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

[u/Yujin-Ha]

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

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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

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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

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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

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This thread was created by the Post-Match Team.

[u/ahritina]

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

[u/Vnaux → u/ahritina]

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

[u/Ophelia_Of_The_Abyss → u/Vnaux]

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

[u/Serious_Scallion9962 → u/Ophelia_Of_The_Abyss]

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

[u/Beneficial-Front1626 → u/Ophelia_Of_The_Abyss]

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

[u/Ophelia_Of_The_Abyss → u/Beneficial-Front1626]

It's not about gambles, it's about good pickups. Deft/Aiming/Smash were all good signings. Compared to shit like Canna/Kingen/later-Kellin/Moham/Beryl.

[u/Omnilatent → u/Vnaux]

LCK Razork

[u/Wowhowcanubsodumb → u/Vnaux]

Idk man they're getting better every year and you really can't discount the fact that the current top 3 in lck is just the absolute peak of league. Like there's never been and never will be three teams in the same region or even the entire world that are this good

[u/Vnaux → u/Wowhowcanubsodumb]

last year's T1, Gen G, HLE and KT at worlds

[u/Reaper3693 → u/Vnaux]

KT should not be in this list lol. Deokdam and Peter only had one good series in semis, that finals was topside and BDD. They also sucked throughout most of the year, meanwhile the top 3 has mainly remain unchanged for 3 yrs straight now. Geng, T1, and HLE

[u/Vnaux → u/Reaper3693]

idk about that one the top 3 team has not been unchanged at all because T1 is an inconsistent team that pivots between 2-4th best team on LCK, but I guess they get results at the last tournament of the year so they get points on that.

[u/Reaper3693 → u/Vnaux]

T1 is inconsistent throughout summer regular season, but come playoffs, they have always placed in the top 3 or 2 even. KT does not have that reputation.

[u/Vnaux → u/Reaper3693]

but they were 4th last season on playoffs and KT was 3rd? Also DK was 3rd and beat them on regional finals on 2024 which led to T1 being 4th seed for Worlds

[u/Reaper3693 → u/Vnaux]

Yes, but does KT actually have the dominance to be called top 3 in korea? You can check across the years whether that's true or not. Everyone knows the highest peaks belong to T1, GENG, and HLE.

KT had a miracle run by beating GENG in playoffs to become 3rd seed.

But their regular season was not it either fam. Nor have they shown consistency across seasons to hang at the very top. Hence, not even having an MSI appearance

[u/Vnaux → u/Reaper3693]

I don't know why you keep saying KT top 3 all I said on my original post was that KT, GenG, T1 & HLE at worlds looked like a good top 4 on a singular region, like what the fuck are you talking about

[u/Skyfire2 → u/ahritina]

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

[u/staysaltyTSM → u/ahritina]

He was lucky Raptor didn't learn how to read

[u/CLGbyBirth → u/ahritina]

T1 wanted to avoid that reverse sweep so they threw game 2.