LEC, 2026-08-23. The matchup was Shifters against Karmine Corp, and the result was a win for Shifters. At 37:15, this game ran deep into the late game. It produced 39 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 2,925, 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. The clearest objective gap came from Towers: 8 for Shifters against 4 for the other side.

The standout line on the winning side belongs to nuc, who finished on Viktor with a KDA of 6/3/9. 4,301 is the end-of-game gold gap Caliste built over Paduck in the Bot matchup, the largest positional gap in this game. Jarvan IV was the first champion Shifters removed, while the opening ban from Karmine Corp was Poppy. Game 1 of the series. The series ran to 3 games in total, and the patch applied was 16.16.