Vetheo’s LeBlanc Breaks Verdant’s Draft Edge in Game 3

TL;DR: With the series tied and the Game 3 lead at stake, Vetheo’s LeBlanc dismantled Verdant’s draft advantage, finishing 7/0/2 with +1194 gold at 15. Kaboom’s Naafiri added a 10.00 KDA as SU Esports snowballed to a 17-7 kill victory, secured 4 dragons to 0, and closed the series.

Key Takeaways

• Vetheo hit +1194 gold at 15 on LeBlanc, turning the mid-lane advantage into the decisive force behind SU Esports’ win.
• Kaboom finished 1/0/9 on Naafiri for a 10.00 KDA, anchoring the team’s relentless pressure without giving Verdant a shutdown.
• SU Esports claimed 4 dragons to 0 and finished with 17 kills to 7, converting map control into a clear series-clinching victory.

Building the Lead

At 1-1 in the best-of-three, this was the game that would put one team ahead and leave the other with no room to respond. The draft model had given Verdant a slight edge at 53%, identifying Cassiopeia’s ability to deny LeBlanc access and Pyke’s potential to turn poke into picks. That plan never took hold. SU Esports’ mid advantage became the center of the game, while Bard’s rotations and the team’s control around objectives helped make the map increasingly difficult for Verdant to contest.

Vetheo’s 7/0/2 LeBlanc performance gave SU Esports a threat Verdant could not contain. His +1194 gold at 15 reflected the gap opening in the lane, and his involvement in 53% of SU Esports’ kills shows how that lead mattered beyond mid: he kept appearing in the plays that moved the game forward. Meanwhile, Kaboom’s 1/0/9 Naafiri made the pressure stick, setting up teammates while remaining untouched.

The Numbers Tell the Story

The final 17-7 kill count captures the widening difference, but the objectives tell an even fuller story. SU Esports collected 10 towers to 1, claimed 4 dragons to 0, and secured 1 Baron to 0. The team finished on 56.5k gold against Verdant’s 44.9k, an approximate 12k advantage that turned control into a one-sided finish.

The draft prediction therefore did not materialize in-game: Verdant’s model-favored composition did not translate its theoretical tools into control, while SU Esports’ execution repeatedly opened the map. The game’s duration is unknown, so there is no reliable basis for describing its pace by the clock.

The Final Push

Verdant’s carries found some kills—Mishi’s Varus ended 3/3/1—but could not turn them into a comeback. Sayn’s Cassiopeia finished 1/3/0, and the very tool meant to obstruct LeBlanc could not slow the advantage built around her. SU Esports kept taking ground, using its tower and dragon lead to deny Verdant the space needed to reset.

That contrast defined the deciding game: the draft favored Verdant on paper, but the mid-lane gap and clean objective conversion made SU Esports’ advantage decisive. Vetheo supplied the burst, Kaboom supplied the setup, and the rest of the team turned their pressure into the trophy-path result.

Polymarket Market

At draft close, the game market favored SU Esports at 67%, with Verdant at 33%. That read proved correct: the pre-game favorite won, and the 17-7 score, 12k gold advantage, and 4-0 dragon count show how emphatically SU Esports converted its expected edge. What the market could not fully express was the way Vetheo’s +1194 gold at 15 dismantled the draft’s intended answer, leaving Verdant unable to turn its theoretical team-fight tools into objective control. This result closes the series, SU Esports 2-1 Verdant; the full series-market wrap-up belongs in the series recap.

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*Odds via Polymarket, 2026-09-23 19:36 UTC.*