OHEB savage helps Blacklist take 2-1 victory over NXPE in Season 10 debut

Kiel "OHEB" Soriano registered the first savage of the tournament to help Blacklist International close out a dangerous Nexplay Evos squad, 2-1, in the Mobile Legends: Bang Bang Professional League (MPL) Philippines Season 10 on Friday.

The achievement was a fitting welcoming gift to returning duo Danerie James "Wise" Del Rosario and Johnmar "OhMyV33nus" Villaluna who skipped their Season 9 campaign.

With the return of their star duo, Blacklist easily flexed their might against NXPE taking a 4-0 killing spree by the 3rd minute led by Salic "Hadji" Imam's (Xavier) 1-0-3 KDA.

The defending world champions relied on their daunted macro strategies to easily take the 9th-minute lord to take control of the map.

OHEB (Beatrix) then flaunted his superb marksmanship, scoring a double kill off a 16th minute ambush play that shattered NXPE's defensive stand, 1-0.

In Game 2, NXPE surprised everyone with a triple-assassin-draft that surprisingly countered Johnmar "OhMyV33nus" Villaluna's signature Estes pick, leading to a lopsided NXPE 9-1 kill spread by the 5th minute.

The Paolo "Pao" Villanueva-mentored squad overwhelmed Blacklist's UBE strategy with an easy 12-minute win despite the latter fielding in their comfort meta picks. 

Blacklist then opted to dig deep in their bag with an unfamiliar jungling Natalia pick for Wise that proved effective as the popular jungler easily took a 6th minute 2-0-1 KDA.

The Tier One-backed squad worked like a well-oiled machine in the decider as their accuracy and rotations totally shut down NXPE, leading to a dominant 11-1 kill spread at the 11th minute, before OHEB took over with savage wipeout.

—MGP, GMA News