B Butcher’s Zilean Anchors Anubis Gaming’s Game 5 Comeback

TL;DR: With the EMEA Masters series tied 2-2, B Butcher’s Zilean became the safety net behind Anubis Gaming’s Game 5 comeback. His 2/2/17 line and 76% kill participation helped unlock maged’s 9/2/9 Olaf, turning an early deficit into a 25-14 win and the series-clinching result.

Key Takeaways

• B Butcher finished on 2/2/17 with 76% kill participation, giving Anubis Gaming the support and revival threat to sustain its comeback.
• maged overcame a +1,380 gold difference at 15 minutes on Olaf and ended 9/2/9, turning a losing lane into a major late-game threat.
• Anubis Gaming won the kill count 25-14 and the towers 7-3, closing a tied series and taking the EMEA Masters match.

The Deficit

After Anubis Gaming won the first two games and Ruddy Corporation answered with two of its own, Game 5 decided who would claim the series. The start leaned toward Ruddy: Anubis trailed by about 1,809 gold at 15 minutes, and the lane numbers showed why. Gnar held a +1,380 edge over Olaf, while LeBlanc was up +1,331 against Taliyah.

That advantage, however, did not become a clean path to victory. Ruddy finished with one Baron and 2 dragons, but Anubis matched the dragons and took more of the map: 7 towers to 3. The game’s duration is unknown, so the decisive story is the shift in control rather than a clock reading.

The Swing

Anubis’ route back ran through fights where its carries could keep dealing damage and its support could extend the window to do it. B Butcher’s Zilean supplied 17 assists and a 9.50 KDA, staying alive while repeatedly contributing to the action. The supplied stats credit him with 76% KP, a measure of how often he was involved in Anubis kills.

On the flank, maged’s Olaf transformed his early disadvantage into a 9/2/9 finish. His +1,380 gold difference at 15 was the game’s largest listed lane gap, but the final result showed the gap did not dictate the outcome. Meanwhile, Shy Carry’s Jinx also reached 9 kills, giving Anubis another source of late-fight pressure.

Closing the Door

Ruddy had a dangerous threat in Nano’s LeBlanc, who ended 7/5/5, but Anubis’ lead in kills and towers told the broader story: 25-14 in kills and 7-3 in towers. Anubis finished on 59.8k gold to Ruddy’s 55.3k, overcoming the early deficit without taking a Baron.

That resilience settled a series that had swung from a 2-0 Anubis lead to a 2-2 tie. In this final EM game, Zilean’s assists and Olaf’s fight-winning presence turned a promising Ruddy start into Anubis Gaming’s decisive closeout.

Polymarket Market

At draft close, the game market favored Anubis Gaming at 65%, with Ruddy Corporation at 35%. The favorite delivered, so the result matched the market’s pre-game read. The comeback still showed what a single early lead could not guarantee: Ruddy’s advantage at 15 minutes and its Baron did not prevent Anubis from winning the kill count, towers, and final gold total. The listed stats make B Butcher’s 76% KP and maged’s 9/2/9 central to the turnaround, though the market had already selected Anubis as the more likely winner. This result closes the series, Anubis Gaming 3-2 Ruddy Corporation; the full series-market wrap-up belongs in the series recap.

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*Odds via Polymarket, 2026-10-07 20:42 UTC.*