After winning against Edward Gaming in the quarterfinals of Worlds 2022, Drx became the first team to confirm the new milestone. They were the first team to go to Worlds as the No. 4 seed in Korea but reached the semi -finals. Earlier, the No. 4 seeds of the tournament with the best achievement were only the quarterfinals, including Hanwha Life Esports in 2021 & Royal Never Give Up 2022.
The first 4 seed appeared at Worlds in 2020 when Riot Games awarded to LEC & LPL an additional one; The tournament in China has witnessed the performance of LGD Gaming – Seed No. 4 China & Mad Lions – Europe No. 4 seeds. However, the performance of these two teams was relatively disaster and no one set foot in the knockout round.
In 2021, LNG & HLE is the next two teams to participate as seed No. 4; If LNG was eliminated in the group with 4 teams with a coefficient of 3-3, then HLE went to the quarterfinals and was defeated by T1. This year RNG is highly appreciated when they are King MSI 2022, RNG's journey is probably more smoothly without having to clash T1 in the quarterfinals.
The victory of Drx against EDG has a special meaning for Deft when it marks the second time he has participated in the semi -finals of Worlds since 2014, in addition, this is also a victory against Deft's former team. After all this guy, this guy filled the DRX name in the semi -finals, it was often worthy of Deft's hard work as well as to celebrate his birthday in the most meaningful way.
