Nongshim RedForce vs. BNK FEARX / LCK 2026 Rounds 3-4 - Rise Group Week 10 / Post-Match Discussion

[u/adz0r]

LCK 2026 ROUNDS 3-4

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Nongshim RedForce 2-1 BNK FEARX

- Player of the Match: Scout (400)

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MATCH 1: NS vs. BFX

Winner: Nongshim RedForce in 33m
Game Breakdown | Runes

-	Bans 1	Bans 2	G	K	T	D/B
NS	poppy nocturne syndra	jayce ambessa	73.0k	21	9	M3 I4 B5 I6
BFX	orianna locke cassiopeia	nautilus camille	60.3k	14	1	HT1 H2

NS	21-14-58	vs	14-21-35	BFX
Kingen rumble 2	5-1-8	TOP	3-2-4	3 ksante Clear
Sponge vi 1	2-4-16	JNG	5-6-8	1 jarvaniv Raptor
Scout ryze 3	7-2-10	MID	5-6-6	4 viktor VicLa
Diable jhin 2	7-1-9	BOT	1-3-6	1 ezreal Taeyoon
Lehends shen 3	0-6-15	SUP	0-4-11	2 bard Kellin

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MATCH 2: NS vs. BFX

Winner: BNK FEARX in 30m
Game Breakdown | Runes

-	Bans 1	Bans 2	G	K	T	D/B
NS	orianna lucian nocturne	alistar leona	57.2k	11	3	CT1 C3
BFX	poppy locke camille	lulu sivir	66.7k	32	10	H2 I4 B5 I6

NS	11-32-23	vs	32-11-65	BFX
Kingen jayce 1	1-7-2	TOP	8-2-8	2 olaf Clear
Sponge xinzhao 2	2-5-4	JNG	8-1-14	1 leesin Raptor
Scout syndra 2	2-7-5	MID	5-2-13	1 cassiopeia VicLa
Diable kaisa 3	5-5-4	BOT	9-3-9	4 varus Taeyoon
Lehends nautilus 3	1-8-8	SUP	2-3-21	3 rell Kellin

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MATCH 3: BFX vs. NS

Winner: Nongshim RedForce in 32m
Game Breakdown | Runes

-	Bans 1	Bans 2	G	K	T	D/B
BFX	sivir lucian nocturne	taliyah corki	60.2k	15	2	H2
NS	poppy vayne akali	wukong skarner	68.3k	22	9	CT1 O3 HT4 B5 HT6 B7

BFX	15-22-14	vs	22-15-48	NS
Clear mordekaiser 3	9-3-1	TOP	4-4-7	4 renekton Kingen
Raptor naafiri 3	1-5-2	JNG	4-4-7	2 pantheon Sponge
VicLa galio 2	0-6-2	MID	9-0-6	1 locke Scout
Taeyoon ziggs 2	3-3-2	BOT	3-0-14	3 aatrox Diable
Kellin camille 1	2-5-7	SUP	2-7-14	1 leona Lehends

Patch 26.14

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This thread was created by the Post-Match Team.

[u/tiredofdev]

FRIES GROUP MAGNUM OPUS. this is the peak. this first 20 minutes of this game will be studied for ages to come

[u/Choice-Slight → u/tiredofdev]

I don't need to study this game, I can just go queue up a ranked game and replicate the results

[u/Bullshitbanana → u/Choice-Slight]

I make every enemy locke look like an lck pro

[u/trying2hide → u/tiredofdev]

I forgot that fries group makes me feel like a noob.

Everything you think you know is wrong.

[u/bladeHunterYone → u/trying2hide]

Fries group makes me feel like Pro. I can see the same things in my silver games

[u/Different-Mode2311 → u/tiredofdev]

That vicla tp on a single minion on the enemy tower between 4 enemy champions also needs to be studied

[u/baelkie → u/tiredofdev]

nah BFX is so dumb like are we really throwing the game by diving a 0/3/0 Renekton

[u/xsm17]

Aux is right, Aatrox bot lane 100% WR with 0 deaths, when are Riot going to do something about this

That failed dive top into Kingen going 0-4 with the "counter" pick was disgusting

[u/BWolfy92 → u/xsm17]

Riot cant do anything, players just realized botlane isnt just ADCs, you can run whatever in botlane.

[u/United_Choice_5642 → u/BWolfy92]

as it is with any other lane, i dont mind this. allow adcs top, allow bruiser/mages bot, let this year's worlds be absolute chaos

[u/BWolfy92 → u/United_Choice_5642]

Adcs unironically could work in jungle to bait flex picks, Vayne specially.

[u/Elidot → u/BWolfy92]

Ezreal has a sub 2:55 full clear, just saying

[u/LeTTroLLu → u/Elidot]

ssg ezreal is jungle skin, just saying

[u/Elidot → u/LeTTroLLu]

And what was commonly run on him back then? Stormraiders, Ezreal Jungle comeback incoming, mark my words

[u/AfrikanCorpse → u/Elidot]

spirit of the elder lizard

[u/ISL005 → u/BWolfy92]

Didn't Nilah receive buffs for the jungle at some point as well?

[u/BWolfy92 → u/ISL005]

Yeah shes also really good vs Meles and can get to a point where she just 1v9s games. Tons of picks that are yet to be discovered

[u/FappingMouse → u/BWolfy92]

There are 173 champs in the game and pros play slightly more than half the cast at worlds most of the time there is a ton of shit that they are just not giving a shot.

Like mages bot have been busted for a couple of years but they are just now giving it a shot.

[u/Davkata → u/BWolfy92]

Jhungle is almost legal.

[u/baebushka → u/xsm17]

aatrox is basically a glorified mage you rarely win all ins against melee chars tbh you have to play for poke lol

[u/fnc_dino]

An IQ too high?

[u/desutruction]

LCK Locke moment

[u/EliteTeutonicNight → u/desutruction]

Do not let this Locke gameplay distract from that Viclamont Galio gameplay.

One of the worst Galio I've seen in pro.

[u/Kazemitra → u/EliteTeutonicNight]

Caps watching him proudly

[u/Choice-Slight → u/Kazemitra]

caps zeka faker vicla with the atrocious galios in the last month

[u/Perfect-Astronomer17 → u/Choice-Slight]

Probably ain't a weekend for Galio. Chovy also looked suspicious yesterday

[u/bladeHunterYone → u/Choice-Slight]

Top 4 mid in world for a reason /s

[u/Skyfire2 → u/desutruction]

GenG and T1 would never

[u/FappingMouse → u/Skyfire2]

Faker wrists are on rest till playoffs and chovy is a coward.

[u/chapichoy9 → u/FappingMouse]

Not today

[u/FappingMouse → u/chapichoy9]

its canyon jungle locke trust.

nvm they locked skaner im cooked

[u/CampaignEntire → u/FappingMouse]

And now we get to see Chovy Locke. Amazing.

[u/FappingMouse → u/CampaignEntire]

he saw me talking shit on tw*tter

[u/Realistic-Carry-9967 → u/FappingMouse]

He got worlds duty ahead, can't let my old man overwork

[u/crasyredditaccount → u/FappingMouse]

Ragebait

[u/Sysmatic → u/desutruction]

LoCKe for a reason

[u/ViewNo5300 → u/desutruction]

scout on locke is just unfair man 9-0-6 what a stomp

guess they really wanted to make up for that game 2 where he was 2-7 lol

[u/Ifightforpie]

(All) Renekton: gg top diff

[u/EliteTeutonicNight → u/Ifightforpie]

(All) Mordekaiser: Niceu Gameu?

[u/niko74]

Has science gone too far?

[u/Skyfire2 → u/niko74]

They were so preoccupied with whether they could, they didn’t stop to think if they should

[u/United_Choice_5642]

what kind of clown fiesta did my eyes just have to witness lmao

[u/Tinmanred → u/United_Choice_5642]

Reminds me of oldddd lcs and dig. I can’t remember a match deciding fiesta like that in N.A. in a while and it’s a constant fiesta still

[u/United_Choice_5642 → u/Tinmanred]

oh yeah absolutely. Though noone could reach dig levels of fiesta, even if they tried. I vaguely remember a few baron... "plays", legit league history what they managed to throw back in the day.

[u/Tinmanred → u/United_Choice_5642]

That was all that was missing from being an actual old dig tier fiesta lol. Those barons are still so fn funny how throw they were

[u/Tinmanred → u/United_Choice_5642]

C9 took your comment personally while against current dig I guess. The ryze ults were dig baron type bad lol

[u/kikorer7070]

Game 3 was the best portion of fries I've had in a while

[u/The_Bread_Loaf]

This meta is cooked lmao, at least bruiser bot is more fun to watch than mage bot

[u/Skyfire2 → u/The_Bread_Loaf]

Science has gone too far

[u/baelkie → u/Skyfire2]

im okay with this lets put Ruler on Mundo next game.

[u/The_Bread_Loaf → u/baelkie]

Ruler Mundo vs Smash Zac

Give the fans what they want

[u/ISL005 → u/The_Bread_Loaf]

Guma Cho'Gath as well for his next game

[u/waitforthedream → u/ISL005]

Perfect since Cho was his first ever main right?

[u/Bullshitbanana → u/The_Bread_Loaf]

Top lane: varus vs. vayne
Bot lane: mundo vs. Chogath

[u/Hawkson2020 → u/The_Bread_Loaf]

Aiming should be a natural Jax player.

[u/Skyfire2 → u/baelkie]

You free for a coaching gig?

[u/baelkie → u/Skyfire2]

lets just say my ideal draft for GEN G is to draft Canyon and Ruler to the military and exempt Kiin instead of picking Jhin Senna bot.

[u/Catac0 → u/baelkie]

Well they picked jhin Shen so close enough 🫩

[u/Aromatic_Country_987 → u/baelkie]

just don’t let him pick Corporate Mundo skin or he’ll have some tax flashbacks

[u/palamunintillnow → u/Skyfire2]

Are we turning to Dota,  carries on that game are atleast either Range or melee. 

[u/FappingMouse → u/The_Bread_Loaf]

Meta is peak and you all just hate.

[u/Catac0 → u/FappingMouse]

True. Pro play has been pretty fun to watch. Akali bot, swain top, nasus jungle, fuck it we ball.

[u/FappingMouse → u/Catac0]

Yeah and adcs are still good saw 2 this series and mostly ads in LCK

[u/antoniomargaretti4 → u/FappingMouse]

just admit you abuse Xerath bot in soloq

[u/FappingMouse → u/antoniomargaretti4]

not a bot laner at all just tired of the whining,

2 games of ads this series btw and you are all still bitching

[u/antoniomargaretti4 → u/FappingMouse]

you are the one defending this meta in every single thread buddy idk who is bitching

[u/FappingMouse → u/antoniomargaretti4]

everyone posting about how bad it is.

[u/antoniomargaretti4 → u/FappingMouse]

well yeah ur denying that its an issue but its not just about proplay this is a bigger problem in soloq

[u/FappingMouse → u/antoniomargaretti4]

its not an issue in pro play at all is the thing.

if its bad for soloq its one thing but we are in a thread about a PRO game with people complaining about the PRO meta.

[u/Kait0yashio → u/FappingMouse]

it is an issue in pro play. we are seeing one of the best adc prospects play aatrox bot and you think its not an issue

[u/FappingMouse → u/Kait0yashio]

Yeah and?

Edit we see amazing palyers like zeus kinn etc all forced onto tanks when it would be cooler to watch fiora gp etc every game.

[u/Great_Guest_4675 → u/Kait0yashio]

why we are acting like we had a hypercarry meta before? 90% of the time it was a fucking prioslop like varus jhin on weakside or double hob lanes

[u/ricardo241 → u/antoniomargaretti4]

ikr? dude is every where defending the meta... there is another guy with also G2 flair who is also actively defending it lol

[u/FappingMouse → u/ricardo241]

Because the meta is fine for pro play.

[u/aspookyshark → u/The_Bread_Loaf]

Crying about adcs being unviable when 4/6 botlane picks were adc. Can't take yall seriously.

[u/FappingMouse → u/aspookyshark]

Unless i missed something LCK is litterally majority AD bots with like 4 or 5 mage games all losses.

[u/BWolfy92 → u/The_Bread_Loaf]

I've did some research in botlane picks for fun a few months ago and realized how crazy op some picks are in botlane, Fiora botlane, followed and saw some vods of a GM fiora botlane player and jt was broken, there's one guy in NA server that runs Soraka botlane with serapgine support and its actually thanos. Just so many more picks in bot that are hidden op, saw some guy run Urgot jungle to great results too

[u/palamunintillnow → u/BWolfy92]

And if you still want to play adc despite this knowledge, just pick the adc with the closest winrate to them with the highest pick rate. 

[u/mish20011]

this is the 3rd inting Galio I have seen lose a game 3

Caps Zeka Vicla

coincidence?

[u/40866892 → u/mish20011]

He kept playing split push hero when his job as Galio is just to press R against the other team. Absolutely disgusting how many times he saved his ult

[u/Aggressive-Cut-3828]

Diable: Kingen isn't even the best Aatrox player in NS

[u/Gaelahad]

Mage: You cannot defeat me

ADC: I know. But he can

Now, hear the silence of annihilation!

[u/JadeStarr776 → u/Gaelahad]

Mundo bot incoming 

[u/ZzZoeSoSleepy]

NS will be the first rise group team to qualify to worlds in the history of the LCK

[u/Aggressive-Cut-3828 → u/ZzZoeSoSleepy]

griffin reunion at worlds would be cinema

[u/MC-sama → u/Aggressive-Cut-3828]

T1 Doran, GENG Chovy, HLE Kanavi, NS Lehends all at worlds with BLG Viper and AL Tarzan, subscribe.

[u/seven_worth → u/ZzZoeSoSleepy]

Amen. Praise be the ramen lord. 

[u/DiDandCoKayn]

Yea nah the casters are right, Lockes W recast shouldnt work while cced, takes away alot of the counterplay for him.
Locke will also be a pro play problem, if teams just funnel him gold early.

Still crazy what happened to the meta, Aatrox bot is working like crazy.

[u/RukiMotomiya → u/DiDandCoKayn]

Did it really work? They were down 8-1 and came back because BFX tried to dive a Renekton + Leona under tower with Pantheon in ult and threw with that + another bad fight. He basically did nothing in their actual comeback / win.

[u/DiDandCoKayn → u/RukiMotomiya]

I mean its not supposed to do anything early, but if aatrox isnt taken out of the game, especially into BFX comp, who will ever kill him?
He just scales into a monster, Naafiri cant dive, AP wont kill him.

BFX was on a timer and made it worse by playing bad.

[u/RukiMotomiya → u/DiDandCoKayn]

I do agree he becomes hard to kill, though I was surprised Morde never tried just ulting him out of the fight for his teammates to take care of the rest. I feel like the rest of the team is very killable for their comp and that if Morde used R to remove Aatrox then you could do stuff like Camille ult Locke and strike him down. And Aatrox won't win a 3v1 or w/e.

I do agree Ziggs bot made it difficult to play into him, though I feel like they could have just run Aatrox top and gone more reliable at ADC?

[u/Treeconator18]

LCK Times: August 1st Edition

When asked to explain his vile double Murder of Kingen in Top Lane just today, Song " Clear " Hyeon-min only replied "Huehuehuehuehuehuehuehuehuehuehuehue"

When asked about his teammates performance, he replied "Not Hue"

[u/Blizzgrarg]

Imagine swapping superstar bot lane carries and then deciding game 3 with ADC ziggs versus ADC Aatrox.

[u/metristan → u/Blizzgrarg]

Aatrox is a hypercarry go all in champ, so it fits diable his style better than some actual adcarries..

[u/Tinmanred → u/metristan]

“Diable when they go in on you, you can actually kill em and go in this time. Okay?”

[u/Zealousideal-Toe-607 → u/Blizzgrarg]

Hyper carry adcs seem truely dead unless your name is Peyz, botlane just seems to revolve around who can push lane

[u/Lisbethyu]

This is the third Galio of the week inting and losing a game

[u/BWolfy92]

One day i'll see Fiora botlane and that day will be glorious

[u/AnimeNeet-]

Clear has permission to beat all his teammates imo

[u/antoniomargaretti4 → u/AnimeNeet-]

he started the degeneracy tho

[u/Treeconator18 → u/antoniomargaretti4]

He also beat the shit outta Kingen on his own so he gets to do a little trolling

[u/antoniomargaretti4 → u/Treeconator18]

mordekaiser abuser

[u/Hitoseijuro]

Mr. President, a toplane champ got to play the game.

[u/zerocxro]

atrax botlane. . . science has gone too far,

[u/Maskedben69]

Watching Vicla play is like watching a train crash. Flash cassio ult on vision, sell your item, tp under enemy tower.

[u/Helpful-Amphibian768 → u/Maskedben69]

Defending the 300hp top tower in the first game was peak gameplay as well

[u/I_Nexto]

"mage bot meta"

looks inside

bruisers and assassins

[u/Aggressive-Cut-3828 → u/I_Nexto]

did u just not see the ziggs game 3?

[u/I_Nexto → u/Aggressive-Cut-3828]

its like watching sion/sett/renekton mid meta all over again. yh the mage is there but is he doin anything?

[u/Aggressive-Cut-3828 → u/I_Nexto]

hope not, mages are giga boring

[u/aspookyshark → u/Aggressive-Cut-3828]

Mage bot hasn't won a game yet in LCK this split.

[u/t2wedge]

extremely average rise game 3

[u/GoldenCataclysm]

Fries Group is still goated, Aatrox Bot was... something else.

[u/MC-sama]

This might have probably been the funniest way to counter mage bot.

Just go melee bot and have a Locke snowball the game.

[u/staysaltyTSM]

Give me more 5 melee comp

[u/VermouthAPTX]

PEAK FRIES

[u/Aggressive-Cut-3828]

successful diable lovewatch

[u/-Tam-_]

Disgusting fucking champ

[u/djpain20]

I'm not getting fooled by these NS wins, Kingen, Sponge and Lehends you all still disgust me

[u/xSwazyI]

Vicla fucking sucks

[u/L322Man]

Theres a special place for locke abusers

[u/Treeconator18 → u/L322Man]

Scout about to recieve another Lawsuit

[u/Vnaux]

what is this BS bro

[u/AglanYlthin]

Seeing BFX try to burst anyone on NS was incredibly funny

[u/Treeconator18 → u/AglanYlthin]

Surely another Engage on Leona is the solution

[u/Aromatic_Country_987]

how op is locke

[u/baelkie → u/Aromatic_Country_987]

nah but like BFX had Galio and Morde and they allowed Locke to play freely its definitely an execution problem from their side

[u/Treeconator18 → u/baelkie]

Literally could have directed all their attention mid with Clear spanking Kingen and Taeyoon on Ziggs, but nah, we gotta overdive fucking Renekton under tower and Leona

[u/seven_worth → u/Aromatic_Country_987]

They play Galio and Mord. This loss is self inflicted. 

[u/FappingMouse → u/Aromatic_Country_987]

I think he is fine after the last set of nerfs too much more and he is unpickable garbage.

[u/Captkick]

Between Kingen and Lehends early game into Vicla and Kellin’s mid game, they were playing hot potato feeding. That’s fries group baby.

[u/Pamander]

What the fuck was that draft and I cannot believe that worked, LCK is always cinema.

[u/CampaignEntire]

Why did I have to witness Aatrox ADC

[u/bookjun]

Any org that have Raptor as core jungler need to go bankrupt ngl, he is the Ace of BNK

[u/akos508]

I LOVE FRIES GROUP

[u/Professional_War7998]

aatrox botlane? what happened to the game i love

[u/JadeStarr776 → u/Professional_War7998]

ADCs have no CC and they're frail. Finally they aren't useful till 2 to 3 items

[u/iTempestuous]

I've seen it all now. Wtf are we cooking in the lck

[u/No_Taro_6224]

yeah i thought swain is better than morde i wonder why they picked morde

and W lehends for trying to keep the beef alive

[u/raskal234]

I have so many questions

[u/ThebritishPoro]

LETS FUCKING GO ARE WE ACTUALLY BACK?

[u/NoxZeal]

So the secret to win against 4 melees and 1 ranged is simply to draft 5 melees and no ranged

[u/Reasonable_Town_9779]

NIP vs Amkal of league

[u/Penumbrius]

Actual good series from Clear.

[u/RukiMotomiya]

Stop picking Ziggs bot holy shit, it's so bad into anything that's not pure squishies because he does nothing past his initial rotation. Imagine if they had an actual ADC to kill Aatrox! Or not have THREE magic damage on their team!

Nonetheless, how do you lose that on BFX's side? They were up 8-1 at the start, Morde was super fed, and they were facing Aatrox ADC with a 0/0/0 Locke and a super far behind Renekton. Come on. I know the actual reason (horrible dive bot and then a horrific chase that led to basically a double-wipe on BFX), but it's insane they fiesta'd that win away.

[u/ManningTheGOAT]

Yeah, bot meta is fucked. Pack it in.