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Chapter 48 The Lottery Ceremony! The Fist-Poisonous Milk Ranking!

Faker casually boasted to Wolf, "I told you, my Alistar is amazing. These support stats are incredible; you couldn't beat that in a month of ranked games."

Wolf clicked his tongue and said, "I heard from that kid Blank that the opposing Draven is the ADC of the LPL champion EDG team, and he has reached the top of the Korean server three times recently."

Blank is a substitute jungler for SKT. When he's not playing in matches, he usually climbs the ranks on the Korean server, so he often runs into Wang Yao, who is also a substitute.

Blank still has some impression of this random player who has been climbing the ranks like crazy on the Korean server recently.

"Oh, that's how it is."

Faker originally just wanted to give a simple response, since getting number one in the Korean server multiple times was nothing to him.

But then he thought about it again and realized that Draven's skills were indeed quite good. Faker casually opened Wang Yao's Korean server match history and immediately fell into deep thought.

Wang Yao's few skillful maneuvers just now left an impression on Faker. This ADC's performance is pretty good... Faker pondered.

The live stream ended quietly.

During this time, Abu ordered takeout for everyone. Luckily, they were in a hotel outside, otherwise they would have had to eat in EDG's internal canteen.

Hmm... I wouldn't say the food was delicious; it was probably no different from pig feed in the countryside.

Even Wang Yao, who isn't a picky eater, has deliberately avoided mealtimes several times and secretly ordered takeout.

It was almost eight o'clock. Wang Yao, who had just finished playing ranked games, stretched and said to his viewers in the live stream, "Let's stop for a moment and look at this year's draw results."

After speaking, Wang Yao looked at the live chat area and occasionally exchanged a few words with the online viewers.

After several hours of live streaming, Wang Yao gradually got used to being a streamer. Apart from it being a bit tiring on his voice, everything else was fine.

Of course, the live stream environment on the factory manager's side was a bit quiet, because the factory manager hardly spoke to the viewers.

Manager Abu, coach Nofe, and others had arrived at the training room, where a large electronic screen stood in front for everyone to watch together.

"I think AJ was in charge of the raffle this year?"

Meiko asked a question while petting the ragdoll cat Xiao Huan in her arms.

Xiao Huan is the mascot of the EDG club. She is an adorable white Ragdoll cat with a fairly affectionate personality and is usually taken care of by the staff.

"Well, let's hope we get a good draw."

Mouse responded from the side.

Soon, the drawing ceremony began.

The big screen began playing highlights of the teams from each region as they secured their tickets to the World Championship.

The intense clash between LZ and SKT, SSG's Ambition's powerful initiation, and FNC's Rekkles' AD triple kill...

Teams from all regions are in very good form this year.

"LZ is really strong this year. That top laner named Khan is so aggressive. He can play Jayce and Fiora."

Mouse has been paying close attention to top laners from other regions, with Khan being one of his most formidable rivals, followed by SKT's top laner Huni.

These two players are somewhat similar in their playing style; both are aggressive and unforgiving, and they love to give their opponents a hard time.

Upon hearing Ah Guang's words, Wang Yao recalled that Khan was indeed at his peak this year, and his masterful Jayce had created a huge gap in SKT's top lane.

Before the LPL finals began, Wang Yao, who was still on the bench watching the water bottle, took some time to study the playstyles of these three LCK teams.

Like their predecessor, LZ is a top contender for the championship. Their bot lane boasts the Xuanming Elders, offering both offensive and defensive capabilities, while Khan holds his own in the top lane, and their mid and jungle are fierce and cunning. Judging from their tactics and player form, LZ is undoubtedly a top-tier team with maximum offensive power.

SSG, on the other hand, is completely different.

Their main strategy is defense and counter-attack, and their vision control is excellent. Although the AD carry Ruler in the bottom lane is young, he almost never makes a mistake.

Veteran Ambition is steady yet ruthless, creating numerous opportunities for rhythm and ganks throughout the match, yet he rarely makes mistakes.

This year's Crown has reduced his aggressiveness; often you can't see where the other players are, but you also can't see where the opposing mid laner is.

That's right, the special skill that Crown Bro has recently mastered is to turn the opposing mid laner into someone like himself, making them a mid laner's earthbound spirit!

Therefore, SSG's style is—I can do anything, but I just don't make mistakes!
As for SKT, who are aiming for a three-peat, they have been somewhat turbulent recently, but that's to be expected.

After all, SKT is known for getting stronger as the game progresses, and their strength becomes increasingly terrifying as the World Championship progresses!
Then, the drawing of lots began.

After the insignificant qualifying round draw, the group stage draw will follow immediately.

According to the grouping rules of the World Championship, the number one seeds from each major tournament will not be matched up against each other.

Therefore, it's impossible for EDG to encounter LZ in the group stage.

After AJ took the tag of the first team from the draw roller, the black team logo immediately appeared, which was EDG!

On the big screen, EDG was placed in Group A, which seemed no different from their previous situation.

As time went on, the lottery ceremony gradually came to an end.

Because there is still the play-in stage to play, today's group stage draw will only select the top three teams from each group.

As for the last team, it will be assigned to each group after the qualifying rounds are over.

EDG had a pretty good draw this time, avoiding their arch-rival SKT and being drawn into teams like AHQ and FNC.

There are no LPL teams in Group B. They are LCK's first seed LZ, North America's second seed IMT, and Vietnam's GAM.

In Group C, there are RNG, G2 (Europe's number one seed), and SSG (LCK's number three seed).

Group D consists of SKT, MSF, and North America's number one seed, TSM.

Judging from WE's recent competitive form, they should have no problem making it into the group stage, and will most likely team up with C9 to each secure a spot.

The team situations in groups A, B, C, and D are roughly as described. After the draw ceremony, the EDG team finally breathed a sigh of relief.

This draw is the best possible outcome for them, since EDG didn't encounter any particularly tough opponents.

Another great draft that guarantees a spot in the top eight!

Next, EDG's management needs to arrange scrimmages, but LCK teams rarely scrimmage with LPL teams before World Championships.

Because they always try to hide something, they can't really pull off anything. Fortunately, Coach Nofe has some connections and can find some teams in the LCK to play against.

After a week of practice matches, the final group assignments were finally determined, and Team WE was placed in Group D alongside SKT.

C9, on the other hand, has been placed in Group A, where they will face EDG, the only dominant team in Group A.

At the same time, Riot Games has officially updated its list of "jinxed" players for this year. According to past practice, players who make it onto the "jinxed" list are bound to underperform at Worlds.

Nami who loves beef noodles, Wei-chan's reverse arrow, Qi-chan's 4396 Buddha's merciful kick... In short, whoever gets involved is doomed, it's just outrageous!
Faced with this thing full of misfortune and mysticism, most contestants had only one thought: Please, please don't let my name appear on the leaderboard!
(End of this chapter)