LCK2026-w21
Weekly Report · May 18 – 24, 2026
Published 2026-08-16 15:08
25 games — that is what the LCK week added up to, spread across 10 series. Games averaged 30:51 this week against a season average of 31:54, so they finished earlier than usual. Teams that took a lead tended to close it out quickly.
Results
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Team records
2 series won against 0 lost — that is the Gen.G week, which comes to 4-0 in games. Others came through the week without dropping a series, 3 in total: Hanwha Life Esports, T1, Dplus Kia.
| Team | Series | Games |
|---|---|---|
 Gen.G | 2W 0L | 4W 0L |
 Hanwha Life Esports | 2W 0L | 4W 1L |
 T1 | 2W 0L | 4W 1L |
 Dplus Kia | 2W 0L | 4W 2L |
 Kiwoom DRX | 1W 1L | 3W 2L |
 KT Rolster | 1W 1L | 2W 3L |
 Nongshim RedForce | 0W 2L | 2W 4L |
 BNK FEARX | 0W 2L | 1W 4L |
 HANJIN BRION | 0W 2L | 1W 4L |
 DN SOOPers | 0W 2L | 0W 4L |
Best five
Kiin (Top), Canyon (Jungle), Chovy (Mid), Ruler (Bot), Duro (Support) — the strongest weekly line at each position, 5 in total. 8/4/29, a ratio of 9.25 — that is what Kiin recorded for Gen.G at Top, taking 4 of 4 games.
Weekly awards
Meta watch
In patch terms this was a 16.10 week. Draft attention concentrated on Varus, Cassiopeia, Orianna. Varus sat at the front of it with a presence of 96.0%. Karma turned that attention into results, winning 85.7% across 7 picks — this week it paid to have the pick. Compared with last week Nautilus gained +35.3%p in presence, and the rising group runs Nautilus, Cassiopeia, Lee Sin.
Patch v16.10
| Champion | Presence | Picks | Bans | Win rate | vs. last week |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Varus | 96.0% | 1 | 23 | 0.0% | -4.0%p |
 Cassiopeia | 92.0% | 4 | 19 | 50.0% | +33.7%p |
 Orianna | 84.0% | 3 | 18 | 33.3% | -7.7%p |
 Jarvan IV | 72.0% | 5 | 13 | 60.0% | +9.5%p |
 Karma | 68.0% | 7 | 10 | 85.7% | +9.7%p |
Best games
41:06 — the longest game of the week, taken by Dplus Kia in the meeting between Dplus Kia and HANJIN BRION. Dplus Kia and HANJIN BRION finished within 2,716 of each other in total gold, the tightest game of the week, and Dplus Kia took it.
Longest game
41:06
Closest game
2,716 gold