Dplus Kia Flip the Script: Wayne's Corki Forces a Game 3

TL;DR: Dplus Kia Challengers answered a Game 1 loss with a 20-13 kill win over DN SOOPers Challengers in 35:10, riding Wayne's flawless 7/0/5 Corki and a +7.0k gold gap. The series is level again, and the momentum has swung.

Key Takeaways

- Wayne finished a deathless 7/0/5 on Corki, the only player in the lobby without a single death, converting a -208 gold deficit at 15 minutes into the game's decisive damage source. - Loopy's Rell racked up 19 assists on a 1/2/19 line, enabling nearly every Dplus Kia kill and controlling vision around every objective. - DN SOOPers banked 4 dragons to Dplus Kia's 1, yet lost the baron fight 1-0 and the tower race 8-5 — proof that objective volume without map control means nothing.

Early Game

The series stakes were simple: DN SOOPers led 1-0 and needed two more maps to take it, while Dplus Kia had to stop the bleeding immediately. Game 1 had ended 8-26 in DN SOOPers' favor, so the Challengers walked into Game 2 knowing a second loss would put them on the edge of elimination.

DN SOOPers actually started brighter. DDoiV's Qiyana was the pre-draft champion the analysts flagged, and the jungle pick paid early dividends with a +869 gold differential at 15 minutes. Flip's Locke also led his lane at +454, and Revenge's Jhin edged ahead by +208. On paper, DN SOOPers controlled the first fifteen minutes.

The Turning Point

But Dplus Kia's lanes lost gracefully and their jungler won the map. Solid's Jarvan IV sat at -869 in gold yet kept feeding his carries, and Jaehyuk's Jayce turned a +826 lane lead into pressure that DN SOOPers could never answer.

The dam broke when Garden's Syndra and her support found picks mid-game, turning DN SOOPers' four-dragon investment into a hollow stat line. Lancer's Sion finished 0/5/7, unable to survive the collapse, and Quantum's Nautilus at 1/4/7 could not hold the front line. Mid-game teamfights flipped from even to lopsided, and Dplus Kia took the baron that sealed the arc.

Closing Out

From there it was a controlled execution. Dplus Kia finished 20 kills to DN SOOPers' 13, took 8 towers to 5, and closed the game at 35:10 with 72.6k gold against 65.6k. Flip's 8/6/3 on Locke was DN SOOPers' brightest individual line, but it came with no structural payoff. Dplus Kia's win was built on fight selection: they conceded dragons, won the baron, and let Wayne end the game untouched.

Polymarket Market

The pre-game line sat at 54% for Dplus Kia — essentially a coin flip, and the market read the draft's volatility correctly even if it misread the outcome. What it underestimated was Dplus Kia's ability to absorb an early deficit and weaponize a +826 Jayce lead into mid-game control. Zooming out, the series anchor had Dplus Kia at 76% before Game 1, and Game 2 restored order to that read.

FAQ

Q: Did the pre-draft call on Qiyana deliver for DN SOOPers Challengers? A: Partially. DDoiV built a +869 gold lead at 15 minutes on Qiyana, the largest of any player in the game, but the pick converted into only 2/4/5 and DN SOOPers failed to close out the map advantage.

*Odds via Polymarket, 2026-09-27 10:40 UTC.*