The second day of the play-in knockouts is under way and its getting as nail biting as it can be. Two teams are already decided who will move on to the group stage while the remaining two would be decided today. The Play-in stage saw the likes of Cloud9, Gambit, EDward Gaming, Detonation, G2, Infinity, G-Rex and SuperMassive fight to earn a spot in the group stage.

Day 1 concluded with Cloud9 and EDward Gaming winning against their counterparts and today G2 Esports and G-Rex Gaming came out on top.

Play-In Knockouts Day 2

With the conclusion of Day 1, the second day was scheduled with two matches. G2 Esports had to take on Infinity Esports and G-Rex had the tough job to fight SuperMassive Esports. All teams were pretty equal in terms of skills and it all came down to who had the better day.

Match 2: SuperMassive Esports Vs. G-Rex

The second game for Day 2 was the deciding match between G-Rex and SUP. Both teams have been playing really well and with some star players in the lineup the match was going to be tough.

Game 1

Ornn, Gragas, Cassiopeia, Xayah and Alistar was the prefered draft for G-Rex. On the other hand SUP went for Sion, Skarner, Orianna, Kai’Sa and Rakan. The game started pretty even but SUP started to gradually gain control of the map and with some good positioning they got the better of G-Rex to take the game around 30 minutes.

Game 2

The second game was a 37 minute affair in favor of G-Rex who mixed their strat and went for a Leona pick. SUP had somewhat of a similar draft as before and thus were not able to stand against the firepower of G-Rex.

Game 3

Third game was a similar story for SUP who despite changing the draft couldn’t hold a chance against the aggression and momentum of G-Rex. Stitch was playing out of his mind and lead his team to another game win by his plays from Kai’Sa.

Game 4

This was the final game for G-Rex as the team was on the match point. SuperMassive was doing all in their power to stop the aggression and did well to stop G-Rex’s champions from coming online. But once again it was Stitch with the plays and the entire team’s coordination that allowed them to move on and on in the game. Although there were a few mishaps from G-Rex’s side, the team eventually held the ground and claimed the game and the match to move on into the group stage.

Match 2: G2 Vs. Infinity Esports

Many predicted G2 to come out as smooth winners in the match. Infinity Esports however, denied the expectations and used sheer skills and unorthodox strategies to go ahead of G2.

Game 1

G2 went for Aatrox, Skarner, Syndra, Kai’Sa, and Tahm Kench as their comfortable picks. In response, Infinity went for Poppy, Gragas, Urgot, Tristana and their signature Alistar. While the game started even, Infinity quickly took this in their favor and it took around 40 minutes for them to claim the game.

Game 2

G2 went back to the drawing board in game 2 and preferred to go for comfortable picks. While Kai’Sa was the center of their draft, this time G2 went for Urgot, Camille, Malzahar while also denying Alistar from Infinity. Infinity responded with Aatrox, Xin Zhao, LeBlanc, Kog`Maw, and Tahm Kench. G2 Esports this time had the better of Infinity and took the game in their favor in just 25 minutes.

Game 3

With the score now 1-1, the third game was really intense for both teams. G2 and Infinity took some from each others playbook to mix up the strategy. With neither getting the better of the other, the game took some time before having having a clear winner.

Game 4

With G2 now having two game advantage, Infinity had to do all in their power to stop their opponents from moving forward. But that didn’t seem to be what fate had decided for Infinity Esports as their signature picks were not enough to stop the power of G2 Esports.

Group Stage Schedule

With this the play-in stage comes to an end and G2 Esports, G-Rex, EDward Gaming and Cloud9 have moved on from the play-in stage. Next up is the group stage for LoL Worlds 2018 that is set to start in three days. With the play-in now over, all teams have now been decided for the group stage. This was revealed after the match was over and can be seen below:

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