The Worlds match played on 2026-10-16 between Karmine Corp and Cloud9 ended with a win for Cloud9. At 35:02, this game ran deep into the late game. It produced 21 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 18,599, with Cloud9 ahead. At that size the item tiers differ, so the late-game combat figures should be read as numbers produced after the gap opened. Cloud9 finished with 11 on Towers against 3 for the opponent — the widest objective gap in this game.

A KDA of 11/0/3 is what Loki recorded on Locke, the strongest line among the winners. 5,164 is the end-of-game gold gap Tactical built over Caliste in the Bot matchup, the largest positional gap in this game. Vi was the first champion Karmine Corp removed, while the opening ban from Cloud9 was Seraphine. Game 1 of the series. The series ran to 5 games in total, and the patch applied was 16.20.