CONTINUING its international dominance since its M6 Championship win last, ONIC PH proved once again that the Filipino ML:BB is the strongest in the world, dominating Indonesian representative RRQ Hoshi in the finals of the ESL Snapdragon Pro Series in Jakarta.
In sweeping the group series earlier this week, ONIC PH easily booked a slot in the semifinals, where it faced off against fellow PH team in the tournament, Team Falcons.
After only losing Game 1, ONIC PH was able to adjust in the succeeding games to get into the Grand Finals.
The game was close for most of the series, with both teams not giving each other an inch on teamfights around the objectives.
ONIC PH even dropped Game 2, with RRQ Hoshi’s jungler Arthur “Sutsujin” Sunarkho doing the carry for his team and only dying once on his Joy pick to force a 1-1 tie.
However, the jungler-gold laner duo for ONIC PH proved to too tall of a mountain for RRQ Hoshi to climb, as The KK Connection of King “K1NGKONG” Perez and Grant “Kelra” Pillas bared their killer instincts, picking off the right targets and eventually claiming the series to sweep the whole tournament and win $80,000 (roughly P4,500,000).
With the win, ONIC PH claimed its third international success, winning M6 last year and the Snapdragon Pro Series — APAC Challenge Finals earlier this year.
Winning momentum
Even before leaving for the tournament, coach Anthony Dennis “Ynot” Senedrin expressed his team’s level of confidence after overcoming their early struggles during the early weeks of MPL PH Season 15.
“I think we are more than ready right now. Definitely, mentally, I think we’ve reached that place na kung ano man ‘yung pressure na kakaharapin namin, it’s fine. We know that we have that self-trust, trust sa mga kakampi namin so. I’m not saying it’s gonna be easy, but I just think that moving forward gagawin namin lahat as a team and mapaglalaban talaga namin,” he added.
Currently, ONIC PH has a 7-3 record and will try to keep its momentum going as it goes up against TLPH, APBR, OMG, and TWIS when it returns to the country for the last two weeks of the regular season of MPL PH Season 15.