Shifters took this one. It was a LEC fixture played on 2026-08-08 between Shifters and GIANTX. At 35:31, this game ran deep into the late game. It produced 28 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 was only 2,655, so resources alone did not decide this game. Shifters finished narrowly ahead, and in games like this a single objective or a single fight is usually what settles it. Shifters finished with 3 on Voidgrubs against 0 for the opponent — the widest objective gap in this game.

The standout line on the winning side belongs to nuc, who finished on Anivia with a KDA of 6/0/7. In the Mid matchup, nuc finished 2,371 gold ahead of Jackies. This compares end-of-game totals for the same position, so it is not a laning-phase figure on its own. The draft started with Shifters removing Vi and GIANTX removing Poppy. Those first two cards set the direction of the draft. On patch 16.15, this counts as game 2 within a series of 3.