The finalists and group draw ceremony for the 2022 Global Finals were held on September 12, Beijing time, among which the three teams TES, RGE and GAM were assigned to Group C. Interestingly, if LCK fourth seed DRX successfully advances to the group stage from the finalists, then according to the principle of "avoidance in the same competition area", you can only enter Group C. At that time, JackeyLove and Deft will face each other again!
2020 Global Finals landed in Shanghai. TES teams are the champion of the LPL summer season and the No. 1 seeds, joining hands with the three teams of JDG, SN and LGD. TES, the second seed of LCK, the second seed of North American LCS, and the "pink unicorn" UOL in the CIS LCL region, were assigned to Group D of the group stage, and defeated Deft and Chovy's DRX, only one game in the second round, and qualified as the first in the group 5-1 group. The first in the quarterfinals of S matches was the first to win two and three in the history of S matches, and eliminated FNC without any danger. The FNC players ate Xiao Yang Shengjian during the rest between the court and became famous and was called "Protecting the Country and Shengjian" by netizens. In the end, TES lost to SN 1-3 in the semi-finals and missed the finals, ending his first S match journey with the semi-finals.
DRX's lineup was Doran, Pyosik, Chovy, Deft, and Keria. This was Ueno Suk's first S match and Chovy's second S match journey. DRX lost only two games to TES in the group stage, doubled FLY and UOL, qualifying for the second in the group 4-2, and encountered DWG again in the quarterfinals, recreating the LCK summer final that year, and the final result was the same as the summer final: DRX was taken away by DWG in three straight sets 3-0 and stopped in the quarterfinals. It is worth mentioning that the five players of DRX have all won tickets to S12 this year. Doran and Chovy have put on the GEN jersey, and Keria plays for T1. If DRX successfully advances to the group stage, then Deft and jungler Pyosik will face "old enemy" TES.
Last year, the TES team experienced a long trough and missed the S11 World Championship. This year, the former FPX jungler Tian recovered and won the double runner-up in the LPL Spring and Summer Championships; DRX experienced a bigger person The changes in staff, Kingen and Zeka, the top and middle players, are all participating in the S competition for the first time, and the auxiliary BeryL is a member of the 2020 Global Finals champion DWG. However, DRX is only the fourth seed of LCK, and the gap between the hard strength and the top three seeds is obvious. Moreover, the B finalists of DRX are RNG, the fourth seed of European seed MAD and the top-notch Vietnam VCS No. 2 seed SGB in the wild card division. I wonder if DRX can break through the siege?
