SK Telecom T1 and Misfits meeting in the League of Legends World Championship quarterfinals was already foregone conclusion by the time Lee "Wolf" Jae-wan and Nubar "Maxlore" Sarafian stepped forward and shook hands on the Wuhan Indoor Gymnasium stage. When impeccably-dressed OMG mid laner Xie "icon" Tian-yu pulled Misfits' name from the Pool 2 fishbowl every other Pool 2 team had already been drawn. Misfits' only road led to SKT. SKT's only road to another Summoner's Cup ran through Misfits.
In one corner, the defending World Champion, a pre-tournament favorite to win it all, with three Worlds titles, two Mid-Season Invitational titles and six Korean titles to its name.
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