r/leagueoflegends • u/ahritina • Aug 30 '26
Esports Dplus KIA vs. KT Rolster / LCK 2026 Season Playoffs - Upper Bracket Round 1 / Post Match Discussion Spoiler
LCK 2026 SEASON PLAYOFFS
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KT Rolster 3-0 Dplus KIA
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MATCH 1: KT vs. DK
Winner: KT Rolster in 38m | Game Breakdown
| - | Bans 1 | Bans 2 | G | K | T | D/B |
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| KT | cassiopeia vi leesin | lucian lulu | 77.4k | 15 | 10 | CT2 O4 O5 O6 B7 E8 |
| DK | nocturne poppy ryze | karma seraphine | 69.7k | 11 | 4 | HT1 H3 |
| KT | 15-11-36 | vs | 11-15-28 | DK |
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| PerfecT trundle 2 | 3-2-6 | TOP | 1-4-1 | 2 olaf Siwoo |
| Cuzz jarvaniv 1 | 4-0-11 | JNG | 2-4-6 | 2 xinzhao Lucid |
| Bdd syndra 3 | 5-2-5 | MID | 4-2-6 | 1 orianna ShowMaker |
| Jiwoo ezreal 1 | 3-3-5 | BOT | 4-3-5 | 3 caitlyn Smash |
| Effort nautilus 4 | 0-4-9 | SUP | 0-2-10 | 3 bard Career |
MATCH 2: KT vs. DK
Winner: KT Rolster in 41m | Game Breakdown
| - | Bans 1 | Bans 2 | G | K | T | D/B |
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| KT | cassiopeia ryze lucian | viktor naafiri | 80.6k | 15 | 6 | HT1 H3 CT4 CT9 B10 |
| DK | nocturne poppy pantheon | k'sante lulu | 80.2k | 13 | 9 | O2 CT5 B6 CT7 B8 |
| KT | 15-13-46 | vs | 13-15-34 | DK |
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| PerfecT rumble 4 | 3-3-9 | TOP | 4-4-2 | 2 jayce Siwoo |
| Cuzz skarner 3 | 1-1-11 | JNG | 3-3-6 | 1 vi Lucid |
| Bdd ahri 2 | 2-3-8 | MID | 2-1-7 | 3 annie ShowMaker |
| Jiwoo kalista 1 | 8-3-6 | BOT | 3-2-9 | 2 taliyah Smash |
| Effort renata glasc 1 | 1-3-12 | SUP | 1-5-10 | 3 alistar Career |
MATCH 3: KT vs. DK
Winner: KT in 38m | Game Breakdown
| - | Bans 1 | Bans 2 | G | K | T | D/B |
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| KT | lucian lee sin viktor | vayne twisted fate | 75.6k | 14 | 10 | O3 B4 O5 B6 |
| DK | nocturne cassiopeia pantheon | poppy wukong | 73.7k | 11 | 5 | M1 C2 H3 O7 |
| KT | 14-11-32 | vs | 11-14-28 | DK |
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| PerfecT gnar 3 | 2-2-4 | TOP | 2-2-2 | 3 ambessa Siwoo |
| Cuzz cho'gath 3 | 3-3-5 | JNG | 0-2-9 | 2 naafiri Lucid |
| Bdd ryze 1 | 6-1-6 | MID | 3-4-5 | 3 aurora ShowMaker |
| Jiwoo ashe 2 | 3-2-8 | BOT | 6-3-3 | 1 yunara Smash |
| Effort seraphine 2 | 0-3-9 | SUP | 0-3-9 | 1 lulu Career |
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u/PartyCauliflower7044 Faker is Lpl's father Aug 30 '26
COACH OF THE YEAR, ROOKIE OF THE YEAR, CHOKE OF THE YEAR, DK IN 0
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u/Curiousoctos Aug 30 '26
Cvmax is the coach of the year solely because of the fact that players were still alive after that game 2 throw.
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u/veirceb Aug 30 '26 edited Aug 30 '26
It's insane to blame the coach this series
Edit: You guys are fucking insane if you think the coach decides every single individual pick and ban for the draft and the players have 0 say.
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u/Bullshitbanana Aug 30 '26
That was the least intimidating 7 item 5k gold up Yunara I’ve ever seen
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u/Argschadt Aug 30 '26
Aurora, Nafiri and Ambessa do not help a Yunara to play and in my opinion they picked the wrong fights as team.
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u/Nycro_ Free Bdd Aug 30 '26
KT sweeping DK off the back of Trundle top, a 14.4k gold lead throw, and the first Cho jungle in nearly a decade
Just what everyone expected going into this series
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u/squeenanna Aug 30 '26
KT > DK ❌
Laure > Caedrel ⭕
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u/GothaV2 SSG/Gen G | Ruler Aug 30 '26
KT baby buff omg ???
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u/lasagna_land Aug 30 '26
Coach Score’s daughter was also born on the day of KT’s most recent match before this one. Congrats!
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u/DojimaGin Aug 30 '26
This was the craziest chain of Sally ults I have witnessed so far. Like he wanted them to lose ngl
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u/CommentStrict8964 Aug 30 '26
I watched about half of game 2, thought it was surely a DK victory, then decided to do something else.
Came back to see the 3-0.
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u/aser08 Top diff is Jungle diff Aug 30 '26
Theyre just copying the lpl with these picks smh. Guwon played it 2 days ago
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u/Like30Ducks Guma! Aug 30 '26
cvmax about to bud light ace
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u/soudlasantos Aug 30 '26
CVMAX to Dplus KIA:
I know I'm fired but before I go I just want to get this off my chest Y'ALL are trash
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u/Spaghett8 Aug 30 '26
Yall are so trash, I want you to know I’m talking to you so I’m gonna say your name and I’m gonna call you trash.
Career, you trash. Smash, you trash. Siwoo, listen to me when I say this… you are trash.
I deserve to be fired, don’t get me wrong, because I left you out there for 38 minutes, I deserve to be fired. You wasn’t doing shit, I’ve seen it all 38 minutes.
Showmaker, If I see your name on another top 10 list, I’ma kill somebody. I better not hear your name compared to Faker again, or I’ma kill somebody.
I don’t want nobody saying Showmaker and Faker in the same sentence. Not in the same paragraph, not in the same essay, unless trash comes after Showmaker. Showmaker Trash.
Lucid, if you think I forgot about you, I didn’t. Your home is not in korea, your home is not in the jungle, your home is in a dumpsite. You are trash.
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u/skaersSabody I like underdogsand pain Aug 30 '26
I'm not disagreeing with the decision they about to make. I'd fire myself too
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u/Ophelia_Of_The_Abyss IN DAMWON WE TRUST HUNI/DEFT/SHOWMAKER Aug 30 '26
At least Doc has a title under his belt
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u/Andreiiii Aug 30 '26
Nothing to see here, quick 3-0 as everybody predicted.
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u/baelkie DNF 2026 please be human | Kiin Team Aug 30 '26
imagine getting POM’d by JIWOO in the year of the LORD 2026
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u/Choice-Slight caps/knight Aug 30 '26
imagine getting slapped silly by Effort seraphine ulting his demons and Chogath jungle in the year of our lord 2026
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u/QTnameless Aug 30 '26
Teddy actually carried Bro to game 5 against KT with help from no one but Namgung . What a player .
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u/FappingMouse Aug 30 '26
I think bro was actually pretty fucking good btw people clown on fries group but the team had some VERY winnable games they just threw like clowns. almost exactly like game 2 of this series actually.
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u/killcraft1337 Aug 30 '26
I agree - mid jungle of bro was a bit coinflippy tbh, some games they were insane and others they basically solo ran it. Proud of their result though I wanted them to make playoffs really bad.
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u/sarinomu Aug 30 '26
My generous Gigachad BROs are not only ticket sellers but also help train their opponents
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u/PM_Best_Porn_Pls Bring Nida Back To Mid Aug 30 '26
BRO plays for fun, if they played seriously they would win everything
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u/ChewNutz Aug 30 '26
KT vs BRO went to 5 games of banger. KT vs DK, the number 1 team in legend group purely from r3 onward, easy 3-0.
OKBRO > DK > T1 GENG HLE math comfirmed
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u/khaiiization Work until your idols become your rivals Aug 30 '26
Leaked CIA documents revealed the existence of “Project LCK”, a clandestine operation by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) covert operation group Unit 840. It aims to weaken the Kingdom of South Korea by infiltrating its eSports teams with players who purposefully underperform in order to waste capital from the Public Investment Fund, damage the Kingdom’s reputation and reducing its influence.
The leaked document also revealed that South Korea Intelligence, with CIA's assistance, has identified 4 foreign individuals recruited by the CCP for this operation so far: Choi Hyeon-joon, Mun Hyeon-jun, Hwan-joong and Seo Jin-hyeok.
However, further South Korea and Saudi efforts to thwart this project have only been met with defeat due to the failure in identifying the CCP commander in charge of this campaign. So far, the only information the CIA has on this elusive spymaster is his codename: "Siwoo".
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u/No_Taro_6224 tee satu Aug 30 '26
Choi Hyeon Jun = Doran
Mun Hyeon Jun = Oner
Hwan Joong = Delight? idk theres no surname
Seo Jin Hyeok = Kanavi
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u/xLukarioNx Aug 30 '26
Delight is Yu (or Yoo) Hwan-jung (depends on how you romanise it)
Funny enough we do have Showmaker whose legal name is only two words
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u/Rmydra Aug 30 '26
When you copypasta farm but instead of deserving shame for doing so, the cooking has the stew start smelling fiiine.
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u/khazraxd LEAST EXCITED KT FAN Aug 30 '26
Siwoo Third All Pro over PerfecT yeah nice joke
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u/Green7501 zero mental Aug 30 '26
Gets 3rd all pro
It's match point, he has counter pick against a Gnar. Goes 1k gold down in 14min in isolation
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u/killcraft1337 Aug 30 '26
Lowk what counters gnar?
Teemo?
Tristana?
Nasus?
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u/matt-tteo Aug 30 '26
I'd say tristana (Siwoo played her 2/3 times this year vs Gnar), yasuo, irelia, gwen, vayne. Probably there is more
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u/killcraft1337 Aug 30 '26
I like irelia actually - I think vayne Tristana maybe ruins their comp? (Though last Siwoo irelia went 0/10)
Yasuo doesn’t seem like a Siwoo champ - Gwen is also prob a skill matchup rather than a straight up counter though.
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u/EliteTeutonicNight Aug 30 '26
Malphite negates basically anything Gnar does. Yasuo is a common counter too, though he's hard to pick in pro.
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u/Timely_Apricot_1182 Aug 30 '26
Siwoo would rather die than locking in the rock and take the free win
Just look back at last year's last pick Camille into Jayce game 5 on BFX VS DK
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u/Green7501 zero mental Aug 30 '26
I don't think it matters Siwoo will find a way to lose lane regardless
(Irelia, Sylas, Yasuo, Nasus, Malphite, Kennen, plus adcs top like Tristana and Vayne, which was banned)
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u/baelkie DNF 2026 please be human | Kiin Team Aug 30 '26
Average 0-15 KT prediction series:
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u/Skyfire2 Aug 30 '26
Now watch them run GenG after no one picks them
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u/Conker184741 Aug 30 '26
At least 1 person is picking KT after that series and last years shenanigans. I'll bet you a good 4-5 out of 15 people will pick KT.
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u/baelkie DNF 2026 please be human | Kiin Team Aug 30 '26
Arnold is gonna have to pay someone to predict KT LUL
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u/DowntownNarwhal1437 Aug 30 '26
There's a reason Faker picked all of DK players as Third All Pro... but it's PerfecT on top instead of Siwoo.
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u/Ophelia_Of_The_Abyss IN DAMWON WE TRUST HUNI/DEFT/SHOWMAKER Aug 30 '26
I just smashed my TV in front of 30 guests at my party because of the series. My wife just took our crying kids and said they’re all spending the week at a hotel. This team has ruined my life and my party. I can’t handle this anymore. Goodbye DK. I am no longer a fan.
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u/paper-eating-rock Suffering Aug 30 '26
I just smashed my TV in front of 30 guests at my party because of the game. My wife just took our crying kids and said they’re all spending the week at a hotel. This team has ruined my life and my party. I can’t handle this anymore. Goodbye DK. I am no longer a fan.
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u/FallenCola Welcome to Church Aug 30 '26
It should be mandatory for all Korean criminals to watch DK's games before they get put into prison.
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u/Jealous-Chicken-9186 Aug 30 '26
if Lucid has a chinese passport im seeing matchfixing accusations being thrown
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u/squeenanna Aug 30 '26
2 out of 3 games it was his engage which pretty much threw the game away...
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u/Voyria Oner Glazer (my GOAT!!) Aug 30 '26
Yep, fucking exactly.
Game 2: You can either 50/50 the Elder and then die if you fail (but y'know, it'd be a 50/50) or you can just go in, die, and then give Elder anyway. Guess what he did?
Game 3: Ryze has everything (Zhonya's, Flash, etc.) up. Guess what he did?
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u/Bubbly_Camera9583 Aug 30 '26
Elder wasn't his fault at all Showmaker was just slow with his shockwave. He was slow with it twice which made Lucid look worse than he actually was. His engage on Ryze was good too, his int was the re-engage. Getting Zhonyas out makes it way easier for DK to play their next fight but instead they just decided to int instead of waiting.
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u/Ophelia_Of_The_Abyss IN DAMWON WE TRUST HUNI/DEFT/SHOWMAKER Aug 30 '26
Low-IQ damwon management will give the low-IQ jungler another 5 year extension off this series
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u/Chemical-Drawer852 Aug 30 '26
Dk funniest team of all time
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u/Ophelia_Of_The_Abyss IN DAMWON WE TRUST HUNI/DEFT/SHOWMAKER Aug 30 '26
Yeah I'm having a real laugh watching these sobs
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u/POP_P0P Aug 30 '26
Siwoo is the Jared Leto of top laners. He sometimes looks like the best in the room, randomly outperforming notable opponents while carrying his teammates to the finish line. But then he'll have a streak of 3 stinkers in a row where he's taking big swings only to accomplish some wack shit that makes you wonder if there was really no one better for the role. You'll look at his accolades and be like "wait, what the hell? This guy won an Oscar international?" Is he good for the brand or is he actively repelling fans? More than anything though, Siwoo is just like Jared Leto because he's a goddamn paid actor.
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u/xsm17 Aug 30 '26
Love the Cho'gath pick but Cuzz going Kaenic Rookern second item into DK was bizarre, would have been a way easier game if he had just itemised properly instead of dying mid-game
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u/nguyenjitsu Aug 30 '26
Absurd game from BDD
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u/Choice-Slight caps/knight Aug 30 '26
absurd series from him overall, just completely rolled showmaker
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u/WilliUHHm Aug 30 '26
Had a great game 3 but this is insane revisionism of the first 2 games lol
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u/yuvalshahaf Aug 30 '26 edited Aug 30 '26
Why do teams not pick tanks when it fits their comp so well... this ambessa pick was dogshit. Not to say that she has literally 0 setup for the ult.
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u/Worldly-Duty4521 Aug 30 '26
My name is siwoo. I am the ace , people meme me but I am deluded and i believe it's true. I will pick carry and be useless, tp late so neither I get advantage and neither we get drake
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u/OceGreb Aug 30 '26
KT is actually the scariest top side in the world when Cuzz is online. Insane players.
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u/gaitez Aug 30 '26
After this series maybe some of the players didn't deserve to get paid.
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u/Green7501 zero mental Aug 30 '26
Jiwoo isn't one of them though, actually a divine series from him so far wth happened
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u/Celegorm07 Aug 30 '26 edited Aug 30 '26
I’m seriously starting to get sick and tired of Siwoo. This guy is getting worse and worse each series. Like wtf is wrong with you man? How cna you be so fcking bad? Just put Dudu or Casting or something on this team.
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u/Green7501 zero mental Aug 30 '26
Ok but he's 3rd all pro team so there's only 2 better toplaners left in the LCK
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u/Celegorm07 Aug 30 '26
That was the biggest bullshit all pro I saw. Putting Siwoo above Perfect was dumb as fck
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u/Wonderful-Lab7375 Aug 30 '26
Yeah idk why Perfect isn’t there lol. I mean, anybody with eyes can CLEARLY see Perfect having better performances than Siwoo. Did we forget the Irelia incident? Or… y’know, the Jax incident vs KT.
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u/baelkie DNF 2026 please be human | Kiin Team Aug 30 '26
yeah but people were saying r3-4 was the real test and Siwoo had higher peaks compared to PerfecT while ignoring that he literally throws series ON HIS OWN
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u/Dani_kn Aug 30 '26
I think he got 3rd all pro just because he's in DK and DK did great. I'll take even some fries group top over him. He is just way too inconsistent. Even in some of the DK wins, I remember he inted but they won anyways.
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u/soudlasantos Aug 30 '26
CVMAX: Siwoo listen to me If I see someone voting you to 3rd all pro team again Imma kill somebody
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u/Beautiful_Brick_566 Aug 30 '26
KT Rolster knew that the playoffs is the only thing that mattered so they intentionally throw/kept strats for the playoffs only the team WE strategy
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u/NottyShinchan Ruler > Viper > Guma > Peyz > Smash Aug 30 '26
Top gap this whole series. Perfect, Cuzz and Bdd were so locked in meanwhile DK were just happy gaming
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u/R2vibaek STAR WALKIN' ZEKA Aug 30 '26
game's so done the broadcast rolls the music way too early lol
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u/MC-sama League of LAILE Aug 30 '26
Well at least GENG doesn't need to pick DK this time.
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u/Green7501 zero mental Aug 30 '26
now you're dealing with a dreaded dilemma of "pick T1" or "pick KT"
Both have gone terribly wrong before
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u/dumbocow Aug 30 '26 edited Aug 30 '26
I'm not the biggest KT fan but... thanks for the GREAT content we got today!
DKAEDREL HATEWATCH SUCCESS!
LMFAOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
JIWOO GETTING POM IS EVEN BETTER HOLYYYY
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u/outofstims Aug 30 '26 edited Aug 30 '26
KT's score before this series:
- KT 3 - 2 BRO
- KT 1 - 2 T1
- KT 1 - 2 GenG
- KT 1 - 2 HLE
- KT 0 - 2 DK
- again, KT 0 - 2 DK
- KT 0 - 2 GenG
- Stomped by BRO at EWC qualifiers.
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u/yuvalshahaf Aug 30 '26
Just pick a fucking ornn jesus. What the fuck is the point of the ambessa. I cant with these drafts. You pick ambessa into chogath ash seraphine????? When you have a lulu yunara on your team??? Deserved to lose tbh.
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u/Sorry-Instruction-74 Aug 30 '26
Supporting the same team as caedrel might be the worst thing ever. Bro just puts a curse on them ever time he glazes them.
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u/ChururutKing123 Aug 30 '26
Pregnant woman’s team won against a guy who cancels Malzahar’s R’s team
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u/Kreceir I like big Mommy Milkers Aug 30 '26
''Okay guys we have a chance to make a comeback''
Lucid: How about no. LETS ALL IN ON THIS RYZE THAT HAS EVERYTHING UP!
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u/Sosijmonster Aug 30 '26
You know those threads where people go "who has the strongest R button"? Yeah its Sally. For sure.
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u/Futaba-Channel Aug 30 '26
KT when it's time to play the supposedly best team in the LCK
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u/Such-Lifeguard-9121 Aug 30 '26
The dk org is just cursed to lose in playoffs at this. Maybe am losing faith too soon idk, but my hopes for them to reach worlds is really low despair copium.
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u/Voyria Oner Glazer (my GOAT!!) Aug 30 '26
I'm so sorry to Smash. Had to carry the shitters named Siwoo (disgusting all 3 games), Lucid, and ShowMaker (who kinda redeemed himself a bit near the end so I'll cut him some slack).
Lucid, you're not Kanavi. Don't try man...
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u/shailemin Aug 30 '26 edited Aug 30 '26
It’s not just that he’s not kanavi in terms of skills, hands and game sense. It’s also that he doesn’t have kanavi’s laners either to pick up the slack when he ints.
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u/Proera8 BDD lawyer Aug 30 '26
You just don’t give bdd ryze man. This guy is ryze
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u/RukiMotomiya Aug 30 '26
As soon as I saw nobody pick KT to win, I told my friend over Discord I thought KT 3-0 was a likely outcome. Nothing in the world is stronger than KT when nobody believes in them.
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u/piotrj3 Aug 30 '26
we need some kind of top 10 of throws of the year. Scary part is that top 10 wouldn't contain all interesting throws that happened this year.
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u/Vnaux Aug 30 '26
it doesn't matter but im gonna need adcs to tell their teammates I'm not buying no mortal reminder and just go LDR and let your other team buy gw or just buy the sword but don't upgrade it to an MR
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u/matt-tteo Aug 30 '26
Cvmax won coach of the year and then decided to pick early aurora and last pick ambessa against gnar and cho gath
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u/spacerondo Aug 30 '26
I instantly knew DK would get destroyed as soon as I saw the LCK crew predictions
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u/itsbini Aug 30 '26
Gotta cut the food down for DK.
KT did well, but DK did so many amateur mistakes.
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u/cosmic_burger2013 Aug 30 '26
This was truly the only possible outcome. If you disagree, you haven't been paying attention
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u/afhaengig Aug 30 '26
Lucid had GA in base and yunara just reached 7 items with a 5k gold lead.
Then he ults in and gets 1 shot, baiting the rest of the team.
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u/ZzZoeSoSleepy Noodle Defender Aug 30 '26
DK never had me fooled, Least clutch team in the world, never winning when it matters
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u/lolipoopman Aug 30 '26
KT having 3.1 odds is crazy, how favored is DK and DK did not take a single map off KT
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u/Dreammy90 Aug 30 '26
GENG HAS to pick a telecom team. KT picked T1 -> GENG picked KT -> GENG picks ???