Demacia Cup, 2026-10-08. The matchup was JD Gaming against Natus Vincere, and the result was a win for Natus Vincere. At 35:29, this game ran deep into the late game. It produced 33 combined kills, and in long games per-minute figures such as DPM and CSM get pulled toward the average, so read them next to the totals. The total gold gap grew to 11,132, with Natus Vincere ahead. At that size the item tiers differ, so the late-game combat figures should be read as numbers produced after the gap opened. Natus Vincere finished with 9 on Towers against 2 for the opponent — the widest objective gap in this game.

A KDA of 10/2/9 is what SamD recorded on Jhin, the strongest line among the winners. 4,294 is the end-of-game gold gap SamD built over GALA in the Bot matchup, the largest positional gap in this game. The opening bans were Nocturne from JD Gaming and Syndra from Natus Vincere. This is game 1 of a 3-game series, played on patch 16.18.