The Hive is the home of champions once more.

AP.Bren defeated Blacklist International in a dominant fashion, 4-1, to reign supreme in the MPL Philippines Season 12 at the EVM Convention Center on Sunday, Oct. 29.

The reigning IESF World Esports champions stamped their class to notch the first three games of the series before pulling off an epic come-from-behind win to clinch the title and formally put an end to a six-season title drought.

With Blacklist threatening to force a Game 6 after securing three Lords in the early and mid game of Game 5, Rowgien “Owgwen” Unigo went for a perfect initiation that caught four players from Blacklist International.

With Marco “Super Marco” Requitano and Angelo “Pheww” Arcangel dealing damage from the safe distance while Kyle “Kyletzy” Sayson and David “Flaptzy” Canon providing the sustain in the team fight, AP.Bren scored a four-man wipe, allowing them to go for a one lane push.

The Bees capped the splendid playoff run with a 17-9 win with Super Marco leading the charge on his Irithel with a 7-2-6 line while Kyletzy contributed 5-2-6 KDA on the Martis pick.

Flaptzy was hailed as the Finals MVP in the contest with his effective zoning and aggression to lead AP.Bren’s map control.

The M2 champions drew first blood in the series with a 9-2 win before following it up with an even more dominant 14-2 Game 2 triumph. Blacklist did show some fight with a 13-1 win in Game 3 but AP.Bren retaliated with a 7-2 win in Game to move on cusp of the MPL S12 title