The LCK is back with a thunder, following the victory at the First Stand tournament by HLE, many fans and analysts are excited to see how the region has adapted to Fearless Draft, as well as the meta.
With MSI 2025 on the horizon, all of the LCK teams are looking to secure a spot at the next international tournament and defeat some of the strongest teams in the world. With that being said, let's take a look at the NS vs DRX match from the 2025 LCK Round 1-2.
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2025 LCK Round 1-2 Format
With Fearless Draft still in play, pro players will need to constantly adapt to an ever-shifting meta and draft their way to victory. Thankfully, there will be no best-of-one (Bo1) matches for this split so all of the teams will be able to give it their all.
Format
- 10 teams participate
- Double Round Robin
- All matches are best of three (Bo3)
- Top six teams qualify for Road to MSI
- Based on this rounds' results teams will be seeded into Rounds 3-5
- Top five teams will start in the Legend Group
- Bottom five teams will start in the Rise Group
NS vs DRX Game 1
NS vs DRX Bans
| NS | DRX |
Naafiri  |
 Sejuani |
Jayce  |
 Vi |
Taliyah  |
 Kalista |
Braum  |
 Elise |
Lulu  |
 Nautilus |
NS vs DRX Picks
| NS | DRX |
Kingen  |
 Rich |
GIDEON  |
 Sponge |
Fisher  |
 Ucal |
Jiwoo  |
 Teddy |
Lehends  |
 Pleata |
Winner: NS
A slow burner game with NS gaining small advantages here-and-there. At the 16-minute mark, the gold lead became very significant that DRX seemed very far behind, despite the low amount of kills in the game. Time and time again NS found the best angles for their plays, making it quite the clean victory to kick off the series 1-0.
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DRX vs NS Game 2
DRX vs NS Bans
| DRX | NS |
| Sejuani |
Vi |
Rumble  |
Jayce |
Ahri  |
Taliyah |
| Elise |
 Alistar |
Neeko  |
 Aatrox |
DRX vs NS Picks
| DRX | NS |
Rich  |
 Kingen |
| Sponge |
 GIDEON |
Ucal  |
 Fisher |
Teddy  |
Jiwoo |
| Pleata |
Lehends |
Winner: DRX
This time around, DRX were great at punishing NS in the early game as they slowly started accruing a significant gold lead which allowed them to easily contest objectives and finally tie the series 1-1.
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NS vs DRX Game 3
NS vs DRX Bans
| NS | DRX |
| Taliyah |
Ahri |
Sion  |
Vi |
Ryze  |
Sejuani |
| Ezreal |
Elise |
Xayah  |
 Ziggs |
NS vs DRX Picks
| NS | DRX |
| Kingen |
Rich |
GIDEON  |
 Sponge |
Fisher  |
 Ucal |
Jiwoo  |
 Teddy |
| Lehends |
 Pleata |
Winner: NS
Although DRX started off strong, NS was able to find some great picks onto the enemy top lane, which then resulted in a significant gold lead at the 15-minute mark. Lehends' Alistar was such a monster finding sick plays for his team, further cementing their advantages as DRX were slowly pushed back into the corner. After almost 30 minutes, NS pushed down DRX' base and was able to win the series 2-1.
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