First Stand, 2026-03-17. The matchup was JD Gaming against Gen.G, and the result was a win for Gen.G. At 23:10, the game was settled relatively early. The teams combined for 19 kills, and in a short game the late-game sample is thin, so read the early gold and objective flow first. The total gold gap grew to 16,810, with Gen.G ahead. At that size the item tiers differ, so the late-game combat figures should be read as numbers produced after the gap opened. Gen.G finished with 8 on Towers against 0 for the opponent — the widest objective gap in this game.

A KDA of 9/1/3 is what Ruler recorded on Caitlyn, the strongest line among the winners. 5,967 is the end-of-game gold gap Ruler built over GALA in the Bot matchup, the largest positional gap in this game. The draft started with JD Gaming removing Orianna and Gen.G removing Karma. Those first two cards set the direction of the draft. This is game 1 of a 3-game series, played on patch 16.5.