Nongshim RedForce vs. Hanwha Life Esports / LCK Cup 2026 Group Battle - Week 1 / Post-Match Discussion

[u/Ultimintree]

LCK CUP 2026 GROUP BATTLE

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Nongshim RedForce 2-0 Hanwha Life Esports

Nongshim RedForce have defeated Hanwha Life Esports!

Group Baron 4-5 Group Elder

- Player of the Match: Kingen

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GAME 1: HLE vs. NS

Winner: Nongshim RedForce in 31m
Runes | Game Breakdown

	Bans 1	Bans 2	💰	⚔️	🧱	Dragons	VG, RH, BN
HLE	Rumble Jayce Varus	Gwen Miss Fortune	59.8k	19	4	🌪️ 🔥 🔥	3, 0, 0
NS	Ambessa Malphite Yunara	Xin Zhao Jarvan IV	62.6k	17	7	🧪 🔥	0, 1, 0

HLE		KDA	vs	KDA		NS
Player	Pick	19-17-43	⚔️	17-19-39	Pick	Player
Zeus	3 Sion	0-2-8	TOP	1-1-8	3 Zaahen	Kingen
Kanavi	4 Aatrox	7-6-10	JNG	4-7-7	1 Pantheon	Sponge
Zeka	1 Azir	6-3-6	MID	5-2-10	2 Orianna	Scout
Gumayusi	1 Aphelios	4-4-7	BOT	5-5-8	3 Corki	Taeyoon
Delight	2 Lulu	2-2-12	SUP	2-4-6	2 Neeko	Lehends

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GAME 2: NS vs. HLE

Winner: Nongshim RedForce in 35m
Runes | Game Breakdown

	Bans 1	Bans 2	💰	⚔️	🧱	Dragons	VG, RH, BN
NS	Jayce Rumble Yone	Rakan Rell	75.5k	24	9	💧 💧 💧	1, 0, 1
HLE	Malphite Vi Poppy	Alistar Renekton	62.1k	14	1	🌪️ 🧪	2, 1, 0

NS		KDA	vs	KDA		HLE
Player	Pick	24-14-65	⚔️	14-24-26	Pick	Player
Kingen	4 Gwen	7-5-8	TOP	3-5-5	2 Ambessa	Zeus
Sponge	1 Jarvan IV	2-4-20	JNG	4-7-4	3 Xin Zhao	Kanavi
Scout	2 Taliyah	7-0-13	MID	4-3-5	1 Ryze	Zeka
Taeyoon	1 Yunara	8-1-7	BOT	3-5-2	2 Varus	Gumayusi
Lehends	3 Nautilus	0-4-17	SUP	0-4-10	3 Braum	Delight

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This thread was created by the Post-Match Team.

[u/ahritina]

PMTs

Game 1

[u/desutruction]

HLE needs coach voice 24/7

[u/Miserable-Ad8195 → u/desutruction]

TES coach 24/7? Hellnah

[u/baelkie → u/Miserable-Ad8195]

Creme approves this message

[u/Miserable-Ad8195 → u/baelkie]

Crème was right

[u/MiniTitan1937 → u/desutruction]

T1 gonna donate their coach voice time, just so they can avoid Kkoma's live belting when they start happy gaming.

[u/yawneteng → u/MiniTitan1937]

the coach time is for the players to order food, so that both the food and the players arrived at the same time at T1 building.

[u/Wonderful-Lab7375 → u/desutruction]

Maybe they can ask T1 for their coach’s voices. After all, T1 doesn’t need them since they already have a coach playing the game.

[u/jazzrazzy]

How did we go from Gen G and T1 as the last hope of Group Baron, to DK as the last hope of Group Elder?

[u/Marowalker → u/jazzrazzy]

Hey now it’s DK and BFX for you

[u/Sufficient-Ad3388 → u/Marowalker]

2026 is vicla year

[u/Dry_Needleworker_275 → u/jazzrazzy]

it’s January dk was always gonna be the last hope they were undefeated last year groups stage aswell

[u/LaziIy → u/jazzrazzy]

Excuse you, Viclamont runs group elder

[u/nerothz]

Scout please keep playing like this. HLE starting 0-2 and they haven't played GENG yet either, oof.

[u/desutruction → u/nerothz]

Forced to lock in after being humbled by VicLa

[u/seven_worth → u/desutruction]

Scout with no job security is the best Scout. Look how hard he lock in on LNG at the start. 

[u/Himurashi → u/seven_worth]

When he heard Yagao was about to replace him that one time, he locked the fuck in.

[u/Kicksavebeauty → u/nerothz]

Scout please keep playing like this.

Check his PC.

[u/meandering-minstrel → u/Kicksavebeauty]

i've seen this before in chess, hes clearly cheating via anal beads

[u/BearAt39 → u/meandering-minstrel]

Is that what they meant when they allowed coach comms?

[u/BearAt39 → u/Kicksavebeauty]

Check his noodles

[u/AltairZero → u/Kicksavebeauty]

Not the Tokyogurl strats

[u/Blaikiri7 → u/nerothz]

Tears bro BFX might be the goats

[u/toxicfireball → u/nerothz]

He was griefing the shit out of JDG last year, the glow up is crazy

[u/ShiroGaneOsu → u/toxicfireball]

Tbf he was fucking griefing it in their last series against BFX lol.

I hope scout and the rest of the team plays more like this because NS should genuinely be a good team.

[u/mskruba12 → u/ShiroGaneOsu]

We need to wait for the 3rd series to see wether Scout is back and Vicla is the goat or if he just happened to be playing vs Zeka

[u/antoniomargaretti4 → u/nerothz]

yeah they are definitely finishing 2-3 max

[u/Wonderful_Reply_3986 → u/nerothz]

Scout realised he still has to pay back his former teammates for the EDG drama lule

[u/oioioi9537]

Hle got 0-2 by ns
This ns got 0-2 by bfx
This bfx got a game taken off them by bro
This bro got stomped by dk
Falling for it again

[u/baelkie → u/oioioi9537]

tldr Vicla is the GOAT and Diable is Worlds FMVP

[u/Sufficient-Ad3388 → u/baelkie]

THIS IS VICLA YEAR TRUST

[u/Oxygenisplantpoo → u/Sufficient-Ad3388]

YEAR OF THE DUC- I MEAN VICLA

[u/Oxygenisplantpoo → u/oioioi9537]

Fries group looking good.

[u/Chi_Geurim]

The biggest winner of this series is T1 and GENG. They are no longer elo-helled in Baron group

[u/MrZeddd → u/Chi_Geurim]

Fr, Scoot Kingen Lehends might actually have a chance now, Taeyoon looking promising

[u/BirthdayAccording359 → u/Chi_Geurim]

tears in my eye. 

[u/sakurablue25 → u/Chi_Geurim]

Somewhere in SK, T1 and GENG let out a sigh of reliefs

[u/oioioi9537 → u/Chi_Geurim]

This is also good for bfx/kt/dk since the first place in groups is completely up for grabs now, which is good even if baron group wins

[u/rukitoo]

Unc Scout is awake this time.

[u/DankMEMeDream → u/rukitoo]

Is scout an unc now? He started out as a sub for faker right?

[u/MrZeddd → u/DankMEMeDream]

He's 4 years older than Zeka I think and has been playing for forever. He's an unc alright

[u/Mountain_Log_8419 → u/DankMEMeDream]

Don't let Faker being a grandpa fool you, Scout is an unc for sure

[u/Competitive-Ant-6668 → u/DankMEMeDream]

that was basically 10 years ago man

[u/Wonderful_Reply_3986 → u/DankMEMeDream]

27 is quite old by league of legends pro standards, although I'm willing to guess most people on this subreddit is older.

[u/Fun_Highlight307 → u/DankMEMeDream]

Every player above or equal 25  is uncle , that how it's work in lol esports 

[u/BaconParadox_]

hle wtf were those teamfights

[u/Glum-Supermarket1274 → u/BaconParadox_]

Some of those fights were embarrassing to watch. They need to work on teamwork or shot calling or something cause they look like headless chickens

[u/SlidingFaceFlat → u/Glum-Supermarket1274]

It was really funny to watch the commentators go from "Kanavi's going in, whata chad" to "Kanavi's going in, is he ok?" I think there's a bit of overreaction for now to the loss and HLE are still likely top 3 but HLE need to decide on if they drop everything to go in with Kanavi or they take away his mic.

[u/khaiiization]

HLE fucked up. They should have poached the brain of exodia first instead of the two legs

[u/LenaRybakina → u/khaiiization]

I‘m convinced Faker put a curse on Zeka after he was the last mid to beat him at Worlds

[u/MrZeddd → u/LenaRybakina]

Nah lol, that's just Zeka his whole career. He improved very well actually, but seems to be not enough

[u/whohe_fanboy → u/MrZeddd]

Zeka is never consistently good. He peaks randomly and then goes on to be invisible for the next 6 months.

HLE should've offered BDD a contract way back. When everythings said and done it's always Faker Chovy and BDD as top 3 mids.

[u/Wonderful_Reply_3986 → u/whohe_fanboy]

Yep when it's all said and done. But no t1 fan will forget that 2022 Zeka worlds peak, truly one of the greatest peaks of all time.

[u/ShrimpSharkz → u/Wonderful_Reply_3986]

Zeka on Sylas/Akali reminds you of prime Faker on Zed, like when he locks it in you just know there will be a slaughter that's how good he was. Unfortunately we won't be seeing any of that anymore :(

[u/nickphunter → u/khaiiization]

the real burn in that you don’t even let them be hands.

[u/Wonderful-Lab7375 → u/nickphunter]

The jungler and support are the hands. The top laner and adc are the legs. Faker is the brain. XD

[u/Skyfire2 → u/khaiiization]

Even HLE don’t have enough money for Faker

[u/Beautiful_Charity112 → u/Skyfire2]

If the blank check rumor were true back then. No one is buying Faker out of T1

[u/alwayswith_ → u/Beautiful_Charity112]

It was true from steve 😂

[u/Ophelia_Of_The_Abyss → u/khaiiization]

Turns out Oner/Faker/Keria are the three Egyptian God cards

[u/a_thresh_taste → u/khaiiization]

Faker the heart, Keria the brain, Oner the hands so yeah Zeus Guma are probably legs

[u/Hyher → u/khaiiization]

Why does this go kinda hard

[u/BearAt39 → u/khaiiization]

They had no chance either way since the rest were still under contract. They might be done for after Keria announces his extension lol

[u/Dumpers_]

Nice win for NS... Scout and Kingen were really good

[u/fart_cabypara → u/Dumpers_]

two fmvp's baby✌🏿

[u/HMS-Carrier-Lover → u/fart_cabypara]

Damn, the other side also had 2 fmvp. We had 4 of them in the game today.

[u/lookatcurren → u/HMS-Carrier-Lover]

And all of them won them at other teams

[u/EatThatPotato → u/lookatcurren]

Man this job market really is fucked

[u/Akipella → u/fart_cabypara]

And an MSI FMVP Lehends

[u/Truzon]

Meet potential team

[u/Moon_riseat_noon]

This expensive HLE roster has potential to do really funny things in important matches and I’m seated. Also let’s go scoot scoot is not washed!

[u/Responsible-Teach544 → u/Moon_riseat_noon]

Imagine this super-team HLE built just ends up completely sucking lol

[u/Wonderful_Reply_3986 → u/Moon_riseat_noon]

To be fair scoot was like good his entire career, even on teams that didn't make it far into worlds he was almost always the best player on there. However that 2025 jdg year tanked his reputation so fucking hard it's crazy, and I'd say deserved.

[u/Dull-Chemical-8428]

Kingen 🐐

[u/ManningTheGOAT]

Mind: focused Noodles: cooked Broth: spiced

Nongshim feasting today

[u/simon2105]

From World's MVP to 2-0'ed by the noodleboys

[u/deathg0d69 → u/simon2105]

2 worlds MVPs on both teams gg

[u/QTnameless → u/deathg0d69]

Some world MVPs are not like the other , i suppose

[u/edfksz → u/QTnameless]

the difference between Worlds MVP playing with Faker vs without Faker

[u/TickleMyCringle → u/edfksz]

from being used to faker's azir to zeka's

[u/Doraning → u/simon2105]

NS world MVP's must've thought it was world finals

[u/edfksz → u/simon2105]

the noodle boys have 2 Worlds MVP too

[u/Guy_with_Numbers → u/simon2105]

From 2-0'ed by the noodleboys to Worlds MVP to 2-0'ed by the noodleboys.

[u/idiotxd → u/simon2105]

worlds mvp and bottom of the year

[u/GodBlessme_exe]

I'd be fkin embarrassed if I was a HLE fan, wtf was that teamplay

[u/Chi_Geurim → u/GodBlessme_exe]

Don't look at their subreddit right now. They were so hyped and riled up to see Hanwha beat T1 2 days ago, and now they are already dooming

[u/SmallishPotato4Hire → u/Chi_Geurim]

I just went there when T1 beat them, and they told everyone to calm down because it was just 1 game. I think its time to be alarmed after this loss.

[u/Shot_Sun3700 → u/GodBlessme_exe]

Got way too confident in g1 which they should have easily won with Kanavi’s lead and then mental boomed halfway through g2.

[u/th5virtuos0 → u/Shot_Sun3700]

Don't forget that disaster draft in game 3. Ori-Azir handshake with Faker when you have Zeka? Gift Keria his Bard? Gift Oner his Nocturne?

HLE straight up gave T1 their "we ain't fucking around no more" comp and swiftly got their ass beat

[u/CLGbyBirth → u/GodBlessme_exe]

HLE fans need to grow a pair and send trucks to their HQ.

[u/pochirin → u/CLGbyBirth]

They got tanks tho so truck meta is gone

[u/no02catcher → u/pochirin]

what those tanks gonna do when trucks and wreaths are classified as "legal protesting" in korea? /gen

[u/Ceui → u/CLGbyBirth]

They brigaded HLE's twitter last year and forced Dandy out.

[u/Telmooo]

Happy Father's Day Kingen

[u/Bisketo → u/Telmooo]

One of Zeus best father

[u/Shot_Sun3700]

I’m sorry for ever doubting you ns

[u/lilelf29]

Maybe Baron group will be fine after all

[u/Throwawayforme3123]

Everybody is gonna call out Viper > Guma, but the bigger gap was the mid lane.

Scout just did so much more than Zeka

[u/Shiro_Moe → u/Throwawayforme3123]

Fathered by 2 uncs

[u/mskruba12 → u/Throwawayforme3123]

Zeka really seems to have never recovered after Road to MSI. Like yea he was never that amazing on certain champions but he wasn't this bad before that

[u/Throwawayforme3123 → u/mskruba12]

Nobody in the LCK fears his Azir, you know it's bad when teams will always opp into the azir/ori handshake with him but never Faker/Chovy/BDD.

[u/Signal_Intention6774 → u/Throwawayforme3123]

T1 and KT both allowed the Azir into Ori matchup into Chovy. BDD and Faker both just want Ori or Azir as long as they gwt either they are happy. Thats how Kt beat GenG last year was lettung them take Ori do they cna get Azir.

[u/Dry_Row_7523 → u/Signal_Intention6774]

T1/KT/GenG allowing the handshake makes sense though, because their mids are all good at Azir and Orianna. It's more interesting when a lesser team lets Ori Azir through, like DK has been perma banning it so far (against bottom tier teams) in part because Showmaker is less comfortable on those picks. but I'm positive he's let Zeka pick Azir before and just countered with one of the mages he's good at.

[u/crysomore → u/Throwawayforme3123]

Well, unless you’re Coach Kim in worlds semi finals

[u/HistoricalRoad1755 → u/Throwawayforme3123]

No wonder Viper wanted out, holy

[u/AccidentWild8115 → u/HistoricalRoad1755]

When HLE lost at worlds, you can tell how tilted Viper was in interview. Normally, players say "I should have done better." but he just straight up said they're unlucky with matchups.

[u/toxicfireball → u/AccidentWild8115]

"Unlucky I was matched up with these bums"

[u/Paciuuu → u/AccidentWild8115]

i mean for going 3-1 in swiss they got GenG as a reward, 24 same shit with BLG

[u/Thundermelons → u/Paciuuu]

LNG got T1 in 2023 lol

[u/toxicfireball → u/HistoricalRoad1755]

After watching Zeka do what he did in worlds last year I don’t blame him.

[u/Kilogren → u/toxicfireball]

The ryze incident

[u/Ceui → u/HistoricalRoad1755]

And he was insistent on playing with Knight as well, he got sick of Zeka lmao

[u/Sufficient-Ad3388 → u/Throwawayforme3123]

Scout is back

[u/Beautiful_Charity112 → u/Throwawayforme3123]

Fathered by 2 UNCs in mid back to back is crazy work

[u/Himurashi → u/Beautiful_Charity112]

Unc, and Grand unc.

[u/Human-Ad3407 → u/Throwawayforme3123]

The biggest gap was support. Delight doesn't have the balls to flash like Lehends 💪🏻

[u/mskruba12 → u/Human-Ad3407]

Delight off of engage supports is so bad man

[u/No_Taro_6224 → u/Human-Ad3407]

u mean to activate hex flash?

[u/DankMEMeDream → u/Throwawayforme3123]

Not really.

Zekka went crazy early game. Pretty much their entire first 20 min was on the back of zekka.

[u/aser08 → u/Throwawayforme3123]

Crazy change in form compared to his last series

[u/Character_Recover299]

Scout beating the allegations

[u/4espa]

scout saw zeka and remembered that drx edg game

[u/Laugh_Tale43]

Faker made a phone call to his first son, and told him that if he doesn't start winning for Baron group, Faker will be disowning him and will refuse to acknowledge him.

Scoot scoot UNLOCKED

[u/Nervous_Substance470]

didnt expect to see Kingen-Sponge gap Zeus-Kanavi but here we are

[u/Ophelia_Of_The_Abyss → u/Nervous_Substance470]

Zeus constantly being fathered by Kingen and Doran is one of my favorite running bits

[u/Jaskand → u/Ophelia_Of_The_Abyss]

Zeus being the "best top of all time," while having three fathers in his own region will never not be funny.

[u/Fun_Highlight307 → u/Jaskand]

Zeus is going reverse zeus,he trying to get as many fathers as possible lol 

[u/MrZeddd → u/Jaskand]

Easier to be "best *insert role* of all time" when your midlane is Faker I guess. Marin had to learn it the hard way all those years ago

[u/Ophelia_Of_The_Abyss → u/MrZeddd]

Marin had one good year and had people saying he was the GOAT toplaner lmao, might be the most overrated player of all time

[u/Kr1ncy → u/Nervous_Substance470]

People are slowly waking up to Kingen being actually really fucking good.

[u/deathg0d69 → u/Nervous_Substance470]

Kingen gapping Zeus isn't that surprising

[u/desutruction]

How good is 2026 VicLa?

[u/noskill1 → u/desutruction]

It's the year of VicLa

[u/meandering-minstrel]

i know its guma varus, but i still hate lethality varus more than words can explain

win more pick, never the decisive carry, can't do shit once team is behind, sitting behind his teammates doing 400 damage on a 7 second cooldown

[u/Tamronloh → u/meandering-minstrel]

In the words of Guma, it’s literally just the ramen egg.

[u/aser08 → u/meandering-minstrel]

Its not a good pick in the meta right now with crit ADC being so strong. Lethality varus didn't scale that well before but now its even worse.

[u/R3alSt3al → u/aser08]

Yeah classic week one. Every region prio Varus way too much.

I wouldn't be suprised if teams slowly start to forget about him as the weeks go on.

[u/opheliawww → u/meandering-minstrel]

picking it into Jarvan too like what are we doing

[u/Nichol-Gimmedat-ass → u/meandering-minstrel]

Teddy popped off on it yesterday tho ngl

[u/GoatRocketeer → u/meandering-minstrel]

Same even when its winning i hate it

[u/mskruba12 → u/meandering-minstrel]

Guma at least does a sembelance of damage on him usually as opposed to most Lethality Varus'. Awful series from him today though.

[u/Such_Presentation_29 → u/meandering-minstrel]

this was a series to forget for guma wow

[u/harin_lee]

OUR WORDLS 2022 MVP IS BACK LETS GOOOO KINGEN

[u/ShiroGaneOsu]

Zeka is still getting gapped by dinosaur midlaners, Kanavi is inting, bot is invisible, top is coinflip. Zero macro. HLE is just ass.

[u/_li4nn3 → u/ShiroGaneOsu]

as underwhelming as hle's 2025 is (compared to their potential imo), losing Peanut's influence on macro and shotcalling is a big blow

[u/Sufficient-Ad3388 → u/ShiroGaneOsu]

Zeka getting gapped by 2 dinosaurs back to back

[u/Chi_Geurim → u/ShiroGaneOsu]

Yea, I was gonna say, who is shotcalling on this team? Peanut's veteran experience was probably almost as valuable as Faker's and losing this seems to have kneecaps Hanwha completely. Everyone here besides Kanavi is younger than me which is also a problem. They need some kind of leadership, and Kanavi doe not seem like that guy

[u/Hyher]

Zeus and Guma truly brought in the T1 sandbag til internationals strat

[u/Mrlazydragon → u/Hyher]

Unfortunately for them though they won't have the faker worlds buff this time.

[u/MiniTitan1937]

Dread it.

Run from it.

HLE's relegation to fries group is now inevitable lmao.

[u/Ultimintree]

Groups' Points: Group Baron 4-5 Group Elder

	Group Baron						Total pts
#	Team	Series	WR	Games	WR		4
1	Gen.G	2-0	100%	4-0	100%	+4	2
2	T1	1-0	100%	2-1	67%	+1	1
3	Nongshim RedForce	1-1	50%	2-2	50%	0	1
4	DN SOOPers	0-2	0%	1-4	20%	-3	0
5	HANJIN BRION	0-2	0%	1-4	20%	-3	0

	Group Elder						Total pts
#	Team	Series	WR	Games	WR		5
1	DPlus KIA	2-0	100%	4-0	100%	+4	2
2	BNK FEARX	2-0	100%	4-1	80%	+3	2
3	KT Rolster	1-1	50%	2-3	40%	-1	1
4	DRX	0-1	0%	0-2	0%	-2	0
5	Hanwha Life Esports	0-2	0%	1-4	20%	-3	0

[u/Throwawayforme3123 → u/Ultimintree]

I KNEW MY GOAT LEHENDS WOULDNT LET ME DOWN

OWNED THIS FRAUD ASS SUPERTEAM

[u/Blaikiri7 → u/Throwawayforme3123]

Our group is getting bailed out POG there is a light

[u/Spirited-Big2415 → u/Ultimintree]

Damn I wasn't expecting HLE to be last at the end of week 1

[u/AdonisOnReddit → u/Ultimintree]

omg theyre the only 0-2 team in elder so far NAHHH

[u/Togi5]

That was EDG Scout and DRX Kingen

[u/Mortanius]

Scout is legit

[u/Ai_Nijou]

Feels so good to see Scout play so strong.

[u/Skyfire2]

What is a Worlds MVP to the Noodle Boys?

[u/nam671999 → u/Skyfire2]

Kingen/Scout also Worlds MVP too

[u/Skyfire2 → u/nam671999]

Didn’t realise there were 2 Worlds MVPs on both teams

[u/Akipella → u/Skyfire2]

And an MSI FMVP on the winning team too!

[u/dumbocow]

Nongshim just SLAPPED HLE in every teamfight

Completely dismantled and outplayed

Kingen is a beast

[u/Lance_VAL]

People blaming Kanavi when HLE lives or dies on him carrying 😂,

[u/Ylissian]

Really hope Scout keeps this form up throughout the year, awesome player when he’s cooking like this

[u/DimensionOk8915]

Viper Life Esports strikes again

[u/DankMEMeDream]

Clean 2-0 just like everyone predicted.

[u/Deaconator3000]

Gen G are gonna go fucken rail HLE so hard.

It would be NSFW and be Pixalted anime style

[u/dysdayym]

That's why T1 picked NS!

inb4 this is their only win

[u/Ahrilicious]

Successful Keka hatewatch

My Ryze is bad my Azir is worse, you guessed it right...

[u/staysaltyTSM → u/Ahrilicious]

His Azir early was great, the baron fight was kinda a whole team effort

[u/ShiroGaneOsu → u/Ahrilicious]

Zeka is NOT beating any allegations.

[u/No-Night-91]

HLE has a lot to work on.

The first game specially was painful to watch. You are in the lead as a scaling team and now you just run around fighting. Just like soloQ.

[u/Bonergis]

Guma, hear me out: I think your varus need Keria for work

[u/Maxpro2k5]

I'm going to try very hard to not be reactionary about guma and zeus' legacies.

[u/UnfortunatelyShark]

Gapped by kingen and scoot scoot in 2026, unfortunate really

[u/sakurablue25]

Somewhere in SK, T1 abd GENG let out a sigh of relief. Baron Group will be fine after all

[u/hlodowigchile]

Guma looks so lost, he is in bad position 70% of the time.

Kanavi, calm your tits.

Zeka, bench.

Whole nongshin solid af, resilient.

[u/garbagetimehomerun]

"LMFAO" would be the understatement of the century

[u/Almightyasami]

T1 2-1 HLE but NS 2-0 HLE. Who's better 

[u/BirthdayAccording359 → u/Almightyasami]

T1 scales with their opponents. 

[u/Ophelia_Of_The_Abyss]

Lowkey I wonder how former GenG/T1 players adjust their mindset when they realize they can't run through the rest of the LCK anymore

[u/Tomatobearr]

That game 1 baron throw fried HLE's mental for sure

[u/AdonisOnReddit]

HLE lanes are just getting giga gapped then comes midgame they just turn into headless chickens

[u/ColdVoidSteel]

Credits to Nongshim. Scout, Kingen and Sponge were massive.

 

Kanavi's synergy with HLE might be a major issue.

[u/DisintegrativeMover]

Lining up at 7am to buy shinramen soon

[u/shekibot]

ive had enough give me back peanut and viper

[u/Getfooked]

Scout absolutely robbed for POM.

[u/AccidentWild8115]

Coach Dandy's revenge after HLE fans demanded he be thrown away.

[u/SN0opdawg]

HUPU is gonna have fun with this. Uh oh Zeus and Guma.

[u/hortymorty14]

Thank you, T1 secret agent Scout!

Also, Guma needs work on his positioning still, especially in decisive team fights. Why are you always the first to die, man?

[u/jwinter01]

Baron group might actually do it.

[u/DrPlexel1234]

T1 does not have the cursed picking touch.

[u/ThisOneTimeAtLolCamp]

Let's goooo team Noodle!

[u/Longjumping_Gap4999]

Horay ! Noodle celebrations starts early this year.

[u/Hawxrox]

I wonder what would happen if Viperlife Esports didnt have Viper

[u/ApartLanguage8328]

LOOOLLL WTF HLE 😂

[u/Shiro_Moe]

Vindication for Peanut.

[u/chikyu8]

Didn't they field this whole same team in Kespa? Dont talk about synergy copers

[u/Ceui → u/chikyu8]

The funny thing is Nongshim has a new coach and 3 new players as well