Team WE Extends Its DCGI Lead Behind Monki’s Naafiri

TL;DR: With the series on the line for HANJIN BRION and a chance to close it out for Team WE, Monki’s Naafiri anchored a 14-4 win with a 10.0 KDA and 71% kill participation. About’s Caitlyn built a +1688 gold lead at 15 minutes, and Team WE turned that bot-lane advantage into an 8-3 tower edge and a 2-0 lead in the 2026 DCGI series.

Key Takeaways

• Monki finished 4/1/6 on Naafiri, a 10.0 KDA that made his playmaking central to Team WE’s controlled victory.
• About reached +1688 gold at 15 minutes on Caitlyn, giving Team WE’s bot lane the early edge that the narrative of the game revolved around.
• Team WE won 14-4 and took 8 towers to 3, extending its series lead to 2-0 in the Demacia Cup Global Invitational.

Early Game

The stakes were simple: HANJIN BRION needed a win to stay alive in the BO5, while Team WE could put itself one game from closing out the series. The draft offered BRION familiar tools in Lucian, Orianna, and Milio, all three champions flagged in pre-draft analysis. They appeared, but their presence did not translate into the predicted advantage: Lucian and Milio had been a promising tournament duo, while Orianna’s listed B1 record was 33.3% over 3 games.

The clearest early signal came from the bottom lane. At 15 minutes, About held a +1688 gold differential over Lucian, a substantial lead that gave Team WE’s Caitlyn more room to control space and pressure objectives. The pre-match case for an active Monki also held up: his 83.2% kill participation was a warning sign, and the jungler went on to take part in 71% of Team WE’s kills.

The Turning Point

Team WE’s advantage was not just a gold number. It became a widening gap in the map: the team finished with 8 towers to 3, while dragons went 4 to 2 in its favor. BRION did claim the game’s only Baron, but that single objective could not erase Team WE’s broader control or its 70.5k to 61.5k gold advantage.

In the fight for influence, Monki paired four kills with six assists and only one death. Karis was even more ruthless in the mid lane: 6/0/2 on Akali meant BRION could not answer his damage with a shutdown. The early predictions were mixed, then. Lucian, Orianna, and Milio all appeared as expected, but their selection did not produce a win; the decisive execution belonged to WE’s playmakers and its fed bot lane.

Closing Out

After 35:50, Team WE had converted its lead into a convincing 14-4 finish. Erha added nine assists on Bard, giving the winning side another source of setup and follow-through, while Cube ended without a death and recorded six assists on Renekton. Together, those lines helped Team WE win fights without needing to chase an unnecessarily high kill count.

The result made the series 2-0 for Team WE and left HANJIN BRION with no room to recover. It also underlined the match’s defining contrast: BRION had a Baron, but WE had the stronger lanes, more towers, and the cleaner teamfight contributions.

Polymarket Market

The market’s game-day lean proved correct: Team WE was favored 56% to 44% at draft close and delivered the expected win. That price was more confident than the series pre-match view, which had HANJIN BRION at 56% and Xi’an Team WE at 44%; after Team WE won Game 1 and then this game, the broader picture shifted sharply. The draft still contained real threats for BRION, including Lucian and Orianna, but execution told a different story: Caitlyn’s +1688 early gold edge and Naafiri’s 71% kill participation gave WE the tools to dictate the result. Afterward, the series market stood at 88% for Xi’an Team WE and 12% for HANJIN BRION, a 19.0 percentage-point move toward WE from draft close. The series remains alive, but the next game is now a must-win for BRION.

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*Odds via Polymarket, 2026-10-15 10:47 UTC.*