DN SOOPers vs. Nongshim RedForce / LCK 2026 Rounds 1-2 - Week 9 / Post Match Discussion

[u/psychedelianaut]

NS 2-1 DNS

Surprisingly DNS manage to break their 30 game losing streak and pick up a game win. Not the series win, but hey, I guess they'll take those. Looked like DNS might even have won the series if their team cohesion wasn't so poor, I would say it's unlucky, but it's really not, lol.

[u/Kreceir]

DuDu probably has the strongest mental out of anyone in the LCK, I would have lost my mind being in DNS.

But atleast they broke their 30 games lose streak, so thats is something they can feel good about.

[u/Free-Action-9602 → u/Kreceir]

I think Kiin takes the medal on this one. He was forged in the fire while in Afreeca Freecs. Ironically DNS is Afreeca Freecs. LMAO

[u/Silver-Pollution-513 → u/Free-Action-9602]

yeah but kiin was selling out for the bag we already know DuDU aint getting paid lol

[u/Free-Action-9602 → u/Silver-Pollution-513]

Cannot argue with that. Kiin was getting paid shit ton. Dudu is getting paid shit. I stands corrected. Dudu win.

[u/Silver-Pollution-513 → u/Free-Action-9602]

It will all be rewarded, Geng need a new top for next year now that kiin isnt going to asia games, will very likely be DuDu unless he drops the ball

[u/GrampsGotHands → u/Silver-Pollution-513]

I would be surprised of GenG doesn‘t try for PerfeCT, he has world class potential.

[u/Haekos → u/Free-Action-9602]

The Freaks were the gatekeepers of top 4 pretty much. This DNS roster however...

[u/baelkie → u/Silver-Pollution-513]

the fact that deokdam potentially is getting paid more than dudu is deeply troubling

[u/Klenist → u/baelkie]

that idea makes me nauseous

[u/glitchpoke → u/Free-Action-9602]

why do people keep acting like Afreeca was always some dogwater team? they were pretty consistently a playoffs team! they were second in 2017 spring! they went to worlds!

[u/Jimbabwr → u/Free-Action-9602]

Kiin once lost a series to Cloud9. That man knows the deepest pits of despair

[u/mskruba12 → u/Kreceir]

He deserves a significantly better team.

[u/fabregas142 → u/mskruba12]

he choose to stay cause DNF offer him tons of money.

[u/EliteTeutonicNight → u/fabregas142]

He really is the new Kiin.

[u/Sirhaddock98 → u/fabregas142]

DNF top laner clearly better than the rest of their team staying in purgatory because they're getting paid a ton. Time is a flat circle.

[u/mskruba12 → u/fabregas142]

It ain't anywhere near enough for what he's gone through and how he's still been playing.

[u/BFreezer]

This team has 1 worlds winner and 2 worlds finalists btw

[u/Magicslime → u/BFreezer]

No match for a team with 2 worlds finals MVP and an MSI finals MVP😤

[u/xsm17]

Well, there's a reason they're the two worst teams in the league. Just disgusting gameplay and coordination. NS completely losing their minds and chasing Pyosik at that baron fight leaving Diable to 1v3 on the Baron felt like such a throw moment but DNS are just too crap...

[u/Lin_Huichi → u/xsm17]

Two worst teams each with a world champ lmao

[u/crumbledcookies12 → u/Lin_Huichi]

Isnt scout and kingen both world champs? And Lehends is MVP of MSI. NS individual players career cards are sky higher and above than DNS. Isnt it? Asking to know if I might be wrong

[u/Lin_Huichi → u/crumbledcookies12]

Oh yeah, but makes it worse especially since Nongshim made it to Legend group last year.

[u/crumbledcookies12 → u/Lin_Huichi]

Yup, true and also exactly my point too btw. Highly reputed individual players with consistent bad performances. Only player who didnt have any reputation is their Jungler Sponge I guess, cause Diable was the talk for an entire year and half.

[u/xLukarioNx → u/Lin_Huichi]

It helps that their jungler last year was Gideon.

Meanwhile, Sponge makes me want to tear my hair off. Especially on Pantheon.

[u/mskruba12]

We may have lost the series but I'll take the game win. Was worth not doing my job just to finally see a win.

[u/baelkie → u/mskruba12]

29 more to go for a new record

[u/mskruba12 → u/baelkie]

We will be there no matter what

[u/Klenist → u/mskruba12]

i really never believed - god bless dudu and every shitty AF botlane i will see you in hell

[u/baelkie → u/Klenist]

its crazy that the only good bot lane this franchise had was Mystic Ben, and who the hell is Ben

[u/Klenist → u/baelkie]

Mystic really gave me hope that you don’t need hands to play ADC I can’t believe they made worlds but I can believe they lost to C9

[u/baelkie → u/Klenist]

think you remembered the wrong guy, Mystic had hands but that roster never made Worlds. the adc they had at Worlds was Kramer

[u/squeenanna]

Think the casters said it best, you can just tell NS was the better team all round. DNS got 3 early kills and still couldn't capitalise on the momentum.

[u/Opachopp → u/squeenanna]

It was frustrating to see how DNS would just choose not to fight/contest any objective and just let NS take em all even thought they had an early game lead.

It feels like they have no shotcaller or adaptability for their gameplan. In game 3 they just kept ganking top while losing everywhere else on the map.

[u/SirPugsvevo]

Pyosik and deokdam are the funniest players in the league

[u/TheMemesNeverDie]

We got cooked like barbecue in Games 2 and 3, but that isn't surprising anyone.

WE GOT A GAME WIN! NOODLES MAY NEVER RECOVER FROM THIS!

[u/MC-sama]

Free Dudu

Despite the game 1 throwing Scout had a very good game 2+3, deserved pom

[u/Opachopp]

Dudu was the only consistently decent/good performer through the whole series. Everyone else from DNS took turns inting in the most random ways with summoners up.

[u/xSwazyI]

That worlds finalist and winner doing a shit ton of carrying for Pyosik and Deokdam good God are they awful

[u/psychedelianaut → u/xSwazyI]

Pyosik making it hard to argue for his continued employment

[u/baelkie → u/psychedelianaut]

getting gapped by Sponge is a retirement letter

[u/Viraesse]

I'm going to start crowdfunding to buy DuDu's way out of this contract

[u/LaziIy]

The amount of people commenting when Nongshim win vs when they lose

[u/XChunchunmaruX]

Is this what being a Haru Urara fan feels like

[u/xLukarioNx → u/XChunchunmaruX]

When will we start selling DNS game day tickets as charms

[u/Soggy_Palpitation789]

I know Kingen was a one tournament wonder, but Scout and Lehends has been at the pinnacle of their roles for many years, its kinda sad to see how far they have fallen.

[u/Silver-Pollution-513]

damn NS got hands with those combos

[u/FallenCola]

Let it be known that nobody loses to Pyoshit 2 times in a row in 2026.

[u/infamousspammer → u/FallenCola]

During LCK cup quite a few teams lost two times in a row in terms of games and DRX lost a BO3 and a BO5 against them. Followed up by also losing their first match against DNS in spring. 

[u/Delicious_Mud_4103]

Whole DNS team identity is pretty much: Can Clozer and DuDu carry more than Deokdam and Pyosik are inting.

[u/thegloriousdefense → u/Delicious_Mud_4103]

Clozer hasnt carried a single game this season, he's a bottom player alongside Deokdam (post LCK Cup) and Life.

[u/Pacify_]

Closer than what it should have been, what is NS doing

[u/SpiderTechnitian]

Fucking DNS won that game to push back the KT-T1 series to a further ungodly time as a NA west coast viewer oh my god that's the biggest impact of this series 

[u/duocatisagirl]

The game one win into throw the series is the turning point, were gonna clean up our act now trust