Xun’s Naafiri Takes Control as Bilibili Sweep Worlds Game 1

TL;DR: Xun’s Naafiri overcame an early gold deficit to become the engine of Bilibili Gaming’s 24-10 victory over Dplus Kia at Worlds 2026. His 12/1/8 finish and 83% kill participation helped secure five dragons and two Barons, setting the tone in a Game 1 where the live draft model’s narrow Dplus Kia edge never materialized.

Key Takeaways

• Xun finished 12/1/8 on Naafiri with 83% KP, turning a -1489 gold difference at 15 into the match’s defining performance.
• Bilibili Gaming claimed 5 dragons to 0 and 2 Barons to 0, converting objective control into a decisive late-game advantage.
• Dplus Kia had the live draft model’s 51% edge, but its 10-24 loss showed that the projected advantage did not materialize in-game.

Early Game

The opening presented a sharp contrast between expectation and execution. The live draft model gave Dplus Kia a slim 51% advantage, while the draft moved away from the anticipated Jarvan IV or Vi first picks: Qiyana faced Naafiri in the jungle. The model’s edge did not translate into control on the Rift.

That mismatch was especially stark for Xun. At 15 minutes, he sat 1489 gold behind his opposing jungler, Lucid, whose Qiyana had built a substantial lead. Yet the early advantage proved fragile. Bilibili Gaming’s coordinated engage, with Galio and Nautilus supporting the hunt, gave Naafiri opportunities to join fights and recover. Knight went 4/0/15 on Galio, providing reliable follow-up while remaining untouched.

The Turning Point

Once fights began to gather around objectives, Xun’s early deficit stopped defining the story. He converted those skirmishes into a staggering 12/1/8 line, contributing to 83% of Bilibili Gaming’s kills. That is the difference between a promising lead on paper and a jungle performance that dictates the match: every successful engagement made the next objective harder for Dplus Kia to contest.

Viper added 5/3/9 on Cassiopeia, bringing sustained damage to Bilibili Gaming’s fights. Dplus Kia had damage of its own—Rumble accounted for 27.1% of his team’s damage—but the team could not turn that output into map control. The dragons became 5-0, and Bilibili Gaming added 2 Barons while Dplus Kia took none.

Closing Out

The game ended after 33:30, with Bilibili Gaming ahead 24-10 in kills, 11-3 in towers, and 72.4k-63.6k in gold. The final numbers describe more than a late surge: Bilibili Gaming’s objective advantage steadily narrowed Dplus Kia’s options, and each Baron helped turn that pressure into structures.

Lucid ended 4/6/1 on Qiyana despite his large early gold lead, while Xun emerged as the central force in a match that opened with the opposite jungle outlook. For the series, Bilibili Gaming took the first game; its coordinated objective control offered a clear blueprint for the next one.

Polymarket Market

The game market closed at 50%-50%, correctly framing the opener as a coin flip rather than identifying a clear favorite. Bilibili Gaming won that even matchup, but the result came through an execution pattern the market could not show: Naafiri recovered from -1489 gold at 15, then joined the fights that delivered 5 dragons and 2 Barons. Before the series, the market had already leaned toward Bilibili Gaming at 58%-42%, so Game 1 reinforced rather than reversed that view. After the win, the series price moved to 74%-26% for Bilibili Gaming, a 16.0 percentage-point shift from draft close. Dplus Kia is still in the series, but the market now sees Bilibili Gaming as the stronger prospect for the next game.

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*Odds via Polymarket, 2026-11-05 22:52 UTC.*