2018 World Championship

The 2018 tournament, hosted in South Korea, was the chance for Riot to continue to exceed expectations. Riot, as was tradition now, took 12.5% of Championship Kha'Zix and ward sales to increase the prize pool. The other 12.5% was decided to be divided among all participating teams of the tournament. The prize pool rose compared from last year's $5 million to roughly $6.5 million. The finals were held in The Munhak Stadium in Incheon, where Fnatic faced off against Invictus Gaming. Invictus Gaming would go on to 3-0 sweep Fnatic to take home the 1st place prize pool of $2.4 million. Invictus Gaming would make history for themselves, for this was not only their first World Championship win, but also the first Chinese team to win an international tournament.