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16 October: Shinhan finish perfect, Ronin take second and the cup starts again

The 10 October report left Shinhan chasing a perfect finish, Powing Cows defending second place and Kingpins and Market King level in Division 2. Six days later, the league schedule is complete. Shinhan have gone unbeaten, Ronin have climbed into second, and neither of the two Division 2 rivals dropped another game.

There is another Shinhan cup win to examine, too, while the opening round of Pro Week #42 has given Matty Esports and Open Market a much closer contest.

Division 1: eighteen wins for Shinhan

Position Team Final record
1 Shinhan Gaming 18–0
2 5 Ronin 15–3
3 Powing Cows 14–4
4 Good Game 13–5
5 INT INC 9–9
6 Trust Gaming 9–9
7 AceGaming 6–12
8 Teviathan 4–14
9 Waterbear GG [AI] 2–16
10 Midlander [AI] 0–18

Shinhan won all five remaining fixtures. Ronin did the same, turning a one-win deficit to Powing on 10 October into a one-win advantage at the finish. Powing lost to Good Game and Shinhan on consecutive days, then won their remaining three. Final table | Results

Good Game help change the race for second

On 11 October, Good Game beat Powing 28–11 in 37:25, finishing 13,210 gold ahead. DZ Ruler's Mad Doctor was the outstanding scorer: 16/0/10, with 315 CS. DZ Faker added 10/3/12 on Void Walker. Between them, Ruler and Faker supplied 26 of Good Game's 28 kills.

Powing's l3rowmcow returned 7/6/4 on Death Reaper, but their carry l3rowacow finished 1/8/7 on Scarecrow. Good Game had a deathless carry producing more kills than the entire opposing team. It was a convincing result against the side sitting immediately above them.

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Powing resist Shinhan, but cannot stop the perfect season

The following day's meeting lasted 47:45. Powing scored 16 kills, with l3rowjcow's Plague Rat involved in every one: 10/4/6. Shinhan's Acolyte died seven times on Void Walker. There was resistance here, and the final score should not hide it.

Shinhan still won 29–16, with an 8,581-gold advantage. SHG Minhyuk's Death Reaper finished 12/0/11, while SHG Rozen contributed 9/2/16 on Grandmaster. Powing's jungle carried much of their scoring; Shinhan had both a deathless twelve-kill jungler and a productive top lane.

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Ronin close with a statement

Ronin's final league game, against Good Game on 15 October, ended 26–2 in 29:50. Their gold lead was 20,167. 5R Naru went 12/0/10 on Void Walker and 5R Zeitnot 8/0/16 on Rocket Girl. BrokenBlade also finished without a death, at 4/0/16 on Archangel.

Four days after Ruler's 16/0 performance against Powing, Ronin held his Mad Doctor to 1/6/0. These were different opponents and drafts, but the results show why the final top-four order matters: Good Game could beat Powing decisively, while Ronin finished their own campaign with an even more emphatic win over Good Game.

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At the other end, Waterbear earned their second win against Midlander on 11 October, 39–4. Both of Waterbear's wins came in that pairing. Ninth place at 2–16 means a fresh start in Division 2 next season; Midlander finished without a league win. [[game:88641631]]

Pro Week #41: another final, another Shinhan sweep

Shinhan beat Ronin 3–0 in the Pro Week #41 final. Good Game beat Trust 3–0 for third place. Completed bracket

Final game Shinhan–Ronin kills Duration Shinhan gold lead
[[game:89147784]] 13–4 31:45 11,432
[[game:89147785]] 20–10 37:10 13,440
[[game:89147786]] 10–4 31:45 10,433

Rozen played Grandmaster in all three games and finished the series 23/0/18. Minhyuk, on Rock in the first and third games and Death Reaper in the second, went 9/0/31. Neither died once. Acolyte added 9/1/32 across the series.

The second game offered Ronin their highest kill total, but it also produced their largest gold deficit. Rozen went 9/0/11, while Acolyte's Blade Dancer supplied 8/1/12 and 371 CS. Shinhan's advantage was sustained across all three games, with each finishing more than 10,000 gold apart.

Ronin have clear evidence of progress against Powing and Good Game. Against Shinhan, the cup final leaves the same difficult question as last week's report: how do they put enough pressure on a top-and-jungle pairing that can complete an entire final without a death?

Division 2: three perfect leaders, Kingpins and Market King level

League First in the displayed table Record Second Record
D2 #1 Sfogliatella 18–0 Diomedea [AI] 15–3
D2 #2 мεεт тʜε ѕтαяꜱ 18–0 Loophole MC [AI] 15–3
D2 #3 Kingpins 17–1 Market King [AI] 17–1
D2 #4 Gogogo Team [AI] 18–0 ST Side Lane Club [AI] 14–4

Sfogliatella, мεεттʜεѕтαяꜱ and Gogogo completed unbeaten schedules. Diomedea and Loophole both finished 15–3 behind their respective leaders. MobaManager GG took third in D2 #1 at 14–4, ahead of MobaManager Bot at 13–5; Kio Islanders took third in D2 #2 at 13–5.

The closest race stayed close to the end. Kingpins and Market King were both 12–1 in the last report and both won their final five games. They finish 17–1 after splitting their head-to-head meetings. The displayed table places Kingpins first and Market King second; the records alone do not explain the ordering. Young Money finished third at 14–4.

In D2 #4, Matty finished third at 12–6, ahead of Radical at 11–7. Open Market's 10–8 placed them sixth. Their next cup meeting would prove rather closer than those positions might suggest.

Division 3: a perfect leader and a crowded chasing pack

ST Keep Carry Safe [AI] finished D3 #1 18–0. Catch One followed at 15–3, Roaming With Purpose at 14–4 and WakkoGaming at 13–5. Table

D3 #2 was much tighter below its leader. Howdy ended first at 14–4, with Yung Lean Gaming, V Esports and Undefeated all at 11–7. Expendables, Bramble Club and Los Mamuts then finished level on 9–9. That is six teams separated by just two wins behind Howdy. Table

The dated community rankings also offer some newer names to follow. On 15 October, TEAM NAME led the under-seven-day group at 1,372 ELO, ahead of Boom Squad and Wolfpack. NightWalker led the under-three-day group at 1,315. Those are early snapshots, but they give the next round of results a few more teams to watch. Daily news

Pro Week #42 opens: Matty survive the close one

Of the thirteen opening-round pairings shown on 16 October, twelve finished 3–0. Matty's 2–1 win over Open Market was the exception. Round one

The deciding game lasted 43:40. Matty won 43–21, finishing 17,307 gold ahead. Faker123's Professor Brains supplied 17/3/24, participating in 41 of Matty's 43 kills. Moroman added 16/4/22 on Rocket Girl, and Tpouros collected 38 assists on Starlight Healer.

Open Market's [[player:423158]] scored 12 kills on Pyro Girl but also died 13 times. Matty had sustained scoring from both mid and carry, with 33 kills between them, to finish a series that the opening round's many sweeps could otherwise overshadow.

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Elsewhere, Trust beat Scooters, INT beat Enter The AI, Diomedea beat Pebble, and Market King beat Expendables, all 3–0. Waterbear swept DOFPK2 with kill scores of 20–0, 25–0 and 20–0. Loophole beat Farmers and Nova Runa beat Side Quest by the same series score.

A quiet market between competitions

The player market showed no listings when checked for this report. The dated daily-news pages for 11–15 October also had empty top-transfer sections. That does not establish that no trade occurred; it does mean there is no verified transfer in those pages to present as this week's major signing.

The asking prices in the previous report were listings, not completed deals. With league schedules now finished, the next market question is whether clubs choose to reinforce the squads that produced these records or keep developing their existing players. For now, the confirmed stories are in the results: Shinhan's perfect league finish, Ronin's strong closing run, and a new cup already under way.

Checked on 16 October 2026, using the Season 169 league tables and schedules, public match scoreboards, Pro Week #41 and #42 brackets, daily news and the current player market. League positions are the displayed final standings; future fixtures and transfers are not assumed.