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by Drew Malihan
MAKATI - Fnatic ONIC Philippines flexes its muscles as the quintet frustrates Aurora Gaming 3-0 to book their ticket to Friday's upper bracket finals inside the Green Sun Hotel.
The Hedgehogs performed masterfully in all three games with roamer Borris "Brusko" Parro leading the charge for the rest of Anthony "Ynot" Senedrin's boys.
FNOP breezed past RORA in Game 1, clocking the fastest game this season in nine minutes and 32 seconds, with Brusko's Gatotkaca putting up 16 assists along with two kills, as he dislodged the Aurora five with clutch Avatar of the Guardian sets.
King Cyric "K1NGKONG" Perez's Suyou pick registered a game-high eight kills, while both Renejay "Renejay" Barcase and Jonard Cedrix "Demonkite" Caranto each had six deaths.
Brusko continued his near-perfect game as he grabbed a 3/2/8 KDA while sandbagging most of the damage dealt by Aurora. Midlaner Frince "Super Frince" Ramirez grabbed 2/0/11 with the Yve to continue his 100 percent win rate this season with the hero.
Marquee player Duane "Kelra" Pillas showed why he was the anointed "Gold Standard" as he put up five kills and eight assists with the Harith to end the series in a sub-13 minute Game 3 without losing a single turtle or lord in the game.
Jann Kirk "Kirk" Gutierrez had a wonderful Edith game with two kills and nine assists as Dominic "Domeng" del Mundo had a hard time with his Moskov tallying only three assists.
With the win, Fnatic ONIC PH will set their sights against Falcons AP.Bren for a spot in the M6 World Championships, while Aurora will meet rivals Blacklist International in a loser-go-home lower bracket semifinal.
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