Talon Esports support player Carlo "Kuku" Palad. Photo from Talon Esports/Facebook
MANILA, Philippines – Philippines-based Dota 2 organization Talon Esports has made it to the PGL Wallachia Season 3, a $1-million tournament in Bucharest.
This, as Carlo "Kuku" Palad, John "Natsumi" Vargas, and the rest of the team made fast work of Boom Esports, the squad of fellow Pinoys Timothy "TIMS" Randrup, Mc Nicholson "Mac" Villanueva, and Jaunuel "Jaunuel" Arcilla, 3-0, in the grand finals of the Southeast Asia closed qualifiers, Wednesday.
This was a contrasting result the last time the two squads faced each other, as Boom was triumphant against Talon in the regional qualifiers of DreamLeague Season 25.
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Talon made sure to exact its revenge, as Kuku and Natsumi got the job done this time around.
Leading by a massive amount of gold and momentum, Talon was patient in closing out the series in Game 3 and waited for its timings and the right time to push, despite Indonesian Rafli "Mikoto" Fathur Rahman's Sniper dominating the whole game.
The team finally clinched the spot after a successful skirmish at the top lane, wiping out the Boom heroes en route to the "good game" calls at the 46-minute mark.
They will join Aurora Gaming, the home of Abed "Abed" Yusop and Jinn Marrey "Palos" Lamatao, as they were directly invited to the tournament.
The Bucharest-based PGL Wallachia takes place from March 8 to 16. A whooping $300,000 awaits the grand champions, gaining the lion's share of the million-dollar esports contest.