Fnatic ONIC PH plays Layla, beats BTK to grab Knockout Stage slot

Fnatic ONIC PH played the most basic and arguably the squishiest hero in Mobile Legends to beat BloodThirstyKings en route to securing a slot in the Knockout Stage of the M6 World Championship in Kuala Lumpur.

Fnatic ONIC PH's gold laner Duane "Kelra" Pillas played Layla in the opening stanza, where he scored a 5/0/4 KDA and was named MVP. BTK evened the score, but the Filipinos emerged ultimately victorious following a dominant performance in Game 3.

"There were definitely a lot of conditions attached to it," answered Fnatic ONIC PH coach Anthony "YnoT" Senedrin when asked about the Layla pick.

"But the range and the Malefic Gun, I think, were an advantage that Layla has over Bruno. And it was Kelra using the hero, so it was a good choice."

Now a step closer to its world championship dream and the lion's share of the $1,000,000 prize pool, Fnatic ONIC PH joins RRQ Hashi in awaiting the other six teams that will make it to the next stage of the tournament.