Team Liquid vs Bilibili Gaming: K’Sante’s Worlds Test

TL;DR: Team Liquid face Bilibili Gaming in Worlds Game 1, with the draft model giving Team Liquid a 57% win probability to Bilibili Gaming’s 43%. The defining gamble is Morgan’s K’Sante: he has a 33% Worlds win rate over 12G, while Bin’s Camille has a 33% global win rate over 15G against K’Sante.

Compositions: Team Liquid vs Bilibili Gaming

Morgan’s K’Sante into Bin’s Camille is a bet on surviving lane and becoming a durable frontline, not a comfortable statistical matchup. Team Liquid want to stabilize the side lane, then use Jarvan IV’s engage and Karma’s shields to create space for Ezreal’s poke and Locke’s follow-up.

Team Liquid can contest early skirmishes, but their mid-game plan depends on landing Jarvan IV’s engage without letting Bilibili Gaming isolate a target. In later fights, Ezreal and Karma offer safer poke and disengage; K’Sante supplies the frontline they need to keep that formation intact.

Bilibili Gaming have a more direct pick-and-engage route: Lee Sin and Nautilus can start fights, while Orianna adds control and Jhin contributes long-range follow-up. Camille also gives Bin a split-push threat and a way to dive onto a carry. BLG want to turn those tools into early picks and objective control before Team Liquid’s poke makes approaches costly.

Key Picks and Stats

Morgan’s K’Sante has a 45.5% global WR over 1421G and a 33.3% Worlds WR over 12G. The global head-to-head sample is small—15G—but K’Sante has a 33.3% WR into Camille. Bin’s Camille posts a 52.8% global WR over 487G, but only 25.0% over 4G at Worlds. The matchup numbers point in opposite directions from Camille’s stronger overall record.

In jungle, Josedeodo’s Jarvan IV is at 50.4% over 1702G globally and 58.3% over 12G at Worlds. Xun’s Lee Sin has 54.5% over 972G globally and 41.7% over 12G at Worlds. Lee Sin’s global record into Jarvan IV is 56.6% over 196G, giving Xun a credible lane-to-skirmish counter angle.

Quid’s Locke has a 52.0% global WR over 298G and 57.1% over 7G at Worlds, including 75.0% over 4G against Orianna there. Knight’s Orianna has a 50.8% global WR over 1196G but 42.9% over 7G at Worlds; she is at 46.4% over 69G against Locke globally.

Bot lane tilts toward Team Liquid on matchup history: Yeon’s Ezreal has a 50.5% global WR over 1713G and 63.6% over 11G at Worlds, while Viper’s Jhin has 45.2% over 1076G globally and 62.5% over 8G at Worlds. Ezreal holds 55.9% over 188G into Jhin globally. CoreJJ’s Karma has a 48.1% global WR over 985G and 100.0% over 4G at Worlds; ON’s Nautilus is at 46.1% over 1310G globally, though Nautilus has a 60.5% WR over 114G into Karma.

Draft Edge

The model’s matchup signal favors Team Liquid, 53.1% to 46.9%, with Quid’s and Yeon’s head-to-head results helping offset the top-side risk. Bilibili Gaming’s clearest route is to use Camille’s side-lane pressure and Nautilus or Lee Sin engage before Team Liquid can establish poke. The K’Sante pick is a risky frontline bet, but the rest of the draft gives TL ways to control range.

Polymarket Market

Polymarket gives Team Liquid 24% and Bilibili Gaming 76% in both the Game 1 and Series markets. The Series market is also 24%–76% now and pre-match, a move of 0.0 percentage points for Team Liquid. Game and Series odds are identical, so the market is pricing this as the deciding map—G3 in a BO3 or G5 in a BO5—with no separate per-game market.

That makes the gap with the model stark: the model leans Team Liquid, while real-money traders strongly favor BLG. Their view is consistent with BLG’s 68.4% season win rate and Camille’s 52.8% global record, but it discounts the lane-specific advantages Team Liquid have in mid and bot.

Prediction

The model prediction is Team Liquid 57% to Bilibili Gaming 43%. The market’s 76% BLG probability and Bin’s strong global Camille record are reasons to temper that lean, but Team Liquid’s matchup signal and Quid’s Worlds results into Orianna keep them narrowly ahead. If BLG turn their engage into early picks, the favorite can seize control quickly.

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