Ruddy Corporation’s Dragon Control Stuns Anubis in Game 4

TL;DR: With the EMEA Masters 2026 series on the line, Ruddy Corporation ignored a 37% pre-game chance and beat Anubis Gaming to force Game 5. Tristana’s 14 kills and Rell’s 17.00 KDA fueled the upset, while four dragons to none gave Ruddy the objective edge. Anubis’s projected draft advantage never became a winning edge in-game.

Key Takeaways

• Ruddy Corporation seized 4 dragons to 0, turning objective control into the clearest measure of its Game 4 advantage.
• Afriibi finished on Tristana with 14/2/1, a 7.50 KDA that powered Ruddy’s 23-15 kill win.
• Robocop ended 984 gold behind at 15 minutes on K'Sante, but J3rkie anchored the team with 1/1/16 and a 17.00 KDA.

Trading Blows

Ruddy Corporation came into this EMEA Masters Game 4 needing a win to survive, with Anubis Gaming ahead in the series. The market gave Ruddy just 37% at draft close, but the underdog made that number look fragile as the game unfolded. Anubis’s Zeri and Yuumi offered a scaling threat, while Fiora had a promising lane profile; Ruddy’s answer was to accelerate the pace and give Tristana room to take over.

The contest stayed close on the map: both teams took 7 towers, and after 32:50 Ruddy held only a 63.8k to 61.8k gold advantage. The kill race, however, leaned Ruddy’s way, 23-15. The gap between kills and towers tells the story of repeated skirmishes without a clean structural snowball: Anubis stayed in striking distance, but could not convert its draft’s theoretical promise into control.

The Deciding Factor

The most striking contrast came in the top lane. Robocop’s K'Sante was 984 gold behind at 15 minutes and finished 1/5/6, while maged’s Fiora had a +984 early gold difference and reached 5/5/2. Yet that lane advantage did not settle the game for Anubis. Ruddy’s teamfighting gave its carries the space to decide the exchanges.

J3rkie Rell supplied the reliable engage and follow-up, ending 1/1/16 with a 17.00 KDA. At the center of the damage and cleanup was Afriibi, whose 14/2/1 Tristana line made every prolonged fight dangerous for Anubis. Ruddy secured 4 dragons and Anubis secured 0; Anubis took 1 Baron to Ruddy’s 0, but that single capture could not outweigh the dragon control.

What Made the Difference

The draft model had favored Anubis at 51%, and the broader draft read leaned toward its duo synergy and scaling. That edge did not materialize in-game. Ruddy’s Trundle pressure against Maokai and early access to fights helped unlock Tristana’s snowball, while Rell’s repeated involvement kept the team connected. The result is a clear case of execution overcoming a modest projected draft advantage.

Polymarket Market

The market read Game 4 incorrectly: at draft close it priced Ruddy Corporation at 37% against Anubis Gaming’s 63%, yet Ruddy won. The match showed what that probability missed: Ruddy’s 4-0 dragon advantage, a decisive Tristana carry performance, and Rell’s 17.00 KDA gave the underdog a practical route to victory even with a close gold margin. The game odds called the winner wrong, though the draft model’s 51% edge for Anubis also failed to predict the outcome. After the result, the series market moved to Ruddy at 33% and Anubis at 67%, a 20.2-point swing toward Ruddy. At 2-2, the next game decides the series.

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*Odds via Polymarket, 2026-10-07 19:14 UTC.*