Every team that is qualified to participate in the World Championship is training intensively. The national team members did not celebrate excessively after returning to their clubs and kept a low profile.
They all know that the more high-profile they are now, the worse they will be criticized when their results in the World Championships are not good.
In the same way, if we keep a lower profile now, and if our results in the World Championships are satisfactory, we will receive greater praise.
The time has finally arrived on September 23, and the draw for the 2018 Global Finals has officially arrived.
This time the lottery ceremony received wider attention.
Although the LPL division has proven its strength as the first division, except for IG Yiqi Juechen, it is difficult for other teams to establish their status in the world arena.
Both RNG and EDG want to draw a good draw to advance to the knockout rounds more easily.
In accordance with the principle of avoiding the same division, the No. 1 seeds from the four divisions were placed in different groups.
The first to be confirmed is AFS, the LCK number one seed in Group A!
This dark horse, which performed well in the Asian competition and made great efforts in the summer split, won the LCK summer split championship in one fell swoop, defeating Galaxy Battleship KT and SKT to become the No. 1 seed in the LCK.
It is worth mentioning that KZ, the champion of the Spring Split, failed to enter the World Championship.
This shows how fierce the competition in LCK is.
As the No. 1 seed in the LPL, IG was assigned to Group B.
They are the most unsuspicious No. 1 seed in all competition regions. They have won all the championships this year, including their participation in the Asian Competition and the Asian Games. They can be called the big winners.
Group C, which follows closely behind, has the champions from the North American Division, TL!
Senior brother competes in the World Championship again, hoping to break through the curse and advance to the quarterfinals, which is embarrassing and admirable.
Group D is Europe’s number one seed FNC!
An established and powerful team, the champion of the first World Championship, an established giant, but in recent years it no longer has sufficient competitiveness.
A victim of LCK rule.
Therefore, Group B and Group C have become good draws that other teams in the LCK and LPL dream of.
"Colonel Guan, what is your prediction for this draw?"
LPL's column lottery program, in the guest seat, Wawa smiled and looked at the metaphysical Colonel Guan.
It is said that in this year's LCK playoffs, a key match for the third seed in the World Championship, it was Guan Dajun's opening that made the GEN·G team, which was originally in a good situation, hateful and gave up the third seed position to SKT.
As a die-hard fan of Samsung, Colonel Guan once even doubted whether he had really spoken out.
When asked about his prediction for this draw, Colonel Guan shook his head repeatedly: "I dare not say that. If our LPL team is assigned to a death group, the fans will have to blame me."
"Don't worry, take a bold guess. You didn't draw the lottery anyway, so who can blame you?"
The good brother on the side remembers to smile and comfort me.
Colonel Guan rolled his eyes and remained silent.
Miller smiled and said: "I think today's draw is not very important. The overall strength of the LPL this year is very strong. Without competition in the same division, only the LCK can pose some threat to them. But today is different from the past, even if
It is LCK, and there is no guarantee that it can beat our LPL team. Instead, we have to worry about being squeezed into second place in the group by our LPL team. So I think that no matter what the draw is, our three LPL teams have a high chance of qualifying first in the group.
Avoid civil war in the quarterfinals."
"Brother, is this too much?"
There was something strange in the doll's eyes.
He found that since winning the Asian Games, his old partner has become more and more arrogant.
It seems that except for the LPL teams, the strong teams in other divisions are all rotten, and they almost didn't directly declare a civil war in the LPL finals.
But he also understands that everyone will be excited when LPL finally turns over after being suppressed for so long.
Not only Miller, the fan base is even more optimistic than Miller.
The scenes of the LPL civil war in the Incheon finals have even been predicted.
It's just that in addition to the nail on the IG board, fans of EDG and RNG are arguing endlessly, and everyone wants to be IG's opponent in the finals.
But it is precisely because of these ridiculous situations that everyone seems to love LPL deeply.
"The list of Group A is out."
While everyone was chatting, Colonel Guan suddenly reminded him.
On the stage of the lottery ceremony, flame, the top laner from the North American team FLY, attended the lottery as an invited guest.
At this time, the four teams in the first group have been determined.
Led by the No. 1 seed of LCK, followed by Flash Wolves, PVB, and G2!
"This group is so easy. AFS is the No. 1 seed, but there is no LPL team in the group. I'm afraid it's not safe to be ranked first in the group."
The doll's face looks a little strange.
The strength gap in Group A is obvious. Flash Wolves and G2 may compete for second place in the group, but the first place in the group, LCK's No. 1 seed AFS, is a sure shot.
However, no one said much. There was no LPL team in Group A, so they didn't care.
When the attention shifted to Group B, everyone's expressions became exciting.
[Good guys. It’s not that enemies don’t get together, SKT is here!]
[Although SKT is only the third seed this year, everyone should know that SKT has unparalleled strength in the World Championship and its winning rate is extremely terrifying!]
[The main reason is that this year’s team building idea of SKT is completely to target IG, recalling Duke, the strongest shield, specifically to fight against the sun! Let’s just say, will it pose a game-level threat to IG? 】
The audience in the live broadcast room started talking.
The glory of the past is still vivid in my mind. Even if SKT is only the third seed, it still cannot be underestimated.
Especially after absorbing Duke, who knows IG best, it is the LCK team that is most likely to pose a threat to IG.
As we all know, IG likes to play core, and Duke is known as the strongest shield, and his ability to withstand pressure in the top lane is amazing. Legend has it that when the team training match comes, Rosai is helpless against him, and needs many times of help from King Ning to gain some advantage.
But even at a disadvantage, Duke can still play an amazing role in team battles.
"Okay, Group B looks great! When SKT plays IG, it mainly depends on the two pairs of duke and rosai, faker and broiler. Bang and wolf in the bottom lane have not been in very good shape in the past two years. Maybe it is not Ah Shui and Chen Yu.
opponent."
Miller smiled slightly and made a comment.
The other three people also looked expectant.
And when the situation of the remaining two groups came out, everyone's faces became a little ugly.
[No, is your luck so bad? Let me go to the death group! 】
[North America’s No. 1 plus LCK’s No. 2, EDG will not be in the top 16 again, right? 】
[Why isn’t RNG in this group? 】
[RNG is so cool, they are safe in Group D, and there is not even a single LCK team in Group D! You can enter the top eight at will!]
[Haha, who told you EDG to be the third seed? If you were the second seed in LPL, wouldn’t you be the one in Group D? 】
A dispute between EDG fans and RNG fans suddenly appeared on the barrage.
As the third seed of the LPL, EDG was assigned to Group C. Their opponents in the same group were the first seed TL from North America, the second seed from the LCK, KT known as the Galaxy Battleship, and the relatively weaker but still powerful
MAD is quite competitive.
The promotion situation of this group is the most confusing, and it seems that everyone has the possibility of qualifying.
On the other hand, RNG has no particularly competitive opponents other than Europe's No. 1 seed FNC.
There is obviously a clear gap between the strength of 100T and GRX and RNG.
In everyone's eyes, RNG is not only guaranteed to qualify, but even the top spot in the group is almost guaranteed.
