In the battle of two proud champions, the Sky Kings emerged victorious.

Filipino import Kairi “Kairi” Rayosdelsol and Onic Esports denied ECHO of achieving a dream all-Filipino grand finals following a stunning 3-0 sweep of the M4 world champions in their marquee semifinals duel in the MLBB Southeast Asia Cup on Saturday, June 17.

ECHO fails to advance to the finals (Moonton Games)

The MPL Indonesia titlists authored the stunning three-game sweep capped by a huge Game 3 comeback win behind the stellar performances of Kairi, Nicky “Kiboy” Fernando and Calvin “CW” Winata to advance to the finals against another Filipino powerhouse in Blacklist International.

ECHO, looking like a shell of its former self in the first two games, seemed to finally found its groove in the third game although the gallant stand still proved to be futile in the end.

The Filipinos failed to take advantage of the seven Lord objectives secured by  Karl “Karltzy” Nepomuceno with the Indonesians leaning on the CW’s Melissa to defend the base and Muhammad “Buttss” Sanubari picking off ECHO’s tower hitters.

CW was untouchable in the end game with Melissa, finishing with an 8-5-9 while Kiboy, who provided the crucial set ups on his Khufra, added a 2-4-19 line. Onic closed out the series with a 26-27 come-from-behind victory in the 39-minute Game 3 affair.

It was Onic which scored the first point of the series with Kairi prevailing in his assassin matchup with Karltzy after collecting a 5-1-2 line on the Fanny. Kairi led his team to a convincing 10-10 Game 1 win.

Riding the momentum of the strong start to the series, Onic continued to roll and also dominated ECHO in the second game. 

This time, it was Gilang “Sanz” who showed the way for Onic, finishing a 6-2-6 line on his Kadita which enabled the early game power spike of the Indonesians to take the victory in just 12 minutes on a 14-7 kill score.