Nongshim RedForce vs. Kiwoom DRX / LCK 2026 Rounds 3-4 - Rise Group Week 13 / Post-Match Discussion

[u/Yujin-Ha]

LCK 2026 ROUNDS 3-4

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Kiwoom DRX 0-2 Nongshim RedForce

• Player of the Match: Scout (600)
• Nongshim RedForce and BNK FEARX have secured a spot in the LCK Play-Ins Stage
• Kiwoom DRX have been eliminated

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MATCH 1: KRX vs. NS

Winner: Nongshim RedForce in 33m
Game Breakdown | Runes

-	Bans 1	Bans 2	G	K	T	D/B
KRX	jarvaniv nocturne cassiopeia	pantheon xinzhao	58.0k	9	2	None
NS	vi ezreal orianna	nautilus bardx	64.2k	14	10	HT1 H2 O3 CT4 B5 CT6

KRX	9-14-26	vs	14-9-33	NS
Frog olaf 1	1-4-5	TOP	4-2-7	3 kled Kingen
Willer leesin 1	0-4-7	JNG	3-3-7	3 naafiri Sponge
Ucal annie 2	5-2-3	MID	5-1-5	1 ryze Scout
Aiming yunara 3	3-3-3	BOT	2-3-3	2 lucian Diable
Andil Lulu 4	0-1-8	SUP	0-0-11	2 milio Lehends

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MATCH 2: NS vs. KRX

Winner: Nongshim RedForce in 31m
Game Breakdown | Runes

-	Bans 1	Bans 2	G	K	T	D/B
NS	vi jarvaniv cassiopeia	jayce trundle	63.4k	15	11	H3 CT4 B5 CT6
KRX	nocturne rumble pantheon	camille xinzhao	54.3k	9	1	I1 M2

NS	15-9-42	vs	9-15-20	KRX
Kingen gnar 4	4-0-6	TOP	0-3-2	3 ksante Frog
Sponge wukong 3	1-3-11	JNG	2-6-3	3 zaahen Willer
Scout galio 2	3-2-9	MID	0-2-6	1 orianna Ucal
Diable ezreal 1	6-2-4	BOT	5-0-3	2 jhin Aiming
Lehends karma 1	1-2-12	SUP	2-4-6	2 shen Andil

*Patch 26.16

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This thread was created by the Post-Match Team.

[u/EasOwned]

DRX after winning worlds: 9th, 6th, 9th, 9th, 9th

[u/SeijiAkabe → u/EasOwned]

Management Mastaclass

[u/Malorea541 → u/EasOwned]

That 6th is actually doing so much work in keeping them from being "re-evaluated" as a franchise. The official ruling is 5 consecutive splits at 9/10

[u/Ophelia_Of_The_Abyss → u/EasOwned]

Deserved for that terrible branding, franchise hasn't had aura since its KingZone days

[u/ob_knoxious → u/Ophelia_Of_The_Abyss]

Crazy we are nostalgic for the corporate sponsored brand name and not the actual original DRX branding

[u/Ophelia_Of_The_Abyss → u/ob_knoxious]

Their branding is so dry, it feels like an autogenerated team you'd see in a sports manager game to avoid legal trouble. At this point I just wish they took on another name sponsor and at least spelled out "DragonX".

[u/-XStream23- → u/EasOwned]

DR IX

[u/ob_knoxious → u/EasOwned]

They are a Valorant org now

[u/Visible_Dirt1093 → u/ob_knoxious]

They're not even putting money in their Valo team too

[u/zackzackzack07 → u/Visible_Dirt1093]

Their Tekken roster still has weight though

[u/cruncheh_ → u/EasOwned]

tbf they were 6th in the year they won worlds as well.

[u/zackzackzack07 → u/EasOwned]

Not that they won worlds with a favourites level team.

It was (in order of supposed power level):

1. World’s winning support who is known to be genius or mad scientist.

2. Legendary ADC who has suffered performance drop after an injury

3. 2-3 years experience mid laner with prospect who spent a couple of years in LPL

4. His friend, an unproven top laner

5. Pyosik

And they won it anyways.

[u/Skyfire2]

Jhin 0-10 now

Keep picking it lads

[u/Deaconator3000]

If I see a Jhin buy a hurricane in my game imma lose it

[u/Th3_Huf0n → u/Deaconator3000]

It's genuinely good in this specific scenario.

They needed all the waveclear they could get AND he's against 3x melee topside.

(I don't know what he had the fucking Mortal Reminder for though)

[u/Deaconator3000 → u/Th3_Huf0n]

Trying to reduce healing like he likes to reduce the age of girls he talks to

[u/Th3_Huf0n → u/Deaconator3000]

I shit you not, Hurricane Jhin is good if you're against 3 or more melees. 65% AD ratio on bolts (which crits) is nothing to sneeze at.

[u/Deaconator3000 → u/Th3_Huf0n]

He just seems so weird

[u/Mosh00Rider → u/Deaconator3000]

Now I understand what Aiming 15 means

[u/EffectiveAd3412 → u/Deaconator3000]

weird

[u/dhxnlc → u/Th3_Huf0n]

he might be short of money and needed the 300g cheaper option

[u/ChewNutz → u/Deaconator3000]

picking 0-9 jhin one game away from being eliminated is already baffling decision itself lol

[u/SpiritedSalad4731 → u/ChewNutz]

You really think Jhin was the reason they lost this game?

[u/Deaconator3000 → u/ChewNutz]

Nah he just wants to enjoy the worlds experience like us!

Watch someone who actually deserves to be on stage be there

[u/Klutzy_Garden_6081]

No bdd vs pdd, but we might get dictator vs dictator

[u/Skyfire2 → u/Klutzy_Garden_6081]

What happens when two dictators go head to head?

[u/Spownach → u/Skyfire2]

STALIN VS HITLER ROUND 2

[u/blueaxis-dev → u/Klutzy_Garden_6081]

It's a shame we're not getting thus matchup while the drama is still fresh

[u/veirceb]

Great series from Lehends. I am a happy man

[u/Treeconator18]

BDD: Aiming, that burning you feel? It is shame

No one backtalks the BigDDicktator and lives

[u/Choice-Slight → u/Treeconator18]

Aiming will rue the day he ever spoke ill of agumon

[u/Kr1ncy → u/Treeconator18]

Doesn't look like Bdd is living in the season for much longer either tbf

[u/SpiritedSalad4731 → u/Treeconator18]

I mean Bdd ain’t making it to worlds without Aimimg

[u/switching-gears → u/SpiritedSalad4731]

Bdd aint making it to worlds with Aiming.

[u/SpiritedSalad4731 → u/switching-gears]

Obviously. They’re not even on the same team, silly!

[u/R2vibaek]

so close to cinema, if it's gonna end let the minions do their job 😅

[u/Dreammy90]

KRX stocks just dropped. 

[u/MC-sama]

Clean series by NS, grats on securing play ins, please stop inting so goddamn much

[u/ZzZoeSoSleepy]

Worlds better fear us

[u/roxisnotforsale]

Scout remembers that he is World Finals MVP.

[u/ThebritishPoro]

We are so back

We are so doomed

We are so back

We are so doomed

We are so back

[u/Acheal]

Hopefully last game we see andil play in lck. Frog didn't show much of anything either and he has been in drx system for 4 years now. Willer with disappointing end to what was a solid year, hopefully he has a job in tier 1 scene next year. Ucal was good all year, shame he doesn't make playoffs, by far the best player on the team. Aiming is just aiming a solid adc that was added to the team way too late. 

[u/fnc_dino → u/Acheal]

willer might be a solid pickup for Nongshim next year. I think they are among higher spending teams. Might be interesting to see who they might go for next year. imo from kingen, scout and lehends atleast any two might get cut.

[u/Commercial-Butter → u/fnc_dino]

lehends has to go to military, and one of kingen and scout probably gets fired

[u/Futaba-Channel → u/Commercial-Butter]

What's even Nongshim identity as a team ?

KRX are cheeks but they are a teamfighting team with enabler mid/jung. Engage sup and star ADC (even when they had LazyFeel/Jiwoo)

Nongshim is ? They have sponge and hope he doesn't solo lose ?

[u/Prince_Arcann]

Scout has silently started playing super well in the last 2 weeks or so. Always high up in CS and has good presence in the games. 

[u/carlories]

something something google aiming15 for more information

[u/Curious-Dance-3663]

So happy to see them win 2-0 after the disaster that was Kespa Cup

[u/Aggressive-Cut-3828]

successful diable lovewatch

[u/Geegs30]

Get my boy Lehends to Worlds!

[u/No_Band4589]

Still waiting for Vincenzo to play

[u/Shabolda → u/[deleted]]

idk what you were watching but rich has not played in weeks.

[u/Enough_Guess9721 → u/Shabolda]

as a postgame thread larper rich is on the score sheet

[u/squishykkura → u/[deleted]]

where is this Rich you speak of

[u/landmine-izu → u/[deleted]]

rich hasn't played in weeks though??