GAM Edge MVK in LCP Game 4 Shen-Camille Draft

TL;DR: In LCP Game 4, MVK Esports face GAM Esports with the draft model favoring GAM Esports 61% to 39%. Taki’s Shen is the defining wrinkle: he owns a 62.5% LCP record against Camille in 8G, while Shen himself has only a 44.0% LCP WR in 25G.

Shen is not simply a comfort pick here; GAM Esports are using Taki’s global protection and engage to blunt SiuLoong’s Camille support before Camille can find flanks. The pick needs coordinated responses to Jayce poke and Yone dives, but its lane-specific history gives GAM a practical route to stabilize and scale.

Compositions: MVK Esports vs GAM Esports

MVK Esports draft poke through Kratos’s Jayce and Harky’s Xerath, then pair Gury’s Maokai engage with Chika’s Yone and SiuLoong’s Camille for volatile skirmishes. Their ideal early game is controlled poke around objectives; their mid game depends on Maokai locking targets long enough for Yone and Camille to access the back line. If the game stretches, Jayce and Xerath can control space, but the composition lacks a conventional marksman carry.

GAM Esports bring a sturdier front-to-back shape. Kiaya’s Renekton and Draktharr’s Skarner create engage, Gloryy’s Viktor supplies scaling and zone control, Artemis’s Tristana provides tower pressure, and Taki’s Shen can reinforce side lanes or protect the carry. GAM want to survive MVK’s first engage, turn fights through Skarner suppression, and let Viktor and Tristana take over later rotations.

Key Picks and Stats

Kratos’s Jayce has a 47.1% global WR in 790G and a 47.7% LCP WR in 44G, but his 100.0% Jayce record in 1G comes with an 8.0 KDA. The lane matchup is unstable: Jayce has a 42.9% global WR versus Renekton in 35G, although a 66.7% LCP mark in 3G favors Kratos. Kiaya’s Renekton sits at 49.9% globally in 829G, 42.0% in LCP across 50G, and only 25.0% for Kiaya in 4G.

Gury’s Maokai is reliable at 50.9% globally in 108G, 50.0% in LCP in 8G, and 75.0% for Gury in 4G with a 4.1 KDA. Yet Maokai’s 44.4% global WR against Skarner in 9G gives Draktharr’s 52.7% global-WR Skarner in 404G a meaningful jungle edge.

Chika’s Yone brings a 50.4% global WR in 252G, but only 46.7% in LCP in 15G. His 66.7% Yone record in 3G and 4.2 KDA are encouraging against Gloryy’s Viktor, who has a 65.2% LCP WR in 23G. Harky’s Xerath is the risk: 45.5% globally in 33G and 0.0% in LCP in 2G.

Draft Edge

GAM Esports have the clearer draft edge because Skarner, Viktor, Tristana, and Shen give them dependable engage, scaling, and cross-map cover. Shen’s 62.5% LCP WR against Camille in 8G directly challenges SiuLoong, whose Camille has a 0.0% LCP WR in 2G and 0.8 KDA.

Last night’s forecast expected GAM to prioritize Ryze and MVK to open Ezreal if available. Neither appears in the disclosed compositions, while Nocturne, Cassiopeia, Ashe, Rumble, and Nautilus are also absent; without ban order, the expected bans and GAM’s B1 cannot be confirmed. Xerath bot with Camille support is the clearest departure from that forecast.

Polymarket Market

Polymarket prices Game 4 at MVK Esports 36% and GAM Esports 64%, close to the model’s 39% and 61%. The series market is far harsher: MVK are 16% and GAM are 84% now, versus 40% and 60% pre-match. MVK have fallen 23.5 percentage points, reflecting GAM’s series lead after G1 and G3.

The Game market is more optimistic about MVK than the series market, granting them 36% rather than 16%. That makes sense: Maokai-Yone engage and Jayce-Xerath poke can steal one map, but GAM’s safer scaling and Shen-versus-Camille matchup support their 64% Game 4 price.

Prediction

The model makes GAM Esports a 61% favorite to MVK Esports at 39%. I would move GAM slightly to 62% because the Shen-Camille matchup and MVK’s 0.0% LCP Xerath record increase execution risk. GAM’s 2-1 series position also adds mental and best-of pressure, although G2 showed MVK can win a longer game.

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*Data: draftlol live draft model + Polymarket, draft close.*