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All PH Finals still alive as Onic PH, Team Liquid advance to MSC semis

Published Jul 31, 2025 11:48 pm  |  Updated Aug 1, 2025 12:15 pm

At A Glance

  • The dream for an all-Filipino Finals remains alive after Team Liquid PH and Onic Philippines advanced to the semifinals of the 2025 Mid-Season Cup in the Esports World Cup in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
The dream for an all-Filipino Finals remains alive after Team Liquid PH and Onic Philippines advanced to the semifinals of the 2025 Mid-Season Cup in the Esports World Cup in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
MPL Philippines Season 15 champion TLPH made quick work of Aurora Turkiye with a 3-0 sweep on Wednesday, July 30, while reigning M6 World Champion Onic PH sent Team Spirit packing with a 3-1 victory on Thursday, July 31.
As sloppy as its performance all-tournament long, Onic PH had to overcome a first game hiccup and a huge lead in the series clinching Game 4 to set up a semis clash with defending champion SRG.OG.
The Super Family was caught off guard by the aggression of the European squad and conceded a 13-2 loss in just 13 minutes in the series opener. Onic PH retaliated with its own dominant victory in Game 2, returning the favor with a 22-9 kill score in just 14 minutes of play.
The Filipinos then reached the match point in Game 3 behind the brilliance of Duane “Kelra” Pillas who saved the day for Onic PH with three crucial kills during a messy team fight in the late game.
His heroics on the Granger pick, which finished with an impressive 14-2-5 line, slammed the door on Team Spirit’s comeback efforts to take a 28-19 win after a grueling 29-minute duel.
Game 4 then saw Onic PH display how a comeback win is done, as, after trailing by as many as 7k gold in economy and defending against two Lord sieges, the Filipinos only needed one crucial team fight at the 16th minute mark to turn the game around.
Onic PH scored a wipeout in that sequence and did it once more two minutes after with Kelra putting on the finishing touches anew with a Maniac to finish with a perfect 11-0-5 line on the Granger pick.
Meanwhile, TLPH hardly broke a sweat against Aurora Turkiye with Karl “Karltzy” Nepomuceno simply having his way all throughout the series.
TLPH steamrolled Aurora behind a lopsided 19-2 win with Karltzy, on his signature Lancelot, dominating the early game to finish with a 5-0-8 line while also setting up the stage for a perfect 10-0-5 showing for Kiel “Oheb” Soriano on the Granger pick.
The Filipinos hardly slowed down in Game 2 only needing just 10 minutes to reach match point highlighted by a Maniac from Oheb’s Granger. Though Aurora showed semblance of fight in Game 3, that hardly mattered against an already uber-confident TLPH who scored the series clinching 18-minute win.
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