MLBB M3 World Championship

The MLBB M3 World Championship, commonly known as M3 or the M3 World Championships was the third edition of the Mobile Legends World Championships, an esports tournament for the game Mobile Legends: Bang Bang. It was held from December 6 until its Grand Finals on December 19, 2021[1] in Suntec Singapore Convention and Exhibition Centre in Singapore.[2]

MLBB M3 World Championship
2021
Tournament information
SportMobile Legends: Bang Bang
LocationSingapore
DatesDecember 6–December 19, 2021
AdministratorMoonton
Tournament
format(s)
Double-Elimination Format (Playoffs)
Host(s) Singapore
Venue(s)Suntec Singapore Convention and Exhibition Centre
Participants16 teams
Purse$800,000 USD
Final positions
Champions Blacklist International
1st runners-up ONIC Philippines
2nd runners-up BloodThirstyKings
Tournament statistics
Matches played95
MVP Kiel Calvin "OHEB" Soriano
Most Assists Johnmar "OhMyV33nus" Villaluna
Top Region Singapore
Pro Player Albert "Alberttt" Neilsen (RRQ Hoshi)

Background

M3 is the third series of the Mobile Legends World Championship and is held on the same year as the second series was held in the same nation. M3 features 16 teams with each qualifying for their regional or national qualifiers known as the Mobile Legends: Bang Bang Professional League or MPL. These teams were all announced on the same day with its roster on November 25, 2021.[3] M3 features 11 Asian Teams, 1 North American Team, 1 Arabian-Region Team and 3 Latin American Teams.[4]

Coronavirus

The COVID-19 pandemic, was a severe challenge for the organizers of the World Championships as the venue in Singapore provided strict health regulations provided by the Government as well as the players travelling from abroad. However, on August 8, 2021, Moonton, the developer of the game Mobile Legends: Bang Bang announced and confirmed that M3 will be happening by the end of 2021.[5][6]

Qualified teams and rosters

Qualified teams

Qualifying for the M3 World Championships comes from the competing nation's Mobile Legends: Bang Bang Professional League or commonly known as "MPL". However, regional qualifiers in the CIS Region, North America, Arabia and Latin American regions were also held to broaden the reach of the Championship's teams.

The defending World Champions in Bren Esports would not be redeeming to repeat back-to-back championship titles due to them having a non-playoff contention in MPL Philippines Season 8 that was ultimately won by Blacklist International in 5 games.

Qualifiers
Region League Qualification method Team name ID Group
Philippines MPL Philippines MPL Philippines Season 8 Champions Philippines Blacklist International BLCK A
MPL Philippines Season 8 Runner-up Philippines ONIC Philippines ONIC-PH B
Indonesia MPL Indonesia MPL Indonesia Season 8 Champions Indonesia ONIC Esports ONIC B
MPL Indonesia Season 8 Runner-up Indonesia RRQ Hoshi RRQ D
Malaysia MPL Malaysia MPL Malaysia Season 8 Champions Malaysia Team SMG SMG D
MPL Malaysia Season 8 Runner-up Malaysia TODAK TDK B
Singapore MPL Singapore MPL Singapore Season 2 Champions Singapore EVOS SG EVOS C
MPL Singapore Season 2 Runner-up Singapore RSG SG RSG D
Brazil MPL Brazil MPL Brazil Season 1 Champions Brazil Red Canids RED A
MPL Brazil Season 1 Runner-up Brazil Keyd Stars VK B
Cambodia MPL Cambodia MPL Cambodia Season 1 Champions Cambodia SeeYouSoon SYS C
CIS Mythic League MML Season 2 Qualifiers Commonwealth of Independent States Natus Vincere NAVI C
Middle East M3 Arabia Major Arabia Major Qualifiers GX Squad GX D
Turkey Turkish Qualifiers Turkish Qualifying Team Turkey BEDEL BDL A
Latin America LATAM Championship LATAM Qualifiers Peru Malvinas Gaming MVG A
North America North American Qualifier North American Qualifying Team United States BloodThirstyKings BTK C

Rosters

  Player did not play games

Official Rosters of all Qualified Teams
Team Players Coach/Manager
Jungle Exp Lane Gold Lane Midlaner Roamer
Philippines Blacklist International[7] Wise.

(Danerie James Del Rosario)

 Edward (Edward Jay Dapadap) OHEB (Kiel Calvin Soriano) Dex Star (Dexter Louise Alaba) ESON (Mark Jayson Gerardo) OhMyV33NUS (Johnmar Villaluna) Hadji (Salic A. Imam) Bon Chan (Kristoffer Ed L. Ricaplaza)
Philippines ONIC Philippines[8] Kairi (Kairi Rayodelsol) Dlarskie (Gerald Trinchera) Ryota.

(Nowee Cabailo)

 Hatred. (Jaylord Gonzales) Markyyyy (Mark Christian Etcobanez) Baloyskie (Aloy Jedric Baloy) Micophobia (Karl Mico Tarala) Beemo (Paul Ian Sergio) Yeb (Paul Denver Lintag Miranda)
Indonesia ONIC Esports [9] SANZ (Gilang) BUTSSS (Muhammad Satrya Sanubari) CW (Calvin Winata) Drian (Adriand Larsen Wong) Maipan (Irvan Yusuf) Kiboy (Nicky Fernando) Somber (Chen Po-Heng)
Indonesia RRQ Hoshi [10] Alberttt (Albert Neilsen Iskandar) R7 (Rivaldi Fatah) XINNN (Yesaya Omega Armando Wowiling) Skylar (Schevenko David Tendean) VYNNN (Calvin) CLAYYY (Deden Muhammad Nurhasan) PSYCHOOO (Teguh Imam Firdaus) Liam (William Setiawan) Acil (Adi Syofian Asyauri)
Malaysia Team SMG [11] Wynn (Muhammad Fahmi Ikhwan) Smooth (Aileff Adam) Myzer (Muhammad Hakim Mikha) Loong (Saw Kee Loong) Sasa (Lu Khai Bean) Zaim Sempoi (Muhammad Zaim) XpDEA (Mohamad Harith Aiman) Jamesss (James “Jamesss” Chen)
Malaysia TODAK [12] CikuGais (Muhammad Danial) Ajiq (Muhammad Amirul Raziq) Momo (Idreen Bin Abdul Jamal) 4Meyz (Wan Usman) Moon (Zikry Bin Shamsuddin) Yums (Abd Qayyum) Moyy (Mohamad Farhan Wakiman) Ashi (Mohd Syazlan)
Singapore EVOS SG [13] .Potato (Andrew Lim) Gear (Tristan Christopher Nathanael) Smokey (Roy Chua) Adammir (Adam Chong) Seilah (Basil Lim Dao Ze) .JPL (Akihiro Furusawa) Young in (Daryl Ng Jun Da)
Singapore RSG SG [14] ly4ly4ly4 (Lim Yang) Dec Diablo (Yeo Wee Lun) babycakes (Jovan Ong) Jason (Koh Wei Hao Jason) Sana (Ming Brandon) .505 Lolsie (Bellamy Yeov) Kayzeepi (Eugene Kong Zhen Pang)
Brazil Red Canids[15] Jump Style (Abraão Santos) Akashi (Nicolas Sanches Vieira) Upa (Lucas Jose) Frostt (Matheus Santos) xManiac (Arthur Martins Nazario) Lunna (Victor Monteiro) Darkness (Diego Wellington Costa Casado)
Brazil KEYD Stars[16] Kiing (Lucas Felipe Godoy) Tekashi (Arthur Nascimento) Luiizz (Luiz Henrique Alves) Prime (André Martini) Mayke (Mayke Santana) Cabral (Godman Cabral)
Cambodia SeeYouSoon[17] HOUV (Lim Kimhouv) FELIX (Leng Kimhak) RUNN (Mon Phearun) PARAGON (Sam Sophanny) EMBER (Sengin Bunchhay)
Commonwealth of Independent States Natus Vincere[18] Sunset Lover (Kemiran Kochkarov) Defender (Andriy Martynenko) Lil (Ruslan Degtev) Nangib (Maxim Dudich) SAWO (Stanislav Reshinak) WarBarbie (Alexandr Korystin)
GXSquad[19] AMUNI DAR007 FUUJI YATO DANTEE HISK
Turkey BEDEL[20] FARWAY YUNSHI ALIEN PARANOID FARWAY ASMO
Peru MALVINAS Gaming[21] Quinn Xing Eidrian Harle Stephe
United States BTK[22] Mobazane (Michael Cosgun) FwydChickn Victor Zia Shark

Group Draw

The Group Draw was held on November 6, 2021, exactly one month before the tournament began, the sixteen teams that qualified for the global tournament were grouped into 4 groups of 4 teams each.

Draw on November 6, 2021[23]
Group A Group B Group C Group D
Philippines Blacklist International Indonesia ONIC Esports Singapore EVOS SG Indonesia RRQ Hoshi
Brazil Red Canids Philippines ONIC Philippines Cambodia SeeYouSoon Singapore RSG SG
Peru Malvinas Gaming Malaysia TODAK United States BTK Malaysia Team SMG
Turkey BEDEL Brazil Keyd Stars Commonwealth of Independent States Natus Vincere GX Squad

Format
  • Group Stage: December 6–9, 2021
    • 16 teams qualified for the event are split into four groups of 4 teams each.
    • All matches in the group stage are played in a Bo1 series.
    • The top two teams per group qualified for the Upper Bracket Playoffs
    • The bottom two teams per group qualified for the Lower Bracket Playoffs
  • Playoffs: December 11–19, 2021
    • Sixteen teams play in a double-elimination tournament.
    • Eight teams begin in the Upper Bracket, eight teams begin in the Lower Bracket.
    • Lower Bracket Rounds 1 and 2 are a Bo3 series, the rest of the playoffs were a Bo5 series, except for the Grand Final, which was a Bo7 series.

Group Stage[1]

The Group Stages commenced on December 6 and concluded on December 9, 2021. All games in the group stage were in a Bo1 format. There were no teams eliminated at the end of group stages, but the upper two teams in each group qualified for the Upper Bracket playoffs, while the lower two qualified for the Lower Bracket Playoffs.[24]

Group A
Pos Team Pld W L PCT Qualification BLCK BDL RDC MVG
1 Philippines Blacklist International 3 3 0 1.000 Upper Bracket Playoffs — 1–0 1–0 1–0
2 Turkey Bedel 3 1 2 .333[lower-alpha 1] 0–1 — 0–1 1–0
3 Brazil Red Canids 3 1 2 .333[lower-alpha 2] Lower Bracket Playoffs 0–1 1–0 — 0–1
4 Peru Malvinas Gaming 3 1 2 .333[lower-alpha 3] 0–1 0–1 1–0 —
Source: Schedule
Notes:
  1. Won tiebreaker match vs. Red Canids
  2. Won tiebreaker vs. Malvinas, lost to Bedel
  3. Lost tiebreaker semis vs. Red Canids

Tiebreaker

As there had a three-way tie in Group A, Bedel was placed in the Tiebreaker final as they had the fastest time in games won. Thus, Red Canids and Malvinas Gaming played in the Tiebreaker semifinals which loser of that match qualified for the lower bracket.

Semifinals Tiebreaker Match
Turkey Bedel 1
Brazil Red Canids 1 Brazil Red Canids 0
Peru Malvinas Gaming 0

Group B
Pos Team Pld W L PCT Qualification ONIC PH TDK KEYD ONIC ID
1 Philippines ONIC Philippines 3 2 1 .667[lower-alpha 1] Upper Bracket Playoffs — 1–0 1–0 0–1
2 Malaysia TODAK 3 2 1 .667[lower-alpha 1] 0–1 — 1–0 1–0
3 Brazil Keyd Stars 3 1 2 .333[lower-alpha 2] Lower Bracket Playoffs 0–1 0–1 — 1–0
4 Indonesia ONIC Esports 3 1 2 .333[lower-alpha 2] 1–0 0–1 0–1 —
Source: Schedule
Notes:
  1. ONIC PH 1–0 TODAK
  2. Keyd Stars 1–0 ONIC Esports

Group C
Pos Team Pld W L PCT Qualification EVOS BTK NAVI SYS
1 Singapore EVOS SG (H) 3 3 0 1.000 Upper Bracket Playoffs — 1–0 1–0 1–0
2 United States BloodThirstyKings (BTK) 3 2 1 .667 0–1 — 1–0 1–0
3 Commonwealth of Independent States Natus Vincere 3 1 2 .333 Lower Bracket Playoffs 0–1 0–1 — 1–0
4 Cambodia SeeYouSoon 3 0 3 .000 0–1 0–1 0–1 —
Source: Schedule
(H) Hosts

Group D
Pos Team Pld W L PCT Qualification RRQ RSG SG SMG GXQ
1 Indonesia RRQ Hoshi 3 3 0 1.000 Upper Bracket Playoffs — 1–0 1–0 1–0
2 Singapore RSG SG (H) 3 2 1 .667 0–1 — 1–0 1–0
3 Malaysia Team SMG 3 1 2 .333 Lower Bracket Playoffs 0–1 0–1 — 1–0
4 GX Squad 3 0 3 .000 0–1 0–1 0–1 —
Source: Schedule
(H) Hosts
Group Matches (Bo1)
Group A Matches Group B Matches Group C Matches Group D Matches
Match No. Team Results Team Match No. Team Results Team Match No. Team Results Team Match No. Team Results Team
1 Blacklist International Philippines 1 0 Brazil Red Canids 1 ONIC Esports Indonesia 1 0 ONIC PhilippinesPhilippines 1 EVOS SG Singapore 1 0 SeeYouSoon Cambodia 1 RRQ HoshiIndonesia 1 0 Team SMG Malaysia
2 Malvinas Gaming Peru 0 1 Bedel Turkey 2 TODAK Malaysia 1 0 KEYD Stars Brazil 2 NATUS Vincere Commonwealth of Independent States 0 1 BTK United States 2 GX Squad 0 1 RSG SG Singapore
3 Blacklist InternationalPhilippines 1 0 Bedel Turkey 3 ONIC Esports Indonesia 0 1 KEYD Stars Brazil 3 EVOS SG Singapore 1 0 BTK United States 3 Team SMG Malaysia 0 1 RSG SG Singapore
4 Brazil Red Canids 0 1 Malvinas Gaming Peru 4 ONIC PhilippinesPhilippines 1 0 TODAK Malaysia 4 SeeYouSoon Cambodia 0 1 NATUS Vincere Commonwealth of Independent States 4 RRQ HoshiIndonesia 1 0 GX Squad
5 Blacklist InternationalPhilippines 1 0 Malvinas Gaming Peru 5 ONIC Esports Indonesia 0 1 TODAK Malaysia 5 EVOS SG Singapore 1 0 NATUS Vincere Commonwealth of Independent States 5 Team SMG Malaysia 1 0 GX Squad
6 Brazil Red Canids 1 0 Bedel Turkey 6 ONIC PhilippinesPhilippines 1 0 KEYD Stars Brazil 6 SeeYouSoon Cambodia 0 1 BTK United States 6 RRQ HoshiIndonesia 1 0 RSG SG Singapore

Playoffs

The first two rounds of the Lower Bracket are a Best-of-three series, the rest of the playoffs are a Best-of-five series, except the Grand Final which was a best-of-7 series.

Bracket
Upper Bracket QuarterfinalsUpper Bracket SemifinalsUpper Bracket FinalGrand Final
Philippines Blacklist International2
United States BloodThirstyKings3
United States BloodThirstyKings3
Singapore EVOS Singapore1
Turkey Bedel1
Singapore EVOS Singapore3
United States BloodThirstyKings0
Philippines ONIC Philippines3
Philippines ONIC Philippines3
Singapore RSG Singapore0
Philippines ONIC Philippines3
Indonesia RRQ Hoshi0
Malaysia TODAK1
Indonesia RRQ Hoshi3
Philippines ONIC Philippines0
Philippines Blacklist Intl.4
Lower Bracket - Round 1Lower Bracket - Round 2Lower Bracket - Round 3Lower Bracket QuarterfinalsLower Bracket SemifinalsLower Bracket Final
Philippines Blacklist Intl.2
Indonesia RRQ Hoshi0
Malaysia Team SMG0Indonesia ONIC Esports1
Philippines Blacklist Intl.3Philippines Blacklist Intl.3
Indonesia ONIC Esports2
Brazil KEYD Stars0United States BloodThirstyKings1
Turkey Bedel0
Philippines Blacklist Intl.3Philippines Blacklist Intl.3
Brazil KEYD Stars2Brazil KEYD Stars2
Singapore EVOS Singapore0
GX Squad0
Singapore RSG Singapore0
Singapore EVOS Singapore3
Commonwealth of Independent States Natus Vincere2Commonwealth of Independent States Natus Vincere2
Commonwealth of Independent States Natus Vincere2Malaysia TODAK2
Peru Malvinas Gaming1
Malaysia TODAK3
Malaysia TODAK2
Brazil Red Canids0Cambodia SeeYouSoon1
Cambodia SeeYouSoon2

Lower Bracket

The Lower-Bracket showed an elimination round of teams during the Third Day of the Playoffs.

Day No. 3 (Bo3)
Match No. Team Result Team Outcome
1 Malaysia Team SMG 0 2 Indonesia ONIC Esports ONIC Esports advances; Team SMG eliminated.
2 Brazil KEYD Stars 2 0 GX Squad KEYD Stars advances; GX Squad eliminated.
3 Commonwealth of Independent States NATUS Vincere 2 1 Peru MALVINAS Gaming NATUS Vincere advances; MALVINAS Gaming eliminated.
4 Brazil Red Canids 0 2 Cambodia SeeYouSoon SeeYouSoon advances; Red Canids eliminated.
Day No. 4 (Bo3)
Match No. Team Result Team Outcome
1 Philippines Blacklist International 2 1 Indonesia ONIC Esports Blacklist International advances; ONIC Esports eliminated.
2 Turkey BEDEL 0 2 Brazil KEYD Stars KEYD Stars advances; BEDEL eliminated.
3 Singapore RSG SG 0 2 Commonwealth of Independent States NATUS Vincere NATUS Vincere advances; RSG SG eliminated.
4 Malaysia TODAK 2 1 Cambodia SeeYouSoon TODAK advances;

SeeYouSoon eliminated.

Day No. 5 (Bo5)
Match No. Team Result Team Outcome
1 Philippines Blacklist International 3 0 Brazil KEYD Stars Blacklist International advances; KEYD Stars eliminated.
2 Philippines ONIC Philippines 3 0 Indonesia RRQ Hoshi ONIC Philippines advances; RRQ Hoshi goes to the Lower-Bracket.
Day No. 6 (Bo5)
Match No. Team Result Team Outcome
1 United States BTK 3 1 Singapore EVOS BTK advances; EVOS SG goes to the Lower-Bracket.
2 Commonwealth of Independent States NATUS Vincere 2 3 Malaysia TODAK TODAK advances; NATUS Vincere eliminated.
Day No. 5 (Bo5)
Match No. Team Result Team Outcome
1 Philippines Blacklist International 3 0 Brazil KEYD Stars Blacklist International advances; KEYD Stars eliminated.
2 Philippines ONIC Philippines 3 0 Indonesia RRQ Hoshi ONIC Philippines advances; RRQ Hoshi goes to the Lower-Bracket.
Day No. 7 (Bo5)
Match No. Team Result Team Outcome
1 Philippines Blacklist International 3 0 Indonesia RRQ Hoshi Blacklist International advances; RRQ Hoshi eliminated.
2 Malaysia TODAK 2 3 Singapore EVOS EVOS SG advances; TODAK eliminated.
Day No. 8 (Bo5)
Match No. Team Result Team Outcome
1 Philippines ONIC Philippines 3 0 United States BTK ONIC Philippines advances to the Grand Finals; BTK goes to the Lower-Bracket.
2 Singapore EVOS 0 3 Philippines Blacklist International Blacklist International advances; EVOS SG eliminated.
3 United States BTK 1 3 Philippines Blacklist International Blacklist International advances to the Grand Finals; BTK eliminated.

With the win of Blacklist International against BTK, they advanced to the Grand Finals,[25] making M3 the first World Tournament to be contested by the two Philippine representatives of MPL Philippines Season 8 and making the Philippines the first and, so far, only nation to win Back-to-Back World Titles for Mobile Legends: Bang Bang. The Other team would be Bren Esports[26] who won the M2 World Title in the same year.

Grand Finals

With ONIC Philippines and Blacklist International in the Grand Finals, it would be the second rematch between both teams after both teams were the eventual runner-up and Champions of MPL Philippines Season 8. The Grand Finals was held on December 19, 2021.

Game 1
December 19, 2021

21:04 Match Time

 Philippines ONIC Philippines 14, 18, Blacklist International Philippines Suntec Singapore Convention and Exhibition Centre, Singapore
Most Kills (by its KDA)
Hatred, 6/2/2 Wise, 8/3/5
Most Assists (by its KDA)
MARKYYYY, 3/2/9 OhMyV33NUS, 0/2/15
Game MVP
OHEB, 5/5/10
Blacklist International leads, 1-0

Game 1 of M3 began with the introduction of the players and rosters of both teams. Blacklist International with their Championship Lineup and the "Death Lineup" called by ONIC Philippines that led them in a 9-0 contest in the Upper-Bracket.

With an early lead in the Early Stages of the Game, ONIC Philippines was destined to win the matchup after the first turtle take was immediately stolen by Kairi, however, with the amazing defense that Blacklist International brought, they would lead the series 1–0 against ONIC with Marksman OHEB with the Clint as the MVP.

Reference:[27]

Game 2
December 19, 2021

13:40 Match Time

 Philippines ONIC Philippines 7, 19, Blacklist International Philippines Suntec Singapore Convention and Exhibition Centre, Singapore
Most Kills (by its KDA)
MARKYYY, 3/4/1 OHEB, 8/1/8
Most Assists (by its KDA)
BALOYSKIE, 0/5/6 OhMyV33NUS, 1/1/17
Game MVP
OHEB, 8/1/8
Blacklist International leads, 2-0

Game 2 would merely shape the same drafting of heroes' in the hero pool yet changed with some tactics and plans laid down by both Coaches Yeb and Bon Chan of ONIC and Blacklist, respectively. With a great early game lead take by ONIC Philippines, it would immediately be a turnout same as Game Number 1 as the Beatrix in OHEB began to increase its damage, severely damaging the tactics of ONIC Philippines. Blacklist International would eventually take Game 2 against ONIC.

Reference:[27]

Game 3
December 19, 2021

21:07 Match Time

 Philippines ONIC Philippines 17, 20, Blacklist International Philippines Suntec Singapore Convention and Exhibition Centre, Singapore
Most Kills (by its KDA)
KAIRI, 5/5/9 WISE, 8/3/3
Most Assists (by its KDA)
KAIRI, 5/5/9 OhMyV33NUS, 1/2/13
Game MVP
EDWARD, 5/4/7
Blacklist International leads, 3-0

Going for a double marksman-lineup, Blacklist International was easily taking the lead in the early game. Yet with the counter from Baloyskie's Lolita, it seemed that it will try and close the gap of Blacklist's lead in the early game. With the first Turtle going for Kairi and the second turtle on Wise, it stays at a close match.

8 minutes into the game, ONIC Philippines made an impressive diversion play on the bottom lane after killing three out of five of Blacklist's players. With back-and-forth lead takes by both teams, Blacklist International would inevitably win Game 3 and will be needing only one more game to win the title.

Reference:[27]

Game 4
December 19, 2021

13:48 Match Time

 Philippines ONIC Philippines 7, 15, Blacklist International Philippines Suntec Singapore Convention and Exhibition Centre, Singapore
Most Kills (by its KDA)
BALOYSKIE, 2/6/0

HATRED, 2/2/3 MARKYYY, 2/4/3

 OHEB, 6/1/3
Most Assists (by its KDA)
MARKYYYY, 2/4/3 OhMyV33NUS, 0/2/11
Game MVP
WISE, 6/0/3 (based on Statistics)
Blacklist International wins, 4-0

With a 3–0 lead, Blacklist is destined to finish the series in only 4 games yet ONIC PH would simply try to draft out Blacklist in the process, stealing the Barats and the Pharsa picks from both Wise and Hadji, respectively, as well as putting more defense and damage by Natalia. However, Blacklist would stick to the double-marksman strategy from Game 3 after the banning of Uranus of Dlarskie.

With a great damage output by the Natan-core led by Wise, alongside the impressive defense on the outer-turrets by Blacklist International, they were able to finish the series in a 4–0 series sweep, the first World Championship sweep by any team in the history of MLBB World. Alongside making history for making the Philippines the first and only so-far, nation to hold back-to-back Championship titles in the M-Series. Alongside named as the "Filipino Sniper" in OHEB being crowned as Finals MVP.

Reference:[27]

Reference:[27]

  MVP of the Match

Drafting of Heroes[27]
Game No. Blacklist International ONIC Philippines Outcome
Hadji Wise. OhMyV33NUS Edward OHEB Dlarskie Kairi Markyyyy Baloyskie Hatred
1 Pharsa Yi-Sun Shin Rafaela Uranus Clint Esmeralda Lancelot Lylia Mathilda Beatrix BLCK leads 1-0
2 Barats Beatrix Yu Zhong Yi-Sun Shin Natan Paquito BLCK leads 2-0
3 Beatrix Esmeralda Natan Uranus Pharsa Lolita Chou BLCK leads 3-0
4 Chou Natan Mathilda Paquito Beatrix Barats Natalia Rafaela BLCK wins 4-0

Final standings
Rank Team Prize
1
US$300,000
2
US$120,000
3
BTK
US$80,000
4
EVOS SG
US$55,000
5
Todak
US$40,000
6
7
NATUS Vincere
US$30,000
8
KEYD Stars
9
ONIC Esports
US$15,000
10
SeeYouSoon
11
RSG SG
12
BEDEL
13
Team SMG
US$10,000
14
Red Canids
15
MALVINAS Gaming
16
GX Squad

Controversy

On 23 December 2021, circulating on Facebook was the hashtag "#WeWantEstes"[28] that was ultimately a protest hashtag by the MLBB Filipino community to Moonton for their cancellation on the creation of the Estes skin, previously picked by Finals MVP OHEB for it was their trademark hero ever since they competed in M3 alongside MPL Philippines. On the same day, Moonton released a statement stating that "We would like to clarify that the M3 Champion Skin has not yet been determined, and development is still underway".[29]

Fans of Blacklist International, whom are the champions of M3, were angered and flustered about the cancellation of the Estes skin picked by the team as it was stated by player OhMyV33NUS[30] that the Estes skin would may be cancelled after Moonton denied the creation of an Estes skin because it was not "marketable". Moonton has asked him three different and alternative heroes that can ultimately be Estes' replacement which was the Beatrix, Yi Sun-Shin and Mathilda. All three trademark heroes of Blacklist International.

Ultimately on 24 December, meeting with the creative management of Moonton, alongside Tier One Entertainment's co-founders in Alodia Gosiengfiao and Tryke Gutierrez, Estes would be the official M3 Championship hero that will obtain a skin by the team of Blacklist International. The announcement came with the hashtag "#WeChooseEstes".

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