After four seasons, ONIC Philippines is finally back in the biggest stage of Mobile Legends: Bang Bang Professional League-Philippines.
This, after ONIC scored a huge 3-0 sweep over Omega Esports in the winners’ finale on Saturday night.
With the win, ONIC Philippines also punched its ticket to the M3 World Championships for the first time since the first edition.
In the crucial Game Three, Omega Esports managed to get ahead by shutting down Allen “Baloyskie” Baloy’s Pharsa early in the match. That, however, was not enough to force a Game Four as Kairi “Kairi” Rayosdelsol’s Ling took over in the late game to seal the sweep.
Kairi was awarded the MVP plum in Game Three with nine kills, a death, and three assists in 28 minutes and 16 seconds.
“Sobrang saya kasi nung last game namin kahit luging lugi kami nung una ‘di kami sumuko nag tulungan kaming lahat para i-angat namin yung isa’t isa,” said Kairi after the win.
Baloyskie’s Popol and Kupa proved to be too much for Omega Esports in Game One as he led ONIC to a huge 15-10 Game One for the 1-0 lead. He finished with eight kills and seven assists against just three deaths in the win.
ONIC then went for a complete stomp in Game Two, annihilating the SMART-backed squad with its three-mage setup composed of Baloyskie (Yve), Marky “Markyyyyy” Capacio (Pharsa), and Gerald “Dlar” Trinchera (Esmeralda).
Markyyyyy bagged MVP honors with three kills, a death, and two assists in Game Two.
This is ONIC Philippines’ third finals appearance in the MPL Philippines.
ONIC will go up against the winner between the Blacklist International-Omega Esports losers’ final match tomorrow, Sunday, in the best-of-seven grand finals at 6:00 PM.
