EXPLAINER: Here’s why Onic PH and Blacklist’s strategies are working

EXPLAINER: Here’s why Onic PH and Blacklist’s strategies are working
Publish Date 13 Sep 2021
Author CARLOS PINEDA

BOASTING a 4-0 series record in the 8th season of the MPL-PH, both Onic PH and Blacklist International are currently unbeaten in the first two weeks of S8. What’s interesting about both teams are their contrasting identities. It’s a heated battle between tactical philosophies: Onic’s preference for a slow and calculated objective-taking strategy, Blacklist’s aggressive teamfight oriented approach.

Besides their varying strategies, these teams also feature former teammates becoming rivals. Remember back in Season 4, when Johnmar

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Louis Figo
- 3 years ago
- 3yrs
There are so very kind all team
Hera Gutierrez
- 3 years ago
- 3yrs
You really think you are a better analyst than the strategists of each team? Perhaps you are right with ONIC PH's strategy. However, no one will ever break the code of Blacklist International. Most of these teams, in one way or the other, hold a homophobic attitude towards Veenus. They are in denial that an honest person living in colors is better than most of them. Ask them which team they are looking forward for a match-up and no one will pick Blacklist. Former EXE, on the other hand, devised a series of "friendly scrimmages" with Blacklist during MSC to get familiarized with BLCK's strat for EXE, bearing in mind that they must protect their goal to win at least one crown they have been longing all throughout their careers. But in order to achieve that, they must beat the crown bearer. Blacklist International didn't care much about MSC. They just won MPL PH S7 with a winning streak, losing a series only to BREN Esports, for about three months, including pre-MPL practices. It was exhausting, and it was okay for them for EXE, their "new friends", to have the MSC crown they deserve (BLCK thought they were friends). So both will have something to celebrate as friends and as Filipinos. Then post-MSC2021 came, then the Kelra issue came, true colors are meant to show whether we like it or not. The unexpected is always expected at the unexpected time. Damage has been done, truth about fake friendship or friendship with vested interest really hurts. But that is called life. But Veenus and Blacklist International dealt the issue with grace, intelligence, and compassion. So you think you can break the code? Not in a million years.