Kiboy

Kiboy
Current team
Team	ONIC Esports
Role	Roamer
Game	Mobile Legends: Bang Bang
Leagues	MPL Indonesia
Personal information
Name	Nicky Fernando Pontonuwu
Born	Nicky Fernando Pontonuwu (2002-11-07) November 7, 2002 (age 21)
Nationality	Indonesia
Career information
Playing career	2020–present
Team history
2020	ONIC Esports
2020–2021	ONIC Prodigy
2021–present	ONIC Esports
Career highlights and awards
MPL Indonesia Season 8 (1st place) ONE Esports MPL Invitational 2021 (1st place) MPL Indonesia Season 10 (1st place) MLBB M4 World Championship (4th place) MPL Indonesia Season 11 (1st place) MSC 2023 (1st place) MSC 2023 (MVP) Snapdragon Pro Series Season 3 SEA - Challenge Finals (1st place) MPL Indonesia Season 12 (1st place) MPL Indonesia Season 12 (Finals MVP) MLBB M5 World Championship (2nd place) MPL Indonesia Season 13 (1st place)

Nicky Fernando (born November 7, 2002), known as Kiboy, is an Indonesian professional esports player for the game Mobile Legends: Bang Bang . He is the current roamer for Indonesian team ONIC Esports.

Background

Kiboy's love of mobile games started when he was a teenager. His interest in MLBB grew when he was in high school. Armed with a dream of becoming pro player, he continues to hone his skills and participates in various tournaments. ^[1]

Career

Early Stage

In 2020, ONIC Esports signed Nicky for their fifth MPL Indonesia season. However, he had to compete with experienced players like Psychoo and other quality newcomers like Rasy to compete for a spot as the main roamer. Instead of forcing himself to compete with them, he moved down to MDL Indonesia, a second league after MPL. In MDL Season 1, he helped ONIC Prodigy (ONIC academy team) finishing 5–8th place, losing to Siren Clan. In the second season, they finished 3–4th place, also losing to Siren Clan in which he was also awarded the First Team Winner. ^[2]

Promotion to the first team

After his exceptional performance in MDL, he was called up to the main team for MPLI 2020 but fell short of their sister team, ONIC Philippines. In MPL Indonesia Season 7, he became the main roster of ONIC and helped them finish 4th place. ^[3] The following season, Kiboy helped ONIC lift the trophy for the first time since season 3 and qualified for MLBB M3 World Championship. ^[4]

MLBB M3 World Championship

In the MLBB M3 World Championship, ONIC did not perform well in the group stage by finishing last after they won against their Filipino counterpart, ONIC Phillippines, and lost to the Brazilian, Keyd Stars, and Malaysian representative, TODAK. In the knockout stage, ONIC managed to gain an upper hand against the Malaysian champion, Team SMG but ended their journey after losing to Blacklist International, finishing 9–12th place. ^[5]

SEA Games, MSC 2022 and the new era

Kiboy was chosen as the representative of Indonesia for the 2021 SEA Games in Vietnam. There, Indonesia claimed the silver medal after losing to the Philippines by 3–1 in the final. ^[6]

ONIC qualified to MSC 2022 even losing to RRQ Hoshi in the grand final of season 9. Kiboy was also awarded First Team Winner. In the group stage, ONIC finished bottom and failed to qualify for the playoffs. In the first match, they lost to Myanmar giant, Falcons Esports and drew against TODAK. This is considered one of the biggest flop for the team as their rival and also MSC representative, RRQ Hoshi, went to the grand final. ^{[7] [8]}

After their worst campaign in MSC 2022, ONIC signed two Filipinos, Kairi and Coach Yeb, forming the strong five-man roster including Kiboy, Kairi, Sanz, Butss and CW. In MPL season 10, they were crowned champion once again after defeating RRQ Hoshi 4–1, thus qualified to MLBB M4 World Championship. ^[9] In M4, ONIC finished second in the group stage after winning against Malvinas Gaming, which Kiboy also won MVP of the match, and MDH Esports but lost to TODAK. In the knockout stage, ONIC swept Falcon Esports in the Upper Bracket Quarterfinals but fell short to ECHO in the semifinals, thus falling to the Lower Bracket. In the Lower Bracket Quarterfinals, ONIC won against The Valley but were swept by RRQ Hoshi in the Lower Bracket Semifinal and finished 4th place. ^[10]

MSC 2023 triumph

In MPL season 11, ONIC swept EVOS Legends in the grand final, booking their ticket to MSC 2023 in Cambodia. ^[11] He also represented Indonesia in the 2023 SEA Games where Indonesia surprisingly lost to the host Cambodia and Myanmar, failing to qualify for the playoffs. ^[12]

ONIC kicked off their MSC 2023 campaign with a sweep against the host, BURN x FLASH, and against the North American representative, Outplay. In the knockout stage, ONIC continued their domination by sweeping EVOS Legends and the Filipino giant, ECHO, and won 4–2 against Blacklist International. Kiboy was named the Final MVP after his stellar performance in the grand final. ^{[13] [14]}

3-peats and MLBB M5 World Championship

ONIC qualified to MLBB M5 World Championship after winning 4–2 against Geek Fam in the grand final, becoming the first organization to win 3-peats MPL Indonesia title. Kiboy won another Final MVP and was named First Team Winner. ^[15]

ONIC dominated the M5 group stage featuring the Cambodian giant, See You Soon, the MENA representative, Triple Esports, and the Brazilian, Bigetron Sons by sweeping them. ^[16] In the knockout stage, ONIC won 3–2 against Blacklist International in the Upper Bracket Quarterfinals, sweeping both Deus Vult and AP Bren in the Upper Bracket Semifinals and final respectively. In the match against AP Bren, Kiboy won two MVPs of the match, specifically the Tigreal's Ultimate plays that turned the tide of the game in game one, ^[17] naming him the Knockout Stage Day 6 Star. In the grand final, ONIC once again faced the Filipino champions, AP Bren, in the best-of-seven series. AP Bren took game 1 but ONIC fought one back to tie the match before AP Bren lead 3–1. ONIC bravely brought the game back to tied 3–3. In the last game of the series, ONIC blundered and AP Bren capitulated on ONIC's mistake, ending the series 4–3. ^[18]

4-peats and MSC 2024 failure

Before the playoffs, ONIC entered a partnership with Fnatic, rebranding as Fnatic ONIC. ^[19] Fnatic ONIC once again crowned champion of MPL season 13 after winning against EVOS Glory 4–2, become the first organization to win 4-peats MPL Indonesia title. Kiboy was also named in the Dream Team. ^[20]

In MSC 2024, Fnatic ONIC was placed with See You Soon, Selangor Red Giants and Team Falcon. Fnatic ONIC won against Team Falcons but shockingly lost against a coach-less team, See You Soon, and drew against the eventual MSC Champion, Selangor Red Giants. Fnatic ONIC failed to defend their title after crashing out from the group stage. ^[21]

Seasons overview

Team	Year	Season	League	Domestic Title	MSC Cup	MPLI Invitational	M-Series World Championship
ONIC Prodigy	2020	Season 1	MDL ID	5th–8th	—
		Season 2		3rd–4th	—
ONIC Esports	2021	Season 7	MPL ID	4th	Did not qualify	—
		Season 8		1st	—	1st	9th–12th
	2022	Season 9		2nd	9th–12th	—
		Season 10		1st	—		4th
	2023	Season 11		1st	1st	—
		Season 12		1st	—	1st	2nd
Fnatic ONIC	2024	Season 13		1st	9th–12th	—

Personal achievements

International Title(s)

• 1x MSC champion (2023)
• 1x MPLI Invitational champion (2021)

MPL Indonesia

• 5x MPL Indonesia champion (S8, S10-S13)
• 1x MPL Indonesia Grand Finals MVP (S12)
• 4x MPL Indonesia First Team Winner (S9, S11-S13)

MDL Indonesia

• 1x MDL Indonesia First Team Winner (S2)

References

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6. "Sea Games 2021 Results: The Indonesian MLBB National Team Wins a Silver Medal!". VCGamers. Retrieved 2022-05-20.
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9. "ONIC Esports are MPL Indonesia Season 10 Champions". Gosu Gamers. Retrieved 2022-10-23.
10. "Arcadia's RRQ Hoshi slays Onic Esports to set up M4 lower bracket finals vs Echo". GMA Network. Retrieved 2023-01-14.
11. "ONIC Esports secures back-to-back MPL ID titles with clean sweep". ONE Esports. Retrieved 2023-04-09.
12. "Indonesia struggle to get off the mark at the SEA Games". Gosu Gamers. Retrieved 2023-05-12.
13. "ONIC Esports are the champions of MSC 2023". Gosu Gamers. Retrieved 2023-06-18.
14. "ONIC Esports makes history as the first team to win two MSC championship titles". ONE Esports. Retrieved 2023-06-19.
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16. "M5 World Championship Group Stage Standings: ONIC and Geek Are Both in First Place!". Dunia Games. Retrieved 2023-12-08.
17. "KIBOY'S PERFECT IMPLOSION WIPES AP. BREN". youtube.com/@MLBBeSports. Retrieved 2023-12-16.
18. "AP Bren captures second world title in thrilling M5 World Championship showdown". ONE Esports. Retrieved 2023-12-18.
19. "We're officially entering Mobile Legends: Bang Bang alongside @OnicPhilippines & @onic_esports". x.com/FNATIC. Retrieved 2024-05-22.
20. "Four-in-a-row! Fnatic ONIC is the MPL ID S13 Champion". Gosu Gamers. Retrieved 2024-06-10.
21. "Biggest Upset in MSC as SYS Sweeps ONIC Indo, Even Without Coaches". All-star Magazine. Retrieved 2024-07-06.