Gen.G beats Invictus Gaming after securing Dragon Soul

Rookie and IG strike first

Invictus Gaming opened with Rookie's Aurora taking first blood against Canyon's Qiyana. IG then killed four Gen.G players in the Voidgrubs fight, with Qiyana alone surviving. Gen.G trailed by 2,000 gold at 10 minutes.

Ruler later attributed part of Gen.G's early struggle to teammates being slightly out of sync. He also described preparation for this matchup: Gen.G had practiced responses to IG's ability to execute plans through bottom-lane compositions. Those preparations preceded an opening that Ruler acknowledged included coordination problems.

Trades begin the recovery

IG hunted Ruler's Corki bottom while Gen.G shut down Rookie mid. Gen.G secured Dragon in a five-on-five fight with evenly exchanged kills. IG took the first turret in top lane, secured Rift Herald and destroyed Gen.G's outer mid turret.

Ruler said Gen.G played around its jungler because his development remained competitive despite the team's early deficit. The team therefore still had a competitively developed jungler to play around while behind overall. Ruler also credited the top-bottom exchange, saying Gen.G gained more from it and that it helped the recovery.

Canyon's catch leads to Soul

Canyon caught Aurora, and Gen.G collected its third Dragon while reversing the gold lead. Gen.G won the next Dragon fight, secured Dragon Soul and took Baron Nashor. It maintained pressure and destroyed IG's Nexus in 26 minutes.

One game settles the opener

The completed best-of-one ended with Gen.G ahead 22–10 in kills, distinct from the 1–0 series result. Chovy led the match with eight kills and 261 CS. Rookie had the highest listed kill participation at 90%.

In the Swiss format, teams qualify with three match wins and exit with three losses. Subsequent opponents have matching win-loss records.