paiN Gaming wins 3-1, advances

paiN Gaming Academy beat RMD Gaming 3-1 on Tuesday, April 28, and advanced from the Circuito Desafiante 2026 Split 1 play-in into the playoffs. (maisesports.com.br) (lolesports.com) RMD opened the best-of-five with a Game 1 win behind jungler raNdal’s 7/2/10 Xin Zhao and a key ultimate from mid laner BLACKY. (maisesports.com.br) paiN tied the series in Game 2 when Samkz finished 6/2/12 on Zaahen and Namiru went 5/2/10 on Annie in a 20-6 kills win that ended at 26 minutes. (maisesports.com.br) The reverse sweep took shape in Game 3, when top laner Zoen posted a 6/2/2 Vayne line and paiN closed the map in 28 minutes. (maisesports.com.br) paiN finished the series in Game 4 after Namiru’s 7/1/8 Viktor helped secure a 19-10 kills victory in 33 minutes. (maisesports.com.br) The result kept alive a team that barely reached the play-in. paiN Academy finished the regular season 2-7, good for ninth place, while RMD finished 3-6 in seventh. (lolesports.com) (liquipedia.net) The Circuito Desafiante format sent the top six teams straight to playoffs, with seventh through 10th going to a play-in bracket. Ninth- and 10th-place teams started in the lower bracket, so paiN had no margin for error. (liquipedia.net) Before facing RMD, paiN had already survived one elimination series by beating Team Solid on Monday, April 27, according to Mais Esports. (maisesports.com.br) Liquipedia’s tournament page lists paiN Academy next against Team Solid in the lower-bracket semifinal, while RMD drops into the upper-bracket final path against Ei Nerd Esports. (liquipedia.net) For paiN Academy, the April 28 series changed the split from a 2-7 regular season into a playoff run built on two straight elimination wins. (lolesports.com) (maisesports.com.br)