Bilibili Gaming beat Karmine Corp in Round three of the Worlds Swiss Stage.
KC spent most of the game hunting down ON’s Nautilus. Then ON landed one hook and the game was over.
BLG represent China’s LPL. KC carry the French flag in the LEC. Under the recent Swiss format, three wins send a team through and three losses send it home. The loss drops KC to 1-2, which leaves them one defeat away from elimination.
KC kept finding ON alone on the map. The BLG support went down again and again, and KC built a two-dragon lead on the way to soul point.
On paper, KC looked in control. In practice, it was less clear.
A support who keeps dying is worth less gold each time, thanks to the game’s bounty system. Every kill on ON gave KC a little, while BLG’s carries stayed alive and kept farming. BLG gave up dragons but appeared to keep the gold close. They didn’t seem to lose another big fight after KC hit soul point.
One hook was enough
Late in the game, ON finally got his moment. Nautilus hooked Caliste’s Jhin, just after the KC marksman had shown an emote on screen.
BLG jumped on the catch and turned it into the win.
Why BLG stayed alive
Nautilus doesn’t need gold to matter. His Dredge Line hook and his ultimate are pure crowd control. A struggling Nautilus can still decide a game if he grabs the right target at the right time.
The two teams wanted different fights. KC’s comp, built around Jhin, Viktor, and Yike’s Lee Sin, worked best when picking off players before a real fight could start. BLG’s comp wanted to engage head-on and keep fighting.
BLG’s Kai’Sa was the big damage threat in those fights. She can dive straight onto a target that’s been locked down, which makes her a dangerous partner for a Nautilus. Ambessa also earned credit for BLG’s fighting.
Jhin plays a different job from Kai’Sa. He farms safely, hits from long range, and helps set up catches. He isn’t built to be a late-game hypercarry. Some viewers questioned how much damage KC got from him. The bigger issue was that KC never turned its catches into a game-ending lead, and its execution in the larger fights fell apart.
