DK vs KT Highlights: KT Win 3-0, LCK Season Playoffs 2026 Round 1
TL;DR
Dplus KIA and KT Rolster met in a best-of-five LCK Season Playoffs series on Patch 26.16. Dplus KIA's previous series was a 2-1 win over Gen.G in Rounds 3-4. KT Rolster's previous series was a 3-2 win over HANJIN BRION in Season Play-In.
Watch on YouTubeThe video above covers the full best-of-five LCK Season Playoffs series between Dplus KIA and KT Rolster. The final score, full Picks and Bans, and game-by-game results are below.
KT Rolster's lineup featured PerfecT (top lane), Cuzz (jungle), Bdd (mid lane), Jiwoo (bot lane), and Effort (support). Dplus KIA's lineup featured Siwoo (top lane), Lucid (jungle), ShowMaker (mid lane), Smash (bot lane), and Career (support).
Dplus KIA's previous series was a 2-1 win over Gen.G in Rounds 3-4. KT Rolster's previous series was a 3-2 win over HANJIN BRION in Season Play-In.
Dplus KIA and KT Rolster had no recorded recent head-to-head meeting before this series.
Series result
DKDplus KIA
0 - 3
KT Rolster win
KTKT Rolster
Picks & Bans
3 games
KT Rolster
Dplus KIA
Draft read
Career moved between Bard and Alistar and Lulu across the series for Dplus KIA. Lucid moved between Xin Zhao and Vi and Naafiri across the series for Dplus KIA. KT Rolster banned Lucian 3 times and Cassiopeia twice.
Game 138:38
KT Rolster won
Cuzz finished Game 1 deathless for KT Rolster on Jarvan IV, ending the game on a 4/0/11 scoreline. KT Rolster won from blue side in 38:38. KT Rolster finished 15-11 in kills and 77.4k to 69.7k in gold, a margin of 4 kills and 7.7k. KT Rolster led 10-4 in towers, the only Baron, and 2-0 in inhibitors. Dplus KIA had the edge 2-1 in Void Grubs and 1-0 in Rift Heralds. Dragons finished 5-1 for KT Rolster. Dplus KIA secured first blood, while Dplus KIA secured first dragon, while Dplus KIA secured first Rift Herald, while KT Rolster secured first Baron, while KT Rolster secured first tower.
Jiwoo led the damage chart for KT Rolster on Ezreal, finishing 3/3/5 with 34,167 damage and 372 CS. Bdd added 26,420 damage on Syndra and ended the game 5/2/5. Smash was the top damage source for Dplus KIA, putting up 27,495 on Caitlyn in a 4/3/5 game. ShowMaker followed for Dplus KIA with 22,555 damage and a 4/2/6 line on Orianna.
Kills
15:11
Gold
77.4k:69.7k
Towers
10:4
Dragons
5:1
Barons
1:0
Game 241:14
KT Rolster won
Game 2 was the longest game of the series at 41:14. Playing blue side, KT Rolster won Game 2. At the end, KT Rolster led 15-13 in kills and 80.6k to 80.2k in gold. The final gaps overall were 2 kills and 0.4k. KT Rolster led 2-1 in Void Grubs and 1-0 in Rift Heralds. Dplus KIA had the edge 9-6 in towers and 2-1 in Barons. Dragons were even at 3-3. Dplus KIA secured first blood, while KT Rolster secured first dragon, while KT Rolster secured first Rift Herald, while Dplus KIA secured first Baron, while Dplus KIA secured first tower.
On Kalista, Jiwoo topped KT Rolster's damage output at 26,476 and finished 8/3/6 and 466 CS. PerfecT followed with 24,037 damage and a 3/3/9 line on Rumble. Dplus KIA got its highest damage total from ShowMaker, who dealt 32,669 on Annie and finished 2/1/7. Siwoo added 27,560 damage for Dplus KIA on Jayce, ending at 4/4/2.
Kills
15:13
Gold
80.6k:80.2k
Towers
6:9
Dragons
3:3
Barons
1:2
Game 338:24
KT Rolster won
Game 3 was the shortest game of the series at 38:24. KT Rolster took Game 3 from blue side. The final scoreboard showed 14-11 in kills and 75.6k-73.7k in gold for KT Rolster, leaving differences of 3 kills and 1.9k. KT Rolster led 10-5 in towers, 2-0 in Barons, 3-0 in Void Grubs, and 2-0 in inhibitors. Dplus KIA had the edge 1-0 in Rift Heralds. Dplus KIA led dragons 3-2. Dplus KIA secured first blood, while Dplus KIA secured first dragon, while Dplus KIA secured first Rift Herald, while KT Rolster secured first Baron, while KT Rolster secured first tower.
PerfecT's Gnar dealt a team-high 24,532 damage for KT Rolster, alongside a 2/2/4 scoreline and 336 CS. A 6/1/6 game on Ryze brought KT Rolster another 23,748 damage from Bdd. For Dplus KIA, Smash led the damage numbers with 22,668 on Yunara and a 6/3/3 line. Lucid's Naafiri supplied 19,558 damage and finished 0/2/9 for Dplus KIA.
Kills
14:11
Gold
75.6k:73.7k
Towers
10:5
Dragons
2:3
Barons
2:0
Series read
KT Rolster won all 3 games, completing the series without dropping a map. Every game in the series was won from blue side. The kill margin moved from 4 in Game 1 to 3 in Game 3, while the final gold gap changed from 7.7k to 1.9k. Jiwoo produced the series' highest damage total, recording 80,184 for KT Rolster. Jiwoo gave KT Rolster 14 kills and 19 assists across the series. Their damage moved from 34,167 in Game 1 to 19,541 in Game 3. ShowMaker gave Dplus KIA 9 kills and 18 assists across the series. Their damage moved from 22,555 in Game 1 to 18,526 in Game 3.
Next up
Next on the schedule: Gen.G vs KT Rolster in Season Playoffs, set for September 1.
