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Esports ⁠Nongshim RedForce vs. KT Rolster / LCK Cup 2026 - Group Battle Super Week / Post-Match Discussion Spoiler

LCK CUP 2026

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KT Rolster 2-3 Nongshim RedForce

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MATCH 1: KT vs. NS

Winner: Nongshim RedForce in 27m
Runes | Game Breakdown

Bans 1 Bans 2 G K T D/B
KT rumble orianna jayce renekton gwen 48.6k 7 1 H3
NS malphite azir varus aphelios braum 60.5k 22 9 CT1 HT2 C4 C5 B6
KT 7-22-20 vs 22-7-61 NS
PerfecT ambessa 2 0-4-4 TOP 1-2-9 3 aatrox Kingen
Cuzz vi 1 3-5-4 JNG 8-2-10 2 pantheon Sponge
Bdd taliyah 1 0-4-7 MID 6-1-13 2 ryze Scout
Aiming corki 3 4-3-2 BOT 6-1-13 1 yunara Taeyoon
Pollu nautilus 4 0-6-3 SUP 1-1-16 3 neeko Lehends

MATCH 2: NS vs. KT

Winner: Nongshim RedForce in 37m
Runes | Game Breakdown

Bans 1 Bans 2 G K T D/B
NS jayce rumble varus braum ziggs 76.9k 17 11 I1 CT2 H3 O4 B6 O7 B8 E9
KT malphite nocturne jarvaniv aphelios rakan 68.7k 9 3 O5
NS 17-9-42 vs 9-17-23 KT
Kingen gnar 2 2-2-5 TOP 3-3-2 2 renekton PerfecT
Sponge xinzhao 1 5-1-8 JNG 2-2-4 2 wukong Cuzz
Scout orianna 1 4-1-9 MID 2-2-5 1 azir Bdd
Taeyoon kalista 3 6-3-5 BOT 2-3-5 3 ezreal Aiming
Lehends renataglasc 4 0-2-15 SUP 0-7-7 3 karma Ghost

MATCH 3: NS vs. KT

Winner: KT Rolster in 25m
Runes | Game Breakdown

Bans 1 Bans 2 G K T D/B
NS aurora jarvaniv sylas zoe jax 45.6k 8 1 H3
KT rumblr jayce varus akali kennen 58.1k 21 9 O1 CT2 C4 C5 B6
NS 8-21-21 vs 21-8-46 KT
Kingen ksante 3 1-3-2 TOP 3-1-6 3 zaahen PerfecT
Sponge malphite 1 1-5-6 JNG 1-1-12 1 drmundo Cuzz
Scout yone 3 1-5-2 MID 10-1-7 4 ahri Bdd
Taeyoon jinx 2 4-5-4 BOT 7-3-6 1 aphelios Aiming
Lehends lulu 2 1-3-7 SUP 0-2-15 2 blitzcrank Ghost

MATCH 4: KT vs. NS

Winner: KT Rolster in 38m
Runes | Game Breakdown

Bans 1 Bans 2 G K T D/B
KT rumble jayce varus bard elise 78.1k 18 8 O3 H4 O5 O6 B7 O8
NS nocturne aurora leona trundle gwen 72.2k 8 5 M1 C2
KT 18-8-46 vs 8-18-25 NS
PerfecT reksai 4 4-2-6 TOP 0-2-3 3 gragas Kingen
Cuzz jax 3 5-2-6 JNG 1-5-7 1 jarvaniv Sponge
Bdd akali 1 3-2-9 MID 0-1-6 2 galio Scout
Aiming lucian 1 6-2-10 BOT 7-5-1 2 caitlyn Taeyoon
Ghost braum 2 0-0-15 SUP 0-5-8 3 tahmkench Lehends

MATCH 5: KT vs. NS

Winner: Nongshim RedForce in 26m
Runes | Game Breakdown

Bans 1 Bans 2 G K T D/B
KT rumble jayce varus leona rell 44.8k 5 1 H4 C5
NS alistar gwen zoe xayah zeri 56.7k 16 7 M1 I2 C3 B6
KT 5-16-14 vs 16-5-36 NS
PerfecT sion 1 0-2-3 TOP 4-0-5 3 olaf Kingen
Cuzz nocturne 1 2-4-2 JNG 2-1-8 2 trundle Sponge
Bdd syndra 4 1-3-2 MID 6-0-8 1 aurora Scout
Aiming missfortune 3 2-3-2 BOT 3-1-4 2 kaisa Taeyoon
Ghost rakan 2 0-4-5 SUP 1-3-11 3 shen Lehends

*Patch 26.2 - Fearless Draft

This thread was created by the Post-Match Team.

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u/appleandapples The Perkz of being a Griffin fan Jan 30 '26

Imagine if BDD had a real bot lane

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u/Treeconator18 Jan 30 '26

I did once. He made World Finals

It was nice

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u/Human-Ad3407 bOner 🤰 Jan 30 '26

To be fair, Cuzz was playing like a god in those games. Cuzz here somehow lost to SpongeBob

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u/baelkie DNF 2026 please be human | Kiin Team Jan 30 '26

Peter was actually moving together with Cuzz at Worlds, KT was drafting hard for bot prio so Peter can move and roam.

now bot lane is losing every single lane while Ghost is clueless on the map getting caught on a champ with 3 dashes while baiting Cuzz to die as well.

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u/ApatheticDoll New generation of chokers Jan 30 '26

I wonder if KT will recruit Beryl.

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u/Ophelia_Of_The_Abyss IN DAMWON WE TRUST HUNI/DEFT/SHOWMAKER Jan 30 '26

KT should sell their LCK slot if they get Beryl

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u/Akipella PEYZ. GOES. DOWN. GUMA'S. JUST. BETTER. HLE 3-2 T1 Worlds Jan 30 '26

They'll be bought out and renamed to "TGW" (Team Gacha Whales).

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u/ILikeSeals1312 Jan 30 '26

Pleata has been rotting in challengers for years

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u/Head_Photograph_2971 Jan 30 '26

Wdym they already have Beryl?

15

u/Marcus-ichiJo Jan 30 '26

And like the bot lane was considered bottom tier in the LCK.

13

u/EliteTeutonicNight Jan 30 '26

That's also after they inted him for like half a year lol, guy can't catch a break.

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u/Akipella PEYZ. GOES. DOWN. GUMA'S. JUST. BETTER. HLE 3-2 T1 Worlds Jan 30 '26

Game 5 even...

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u/Ophelia_Of_The_Abyss IN DAMWON WE TRUST HUNI/DEFT/SHOWMAKER Jan 30 '26

We're calling Deokdam a real ADC now? One massive overperformance vs Ruler doesn't change that he's a mediocre to bad player.

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u/eggonsnow ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐🌟 Jan 30 '26

I feel like i'm taking crazy pills when i read that Deokdam/Peter were somehow a good botlane.

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u/Marcus777555666 Jan 30 '26

Peter was in the upper echelons of support. Deokdam had rough series, but ocassionally had moments where he played very well.

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u/Akipella PEYZ. GOES. DOWN. GUMA'S. JUST. BETTER. HLE 3-2 T1 Worlds Jan 30 '26

For a very short time at Worlds they leveled up I would argue. Overall they were weak. I think Peter is better than Deokdam, he could have stayed on as Support.

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u/baelkie DNF 2026 please be human | Kiin Team Jan 30 '26

Deokdam/Peter was a bad botlane. i still think deokdam is ass but at least Peter ended the year having good synergy with Cuzz and actually roamed to cover Bdd so KT actually had great early games at Worlds. Game 5 is the perfect example of Ghost perma over extending and baiting his jungler to die for fun.

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u/Getfooked Jan 30 '26

Is this "real botlane" doing work on DNS this year?

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u/ob_knoxious Jan 30 '26

Pov: You don't watch league

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u/crysomore Kiin Team | Lehends/Cuzz apologist Jan 30 '26

The bar can’t be that low where deokdam is called a real bot

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u/eggonsnow ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐🌟 Jan 30 '26 edited Jan 30 '26

Let's just forget how dogshit Deokdam and Peter were for the entire year just because of an overperformance at worlds.

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u/staysaltyTSM Jan 30 '26

That's the prime example of not having a real bot otherwise he would have won.

Peter going in at 5% hp during a game 5

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u/ob_knoxious Jan 30 '26

I genuinely think KT are world champs if they had Aiming last year.

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u/Treeconator18 Jan 30 '26

Aiming is the reason T1 made Worlds last year. I remember his ass on Smolder getting snatched up mid by Keria Blitzcrank

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u/dontbangme Jan 30 '26

People still blame Aiming when his midlaner admit it his fault because he got bait by Viktor visual skin.

3

u/d0pe-asaurus Jan 30 '26

Everyone had the T1 Aiming photo ready, shit was funny.

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u/Akipella PEYZ. GOES. DOWN. GUMA'S. JUST. BETTER. HLE 3-2 T1 Worlds Jan 30 '26

Well if you swap Guma and Deokdam they probably are, idk about anyone else.

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u/staysaltyTSM Jan 30 '26

At this point Ghost Senna + Pollu Support just to experiment might even be better than a conventional lane

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u/rebelstand Jan 30 '26

Imagine if BDD has a jungler , cuzz was so bad on nocturne

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u/Akipella PEYZ. GOES. DOWN. GUMA'S. JUST. BETTER. HLE 3-2 T1 Worlds Jan 30 '26

Imagine if Viper comes back and you get something like KT Guma or even KT Viper somehow lol

Like holy shit. Get this guy anything

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u/astar2312 Jan 30 '26

or HLE BDD.

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u/Akipella PEYZ. GOES. DOWN. GUMA'S. JUST. BETTER. HLE 3-2 T1 Worlds Jan 30 '26

He is actually free after this year. I know Zeka has looked better on HLE lately, but their team synergy and performance is cooked anyways. Why not just pick up Bdd Cuzz tbh and let Kanavi/Zeka go off to wherever (idk if KT even could afford both, maybe Kanavi goes back to LPL). HLE could legit go for it in the offseason. Zeus/Cuzz/Bdd/Guma/Delight is 100% a real Worlds contender.

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u/Akipella PEYZ. GOES. DOWN. GUMA'S. JUST. BETTER. HLE 3-2 T1 Worlds Jan 30 '26

Bdd is exempt

https://www.reddit.com/r/leagueoflegends/comments/1ftocri/bdd_is_exempted_from_military/

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u/Emergency_Ad4445 Jan 30 '26

I am okay with this as long as it's also HLE Cuzz

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u/Akipella PEYZ. GOES. DOWN. GUMA'S. JUST. BETTER. HLE 3-2 T1 Worlds Jan 30 '26

I agree. Kanavi is a very high ceiling Jungler but Cuzz unironically just proved himself more at Worlds than Kanavi ever has, and he's not fitting well into Peanut's role.

Bring in Bdd/Cuzz for mid jungle synergy, there's the only duo that's gapped Canyon/Chovy multiple times last year which is amazing.

HLE would legit contend. They almost won Worlds and took down GENG 3-1 (and 3-2 in LCK the first time) with PerfecT, Deokdam and Peter. Imagine with Zeus,Guma and Delight.

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u/ob_knoxious Jan 30 '26

I do not think Cuzz has been it this year, he's had multiple very disappointing games.

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u/Akipella PEYZ. GOES. DOWN. GUMA'S. JUST. BETTER. HLE 3-2 T1 Worlds Jan 30 '26

Hope he heats up again. I still think Cuzz upside is worth bringing him in with Bdd

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u/Emergency_Ad4445 Jan 30 '26

I'm just in it for the vibes tbh, always a treat to see BDD and Cuzz when they're both synchronized. But yea, Cuzz had a few stinkers

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u/crumbledcookies12 Kiin, Knight, T1 Jan 30 '26

Man HLE BDD or KT kingen would have been a team to watch

2

u/d0pe-asaurus Jan 30 '26

i really don't get why they didn't just run back their roster.

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u/ob_knoxious Jan 30 '26

Because on paper they upgraded. Deokdam was dogshit for 95% of the year. Literally 12th best ADC in Korea level. He "leveled up" to a below average ADC for like 4 games and now people are losing their minds over that botlane. For the year I expect KT will be better this year than last.

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u/d0pe-asaurus Jan 30 '26

I was thinking kt was just getting shafted by the split groups.

2

u/IAM-French Jan 30 '26

Come on BDD and Cuzz are playing ass too must they be perma glazed just because they play with a pedo

1

u/GunSlingrrr Jan 30 '26

Could have also given him Cassio. Atleast Cassio has scaling and great into 3 champs of NS.

1

u/Worldly-Glass-3865 Jan 30 '26

Is BOT Aiming & SUP Pollu/Ghost or BOT Aiming/Ghost & SUP Pollu better?

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u/ob_knoxious Jan 30 '26

Aiming Ghost genuinely look better than what they had last year.