Successfully Fighting The Philippines, Indonesia World Mobile Legends Esport Champion

Indonesian Mobile Legend Esport Team/ Photo: Antara

JAKARTA - The Indonesian Mobile Legends national team: Bang-Bang (MLBB) won the title in the Bali 14th World Esports Championship 2022 after defeating the Philippines, Sunday, December 12.

Competing at Earth Stage, Disastering, Nusa Dua, Bali, Indonesia beat the Philippines 3-0 in the best of five match or looking for players who won three games first.

The Indonesian national team, reinforced by Rachmad "Dreams" Wahyudi, Darrel Jovanco "Tazz" Wijaya, Jabran Bagus "Branz" Wiloko, Rizqi "Saykots" Damank, and Dalvin "Hijumee" Ramadhan, got a point game because they managed to secure the place first in the Grand Final.

Meanwhile, the Philippines fielded Johnmar Villaluna alias OhMyV33nus, Edward Jay DApadap alias Edward, Kiel Calvin Q. Soriano alias Soriano, Danerie James Del Rosario alias Wise, and Salic Alauya Imam alias Hadji.

The Philippines tried to play aggressively at the start of the match getting the first point kill through Imam's first blood in the first minute. However, Indonesia responded strongly to the attack through a double kill from Dreams.

The first game was very tight, until the 12th minute it became a momentum for Indonesia to take the lead when it got theten. The Red and White Team became increasingly dominant in the 16th minute while securing the▁ukuran.

With the help ofTEN, Indonesia carried out an attack on the base of the Philippines in the 17th minute with Hijumee committing a double kill, which was executed further by Branz with a triple kill to destroy the opponent's base.

Branz who became MVP with eight kills, without dying, and six assists took Indonesia 2-0 up.

The second game is the determinant for Indonesia to win the title. The Philippines played aggressively by attacking the Indonesian team in the early game.

Indonesia managed to secure turtle, but it was not enough to block the country's team from the orient. Until finally the 17th minute became a momentum for Indonesia when it got theik.

Entering the late game with▁kebenarans makes Indonesia feel confident, while the Philippines is not willing to just hand over the game to Indonesia. Villaluna and friends stole approvals to make it difficult for the Red and White team to move.

The 23rd minute when Dreams intensified killing seeds became a moment for Indonesia to restore conditions. Indonesia then succeeded in overthrowing four Filipino players, until finally winning the game 3-0.

"Thank you for supporting us to be able to win like this. Hopefully, Indonesia's esports in the future will continue to grow, not only Mobile Legends but everything," said Branz.

"This is the first time we have played the grand final moment on a big stage, especially on behalf of Indonesia, it has become unforgettable," he added.

With the victory of the MLBB national team, Indonesia won three gold in the world esports championship, two other gold from the DOTA 2 and eFootbaall games, and one bronze from CS:GO women.