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Kennedy Caacbay

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<p>MANILA – Eljohn &quot;Akashi&quot; Andales and the rest of Talon Esports secured a spot in the main event of the Elite League, a $1-million Dota 2 tournament at the expense of Team Darleng 2.0, 2-0, in the lower bracket final of the tourney&#x27;s Southeast Asia closed qualifiers Saturday night.</p><p>They will join the Philippines&#x27; Blacklist Rivalry, which earlier smashed Darleng in the upper bracket final on Friday, <span id="isPasted" style="color:rgb(65, 65, 65);letter-spacing:normal;orphans:2;text-align:left;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;widows:2;word-spacing:0px;-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px;white-space:normal;background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255);text-decoration-thickness:initial;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;display:inline !important;float:none">as Southeast Asian representatives to the acclaimed tilt.</span></p><div><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/sports/2024/3/15/dota-2-blacklist-rivalry-outlasts-darleng-advances-to-elite-league-main-event-2208"><strong></strong>READ: Dota 2: Blacklist Rivalry outlasts Team Darleng 2.0, advances to Elite League main event<strong></strong></a></div><p>Akashi stuffed his kill-death-assist (KDA) in both games, tallying efficient 10-3-13 and 8-1-15 records while racking up the gold mine after topping the net worth sheet.</p><p>Carlo &quot;Kuku&quot; Palad and the rest of Darleng, who were popular among local esports supporters, were not able to defend mega creeps in Game 2 after passing the 50-minute mark, as the Aegis-empowered Lifestealer of Akashi and the rest of Talon battered the Pinoy squad&#x27;s heroes.</p><div><iframe src="https://www.facebook.com/plugins/post.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2FabscbnNEWS%2Fposts%2Fpfbid0dVpFFL5evgXWq6erR7zkQvHDj99jyK1pggwf2Bz6Qe6LiFWDTTHzeANKrpqtk5unl&amp;show_text=true&amp;width=500" width="500" height="430" style="border:none;overflow:hidden" scrolling="no" frameBorder="0" allowfullscreen=""></iframe></div><div><br/></div>

<p>Good luck, Akashi and Talon Esports!</p>

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Dota 2: Akashi, Talon secure spot in $1-million Elite League at Darleng's expense

Kennedy Caacbay,

ABS-CBN News

Published Mar 16, 2024 10:03 PM PHT

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