Blacklist International Bests ECHO, Books Yet Antother Grand Finals Appearance in M-Series
Blacklist International bested ECHO 3-2 in the upper bracket finals of the Mobile Legends: Bang Bang M4 World Championship, booking a ticket to yet another grand finals appearance in the M-series.
Together again, to defend their title 🏆
This is BLCK ⚫⚪🔴#BackToBLCK | #BreakTheCode #M4 pic.twitter.com/gj59bFjksQ
— BLACKLIST INTERNATIONAL 👑 (@BLACKLISTINTL) January 13, 2023
The titanic all-Filipino clash saw Blacklist lose the first game to ECHO and then go on to win the second.
In Game 1, the Agents were uncharacteristically dominated by the Orcas. Blacklist simply can’t do anything against ECHO’s advances, with their lowest point being 1-17 down in kill score against them. In the end, Blacklist lost in thirteen minutes and fifty-five seconds, and only recorded two kills out of the 21-2 final scoreline at the end of the game
Fortunately, the defending M-series champions bounced back to take Game 2 which featured Blacklist’s UBE going against the Orca UBE. Despite ECHO’s Tristan “Yawi” Cabrera stealing Estes from them, Jonmar “OhMyV33NUS” Villaluna proved they got the superior UBE strat as they finished the game 14-7, with V33 herself going for a 1/1/13 finish.
With the first half tied 1-1, the second half of the series ended in a similar fashion. ECHO took Game 3 14-4 in eighteen minutes and thirty-eight seconds of action thanks to the efforts of game MVP Benedict “Bennyqt” Gonzales, who eventually became the first player to reach 100 kills in M4 during the series. Meanwhile, Blacklist took Game 4 in just sixteen minutes and five seconds, going 22-11 against ECHO with game MVP Salic “Hadji” Imam 8/0/9 KDA on Valentina.
With the game reaching the decider match, it was Blacklist International who took the series victory over ECHO, booking their ticket for a grand finals appearance and inching closer to a back-to-back M-series title.
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