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The Philippines team, Blacklist International, surprised everyone with its outstanding performance in the Honor of Kings Championship 2024. Despite being the latest team in the HoK scene with only six months of experience, Blacklist defeated Team Secret, relegating the latter to the Lower Bracket in the Playoffs. The squad beat every opponent in the Group Stage except Dominator Esports.
Dominator Esports eventually eliminated Blacklist International from the Upper Bracket Semifinals of the Playoffs, shattering its dream of winning a $1,000,000 grand prize. Despite the heartbreak, the team left a mark in Honor of Kings Championship 2024 and earned praise for its performance.
Blacklist International shares experience on its first major tournament: Honor of Kings Championship 2024
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Sportskeeda recently had a chance to speak with Blacklist International players about their first major Honor of Kings tournament. Here’s what they recounted form Honor of Kings Championship 2024:
Q. What was your experience playing against the teams in Group Stage?
Aaron: It's been a long time since we last played a LAN tournament. Everything felt new, and I felt nervous in our first series like it was my first time playing in a LAN tournament. But in the next matches, I started to feel the presence of the stage and became confident in every game.
Q. Which team was the toughest to compete against?
Chazz: BSE because they played a lot of tournaments already, and their play is consistent.
Q. Which heroes were the hardest to counter?
Goldenk1te: Mai Shiranui because she has good mobility and is very hard to catch.
Q. What was your strategy going into the Group Stage?
Chammy1: Our strategy is to win with our normal composition so that in the playoffs we can surprise them with unusual picks.
Q. You defeated every team in the Group Stage, except Dominator Esports. What do you think went wrong against Dominator Esports?
Juschie: I think we underestimated them too much, to the point that we always threw the game against them.
