Todak
Todak
Asia-Pacific
Rank #9
theDoctorr
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Arsyad Sazali
SENNA
bbalto0o
subbey
Shamir Zaman
have won First Strike: Malaysia & Singapore after defeating Team
Team SMG
Team SMG
Asia-Pacific
Rank #3
Egoist
Javier Chua
JdFaker
Joshua Fok
ZesBeeW
Sha Mohtar
falfalfal
Alex Cheang
LEXY
Jun Hao Xavier
in a hotly contested 3-2 grand final.
First Strike: Malaysia & Singapore included multiple new and upcoming teams attempting to secure a spot in the regional playoffs against the likes of established teams such as
Todak
Todak
Asia-Pacific
Rank #9
theDoctorr
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Arsyad Sazali
SENNA
bbalto0o
subbey
Shamir Zaman
,
Team SMG
Team SMG
Asia-Pacific
Rank #3
Egoist
Javier Chua
JdFaker
Joshua Fok
ZesBeeW
Sha Mohtar
falfalfal
Alex Cheang
LEXY
Jun Hao Xavier
,
Reality Rift
Reality Rift
Asia-Pacific
Rank #26
Maskon
Justin Adams
Spyko
Rochino Belial
Freyr
artn
Salvestro
Jinggg
,
Kingsmen
Kingsmen
Asia-Pacific
Rank #116
nomfu
Ammar Aliff Bin Amir
1van
Kok Mun Hong
zeeq
Muhammad Hazeeq bin Shammim
Justa
Ooi Zhen Loong
Riza
Sirajul Azrie Bin Sirajul Adly
, and
Paper Rex
Paper Rex
Asia-Pacific
Rank #54
benaf
Benedict Tan Xue Yu
FANE
Donovan Chia
Retla
Jorell Teo
, who later withdrew due to roster issues stemming from player contract breaches.
While Todak breezed through their first match of the Regional Finals, they were sent to the lower bracket by Team SMG, who defeated them in the Upper Semifinals in a dominant performance on both Split and Ascent.
Facing elimination, Todak proceeded to defeat Running Dogs and were the beneficiaries of a
Las Venturas
Las Venturas
Asia-Pacific
Rank #38
MSRw0w
Matthew Shim
niqow0w
Nigel Goh
Liquid
James Yap
forfeit to make it to the Lower Bracket Finals against Reality Rift. Todak won the first map Split in overtime, but Reality Rift kept the series competitive by winning Bind to force a game three. In the decider, Todak proved a better team and secured their grand finals spot by defeating Reality Rift.
In the opening game of the finals at Bind, Todak took the map 13-9 after an attempted comeback from Team SMG. Team SMG however bounced back in game 2 and proceeded to tie up the series. Undaunted, Todak pulled out a surprise Cypher and Reyna pick to win 13-9 and take a 2-1 series lead.
Despite Todak having the series point, Team SMG remained resilient and countered Todak's aggressive lineup by pulling out Killjoy in game 4 and won 13-8 to force a game 5.
Todak then completed the cycle by going all-out with an unorthodox lineup featuring Brimstone, Raze, and Breach, which led them to claim the final map and close out the series 3-2.