China's new challengers

The second and last Chinese Mainland Monthly Finals of the year weren't as promising as the April ones, as the Top 4 of the previous month had already qualified for the Elimination Round. Despite this, it was still quite a show. Let's have a look at what was going on in the Chinese Mainland this month.

Starting off with the most important round, which is, surprisingly, the quarterfinals. Teams who manage to win their first match are guaranteed prize money and an Elimination Round spot, which is why Chinese teams have to give it all in their first games.

The teams of the first match, 国服支配者 and 世贸战略总部 didn't have any notable players and 国服支配者 ended up sweeping their opponents, becoming the fifth Elimination Round participants.

The second match, on the other hand, had a couple of familiar faces. Plusjia and imp, who lost in the first round of April, are back under the name of Redmoon (and with a new teammate too). They faced previously unknown team Tizzi无尽压制队 and dominated their opponents without breaking a sweat.

The third match had a similar situation: it was 牢day你人呢's (known as 我不是today喔 in April) last chance to proceed to the next stage. However, despite all of Arron Devil's experience, they lost to 高层人脉队 (whom Chinese viewers considered one of the best teams of the event).

Moving on to the quarterfinals' last match, AVANGAR (Pirin's team) vs Hope. This match was now a fourth sweep in a row, as AVANGAR ended Hope's hopes of reaching the Elimination Round.

Now let's talk about the semifinals. Although all the Top 4 teams had already qualified for the next stage, they still get more prize money if they win their matches.

The 国服支配者 vs Redmoon match continued the streak of sweeps. Although the Monthly Finals came to an end for 国服支配者, they have still qualified and will have a chance to redeem themselves.

As for the 高层人脉队 vs AVANGAR match, things seem to be exactly the same - 高层人脉队 swept their opponents and proceeded to the Grand Final, where they were about to face Redmoon.

Moving on to the last match of the event - Redmoon vs 高层人脉队, the veterans vs the prodigies. Unfortunately, this was the case when experience could not prevail over the rookie talents. And so after the three-set Grand Final, which finally broke the sweep streak, 汐风, DynaMike, Fengou, and 别把我的妮塔弄哭了 became the May Monthly Champions.

Despite it being the last Monthly Finals for Chinese Mainland, there are still two more events awaiting for this region: the Elimination Round, which was already mentioned, and the Finals, where $23,000 and three LCQ spots are at stake.