENGen.G2W 0L4W 2L
DKDplus Kia1W 1L3W 2L
DRXKiwoom DRX1W 1L3W 2L
T1T11W 1L3W 2L
BFXBNK FEARX1W 1L2W 2L
DNDN SOOPers0W 2L0W 4L
KTKT Rolster0W 2L0W 4L
NSNongshim RedForce0W 2L0W 4L

Best five

Picking the best player at each position leaves 5 in total this week: Casting (Top), GIDEON (Jungle), Zeka (Mid), Teddy (Bot), Namgung (Support). The standout line belongs to Casting of HANJIN BRION, who played 4 games at Top, won 4 of them, and posted a KDA of 12/2/31 for a ratio of 21.50.

Weekly awards

Meta watch

Almost every game this week was played on patch 16.8. Orianna, Rumble, Varus — the champions the draft returned to most this week. Orianna led the way at 100.0%. Jayce 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. Lucian, Milio, Ahri — champions the draft used more than it did last week. Lucian moved the furthest at +37.9%p.

Patch v16.8

ChampionPresencePicksBansWin ratevs. last week
Orianna100.0%1220.0%+9.5%p
Rumble95.7%31933.3%-4.3%p
Varus91.3%1200.0%+0.8%p
Karma87.0%31766.7%+6.0%p
Jayce65.2%6950.0%+3.3%p

Best games

The longest game of the week was KT Rolster against HANJIN BRION, settled after 40:46 in favor of HANJIN BRION. A total gold gap of 5,857 — the narrowest of the week, from Kiwoom DRX against Gen.G, where Kiwoom DRX came out in front.