After a very fun victory from the first day of the EMEA Masters 2025 Winter Split, Los Ratones now face a much more challenging team in the face of Karmine Corp Blue. Although Caedrel's team has proven to be very competitive, the roster still struggles to balance out the Baus-oriented playstyle with a more competitive environment.
Nevertheless, fans are happy to see the star team perform in a semi-professional tournament, and as of now, they seem more than competent to go against some incredible players both rookies and veterans of the EMEA region.
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EMEA Masters Format
This time around, the EMEA Masters tournament will feature Fearless Draft, which basically means that a champion can be played once per series. According to recent reports and community sentiment, Fearless Draft has reignited the spark and League of Legends Esports might see an even bigger awakening in 2025.
The format of the tournament itself will include two separate stages:
Group Stage
- 16 teams
- GSL Group Stage (meaning that teams get a total of three attempts to qualify out of the group
- Best-of-three (Bo3) matches
- 4 groups consisting of 4 teams
- Top 2 teams of each group advance to the Knockout Stage
Knockout Stage
- 8 teams
- Single elimination bracket
- Best-of-five (Bo5) matches
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LR vs KCB EM 2025 Winter Bo3 Game 1
Thousands of fans have gathered to watch Caedrel's star team face a lot of strong teams, and with lane swaps now gone, Los Ratones will need to change up their strategy and overall approach to objectives and team fights to be on par with the rest of the teams.
LR vs KCB Bans
| LR | KCB |
Rumble  |
 Ivern |
Kalista  |
 Gragas |
Maokai  |
 Sion |
Gnar  |
 Volibear |
Rell  |
 Quinn |
LR vs KCB Picks
| LR | KCB |
Baus  |
 Maynter |
Velja  |
 ISMA |
Nemesis  |
 SlowQ |
Crownie  |
 3XA |
Rekkles  |
 Nsurr |
Winner: KCB
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LR vs KCB EM 2025 Winter Bo3 Game 2
Although it was a very close game, Baus struggled to play Poppy to her full potential, but a very close Elder drake fight ultimately went in the favor of KCB as they secured their first win in the series.
LR KCB Bans
| LR | KCB |
| Rumble |
Ivern |
| Kalista |
Gragas |
Gwen  |
Sion |
| Varus |
 Janna |
Jayce  |
 Alistar |
LR vs KCB Picks
| LR | KCB |
Baus  |
 Maynter |
| Velja |
 ISMA |
Nemesis  |
 SlowQ |
Crownie  |
 3XA |
Rekkles  |
Nsurr |
Winner: KCB
In the end, LR was unable to keep up with KCB as they slowly started taking away objectives and pushed Caedrel's team into a corner. Although KCB won the series 2-0, LR still have one more chance to qualify for the next round.
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