EWC, 2026-05-01. The matchup was Team Vitality against Shifters, and the result was a win for Shifters. At 35:44, this game ran deep into the late game. It produced 38 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 1,254, 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. On objectives, Voidgrubs split 3 to 0, and Shifters took the larger share.

The standout line on the winning side belongs to Sheo, who finished on Wukong with a KDA of 7/3/5. In the Mid matchup, Humanoid finished 3,466 gold ahead of nuc. 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 Team Vitality removing Orianna and Shifters removing Nautilus. Those first two cards set the direction of the draft. On patch 16.8, this counts as game 1 within a series of 2.