The League of Legends Champions Korea is the premier professional league in South Korea. Unlike every other region, the LCK only has one long split encompassing both Spring and Summer, with results tallying up since March.
After the 2026 Mid-Season Invitational, the league split into two halves. The bottom five in Round 1-2 enter the LCK 2026 Round 3-4 as the Rise Group. Competitors who finish in the top three of this group will still get their chance to go through the play-in and playoffs to fight for one of South Korea’s four spots at the 2026 League of Legends World Championship. That being said, the Legend Group is stacked and will give them a hard time challenging these spots.
Despite not having any of Korea’s famous teams, the LCK Round 3-4 Rise Group has no shortage of storylines and entertaining matches. In fact, many of their players have been to Worlds or another international. Some of them were even aboard KT Rolster’s miracle run to Worlds Finals in 2025.





