⁍ Fnatic put a scare into top seed Top before getting reverse-swept in the quarterfinal round of the 2020 League of Legends World Championship.
⁍ Fnatic had been the underdogs coming into the series, with many assuming Top’s victory before the series.
⁍ The last game didn’t even last a full 26 minutes and didn’t feel as though Fnatic was at the height of their gameplay.
– For the first time in League of Legends history, the world’s top team won’t be playing for the championship. Top won the 2020 League of Legends World Championship in Shanghai on Saturday, defeating Fnatic 3-1 in a best-of-five quarterfinal series. “It’s the first time in the history of League of Legends that the top two teams in the world won’t be competing for the championship,” the Verge reports. “It’s also the first time in the history of League of Legends that the top two teams in the world won’t be competing for the championship.” Fnatic, which had been the underdog, had taken the first game, but Top came back to win the second and third games. In the fourth game, Fnatic couldn’t find a way to deal with Top’s “Nidalee jungle,” which was able to take advantage of Fnatic’s immobile opponents and hold on for the win. “Fnatic put a scare into top seed Top before getting reverse-swept in the quarterfinal round of the 2020 League of Legends World Championship in Shanghai,” the Verge reports. “The last game didn’t even last full 26 minutes and didn’t feel as though Fnatic was at the height of their gameplay.” Next up: Gen.G against G2 on Sunday.
Source: https://www.reuters.com/article/esports-lol-world-championship-recap/top-esports-survives-scare-to-advance-in-lol-worlds-idUSFLMbmQ1L8