G-Rex is one of the newest organizations in the League of Legends Masters Series (LMS) and now one of the newest to join the World Championship. After a poor Summer finish in 5th place, G-Rex defeated Hong Kong Attitude 3-1 and J Team 3-0 to qualify for the World Championship as the final LMS seed. G-Rex narrowly missed playoffs in LMS Summer, but was the second place team in LMS Spring, losing to Flash Wolves 3-0 in the final.

Congratulations to G-Rex on winning the 2018 #LMS Regional Qualifier and securing a spot in the 2018 World Championship! #Worlds2018 pic.twitter.com/XnoS78A7rP — lolesports (@lolesports) September 22, 2018

As a new organization built out of upstart LMS lineup, Raise Gaming, G-Rex will be attending its first World Championship. G-Rex will also be the fourth unique team from the Taiwan/Hong/Macau region to attend the World Championship since the inception of the LMS.

As the third and final LMS seed, G-Rex will compete in the World Championship Play-In stage among twelve teams — four from the five major regions. The Play-In stage will begin on October 1st in Seoul, South Korea at Riot Games’ new LoL Park venue and will run until October 7th, with four teams advancing to the Group Stage in Busan, South Korea.

Last year’s LMS Play-In representative, Hong Kong Attitude, failed to qualify for the Group Stage after losing to 1907 Fenerbahçe Esports and Fnatic 3-0 in the qualifying match. None of G-Rex’s players have ever been to the World Championship, but do have international experience from this year’s Rift Rivals. The team went 0-3 against EDward Gaming, Afreeca Freecs and KT Rolster. G-Rex also features Season 2 World Champion, Kurtis “Toyz” Lau, in a coaching and managerial role.

Teams currently qualified for the World Championship are as follows:

LCK: KT Rolster, Afreeca Freecs, Gen.G

LPL: Royal Never Give Up, Invictus Gaming, EDward Gaming

EU LCS: Fnatic, Team Vitality, G2 Esports

NA LCS: Team Liquid, 100 Thieves, Cloud9

LMS: Flash Wolves, MAD Team, G-Rex

SEA: Ascension Gaming

CIS: Gambit Esports

OPL: Dire Wolves

CB LoL: KaBuM! e-Sports

LAN: Infinity Esports

CLS: Kaos Latin Gamers

LJL: DetonatioN FocusMe

TCL: Bahçeşehir Supermassive

Photo: Garena Esports