Karmine Corp vs CTBC Flying Oyster Prediction, Odds, Best Bets - League of Legends World Championship 2026
Karmine Corp and CTBC Flying Oyster play to stay at Worlds 2026 on Thursday, and the loser goes home. Karmine Corp have not won a Swiss game since the opening day, and CFO's one win came by suffocating a favorite.
The Matchup
Thursday's second series is an elimination match, and it pairs two teams that have been living on one win for a week. Karmine Corp and CTBC Flying Oyster are both 1-2 in the Swiss stage at Worlds 2026. The loser takes a third loss and goes home from Allen, Texas.
The winner survives at 2-2 and plays a final Swiss round on Saturday. Karmine Corp came through the Play-In stage to reach the Swiss rounds and then stunned Anyone's Legend, the LPL champions, on the opening day. They have not won since, losing to LYON and Bilibili Gaming.
CFO, the last LCP team left in the tournament, beat Team Liquid Alienware on the opening day and then lost to Movistar KOI and T1. Neither team has reported a substitute or a role swap. It is a best of three with Fearless Draft, the first best of three either team plays in the Swiss stage.
Key Factors
CFO's win over Team Liquid is the template for this pick, and it started in the jungle. Shad0w invaded early on Qiyana, stole two of Josedeodo's camps, and never let Liquid settle. CFO stacked to Mountain Soul, dragged the game to the Elder, and closed it with Baron and Elder after Shad0w found CoreJJ. That is a repeatable way to win a map against anyone.
Play through the jungle, stack the dragons, and make the favorite play late. CFO's two losses show the other end of the range. Movistar KOI beat them 19-7, and T1 beat them 14-6 in 27 minutes on Monday. When the early invade fails, CFO have no second plan that has worked yet at this event.
Karmine Corp's problem is closing, and their LYON loss is the clearest example. KC started that game well, built advantages across the map, and still lost the late teamfights and the game with the kills tied. Their one win was real. Canna got a quadra kill on Jax against Anyone's Legend and Caliste carried the late fights on Kalista in a 12-4 win.
But that was Friday, and a team that has lost twice since, including a game it controlled, is being asked to sweep an opponent whose whole game is built to steal one map early. If Shad0w's first invade lands the way it did against Liquid, CFO will have their map before KC's better late game matters.
Karmine Corp probably survive this series, because their ceiling is higher and their one win came against a stronger team than anyone CFO have beaten. But surviving is not sweeping, and CFO's jungle and dragon game is built to take exactly one map off a favorite that starts slowly. Take CTBC Flying Oyster +1.5 maps at +101.
Game information
| DATE | Thursday (10/29) |
|---|---|
| START TIME | 6:15 PM CT |
| HOW TO WATCH | LoL Esports |
| VENUE | Credit Union of Texas Event Center, Allen, Texas |
| EVENT | League of Legends World Championship 2026 |
| ROUND | Swiss Round 4 - Elimination |
| FORMAT | Best of 3 |
| SPREAD | Karmine Corp -1.5 maps (-118) |
| TOTAL | 2.5 (Over +132) |
| MONEYLINE | Karmine Corp -462 / CTBC Flying Oyster +339 |
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