The first World Star Challengers Invitational will be decided on Friday between France and Korea. Here's how both finalists got there, and what to expect from the final.
The semi-finals
Solary swept DN SOOPers Challengers 3–0, though the games were closer than the score suggests. DDoiV often won the early tempo, and Solary turned it around through better teamfighting in the key moments. Zicssi recovered in the mid-game every time (9/3/4 on Kha'Zix, 4/1/5 on Xin Zhao). The Aetinoth–Piero bot lane once again found most of the comeback angles.
T1 Academy beat Galions 3–1, stomping the early game in three of the four maps. was the star of the series, with a flawless (RFT score of 95). In Game 4, on Poppy and on Camille kept rotating to mid and set him up to take over the game on Ahri. Galions only really stood up to them in Game 3.
