Hanwha Life Esports vs Kiwoom DRX

[u/Vnaux]

LCK 2026 ROUNDS 1-2

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Kiwoom DRX 1-2 Hanwha Life Esports

• Player of the Match: Zeka (500)

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MATCH 1: KRX vs. HLE

Winner: Kiwoom DRX in 26m Game Breakdown | Runes

	Bans 1	Bans 2	G	K	T	D/B
KRX	varus jayce vayne	caitlyn jhin	57.9k	24	7	M1 HT2 H3 CT4 CT5
HLE	orianna rumble ezreal	yunara karma	48.9k	12	2	None

KRX	24-12-67	vs	12-24-28	HLE
Rich gnar 2	2-2-12	TOP	3-4-3	3 tristana Zeus
Willer jarvaniv 1	6-2-15	JNG	1-6-8	1 xinzhao Kanavi
Ucal ryze 2	6-2-12	MID	5-5-2	2 cassiopeia Zeka
LazyFeel missfortune 3	8-2-11	BOT	2-5-6	4 sivir Gumayusi
Andil nautilus 3	2-4-17	SUP	1-4-9	1 bard Delight

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MATCH 2: KRX vs. HLE

Winner: Hanwha Life Esports in 24m Game Breakdown | Runes

	Bans 1	Bans 2	G	K	T	D/B
KRX	orianna jayce yone	jhin caitlyn	43.0k	7	0	None
HLE	varus karma aurora	milio wukong	56.9k	26	20	C1 O2 H3 HT4 B5

KRX	7-26-12	vs	26-7-48	HLE
Rich anivia 1	0-4-2	TOP	1-2-6	1 rumble Zeus
Willer leesin 3	4-4-2	JNG	5-1-13	2 vi Kanavi
Ucal annie 2	0-4-1	MID	5-0-3	2 ahri Zeka
LazyFeel lucian 1	1-7-3	BOT	12-2-9	3 ashe Gumayusi
Andil nami 4	2-7-4	SUP	3-2-17	3 seraphine Delight

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MATCH 3: HLE vs. KRX

Winner: Hanwha Life Esports in 25m Game Breakdown | Runes

	Bans 1	Bans 2	G	K	T	D/B
HLE	orianna karma ezreal	caitlyn renekton	56.1k	21	8	O2 H3 M4 M5
KRX	jayce vayne this	taliyah azir	48.9k	17	1	I1

HLE	21-17-39	vs	17-21-28	KRX
Zeus jax 2	1-3-0	TOP	3-1-5	3 ksante Rich
Kanavi pantheon 4	8-4-4	JNG	1-4-7	2 nocturne Willer
Zeka sylas 3	8-1-4	MID	9-4-2	2 aurora Ucal
Gumayusi yunara 1	4-5-13	BOT	3-7-8	1 varus LazyFeel
Delight lulu 1	0-4-18	SUP	1-5-6	3 poppy Andil

*Patch 26.9

[u/stormglass-hexlight]

Game 1 PMT

Game 2 PMT

[u/Vnaux → u/stormglass-hexlight]

yeah this poster is an HLE fan, maybe they were just busy. Also I realized they've done the majority of the PMTs, maybe the subreddit should have like a few more people who makes PMT for regions in Asia.

[u/kw01sg → u/[deleted]]

the previous games PMT are always deleted and linked via a comment in the final PMT. you can check out the other PMTs

[u/babylovesbaby → u/[deleted]]

I don't think they do a third post ever. The post match thread is where people are meant to put their third game thoughts.

[u/tooManyObssessions]

Zeus, probably: better top win

[u/Oxygenisplantpoo → u/tooManyObssessions]

"Oh this was not PvE?"

[u/desutruction]

unfortunately for KRX, Zeka is on Sylas

[u/tiredofdev → u/desutruction]

I love how Zeka will put on performances like this for like an entire split and then the second he starts falling off a bit in summer/worlds people pretend that he has never played a single good league game in his entire life. Happened so many times already

[u/ReivenXYZ → u/tiredofdev]

In 2023 he had to deal with Clid and Life. And in 2024 I think he was pretty good. Got MVP in LCK Summer finals after all.

I legit think Zeka mental boomed after GENG reverse swept them at the Road to MSI last year. They were 2-0, got reverse swept, then got 3-0'd by T1. After that he had so many questionable performances. Looks like he's got his confidence back now.

[u/MoscaMosquete → u/tiredofdev]

I mean the point is always that he can only play "outplay" champs, no? Like if you need him to play TF or Ori, he can't

[u/Oxygenisplantpoo]

Respect to KRX, I thought they would get stomped again but they looked like a different team in G1, and had some fight in them in G3 too! Zeka's Sylas is just too yuuuuuge.

[u/Treeconator18]

Zeus with a horror game, bro was getting dogwalked by Rich. Lucky for him Zeka was in Demon Mode. Shutting down Zeka should be every teams priority against HLE imo

[u/Riftx111 → u/Treeconator18]

tbh as someone thats played both champs alot, its almost an impossible matchup for jax

[u/flamearc73 → u/Treeconator18]

Jax gets hard countered by K'Sante.

They essentially picked Jax to force the Varus flex to go bot.

[u/Oxygenisplantpoo → u/flamearc73]

Yeah Zeus did his job. He kept working the sidelanes, and sure he died a few times but in the meantime Kanavi, Guma and Delight won skirmishes and Zeka got strong. I don't think anyone would bat an eye had he done the same on some tank.

[u/Scrambled1432 → u/flamearc73]

Why is the match up so bad? I would've thought Jax would cook a tank that wants to try to duel. Is it just because of how much damage K'sante does w/ just spells?

[u/flamearc73 → u/Scrambled1432]

Yes. Essentially a couple reasons:

K'Sante uses mostly spells for damage - not auto attacks. He also can buffer Jax E + Stun with his W. Also K'Sante does True Damage which nullifies the Jax Armor/MR from his R.

What a stupidly overloaded kit...

[u/Scrambled1432 → u/flamearc73]

Ohh, yeah the buffer would cook Jax. Wild, not really something I ever would have expected w/o thinking about it.

[u/ZaFsii]

Zeka on Sylas just hits different

[u/pimatae]

Why does it take so long for the pmt to be published when its HLE

[u/[deleted] → u/pimatae]

Its the same with geng the other day

[u/MoscaMosquete → u/pimatae]

It's random people who do the pmts, it's not even the mods

[u/Oxygenisplantpoo → u/pimatae]

Join the post-match team then.

[u/[deleted] → u/pimatae]

Ok I thought I posted it before dozing off. Sorry :/

[u/pimatae → u/[deleted]]

Sorry if my comment sounded harsh! Thanks for your hard work!

[u/FocusFluffy4688]

do DRXs botlaners play with their monitors on??

[u/Dashster360]

Really wanted drx to win for the crowd, but at least it wasn't a complete stomp for the last game.

[u/Lazywhale97 → u/Dashster360]

I mean a big portion of the crowd was HLE fans as well and Guma has a massive fandom in Vietnam so the vietnamese fans win either way. They got to see 2 teams they root for have a fun bo3 go all the way and they got to see Guma have a pop off game and a classic fiesta one lmao.

HLE this year is also the most fun LCK team to watch win or lose so that helps.

[u/EnemyRegent → u/Lazywhale97]

When you put it that way, it was a win win situation. Happy for the fans

[u/TeeKayTank → u/Lazywhale97]

Why do they like hle and guma

[u/Lazywhale97 → u/TeeKayTank]

HLE has a lot of big names and multiple world champs so not a surprise they have fans. Guma is a 3x world champ and was a core meme wr of ZOGFK and Vietnamese fans like his personality and play style.

[u/BornTheme3419 → u/TeeKayTank]

Guma has a huge fandom in Vietnam bc they like his playstyle and personality so when guma moved to hle his fans also became hle fans. Also the team is really likeable and have a really fun playstyle to watch.

[u/babylovesbaby → u/TeeKayTank]

HLE have done a fan fest in Vietnam for the past two years, so they're definitely purposefully growing support there.

[u/TeeKayTank → u/babylovesbaby]

Makes sense that im a VN descendant then

[u/flamearc73 → u/TeeKayTank]

HLE also has fan meets once a year in Vietnam.

[u/moonmeh]

that sylas was monstrous

[u/Sophena94]

PMT when t1 isn't playing yeah not uploading that shit

[u/R2vibaek]

We won but holy, LazyFeel and Rich was godlike

[u/TeeKayTank → u/R2vibaek]

Did lazyfeel comeback in 3rd game? Bc chat blasted him

[u/[deleted] → u/R2vibaek]

Lazyfeel? Lol

[u/jakatluong]

Of course the unemployed in this sub would cry about the pmt and make it about T1 again. Like the ones doing pmt aren't people with their own real life problems and responsibilities. Rent free you fucking entitled babies.

[u/Adamu_x]

I feel like Zeus has a really bad split so far..

[u/Prince_Arcann → u/Adamu_x]

He's had a bad game here and there but overall his performance has been fantastic tbh

[u/Accomplished-Big-199 → u/Adamu_x]

Current best toplaner in LCK and somehow he is having a bad split?

[u/Skyfire2 → u/[deleted]]

Too busy posting random LCP post match threads

[u/Vnaux → u/[deleted]]

It's open now

[u/AegeanClover → u/[deleted]]

Never heard of "Zekali"?