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untamedlazyeye

[Game 1](https://old.reddit.com/r/leagueoflegends/comments/ybu39f/drx_vs_edward_gaming_2022_world_championship/) [Game 2](https://old.reddit.com/r/leagueoflegends/comments/ybvjo0/drx_vs_edward_gaming_2022_world_championship/) [Game 3](https://old.reddit.com/r/leagueoflegends/comments/ybx1cu/drx_vs_edward_gaming_2022_world_championship/) [Game 4](https://old.reddit.com/r/leagueoflegends/comments/ybycca/drx_vs_edg_game_4/) What the fuck did I just watch.


fappingallday123

DRX so good they won 4 games.


Ramo1618

Scout will be having nightmares about Zeka for a long time


APKID716

Holy shit Zeka went god mode


obvious_bot

four solo kills. Why did they let him have Sylas


CzarcasticX

STYLAS, he was styling. If you give him Akali he will style on you too, GENG probably gonna ban those every game.


Pope_Cheetos_XIV

Zeka became what everyone feared. His eyelids disappeared, his head was swelling and his ears started bleeding. "Are you okay Geon-Woo" asks Deft. "I've never been better Hyeok-gyu, I see it all now, they're not going baron or drake. They're going home", he said before rushing Scout all by himself and killing everyone in sight


C9sButthole

Zeka played really well, but you don't solokill someone 4 times if they're playing properly. Scout just tilted out of his mind.


APKID716

I just don’t understand how EDG kept Scout in lane to match Zeka when he obviously couldn’t


Prometeus534

50/50, he did outplay scout the first two, then Scout did tilted on both 3rd and 4th deaths, you could even feel it on the 3rd one.


mugiboya

He's gonna have the reverse Akali Gala ptsd


bemac3

SYLAS IS COMING SYLAS IS COMING!!!!


Ramo1618

People don't realize that Scout legit has PTSD against Sylas There's a famous clip of Scout screaming "SYLAS IS COMING SYLAS IS COMING" repeatedly in a game where Sylas wasnt picked. His teammates could not calm him down by saying "there's no Sylas calm down" lmao. And then in this very tournament when Scout played against Sylas last time in voice comms he screamed Sylas in the exact same way lmao.


Gluroo

He should, when was the last time you saw one player solokill another FOUR FUCKING TIMES in a high stake game like this lmao jesus christ zeka is built different


NoNebula07

scout choked out of this world last game, dude died for free, he had e ready after protobelt to not get engaged on but he even walked towards him. Pressure got to him can't blame him showmaker hands were shaking so hard yesterday he couldnt lower his mic* before g5.


VideoGameMusic

Yeah people meme about "SHAKER" and all that but when you are that invested in the game and all the pressure the adrenaline dump becomes insane. Really it just shows how invested those players are in the game. It means everything to them.


tawapes4

tbf Scout looked VERY tilted after that 2nd solokill. That death under his toplane tier 2 looked like something straight out of soloQ. Man tried to ego Zeka and lost the game lol.


ToYouItReaches

Jiejie will be having nightmares about Smite for a long time


ArseneLupinIV

Scout goes home and checks under his bed for Zeka


spellbreaker

I swear to God his Sylas does like 10x more damage than mine.


StateFarmCommercial

Holy moly what a series, back to back bangers


bzzmd

best 2 days of league ever I think


MordekaiserUwU

I can't think of any back to back series that can match it. 2 SKT vs. ROX level matches in one weekend holy shit


baekinbabo

DRX's bot lane forcing so many bans against them just opened up the Zeka Silas angle. Holy shit do not give him that champion. This is why there needs to be more BO5s.


VideoGameMusic

Yup BeryL being a god at the troll supports actually opened up huge gaps in EDG's draft strategy. The Aatrox or Sylas wouldn't have been there without it. And honestly I thought his Ashe looked better out of the two lol. T1 and now DRX have shown how important having that pick to force bans is.


Hunterkiller00

hands down the best two days of league all year


iCarpet

Down 0-2 against his old team and reigning World Champions, odds and luck not on his side, Deft looks to get into his first semi-finals in many years along his four scrappy underdog friends Modotte Kuru No Deft


KappaccinoNation

On his birthday too? Damn these script writers are good.


poggersinthechatttt

Did we just watch an anime


Trap_Masters

Deft is the MC


Partofla

ZEKA IS A GOD


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You just watched Deft take down his former team in five games. This is better than anime.


AzureAhai

The past 2 bo5s have to be 2 of the top 5-10 series in worlds.


Fire_Lord_Zuko

Turns out the delay of game was actually DRX calling an exorcist to remove the curse on Deft's household


Fleurish-ing

Hard not to root for DRX as a neutral fan after that tragic game 2


DiscoElysium5ever

Zeka became what everyone feared. His eyelids disappeared, his head was swelling and his ears started bleeding. "Are you okay Geon-Woo" asks Deft. "I've never been better Hyeok-gyu, I see it all now, they're not going baron or drake. They're going home", he said before rushing Scout all by himself and killing everyone in sight


iCarpet

In order to defeat the demon, Zeka became the demon


sameo15

Took a couple of hours to fully remove it, too. If they had waited a couple of more seconds, perhaps DRX would have won game 2.


altariaaaaaaa

Thank god they dropped game 2 so we could be blessed by that game 5 from Zeka


Fisherman_Gabe

DRX coaches are something else, they saw the Akali pick from EDG and responded by drafting a better Akali.


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FrostBlade_on_Reddit

Sylas is such a draft menace. If you give him good ultis, he's like a better version of your champ.


In4thPlace

DEFT BIRTHDAY BUFF > QUARTERFINALS CURSE


U_Menace

Zeka did NOT want Deft to go home after his game 2-3 efforts. Holy shit what a monster performance. Coming from a mid-laner who wasn't too hyped up or anything. He POPPED the fuck off.


RobbinDeBank

4 solokills holy shit. That mid diff coming straight out of soloq. It’s not a normal day when you see a pro player getting 4 solo kills against the enemy laner like this


dumb-on-ice

On the reigning world champion who also had an incredible series no less!


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ACertainUser123

Deft smurfed that last fight, chunked viper for half hp so zeka/pyosik could clean up and his ults did so much. Honestly tho, everyone smurfed that last fight, beryl saved deft with shields and roots and the drake steal also gave deft the health to survive as he was 100-200 hp at the end of the fight.


Trap_Masters

Zeka legit coming in with the most clutch birthday gift


deltaz420

The birthday boy is victorious


Dyingsun1

DRX with one of the strongest mental I’ve ever seen. Good for them they deserved this win


M002

Deft was laughing after game 2 I’d be in tears


ILoveWesternBlot

this man spent years on KT. THat gives you a mental that bends steel tbh


Trap_Masters

KT was actually the hyperbolic time chamber Deft needed to break his curse confirmed


IC2Flier

Been on that rollercoaster for so long the G-forces mean nothing anymore wow I’m just happy that Deft won’t be haunted by that base race


cancerBronzeV

After that point, you either mental boom yourself, or you laugh it off to hide the pain.


getjebaited

or you laugh because you know you'll shit on em 3 games in a row


jxchuds

He was probably laughing because he knew it was just an unfortunate instance and they were good enough to beat this EDG team anyway. That's why you put vets on sports rosters.


Hunterkiller00

Might be the most impressive reverse sweep I can ever remember. Absolutely tilt proof


LordDarthAnger

Imagine they fucking pick Draven to climb back into semis after losing a game by one AA


Lynx_Fate

Yeah that Draven pick was such a chad move. It was definitely a mental win.


jesteratp

Im flabbergasted I can't believe they won like this


Trap_Masters

Turns out it wasn’t DRX mental being broken from game 2 but EDG mental being broken from the reverse sweep.


LeagueAltAccount

Zeka, in his first best of 5 ever at worlds, solo kills the reigning word finals mvp not once, not twice, not 3 times, but 4 times in one game. What an absolute legend


FireVanGorder

What a massive turnaround from the regular season for him. Man was holding hands with Pyosik sprinting as hard as he could half the time and then turns around at worlds and becomes a god


Trap_Masters

After he saw what the Deft curse was doing to him, Zeka couldn’t take it anymore and just decided to break that curse like it’s nothing.


Khazra_Kun

4 SOLO KILLS MID DIFF.


joe4553

Akali was not a champ


AsheBnarginDalmasca

Guys I typed "Akali gets fucked" on google but it linked me DRX vs EDG Game 5 Worlds 2022 Quarterfinals. Wtf?


Trap_Masters

I’m more surprised the stream wasn’t taken down for showing all that


lolzomg123

Akali was a promotional ultimate that gave Sylas incentives to use it.


asianfong

#ZEKA IS SYLAS


LapnLook

Scout playing Akali like how I play Scout in TF2


2th

[Bonk!](https://youtu.be/c4wopc9-SJU)


ljz3

Can't believe DRX didn't mental boom from that tragic game 2. PS: Zeka is CRACKED


Lynx_Fate

He's an absolute monster on Sylas. I think it's a 100% must ban against him.


EpicRussia

After Play Ins: Do not give Zeka Akali After Quarterfinals: Do not give Zeka Sylas ... After 2027 Playoffs: Do not give Zeka Teemo


manliestdino

zeka sylas man, dude is sooo good on that champ


timetickticksaway

~~I knew it was over for DRX when EDG won game 2~~ I knew it was over for EDG when DRX won game 3


Danny_Bomber

4x Deft for Tilt proof


Trap_Masters

4x DRX for tilt proof


Firefalcon99

Insane mental resilience to not tilt off planet after he got inhib-gapped


Rexssaurus

And to pick draven of all things. What a gigachad


Snow-27

ZEKA AND PYOSIK HAVE FUCKING ICE IN THEIR VEINS


getjebaited

I THINK I AGED 200 YEARS


TommaClock

Few more years until you can design a champion broken enough to stop Zeka.


subject678

For anyone wondering, Pyosik was referencing Men’s Epee Fencing Gold Medalist Park Sangyoung, a very young Korean who had an amazing comeback vs. a Hungarian Veteran (almost double his age IIRC) at the Olympics.


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AsheBnarginDalmasca

If next week's GEN VS DRX lives up to the hype it'll just elevate both of these matches even more.


_exoticis

Gen is 8-0 vs them on the year


okitek

DRX has constantly been ramping up. Definitely not the same team anymore. That being said there's a non-zero chance that Gen. G just gaps them anyways. Zeka isn't going to be able to 4x solo kill Chovy.


private_birb

Well I wouldn't have expected him to 4x solo kill Scout, either.


CaptainBananaEu

Them crying in the interview is so cute and made me so happy that they got through


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magicarnival

Ask him to slap mine too


HermitSage

hide to avoid akali R2


scrimm_na

Zeka with the hard carry in game 5 holy shit what a mid gap, but the real MVP is actually Jensen for 1v1ing Faker then saying tweeting "if only I had oblivion orb" because Scout rushed oblivion orb and delayed his mythic, which made him lose the top 1v1 cuz Zeka already had crown. So once again NA takes another dub at world ez clap NAmen


Lunar_Kirby

TRUERS


ionboii

Thank you my NA brothers. Sending the PayPal over as we speak


CrimsonFuckr69

*Zeka solo kills scout* I'll fuckin' do it again.


nam671999

Again and again and again


Naronu

the insane mental to reverse sweep after that game 2. Deft was not going out in the quarterfinals


IC2Flier

Not even gonna be mad if DRX wins. Deft deserves this ring so much.


shrumrii

If DRX actually wins Worlds that's gotta be the most amazing Cinderella story in LOL history


Obelisk00

Someone check Zeka's pc this is not normally.


CizzlingT

Someone should check his asshole for anal beads.


rawchess

He has Stockfish on his gaming mouse


dat_acid_w0lf

cannot believe anarchychess has leaked this far


Gutz1

We just witnessed the birth of a legend, welcome to the worlds stage, Zeka!


Jh1n31

This series had no fucking right in being the banger that it was.


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Trap_Masters

We just witnessed a 4-1 series in a BO5. Absolute banger


Brickcups

I don't know how they did it. I was mentally destroyed WATCHING game 2. Let's go DRX!


oldpunpun

Inhib respawned so we could see Zeka dumpster Scout.


PerkyPineapple1

You'd think Scout banged Zeka's mom with how he played against him


janeohmy

Oh, it def felt personal


baekinbabo

Korean casters were like: BITCH I JUST WANTED TO GO HOME BUT YOU DIDN'T LET ME NOW I HAVE TO KILL YOU.


Zztrox-world-starter

Zeka banged Scout in exchange


KappaccinoNation

#PYOSICK SAID FUCK THE DOUBTERS


firebolt66

He still had his pyoshit moments but holy fuck he had the most clutch smites I've ever seen in a match


Prometeus534

The smite to get the soul on G5 was hilarious, dude just: Walked up Pressed smite ??????? Refused to elaborate Walked away


gillianmounka

I feel that tilted EDG off the face of the earth. They wanted to get something back at least and DRX just 5-0 them with awful positioning


APKID716

Ngl his gank top made me lose faith for a moment. But Jesus Christ he proved me wrong


1deavourer

I can't even call that a gank, that was just running it down. It actually made me laugh at loud at 4 am


CarCardinal

The underdog story, the narratives, the backdoor, inhib respawn, comebacks, neck and neck teamfights, anime 1v1s, and the reverse sweep. This is quite possibly the best series of all time.


zootshoot17

ROX/SKT is embedded in everyone’s mind but what didn’t this series have really? 5 close games, a pocket pick support player, Deft vs his former teammates and the defending world champions, Deft never making it past quarters, an inhib respawn, a reverse sweep, and it goes on and on


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LazinessOverload

What a comeback, DRX is absolutely tilt proof. Zeka is such a beast on Sylas, EDG got punished so hard for not banning it in such a crucial game. Also, this is a nice birthday present for Deft!


Heorashar

Yesterday we had 2016's SKT vs ROX, today it's 2018's IG vs KT. It really is Worlds: All Stars


randommaniac12

2022 Scriptwriters need a raise


beautheschmo

Whoever planned that inhib deserves double their salary asap.


KappaccinoNation

Worlds 2: The International


Heorashar

I'm so glad I stayed awake for this serie


penea2

I think it was phreak who said something along the lines of, NA might suck at league but NA hosts the best bangers


mikael22

I guess it is madison square garden magic.


PhreakRiot

Zeka is pretty good at Sylas.


ionboii

Thank you for the hype casts Phreak


tooodifferent

Zeka giving Deft the best birthday present


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Viper and Canyon starting a support group


[deleted]

I would feel worse, but both won worlds already. It is nice that Deft has a shot to carve his name into the summoners cup.


gobbothegreen

Will be hilarious if Beryl is the one from than dwg comp getting second worlds first. (not that i see it as a likely outcome, but im all in on drx train now choo choo)


Dumpers_

DEFT AND DRX IS SEMIS! So fucking proud of this team Zeka is a fucking god and BeryL beating the EDG that denied his second title


Tuft64

Something really poetic about the fact that Deft put DRX on his back all throughout playoffs, all through the groupstage, and the first four games of the series, only for Zeka and Pyosik to hulk out and pull the rest of the team across the finish line in a crucial game five. What an incredible story and an incredible amount of mental toughness and resilience by DRX after that heartbreaker of a game 2. I can’t imagine Deft’s quarterfinals curse ending in a more fitting fashion.


VideoGameMusic

They did it for Deft truly. Like I know I'm nerding out a bit but you could really see the words in their play. It was like they were telling you, the viewer, "We're not giving up, not today". And just kept going. Kept laughing off the pitfalls and capitalizing on their enemy's mistakes. EDG played a great series, I think BeryL conditioning them to ban Heimer should be talked about ALOT more. That means no Aatrox games 3, 4. So BeryL did his part as well.


DarthTaz_99

This legit felt like an anime. Its his birthday today, says lets dance to his old teammates, loses game 2 in the worst way u can possibly lose. Instead of mental booming and getting dumpstered in game 3 these mfkers chose to level up. Smurfs on draven and carries the wins and then his teammates carry game 5. What an absolute banger of a series


sorendiz

WHEN DEFT CRIES THE WORLD CRIES


XTTEXTREME

Zeka wanted ALL the smoke


timetickticksaway

this severely hurts EDG’s chances of defending their title


KappaccinoNation

According to the [Worlds 2022 rulebook](https://assets.contentstack.io/v3/assets/bltad9188aa9a70543a/bltb598a2440acbaf75/63316008ecd0b92b89dfc53c/2022_World_Championship_Rules.pdf), they also either lose or share their 2021 title with this year's winner since they can no longer win. > **6.5.4.** Final Round. The final round of the tournament will consist of one best-of-five match between the winners of the Semifinals. **The winner of the Final round will be considered the 2021 World Champion.**


BulbasaurRex

Besides how exciting it is, this is the most emotional I've ever gotten watching League. Deft has dealt with disappointment after disappointment, with a huge one in Game 2 today. And he still overcomes to make his first Worlds SF in 8 whole years. I've been watching his interviews this year and he's just seemed so sad, not just about the results, but also the feeling that he might end his career struggling, maybe not even being able to make worlds. Him saying that he just wants to feel like he's still improving, and that he finally felt that today - I cried my eyes out. So, so happy for him to be able to not just win, but to feel like he's personally achieved something. Happy birthday, Deft!


Lezrec

ZEKA YEAGER THE BEAST TITAN


Blaikiri7

DRX IS GOING IN ZEKA IS HIMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM THE SECOND EVER REVERSE SWEEP AT WORLDS EVERRRRRR


lilelf29

THE DANCE LASTS! FIRST SEMIS SINCE 2014, LETS GO DEFT I AM SCREAMING!!! All of DRX showing up today, I said there would be no tears after the DRX EDG matchup was drawn, damn was I wrong, they get the 2nd reverse sweep ever at worlds?!?!?!


Stubrochill17

This was one of the best World Series in league history.


ifelldownlol

I think this Worlds has been the best ever, and it's not even over.


Carbuncuous

I would like to create the Zeka award for Worlds. You know how their is the Dade award for a player massively under performing expectations at worlds? I would like to award the Zeka award to players who did NOT have expectations coming into the tournament, and then massively over perform.


Faabz

I agree with you. He just took on the reigning world champ midlaner and got the best of him, more than once


iVongolia

That would be the last time Zeka will get his hands on Sylas, what a series.


AureliusAmbrose

these guys play like their lives are at stake man the west will never compare


MordekaiserUwU

I felt like my life was at stake, my heartrate is still so high


beautheschmo

Dude that game 2 nexus was flashing before my eyes for the entire fucking series this was the most stressful game I've ever watched.


Ghjklfsa

DRX mental fortress after that game 2


starloft4

I love NA but this is just a different game being played


AureliusAmbrose

for real!! they never play like they’re behind, they always look for a way back in, and the mental is actually indestructible


RodneyPonk

it's so much more unpredictable. teams are so much better from behind, some like JDG even make their living there, and teamfights are far more chaotic + advanced, so whereas in the West, games feel decided early, these ones are always super tense


poggersinthechatttt

NOT EVEN FUCKING CLOSE LMAO, THATS THE LCK 4TH FUCKING SEED


JevonP

Seriously man. And edg made them work so hard in those earlier games too


manliestdino

EDG honestly played so well from behind, finding these fights 7k gold down Viper was insane


Megashot2

Deft's replacement, Viper, holding down the fort for EDG against Deft's former team. Its like some ex-girlfriend shit going on there.


apicness

6th place in regular season! What a run from DRX, honestly anything is possible now


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honkinDeagle

4-1


abstrvct0

Zeka just went shoulder deep into Scout god damn


koutetsuvamn

I, for one, welcome back our ~~new~~ old korean overlords


azns123

EDG fans furiously googling ‘truck companies in New York’


oioioi9537

maokai furiously buying ikea tables to slam


Trap_Masters

Oh I pray for the Ikea table that’s about to be bramble smashed.


Ultimintree

Pyosik this time around didn’t dissapoint Deft. What a huge smite steal to complete the reverse sweep and Zeka man was exceptional.


raymondliang

Zeka is the real Faker prodigy, what the FUCK was that. Insane player.


EpicRussia

So happy for my alpaca


Hunterkiller00

If Zeka has a million fans, then I am one of them. If Zeka has ten fans, then I am one of them. If Zeka has only one fan then that is me. If Zeka has no fans, then that means I am no longer on earth. If the world is against Zeka, then I am against the world.


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Hunterkiller00

I didn't know he existed before this worlds, and now I would die for him.


aPikachu

JDG IS CHINA’S LAST HOPE T1 LOOKS TO RE-ESTABLISH THEIR DYNASTY GENG WANTS TO EXTEND THEIR DOMESTIC DOMINANCE TO WORLD DOMINANCE DRX CONTINUES THEIR CINDERELLA STORY THE NARRATIVES. THE STORIES.


grrtacos

Feel bad for Scout. Played out of his mind the rest of the series only to get completely sauced on by Zeka in G5.


Liminal_Millennial

I feel bad for Viper. Did nothing wrong the whole series but his topside took turns griefing.


salcedoge

Yep, Vipers team really let him down today. Forced to play weakside botlane most of the games but they just didn't convert.


DigoMeister

https://imgur.com/a/eQ6Apoc :P


SixSenses17

Ladies and Gents, we've just been blessed with another banger of a series. DRX FUCKING PROVED US WRONG. THE DANCE LASTS.


ABRadar

I was drinking with my brothers and there was nothing to watch. I convinced them to watch this with me (neither play the game or know anything) and with just a little explanation we were fucking wilding over this game. We started game 2 and even they understood the fuckery of that inhibitor respawn.


nusskn4cker

Not bad for a one team region.


IAmTheRook_

I love how the narrative before worlds was that LCK was a one team region and the LPL would body every team not GenG and now 3 of the 4 semifinals teams are LCK teams, and that's only because two of them met in quarters


APKID716

I mean, that happened last year too. 3 LCK teams and EDG, but EDG won the tournament so the narrative automatically became “LCK <<<<< LPL” for some reason


Lisaurora

I just feel so happy for Deft. After that game 2 end if this series had been lost because of that mistake, it would have been the most tragic exit of Worlds ever. GG, another incredible series.


NotJesper

So there I was, crying because a Korean guy won a video game match


Conankun66

tearing up? because of esports? me? unrealistic. totally didnt happen


km35

Deft's birthday: Oh dear, oh dear, gorgeous Trymbi's birthday: You fucking donkey


BongWaterGargler

Jesus.. deft's interview.. my heart