On October 25 (KST), Dplus KIA defeated T1 in Round 2 of the Swiss Stage at the 2026 LoL World Championship (Worlds), held at the Credit Union of Texas Event Center in Allen, Texas. Despite T1 holding the lead for most of the match, Dplus KIA minimized their losses, held out, and snatched victory with a single Elder Dragon teamfight.
Both teams started by trading junglers in a skirmish over Scuttle Crab. Lee 'Faker' Sang-hyeok's Anivia secured a kill for T1, while Sin 'Smash' Geum-jae's Kalista got the kill for Dplus KIA. T1 then stepped up the pace, sending multiple members bottom to kill Choi 'Lucid' Yong-hyeok's Jarvan IV, taking the first Dragon, and diving to eliminate Heo 'ShowMaker' Su's Viktor as well.
Suffering back-to-back losses, Dplus KIA tried everything to slow down T1's snowball. Viktor delivered a strong play by forcing a kill trade in a 2v1 skirmish. Although Jeon 'Siwoo' Si-woo's well-farmed K'Sante was caught while defending against T1's third Dragon, Viktor took down Choi 'Doran' Hyeon-joon's Jayce, preventing further damage.
Still maintaining the initiative, T1 leveraged vision control to catch Oh 'Career' Hyeong-seok's Renata Glasc while returning to base, securing Baron Nashor as a reward. However, Dplus KIA refused to collapse easily. They bought breathing room by catching Moon 'Oner' Hyeon-joon's Vi in an ambush, and kept their hopes alive as Kalista spearheaded a play to kill Anivia.
Dplus KIA successfully bursted down Baron at the cost of giving up K'Sante. T1 answered by taking the tier-two mid turret and Cloud Soul while K'Sante was absent. With T1 holding a lead of around 2,000 gold, the game-deciding Elder Dragon spawned. Facing unfavorable minion wave pressure, Dplus KIA made the bold call to rush the dragon, acing T1 in the ensuing teamfight to end the game in one decisive blow.
