Natus Vincere took this one. It was a LEC fixture played on 2026-08-29 between GIANTX and Natus Vincere. 27 combined kills over 33:22 places this game inside the usual league range. The figures below are not skewed toward any single phase of the game. The total gold gap grew to 12,577, 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. On objectives, Towers split 11 to 1, and Natus Vincere took the larger share.

A KDA of 8/1/5 is what SamD recorded on Lucian, the strongest line among the winners. Comparing end-of-game gold position by position, the widest gap sits at Jungle: Rhilech ahead of ISMA by 3,738. The draft started with GIANTX removing Zaahen and Natus Vincere removing Jayce. Those first two cards set the direction of the draft. This is game 1 of a 3-game series, played on patch 16.17.