The storied rivalry between ONIC PH and Aura PH (former Sunsparks) has been going on for almost a year now.
But not once in multiple occasions has ONIC PH won a series against Aura PH ever since their debut back in the Mobile Legends: Bang Bang Professional League-Philippines Season Four.
That story, however, was put to an end by Dlar, as he spearheaded ONIC PH’s emotional 2-0 victory over their arch-rivals in the final match of the MPL-PH Season Six regular season, Sunday evening.
Dlar was phenomenal in Game One, winning the SMART MVP award while also finishing with a clean 4-0-4 KDA using Yu Zhong to put Aura PH on the verge of defeat.
He then upped his game in the second match using Barats, applying the much-needed pressure in the early game to help ONIC PH take the early advantage. Dlar dished out nine assists laced with a kill and a death in the series-clinching Game Two. This is also Barats’ first win at the MPL-PH stage.
Wise (Lancelot) took charge of the offense with six kills and four kills while Jay (Jawhead) and OhMyV33NUS had a combined tally of five kills, two deaths, and 18 assists for ONIC PH.
With ONIC PH’s victory, they have locked in the third spot in Group B and will set a rematch with Group A second placer Aura PH in the quarterfinals of the MPL-PH Season Six playoffs. The storied rivalry will be in the bracket of death that also has the BREN Esports versus NXP Solid match-up.
Execration will go up against Cignal Ultra in the other side while Smart Omega will test its mettle against Blacklist International.
The playoffs will be held from October 22 to 25 and all matches will be a do-or-die best-of-five series.
In other games, Cignal UItra snapped its five-game losing streak at the expense of NXP Solid, 2-0, to cap off its regular season campaign with a win while Smart Omega and BREN Esports dispatched Execration and Blacklist International via 2-0 sweeps, respectively.
