Guti's Anivia Turns WSCI Opener Into T1 Rout

TL;DR: Guti's Anivia delivered an 8/2/11 masterclass as T1 Esports Academy crushed EDward Gaming Youth Team 24-10 in 28:14 at WSCI 2026. Although Eclipse fell -1637 gold behind at 15, his bot-lane impact and Cloud's 16.00 KDA helped turn a predicted T1 win into a statement rout.

Key Takeaways

• Guti posted 8/2/11 on Anivia with 83% KP, giving T1 Esports Academy the decisive mid-lane anchor for every winning fight.
• Cloud finished 0/1/16 on Poppy for a 16.00 KDA, repeatedly protecting T1 Esports Academy’s carries as the map opened.
• T1 Esports Academy converted a 64.3k to 48.7k gold advantage into 9 towers to 0, leaving EDward Gaming Youth Team no room to recover.

Building the Lead

The pre-match outlook gave EDward Gaming Youth Team a slight 52% edge, built on the expectation that linn could reach a late carry window. Instead, T1 Esports Academy unlocked bot-side pressure and confirmed the game’s pre-draft prediction: their 88% price at draft close correctly anticipated a dominant win.

On Jhin, Eclipse absorbed a difficult lane despite being -1637 gold at 15, then found value in skirmishes with 6/5/10. That unusual bot-lane diff mattered because his 70% KP kept T1’s attacks connected even while Corki held the individual gold edge.

Meanwhile, Painter's Qiyana turned a +1383 gold advantage at 15 into sharp ganks and roaming pressure. EDward Gaming Youth Team could not establish the stable engage their Jarvan IV and Nautilus composition promised, and the early cracks widened quickly.

The Numbers Tell the Story

T1 Esports Academy’s 24-10 kill score was only part of the damage. They claimed 3 dragons, 1 barons, and every one of the game’s 9 towers, while EDward Gaming Youth Team managed just 1 dragons and 0 towers. The 15.6k final gold gulf showed how completely T1 transformed isolated picks into permanent map control.

Haetae was untouchable on Ambessa, ending 5/0/5 with a 10.00 KDA and a +1306 gold lead at 15. His side-lane pressure forced EDward Gaming Youth Team to answer threats they could not safely approach.

At the center stood the mid laner. His 8 kills and 11 assists made Anivia the freezing wall between EDward Gaming Youth Team and any comeback route, while Ryze's 0/5/5 line reflected how little space T1 allowed in teamfights.

The Final Push

By the closing stages, T1 Esports Academy were not merely ahead; they dictated every approach to the base. Poppy's 0/1/16 score gave the team a reliable engage denial tool, turning EDward Gaming Youth Team’s desperate entries into clean counterattacks.

The Baron-powered push ended the contest in 28:14, with T1’s 9 towers to 0 advantage making the final assault feel inevitable. For EDward Gaming Youth Team, linn's 8/5/1 on Corki was a brave source of damage, but one fed carry could not overcome a collapsed map.

Polymarket Market

Polymarket read this game correctly at draft close, pricing T1 Esports Academy at 88% against EDward Gaming Youth Team’s 12%. The market had initially leaned the other way for the series, with T1 at 48% roughly 90 minutes before Game 1, but the draft-stage shift proved justified. What execution revealed was the shape of T1’s advantage: bot-side activity survived Eclipse’s early gold deficit, while Guti’s control and Cloud’s protection converted pressure into objectives rather than merely kills. This result closes the series 0-1, and the full series-market wrap-up belongs in the series recap.

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*Odds via Polymarket, 2026-09-22 14:33 UTC.*