Anubis Gaming’s Orianna Sets the Tone in EMEA Masters

TL;DR: Anubis Gaming extended its winning run to 6 by edging Ruddy Corporation in a close 28:00 opener. Giyuu’s 24.00 KDA on Orianna anchored the win, while Anubis claimed 4 dragons to 0. Ruddy’s slight live draft-model edge did not translate into victory; Anubis’s objective control proved decisive.

Key Takeaways

• Giyuu posted a 24.00 KDA on Orianna, giving Anubis Gaming a reliable centerpiece in a game decided by just 1.3k gold.
• Anubis Gaming secured 4 dragons to 0, building an objective advantage that Ruddy Corporation never answered.
• Ano led Ruddy Corporation with 7/6/4 on Naafiri, but the kills could not overcome Anubis’s 13-11 team kill edge.

Trading Blows

Ruddy Corporation had routes into the game: the pre-match draft model gave it 51%, and the matchup analysis pointed to Camille’s lane pressure and Ryze’s ability to create numbers advantages in skirmishes. That edge did not become a win condition. Anubis Gaming’s form and season profile were stronger signals, and the match stayed tight rather than breaking open.

Ano’s Naafiri supplied much of Ruddy’s resistance, finishing with 7/6/4 and helping keep the kill count close. Yet 13-11 in kills and 53.1k to 51.8k in gold favored Anubis at the finish. The teams each took 3 towers, so the contrast came less from a map-wide siege than from control of the neutral objectives.

The Deciding Factor

Giyuu made the difference on Orianna, ending with 13/1/11 and a 24.00 KDA. The line captures more than survival: the mid laner stayed central to Anubis’s kills while rarely giving Ruddy an opening to shut down the team’s most influential threat. B Butcher’s Milio added 0/2/25, a support performance built around enabling teammates rather than claiming kills.

The clearest proof of Anubis’s control was the dragon count: 4 to 0. Ruddy still remained within striking distance in gold, but without dragons or a Baron, it lacked the objective leverage to turn its skirmish pressure into a closing push. The draft edge, then, did not materialize in-game; Anubis’s execution and objective collection mattered more than the model’s slight lean toward Ruddy.

What Made the Difference

Anubis did not need a lopsided kill score to take the opener. Its 1.3k gold advantage was narrow, and the identical tower count underlined how closely contested the map remained. Instead, the team kept finding value around dragons and had Giyuu’s Orianna to anchor those crucial fights.

That makes the result a statement of patience as much as firepower. Ruddy found enough kills to stay involved, but Anubis converted its steadier objective control into the win and extended its run to 6. In this EMEA Masters 2026 series, the first game set a clear challenge: Ruddy must make its early pressure count before Anubis’s control compounds.

Polymarket Market

The match market read the winner correctly: at draft close, Anubis Gaming was favored at 69% against Ruddy Corporation’s 31%, and the favorite delivered. That broad read aligned with Anubis’s superior objective control, even though the live draft model had narrowly favored Ruddy at 51%. The game showed the difference between a plausible matchup edge and execution: Ruddy’s skirmish threat kept the score close, but Anubis secured all 4 dragons and finished ahead in gold. The series market has since shifted from 84% for Anubis to 92%, with Ruddy moving from 16% to 8%. After the opener, that points to growing confidence in Anubis while leaving the BO5 alive.

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*Odds via Polymarket, 2026-10-07 16:52 UTC.*