Yike’s Wukong Sets the Tone as KC Claims Game 3

TL;DR: With the series tied 1-1, Karmine Corp needed a closer in Game 3 and found it through Yike on Wukong, whose 4/1/14 line steadied every big fight. That control turned a tense decider into a 20-10 win in 35:04, sending KC forward at EWC 2026 with superior towers, dragons, and gold.

Key Takeaways

• Yike on Wukong finished 4/1/14 for an 18.00 KDA, and that jungle control gave Karmine Corp the reliable engage that shaped every decisive mid-game fight.
• Karmine Corp ended with a 20-10 kill score, 9 towers to 3, and 71.9k to 62.0k gold, showing that their advantage was not one big swing but sustained map pressure.
• Canna’s Vayne dealt 30.2% of KC’s damage while Caliste’s Mel posted 7/1/9, a two-lane carry threat that Team Secret (Vietnamese Team) could not contain once the game opened up.

Early Game

Because this was the deciding map in a tied best-of-3, every small move felt heavier from the opening minutes. Team Secret (Vietnamese Team) came out swinging through Bie on Elise, whose 5/3/2 stat line reflected how often he found ways to drag skirmishes into chaos. On the other side, Yike answered with patient pathing on Wukong, refusing to let early pressure turn into a collapse.

The first phase felt competitive in the way close League of Legends games often do: one team testing edges, the other absorbing and waiting for the cleaner angle. Eddie’s Caitlyn was a real damage source for Team Secret (Vietnamese Team), finishing with 32.6% of the team’s damage, and that threat kept KC honest whenever lanes reset. But while the Vietnamese side could trade punches, they struggled to convert those moments into structures, and that difference would matter later.

Karmine Corp’s setup across the map looked increasingly deliberate. kyeahoo on Syndra chipped in 25.6% of team damage, giving KC a dangerous mid-lane voice in every contest, while the support pressure from Busio’s Pyke created the constant feeling that somebody could get caught one step too far forward. Even before the game fully broke open, the European side were positioning for the longer race: better wave control, cleaner rotations, and stronger access to the next objective.

The Turning Point

The moment the game truly tilted was not a flashy Baron rush—there was no Baron for either team—but the stretch where KC’s coordinated fighting started to chain together. Yike’s Wukong was the anchor of it all. He finished on an 18.00 KDA, but the number only tells part of the story; what mattered was how often he entered a fight first, forced Team Secret (Vietnamese Team) to scatter, and let his carries hit safely behind him.

Once that engine started running, Karmine Corp’s composition became much easier to hear than to stop. Caliste on Mel turned those engages into clean follow-up damage and ended at 7/1/9, the best finishing touch on the Rift. In the solo lanes, Canna’s Vayne quietly scaled into a major threat, posting 30.2% of team damage despite only going 1/3/11. That is the kind of stat line that tells you he was not hunting highlight kills; he was surviving, firing, and helping every extended fight bend KC’s way.

Team Secret (Vietnamese Team) still found isolated answers, especially when Bie could start the action first, but they never got enough from their front line. Pun’s Udyr closed at 0/6/3, and Dire on Sylas ended 2/5/0, a sign of how hard it became to reach KC’s backline without losing shape.

Closing Out

From there, the closeout felt earned rather than sudden. Karmine Corp kept stacking practical advantages: 3 dragons to 2, 9 towers to 3, and finally a 71.9k to 62.0k gold lead by the end of 35:04. Without Baron on either side, this was a victory built through repeated execution—lane pressure, better resets, and superior teamfight control.

That is what makes this Game 3 meaningful in the broader EWC 2026 story. Team Secret (Vietnamese Team) proved in Game 2 that they could punch back in the series, but when the decider demanded discipline, Karmine Corp delivered the cleaner version of League of Legends. Their 20 kills were backed by structure damage, objective timing, and a jungle performance from Yike that gave the entire team a stable center. In a match where the margin had to be created, KC created it themselves.

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