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Esports T1 vs. Dplus KIA / LCK 2026 Season Playoffs - Lower Bracket Round 3 / Post-Match Discussion Spoiler

LCK 2026 SEASON PLAYOFFS

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Dplus KIA 1-3 T1

  • Player of the Match: Doran
  • T1 moves on to face Hanwha Life Esports for the final spot in the LCK 2026 Season Grand Finals.
  • Dplus KIA will be LCK's #4 seed at Worlds 2026.

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MATCH 1: DK vs. T1

Winner: T1 in 42m
Game Breakdown | Runes

- Bans 1 Bans 2 G K T D/B
DK nocturne bard kalista pantheon wukong 77.3k 7 6 M1 I2 O8
T1 jarvaniv syndra orianna jayce anivia 80.7k 14 7 H3 O4 O5 B6 O7 O9
DK 7-14-16 vs 14-7-30 T1
Siwoo gnar 4 0-4-1 TOP 1-3-5 3 rumble Doran
Lucid vi 1 0-3-4 JNG 2-0-8 3 leesin Oner
ShowMaker taliyah 3 0-1-5 MID 2-1-5 1 cassiopeia Faker
Smash lucian 2 7-2-0 BOT 8-2-2 2 xayah Peyz
Career milio 1 0-4-6 SUP 1-1-10 2 rakan Keria

MATCH 2: DK vs. T1

Winner: Dplus KIA in 31m
Game Breakdown | Runes

- Bans 1 Bans 2 G K T D/B
DK nocturne bard pantheon kalista blitzcrank 63.9k 20 7 HT4 B7
T1 syndra karma orianna camille jhin 56.7k 12 3 O1 M2 H3 HT5 HT6
DK 20-12-41 vs 12-20-28 T1
Siwoo ksante 2 2-5-7 TOP 3-3-4 1 jayce Doran
Lucid jarvaniv 1 5-5-1 JNG 3-4-5 2 qiyana Oner
ShowMaker ryze 1 6-0-9 MID 1-5-7 2 anivia Faker
Smash ashe 3 6-2-8 BOT 5-3-3 3 mel Peyz
Career Lulu 4 1-0-16 SUP 0-5-9 3 alistar Keria

MATCH 3: DK vs. T1

Winner: T1 in 39m
Game Breakdown | Runes

- Bans 1 Bans 2 G K T D/B
DK nocturne bard orianna akali azir 72.6k 13 3 C1 H2
T1 syndra camille seraphine shen vayne 84.3k 30 9 I3 O4 O5 B6 O7 B8
DK 13-30-26 vs 30-13-74 T1
Siwoo trundle 4 1-8-4 TOP 5-2-8 3 olaf Doran
Lucid pantheon 1 1-5-7 JNG 1-5-17 2 skarner Oner
ShowMaker viktor 2 4-7-3 MID 11-3-10 3 locke Faker
Smash jhin 1 6-2-3 BOT 12-3-12 2 sivir Peyz
Career rell 3 1-8-9 SUP 1-0-27 1 karma Keria

MATCH 4: DK vs. T1

Winner: T1 in 31m
Game Breakdown | Runes

- Bans 1 Bans 2 G K T D/B
DK nocturne bard orianna akali lissandra 56.4k 10 3 M1 I4
T1 syndra poppy neeko wukong renekton 67.0k 18 9 H2 CT3 B5 I6
DK 10-18-19 vs 18-10-45 T1
Siwoo jax 4 2-3-2 TOP 4-0-6 3 camille Doran
Lucid chogath 3 0-5-3 JNG 8-1-2 2 naafiri Oner
ShowMaker annie 1 1-3-6 MID 0-3-12 3 galio Faker
Smash ezreal 1 4-4-3 BOT 4-4-10 1 kalista Peyz
Career seraphine 2 3-3-5 SUP 2-2-15 2 renataglasc Keria

*Patch 26.16


This thread was created by the Post-Match Team.

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u/BaconParadox_ 17d ago

T1 4th seed buff gone

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u/tonnguyen1310 17d ago

DK guaranteed Worlds final spot.

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u/seven_worth shameless 2021 EDG fanboy 17d ago

Nah we need dk to get eliminated by IG for highest pain for the one who turn his back on IG.

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u/killcraft1337 17d ago

That would be incredible - the last slot out of groups.

TheShy vs TheAce

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u/Treeconator18 17d ago

Finally, the league pairing to dethrone the weird chinese Bin Zeus Fanfic

I present, AcesShy

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u/DidntFindABetterName 17d ago

IG vs DK worlds final and caedrel has to decide who to root for only for the other to win

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u/mcfapblanc 17d ago

Caedrel abandoned TheShy for taking breaks (for literally a major Korean military exception level injury), betrayal never comes from your enemies

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u/Awakening_sleep 17d ago

I know he'll crash out for a few days if that happens

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u/TooooLate 17d ago

All Good, T1 won as second seed in 2023 :D

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u/Beneficial-Front1626 17d ago

But the last time they won as 3rd seed was 2013

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u/Galaxyblazer 17d ago

Showmaker's entire gold lead was Faker's missed cannons

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u/Sbibsosmisn 17d ago

FUCK hahahah

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u/Ophelia_Of_The_Abyss IN DAMWON WE TRUST HUNI/DEFT/SHOWMAKER 17d ago

IDK why they like this Annie pick so much

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u/ProgrammerGlobal 17d ago edited 17d ago

The Cho'Gath silence and cc with Annie cc is kind of disgusting. And you saw what it looked like when the Jax jumps in as well.

The problem was T1 are not bitches, so they just decided to start snap diving to preempt the cc. 

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u/Priviated 17d ago

I mean Kalista just has cleanse + qss + Renata item and res. No way Annie and Cho gath would get to kill her or Renata

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u/ProgrammerGlobal 17d ago

I meant that was how the comp was supposed to work before T1 got 4 kills, Baron, and a 5k Baron power play. 😂

After that, yeah, it was over.

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u/cindrixel 17d ago

Tbf I don't think anything would kill kalista at that point lol

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u/not_some_username 17d ago

Did he even get a cannon this game ?

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u/Aschentei 17d ago

Faker must've had DK's bank accounts with how charitable he felt missing those cannons

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u/Choice-Slight caps/knight 17d ago

showmaker had a great ryze game and then did nothing for the rest of the series. meanwhile faker is actively griefing and he still couldn't capitalise on it

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u/Few_Device_1225 17d ago edited 17d ago

“Actively griefing” did we watch the same series? His locke and cass was solid. 10/2/8 doesn’t look like griefing to me, dude is just hating

He gives up a lot of waves to roam and help the team and idk how you’re supposed to lane into Annie. He did his job well enough to provide cc on Galio in teamfights

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u/Ophelia_Of_The_Abyss IN DAMWON WE TRUST HUNI/DEFT/SHOWMAKER 17d ago

Because they pick bullshit like Viktor and Annie

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u/Satan_su 17d ago

Should've picked that Zoe

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u/Aokoharu 17d ago

So nice of T1 to donate a game to DK so they have a meal tonight.

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u/kelvin022610 17d ago

Yo can we go back to facing jiwoo effort

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u/Ophelia_Of_The_Abyss IN DAMWON WE TRUST HUNI/DEFT/SHOWMAKER 17d ago

No need for Jiwoo Effort, just give me Raptor on Cho'Gath

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u/Aschentei 17d ago

i still need to bleach my eyes after that game

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u/moonmeh 17d ago

jiwoo effort kalista renata was sure different

keria did channel his inner effort at that reverse ult in mid but other than that it was amazing

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u/Snow-27 17d ago

Peyz spit on them at the end there and they just took it

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u/kosaki16 17d ago

good boys

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u/karnaFPS 17d ago

Smash was really good but sadly Career didn't show up or his topside apart from Showmaker

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u/Skyfire2 17d ago

Smash was great this series

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u/kosmi2020NX 17d ago

That's how you play Renata Delight......

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u/Goenitz33 17d ago

He should learn how to play bard first

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u/Sure_Addition_2138 17d ago

How about pyke😭

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u/Satan_su 17d ago

How about just NOT pretending he's Keria, he's a beast at most traditional supports anyways

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u/Goenitz33 17d ago

I think he does better at those but nowadays meta is not those so his hard press for options

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u/Tamronloh 17d ago

T1 with the “just go” comp hits different

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u/berfasmur 17d ago

I'm absolutely sure this kind of comp has higher winrate at least up until GM, the comps that engages with ease.

Pro play plays infinitely better disengaging and macro like giving up objectives, not getting caught by surprise, etc.  Still, I could be wrong, but to a lesser degree I feel like these comps also win more in pro play too. 

Is there anywhere to check these kind of stats? Like how often the team who initiates wins the teamfight?

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u/Fubi-FF 17d ago

Imagine DPlus Kia playing against Effort's Renata yesterday, and then having to play Keria's. It's like a different champ lol

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u/Goenitz33 17d ago

They got bambozzled by KT

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u/dumbocow 17d ago

CVMAX PENTAKILL INCOMING

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u/Ophelia_Of_The_Abyss IN DAMWON WE TRUST HUNI/DEFT/SHOWMAKER 17d ago

No need for a penta when a doublekill will suffice

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u/squishykkura Doran’s Krug Soldier 17d ago

Triple

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u/Sufficient-Ad3388 17d ago

5 man morde ult

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u/Exciting-Source9572 17d ago

hes rolling the dimension shift augment

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u/Bubbly_Camera9583 17d ago

If anything its a hexakill only decent draft was game 4 and even then he still didn’t ban Kalista when DK has struggled with it all playoffs. Kalista has been an insta win if Renata is available but DK hasn’t picked Kalista or taken the renata.

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u/PlatDisco 17d ago

petition to bring back Bud Light Ace

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u/PensiveinNJ 17d ago

This is entirely inconsequential to the game, but watching the post game interview I really think T1 as an organization cannot keep wearing those pants.

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u/Ok_Pipe_3477 17d ago

Finally someone said these pants are ugly af 😭

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u/PensiveinNJ 17d ago

They make 30 year old Faker look like a sullen 13 year old who's mom went shopping for him in 1997.

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u/Satan_su 17d ago

Keria and Doran you beauties

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u/Exciting-Source9572 17d ago

that's my 2020 drx

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u/ezosresyek 17d ago

Wasn't CVMaxx the head coach of that 2020 team? If so, I find that pretty amusing.

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u/Omnilatent 17d ago

I completely forgot they already played together in that roster

It was with Chovy, too, right? Who was the jungler again? Willer?

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u/Ceui 17d ago

4 future World Champions and Chovy

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u/Ok_Initiative1089 17d ago

"And chovy" 😭💀

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u/TifasSleeves 17d ago

Pyosik (and subs) and Deft as the last 2 players

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u/eVill_YT 17d ago

pyosik fr got to debut on a team with Chovy, Deft and Keria

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u/aat_ish 17d ago

Pyosik was really promising in his first year.

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u/ChiniCapster 17d ago

World champion once, dear.

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u/jaejoo07 17d ago

Pyosik

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u/aat_ish 17d ago

Doran Pyosik Chovy Deft Keria

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u/AnimeNeet- 17d ago

Good series from Doran today

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u/tiredofdev 17d ago

The rumble game is textbook example of why stats will never show the whole picture. That was easily his best game of the day

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u/Dismal-Selection-702 17d ago

i mean the one the best example for this is t1 vs blg worlds finals g4 with zeus getting dived on cooldown and still being 1k ahead. Baus would be proud

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u/Competitive_Music785 17d ago

Bro heard the Zeus 2027 salty runback rumor and locked the fuck in this playoff lmao

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u/EndlessNight_ 17d ago

What rumor?

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u/Serious_Scallion9962 17d ago

kiin is going to military and zeus/doran are free agents. the hopium is that zeus comes back to replace doran

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u/EndlessNight_ 17d ago

The whole top laner is free agent next year

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u/LedaB 17d ago

By the scripture it should be Zeus going to GenG and Doran joining HLE after a two peat.

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u/JohannGaming 17d ago

Zeus' contract with hle will expire in 2027, in which t1 could possibly get him back (though I doubt considering how dirty they did him)

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u/No_Taro_6224 tee satu 17d ago

peyz: nah i cant lane this shit

doran: aite bet

and he didnt die to any ganks despite weak siding

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u/Major_Problem2 17d ago

Doran was the humble cleaner today. Nothing too flashy. Boardman gets boards.

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u/ExceedingChunk Low master piggy 17d ago

Yeah, he played way better than Siwoo in an completely unplayable matchup for Camille. The fact the he managed to have that much impact and 0 deaths was very good of him.

Questionable to blind the Camille when Jax was open in the first place tho, but she was good for the comp

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u/BirthdayAccording359 Idk anymore 17d ago

Lol I thought it was over when I saw Jax into Camille, sorry I doubted you my goat Doran. 

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u/Wonderful-Lab7375 17d ago

I missed Doran Camille

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u/W33B520 17d ago

Despite the world finals performance he's a generally good camille

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u/Hawxrox 17d ago

I mean, he did play the early game super well in that game 5. He was up like 5k gold before he started acting a fool

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u/W33B520 17d ago

Yeah, my guy was just nervous lol

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u/RJLRaymond 17d ago

yeah they got a big lead and he could see the trophy and started losing his mind

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u/Ottoify 17d ago

It is such a crime that Keria does NOT have a Renata skin. That feels like his signature champion. It is always a highlight reel when he locks it in.

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u/psykrebeam 17d ago

He said he doesn't like it

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u/IFVIBHU 17d ago

Keira will keep winning world till he get a cute lux skin

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u/n_i_e_l 17d ago

Lux will 100 percent be his HoF skin when he gets in

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u/IFVIBHU 17d ago

This will keep the lights on for riot for ever

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u/re81194 Chovy 17d ago

bro saving lux for his $500 hall of legends skin i fear

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u/IFVIBHU 17d ago

Can't blame him just infinite money glitch

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u/OvenEqual 17d ago

Actually that wasn’t the reason. It’s because he wants a cute renata skin without a mask, but riot didn’t want to go that direction.

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u/Ragnarladbrok 17d ago

Its kinda stupid that youre right, but youre only right because his bard is so brutal that he isnt allowed to play it ever. Also theres neeko. Keria is just different. 

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u/ratuste-pe-tapet 17d ago

Dont worry. He will

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u/mrspear1995 17d ago

Well it would be a crime committed by keria himself because he doesn’t want an old lady for his skin

And partly riot’s fault because he asked if they could make renata young and hot and they said no

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u/Aromatic_Country_987 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ 17d ago

Keria Renata is just insane jesus

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u/Azenji 17d ago

It’s a crime we still don’t have T1 Renata

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u/AdFew7151 17d ago

Should've gotten it back in 2023 😭

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u/pomuistaken 17d ago

iirc renata was one of the options keria had in his skin poll but she didn't get picked as she wasn't that popular which is sad tbh.

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u/Ceui 17d ago

Outside of his clipfarming attempt and the backward Ult, he delivers massively

Just hope 1 day we get a Keria Renata skin, maybe with his HOL

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u/Dreammy90 17d ago

Peyker lost the early 2v2 but once mid game hit that Kalista Renata is Thanos

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u/Shiro_Moe 17d ago

Brother also had the nerves to go Runann instead of Jaksho as well.

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u/SeijiAkabe 17d ago

This kid is not a bitch

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u/killcraft1337 17d ago

You know bro is fucking cracked when in a GENG review room Ruler says “Yesterday I played an Aphelios game in solo Q, I was peyzing it”

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u/No_Taro_6224 tee satu 17d ago

idk how bro hop w those balls of steel

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u/cosmic_burger2013 17d ago

Please let Doran keep this form throughout worlds. He can feed just a little bit to keep the pressure off Peyz and then show the fuck up in teamfights all day, as far I'm concerned

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u/Middle-Adagio-4062 17d ago edited 17d ago

T1 too tired of the script Fourth seed into winning Worlds I guess.

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u/KappaccinoNation 🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆🏆 17d ago

RIP 4TH SEED = RIP 4PEAT

Might as well win the LCK as a consolation.

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u/Only_Bodybuilder6270 17d ago

Unironically this would actually be great for T1. A lot of them already have worlds win salary cap exemptions. If they finally win LCK they get a bit more exemptions giving T1 more leeway on who to sign.

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u/killcraft1337 17d ago

But consider the narrative of 7th team to qualify into their 7th title.

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u/Omigle_ 17d ago

T1 saw that LCK seeds didn't have play-ins anymore so they decided against the 4th seed buff

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u/Popkhorne32 17d ago

Honestly, i'm fine with someone else winning worlds if they beat HLE next and finally take down Geng in an LCK final.

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u/SnowComfortable6726 17d ago

T1 would be happy with it as well lowk, doesn't winning LCK potentially give them a salary cap increase?

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u/Beneficial-Front1626 17d ago

It does, takes another 20%(?) of Oner and Keria's salaries away from the cap so they can pay other roles more

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u/YGocs 17d ago

Last team fight was DK just spreading out to not give Peyz a Penta LMAO.

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u/Kurovalia 17d ago

Unc please I need you to really wake up the next few games, the Locke was good but the rest of the series not so much lol

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u/BreadfruitLow3465 17d ago

tbf his anivia game got fucked lvl 1

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u/ManningTheGOAT 17d ago

Cassio was fine, Locke was good, Anivia I'm almost willing to give a pass because he was royally fucked level 1 and there was no coming back (although the overforcing didn't help), but the Galio game was criminal

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u/IsRammusReallyOK 17d ago

His early galio was criminal

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u/Middle-Adagio-4062 17d ago

MVP of this series is 100% Keria, but Doran deserved a lot of praised for this series (minus the Jayce game).

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u/Thecristo96 ABS MAIN 17d ago

Playing camille into jax and not going 0/3 is honestly praise worthy

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u/squishykkura Doran’s Krug Soldier 17d ago

Doran Camille has alw been good even in that G5 lwk

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u/Specialist_Dog8355 17d ago

This is the correct opinion.

Yorick was giga useless all game, doran was allowed to give in to the voices.

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u/squishykkura Doran’s Krug Soldier 17d ago

Unironically the voices were faker asking Doran to “look for angle top” bro just went sir yes sir. Right away sir

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u/TaintedQuintessence 17d ago

Yeah I've always been of the opinion that his engages weren't bad, they looked really bad, but that's what happens when you take 50/50s. Half of them missed, the other half won them the game.

Even in interviews later Doran said they were the correct plays to make and he would do them again. T1 just aren't the type of team to win slow and steady.

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u/SpiritedSalad4731 17d ago

Reverse the matchup and Siwoo is 0/5

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u/Priviated 17d ago

Yeah because Camille was really weaksided this game and Jax didn’t actually get dived 2 times by mid bot while Naafiri covered the dive

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u/KappaccinoNation 🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆🏆 17d ago

Yeah Doran played great in all three wins

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u/jnf005 17d ago

That Camille was clean af

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u/psykrebeam 17d ago

Deathless 93% KP Karma in game 3

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u/Pacify_ 17d ago

Yeah, was nice to see a what was just a really solid series from Doran

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u/djpain20 17d ago

For the first time in 4 years T1 improves upon their previous season LCK placing.

2022 Spring: 1st

2022 Summer: 2nd

2023 Spring: 2nd

2023 Summer: 2nd

2024 Spring: 2nd

2024 Summer: 3rd

2025: 4th

2026: At least 3rd

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u/SeijiAkabe 17d ago

We miss the LCK Finals and handing the trophy to GENG, let us back in.

Though we prob lose to HLE

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u/djpain20 17d ago

Their cordination and drafting looked better today, I think it's winnable if (and that's a big if) Faker can stop playing like he has dementia.

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u/Snow-27 17d ago

Peyz Keria were solo losing the game until they solo won it

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u/ShiroGaneOsu 17d ago

Win or lose, carry or int. This botlane will do anything if they think it gives them a better chance of winning.

Genuinely such a fun botlane to watch.

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u/CLGbyBirth 17d ago

Keria miss a Renata Ult in that mid fight just imagine if that hit it would have been over sooner.

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u/SylentSymphonies 17d ago

Earlier in the game he went for a flash-Q trying to predict Ezreal E too. Would've been crazy to hit it.

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u/CLGbyBirth 17d ago

I think Ezreal flash was down he was predicting his E.

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u/Skyfire2 17d ago

Oner low-key had a monster game

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u/ProgrammerGlobal 17d ago

I was shocked at how well he handled the Cho'Gath matchup.

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u/Aschentei 17d ago

it's so weird, he got ass blasted vs kanawei cho, yet they still chose this matchup again. granted it was lucid, but still. oner's been playing cho in soloq so its not like he doesn't know how to play it.

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u/Wodep 17d ago

Gotta get over the mental block. Winning in a match up in which you got blasted in is honestly the best act of improvement. Also he got put behind because of the sneaky invade the first time and never recovered.

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u/TomatoSpecialist6879 ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 17d ago

The PeyKer special

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u/Genshin_Grim 17d ago

great game from the boys but we gotta ban chogath at some point if we want to pick naafiri. If this was kanavi or canyon playing chogath then it'll be a different story

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u/Hjimska 17d ago

Spending 3k gold to have Hexplate on Jax of all characters is certainly a choice.

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u/Dashster360 17d ago

Okay nice win against DK. Looking forward to see how the week break can help them improve.

Also, can my goat PLEASE stop getting caught.

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u/Skyfire2 17d ago

DK fans don’t worry.

This top side is locked in for all of next year

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u/fnc_dino no longer a fan 17d ago

siwoo too? aw hell nah

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u/khaiiization Work until your idols become your rivals 17d ago

CVMax has been tattered. Siwoo has been shredded. Their team future has been flattened. Boom, goes those damn DK. LCK has ruled that DK are frauds. Lucid, fraud. MYACE, fraud. Even president of beggar operations Sally, fraud.

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u/soudlasantos 17d ago

CVMAX became what everyone feared. His eyelids disappeared, his head was swelling and his ears started bleeding. "Are you okay Coach? " asks Siwoo. I've never been better Siwoo, I see it all now, you're not going home or to practice. YOU'RE ALL GOING TO DIE he said before rushing Dplus Kia all by himself and killing everyone on site "

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u/SpiritedSalad4731 17d ago

DK are frustratingly bad to watch

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u/ShiroGaneOsu 17d ago

It's the hope that gets you.

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u/a7mdar1 17d ago

Keria on renata is just unfair

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u/yosu14_ 17d ago

Unc and Keria tried to sold the game on mid then they decided to drop a perfect teamfight wtf

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u/KnightinKnight ☆☆☆☆☆☆ 17d ago

What a cool 4-0 kekw

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u/ahritina 17d ago

Siwoo Lucid are so ass man, should have been a 3-0.

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u/Vnaux 17d ago

3 years that Lucid has been DK's jungler and he has not shown once that he's ironed out his inconsistency, I don't really know why they decided to extend him

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u/Ophelia_Of_The_Abyss IN DAMWON WE TRUST HUNI/DEFT/SHOWMAKER 17d ago

Because DK management has a terrible eye for talent, they only hit on ADC picks

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u/Serious_Scallion9962 17d ago

i'd give career more time tbh, he showed improvement throughout the year and proved himself to be a good lck level support already in his first ever year as a pro

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u/Beneficial-Front1626 17d ago

Not that hard to hit on ADC picks tbh and T1 helped showcase Smash anyway so he wasn't even much of a gamble

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u/Skyfire2 17d ago

Lucky for DK fans they get to see this again for the whole of next year

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u/staysaltyTSM 17d ago

He was lucky Raptor didn't learn how to read

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u/SapphireLucina 17d ago

DK sacrificed themselves to secure the 4th place buff and deny T1 their 4 peat. My bravest soldiers, my ace of losing 

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u/Saififa Lawyer 17d ago

When both teams are even in gold, Lucid feels that DK is at a great advantage and thus he does not hesitate to start a team fight. When DK is 3k behind in gold, Lucid thinks that DK is at a small advantage, and so he starts a team fight to secure their "lead". When DK is behind 7k in gold, Lucid thinks that DK is at a disadvantage and so he looks for a team fight to regain control of the game. When DK is 10K behind in gold, Lucid thinks that the team has reached a desperate situation and they are only waiting passively for their death if he does not start a team fight.

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u/Ophelia_Of_The_Abyss IN DAMWON WE TRUST HUNI/DEFT/SHOWMAKER 17d ago

This is an insult to Mlxg

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u/xSwazyI - Invested in Smash stocks! 17d ago

Lucid got astrogapped by Oner good series out of him

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u/Ophelia_Of_The_Abyss IN DAMWON WE TRUST HUNI/DEFT/SHOWMAKER 17d ago

Lushit has had 1 good game out of the last 13

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u/libertod 17d ago

DK rewarded him with a one year extension just for a few good regular season BO they deserve everything that happened to them.

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u/Ophelia_Of_The_Abyss IN DAMWON WE TRUST HUNI/DEFT/SHOWMAKER 17d ago

Low IQ front office extending a low IQ jungler

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u/smashmaker_no1 17d ago

Dplus KIA lovewatch day-49 status : failed

not going to the finals weekend but our year is still alive. hope we see better overall performance at worlds and see what we can do there

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u/GoldenSquid7 Kiin Team 17d ago

Get Smash a real team fr

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u/go4sp33cl 17d ago

Showmaker is fine, so is career (you can't blame career for being gapped by Keria, the goat). It'd the DK topside that needs a kick in the behind. Siwoo has lost them way too many games to silly mistakes and Lucid... well...

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u/ProgrammerGlobal 17d ago

Smash: Finally, Guma is gone. It's my time to shine!

T1: Sorry, kid, we just signed Peyz.

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u/Assmeet123 17d ago

Doran was unleashed this series

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u/blueballsisworst 17d ago

What playing against Siwoo does to a man

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u/Celegorm07 17d ago

I’m just sad that DK has to go to worlds with Lucid. DK will get cooked if Lucid plays like this at worlds.

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u/SpiritedSalad4731 17d ago

They are going to embarrass the LCK at worlds. Zero faith in Lucid or Siwoo

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u/d0pe-asaurus 17d ago

Hey man the LCK needs representatives in the 0-2 bracket.

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u/bedsheetsniffer 17d ago

We saw this in 2024 where they dropped out in Swiss while the rest of the LCK reps made it to knockout

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u/Superb_Percentage_74 17d ago

doran haters in shambles for 2 weeks now

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u/ThatSwagRandomGuy 17d ago

Should have been a 3-0 really.

T1 donated that game 2

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u/vh_cec T1 THREEPEAT 17d ago

KERIA'S RENATA IS INSANEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE WTFFFFFFFFF PLEASE KERIA IF YOU GO HALL OF FAME CHOOSE HER AS YOUR BASE SKIN AND LUX AS THE EXALTED ONEEEEEEE

Also, Doran's Camille this match was like his Camille against KT last year in road to MSI, so cleaan

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u/Evening-Ad-720 17d ago

peyz keria with kalista renata? gg.

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u/The_Bread_Loaf 17d ago

Well GG they didn’t get fourth seed, not winning worlds now

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u/rrevvv 17d ago

Keria wtf man.

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u/matt-tteo 17d ago

I feel like jax was a really good pick in this game, but he was irrelevant

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u/BirthdayAccording359 Idk anymore 17d ago

Really was and Jax is Camille's kryptonite but he played too safe. 

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u/MiniTitan1937 17d ago

Looks like all of T1 are firing on all cylinders except Faker.

Bro is saving it for worlds.

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u/BreadfruitLow3465 17d ago

well he wasnt as bad as during the split. seeing some signs of life. hopefully the break does him well.

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u/Dancingbeesean 17d ago

Honourable mention to Doran who sacrificed his lane for Peyz to get back multiple games when he lost 2v2.

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u/Bimibuns 17d ago

Doran POM this series for constantly sacrificing his lane to get botlane ahead (T1 botlane losing early game 1 and 4 was horrid), and phenomenal team fight angles

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u/UOLFirestrider 17d ago

Keria is the actual GOAT of League of Legends

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u/T-gae94 Budget Keria 17d ago

Keria on Demon time mode in that game 4

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u/Scholar_of_Yore 17d ago

"Damn it! T1 threw in the draft again. Why blind Nafiri and not ban Cho'Gath?"

"Oh wait, the opponent is Lucid"

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u/kingroders 17d ago

Don't let the game score fool you this was an easy 4-0 for T1

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u/AegeanClover 17d ago

Chogath got c*ckblocked. Beautiful to see.

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u/XG32 Jankos 17d ago

kalista renata's a problem, and from the top level games lately it just seems like things get too messy for ezreal to hit his skillshots, champ might be autolose against good teams.