Solary 3-0 DN SOOPers Challengers — World Star Challengers Invitational 2026 Results & Stats

TL;DR: Solary swept DN SOOPers Challengers 3-0 at the 2026 World Star Challengers Invitational, pairing a controlled opener and objective-heavy Game 2 with a Game 3 comeback. Aetinoth’s carry performances helped turn Solary’s pre-match advantage into a complete series victory, while the final game showed the sweep was not simply a story of easy early leads.

Key Takeaways

• Aetinoth was Solary’s series standout: his Yunara built a +1,752 gold lead at 15 minutes in Game 1, and his Varus closed Game 3 at 9/3/4.
• The defining swing came in Game 3, when Solary overturned an approximately 2,656-gold deficit at 15 minutes and finished the series in 23:40.
• Solary won 3-0, but the games told different stories: a 25-16 opener, a 22-11 Game 2, and a tighter 15-13 finale.

Before the Series

The pre-match forecast put Solary at 71.5% to win, against 28.5% for DN SOOPers Challengers. The case was built on repeatable early pressure: Solary arrived 7W-0L with an average +5,248 gold differential, while DN averaged -133. That advantage held across the series, but Game 3 made clear it was no guarantee of a comfortable start.

The pre-draft prediction explicitly flagged Vi, Lucian, Yunara, and Ezreal. Game 1 gave the clearest verdict: Yunara delivered for Aetinoth, while Vi gave DDoiV a dangerous counterpunch at 8/3/5. Lucian, played by Revenge, faced the opposite outcome: he finished 1,752 gold behind Aetinoth at 15 minutes. Ezreal appeared for Revenge in Game 2, but his 1/3/5 line did not create the reliable advantage expected. The predictions were therefore mixed, not a blanket endorsement of every flagged pick.

Setting the Tone

Solary made the forecast tangible in the opener by building around the bottom-lane advantage. Aetinoth’s lead gave Solary room to pressure, while Piero’s Lulu kept fights connected: 1/2/20 and 84% kill participation meant she was involved in nearly every successful exchange. DN kept contesting through DDoiV’s Vi and Flip’s Lissandra, but Solary converted its steadier teamfighting into 25 kills to DN SOOPers Challengers’ 16 and 2 Barons to 0.

Game 2 was a different test. DN needed to stop the series slipping away, and Flip’s Ryze and Lancer’s Jayce held early gold edges. Solary nevertheless won the wider map contest. Aetinoth’s Caitlyn finished 5/1/5 with a 10.00 KDA, while Solary took 4 dragons to 1 and 9 towers to 4. The 22-11 kill score and 71.9k-65.8k gold finish turned those scattered fights into a 2-0 lead.

Sealing It

Facing elimination, DN finally found early control in Game 3. Renekton led by 1,350 gold at 15 minutes, Pantheon by 1,019, and Solary’s Dr. Mundo was down 1,350. Solary trailed by about 2,656 gold—the kind of deficit that could have reopened the series.

Instead, Zicssi’s Xin Zhao anchored the recovery with a 4/1/5 finish and a 9.00 KDA, while Aetinoth’s Varus supplied the closing damage. Solary won the game 15-13 in 23:40, completing the sweep. DN had left Xin Zhao available despite the pre-draft discussion, and Zicssi made that omission matter.

Aftermath

The complete result was a sweep, but not three copies of the same win. Solary’s opening bot-lane advantage set the pace; Game 2’s dragons and towers showed how the team could turn fights into map control; and Game 3 proved it could recover under pressure. Aetinoth’s consistency made him the series’ clearest MVP, while Piero and Zicssi supplied different kinds of support at crucial points.

Polymarket Trajectory

The market began with Solary favored 70% to 30%, close to the pre-match forecast that also backed Solary. That read was right: the favorite won each game, and confidence in the series result rose after the first two victories. The most revealing change was not a single game price, but the way each result reduced the sense that DN could force a longer contest.

Still, the final game offered a useful caveat. Solary’s win remained the expected outcome, yet DN’s early lead showed why a favorite’s series odds do not mean every game will follow the same script. The earlier signal was Solary’s unbeaten run and stronger average gold differential; its eventual comeback showed that the team had more than one route to close.

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*Odds via Polymarket, 2026-09-30 08:40 UTC.*