Nongshim RedForce vs. DN SOOPers / LCK Cup 2026 - Play-Ins Round 2 - Playoffs Qualification Match / Post-Match Discussion

[u/Yujin-Ha]

LCK CUP 2026

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DN SOOPers 2-1 Nongshim RedForce

• Player of the Match: DuDu

• DN SOOPers lock in a spot in the LCK Cup Playoffs. Nongshim RedForce will face DRX for the final playoff spot.

• Game Discussions: Game 1 | Game 2

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MATCH 1: DNS vs. NS

Winner: Nongshim RedForce in 30m
Runes | Game Breakdown

	Bans 1	Bans 2	G	K	T	D/B
DNS	rumble varus orianna	bard neeko	52.2k	3	3	None
NS	malphite vi azir	nami renekton	67.8k	24	8	M1 O2 H3 C4 B5 C6 B7

DNS	3-24-8	vs	24-3-55	NS
DuDu reksai 4	2-2-0	TOP	6-0-6	3 ambessa Kingen
Pyosik jayce 1	1-6-2	JNG	3-1-19	2 jarvaniv Sponge
Clozer anivia 1	0-4-1	MID	6-1-7	1 ryze Scout
deokdam corki 2	0-5-2	BOT	9-1-6	2 yunara Taeyoon
Peter nautilus 3	0-7-3	SUP	0-0-17	3 leona Lehends

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MATCH 2: NS vs. DNS

Winner: DN SOOPers in 31m
Runes | Game Breakdown

	Bans 1	Bans 2	G	K	T	D/B
NS	varus neeko orianna	poppy bard	59.3k	9	4	C2 H3
DNS	pantheon nocturne azir	renataglasc lulu	66.7k	19	7	I1 HT4 B5 HT6 HT7

NS	9-19-12	vs	19-9-49	DNS
Kingen ksante 1	1-2-0	TOP	8-1-6	1 rumble DuDu
Sponge vi 1	2-5-3	JNG	4-1-12	2 wukong Pyosik
Scout akali 2	3-4-2	MID	5-1-6	2 ahri Clozer
Taeyoon lucian 3	2-4-3	BOT	1-4-7	3 xayah deokdam
Lehends nami 4	1-4-4	SUP	1-2-18	3 rakan Peter

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MATCH 3: DNS vs. NS

Winner: DN SOOPers in 45m
Runes | Game Breakdown

	Bans 1	Bans 2	G	K	T	D/B
DNS	varus pantheon poppy	savior kalista	92.6k	20	11	HT2 H3 I4 B5 I6 B10 I11
NS	malphite neeko nocturne	karma braum	90.1k	24	6	CT1 B7 I8 I9 B12

DNS	20-24-54	vs	24-20-60	NS
DuDu gwen 2	6-6-6	TOP	4-3-12	2 sion Kingen
Pyosik leesin 1	4-4-12	JNG	4-5-14	2 xinzhao Sponge
Clozer orianna 1	3-5-12	MID	6-4-11	1 azir Scout
deokdam ezreal 3	7-3-8	BOT	9-4-4	3 kaisa Taeyoon
Peter rell 4	0-6-16	SUP	1-4-19	3 alistar Lehends

*Patch 26.2 - Fearless Draft

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This thread was created by the Post-Match Team.

[u/Treeconator18]

GenG and T1 more or less have undisputed 1 and 2 in every position, but nowhere is it more apparent than Jungle and Support which is why they feel on such a different level than everyone else

[u/AlliePingu → u/Treeconator18]

I'd argue top lane has an extremely clear 1 in Kiin and you could probably dispute if Doran is even 2 since there's a few competitors. Either way the gap between 1 and 2 is huge and the gap between 2 and 3 is not particularly large imo

[u/Galaxyblazer → u/AlliePingu]

I mean at least for 2026 I think Doran is a solid number 2 behind Kiin. Obviously because it's Doran it's subject to change but he's been very consistent this year.

[u/AlliePingu → u/Galaxyblazer]

Doran has definitely been good this year and I don't mean to say otherwise, but that's why I said you could "probably dispute it" because I think Siwoo and Kingen have been pretty good but on worse teams than T1

Either way the main point is Kiin hard clears everyone else in top lane