Team Tidebound won despite Team Yandex holding the stronger draft (+479). The matchup matrix was wrong on this one — individual skill and in-game decisions proved decisive.

Team Yandex fields a noticeably stronger squad by leaderboard rank (★173 vs ★863), giving them a tangible individual skill advantage heading into this match.

The matchup matrix leans in favour of Team Yandex (+479), though the draft is far from one-sided — execution will matter more than the numbers suggest.