The first quarterfinal of this
Demacia Cup knockout stage on December 26 saw
Invictus Gaming face
Top Esports, with iG coming out on top after a four-game battle. TES didn’t play the group stage thanks to their Worlds semifinal, so this was their only BO in the Demacia Cup.
On their side, iG will face the winner of the other quarterfinal between LNG Esports and Oh My God on December 28. Across the four games, Yan "
Wei" Yang-Wei took two MVPs, the first went to TES jungler Yang "
naiyou" Zi-Jian, and Ying "
Photic" Qi-Shen claimed the MVP of the final game.
Even though it's just the Demacia Cup, a preseason warm-up tournament ahead of the LPL, iG and TES arrived with most of their main roster. On Invictus’ side, new Korean toplaner Lim "
Soboro" Seong-min had a strong BO, Wei was undoubtedly the man of the match in the jungle, and Ying "
Photic" Qi-Shen and Sun "
Jwei" Jun-Wei had solid starts. Only Song "
Rookie" Eui-jin was absent, replaced by Zhang "
Renard" Xing-Che.
On TES’s side, their young new players took part in the match: jungler Yang "
naiyou" Zi-Jian, ADC Zi "
JiaQi" Jia-Qi, and support Wang "
fengyue" Run-Lai. The bulk of the roster, solo laners Bai "
369" Jia-Hao and Lin "
Creme" Jian, did not play and were replaced by academy players Cheng "
ZUIAN" Zi-Hao and Zou "
Nia" Guang-Lu.
