T1 vs DN SOOPers — LCK 2026 Rounds 1-2 | Match Preview
This is the kind of matchup that writes itself. T1 — the most iconic team in League of Legends history — against DN SOOPers, who are sitting dead last in the LCK with a painful 1-9 record. Yeah, this isn’t exactly a coin flip.
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T1’s recent form: W W W W L W
Five wins in their last six series, with the only blemish being that 1-2 loss against HLE — the current #1 team in Korea at 9-1. Losing to the best team in the league isn’t a crisis, it’s just reality. What matters is how they bounced back, and they did exactly that with a clean 2-0 over Brion on May 4th.
Currently sitting 4th in the LCK at 6-4, T1 is right in the thick of the playoff race — and we all know what T1 in playoff mode looks like. Regular season T1 can be streaky. Playoff T1 is a different beast entirely.
Doran has been elite playing weakside, Oner is the proactive jungler we’ve always wanted him to be, Faker is doing Faker things in the mid lane, and the botlane? Arguably the biggest glow-up of the split.
As for DN SOOPers — there’s not much to analyze here. 1 win all split, and the head-to-head tells the same story: T1 is 3-0 against them, averaging nearly double the kills in those matchups.
Pick: T1 2-0 — Don’t overthink it.
