Three Western teams entered this event. After today, only one would remain to battle the two Korean titans waiting for them in the upper bracket. Both Fnatic and Dignitas had shown significant flaws with their new rosters during the group stage and their initial upper bracket play. However, Europe's most prestigious teams had also learned from their struggles and evolved over the course of the event. This match would see the two teams putting together everything they had discovered about themselves over the last two weeks, and rekindling the old rivalry yet again. However, this time it would not be a close, Game 5 series. Instead, it would be a massacre.Real quick before we jump into the recap, the first recorded episode of my new show, Entry Level Esports came out earlier this week. We're putting a lot into trying to make it something special--expect even more production value next week. Any feedback you have would be so wonderful. Anyway, recap!In Game 1, on Battlefield of Eternity, Fnatic just got completely outdrafted. I could write 1000 words just on this draft, but suffice it to say that Fnatic took a gamble with their first pick Tassadar, and did not properly build around it in the back half of the draft. Both second round bans went to two of the three "Tassadar enablers," Tracer and Greymane). Dignitas, having priority after the bans, took the third by picking up Valla. Now Fnatic was stuck with a Tassadar and a mage, with nothing especially strong to pair with the Tassadar. Cassia was available, but a great deal of her damage actually comes from spells. Further, picking up Cassia would force BadBenny onto Tassadar, making the comp even weaker as a whole.This was a fundamental problem with Fnatic's early draft, but at least getting a power pick like Valla or Greymane would have offset that. With their draft disabled by poor banning and heads up counterpicks from Dignitas, Fnatic had no recourse but to grab a support and the best bruiser they could for Benny. The game that followed was a slaughter as Dignitas had answers for everything Fnatic tried with their awkward composition.Game 2 on Tomb saw a much better draft out of Fnatic. Mene showed off a few moves on Lucio, but ultimately they just had no answer for a POILK with momentum. His skillshots looked like targeted abilities for most of the game, and having so much raw power allowed him to almost nullify Ragnaros' wave clear. The game stayed relatively close until, almost in a repeat of their Tomb game in the group stage, Fnatic overcommitted to try and kill Wubby, failed, and were punished hard. Without Ragnaros at full power to slow down Dig's momentum, those few kills allowed Snitch and crew to get ahead in every lane and enter every teamfight from a position of strength.Game 3 is something that absolutely must be watched before it can be properly evaluated. Fnatic took a very risky composition into Infernal Shrines, but I believe they completely won the draft. If you watch the match unfold, their blowup composition was able to destroy Dehaka's health pool time and again. Unfortunately, Wubby was able to escape every time with a small sliver of health once he picked up Tunneling Claws. Fnatic could not adapt to that talent and quickly crumbled. However, the early game was close, and there were several moments where a bit more coordination out of BadBenny and Mene would have completely changed everything. To me, this strikes me as a game that Fnatic wins three months from now. With the same drafts from both teams, a bit more coordination and comfort on Fnatic's side gives them enough of an edge to take this game and prolong the series. Although that does not help them today, it shows Fnatic fans that there is still plenty of room for this new roster to grow.All in all, this tournament ends as a mixed bag for Fnatic. A 3-0 loss to your biggest in-region rival will always hurt. However, we saw plenty of bright moments from the team. They've found several drafts, even in a double support meta, where they can get Mene on a mage and find success with double threat plays. They still have the superb macro calls of Quackniix. Mene showed that his Uther and Kharazim aren't just liabilities, but can help the team win games. BadBenny's Sonya looked great despite his short time in the role.There are still huge changes coming to the game before the HGC season kicks off in January, but overall I would say that Fnatic can leave GCWC proud of what they accomplished and hopeful for the future.For Dignitas, there's little more to be said after a 3-0 victory. POILK is rapidly becoming one of the brightest young stars in the world, and the roster was firing on all cylinders today. They'll get another shot at the Koreans tomorrow, and only then will we see how far the new Dignitas has come throughout the Gold Club World Championships.