NA versus EU. It’s one of the oldest and most heated rivalries in League of Legends. At the 2018 World Championship Semifinals, the NA-EU rivalry took center stage as Cloud9 faced Fnatic for the last spot in the Finals. For North America’s Cloud9, a miraculous comeback from last place in the NA LCS has seen them advance further at Worlds than any team in the league’s history. For Europe’s Fnatic, a dominant yearlong campaign culminates in a chance to return to the World Championship Finals, a place they haven’t been since winning Worlds in Season One.

It’s a classic battle for the title of best in the West — and the stakes have never been higher.