The challenger knocked, and the king answered. Reigning Riot and IEM world champion SK Telecom T1 made its way to another international grand final with a convincing 3-1 win over China's Royal ...

In a match that looked closer than it was, defending champ SK Telecom T1 became the second South Korean team in the League of Legends Worlds semis after ousting RNG 3-1.

Reigning League of Legends World Champions SKT T1 progress to the Mid-Season Invitational finals after closing out a 3-1 victory over RNG with a flawless game.

SKT was able to make its way up to third place before the playoffs, defeating Jin Air, KT Rolster and ROX Tigers in a slew of convincing best-of-5 performances.

While the team rosters have changed over time and the Royal Uzi plays on now isn't the same club as the one he played back then, it'll once again be Faker and SKT T1 vs. Uzi and Royal at the World ...

Misfits fought hard against SKT but fell short in the end. Europe's last hope,Fnatic, faced an uphill struggle against RNG. Fnatic and Royal Never Give up had a hell of a series to live up to after ...

SKT T1 cruised through the group stage dropping only 1 game and going 5-1. They faced Chinese team RNG in the quarterfinals but easily managed to defeat them by 3-1.

But at 37 minutes, RNG snuck Baron, won a fight at Elder Dragon and won that too. SKT was unable to recover at that point, as RNG won 12-6 in 46 minutes.

What took RNG 40 to 60 minutes to accomplish, SKT T1 did it in a fraction of the time. From that point on, the scales had been tipped to the world champions.

Lee "Faker" Sang-hyeok and Bae "Bang" Jun-sik walk off the stage after taking down I May at the 2016 League of Legends World Championships. Provided by Riot Games Oct 12, 2016, 07:52 AM Close ...