Invictus Gaming wins coveted League of Legends Worlds title for China
The long-time LPL organization finally wins a major title, beating EU's Fnatic 3-0 in the Grand Finals.
For the first time ever, a Chinese team gets to raise the Summoner’s Cup. Invictus Gaming beat Fnatic 3-0 in the final, and when you add in the results of the Mid-Season Invitational and Rift Rivals, it's really been the LPL's year.
This was also the first time since 2013 that a region other than South Korea won the League of Legends competitive scene’s top honor.
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Invictus Gaming’s team were incredibly decisive in the Finals, suffocating Fnatic’s solo laners at every turn, and racking up impressive kill streaks and gold leads. The European team was outplayed at almost every objective and team fight.
In the third and final game, IG was a comfortable five thousand gold ahead but FNC had just caught its breath after a hail mary Baron steal by the FNC jungler Broxah. That seemed to spark a bit of hope in the European team.
IG wasn’t taking any chances. The team was looking to end the game now while it still had the clear upper hand. IG flooded the FNC side of the map with wards, and began pushing down FNC’s bottom inhibitor turret when Broxah attempted to deter them.
But IG’s top laner TheShy quickly chunked down his health, forcing Broxah to back off. Then as the rest of FNC chased IG off their base, IG’s jungler Ning saw an opening and went for it. He Hookshot straight onto FNC’s backline.
