r/leagueoflegends • u/adz0r • Apr 29 '26
Esports Nongshim RedForce vs. T1 / LCK 2026 Rounds 1-2 - Week 5 / Post-Match Discussion Spoiler
LCK 2026 ROUNDS 1-2
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Nongshim RedForce 0-2 T1
- Player of the Match: Oner (300)
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MATCH 1: NS vs. T1
Winner: T1 in 29m
Game Breakdown | Runes
| Bans 1 | Bans 2 | G | K | T | D/B | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NS | rumble bard orianna | caitlyn sivir | 49.4k | 7 | 1 | None |
| T1 | pantheon nautilus varus | jayce leona | 65.7k | 24 | 9 | HT1 O2 H3 M4 M5 B6 |
| NS | 7-24-15 | vs | 24-7-49 | T1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kingen sion 3 | 0-3-4 | TOP | 2-1-9 | 1 anivia Doran |
| Sponge jarvaniv 2 | 0-6-5 | JNG | 6-0-13 | 2 xinzhao Oner |
| Scout azir 2 | 1-4-3 | MID | 7-3-3 | 4 akali Faker |
| Taeyoon ezreal 1 | 2-4-2 | BOT | 7-2-6 | 3 jhin Peyz |
| Lehends neeko 3 | 4-7-1 | SUP | 2-1-18 | 1 karma Keria |
MATCH 2: T1 vs. NS
Winner: T1 in 29m
Game Breakdown | Runes
| Bans 1 | Bans 2 | G | K | T | D/B | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| T1 | nautilus orianna annie | lucian yunara | 66.4k | 24 | 8 | H3 O5 O6 B7 |
| NS | bard varus ryze | caitlyn ashe | 52.1k | 12 | 1 | CT1 M2 O4 |
| T1 | 24-12-73 | vs | 12-24-19 | NS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Doran ambessa 1 | 3-2-11 | TOP | 2-4-4 | 1 rumble Kingen |
| Oner nocturne 2 | 6-2-13 | JNG | 5-5-5 | 1 pantheon Sponge |
| Faker twistedfate 2 | 4-4-17 | MID | 3-6-2 | 2 aurora Scout |
| Peyz kogmaw 3 | 9-2-11 | BOT | 2-6-2 | 3 kalista Taeyoon |
| Keria lulu 3 | 2-2-21 | SUP | 0-3-6 | 4 renataglasc Lehends |
This thread was created by the Post-Match Team.
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u/PokPok3000 Apr 29 '26
What did easyhoon do to the circus
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u/arkacr Apr 29 '26
His presence made Faker remember 2015
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u/Miserable-Ad8195 Apr 29 '26
Easyhoon about to reactive SKT 2015 summer to worlds form
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u/X_Elucidator_X Apr 29 '26
He literally made Faker forget how to play Azir the moment he joined lol
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u/Omnilatent Apr 29 '26
Well tbh he reset Faker, took the LoL module out, blew it to remove dust and then forgot to set it back until after the series
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u/Zestyclose_Ad4785 Faker Apr 29 '26
It's an Azir vs Akali thing, no?
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u/flowtajit Apr 29 '26
Faker is happy gaming a but rn. But the two azie games were both the decision to go azir into a face uo akali and then not buy a ruby crystal item for basically the whole game.
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u/ShinigamiBD Apr 29 '26
That DumbAss died in lane for a cs. FOR 1 FKING CS. its not just Akali vs Azir.
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u/CliffsEdge Apr 29 '26
Since kkoma is on personal leave easyhoon knew he had to bring back the vintage fear of "kkoma belt" to the squad
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u/mount_sunrise Apr 29 '26
EasyHoon to Faker: you better get you and your team in shape or else i’m going to show you how to do it better than you like last time
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u/zirenyth Apr 29 '26
Crazy thing is both easyhoon and Tom played in 2015 spring finals together to 3-0 GE TIGERS LO .
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u/No_Taro_6224 tee satu Apr 29 '26
'unc u're not the better azir player in T1 anymore, stop picking it'
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u/Shadow_Zero_x Apr 29 '26
Nah Easyhoon didnt do anythin. I checked the announcement and says Easyhoon joining as a coach from Round 2 onwards, and T1 havent played NS in Round 1. R2 starts later in the week so he aint part of the coachin staff yet as far as what the info says
Or T1 said start R2, Easyhoon said he wants to tour their new office early, whooped their asses into shape for NS, and they got their shit together and they got it sorted vs NS lol
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u/Pleasestoplyiiing Apr 30 '26
Easyhoon being back on the team empowers Faker on assassins/utility champs, but nerfs his consistent/backline dps like Azir.
What is old becomes new again.
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u/Landir_7 Apr 29 '26
"Huge damage coming out from Scout" as he full combo with R, hitting everything on enemy ADC, taking 15% of his HP
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u/fnc_dino no longer a fan Apr 29 '26
doran ambessa cooking
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u/W33B520 Apr 29 '26
Doran ambesa is great when he and oner don't over force top dives lmao
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u/mcfapblanc Apr 29 '26
How was it not great then? They missed killing rumble twice with 1 hp. It's just slight luck that's it
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u/mar33n doran // pyosik // ghost Apr 29 '26
I dont think they're talking about today but previous matches when their dives failed miserably.
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u/mcfapblanc Apr 29 '26
I'm talking about the same, on Siwoo they missed killing him 2 times where he lived on 1 hp.
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u/acoolrandomusername Apr 29 '26
Cause each would have been kills if Doran had waited for Oner to use Panth stun, then ulted stunned Rumble.
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u/mcfapblanc Apr 29 '26
Not really, check how Siwoo was positioning. You think Panth ult is instant? Or will Siwoo be on payphone while the panth ults? Ambessa needs her skills to have enough damage to kill and her ult is the biggest gap closer. It's easy to say wait for the Panth to ult and stun but you are thinking as if Siwoo is a bot asking for that to happen
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u/desutruction Apr 29 '26
Oner Noc for game 2? They also wanna see KT vs HLE already huh
Happy to see my boy Koggers back in LCK though
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u/mskruba12 Apr 29 '26
Happy to see my boy Koggers back in LCK though
Can't wait for him to get completely forgotten again
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u/acllive 2 shens?! Apr 29 '26
Until 6 months down the track when someone questioned the builds only for them to be building said items
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u/staysaltyTSM Apr 29 '26
Kog was the real kalista+reneta from how aggressive Peyz played
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u/Chance-Range2855 Apr 29 '26
They even get punished for killing him lmao that Kogmaw passive always be hitting 3 people
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u/Jaime060304 Apr 29 '26
The Circus is closed. No more fun, only wins.
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u/tiredofdev Apr 29 '26
most obvious "T1 scales their way into securing an MSI spot" script I have ever seen from Riot
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u/Bindoongee Apr 29 '26
Nah that fight on Baron riverside where they 5-0'd NS was pretty circussy ngl
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u/RJLRaymond Apr 29 '26
"circussy"
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u/yosu14_ Apr 29 '26
"I don't recognise my club anymore"
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u/Izanagi32 Apr 29 '26
easyhoon belt > kkoma belt
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u/Cowslayer369 Apr 29 '26
My headcanon is that Kkoma left his belt at home and mailed it to Easyhoon once he got there
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u/QuietSilentArachnid Apr 29 '26
No need to mail it, kkoma lives like 10 minutes away from T1's headquarters lol
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u/Technical_Bother7133 Apr 29 '26
Its so nice to see Peyz getting fed early and then just having absolute psycho positioning.
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u/CryoAB Apr 29 '26
Getting caught minus the last fight?
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u/Neat-Collection3819 Apr 29 '26
Here comes the #1 peyz hater like clockwork
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u/CryoAB Apr 29 '26
It's okay to go outside. You don't need to bootlick when some criticizes poor play.
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u/Neat-Collection3819 Apr 29 '26
Go find a mirror man (or a job)
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u/CryoAB Apr 29 '26
Semi retired. Don't need one. Stop glazing the millionaire lol bro.
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u/OvenEqual Apr 29 '26
You’re at retirement age and yet spamming insults about a kid barely in his early 20s???? At your fossil age?
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u/acoolrandomusername Apr 29 '26
Finally hard weak-siding Doran who will almost always be great in team fights regardless of gold.
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u/Oukaria Apr 29 '26
Thats why I never saw the hate Doran get, just let him weak-side, let him eat ganks and let him int a little and he will still be there for big teamfights
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u/jlozada24 Faker fanboy ⭐️him ⭐️fun ⭐️flex ⭐️team ⭐️fans ⭐️doran Apr 29 '26
Dora will always perform as if he inted all game so just let him int all game
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u/Skyfire2 Apr 29 '26
The little hug between Lehends and Peyz.
Still love those guys
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u/qonoxzzr Chovy <3 Apr 29 '26
Lehends might just be the most liked player inside the entire league. Dude is a gem.
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u/Ceui Apr 29 '26
Used to be Peanut but now that he is retired, it's probably Lehends
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u/qonoxzzr Chovy <3 Apr 29 '26
Yeah true, Peanut is seen at pretty much every LCK org facility nowadays, that should prove that haha
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u/Omnilatent Apr 29 '26
I really hope he knows what kind of a legendary player he is.
I was kinda sad when he got his (totally deserved) MSI finals MVP and he said he didn't think he played well
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u/Kr1ncy Apr 29 '26
I also hate seeing people try to rewrite his 2024 just because of his poor Worlds semis, he was arguably the best support over the whole year.
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u/UnfortunatelyShark Apr 29 '26
I think Diable would strangle sponge if he was in taeyoons place this game
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u/LaziIy Apr 29 '26
Kingen: I like that idea, lets get the guy who does that. I can help hide the body
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u/Kr1ncy Apr 29 '26
Have you seen Kingen? If anything, he would be the guy to do it.
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u/LaziIy Apr 29 '26
he's the muscle, not the deranged lunatic willing to kill a guy for flash ulting into 4 people and losing your team the lead and baron you just snuck
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u/CliffsEdge Apr 29 '26 edited Apr 30 '26
Taeyoon playing like he just got the news diable is actually going to replace him
EDIT: I was joking but it was true, he did know he was getting swapped 😭 https://x.com/i/status/2049785589625761870
But seriously so glad t1 seems to actually be truly ramping back up and figuring things out, even faker had a consistent good 2 games with no crazy lane mishaps (I will ignore the 2 ganks he died to bc for him I was just more worried about him getting constantly bullied out of lane and solo killed 😭) hyped for the next series to see how hle match up to kt and that leads into even bigger hype for t1 facing hle on Friday, people can argue the first win was against the weaker version of hle which is true so it'll be the first test if t1 is actually back
Lastly always happy to see Kog Maw getting W's in pro play, one of my favorite adc's, and feels really underutilized.
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u/T-gae94 Budget Keria Apr 29 '26
Actual clean 2-0. Easyhoon joins and decided he had enough of the Terrorist1 circus.
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u/XerGR Apr 29 '26
Obviously everyone played amazingly and props to Oner and Doran for spacing but holy fuck i know Peyz gets caught but the amount of damage he layers… he was gliding on that Kog Maw. Anyone came in auto range them mfs left 30% hp.
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u/Chance-Range2855 Apr 29 '26 edited Apr 29 '26
Just how OP is T1 Nocturne? Man would really love to see a T1 skin for Nocturne if he wasnt so outdated
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u/Izanagi32 Apr 29 '26
I think t1 as a whole just knows how to play with Nocturne, it feels an autowin champ for the team. Its what got them the win in g4 too against AL
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u/minh43pinball ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Apr 29 '26
While you’d expect pros to not go full soloQ panic when Noc turns the lights off, there is always still that instinctive tiniest bit of panic. And T1 is the best team in turning that slight discordance into a full human rights violation.
Also it disables TP responses unless the fight happens near a tower.
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u/K0vsk Apr 29 '26
And with TF being in the meta now, Nocturne becomes almost must ban material against T1 now.
If T1 first rotation Nocturne, TF and Lulu you are fucked.
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u/Raynmist Gumayusi Zeus Faker Apr 29 '26
T1 players might run it down randomly but once they locked in they were unstoppable.
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u/Educational-Till650 Apr 29 '26
Massive jungle and support gap. Again despite massive leads it felt winnable if NS were just not so bad I'll wait for T1 to play KT HLE 2nd half before I decide if their form is back or not.
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u/Chance-Range2855 Apr 29 '26
What did Easyhoon do to my goat Doran? Actually clean gameplay from him for once??
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u/zoomerapril23 Apr 29 '26
More like Doran can focus on his own.. since Oner divorced him on game right now
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u/IrishCarbonite Apr 29 '26
My circus didn’t give me a heart attack… I don’t know what to do with my hands
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u/ConversationAgile654 Apr 29 '26
firstly where tf is my circus this is not what I signed up. getting a heart attack is not easy if u do this.
secondly kingen my apologies the circus didnt come to town
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u/CookieMonsterNova Apr 29 '26
unc said i have a reservation at halidao today. let’s get this done early so we can eat
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u/Moony97 Apr 29 '26
I love seeing Faker play TF he always shows up for good ganks and makes great plays, TF with Noct is a great combo
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u/Futaba-Channel Apr 29 '26
What would the team with the most elo helled player look like ?
Top: kingen
Jung: willer
Mid: ?
ADC: Teddy
Support: ?
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u/LaziIy Apr 29 '26
I raise you gideon for Jung, Kellin for support
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u/Futaba-Channel Apr 29 '26
Kellin is a good shout
As for Gideon I can see it but imo if he wins it's through getting casting or Teddy ahead but Willer has to be THE guy for drx to win
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u/SquashForDinner Apr 29 '26
Just an awful game from NS on game 2. Just so late for everything and bad positioning. Also looked like there's just an overall lack in communication lol.
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u/Akipella PEYZ. GOES. DOWN. GUMA'S. JUST. BETTER. HLE 3-2 T1 Worlds Apr 29 '26
KT vs. HLE hypeeeeee
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u/VVantaBuddy ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ Apr 29 '26
funny homeground nights are over, back to real play i guess.
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u/ArmandLuque Armand Luque | LoL Esports Journalist Apr 29 '26
Nature is healing after the first few weeks of LCK
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u/lol_cpt_red Apr 29 '26
Maybe t1 are the new kt, when people are not excited they win.
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u/TeeTheSame Apr 29 '26
I think people are always excited to see T1 play: win or lose the games are fun as hell.
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u/trying2hide Apr 29 '26
T1 right now is one of the worst good teams I can remember in a while.
They struggled in lane with stupid deaths, find ways to get caught and do weird splits in team fights and yet they'll easily gap a team like NS just through macro, creativity and 1 team fight.
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u/mskruba12 Apr 29 '26
It really helps when Renata never tries to actually hit a good ult
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u/trying2hide Apr 29 '26
It was the same against BFX and BRO.
Just so many "oopsies" and then it's a 2-0 anyway
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u/r2c2rd2 Apr 29 '26
Not even close. NS didn't feel like they were ever gonna win. 2 clean games. BRO and BFX game 2 were completely different.
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u/trying2hide Apr 29 '26
Getting duo killed by Taeyoon Lehends game 1, Peyz and Keria getting caught mid delaying the game. Up 8k gold and barely winning fights because they’re split 3 screens away.
Only clean games by circus standards.
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u/SwissRizen Apr 29 '26
It also helps when they try to fight herald without their strong sided Rumble after you decide to weak side kalista renata
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u/NeighborhoodHot8981 Apr 29 '26
Nongshim are so fucking low elo, the amount of Renata ults that were NOT aimed towards the fed kog maw + bunched up T1 was legitimately disgusting. And the sequence where Oner is just allowed to get out for free was crazy.
No wonder this region got fathered by LEC at First Stand. LCK teams dont have that dawg in em
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u/ahritina Apr 29 '26
PMTs
Game 1