HANJIN BRION Equalize LCK Play-In With Caitlyn

TL;DR: HANJIN BRION levelled the immediate LCK Play-In battle by crushing BNK FEARX in 27:00, overturning a 43% market chance through a devastating bot-lane advantage. Teddy’s Caitlyn built a +2124 gold@15 lead, while GIDEON’s Nocturne turned every objective setup into a winning fight.

Key Takeaways

• HANJIN BRION won the kill race 29-9, a commanding margin that transformed a close-looking draft into a one-sided LCK game.
• Teddy posted 11/2/6 on Caitlyn and earned +2124 gold@15, making the predicted bot-lane carry pick the decisive weapon.
• GIDEON finished 7/1/18 with a 25.00 KDA on Nocturne, ensuring BNK FEARX could not recover after the first cracks appeared.

Building the Lead

BNK FEARX entered Game 2 with the series lead after Game 1, and the market made them 57% favorites at draft close. Yet HANJIN BRION ignored that call immediately. The early lane advantage belonged to the bottom side, where Teddy’s long-range pressure denied Kalista the room to contest waves or objectives.

That gap mattered because the pre-draft read had highlighted Caitlyn and Rumble. Caitlyn delivered exactly as forecast: the marksman’s 59% kill participation and huge lane gold edge created the platform for every later fight. Clear’s Rumble, meanwhile, did not deliver the anticipated top-lane snowball, ending 2/4/3 as his side lost control of the map.

The Numbers Tell the Story

The final gold total, 62.0k to 49.0k, captured how completely HANJIN BRION converted pressure into resources. They took 3 dragons to 0, 1 barons to 0, and 10 towers to 2, leaving BNK FEARX with neither vision nor safe routes into the river.

In the middle, Roamer’s Aurora produced 7/2/12 and a +1169 gold@15 advantage over Twisted Fate. That matchup was the clearest departure from the safer draft forecast, and it exposed the limits of BNK FEARX’s theoretical side-lane plan. Casting remained deathless on Anivia at 2/0/14, providing the scaling insurance that the losing draft model had expected to matter much later.

The Final Push

Once the Baron was secured, the game no longer asked HANJIN BRION to force miracles; it asked them to finish cleanly. Namgung’s Neeko contributed 2/4/19, repeatedly giving the team the engage threat needed to protect Caitlyn’s siege.

BNK FEARX’s Naafiri found 5/5/3, but isolated action could not answer coordinated Paranoia engagements. The 29-9 finish was a stomp, not a narrow upset: HANJIN BRION snowballed a 13k gold lead and equalized the on-the-day series battle with authority.

Polymarket Market

Polymarket priced HANJIN BRION at only 43% before this game, while BNK FEARX held 57% at draft close. The market correctly recognized BNK FEARX’s stronger pre-game case, including a series pre-match lean of 56% versus 44%, but it did not anticipate how decisively the Caitlyn lane would break open. The live draft model’s 53% edge for BNK FEARX also failed to materialize: Rumble, Twisted Fate, and Naafiri never found the side-lane snowball their composition required, while Nocturne’s execution made BRION’s objective setups unstoppable. This result closes the series 2-3, and the full series-market wrap-up belongs in the series recap.

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*Odds via Polymarket, 2026-08-28 12:37 UTC.*