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MSC 2023: Title quest remains elusive for Blacklist, as Onic Esports captures title

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Angela Coloma, ABS-CBN News

<div class="embed-wrap"><figure data-feedback="fb:likes,fb:comments"><img alt="Kairi and Coach Yeb celebrate after entering the finals of MSC 2023. Courtesy: Moonton Games" src="https://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2023/sports/06/18/20230618-msc.jpg"/><figcaption>Kairi and Coach Yeb celebrate after entering the finals of MSC 2023. Courtesy: Moonton Games</figcaption></figure></div>PHNOM Penh, Cambodia (UPDATE) -- Kairi and Coach Yeb can finally call themselves international champions, as Indonesian squad Onic Esports captured its second Mobile Legends: Bang Bang Southeast Asia Cup title over Blacklist International. This is Indonesia&#x27;s first international Mobile Legends title in 4 years, after Onic Esports captured the MSC 2019 title in Araneta Coliseum, snapping the Philippines&#x27; four-year streak in reaping international titles. <ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/sports/07/04/22/kairi-officially-becomes-first-pinoy-mlbb-import">Mobile Legends: Kairi&#x27;s move to Onic Esports in Indonesia now official</a></li></ul>Using his signature hero Ling, Kairi and crew took flight as they dismantled Blacklist in a lopsided Game 1. It took a final team fight within the 20th minute mark for Onic to turn things around and go ahead with a 2-0 lead. Nicky &quot;Kiboy&quot; Fernando gave Blacklist a hard time early on but Kenneth &quot;Yue&quot; Tadeo&#x27;s triple kill in the final team fight of Game 3 got them on board.<ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/sports/06/26/22/mobile-legends-the-future-kairi-leaves-onic-ph">Mobile Legends: &#x27;The Future&#x27; Kairi leaves Onic PH, amid overseas transfer reports</a></li></ul>Blacklist and Echo captured one game apiece, before Onic sealed the coffin in Game 5, as they completely shut down Howard &quot;Owl&quot; Gonzales, who ended up with 7 kills. Both Kairi and Coach Yeb were acquired by Onic Esports, shortly after their exit from Onic Philippines in June 2022. Blacklist, the last Filipino squad standing in the mid-season tournament, will go home as the second placers.

This is Indonesia's first international Mobile Legends title in 4 years, after Onic Esports captured the MSC 2019 title in Araneta Coliseum, in turn snapping the Philippines' four-year streak in reaping international titles. 

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MSC 2023: Title quest remains elusive for Blacklist, as Onic Esports captures title

Angela Coloma,

ABS-CBN News

Published June 18, 2023 11:50 PM PHT

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Updated June 19, 2023 01:09 AM PHT

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