Dplus Kia Turns Early Trouble Into Fourth Straight Win

TL;DR: Dplus Kia closed out KT Rolster to extend their winning run to 4, overturning an early +2705 gold@15 deficit in a 33:50 LCK game. Siwoo absorbed a brutal top-lane deficit on K'Sante, while Smash’s flawless 14.00 KDA on Sivir gave Dplus Kia the carry power to finish the sweep.

Key Takeaways

• Dplus Kia turned KT Rolster’s +2705 gold@15 advantage into a 73.3k to 60.1k final-gold lead, proving their comeback execution was decisive.
• Smash delivered 7/0/7 on Sivir for a 14.00 KDA, providing the untouched late-game carry KT Rolster could not remove.
• Siwoo survived a -1637 GoldDiff@15 on K'Sante with 35% KP, then helped Dplus Kia convert a losing side lane into a 17-11 kill win.

The Deficit

KT Rolster entered Game 2 needing to equalize the series after Dplus Kia’s Game 1 win, and they initially found the map pressure required. PerfecT’s Jayce built a commanding +1637 GoldDiff@15, while Cuzz’s Naafiri added +742 to give KT the early snowball that pre-match analysis had warned Dplus Kia to prevent.

That made the top lane look like the game’s clearest diff. On the other side, Siwoo’s K'Sante sat at -1637 at 15 minutes, but his 1/2/5 line showed restraint rather than collapse. KT’s poke composition had room to dictate objectives, collecting 2 dragons and 3 towers, yet it could not force the clean, fast fights needed to cash in its early lead.

The pre-draft call on Jayce did deliver: KT gained genuine lane leverage through the pick. Vi, the other champion flagged before draft, had a quieter start, with Lucid trailing -742 GoldDiff@15, but its value was waiting beyond the lane phase.

The Swing

Dplus Kia’s answer was patience. ShowMaker’s Taliyah finished 5/2/6 despite a -228 GoldDiff@15, repeatedly turning narrow corridors into traps once KT’s formation stretched around poke and vision.

That is where the 53% live draft edge materialized. The composition’s plan—Vi and Taliyah isolating a target before Sivir reset fights—survived the early deficit and became more reliable as the map opened. Career’s Bard contributed 4/5/9, using roam pressure to fracture KT’s setup rather than allowing Annie and Ziggs to prepare uncontested objectives.

Dplus Kia stopped conceding ground, then began taking it: 3 dragons, 1 barons, and an overwhelming 11 towers to 3. What began as KT’s controlled poke game became a sequence of scattered fights that favored Dplus Kia’s engage and scaling.

Closing the Door

Once the gold swung, Smash became untouchable. The Sivir scoreline of 7/0/7 meant every successful Dplus Kia engage had a dependable damage source behind it, and KT could not trade back into a carry who never died.

Dplus Kia closed the kill race 17-11 and converted their objective control into the nexus, transforming a 60.1k KT finish into a 73.3k winning total. The comeback also validated the broader pre-match expectation: the 64% favorite protected its key lanes well enough after the early storm and claimed another LCK 2026 victory.

Polymarket Market

Polymarket priced Dplus Kia at 64% at draft close, and the market read Game 2 correctly even if the route was more turbulent than the number suggested. KT Rolster’s early +2705 gold@15 lead revealed that Jayce and the early jungle pressure could create a credible upset path. What the early game did not anticipate was Dplus Kia’s superior recovery structure: Vi-Taliyah engage, Bard roam pressure, and Sivir’s untouched 14.00 KDA turned the draft’s theoretical edge into a practical late-game win. The series market had already leaned toward Dplus Kia before Game 1; this result closes the series 0-2, and the full series-market wrap-up belongs in the series recap.

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*Odds via Polymarket, 2026-08-12 12:29 UTC.*