LCK 2025: NS Versus BFX Game Four – BFX Punish NS’ Scaling Draft

With the game three victory, NS has kept themselves in the series to advance to the LCK Playoffs. They have a chance to continue the momentum going into the fourth game. Unfortunately, they decided to draft Smolder and Senna together, meaning they could not be proactive in the early game. They gave BFX a free license to control and snowball the map. BFX did that and ended the series with a 3-1 victory.

LCK 2025: NS Picks Scaling Composition

NS locked themselves into a scaling composition against the most aggressive LCK team. The Senna alone was a dangerous pick in this situation. They then decided to pivot further into the scaling by picking Smolder in the mid lane. NS will dominate the late game if they can reach that stage without being drastically behind BFX.

BFX Composition

• Clear – Sion
• Raptor – Lee Sin
• VicLa – Twisted Fate
• Diable – Ezreal
• Kellin – Leona

NS Composition

• Kingen – Aatrox
• Gideon – Maokai
• Calix – Smolder
• Jiwoo – Senna
• Lehends – Tahm Kench

LCK 2025: Raptor Dominates the Early Game

The scaling for NS is out of this world. If they get a chance to reach the extreme late game, BFX will stand no chance against Smolder and Senna. To delay NS’ spikes, Raptor used the early game pressure of Lee Sin to create a significant gap between the two teams. He visited the Smolder and Senna, guaranteeing early deaths for both.

LCK 2025: BFX Turn Up the Pressure

Every time, NS thought they had a chance to breathe and get closer to their scaling threshold, BFX showed up to shut them down. The only person who could impact the game on the side of NS was Kingen. Given that the rest of his team was so far away from being relevant in the game, he could not carry alone. Calix eventually reached his 225 stacks, but by the time that moment came, BFX was too far ahead and ended the game to win the series.

Game Four Ratings

NS

• Kingen – 6
• Gideon – 4
• Calix – 4
• Jiwoo – 4
• Lehends – 4

BFX

• Clear – 7
• Raptor – 8
• VicLa – 7
• Diable – 7
• Kellin – 7

Player of the Game – Raptor

Series Ratings

NS

• Kingen – 6.5
• Gideon – 4.3
• Calix – 5.5
• Jiwoo – 4.5
• Lehends – 4.5

BFX

• Clear – 6.5
• Raptor – 7.8
• VicLa – 5.8
• Diable – 7.5
• Kellin – 7.8

Player of the Series – Raptor

BFX Advance to the Playoffs

The victory in this game secures the LCK Playoff spot for BFX. They will wait for T1’s selection to see if they face the defending World Champions or KT Rolster. For NS, they need to fix their draft mistakes between now and their final series of the Play-Ins. They await the victor of DK and BRO for another chance to qualify for the Playoff stage.