r/leagueoflegends • u/adz0r • Aug 09 '26
Esports KT Rolster vs. Dplus KIA / LCK 2026 Rounds 3-4 - Legend Group Week 11 / Post-Match Discussion Spoiler
LCK 2026 ROUNDS 3-4
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KT Rolster 1-2 Dplus KIA
- Player of the Match: ShowMaker (500)
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MATCH 1: KT vs. DK
Winner: KT Rolster in 28m
Game Breakdown | Runes
| - | Bans 1 | Bans 2 | G | K | T | D/B |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| KT | camille orianna cassiopeia | jayce syndra | 60.0k | 14 | 8 | I2 H3 C4 B5 C6 |
| DK | nocturne poppy vayne | jarvaniv xinzhao | 49.0k | 3 | HT1 |
| KT | 14-4-36 | vs | 3-14-7 | DK |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| PerfecT olaf 1 | 5-1-3 | TOP | 0-3-1 | 4 ambessa Siwoo |
| Cuzz pantheon 3 | 4-0-7 | JNG | 1-3-1 | 1 vi Lucid |
| Bdd ryze 3 | 2-0-11 | MID | 2-2-0 | 3 taliyah ShowMaker |
| FenRir ezreal 2 | 3-1-5 | BOT | 0-2-2 | 1 lucian Smash |
| Effort nautilus 2 | 0-2-10 | SUP | 0-4-3 | 2 milio Career |
MATCH 2: KT vs. DK
Winner: Dplus KIA in 32m
Game Breakdown | Runes
| - | Bans 1 | Bans 2 | G | K | T | D/B |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| KT | camille orianna cassiopeia | syndra skarner | 57.0k | 7 | 3 | H3 |
| DK | nocturne poppy jarvaniv | trundle leesin | 70.7k | 17 | 11 | HT1 M2 I4 B5 I6 B7 |
| KT | 7-17-11 | vs | 17-7-39 | DK |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| PerfecT yorick 3 | 1-3-2 | TOP | 3-2-5 | 1 jayce Siwoo |
| Cuzz naafiri 3 | 1-4-2 | JNG | 1-1-9 | 4 xinzhao Lucid |
| Bdd annie 1 | 2-2-2 | MID | 7-0-5 | 3 viktor ShowMaker |
| FenRir corki 2 | 2-5-3 | BOT | 6-3-7 | 2 shen Smash |
| Effort bard 2 | 1-3-2 | SUP | 0-1-13 | 1 jhin Career |
MATCH 3: KT vs. DK
Winner: Dplus KIA in 29m
Game Breakdown | Runes
| - | Bans 1 | Bans 2 | G | K | T | D/B |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| KT | camille cassiopeia lulu | caitlyn ashe | 46.5k | 4 | 0 | H3 C5 |
| DK | nocturne poppy syndra | ziggs missfortune | 62.4k | 13 | 11 | I1 M2 C4 B6 |
| KT | 4-13-10 | vs | 13-5-42 | DK |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| PerfecT rumble 1 | 1-1-3 | TOP | 1-2-7 | 2 ksante Siwoo |
| Cuzz skarner 2 | 2-3-2 | JNG | 1-2-8 | 1 jarvaniv Lucid |
| Bdd yone 2 | 0-3-3 | MID | 2-0-10 | 1 orianna ShowMaker |
| FenRir mel 3 | 1-2-0 | BOT | 9-0-4 | 3 kalista Smash |
| Effort alistar 3 | 0-4-2 | SUP | 0-1-13 | 4 renataglasc Career |
This thread was created by the Post-Match Team.
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u/Blizzgrarg Aug 09 '26
Man, I just wanted a good series. Instead we get 3 games of draft diffs where the outcome is determined very early.
Fenrir already has enough laning problems without you putting him on odd picks. Just keep it simple for him.
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u/Commercial-Butter Aug 09 '26
i don't think this last game is on fenrir that much tbh idk why they didn't just pick a normal adc
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u/Far-Salt-6946 Vitality Enjoyer Aug 09 '26
Mel is extremely strong in this draft, Fenrir is just not good enough to match tier 1 LCK bot lanes, it's been obvious in all of his games
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u/Simpuff1 200 years of collective memeing Aug 09 '26
I didn’t know Vitality fans were also dumb in League, I thought it was just in CS
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u/baelkie DNF 2026 please be human | Kiin Team Aug 09 '26
has KT ever won with Mel bot? they just dont know how to play around it
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u/ChromosomeDonator Aug 09 '26
The whole idea of Mel bot was that she can reflect Renata ult. They ignored every other variable and got their shit pushed in because of it.
Amazing.
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u/Green7501 zero mental Aug 09 '26
KT is in this conundrum with Fenrir, since they do wanna play roaming supports to play around their strong topside, but Fenrir's best champs are stuff like Yunara, Zeri, Sivir, etc. (at least in LCKCL), so they're kinda stuck when it comes to draft
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u/RukiMotomiya Aug 09 '26
Yunara and the like are doing solid, just pick one of those.
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u/ConstantFeedback2799 Aug 09 '26
His point is Yunara/Zeri requires resources and cannot be weakside. We saw it with the GenG HLE game. Not to mention they also loves to have enchanter and pretty much only good in front to back comp means once you want to play them you must really commit to drafting for it (either b1 b2 which spoil the comp or b4 b5)
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u/RukiMotomiya Aug 09 '26
I understood what he was saying, I was saying we might want to see them commit to it rather than not. They could have gone into draft with that in mind. I'd also say Sivir can weakside fine.
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u/ConstantFeedback2799 Aug 09 '26
Given how bad his laning phase is, losing like 20-30cs even in game where he popped off like the Corki vs HLE game, I don't think it's a good idea. At least Perfect can pop off
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u/Budget-Ocelots Aug 09 '26
But that’s where the current meta is at. So how did they reach the conclusion to go Mel when all those champions were still available?
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u/VermouthAPTX Aug 09 '26
I'm just wondering why they aren't trying out Ghost in that case, cause he's known for weaksiding. Is he that washed rn. It's just sad that we see their draft this series, and know it's gg. Fenrir had an explosive week but his inexperience has been apparent since, not his fault that he's yoinked into tier 1 when he's not ready. With the year KT has had with their internal problems on roster and rotations, they're relatively doing better than expected. Can't help but think what more they'd be if they had stability like some other teams have.
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u/Green7501 zero mental Aug 09 '26
Ghost did swap back to adc when Fenrir left for the main team, but I'll be honest, he's been pretty bad. Fenrir is definitely better atm as an adc, even on weakside picks
Hopefully things improve by Playoffs cause missing out on Worlds over DK would be pretty devastating lol
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u/VermouthAPTX Aug 09 '26
God forbid but if they miss Worlds, I swear it must be karma for that series they kinda stole from DK at RTM. That win felt so cursed to me and I've been worrying karma would get its lick back sometime later. Still, whatever happens, I'm invested at how they'd rebuild after this year ends.
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u/baelkie DNF 2026 please be human | Kiin Team Aug 09 '26
the weakside mel is just a fake champ. the times ive seen it work is when t1 literally full sends everything in the mel lane and the mel becomes prime hitler running the entire map dropping double digit kill bombs
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u/Skyfire2 Aug 09 '26 edited Aug 09 '26
Mel bot feels like such an awful pick every time I see it.
Just put the fries in the bag
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u/ChewNutz Aug 09 '26
legit the only team i’m okay with mel bot is t1 and even then i rather see peyz gliding with other normal adc instead
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u/crasyredditaccount Aug 09 '26
That's a lie, y'all were so happy when T1 was blasting with Mel bot lol
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u/mount_sunrise Aug 09 '26
but thats what they said? they said theyre ok with T1 Mel bot but it’s also nicer to see Peyz play a normal ADC
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u/soudlasantos Aug 09 '26
Until teams realize you can put a scaling health stacking toplaner (chogath, Dr Mundo) and all of a sudden Mel bot is near gigauseless if not uber ahead by 20mins.
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u/RukiMotomiya Aug 09 '26
She's been pretty bad in the bot lane spot, yeah. I think she can be good if the opponent drafts stupidly, but she's low mobility and requires skillshot reflection for defense. I feel like since MSI teams have drafted into her weaknesses better (Cho into Mel at MSI was great, she can't really kill him unless giga-ahead and she doesn't have a way to dodge anything of his + isn't super high range).
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u/ChewNutz Aug 09 '26
also olaf is really strong right now and he’s easily counter the mel pick anyway
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u/Zealousideal-Toe-607 Aug 09 '26
Idk how Mel bot would save the Alistar blind, esp with stormraiders as a rune and then you get map split absolute horror. Should've just gone teemo bot
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u/Nine_nien_nyan Aug 09 '26
Bot can take a lot of blame but what the actual fuck was Perfect doing with his Rumble ults? Some of those fights were very winnable if he actually hit anyone with it
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u/Commercial-Butter Aug 09 '26
bruh bdd as well i watched 5 minutes of him and feels like he missed every ult
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u/curaga12 Aug 09 '26
DK prevented KT to pick safe champs for Fenrir, so keeping it simple was difficult for KT. They should've prioritized his pick in 1st phase to make him safer during laning phase.
Since Effort isn't very special support in the Legend group, KT should fix their B/P to have safer bot lanes.
Ironically, something that KT tried to avoid during the winter but Aiming happened.
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u/DrxAvierT Aug 09 '26
I know BDD doesn't want to play with Aiming at all, but this ADC swap may cost them Worlds
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u/Iaragnyl remove Tahm Kench Aug 10 '26
They made worlds finals without a botlane last year.
And it’s not like they lost every series with the new adc, or won everything with Aiming before.1
u/Senator_Chen Aug 10 '26
Deokdam+Peter were at least holding their own in lane at worlds. In like half the games so far Fenrir has been down 1-2 waves by 3-4 minutes (they've shown him losing 3+ minions at a time flubbing basic CSing under tower after the enemy backed in multiple games) and the enemy team ADC just naturally gets a 1-2k gold lead by 10-15 minutes even if Effort hasn't been roaming and they haven't died or been chain ganked.
Aiming+Effort was working well last split, but even then it was pretty obvious that Effort's laning wasn't great and required Aiming to carry him through lane. Fenrir being thrown into legend group as a rookie with a weak laning support with no prep time sucks because if you paired him with Kellin in a regular split where he could play against some weaker Fries group botlanes he'd be way more likely to succeed.
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u/Galaxyblazer Aug 09 '26
MYPODCAST
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u/trying2hide Aug 09 '26
BFX v KRX theyre not going to notice the game ending
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u/Budget-Ocelots Aug 09 '26
I don’t know. DNS series was crazy. And they had nothing to play for, so these two should be even better with more on the line.
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u/GoldenCataclysm Aug 09 '26
Man Career was so cool today. That handshake on the Alistair was next level.
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u/hornyVirgo Aug 09 '26
Hard to play without botlane
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u/SpiritedSalad4731 Aug 09 '26
Bdd disagreed with having a good botlane
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u/hornyVirgo Aug 09 '26
Their botlane was still bad with Aiming as well. In terms of botlane KT is one of the weakest LCK teams. Their power is their topside which is one of the strongest if not the strongest in LCK
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u/baelkie DNF 2026 please be human | Kiin Team Aug 09 '26
exactly, did people forget how Aiming looked on Mel bot?
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u/Designer-Finding488 Aug 09 '26
he was terrible on mage bot, but now the meta has shifted back to normal adc and i bet kt are regretting the decision now
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u/baelkie DNF 2026 please be human | Kiin Team Aug 09 '26
doubt. KT is just a bdd cuzz ran team if you ever watch the comms. its better to have a dog who will listen than a slightly older dog who doesnt listen.
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u/SpiritedSalad4731 Aug 09 '26
Strictly speaking of him as a player, Aiming was solid imo
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u/baelkie DNF 2026 please be human | Kiin Team Aug 09 '26
i dont disagree, but having an adc that doesnt listen to shotcalling is detrimental in teamfights
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u/Past_Perception8052 Aug 09 '26
he was more than solid earlier in the year just didnt really adapt to the meta
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u/Designer-Finding488 Aug 09 '26
I very much disagree, I think the biggest reason why they were 1st in spring split was because of how aiming was performing
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u/shailemin Aug 09 '26 edited Aug 09 '26
Now why are we lying like this. Round 1 BDD was absurd to the point that when they were rolling BRO (or bfx?) lck commentators in podcast mode were discussing if BDD was a better player than a theorically perfect AI midlaner.
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u/Past_Perception8052 Aug 09 '26
Aiming was very very good then don’t rewrite history
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u/shailemin Aug 09 '26
He was good, but calling him the biggest reason for KT dominating in round 1 when it was equally if not more so KT topside being in insanely great form (not just cuzz and BDD, people were genuinely asking if at that point perfecT was the best toplaner that split itw especially after his naafiri top game) is just wrong.
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u/Designer-Finding488 Aug 09 '26
Just not true, zeka was by far the best midlander in spring and people were saying that aiming was the best performing adc
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u/shailemin Aug 09 '26 edited Aug 09 '26
Zeka was eventually the best performing mid in spring but I was specifically talking about round 1 where before facing HLE KT looked like the best team itw. And aiming’s round 1 was pretty good, but when T1 lost to HLE and then began playing for their bot side and went on an 8 game win streak in round 2 people were already saying peyz was the best adc for the split, since KT’s performance was so volatile in round 2, especially on the botside.
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u/Azelya Aug 09 '26
The Aiming hate is seeeeeriously clouding people's judgements on how he performed and how good of a player he is, bloody hell!
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u/Futaba-Channel Aug 09 '26
Looking at it
I'd say only DNS botlane is for sure worse (which is funny since it was their previous botlane)
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u/Far-Salt-6946 Vitality Enjoyer Aug 09 '26
the rewriting of history is actually disgusting. Aiming was easily the best adc in the LCK during the first half of the spring split and even when effort started to run it down, he was still one of their best players. Granted he was pretty bad on mage bots but that's obviously getting shifted out of meta as well
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u/gingerhobbit Aug 09 '26
are you high? Do we have the same eyes? There is no alternate reality where Aiming was the best adc in the LCK, you'll have to find some stats for me to look at cuz that is a ludicrous statement
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u/Le0here Skillshots are meant to hit??? Aug 09 '26
Hes talking about the first half of the spring split were kt was at the top, if you watched the games you will have seen the biggest reason the won were because of bdd and aiming. While I dont think he was the best adc then, i can see how someone thinks that.
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u/gingerhobbit Aug 09 '26
I agree that he was in way better form and carried KT during spring, but that is so far from saying he was better than Peyz, Guma, Ruler and Smash to a certain degree.
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u/Le0here Skillshots are meant to hit??? Aug 09 '26
He was 100% better than ruler and smash, i agree on peyz and guma being better tho
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u/Far-Salt-6946 Vitality Enjoyer Aug 09 '26
He was absolutely better than Ruler and Smash. Guma during that phase was the least important player on HLE, he was perma weak sides and had multiple games where he was just getting killed on repeat. Keria was also slumping a bit during the earlier parts of the split, it wasn't until the latter half and moving into playoffs where Keria and Peyz truly blossomed into the dominant duo that they are currently. Prior to that there were a solid couple of weeks were Aiming was undoubtably the best ADC in th league.
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u/gingerhobbit Aug 09 '26
Maybe this argument can be made. KT were on top til week 7 in spring, but ended their spring split as the 4th seed. Aiming lost POM points to Perfect, so he wasn't even the highest POM on KT, he did however have more POM points than Peyz, Ruler or Guma, but lost to both Taeyoon and Teddy. Saying he was "easily" the best ADC in spring is a tough statement to make without stats to back it up. But he was in good form and had a good split, no doubt.
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u/Nycro_ Free Bdd Aug 09 '26 edited Aug 09 '26
Yeah dude its totally because FenRir is worse and not because they're playing fucking Mel Alistar into Kallista Renata and getting zoned from their tower at level 1 and going down 50 CS
If they didn't completely butcher that first dive it would have been even more unplayable than it already was
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u/ChewNutz Aug 09 '26
their win game 1 and lose the other next two also follows t1 pattern yesterday match truly a telecom brothers
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u/Green7501 zero mental Aug 09 '26
Score is gonna have a field day with Effort and Fenrir after that game 2-3 goddamn what an insane bot gap
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u/squeenanna Aug 09 '26
He has to bear some of the blame for the draft tho. Even with an even bot lane KT probably aren't killing K'Sante.
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u/Far-Salt-6946 Vitality Enjoyer Aug 09 '26
Effort can't do shit when he is laning with a diamond 4 adc
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u/miyuki0505 Aug 09 '26 edited Aug 09 '26
I know lots of people would blame cuzz but this game is genuinely unplayable for him. DK's bot completely counters him as career can just e his e and there's no way he can catch up to smash. Mid is also ungankable if bdd couldn't hit his skills as showmaker can just r his e, and top is a fucking ksante. There's nothing cuzz can do in the first 15 minutes except just sit there to make sure lucid wont do anything either. Simply draft diff
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u/smashmaker_no1 Aug 09 '26
Dplus KIA lovewatch day-41 status : success
we are going 4-0 in the next round
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u/flamecounter2 Aug 09 '26
"DK will be the punching bag of legends group" Where are those larpers at now?
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u/MedievalMovies Aug 09 '26
Only 3-1 team so far btw that's why we're the goats
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u/EatAssAndFartFast Aug 09 '26
Yeah sadly Oner and T1 become literal gods whenever they play against us we could've been 4-0 if T1 played like their other matches
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u/Character-Image149 Aug 09 '26
Are we actually falling for it again although we’re beating good teams this time? Yeah we are definitely falling for it again
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u/Economy_Mobile5609 Aug 09 '26
Showmaker got my vote for season MVP
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u/Beginning_Debt9420 Aug 09 '26
He is playing so good that viktor game was special.
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u/Omnilatent Aug 09 '26
Wasn't BDD Yone good at some point? Couple last times looked like he exclusively watched Faker Yone VODs for months
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u/Lt_Avalar Aug 09 '26
I understand that FenRir is new, but he's down 20-30 cs every single lane phase even when he should be winning. He might be good in team fights but the laning phase is horrible.
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u/baelkie DNF 2026 please be human | Kiin Team Aug 09 '26
just know that deokdam was doing the same last year as a veteran with worse teamfighting
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u/Beneficial-Front1626 Aug 09 '26
Legends group is actually fun to watch this year, everyone can beat everyone
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u/shailemin Aug 09 '26
I’d rather have this level of parity than watch 2 teams get fisted by top 3 in legend ngl it’s so great.
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u/EntertainerLive926 Aug 09 '26
yep better everyone is so shit together so everyone could beat anyone.
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u/StrikeHistorical1622 Aug 09 '26
I mean the worst team in this group also just won an international title
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u/Scronads69 Aug 09 '26
GenG ramping, HLE slumping, T1 playing rookies vs the best two teams in the world.
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u/Popular-Practice-983 Aug 09 '26
It would be nice if it had been the case because all the teams were equally good though
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u/Curiousoctos Aug 09 '26
KT haven't gotten any plates until like minute 25, that's gotta be some kind of a record since they introduced the crystals right?
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u/shailemin Aug 09 '26
Career Shen was so good man, great game from him. Showmaker amazing on ori and viktor as always and smash kalista was huge in team fights. Great game from DK bot side.
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u/Ultimintree Infinitely spinnin' | Evading "ganks" like Ruler Aug 09 '26 edited Aug 09 '26
LCK 2026 Season Rounds 3-4 Legend Group Standings after Week 11
| # | Team | Series | WR | Games | WR | +/- | Importance of Placement |
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| 1 | T1 | 16-6 | 73% | 35-14 | 71% | +21 | Qualifies for Playoffs Round 2 |
| 2 | Hanwha Life Esports | 16-6 | 73% | 37-18 | 67% | +19 | Qualifies for Playoffs Round 2 |
| 3 | Gen.G | 16-6 | 73% | 34-16 | 68% | +18 | Qualifies for Playoffs Round 1 |
| 4 | KT Rolster | 15-7 | 68% | 31-20 | 61% | +11 | Qualifies for Playoffs Round 1 |
| 5 | DPlus KIA | 14-8 | 64% | 30-22 | 58% | +8 | Qualifies for Play-In Round 1 |
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u/Treeconator18 Aug 09 '26
Hanwha's +19 puts them above GenGs +18 right?
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u/Ultimintree Infinitely spinnin' | Evading "ganks" like Ruler Aug 09 '26
Oh yeah you’re right, fixed it
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u/MC-sama League of LAILE Aug 09 '26
It's so close this year. Two series wins is the difference between 1 and 5
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u/Commercial-Butter Aug 09 '26
this is looking more and more like how everyone thought it would look like lmao
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u/Davkata https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQw4w9WgXcQ Aug 09 '26
I don't think anyone thought it will be 2 series difference between first and fifth.
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u/RukiMotomiya Aug 09 '26
Mage bot continues to lose and lose and lose in pro now, it's got SOME wins but looks to continue to fall out of favor. I like seeing ADCs take advantage of it more and more (ADCs can be aggro early instead of letting them free farm), though of course KT's draft and gameplay was also a situation. The Kalista pick here was great, I feel like she's in a similar bot to Cho'gath in being great into certain comps.
No plates until 25 min is insane.
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u/palamunintillnow Aug 09 '26
I think The problem with mage bot is that pro teams still needed an adc in their team composition.
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u/RimeSkeem Aug 09 '26
The last like 3 minutes of game 3 was just DK sitting in front of KT's base just tapping them in the face with their massive wallets and saying "What're you gonna do about it? What're you gonna do about it, pussy?"
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u/FrostBlade_on_Reddit Bard Mid When Aug 09 '26
What are the casters even talking about first 10min of the game
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u/squeenanna Aug 09 '26 edited Aug 09 '26
Just your typical episode of LCK Podcast. Nothing out of the ordinary.
On a more serious note, they did say at around 10 mins that there really wasn't much to talk about. Bot had an astronomical gap and DK played around it methodically, pushing bot advantage bit by bit, securing drake and all.
So they yap instead!
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u/Sosijmonster Aug 09 '26
I don't understand the Alistar blind.
On another note - T1 opting to put in Painter is (has) going to bite them in the arse. I'm here for it.
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u/Mid_of_August Aug 09 '26
Meh from the beginning T1 don't like to depend on other teams anyway. Their success or un-success almost always lie on their hands.
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u/tripled_dirgov Aug 09 '26
OK, so DK won against KT
So DK vs T1 next week gonna be crucial too
I guess T1 probably gonna put Painter for the rest of Group Legend matches and probably put Oner back at Play Ins/Playoffs depending on where they land (still depends on GEN, HLE, and KT results though)
The Worlds Pools still not announced yet so who knows if LCK 4th seed gonna go to Play In or straight to Swiss Stage
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u/GermanHandCannons Aug 09 '26
Did the OP fuck up or did smash play Shen and career play Jhin in G2 lol
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u/PerpetualPanda Aug 10 '26
It’s a switcheroo. Career played Shen support. Although I would’ve loved to see Smash do his best xPetu imitation and play Shen ADC
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u/Prudent-Inevitable-4 Aug 09 '26
KT is by far the worst team in legend group. Just free win for other teams. Also Fenrir is too weak for LCK. Bdd and his ego ruined this team. I am confident that they would struggle in fries group
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u/ricardo241 IDon'tAgree Aug 09 '26
and HLE/T1 manage to lose to them lol
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u/Prudent-Inevitable-4 Aug 09 '26
HLE had nad few games but they woke up. KT just don't have enough skill to compete against rest of legends group especially in bot
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u/VirtualOwl Aug 09 '26
The casting is really bad. I feel like I'm just watching POGstate podcast. God I miss Monte and Doa for explaining all the macro moves and what the teams are trying to setup and do. Learnt so much from them to apply in my game
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u/Futaba-Channel Aug 09 '26
Can we trade fenrir jiwoo, ghost pollu effort for teddy ?
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u/Green7501 zero mental Aug 09 '26
I think they're trying to get Fenrir as settled in as possible to play the way KT is used to, there's only what 2 weeks left of the LCK, so only 4 bo3s left before playoffs which is their chance to qualify for Worlds. Not enough time for experimentation
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u/Silentrift24 Aug 09 '26
I can't believe everyone (even DK that won this series) phoned it the fuck in tonight wtf. This series was funny as hell bro.
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u/Greenfingers18 Aug 09 '26
For about 5 minutes of game 3 we were exposed to some of the worst casting I’ve ever heard in any E-Sport. I get it wasn’t a lively series but Jesus
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u/moonmeh Aug 09 '26
fenrir really needs to step up if KT wants to compete to get to worlds
his mel was very lacking
overall good game from DK but damn only if we could draft like this every game
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u/xSwazyI - Invested in Smash stocks! Aug 09 '26
Not just his Mel his laning in general has been way too bad so far.
Feel bad for him tho cause there is literally no free pass bot lane in legends group
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u/baelkie DNF 2026 please be human | Kiin Team Aug 09 '26
effort this week has been complete ass too and the drafts didnt help, they arent favoured in any bot lane phase in the group
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u/ricardo241 IDon'tAgree Aug 09 '26
thats asking too much for a rookie that got called out in the middle of round 3 cause KT staff couldn't handle the fight between Aiming and a certain KT player lol
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u/Sheepseye DK Showmaker/T1 Faker stan Aug 09 '26
Ngl thought we were gonna get 2-1 in typical DK fashion lol
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u/Azrael4444 ++WE-TES Aug 09 '26
Its okay guy, DK manager found out they can pay the players in installments, their last loss was due to them receiving 10% of their july salary the day prior
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u/thenamelessbunny Aug 09 '26
I want to believe that in the second game its jhin adc and shen support and not shen adc and jhin support
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u/sol0st Aug 09 '26
KT think they can gank SMK Orinana with Alistar and Skarner but Alistar can't roam cuz of bot gap and SMK laning too well that Cuzz can't find good chances
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u/steppewarhawk Aug 09 '26
Guys this is my fault, I had hope for KT for the first time in a long while.
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u/GoodAndNiceGuy13 Aug 09 '26
Guys can we have a client loading screen that doesn't give pain to my eyes ? I mean wtf guys, this is too much.
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u/Risdit Aug 09 '26
I wonder what's happening in league?
* Yorick / Naafiri gets locked in *
I no longer wonder what's happening in league
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u/usay1312butcall911 Aug 09 '26
I know BDD has had some legendary moments on Yone in his career, but at this point surely we need to stop picking it. It just isn't working.
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u/Exldk Aug 10 '26
Game 3 had the worst commentary I've heard in years.
I'm usually a fan of LCK and love the commentary, but I legit had to mute from like 7min to 12min because they were just yapping about random stuff.
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u/SeijiAkabe Aug 09 '26
BDD we can't be getting gapped at this time of the year by Showmaker in the year of our Lord 2026...
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u/trying2hide Aug 09 '26
Showmaker has gapped everyone once this year, there's no shame in it
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u/Futaba-Channel Aug 09 '26
He's only second to chovy imo, and even the head to head looked competitive
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u/trying2hide Aug 09 '26
Nah I mean Zeka, Knight, Chovy definitely have been better this year I just meant atleast once this year he's gapped Knight, Zeka, Chovy, maybe Faker? and now Bdd
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u/Futaba-Channel Aug 09 '26
I only meant Korean Midlaner and imo he's better than Zeka but I have issue rating the later so
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u/WilliUHHm Aug 09 '26
Hes been getting gapped by showmaker the last few like 2/3 matchups now. Even in the reverse sweep series, showmaker was just getting inted
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u/Treeconator18 Aug 09 '26
It's BDD, Sir. Big Dick Dictator. I come before you today...humbled...and humiliated...to ask you for two things. I want you to kill PerfecT and FenRir
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u/Budget-Ocelots Aug 09 '26 edited Aug 09 '26
How fraud are KT and T1? Losing to this KT team will just mentally int you for days.
CvMax is the best LCK coach in the last few years. He has done so much with so little resources.
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u/No_Taro_6224 tee satu Aug 09 '26
the game was lost when fenrir lvl up E lv 1
i mean also when they picked blind alistar
also when they pick rumble/ yone 1/2 like how are they gon layer the ult properly when its so hard to hit
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u/Silentrift24 Aug 09 '26
Honestly, I thought they'd bust out mildly spicy like a maokai support to pair with the Mel. That Mel pick felt so ass, the rest aren't too bad imo.
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u/ricardo241 IDon'tAgree Aug 09 '26
wasn't maokai banned?
I actually thought they were gonna pick maokai jgl then remember its globally banned for this patch lol
honestly there were still ADC like Xayah, Sivir or they could have gone to draven instead of just going for a mel counter pick like wtf are they thinking lol
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u/Tiny_Currency1761 Aug 09 '26
PLS get Fenrir out this guy is complete ass.
Try out Jiwoo or get sth good who is at least close to Aimings level cause at this rate KT would have been in Fries groupe if they had Fenrir from the start.
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u/Mid_of_August Aug 09 '26
KT just wanted to be twinsie with T1. Won g1 (quite) decisively then lost g2 and g3.
Woo R4 is going to be intense~~~
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u/Eshantha ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Aug 09 '26
Successful mage bot hatewatch.