DN SOOPers Challengers vs T1 Esports Academy — a LCK CL match played on 2026-05-14, and the win went to T1 Esports Academy. The two teams combined for 44 kills, so this was a fight-heavy game. Over 32:34 of play, that many kills means the KDA below reflects teamfight participation more than lane advantage. The total gold gap was only 1,664, so resources alone did not decide this game. T1 Esports Academy finished narrowly ahead, and in games like this a single objective or a single fight is usually what settles it. The clearest objective gap came from Dragons: 4 for T1 Esports Academy against 1 for the other side.

Looking at Painter, the pick was Xin Zhao and the line reads 11/1/8. The gold and damage share in the scoreboard show what kind of game it was. 3,150 is the end-of-game gold gap Lancer built over Haetae in the Top matchup, the largest positional gap in this game. Varus was the first champion DN SOOPers Challengers removed, while the opening ban from T1 Esports Academy was Rumble. On patch 16.9, this counts as game 1 within a series of 3.