Blacklist International reasserted its mastery over Onic Philippines with a dominant 4-0 sweep in their best-of-seven all-Filipino Grand Finals clash to take the M3 World Championship crown at the Suntec Singapore Convention Centre on Sunday, Dec. 19.
Blacklist completed its own Cinderella run after climbing its way from the lower bracket to reach the Grand Finals. Since the shock loss to BloodThirstyKings in the upper bracket, the PH champion went on to win all of its game including the finale against Onic side to bag the crown and the P15 million prize.
Kiel "Oheb" Soriano took the Finals MVP honors with stellar performances on his signature marksman heroes Natan and Beatrix
It was a nip-and-tuck affair in the early goings of Game 1 but Blacklist managed to turn the tides after picking off three heroes to the side of Onic to secure the first Lord of the match.
Onic held its ground but Blacklist only needed one more fight for the Lord to score a four-man wipe and draw the series’ first blood after an 18-14 Game 1 win.
Danerie "Wise" del Rosario led Blacklist with an 8-3-5 KDA.
It was the same story in the second game as Blacklist used a Lord clash at the 11-minute mark to score a four-man wipe. The MPL PH champions went off from that point as they never stopped pouncing on Onic defenses to end Game 2 in just 13 minutes and on a 19-7 tally. Oheb did most of the damage for Blacklist, unleashing a near-perfect 8-1-8 KDA on the Beatrix.
Onic PH tried to regain foothold in Game 3 behind the big plays of Markyyy on his Pharsa and Baloyskie’s on the Lolita. However, a clash in the top lane at the 15-minute mark where Hatred got picked off created an opening to sneak in for a Lord take.
With the game dragged to the late game, Blacklist kept its foot in the gas pedal as its double-marksman setup reached its power spike to dominate every team fight and move to the series match point with a 20-17 Game 3 win. Wise was at the forefront of the onslaught with an 8-3-3 showing on the jungle Barats.
With one win away from the title, Blacklist never gave an inch to Onic PH as the back-to-back MPL PH champions put the exclamation point in Game 4 with a 15-6 triumph.