The phrase 'there is no weak team in the world competition' is mentioned every year.

But in the past, people didn't take it very seriously.

Even in last year's group stage, the European Mad Rabbit MSF overturned the LCK No. 1 seed LZ once in the group stage, and was classified as LZ in poor form and MSF opportunistic.

Let's put it bluntly.

The world-class events in recent years are just the mutual pressure of LPL and LCK west wind on the east wind.

Europe, North America, Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan are nominally members of the five major regions.

Actually......

There is a classic question - brother, what champion are you?

Won't you really take out S1's Internet café game that doesn't even have a video record, or the Taipei assassination star with only spiritual inheritance left?

The sun never set in the British Empire!

Make sense?

If you want to be respected, you need to look at your existing strength.

Europe, North America, Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan have been running every year since the beginning of the S3 season, and they are naturally more than one head lower.

But.

This year is really different.

MAD double-kills GEN and tells everyone with practical actions that there is more than one lightning wolf in the LMS division.

C9's so-called 'power pressure' GEN is actually a bit watery, after all, one win and one loss are not good or bad, but it is also an indisputable fact to qualify as the second in the group.

South Korea's No. 3 seed is out.

The North American No. 3 seed advanced.

Anyone has to pinch their nose and admit that NA is greater than KR...... At least temporarily greater than KR.

October 15th.

The final round of Group A begins.

The second seeds in the LCK, AFs, did their best to maintain the dignity of their home court, defeating the defeated Han Qixia Lightning Wolves, the second seed in Europe VIT, and the fourth seed in the LPL JDG, and got a score of 3-3.

The JDG team is entering the World Championship for the first time, and the mentality is a little nervous.

Although it got a 2-0 day Hu start.

But they only won once against the provincial team in the next matches.

So.

Group A turned into four 3-3 records.

According to the regulations, all teams should be ranked according to the time spent in the winning place, with the shortest and longest time in a group, and the middle time in a group, each with a BO1 battle.

The loser is eliminated.

There will be one more BO1 play-off between the winners to determine the group standings.

There will be a total of three full battles to be played.

There is a very vivid saying - four 3-3, after breakfast.

The commentary on the stage saw this situation.

Immediately numb.

You must know that in the face of this life-and-death situation, all teams will devote twelve points of energy to avoid any of the slightest mistakes, and it is almost impossible to end it in a short time.

Really.

It was not until 1 a.m. that the team that made the cut was contested.

In the first battle, AFs defeated VIT.

In the second battle, JDG defeated FW.

In the third game, AFs beat JDG and completed a five-game winning streak at home...... The awesome Korean audience was injected with a dose of stimulant.

"JDG just wants to win one more game!" Abu's face was full of regret.

"They're still too young to handle those old fritters of AFs." Maokai shook his head: "Actually, in the next few games, their lineup is more or less dominant, and Coach Redmi does have two brushes...... But there are always all kinds of problems when fighting, either the line is not right, or the group is routine. ”

"RNG won't be stable tomorrow either." Abu checked the bracket and points: "In this way, the quarterfinals may have to play a civil war." ”

"Civil war is better to fight!" Maokai doesn't think it's a bad thing.

"That's right." Abu smiled: "What is the Phantom God of Civil War!" ”

With EDG getting a result in the World Championships.

It's been a long time since anyone has mentioned the four half-praised, half-derogatory titles of 'Civil War Phantom God'.

But.

EDG's civil war ability is only stronger than before.

It's also a lot easier to kill a familiar team than to fight an unfamiliar team.

October 16th.

After a fierce fight.

RNG, who was a little confused in the first round, regained its proper form, defeated KT, G2, and TL in succession, and won the first place in Group C.

KT came in second.

G2 was carried away.

TL, which has the No. 1 AD in North America and has also qualified as the No. 1 seed in North America, has lost six games in a row and has become a backdrop for the other three teams to show their operations.

Big Brother Doublelift once again illustrates that no one can remember the top 16 unless ...... He is in the top 16 every year.

October 17th.

IG, which advocates the aesthetics of violence, won it all.

FNC, which has a long team history, is not far behind.

Since then.

The 2018 League of Legends World Championship quarterfinals roster has been confirmed.

The first place in the group is EDG, AFs, RNG, IG

The second place in the group is C9, JDG, KT, FNC

Three of the four LPL teams were first and one was second, and all of them advanced.

LCK advanced to two.

Europe and North America each retain a glimmer of hope.

LMS was wiped out, and once again became a spectator sitting at home eating melons.

After the end of Group D, there was some arrangement.

The draw for the quarterfinals has officially begun.

This moment.

All the clubs that qualified for the qualification opened their live channels.

Pray that you will be able to meet weaker opponents.

In the second pool, only KT has the strength to fight EDG, and the other teams will die if they hit EDG.

The remaining one or two percent probability...... It's dead ugly.

As for the club in pool 1, even EDG doesn't want to collide with KT in the quarterfinals.

Even though KT was pressed down by RNG in the group stage.

However, the deterrence of the words 'Galaxy Battleship', plus three world champions and one world runner-up, cannot be ignored.

The host first introduced the rules of avoidance in the same group, that is, teams in a group will not appear in the same half of the area, and they will automatically switch positions when drawn together.

Then invite the former NJWS (Nanjing White Shield) team jungler Watch to the stage to draw lots.

Watch first walked over to the platform where the Pool 1 team was placed.

Pull out the silver ball.

Unscrew it to show the team logo.

What emerges is ...... EDG！

Next.

RNG, AFs, and IG were withdrawn sequentially.

EDG and RNG are in the left half, and AFs and IGs are in the right half.

If EDG and RNG can both advance, they will play in the same room in the semi-finals.

However, there are four teams in the LPL region that have reached the quarterfinals, and civil war is impossible to avoid, so there is no need to care.

And the RNG is in the left half, which means that KT will definitely be assigned to the right half.

Obviously good news for EDG.

Watch walked to the platform of Pool 2 and found the first black ball, which contained a note with the logo of the C9 club.

In accordance with the principle of circumvention.

C9 automatically switches positions and plays against the second seeds AFs in the LCK.

The second one to be found out is FNC, that is, the old enemy who carried away EDG with a score of '4-0' in the S5 finals, and just happened to meet in the knockout round this year.

Even though this matter has long passed, the relationship between EDG and FNC has been relatively good recently.

But it's still very showy.

"Luck will."

"The vengeance war is coming."

"Let's get it, get it!"

"Can you send FNC a four-to-zero?"

“……”

The barrage has been brushed up.

The third one to be drawn out was KT, which automatically switched sides to fight IG.

The last one doesn't need to be seen, it must be JDG.

The grouping is determined.

The left half is EDG vs. FNC and RNG vs. JDG.

The right half is AFs vs. C9 and IG vs. KT.

Excuse me...... Calculating the rules is a bit time-consuming