Guwon's Shyvana Drives Ninjas in Pyjamas.CN Forward

TL;DR: Ninjas in Pyjamas.CN closed out EDward Gaming and stretched their winning run to 6 with a chaotic 24:00 Game 3. NIPGuwon’s Shyvana controlled the skirmishes with a 10.00 KDA, turning a fast snowball into the decisive win that sealed the LPL 2026 Grand Finals.

Key Takeaways

• Ninjas in Pyjamas.CN won the kill race 26-12 and converted that pressure into a crushing 55.2k to 45.6k gold advantage.
• NIPGuwon’s Shyvana finished 8/2/12 for a 10.00 KDA, giving NIP the relentless frontline damage that EDward Gaming could not contain.
• NIPCare paired Orianna’s 5/4/12 line with 12 assists, proving the pre-draft priority pick could dictate decisive teamfights.

Building the Lead

With Ninjas in Pyjamas.CN already leading 2-0, Game 3 was EDward Gaming’s last chance to keep the best-of-five alive. Instead, the early game became a brawl, and NIP repeatedly found the angles to turn scattered fights into lasting control.

The draft delivered both champions flagged before the game: Orianna and Rumble. EDGBuLLDoG’s Rumble contributed 2/5/6, but his Equalizers could not create enough clean openings for a team playing from behind. On the other side, the control mage’s scaling and setup amplified NIP’s superior five-on-five execution.

The Numbers Tell the Story

The final gold gap reached 9.6k, a massive cushion in only 24:00. Ninjas in Pyjamas.CN claimed 10 towers to 1, 2 dragons to 1, and the game’s only 1 barons, leaving EDward Gaming without room to stabilize.

NIPPhotic made Corki a constant backline threat, posting 8/3/5 as the chaos opened firing lanes. Meanwhile, NIPHOYA’s Ambessa survived almost everything with a 4/1/6 score, ensuring that each engage had a durable second wave behind it.

The Final Push

EDward Gaming needed their comfort picks to manufacture a reversal, but EDGLeave’s Jhin ended at 4/5/4 and never found the sequence required to halt the snowball. The pre-draft concern around Jhin’s 36.9% WR in LPL in 130G proved relevant: this composition needed precision, while NIP supplied overwhelming tempo.

NIPfengyue’s Alistar added 1/2/15, repeatedly connecting the engage to the carries behind him. Once the Baron pressure arrived, the final push felt inevitable: NIP’s objective lead, gold lead, and skirmish control had all become too large to overcome.

Polymarket Market

Polymarket priced Ninjas in Pyjamas.CN at 70% at draft close, and Game 3 confirmed that the market correctly identified the favorite. The series had opened around 74% for Shenzhen NINJAS IN PYJAMAS, so the day did not reverse the expected direction; it reinforced it. What the pre-game number could not fully show was how violently NIP would execute: the 26-12 kill score, 10 towers to 1, and 9.6k gold gap revealed a far more one-sided finish than a conventional favorite win. This result closes the series 0-3, with the full series-market wrap-up belonging in the series recap.

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*Odds via Polymarket, 2026-08-28 08:35 UTC.*