Flawless performance by Fnatic qualified them to the semifinals at Worlds 2018

Few hours ago was the second and last day of quarterfinals at League of Legends Worlds 2018, while the winner will advance to the semifinals.

The European team Fnatic will move on to the Worlds 2018 semifinals after defeating Chinese team Edward Gaming in a four-game bout today.

But as the match began, things didn’t look too good for Europe’s hometown heroes. Fnatic were caught off guard by EDG’s early aggressive play and were unable to win game one. EDG entered the game ready to fight, and they were able to repeatedly catch Fnatic out throughout the entirety of game one.

But following their initial game defeat, Fnatic started to adapt to EDG’s fast-paced play style. Although they didn’t match EDG’s very aggressive early game, Fnatic found their openings through mid-game team fights around objectives. With the superior macro play and skirmishing, Fnatic routinely found their major leads through fights around the Elemental Drake or Baron. These team fight wins turned whatever gold deficits Fnatic had accrued in the laning phase into leads in the matter of a minute.

Once Fnatic finally found their advantage over EDG, they had little to no trouble closing out the games. EDG were simply no match for Fnatic once the game went past the 20-minute mark.

The Worlds 2018 semifinals set to be started next week on 28 Oct.