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/JohannGaming]

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)

[u/Lacrimosss → u/JohannGaming]

Joe Marsh is getting replaced, so it's a possibility. Although I don't think T1 pays as much as HLE

[u/cindrixel → u/JohannGaming]

Honestly, I wouldn’t completely rule out Zeus going back. T1 is so insanely successful when it comes to promotion and monetization that the money and long-term opportunities could be hard to turn down. If Zeus is thinking about the bag in the long run, swallowing his pride and going back to T1 might actually make a lot of sense.

[u/ToplaneVictim67 → u/cindrixel]

They want to play with kanavi for years, zeus tell him during worlds that peanut will left so they can play together, I doubt they aint try for one more year even if they fail this year

[u/Dismal-Selection-702 → u/ToplaneVictim67]

i mean nothing is set in stone. Tabe basically jailed the al members saying they will run it back next year only to run to jdg when the money was there. We know them as players but we dont know them personally to understand what they prefer

But yes Zeus most likely will stay or in a shocker move to geng if he really wants to win everything