Group Liquid sends Onic Indonesia house to punch MSC Grand Finals ticket

Group Liquid continued its dream run within the 2025 Cell Legends: Bang Bang Mid-Season Cup, booting Onic Indonesia with a 3-1 win of their heavyweight semifinals showdown on Friday in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.

The Philippine bets now head to the finale showdown in opposition to a minimum of reigning MSC champions Selangor Pink Giants (SRG) of Malaysia in a best-of-seven duel on Saturday at 7 p.m. (Manila time).

It was a collective effort for the Filipinos with jungler Karl “KarlTzy” Nepomuceno (Hayabusa) and gold laner Kiel “Oheb” Soriano (Harith) each unleashing unblemished KDAs to guide the Recreation 1 romp.

Onic saved Recreation 2 tight with mid laner SANZ making probably the most out of his Yve decide, sniping Oheb (Granger) and Jaypee “Jaypee” Dela Cruz (Hylos) through the essential Twenty fifth-minute conflict that additionally resulted in two extra Group Liquid casualties.

However even with solely mid laner Alston “Sanji” Pabico left alive, Group Liquid pulled off a gutsy tower lock with the assistance of the Lord to safe a 2-0 sequence benefit for the Cavalry.

Onic, although, would flip issues round in Recreation 3 after a shock Estes decide for Kiboy because the Indonesian champions remained alive. 

Sanji then took over late in Recreation 4 after his masterful performs on Zhuxin that led to a pivotal five-man wipeout for Onic Indonesia, steering the Philippines to yet one more finals stint. 

“In fact, the primary is the love for the sport and having enjoyable, that is the extra essential factor to me proper now. I am having enjoyable in taking part in, that is what retains me motivated,” KarlTzy, who has but to seize an MSC title regardless of an completed skilled profession, mentioned.

“For me, I haven’t got something with SRG however I wanna beat coach Arcadia.”

Group Liquid will now look to dethrone SRG, which earlier eradicated one other Philippine consultant in Onic Philippines with a nail-biting 3-2 victory. 

—JKC, GMA Built-in Information

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