FNATIC FNATIC Europe Rank #3 Sayonara Ștefan Mîtcu stand-in Boaster Jake Howlett kaajak Kajetan Haremski Chronicle Timofey Khromov Alfajer Emir Ali Beder destroyed Paper Rex Paper Rex Asia-Pacific Rank #1 mindfreak Aaron Leonhart Jinggg Wang Jing Jie f0rsakeN Jason Susanto d4v41 Khalish Rusyaidee something Ilya Petrov 2-0 to make the top three in one of the fastest series yet at Masters: Tokyo. Fnatic continues their streak of near-perfect dominance over the rest of the world that has continued since LOCK//IN at the start of the year.

On the other hand, Paper Rex has continued to struggle with visa issues as they continue to play with cgrs in place of star duelist something .

After the number one seed from Europe, Team Liquid Team Liquid Europe Rank #22 nAts Ayaz Akhmetshin Keiko Georgio Sanassy kamo Kamil Frąckowiak , was thrashed by Evil Geniuses Evil Geniuses North America Rank #21 Derrek Derrek Ha NaturE Nicholas Garrison supamen Phat Le earlier in the day, doubt may have been placed upon Fnatic's ability to contend with top-level competition. That doubt has certainly been quashed now as Fnatic cruised to the top three over Paper Rex.

“We are not Liquid,” said Alfajer .

Boaster in a cart before the match Boaster has continued to lead his team to glory against Paper Rex. (Photo by Colin Young-Wolff/Riot Games)

Fnatic's made their superiority apparent from the very first round of the series, as Derke collected four and a 1v1 win to secure the round for Fnatic.

The series would be riddled with clutches that only seemed to go the way of Fnatic, with strong team play mixed in between to create a dominant result.

After a strong hit on the A site of Lotus forced Fnatic into a retake, Paper Rex seemed poised to build a robust start. Derke would proceed to win two clean 1v1s against Jinggg and mindfreak to keep numbers even for his team. A shallow Raze grenade into the site allowed for a successful cleanup on a chipped f0rsakeN . The Finnish superstar was now left in a 1v1 against a trapped d4v41 and after a well-placed headshot from Derke, the round was sealed.

Derke cleaned up the post plant for Fnatic

The trio of Derke, Chronicle , and Alfajer showed up massively for Fnatic against Paper Rex as all three ended with greater than 1.20 ratings. A feat not matched by any of their opponents.

Derke shone brightly for Fnatic on their map pick of Lotus, ending with 24 kills at the top of the scoreboard, narrowly ahead of his main competition in Jinggg with 22.

Despite this star performance, Fnatic's flawless attack side should largely be attributed to the team as a whole combined with the calling from Boaster . Not a single round beyond the first was left in a 1vX situation for Fnatic as they were fully in control as they took the first perfect half of the tournament.

“I think we played them very good… if you can hold against Paper Rex you win,” said Alfajer.

On their opponent's map pick of Bind, both Alfajer and Derke certainly showed they could win the clutches against Paper Rex if presented with them. Both players took two clutches each for their team, including a 1v3 win from Alfajer, in stark contrast to the single clutch win by Paper Rex.

Furthermore, Chronicle showed up massively alongside his teammates on the second map. With a 1.41 rating and 300 ACS, the Russian was far above the rest of the server and closed out the series with a 4K hold on the B site.

Derke on stage Derke continues to deliver consistent impact against international competition. (Photo by Colin Young-Wolff/Riot Games)

Little could be said for the side of Paper Rex as they struggled to adapt with their substitute player cgrs. Jinggg seemed to be the only member to be truly online and even then it was merely for a short stint on map one. Aside from Jinggg, every player for Paper Rex received a less than 1.00 rating throughout the series, as the normally confident individuals struggled to find impact.

“They were definitely impacted,” said Boaster when discussing the influence of the cgrs substitution.

Paper Rex on stage Paper Rex failed to find success against Fnatic. (Photo by Colin Young-Wolff/Riot Games)

Fnatic move on to the top three at Masters: Tokyo and will play Evil Geniuses on Wednesday, June 21 for a spot in the grand finals.

Paper Rex has been relegated to the lower bracket and are now facing elimination. The number one seed from Pacific will face off against EDward Gaming EDward Gaming China Rank #1 S1Mon Hsien Meng-Hsun (谢孟勋) ZmjjKK Zheng Yongkang (郑永康) nobody Wang Senxu (王森旭) CHICHOO Wan Shunzhi (万顺治) Smoggy Zhang Zhao (张钊) in the lower bracket on Tuesday, June 20.