Group Stage Day 2 | Mid-Season Invitational (2018)

2018 Mid-Season Invitational Group Stage #MSI2018

KING-ZONE DragonX vs. Fnatic
Royal Never Give Up vs. EVOS Esports
Team Liquid vs. Flash Wolves
EVOS Esports vs. KING-ZONE DragonX
Flash Wolves vs. Royal Never Give Up
Fnatic vs. Team Liquid

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[ChayChay]

So I appreciate that the full day vods allow us to relive the glory of the day at a later time. However, I do not need to relive the hour long countdown at the beginning pls.

[katarzynarotnicka]

i have been loving this whole tournament!

[shushunovafan]

Lol, NA gets clapped AGAIN by the superior regions. GG, maybe you'll escape groups next century.

[nazarathii]

anyone else notice in that first hour flashwolves is 2-0 for game one but 1-1 for game 2?

[somesinger]

Quick lesson for everybody . . . You don't have to only use banner on cannon minions . . .

[OneEternalAsh]

FNC is the reason why the EU LCS was stronger.

[kinoshkiwa]

Is it possible for a big region to fall down to wildcard like NA?

[andrew.collard]

liquid will finish 5-5 you heard it here first

[tomsmith]

Anyone else never seen Jatt this salty?

[OcLenXao]

And they still give NA 3 slots in World championship? What a bullshjt! lol

[yuumei-udmb]

If Riot hq is not base in NA it will be a wild card region NA dont even have NA talents import region LOL

[mattawesome]

Team liquid cant even get top 4 anymore LOL

[jonathansmith]

TL stop loosing build a comp that can push. You keep loosing all your turrets before taking any of theirs.

[sientgmer]

season 1 doesnt even count tbh, there was no lpl, lck team at the time

[jareddepew]

TSM would be 4-0 truly. They showed more cohesion the end of the split than any other team..

[DanteLovesPizza]

Very disappointed with Kingzone. Against Fnatic, the first error occurred at draft phase, like, why was Sion the priority pick when he's already took nerf hits and no one prioritises him any more? It's not even the Sion meta any more, then in the game, some very bad decisions in fights. Same against Evos, although they won, like why was Ezreal not given priority like yesterday when he wasn't banned? After yesterday, the Ezreal pick would instill fear before the match to give you an edge on the mental side, and then during the game, again, some very questionable decisions. Illaoi not even meta, very questionable pick despite it being successful, should Illaoi have gone even and couldn't push alone as effectively, they could've lost to Evos when Evos grouped to push.
I feel like Kingzone played with a "test the waters" attitude, because these games are very similar to the games they dropped during LCK Spring 2018. A little overconfident and a little underestimating, which just lost them some leads and advantages. That said, if they focus up, they should win all the remaining games, but they need to focus, even if they are testing out strategies.

Finally, gotta say this again, NA's performance, it's just obvious what franchising has done to the region. Competitiveness drops, and along with it skills and strategic performance drops. The NA LCS tournament format also blows, severely lacking games and the frequency is awful, so players are never in a competitive mind, unlike the best of three double round robin in the LCK, where even if you drop the first game, you can still re-adjust your mindset for the next.