MLBB M3 World Championship

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MLBB M3 World Championship
2021
MLBB M3 World Championship logo.png
Tournament information
Sport Mobile Legends: Bang Bang
Location Singapore
Dates6–19 December 2021
Administrator Moonton
Tournament
format(s)
Double-Elimination Format (Playoffs)
Host(s)Flag of Singapore.svg  Singapore
Venue(s) Suntec Singapore Convention and Exhibition Centre
Participants16 teams
Purse$800,000
Final positions
ChampionsFlag of the Philippines.svg Blacklist International
1st runners-upFlag of the Philippines.svg ONIC Philippines
2nd runners-upFlag of the United States.svg BloodThirstyKings
Tournament statistics
Matches played95
MVP Flag of the Philippines.svg Kiel Calvin "Oheb" Soriano
Most AssistsFlag of the Philippines.svg Johnmar "OhMyV33nus" Villaluna
Top RegionFlag of Singapore.svg Singapore
Pro PlayerFlag of Indonesia.svg Albert "Alberttt" Neilsen (RRQ Hoshi)
  M2
M4  

The 2021 Mobile Legends: Bang Bang World Championship, commonly known as M3 or the M3 World Championship, was the third edition of the Mobile Legends World Championships, an esports tournament for the game Mobile Legends: Bang Bang . It was held from 6 December until its Grand Finals on 19 December 2021 [1] in Suntec Singapore Convention and Exhibition Centre in Singapore. [2]

Contents

Background

M3 is the third series of the Mobile Legends World Championship and is held in the same year as the second series was held in the same nation. M3 features 16 teams with each qualifying for their regional or national qualifiers known as the Mobile Legends: Bang Bang Professional League or MPL. These teams were all announced on the same day with their roster on 25 November 2021. [3] M3 features 11 Asian Teams, 1 North American Team, 1 Arabian-Region Team and 3 Latin American Teams. [4]

Coronavirus

The COVID-19 pandemic, posed a significant challenge for the organizers of the World Championships as the venue in Singapore provided strict health regulations provided by the Government as well as the players travelling from abroad. However, on 8 August 2021, Moonton, the developer of the game Mobile Legends: Bang Bang announced and confirmed that M3 will be happening by the end of 2021. [5] [6]

Venue

Singapore
Suntec City, Singapore
Group Stage, Playoffs, Grand Finals
Suntec Singapore Convention and Exhibition Centre
Capacity: 1,800

Qualified teams and rosters

Qualified teams

Qualifying for the M3 World Championships comes from the competing nation's Mobile Legends: Bang Bang Professional League, commonly known as "MPL". However, regional qualifiers in the CIS Region, North America, Arabia, and Latin American regions were also held to broaden the reach of the Championship's teams.[ citation needed ]

The defending World Champions in Bren Esports would not be redeemed to repeat back-to-back championship titles due to them having a non-playoff contention in MPL Philippines Season 8 that was ultimately won by Blacklist International in 5 games.

Qualifiers[ citation needed ]
RegionLeagueQualification methodTeam nameIDGroup
Philippines MPL Philippines MPL Philippines Season 8 Champions Flag of the Philippines.svg Blacklist International BLCKA
MPL Philippines Season 8 Runner-up Flag of the Philippines.svg ONIC Philippines ONIC-PHB
Indonesia MPL IndonesiaMPL Indonesia Season 8 Champions Flag of Indonesia.svg ONIC Esports ONICB
MPL Indonesia Season 8 Runner-up Flag of Indonesia.svg RRQ Hoshi RRQD
Malaysia MPL MalaysiaMPL Malaysia Season 8 Champions Flag of Malaysia.svg Team SMGSMGD
MPL Malaysia Season 8 Runner-up Flag of Malaysia.svg TodakTDKB
Singapore MPL SingaporeMPL Singapore Season 2 Champions Flag of Singapore.svg EVOS SGEVOSC
MPL Singapore Season 2 Runner-up Flag of Singapore.svg RSG SGRSGD
Brazil MPL BrazilMPL Brazil Season 1 Champions Flag of Brazil.svg Red CanidsREDA
MPL Brazil Season 1 Runner-up Flag of Brazil.svg Keyd StarsVKB
Cambodia MPL CambodiaMPL Cambodia Season 1 Champions Flag of Cambodia.svg SeeYouSoonSYSC
CIS Mythic LeagueMML Season 2 Qualifiers Flag of the CIS.svg Natus Vincere NAVIC
Middle East M3 Arabia MajorArabia Major Qualifiers MLBB MENA region.svg GX SquadGXD
Turkey Turkish QualifiersTurkish Qualifying Team Flag of Turkey.svg BedelBDLA
Latin America LATAM ChampionshipLATAM Qualifiers Flag of Peru.svg Malvinas GamingMVGA
North America North American QualifierNorth American Qualifying Team Flag of the United States.svg BloodThirstyKingsBTKC

Rosters

  Player did not play games

Official Rosters of all Qualified Teams
TeamPlayersCoach/Manager
JungleExp LaneGold LaneMidlanerRoamer
Flag of the Philippines.svg Blacklist International [7] Wise

(Danerie James Del Rosario)

Edward (Edward Jay Dapadap)Oheb (Kiel Calvin Soriano)Dex Star (Dexter Louise Alaba)Eson (Mark Jayson Gerardo) OhMyV33Nus (Johnmar Villaluna)Hadji (Salic A. Imam)Bon Chan (Kristoffer Ed L. Ricaplaza)
Flag of the Philippines.svg ONIC Philippines [8] Kairi (Kairi Rayodelsol)Dlarskie (Gerald Trinchera)Ryota

(Nowee Cabailo)

Hatred (Jaylord Gonzales)Markyyyy (Mark Christian Etcobanez)Baloyskie (Aloy Jedric Baloy)Micophobia (Karl Mico Tarala)Beemo (Paul Ian Sergio)Yeb (Paul Denver Lintag Miranda)
Flag of Indonesia.svg ONIC Esports [9] Sanz (Gilang)Butsss (Muhammad Satrya Sanubari)CW (Calvin Winata)Drian (Adriand Larsen Wong)Maipan (Irvan Yusuf)Kiboy (Nicky Fernando)Somber (Chen Po-Heng)
Flag of Indonesia.svg RRQ Hoshi [10] Alberttt (Albert Neilsen Iskandar)R7 (Rivaldi Fatah)Xinnn (Yesaya Omega Armando Wowiling)Skylar (Schevenko David Tendean)Vynnn (Calvin)Clayyy (Deden Muhammad Nurhasan)Psychooo (Teguh Imam Firdaus)Liam (William Setiawan)Acil (Adi Syofian Asyauri)
Flag of Malaysia.svg Team SMG [11] Wynn (Muhammad Fahmi Ikhwan)Smooth (Aileff Adam)Myzer (Muhammad Hakim Mikha)Loong (Saw Kee Loong)Sasa (Lu Khai Bean)Zaim Sempoi (Muhammad Zaim)XpDEA (Mohamad Harith Aiman)Jamesss (James “Jamesss” Chen)
Flag of Malaysia.svg Todak [12] CikuGais (Muhammad Danial)Ajiq (Muhammad Amirul Raziq)Momo (Idreen Bin Abdul Jamal)4Meyz (Wan Usman)Moon (Zikry Bin Shamsuddin)Yums (Abd Qayyum)Moyy (Mohamad Farhan Wakiman)Ashi (Mohd Syazlan)
Flag of Singapore.svg EVOS SG [13] .Potato (Andrew Lim)Gear (Tristan Christopher Nathanael)Smokey (Roy Chua)Adammir (Adam Chong)Seilah (Basil Lim Dao Ze)JPL (Akihiro Furusawa)Young in (Daryl Ng Jun Da)
Flag of Singapore.svg RSG SG [14] ly4ly4ly4 (Lim Yang)DecDiablo (Yeo Wee Lun)Babycakes (Jovan Ong)Jason (Koh Wei Hao Jason)Sana (Ming Brandon)505Lolsie (Bellamy Yeov)Kayzeepi (Eugene Kong Zhen Pang)
Flag of Brazil.svg Red Canids [15] Jump Style (Abraão Santos)Akashi (Nicolas Sanches Vieira)Upa (Lucas Jose)Frostt (Matheus Santos)xManiac (Arthur Martins Nazario)Lunna (Victor Monteiro)Darkness (Diego Wellington Costa Casado)
Flag of Brazil.svg Keyd Stars [16] Kiing (Lucas Felipe Godoy)Tekashi (Arthur Nascimento)Luiizz (Luiz Henrique Alves)Prime (André Martini)Mayke (Mayke Santana)Cabral (Godman Cabral)
Flag of Cambodia.svg SeeYouSoon [17] Houx (Lim Kimhouv)Felix (Leng Kimhak)Runn (Mon Phearun)Paragon (Sam Sophanny)Ember (Sengin Bunchhay)
Flag of the CIS.svg Natus Vincere [18] Sunset Lover (Kemiran Kochkarov)Defender (Andriy Martynenko)Lil (Ruslan Degtev)Nangib (Maxim Dudich)Sawo (Stanislav Reshinak)WarBarbie (Alexandr Korystin)
MLBB MENA region.svg GX Squad [19] AmuniDar007FuujiYatoDanteeHisk
Flag of Turkey.svg Bedel [20] FarwayYunshiAlienParanoidFarwayAsmo
Flag of Peru.svg Malvinas Gaming [21] QuinnXingEidrianHarleStephe
Flag of the United States.svg BloodThirstyKings [22] MobaZane (Michael Cosgun)FwydChicknVictorZiaShark

Group Draw

The Group Draw was held on 6 November 2021, exactly one month before the tournament began, the sixteen teams that qualified for the global tournament were grouped into 4 groups of 4 teams each.

Draw on 6 November 2021 [23]
Group AGroup BGroup CGroup D
Flag of the Philippines.svg Blacklist International Flag of Indonesia.svg ONIC Esports Flag of Singapore.svg EVOS SG Flag of Indonesia.svg RRQ Hoshi
Flag of Brazil.svg Red Canids Flag of the Philippines.svg ONIC Philippines Flag of Cambodia.svg SeeYouSoon Flag of Singapore.svg RSG SG
Flag of Peru.svg Malvinas Gaming Flag of Malaysia.svg Todak Flag of the United States.svg BloodThirstyKings Flag of Malaysia.svg Team SMG
Flag of Turkey.svg Bedel Flag of Brazil.svg Keyd Stars Flag of the CIS.svg Natus Vincere MLBB MENA region.svg GX Squad

Format

Group Stage

Source: [1]

The Group Stages commenced on 6 December and concluded on 9 December 2021. All games in the group stage were in a Bo1 format. There were no teams eliminated at the end of group stages, but the upper two teams in each group qualified for the Upper Bracket playoffs, while the lower two qualified for the Lower Bracket Playoffs. [24]

Group A

PosTeamPldWLPCTQualificationBLCKBDLRDCMVG
1 Flag of the Philippines.svg Blacklist International 3301.000Upper Bracket Playoffs1–01–01–0
2 Flag of Turkey.svg Bedel312.333 [a] 0–10–11–0
3 Flag of Brazil.svg Red Canids312.333 [b] Lower Bracket Playoffs0–11–00–1
4 Flag of Peru.svg Malvinas Gaming312.333 [c] 0–10–11–0
Source: Schedule
Notes:
  1. Won tiebreaker match vs. Red Canids
  2. Won tiebreaker vs. Malvinas, lost to Bedel
  3. Lost tiebreaker semis vs. Red Canids

Tiebreaker

As there was a three-way tie in Group A, Bedel was placed in the Tiebreaker final as they had the fastest time in games won. Thus, Red Canids and Malvinas Gaming played in the Tiebreaker semifinals which loser of that match qualified for the lower bracket.

Semifinals Tiebreaker Match
A2 Flag of Turkey.svg Bedel1
A3 Flag of Brazil.svg Red Canids1A3 Flag of Brazil.svg Red Canids 0
A4 Flag of Peru.svg Malvinas Gaming 0

Group B

PosTeamPldWLPCTQualificationONIC PHTDKKEYDONIC ID
1 Flag of the Philippines.svg ONIC Philippines 321.667 [a] Upper Bracket Playoffs1–01–00–1
2 Flag of Malaysia.svg Todak321.667 [a] 0–11–01–0
3 Flag of Brazil.svg Keyd Stars312.333 [b] Lower Bracket Playoffs0–10–11–0
4 Flag of Indonesia.svg ONIC Esports 312.333 [b] 1–00–10–1
Source: Schedule
Notes:
  1. 1 2 ONIC PH 1–0 TODAK
  2. 1 2 Keyd Stars 1–0 ONIC Esports

Group C

PosTeamPldWLPCTQualificationEVOSBTKNAVISYS
1 Flag of Singapore.svg EVOS SG (H)3301.000Upper Bracket Playoffs1–01–01–0
2 Flag of the United States.svg BloodThirstyKings321.6670–11–01–0
3 Flag of the CIS.svg Natus Vincere312.333Lower Bracket Playoffs0–10–11–0
4 Flag of Cambodia.svg SeeYouSoon303.0000–10–10–1
Source: Schedule
(H) Hosts

Group D

PosTeamPldWLPCTQualificationRRQRSG SGSMGGXQ
1 Flag of Indonesia.svg RRQ Hoshi 3301.000Upper Bracket Playoffs1–01–01–0
2 Flag of Singapore.svg RSG SG (H)321.6670–11–01–0
3 Flag of Malaysia.svg Team SMG312.333Lower Bracket Playoffs0–10–11–0
4 MLBB MENA region.svg GX Squad303.0000–10–10–1
Source: Schedule
(H) Hosts
Group Matches (Bo1)
Group A MatchesGroup B MatchesGroup C MatchesGroup D Matches
Match No.TeamResultsTeamMatch No.TeamResultsTeamMatch No.TeamResultsTeamMatch No.TeamResultsTeam
1 Blacklist International Flag of the Philippines.svg 10 Flag of Brazil.svg Red Canids1ONIC Esports Flag of Indonesia.svg 10 ONIC Philippines Flag of the Philippines.svg 1EVOS SG Flag of Singapore.svg 10SeeYouSoon Flag of Cambodia.svg 1RRQ Hoshi Flag of Indonesia.svg 10Team SMG Flag of Malaysia.svg
2Malvinas Gaming Flag of Peru.svg 01Bedel Flag of Turkey.svg 2Todak Flag of Malaysia.svg 10KEYD Stars Flag of Brazil.svg 2NATUS Vincere Flag of the CIS.svg 01BTK Flag of the United States.svg 2GX Squad MLBB MENA region.svg 01RSG SG Flag of Singapore.svg
3 Blacklist International Flag of the Philippines.svg 10Bedel Flag of Turkey.svg 3ONIC Esports Flag of Indonesia.svg 01Keyd Stars Flag of Brazil.svg 3EVOS SG Flag of Singapore.svg 10BTK Flag of the United States.svg 3Team SMG Flag of Malaysia.svg 01RSG SG Flag of Singapore.svg
4 Flag of Brazil.svg Red Canids01Malvinas Gaming Flag of Peru.svg 4 ONIC Philippines Flag of the Philippines.svg 10TODAK Flag of Malaysia.svg 4SeeYouSoon Flag of Cambodia.svg 01 Natus Vincere Flag of the CIS.svg 4RRQ Hoshi Flag of Indonesia.svg 10GX Squad MLBB MENA region.svg
5 Blacklist International Flag of the Philippines.svg 10Malvinas Gaming Flag of Peru.svg 5ONIC Esports Flag of Indonesia.svg 01Todak Flag of Malaysia.svg 5EVOS SG Flag of Singapore.svg 10Natus Vincere Flag of the CIS.svg 5Team SMG Flag of Malaysia.svg 10GX Squad MLBB MENA region.svg
6 Flag of Brazil.svg Red Canids10Bedel Flag of Turkey.svg 6 ONIC Philippines Flag of the Philippines.svg 10KEYD Stars Flag of Brazil.svg 6SeeYouSoon Flag of Cambodia.svg 01BloodThirstyKings Flag of the United States.svg 6RRQ Hoshi Flag of Indonesia.svg 10RSG SG Flag of Singapore.svg

Playoffs

The first two rounds of the Lower Bracket are a Best-of-three series, and the rest of the playoffs are a Best-of-five series, except the Grand Final which was a best-of-7 series.

Bracket

Upper Bracket QuarterfinalsUpper Bracket SemifinalsUpper Bracket FinalGrand Final
Flag of the Philippines.svg Blacklist International 2
Flag of the United States.svg BloodThirstyKings3
Flag of the United States.svg BloodThirstyKings3
Flag of Singapore.svg EVOS Singapore 1
Flag of Turkey.svg Bedel1
Flag of Singapore.svg EVOS Singapore 3
Flag of the United States.svg BloodThirstyKings0
Flag of the Philippines.svg ONIC Philippines 3
Flag of the Philippines.svg ONIC Philippines 3
Flag of Singapore.svg RSG Singapore0
Flag of the Philippines.svg ONIC Philippines 3
Flag of Indonesia.svg RRQ Hoshi 0
Flag of Malaysia.svg Todak1
Flag of Indonesia.svg RRQ Hoshi 3
Flag of the Philippines.svg ONIC Philippines 0
Flag of the Philippines.svg Blacklist International 4
Lower Bracket - Round 1Lower Bracket - Round 2Lower Bracket - Round 3Lower Bracket QuarterfinalsLower Bracket SemifinalsLower Bracket Final
Flag of the Philippines.svg Blacklist Intl. 2
Flag of Indonesia.svg RRQ Hoshi 0
Flag of Malaysia.svg Team SMG0 Flag of Indonesia.svg ONIC Esports 1
Flag of the Philippines.svg Blacklist Intl. 3 Flag of the Philippines.svg Blacklist Int. 3
Flag of Indonesia.svg ONIC Esports 2
Flag of Brazil.svg Keyd Stars0 Flag of the United States.svg BloodThirstyKings1
Flag of Turkey.svg Bedel0
Flag of the Philippines.svg Blacklist Int. 3 Flag of the Philippines.svg Blacklist Int. 3
Flag of Brazil.svg Keyd Stars2 Flag of Brazil.svg Keyd Stars2
Flag of Singapore.svg EVOS SG 0
MLBB MENA region.svg GX Squad0
Flag of Singapore.svg RSG Singapore0
Flag of Singapore.svg EVOS SG 3
Flag of the CIS.svg Natus Vincere 2 Flag of the CIS.svg Natus Vincere 2
Flag of the CIS.svg Natus Vincere 2 Flag of Malaysia.svg Todak2
Flag of Peru.svg Malvinas Gaming1
Flag of Malaysia.svg Todak3
Flag of Malaysia.svg Todak2
Flag of Brazil.svg Red Canids0 Flag of Cambodia.svg SeeYouSoon1
Flag of Cambodia.svg SeeYouSoon2

Lower Bracket

The lower bracket showed an elimination round of teams during the third day of the Playoffs.

Day No. 3 (Bo3)
Match No.TeamResultTeamOutcome
1 Flag of Malaysia.svg Team SMG02 Flag of Indonesia.svg ONIC EsportsONIC Esports advances; Team SMG eliminated.
2 Flag of Brazil.svg Keyd Stars20 MLBB MENA region.svg GX SquadKeyd Stars advances; GX Squad eliminated.
3 Flag of the CIS.svg Natus Vincere21 Flag of Peru.svg Malvinas GamingNatus Vincere advances; Malvinas Gaming eliminated.
4 Flag of Brazil.svg Red Canids02 Flag of Cambodia.svg SeeYouSoonSeeYouSoon advances; Red Canids eliminated.
Day No. 4 (Bo3)
Match No.TeamResultTeamOutcome
1 Flag of the Philippines.svg Blacklist International 21 Flag of Indonesia.svg ONIC EsportsBlacklist International advances; ONIC Esports eliminated.
2 Flag of Turkey.svg Bedel02 Flag of Brazil.svg KEYD StarsKeyd Stars advances; Bedel eliminated.
3 Flag of Singapore.svg RSG SG02 Flag of the CIS.svg Natus VincereNatus Vincere advances; RSG SG eliminated.
4 Flag of Malaysia.svg TODAK21 Flag of Cambodia.svg SeeYouSoonTODAK advances;

SeeYouSoon eliminated.

Day No. 5 (Bo5)
Match No.TeamResultTeamOutcome
1 Flag of the Philippines.svg Blacklist International 30 Flag of Brazil.svg Keyd StarsBlacklist International advances; Keyd Stars eliminated.
2 Flag of the Philippines.svg ONIC Philippines 30 Flag of Indonesia.svg RRQ HoshiONIC Philippines advances; RRQ Hoshi goes to the Lower-Bracket.
Day No. 6 (Bo5)
Match No.TeamResultTeamOutcome
1 Flag of the United States.svg BloodThirstyKings31 Flag of Singapore.svg EVOSBloodThirstyKings advances; EVOS SG goes to the Lower-Bracket.
2 Flag of the CIS.svg Natus Vincere23 Flag of Malaysia.svg TodakTodak advances; Natus Vincere eliminated.
Day No. 5 (Bo5)
Match No.TeamResultTeamOutcome
1 Flag of the Philippines.svg Blacklist International 30 Flag of Brazil.svg Keyd StarsBlacklist International advances; Keyd Stars eliminated.
2 Flag of the Philippines.svg ONIC Philippines 30 Flag of Indonesia.svg RRQ HoshiONIC Philippines advances; RRQ Hoshi goes to the Lower-Bracket.
Day No. 7 (Bo5)
Match No.TeamResultTeamOutcome
1 Flag of the Philippines.svg Blacklist International 30 Flag of Indonesia.svg RRQ HoshiBlacklist International advances; RRQ Hoshi eliminated.
2 Flag of Malaysia.svg Todak23 Flag of Singapore.svg EVOSEVOS SG advances; Todak eliminated.
Day No. 8 (Bo5)
Match No.TeamResultTeamOutcome
1 Flag of the Philippines.svg ONIC Philippines 30 Flag of the United States.svg BloodThirstyKingsONIC Philippines advances to the Grand Finals; BloodthirstyKings goes to the Lower-Bracket.
2 Flag of Singapore.svg EVOS03 Flag of the Philippines.svg Blacklist International Blacklist International advances; EVOS SG eliminated.
3 Flag of the United States.svg BloodThirstyKings13 Flag of the Philippines.svg Blacklist International Blacklist International advances to the Grand Finals; BloodThirstyKings eliminated.

With the win of Blacklist International against BloodThirstyKings, they advanced to the Grand Finals, [25] making M3 the first World Tournament to be contested by the two Philippine representatives of MPL Philippines Season 8 and making the Philippines the first and, so far, only nation to win Back-to-Back World Titles for Mobile Legends: Bang Bang. The Other team would be Bren Esports [26] who won the M2 World Title in the same year.

Grand Finals

With ONIC Philippines and Blacklist International in the Grand Finals, it would be the second rematch between both teams after both teams were the eventual runner-up and Champions of MPL Philippines Season 8. The Grand Finals was held on 19 December 2021.

Game 1

19 December 2021

21:04 Match Time

Flag of the Philippines.svg ONIC Philippines 14,18, Blacklist International Flag of the Philippines.svg Suntec Singapore Convention and Exhibition Centre, Singapore
Most Kills (by its KDA)
Hatred, 6/2/2Wise, 8/3/5
Most Assists (by its KDA)
Markyyyy, 3/2/9 OhMyV33Nus, 0/2/15
Game MVP
Oheb, 5/5/10
Blacklist International leads, 1-0

Game 1 of M3 began with the introduction of the players and rosters of both teams. Blacklist International with their Championship Lineup and the "Death Lineup" called by ONIC Philippines that led them to a 9-0 contest in the Upper Bracket.

With an early lead in the early stages of the game, ONIC Philippines was destined to win the matchup after the first turtle take was immediately stolen by Kairi, however, with the amazing defense that Blacklist International brought, they would lead the series 1–0 against ONIC with Marksman Oheb with the Clint as the MVP.

Reference: [27]

Game 2

19 December 2021

13:40 Match Time

Flag of the Philippines.svg ONIC Philippines 7,19, Blacklist International Flag of the Philippines.svg Suntec Singapore Convention and Exhibition Centre, Singapore
Most Kills (by its KDA)
Markyyyy, 3/4/1Oheb, 8/1/8
Most Assists (by its KDA)
Baloyskie, 0/5/6 OhMyV33Nus, 1/1/17
Game MVP
Oheb, 8/1/8
Blacklist International leads, 2-0

Game 2 would merely shape the same drafting of heroes' in the hero pool yet changed with some tactics and plans laid down by both Coaches Yeb and Bon Chan of ONIC and Blacklist, respectively. With a great early game lead taken by ONIC Philippines, it would immediately be a turnout same as Game Number 1 as the Beatrix in OHEB began to increase its damage, severely damaging the tactics of ONIC Philippines. Blacklist International would eventually take Game 2 against ONIC.

Reference: [27]

Game 3

19 December 2021

21:07 Match Time

Flag of the Philippines.svg ONIC Philippines 17,20, Blacklist International Flag of the Philippines.svg Suntec Singapore Convention and Exhibition Centre, Singapore
Most Kills (by its KDA)
Kairi, 5/5/9Wise, 8/3/3
Most Assists (by its KDA)
Kairi, 5/5/9 OhMyV33Nus, 1/2/13
Game MVP
Edward, 5/4/7
Blacklist International leads, 3-0

Going for a double marksman lineup, Blacklist International was easily taking the lead in the early game. Yet with the counter from Baloyskie's Lolita, it seemed that it will try and close the gap of Blacklist's lead in the early game. With the first Turtle going for Kairi and the second turtle on Wise, it stays at a close match.

8 minutes into the game, ONIC Philippines made an impressive diversion play on the bottom lane after killing three out of five of Blacklist's players. With back-and-forth lead takes by both teams, Blacklist International would inevitably win Game 3 and will be needing only one more game to win the title.

Reference: [27]

Game 4

19 December 2021

13:48 Match Time

Flag of the Philippines.svg ONIC Philippines 7,15, Blacklist International Flag of the Philippines.svg Suntec Singapore Convention and Exhibition Centre, Singapore
Most Kills (by its KDA)
Baloyskie, 2/6/0

Hatred, 2/2/3 Markyyyy, 2/4/3

Oheb, 6/1/3
Most Assists (by its KDA)
Markyyyy, 2/4/3 OhMyV33Nus, 0/2/11
Game MVP
Wise, 6/0/3 (based on Statistics)
Blacklist International wins, 4-0

With a 3–0 lead, Blacklist is destined to finish the series in only 4 games yet ONIC PH would simply try to draft out Blacklist in the process, stealing the Barats and the Pharsa picks from both Wise and Hadji, respectively, as well as putting more defense and damage by Natalia. However, Blacklist would stick to the double-marksman strategy from Game 3 after the banning of Uranus of Dlarskie.

With a great damage output by the Natan-core led by Wise, alongside the impressive defense on the outer turrets by Blacklist International, they were able to finish the series in a 4–0 series sweep, the first World Championship sweep by any team in the history of MLBB World. Alongside making history for making the Philippines the first and only so-far, nation to hold back-to-back Championship titles in the M-Series. Alongside named as the "Filipino Sniper" in OHEB being crowned as Finals MVP.

Reference: [27]

Reference: [27]

  MVP of the Match

Drafting of Heroes [27]
Game No.Blacklist InternationalONIC PhilippinesOutcome
HadjiWise OhMyV33Nus EdwardOHEBDlarskieKairiMarkyyyyBaloyskieHatred
1PharsaYi-Sun ShinRafaelaUranusClintEsmeraldaLancelotLyliaMathildaBeatrixBLCK leads 1-0
2BaratsBeatrixYu ZhongYi-Sun ShinNatanPaquitoBLCK leads 2-0
3BeatrixEsmeraldaNatanUranusPharsaLolitaChouBLCK leads 3-0
4ChouNatanMathildaPaquitoBeatrixBaratsNataliaRafaelaBLCK wins 4-0

Final standings

RankTeamPrize
1
US$300,000
2
US$120,000
3
Flag of the United States.svg BloodThirstyKings
US$80,000
4
Flag of Singapore.svg EVOS SG
US$55,000
5
Flag of Malaysia.svg Todak
US$40,000
6
7
US$30,000
8
Flag of Brazil.svg Keyd Stars
9
US$15,000
10
Flag of Cambodia.svg SeeYouSoon
11
Flag of Singapore.svg RSG SG
12
Flag of Turkey.svg Bedel
13
Flag of Malaysia.svg Team SMG
US$10,000
14
Flag of Brazil.svg Red Canids
15
Flag of Peru.svg Malvinas Gaming
16
MLBB MENA region.svg GX Squad

Controversy

On 23 December 2021, circulating on Facebook was the hashtag "#WeWantEstes" [28] that was ultimately a protest hashtag by the MLBB Filipino community to Moonton for their cancellation on the creation of the Estes skin, previously picked by Finals MVP Oheb for it was their trademark hero ever since they competed in M3 alongside MPL Philippines. On the same day, Moonton released a statement stating that "We would like to clarify that the M3 Champion Skin has not yet been determined, and development is still underway". [29]

Fans of Blacklist International, who are the champions of M3, were angered and flustered about the cancellation of the Estes skin picked by the team as it was stated by player OhMyV33NUS [30] that the Estes skin would be cancelled after Moonton denied the creation of an Estes skin because it was not "marketable". Moonton has asked him for three different and alternative heroes that can ultimately be Estes' replacements which were Beatrix, Yi Sun-Shin, and Mathilda. All three trademark heroes of Blacklist International.

Ultimately on 24 December, meeting with the creative management of Moonton, alongside Tier One Entertainment's co-founders in Alodia Gosiengfiao and Tryke Gutierrez, Estes would be the official M3 Championship hero that will obtain skin from the team of Blacklist International. The announcement came with the hashtag "#WeChooseEstes".

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Awards and achievements
Preceded by MLBB World Champion
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The MLBB M3 World Champions
Succeeded by
Preceded by
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MLBB Finals MVP
Flag of the Philippines.svgKiel "OHEB" Soriano
The MLBB M3 Finals MVP
Succeeded by
Flag of the Philippines.svg Karl "KarlTzy" Nepomuceno