Chapter 282-Have you heard the story of ANX?
It is not accurate to say that it was a duel between SSG and ANX.

Because ANX still has room for error.

The current score of ANX is 3-2, with only SSG left as an opponent.

And SSG is 1-3, with two more opponents to play.

As for the match between IG and H2K, no one thought that this match would be an upset.

And even if it is an upset, it will not affect the result.

IG has already secured first place in the group, while H2K must cherish their chances to perform well in their last two games.

Who knows when the next time we’ll appear on the world stage will be.

The match between ANX and SSG started as scheduled.

As expected, SSG, who got serious, completely suppressed ANX.

Master An had a very good rhythm in the early stage. After reaching level 6, he used Gragas' ultimate to tear open ANX's defense line head-on.

"ANX is too anxious, but there is nothing we can do. We don't have an advantage against SSG in the early stages, so it will be too difficult to beat them in the late stages."

Yuan Shen sighed.

There is still one step missing.

After all, they were the runner-up team in history and played a full five games with SKT.

In the S6 version, only the SSG team could come back from being 71 behind and fight for minutes in the late game.

"What a pity. In this state, it will be difficult to have a tiebreaker. Samsung and RNG are probably the strongest teams in the second group. I don't know who they will be drawn against. There is an 80% chance that Group D will not make it past the quarterfinals."

Jack has already started researching his opponents for the quarterfinals.

They didn't take their next opponent H2K seriously.

And this is indeed the case.

H2K seemed extremely passive against IG. They were broken through on all fronts in the first ten minutes, and the economic gap widened by as much as three thousand.

At twenty-one minutes, H2K didn't even wait for the game to end before clicking surrender.

"H2K has lost his temper!"

Sect Leader An, who was watching the game, breathed a sigh of relief.

"Let's prepare for the extra game. We still have a chance."

Emperor Chi also breathed a sigh of relief.

The opponent H2K can now be ignored.

Their biggest enemy now is ANX, the wildcard team!
As long as we beat them once, we can finish second in the group.

If all three LCK teams advance to the quarterfinals, then...

"Can you, LPL, keep the title of the No. 1 division?"

Everyone in SSG looked at each other and saw joy in each other's eyes.

Although IG is very strong, RNG was suppressed and EDG was about to be eliminated in the round of 16.

Is such a division worthy of being the first division?

IG and them are teams from completely different worlds!!
……

"Congratulations to IG again! After this match, IG has won all six games and is the first team to advance to the quarterfinals. The audience is also very happy. After all, they are the world's number one team designated by Riot."

"Yes, it seems that IG's opponent will most likely be RNG. FW and... Group D are still uncertain, but it won't be too difficult to play against any of them. I just hope there won't be a civil war."

"Don't say that. RNG still has a chance. RNG must do their best in the Group B final tomorrow!"

Miller said with a smile.

Today's game has reached this point and it has nothing to do with LPL anymore.

For the next two games, they were just watching the show.

unless……

If RNG can defeat ROX head-on and come first in the group, then ANX and SSG may be RNG's opponents in the quarterfinals.

The match between H2K and SSG will begin soon.

Not many people paid attention to this game.

Because everyone is waiting for the last game to start.

Judging from SSG's current form and H2K's 0-5 record, there won't be any suspense in this match.

As long as SSG wins this game, the score will be 3-3, the same as ANX.

And the win-loss relationship between them is one to one.

An extra match will be played to decide the second qualifying spot from Group A.

Some viewers from LCK and LPL also took this opportunity to order takeout, set alarms, and prepare to take a break before watching the final show.

Even the IG team went back home, preparing to have dinner and watch the game in the hotel.

No one is optimistic about H2K.

Even G2 from the same division thinks so.

Before the game, Perkz directly posted a "laughing" emoji on Twitter, and manually @H2K club, saying "Byebye".

Everyone has forgotten what the biggest feature of this World Championship is.

Upset...

They forgot that the one representing H2K is the former king of mid lane, Ryu.

The H2K team, which had already been eliminated, showed unparalleled potential in the last game.

They did not give up on themselves and still played this game very seriously.

No one was optimistic about them. Everyone treated this game as an insignificant entertainment game and a foreplay before the final battle between ANX and SSG.

The final sprint before the climax, the calm before the storm...

Only H2K treated this game as a life-and-death battle.

Ryu, the former mid laner of KT, chose Zed.

Skin selection.

Impact Blade.

White robbery.

This is his inner demon.

But facing SSG, the team that eliminated KT in the bubble match and advanced to the world championship as the third seed, Ryu fought again.

After a fierce battle of 48 minutes, Ryu killed Ruler in the last team battle, attracting the attention of Master An.

Almost at the same time, H2K jungler Jankos grabbed the Baron.

When the audience returned after eating and drinking, they were greeted by an extremely shocking result.

SSG lost to H2K unexpectedly.

The ANX team, who were still preparing for the extra game, were all stunned, but were soon followed by great joy.

ecstasy!

As the first wild card team, they advanced to the quarterfinals!
This is already the sixth League of Legends World Championship.

This is the first time that the wildcard team has entered the quarterfinals!
“H2K!!! H2K!!”

The venue was filled with an enthusiastic atmosphere, and all the audience members gave their applause to this wildcard team without hesitation.

Odoamne, who won the game, shed tears on the scene.

He is from Romania and entered the LOL professional circle in 2013. He joined C4E in the S9 season and joined H2K after the team disbanded. As a team-oriented top laner, he is not very capable online and relies heavily on the help of the jungler.

Last year, he seemed unable to cope with an unsuitable version, but this year's version is undoubtedly suitable for him to perform.

The most proficient Rumble and Maokai are both available options, and Maokai is even the T1 version.

But even so, they were eliminated in the round of 16.

But this is enough.

The five members of H2K stood shoulder to shoulder and bowed to the audience, bidding farewell to the world championship stage in tears.

In contrast, the five SSG members looked at each other with dazed expressions when they shook hands.

They didn't expect this to happen.

When they were playing the game, they felt something was wrong.

But when this scene really happened, it was still a little hard to accept.

They studied IG and ANX for a long time, but in the end they lost to H2K? ?
This dramatic scene made Master An look gloomy.

"ended."

"Our journey to the World Championship has come to an end..."

"I was eliminated in the top 16 in my first world competition, huh..."

CoreJJ, who was fragile inside, burst into tears.

They carry too much hope.

The Samsung team is the second championship team in South Korea.

Two years ago in S4, in South Korea, the ten boys of Samsung shined so brightly that even SKT pale in comparison. Afterwards, they became the backbone of the great wave of aid to China, and until now, the ten boys of Samsung have played an important role in LPL.

But as the new generation of Samsung, they were eliminated in the top 16...

"Let's come back next year. Don't forget, even our predecessors were eliminated in the round of 2 in Season . We still have a chance. I will definitely win next year!"

Ruler spoke in a firm tone, and Sect Leader An beside him suddenly smiled freely.

"How many games have you lost? How many have I lost? That's nothing, little bastards."

"Go and say goodbye to the audience. See you next year. Be cheerful and don't lose face!"

……

"We don't have our own servers, we don't have many offline competitions, the region doesn't have much money, and we don't have many fans. It's as desolate as the ice and snow in Russia." ANX team support Likkrit smiled, not at all as depressed as the audience thought.

“Thanks to H2K, we are the first wildcard team to reach the quarterfinals of the World Championship. I am honored.”

Hearing him say this, the audience felt extremely complicated.

The last time the CIS region appeared in an international competition was at the S3 World Championship.

The wildcard team at the time, GamingGear.eu from Lithuania, finished the group stage with a record of 1-7 (1 win was against TSM), but what was a bit embarrassing was that this only victory was obtained by chance after TSM saw that there was no hope of qualifying and the captain chose Teemo as AD.

Since the S4 season, the wildcard zone has been dominated by Brazil and Turkey.

Russia itself is a region with a long history of e-sports and a strong atmosphere. The veteran Russian LOL team M5 started out with projects such as CS and Dota. Another well-known Russian e-sports club, Virtus.pro, is also a world-renowned e-sports giant with CS and Dota as its main projects.

"In Russia, the audience share of CS and Dota is about 1.6% for Dota, % for CS, and only % for League of Legends. Dota and CS have a longer history in Russia. In the era when home networks were not yet popular, almost everyone had the experience of playing CS and Dota in Internet cafes. Therefore, Dota and CS are more popular in Russia. Another interesting point is that Dota fans hate League of Legends very much."

Likkrit shrugged. As a veteran Dota player, he has become a traitor in the eyes of his fans after switching to League of Legends.

Russia's e-sports history and atmosphere did not bring any advantages to its League of Legends (LOL) project. It was not until the end of 2015 that the CIS region had its own official league, the LCL. The regular season of the LCL region was still conducted online, and offline competitions were not held until the playoffs.

The players of ANX compete in such an environment. They usually stay in their own homes for training and competition and only meet in the playoffs, but after the game everyone returns to their respective homes.

“No one had heard of us before we got here, and no one expected us to do anything. We were at the bottom of everyone’s power rankings, except for Jatt from Riot—thank you Jatt for ranking us 15th out of 16 teams.”

ANX, such a dark horse, gradually unveiled its mysterious veil in the post-match interviews. "The regular season was all played online," "The players trained and played at home," "We only trained together for a month in the playoffs, but soon we went back to our own homes," "Some people were still playing World of Warcraft before the game," "We only started training after arriving in the United States"...

These things, which seem completely incredible to spectators in other regions, are their norm.

"Thank you H2K, when winning a game would not have any impact on the result, you still fought to the end with full of fighting spirit. But when everyone thought you were not qualified to represent a region, you still fought for yourself."

“Being unpopular doesn’t mean you will fail”

Kira shrugged. Unlike the other contestants, he already had a family and a wife and a daughter.

So compared to other contestants, he also has the identities of husband and father.

Kira married his wife Victoria the same year he embarked on his professional career. Their daughter is already one year old. The little girl often watches her father with interest when he plays games. However, Kira himself does not want his daughter to follow the same path as him, because in his opinion, it is better for girls not to become professional gamers. Perhaps this is the case for all parents. No matter what choice they make, they will not regret it, but when it comes to their children, they will always have more concerns.

"My ID comes from Death Note, and my dream is to become the best mid laner and the best player in the world. After this world championship, my self-confidence has improved a lot. Now I know that we are a pretty good team, not the best, but not the worst!"

Kira was very calm, "Likkrit and I, our Ice Bird and Brand Man are a combination of ice and fire, very powerful together."

……

ANX’s interview with the game went viral.

"Esports Scarlett", "Esports Jesus", "The Little Prince of Post-match Interviews" - these names all refer to the same person, ANX's support player Kirill "Likkrit" Malofeev.

This boy with long smooth hair was very aggressive on the court, and assisting Brand was his forte; in the post-match interview, he was passionate and left countless golden sentences on the stage.

Someone discovered that Likkrit looks a bit like the famous actress Scarlett Johansson. This topic quickly heated up as ANX made great progress in the world championship and became a hot topic during the global finals.

Likkrit himself doesn't mind that everyone says he looks like Scarlett Johansson, because Scarlett Johansson is also an actress he admires very much. However, he feels that he doesn't look much like the actress. His long flowing hair started growing in S3, which is about the same time he started playing League of Legends seriously.

"BO1 failed..."

Yuan Shen was a little surprised when he learned the result.

But if you think about it carefully, it makes sense.

Originally, ANX's opponent in the quarterfinals was H2K.

We were beaten 3-0.

It’s normal for a BO1 to fail.

It’s just that today’s game reminded him of S11 in history.

At that time, EDG and T1 were tied - in the group stage, and everyone was waiting for an extra game.

As a result, EDG lost the last game to 100T...

It can only be said that Guodian never disappoints people when it comes to disappointing people.

"If ANX makes it to the quarterfinals, it will be hard to break through."

Fu Manduo thought about it and decided not to take it to heart.

"But our original plan to ask SSG to help us explore the way has failed. Why is SSG so disappointing?"

Jack was pissed off.

They beat up ANX and didn't hold back when they beat H2K, but no one expected SSG to lose to H2K.

Isn't this funny??
"We have a training match with EDG tomorrow. I wonder if they can handle it."

"The flight to Chicago is scheduled for the day after tomorrow, so I can go there early to acclimate to the environment."

Su Xiaoluo was making post-match arrangements. The quarterfinals would begin on October 10, which was still a week away.

Compared to Team D, which only had three days to travel, rest, and shoot the MV promotional video, they had much more time to prepare.

This is also one of the advantages of Group A team.

But in the quarterfinals, the No. 1 seed no longer has any advantage.

All teams are treated equally and return to the same starting line.

……

It was drizzling in San Francisco on October 10th.

The second day of the second round of the group stage competition started soon.

In the competition of Group B, people are more concerned about the competition between ROX and RNG.

It is extremely difficult for CLG and SPY to advance to the quarterfinals.

In the first game, RNG faced CLG.

RNG seems to be getting stronger and stronger in the S game. The energy that H2K burst out in desperate situation yesterday also inspired many people.

In the first game, they defeated CLG effortlessly. Even with the home court buff, the audience was more willing to cheer for RNG.

The record came to 3-1.

In the second game, ROX faced SPY, and as expected, ROX won.

In the third game, SPY played against RNG, and RNG won again...

The internet is completely boiling with excitement at this point in the game.

Unlike yesterday, today's China-South Korea battle was placed as the last game.

5-0 ROX vs. 4-1 RNG!

The battle of double R!

If RNG wins, we'll have a tiebreaker.

If RNG loses, they will qualify as the second in the group.

ROX, like IG, advanced with six wins.

"Don't have a civil war!!"

"RNG come on!!"

"Defeat ROX, come on RNG!!!"

The audience cheered one after another.

However, victory or defeat does not depend on their thoughts.

ROX showed almost unprecedented strength. They chose Ashe and Miss Fortune in the bottom lane, and Peaunt chose Nidalee to fight head-on against Shantung's Lee Sin.

Mars hits the Earth...

Smeb's Jayce and Looper's Kennen.

Kuro's Ice Maiden and Xiaohu's Viktor.

Each road was tit-for-tat, and the two sides fought for forty-seven minutes.

But at this moment, Mata's rash team fight ruined the entire situation.

The army was defeated like a mountain.

After losing the Baron, RNG was pushed all the way and lost the game.

"What a pity! If we delay a little longer, we still have a chance. Lucian's Minotaur is still too weak in the late game."

Miller sighed, but didn't take it seriously.

RNG advanced as second in the group, which was exactly what they had expected.

All I can say is there were no surprises.

“Mata…”

Yuan Shen sighed.

No one thought Mata was acting, they just thought he was a little anxious.

Because Mata has been in LPL for two years, his performance has always been pretty good.

He was the only one who was skeptical about Mata.

It’s not a big problem to start a group rashly, everyone gets anxious sometimes.

But Windtalker Zyra is just too much.

I don’t know if I can see it this time.

……

The third day of competition arrived as scheduled.

Today, two top teams will also successfully advance to the quarterfinals and go to Chicago.

There will also be two teams that shed tears on the scene and will be eliminated in the round of 16.

All EDG members were there, looking like they were facing a formidable enemy.

They have been resting for nearly a week, and today they will face the biggest turning point in their lives.

In today's three games, life or death depends entirely on luck!

The score in Group C is very close.

The three teams were 2-1, only EDG was 0-3.

There is only one point difference between them.

EDG still retains the chance to advance to the quarterfinals.

The teams facing off in the first round are FW and C9.

The result of the game surprised people a little.

FW, which did not defeat C9 in the first round, performed exceptionally well in this game.

FW won the game with a score of 3-1 and temporarily became the first in the group.

The second game is the battle between EDG and C9.

"EDG, please don't let us down again. We must keep going!"

"Yesterday we deliberately simulated the play styles of SKT, FW, and C9. EDG shouldn't be that miserable..."

"They still have some strength, but they may have been stunned and lost their confidence."

"I think there's something wrong with my thinking. I don't know what I'm afraid of..."

IG, which has already arrived in Chicago, was talked about by everyone, and EDG did not disappoint the LPL audience and them again.

With a fast early-game play and rare no mistakes in the mid-game, and a fierce battle lasting nearly thirty minutes, EDG finally got their first win in this S game!
Celebrate together!!
After the game, Mingkai sat in a chair and almost cried out loud.

But he knew he couldn't cry.

Because EDG is still not out of danger. They fell into a huge hole in the first round, so they must give 1,000% of their energy in the second round... and they may not be able to advance.

……

EDG won its first victory and the whole audience went crazy.

虽然1-3的战绩很难看，但是C9的战绩2-3，也不怎么样。

The third game begins.

SKT vs. FW.

After a week of rest, SKT showed its fangs.

FW couldn't stop them from moving forward.

The fourth game is between EDG and SKT.

This game is crucial.

SKT is a huge mountain weighing on the hearts of all LPL viewers.

Whether you can change your fate depends entirely on today's game.

What no one expected was that EDG, which won its first victory, seemed to have finally found its form and demonstrated its strength again, fighting for 36 minutes and defeating the opponent.

The score officially came to 2-3!

SKT, on the other hand, fell to 3-2.

At this moment, everything went crazy.

EDG's heart was pounding too. By beating SKT, the biggest obstacle had been overcome.

They have won two of the three games.

With only one game left, we can complete three consecutive wins and the record will become 3-3.

As long as they can beat FW and SKT can beat C9.

They will be able to secure a tiebreaker against FW!
By then, they will have a great chance of completing a historic theoretical qualification that has never been achieved before! !

Even EDG started to get excited.

……

"If SKT loses to C9, won't all four teams be 3-3?"

Jack suddenly asked, and everyone in IG was stunned.

"That's too much. It shouldn't be that serious."

"The extra game has to be played for three rounds, it's crazy."

Xiao Ming and Rookie couldn't help but shudder just thinking about it, only Yuan Shen remained silent and no one knew what he was thinking.

It's not like he hasn't seen a 3-3 situation among four teams before.

It's just very rare.

With this expectation, the fifth game officially began.

C9 lost to SKT without a doubt.

This result also made everyone in IG feel relieved.

In the last game, EDG played against FW.

EDG 2-3 and FW 3-2.

EDG's life-and-death battle.

The Wolf King from the LMS region tried his best but failed to take another point from EDG.

In this game, FW's base was directly pushed down.

The score is a 3-3 draw!

The audience all started cheering.

The final battle will determine the second qualifying spot for Group C.

As long as they can beat FW, EDG can qualify as the second in the group and achieve the theoretical qualification that countless LPL fans are most looking forward to and advance to the quarterfinals!

The quarterfinals, which EDG hated so much before, is now the highest honor that EDG has been longing for.

Before the last game started, the attention level had risen again, and everyone in IG was also keeping their minds on the ball.

All the major commentators and hosts took to Weibo to cheer for EDG and LPL, hoping that they could qualify.

All the members of FW are also nervous. They are now tied with EDG at 1:1 and no longer have any psychological advantage.

Moreover, in the last game, they were on the blue side and were at a disadvantage in BP.

Time stopped at this moment, and everyone in IG knew that EDG had finally reached this point.

The last step, the finishing touch.

Life or death depends on today!
Amidst such high anticipation, the last game of the day finally began!
In this game, EDG really kept up the momentum and still used the familiar early-stage fast-paced system and played very fiercely. It seemed as if the factory manager had a second spring in this game, and Karsa, who was arranged by the excavator, was very clear.

The economic gap widened step by step, and the audience's throats were hoarse from shouting.

In twenty-eight minutes, EDG won the game.

Meiko burst into tears instantly. The factory manager took deep breaths continuously, took off his headphones expressionlessly, and smiled instantly.

"Three teams made it to the quarterfinals. It was like this last year and it's the same this year!! This is Division 1!!"

"That's right. For two consecutive years, LCK teams have been eliminated in the round of 16, and they all met IG in the group stage. IG is the LCK killer, the nemesis of the Korean team!!!"

“Congratulations to EDG!!”

“LPL is invincible!!”

The audience at the scene cheered loudly. There was only one day left in the group stage!

In the end, AHQ and TSM advanced together, but Europe's number one seed team G2 was unexpectedly eliminated in the round of .

The North American region, which had been deprived of the No. 1 seed pool, occupied a seat in the quarterfinals.

But in the European division, the entire team was wiped out.

The call for NA＞EU is becoming increasingly loud.

The fourth day of the second round of the group stage has ended, and the top eight teams have been officially announced!
Group A: IG, ANX
Group B: ROX, RNG
Group C: SKT, EDG
Group D: AHQ, TSM
Eight teams, three LPL and one LMS.

The Chinese team occupies half!
The remaining four teams are two from South Korea, one from the United States, and one wild card.

This top eight lineup was unexpected to everyone.

However, LPL viewers also have things to worry about.

Because IG qualified as the number one seed, LPL has a two-thirds chance of a civil war.

Although it is good to advance to the semi-finals, at this time, no one would think that IG will be an upset.

No matter who we play against, we can reach the semi-finals.

In this case, it seems better to let RNG and EDG face other teams.

"It would be best if RNG played against SKT and could beat them. That way, they would have done their part to help IG win the championship and remove some obstacles for IG to win. Of course, winning would be even better. If they lose, and IG wins and wins the championship, RNG has one-third of the credit. As for EDG, two words: go with the flow. I'm an IG fan, a rational fan."

On October 10, the second day after the group stage officially ended, the draw ceremony for the quarter-finals officially began.

(End of this chapter)