Mercy9 Ryze Erupts as Heretics Academy Crush eSuba

TL;DR: Team Heretics Academy dismantled eSuba in Game 1 at EMEA Masters 2026 Summer, winning 23-4 in kills with a 53.3k to 37.5k gold advantage. Batuuu's flawless 0/0/18 Karma anchored a snowball that never slowed.

Key Takeaways

- Mercy9 detonated on Ryze with a 13/1/3 line and a 16.00 KDA, posting a +524 gold diff at minute 15 and turning the mid lane into a one-way street. - Batuuu finished 0/0/18 on Karma, a perfect 18.00 KDA with an 78% kill participation share, meaning nearly four of every five Heretics kills passed through the support. - Heretics banked 10 towers, 2 dragons, and 1 baron while eSuba scraped together a single tower and nothing else — a 53.3k to 37.5k gold canyon that explains the 23-4 kill line.

Building the Lead

The draft model handed eSuba a 51% edge, and for about ten minutes it looked like a reasonable bet. Then Lurox simply refused to let the game breathe. On Xin Zhao, the jungler opened with a +674 gold diff at minute 15 — the largest single-lane gap on the map — repeatedly crashing into eSuba's poke setup before it could position and fire.

That aggression found a partner in Mercy9, whose Ryze scaled into ruin. Where Viktor was supposed to grind the map late, the mid lane instead belonged to blue runes and rolling overloads. By the time Varus top had nudged out a tiny +50 gold advantage for eSuba, it was a lone bright spot in a darkening picture.

The bottom lane told the same story. Lure's Ezreal played a clean 3/1/7, and every time Lucian tried to find a window, Batuuu was already there — shielding, speeding, locking down. The support never died once across the entire game.

The Numbers Tell the Story

The kill score, 23-4, is the headline, but the map state beneath it is more damning. Heretics took 10 towers to eSuba's 1, 2 dragons to 0, and a baron to nothing. That is not a team winning fights; that is a team erasing a base.

Every Heretics player finished with a positive gold difference at 15 except Papiteero, and even his K'Sante was only -50 — essentially break-even in a lane the model had flagged as eSuba's clearest structural advantage. The predicted Varus-versus-K'Sante mismatch never arrived. Four of five Heretics diffed their opposite numbers by more than 340 gold each.

The damage was spread rather than concentrated: the 53.3k to 37.5k gold split reflects a team that converted every skirmish. Vlaren's Lee Sin ended 1/6/2, Dolis on Viktor closed 0/4/2, and the poke composition that was meant to stall for late dissolved before it ever assembled. Esko's Lucian managed just a single kill.

The Final Push

With baron buff and a nearly 16k gold lead, Heretics did not chase highlights — they took structures. The final sequence crushed eSuba's remaining outer turrets, pushed into the base, and closed the game with the kill race at 23-4. No desperation dive, no overextension; just wave after wave walking forward.

Batuuu's Karma ended with more assists alone than eSuba's entire roster managed kills. It was a statement opener, and it leaves the series at Team Heretics Academy 1-0 eSuba in this best-of-one.

Polymarket Market

Real money had this one priced as a formality: Team Heretics Academy closed at 96% against eSuba's 4%, and the favourite delivered without drama. The interesting tension was the pre-draft model, which tilted 51% toward the red side on lane matchup data — specifically the Varus-versus-K'Sante interaction. Execution erased that edge entirely, as Heretics forced fights long before eSuba's poke composition could set up. The market read the talent gap correctly; the draft model over-weighted a matchup that never materialised. This result closes the series at Team Heretics Academy 1-0 eSuba, with the full series-market wrap-up belonging to the series recap.

FAQ

Q: How did Batuuu's Karma finish with 18 assists and zero deaths? A: The support posted a 0/0/18 line and an 18.00 KDA, participating in roughly 78% of Heretics' 23 kills while never being caught out, which let the team fight continuously without losing a body.

*Odds via Polymarket, 2026-09-26 18:54 UTC.*