LCK Legend Match 2026 Recap
LCK Legend Match August 4, 2026 at LoL PARK: Samsung Telecom swept CJ Entus 3–0 with dehydrator macro. Rosters, MVP Looper, VODs, and Classic Draft lessons.
Result — Samsung Telecom Sweeps 3–0
Team Samsung Telecom defeated Team This Is CJ Entus 3–0 at the LCK Legend Match on Tuesday August 4, 2026 at LoL PARK in Jongno-gu, Seoul. All three games ended under 30 minutes as Samsung revived its classic Galaxy-era dehydrator macro—starve vision, take objectives, and refuse fair 5v5s until the gold gap is decisive.
Finals MVP Jang "Looper" Hyeong-seok joked the award felt like a wedding gift and praised the fun top-lane duel with Yoon "MakNooN" Ha-woon. The showmatch closed Riot's four-region Classic exhibition circuit after LCS, EULCS, CBLOL, and the MSI opener.
Confirmed Rosters — Samsung Telecom vs CJ Entus
Team Samsung Telecom: Top Jang "Looper" Hyeong-seok, Jungle Lee "Spirit" Da-yoon, Mid Heo "Pawn" Won-seok, Bot Chae "Piglet" Gwang-jin, Support Yi "Heart" Gwan-hyung. The lineup blends Samsung Galaxy White/Blue Worlds pedigree with Piglet's SKT 2013 Worlds ADC legacy.
Team This Is CJ Entus: Top Yoon "MakNooN" Ha-woon, Jungle Choi "InSec" In-seok, Mid Lee "Kuro" Seo-haeng, Bot Kang "Cpt Jack" Hyung-woo, Support Kang "GorillA" Beom-hyun. Expect fountain-dive swagger, InSec kicks, and the early-LCK romance era—CJ found flashes (AP Tristana assassinations, Master Yi farm) but could not break Samsung's siege tempo.
Series Notes — Jungle Pressure and Dehydrator Closes
Game 1 swung on Spirit's Lee Sin map pressure (three early kills) while Samsung leveraged top/mid advantages despite a losing bot lane. Game 2 featured Spirit Jarvan IV and Heart Alistar roaming together while InSec's Master Yi tried counter-jungle catch-up; Samsung took Baron and closed before thirty. Game 3 blind picks leaned into signature champs—Heart's Alistar (casters joked he would haunt CJ's dreams), Piglet Vayne/Twitch carry patterns, and Pawn Trundle grit—before another sub-30 nexus.
Korean cast: Jeon Yong-jun with CloudTemplar and Kang Min. English desk reunited Brendan "Valdes" Valdes and Nick "LS" De Cesare. Rewatch on LCK Global / CHZZK; ClassiTalk preview still embeds above for pre-match context.
What Classic Players Should Steal
Study purchased-ward denial, leash habits from Survive the Jungle, and how Samsung converted small leads without forcing even teamfights—the same Season 3 tempo that rewards Heart of Gold supports and Madred's junglers on Iconic Meta Builds.
Next milestones: Patch 26.16 champions August 12 on Patch 26.16 Preview, Hall of Legends reveal August 17, first Council vote August 26 on First Vote Prep (Aug 26). August 3 also brought free Classic Chromas for modern-skin owners—Chromas Now Free—and Triumphant Ryze—Triumphant Ryze Returns.