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LJL 2018: The Battle of Giants

The LJL 2018 Season was the 7th and 8th season of Japan's professional League of Legends league. The season maintained its competitive 6-team circuit with high stakes, as the bottom teams fought to survive the grueling promotion/relegation tournament.

2018 Format Rules

League Size: 6 Teams.
Regular Season: Double Round Robin. Matches are Best-of-Three (Bo3).
Playoffs: A "King of the Hill" bracket reserved strictly for the Top 3 teams from the regular season. The 2nd and 3rd seeds clash in the Semifinals, with the victor challenging the 1st seed in the Grand Final. Matches are Best-of-Five (Bo5).
Relegation: The 5th and 6th place teams are forced to fight for their lives in the Promotion Tournament against the top Challenger Series (LJLCS) teams.
International Qualification: The Spring Champion qualified for the 2018 MSI Play-In. The Summer Champion qualified for the 2018 World Championship Play-In.

Participating Teams

Spring Season

7th heaven
DetonatioN FocusMe
PENTAGRAM
Rascal Jester
Unsold Stuff Gaming
V3 Esports

Summer Season

Burning Core
Crest Gaming Act
DetonatioN FocusMe
PENTAGRAM
Unsold Stuff Gaming
V3 Esports

Spring Regular Season Standings

#	Team	Series	Games	Win %	Status
1	DetonatioN FocusMe	10-0	20-3	100%	Playoffs
2	PENTAGRAM	6-4	14-11	60%	Playoffs
3	Unsold Stuff Gaming	6-4	14-10	60%	Playoffs
4	V3 Esports	3-7	10-16	30%	Relegation / Eliminated
5	Rascal Jester	3-7	8-17	30%	Relegation / Eliminated
6	7th heaven	2-8	8-17	20%	Relegation / Eliminated

* PENTAGRAM won the tiebreaker over Unsold Stuff Gaming to secure the 2nd seed.

Spring Playoffs

Despite an absolutely flawless 10-0 regular season from DetonatioN FocusMe, PENTAGRAM (formerly known as Rampage) turned the tables in the Grand Final. They decimated DFM with a clean 3-0 sweep, claiming the trophy and the MSI qualification slot.

Semifinals

Unsold Stuff Gaming

1

PENTAGRAM

3

DetonatioN FocusMe

Bye

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Grand Final

PENTAGRAM

3

DetonatioN FocusMe

0

PENTAGRAM: LJL Spring Champions (Qualified for MSI)

Summer Regular Season Standings

#	Team	Series	Games	Win %	Status
1	DetonatioN FocusMe	9-1	19-2	90%	Playoffs
2	Unsold Stuff Gaming	6-4	13-14	60%	Playoffs
3	PENTAGRAM	5-5	13-12	50%	Playoffs
4	Burning Core	4-6	11-16	40%	Relegation / Eliminated
5	V3 Esports	3-7	10-15	30%	Relegation / Eliminated
6	Crest Gaming Act	3-7	9-16	30%	Relegation / Eliminated

Summer Playoffs

In a shocking Semifinal, USG swept the reigning Spring Champions, PENTAGRAM, 3-0 to advance to the Grand Final. However, DetonatioN FocusMe refused to choke twice in one year, defeating USG 3-1 to win their 7th regional title and punch their ticket to Worlds 2018.

Semifinals

PENTAGRAM

0

Unsold Stuff Gaming

3

DetonatioN FocusMe

Bye

-

Grand Final

Unsold Stuff Gaming

1

DetonatioN FocusMe

3

DFM: LJL Summer Champions (Qualified for Worlds)

World Championship Run

Worlds 2018 (Seoul, South Korea)

DetonatioN FocusMe achieved a major milestone for Japan at the 2018 World Championship Play-In stage. They finished second in Group C at 2-3, behind Cloud9 (4-0) and ahead of KaBuM! e-Sports (1-4), to become the first Japanese team to advance beyond the opening Play-In group. EDward Gaming then eliminated DFM 3-0 in the knockout round.