Blacklist International hit the ground running in its title defense and immediately made its presence with a dominant victory over Incendio Supremacy in the group stage of the M4 World Championship in Bali, Indonesia on Sunday, Jan. 1.
The defending champions easily shrugged off the attempt of the Turkish team to contain the patented UBE strat using its chain crowd control composition anchored on the Atlas, Yu Zhong and jungle Guinevere.
Back into his familiar stomping grounds, Danerie “Wise” Del Rosario reintroduced himself to the fans in the world stage with an impeccable performance on his jungle Valentina pick which he used to steal CC ultimates and use it against INC during team fights.
He finished with a 3-0-6 KDA on an efficient farming of 774 gold per minute.
Faced up against the Yu Zhong pick which proved to be a huge thorn to the side of Blacklist during its campaign in IESF World Esports Championship, the Filipinos banked on their mechanical prowess to evade the chain CCs from INC before reengaging for the counter attack using the Valentina ultimate.
A huge clash at the 12th minute mark saw Blacklist complete a wipeout after trading two of their heroes to end the game on a 13-10 count.
The M3 World Champions resume their campaign in Group A on Tuesday, Jan. 3, against Filipino coaches John Michael “Zico” Dizon of Burn X Flash from Cambodia and Steve “Dale” Vitug of Falcon Esports from Myanmar.