T1 vs DK Highlights: T1 Win 3-1, LCK Season Playoffs 2026 Round 3
TL;DR
T1 and Dplus KIA met in a best-of-five LCK Season Playoffs series on Patch 26.16. T1's previous series was a 3-2 loss to Hanwha Life Esports in Season Playoffs. Dplus KIA's previous series was a 3-1 win over KT Rolster in Season Playoffs.
Watch on YouTubeThe video above covers the full best-of-five LCK Season Playoffs series between T1 and Dplus KIA. The final score, full Picks and Bans, and game-by-game results are below.
Dplus KIA's lineup featured Siwoo (top lane), Lucid (jungle), ShowMaker (mid lane), Smash (bot lane), and Career (support). T1's lineup featured Doran (top lane), Oner (jungle), Faker (mid lane), Peyz (bot lane), and Keria (support).
T1's previous series was a 3-2 loss to Hanwha Life Esports in Season Playoffs. Dplus KIA's previous series was a 3-1 win over KT Rolster in Season Playoffs.
T1 and Dplus KIA had no recorded recent head-to-head meeting before this series.
Series result
T1T1
3 - 1
T1 win
DKDplus KIA
Picks & Bans
4 games
Dplus KIA
T1
Draft read
Career moved between Milio and Lulu and Rell and Seraphine across the series for Dplus KIA. Lucid moved between Vi and Jarvan IV and Pantheon and Cho'Gath across the series for Dplus KIA. T1 banned Syndra 4 times.
Game 142:42
T1 won
Game 1 was the longest game of the series at 42:42. T1 won from red side. T1 finished 14-7 in kills and 80.7k to 77.3k in gold, a margin of 7 kills and 3.4k. T1 led 7-6 in towers, 3-0 in Void Grubs, 1-0 in Rift Heralds, and 1-0 in inhibitors. Dragons finished 4-3 for T1. Dplus KIA secured first blood, while Dplus KIA secured first dragon, while T1 secured first Rift Herald, while T1 secured first Baron, while T1 secured first tower.
Peyz led the damage chart for T1 on Xayah, finishing 8/2/2 with 24,881 damage and 464 CS. Doran added 21,991 damage on Rumble and ended the game 1/3/5. Smash was the top damage source for Dplus KIA, putting up 44,424 on Lucian in a 7/2/0 game. ShowMaker followed for Dplus KIA with 22,574 damage and a 0/1/5 line on Taliyah.
Kills
7:14
Gold
77.3k:80.7k
Towers
6:7
Dragons
3:4
Barons
1:1
Game 231:13
Dplus KIA won
Game 2 was the shortest game of the series at 31:13. Playing blue side, Dplus KIA won Game 2. At the end, Dplus KIA led 20-12 in kills and 63.9k to 56.7k in gold. The final gaps overall were 8 kills and 7.2k. Dplus KIA led 7-3 in towers, the only Baron, 2-1 in Void Grubs, and 1-0 in inhibitors. T1 had the edge 1-0 in Rift Heralds. T1 led dragons 4-1. Dplus KIA secured first blood, while T1 secured first dragon, while T1 secured first Rift Herald, while Dplus KIA secured first Baron, while T1 secured first tower.
On Ryze, ShowMaker topped Dplus KIA's damage output at 28,820 and finished 6/0/9 and 305 CS. T1 got its highest damage total from Doran, who dealt 23,003 on Jayce and finished 3/3/4. Oner added 20,130 damage for T1 on Qiyana, ending at 3/4/5.
Kills
20:12
Gold
63.9k:56.7k
Towers
7:3
Dragons
1:4
Barons
1:0
Game 339:47
T1 won
Keria finished Game 3 deathless for T1 on Karma, ending the game on a 1/0/27 scoreline. The red-side win for T1 lasted 39:47. The final scoreboard showed 30-13 in kills and 84.3k-72.6k in gold for T1, leaving differences of 17 kills and 11.7k. T1 led 9-3 in towers, 2-0 in Barons, and 1-0 in inhibitors. Dplus KIA had the edge 3-0 in Void Grubs and 1-0 in Rift Heralds. Dragons finished 4-1 for T1. T1 secured first blood, while Dplus KIA secured first dragon, while Dplus KIA secured first Rift Herald, while T1 secured first Baron, while Dplus KIA secured first tower.
Peyz's Sivir dealt a team-high 41,831 damage for T1, alongside a 12/3/12 scoreline and 460 CS. A 11/3/10 game on Locke brought T1 another 30,853 damage from Faker. For Dplus KIA, ShowMaker led the damage numbers with 34,534 on Viktor and a 4/7/3 line. Smash's Jhin supplied 29,748 damage and finished 6/2/3 for Dplus KIA.
Kills
13:30
Gold
72.6k:84.3k
Towers
3:9
Dragons
1:4
Barons
0:2
Game 431:24
T1 won
Doran finished Game 4 deathless for T1 on Camille, ending the game on a 4/0/6 scoreline. T1 won from red side in 31:24. T1 finished 18-10 in kills and 67.0k to 56.4k in gold, a margin of 8 kills and 10.6k. T1 led 9-3 in towers, the only Baron, 3-0 in Void Grubs, 1-0 in Rift Heralds, and 1-0 in inhibitors. Dragons were even at 2-2. Dplus KIA secured first blood, while Dplus KIA secured first dragon, while T1 secured first Rift Herald, while T1 secured first Baron, while Dplus KIA secured first tower.
Oner led the damage chart for T1 on Naafiri, finishing 8/1/2 with 26,351 damage and 232 CS. Peyz added 25,908 damage on Kalista and ended the game 4/4/10. Smash was the top damage source for Dplus KIA, putting up 25,127 on Ezreal in a 4/4/3 game.
Kills
10:18
Gold
56.4k:67.0k
Towers
3:9
Dragons
2:2
Barons
0:1
Series read
The kill margin moved from 7 in Game 1 to 8 in Game 4, while the final gold gap changed from 3.4k to 10.6k. Smash produced the series' highest damage total, recording 116,978 for Dplus KIA. Smash gave Dplus KIA 23 kills and 14 assists across the series. Their damage moved from 44,424 in Game 1 to 25,127 in Game 4. Peyz gave T1 29 kills and 27 assists across the series. Their damage moved from 24,881 in Game 1 to 25,908 in Game 4.
Next up
Next on the schedule: Hanwha Life Esports vs T1 in Season Playoffs, set for September 12.
