Duane “Kelra” Pillas put on a clinic on the gold lane as Fnatic Onic Philippines sent Selangor Red Giants crashing down to the lower bracket with a 2-0 sweep in their first round encounter in the M6 World Championship playoffs at the IOI Grand Convention Center in Malaysia on Saturday, Dec. 7.

The Sonics star gold laner exploded with perfect 11-0-6 KDA on the Granger in the series-clinching Game 2 win, capping a masterful performance that keyed the Philippine representatives' rise to the upper bracket semifinals.

Kelra actually joined hands with jungler King “K1NGKONG” Perez and EXP laner Jann “Kirk” Gutierrez in the opening game as FNOP came out strong and quickly dictated the tempo of the contest in the series opener.

The hosts, of course, did not go down without a fight as they secured the first two Lords of the contest although not without a cost as the Filipinos retaliated with key pickoffs.

Kirk, on the Edith pick, then stepped up and scored a triple kill during a huge team fight at the 14th-minute mark, allowing the Filipinos to seize control until the final moments of Game 1.

He finished with a perfect 9-0-10 KDA while  K1NGKONG had an 8-2-8 line on the Suyou.

Kelra, for his part, scattered a 6-2-14 tally on the Bruno as FNOP drew first blood with a 26-11 kill score.

Riding the momentum of the Game 1 win, the Filipinos continued to run wild with Kelra dishing out the damage from the distance with his Granger pick.

FNOP only needed 12 minutes to claim a dominant 22-7 victory to complete the sweep and arrange a clash against Myanmar's Falcon Esports in the next round.