For the last year HoN Tour has promoted competitive play at all levels, and in all parts of the world. While each region has their own localized competitions, the worldwide season has been leading up to one thing - the crowning of a World Champion. The upcoming HoN Tour World Finals will showcase talents from the three main regions: four teams from Southeast Asia, three from North America and Europe, and the pride of the CIS region. Over $150,000 is on the line in the three day event, so lets meet the teams competing for the largest prize pool in Heroes of Newerth history.
Achievements
1st - DreamHack Winter 2025 Thai Qualifiers
2nd - Thai HoN Tour
2nd - SEA HoN Tour Playoffs
2nd - SEA HoN Tour Cycle 1
2nd - SEA HoN Tour Cycle 3
2nd - SEA HoN Tour Cycle 4
4th - Garena Star League 2025
SEA HoN Tour, Rank 2 Overall Standings
Roster
ColorX - Captain/Jungle - Thailand
Chitawan`X - Middle - Thailand
BomRashapol - Support - Thailand
O7T-V1 - Suicide - Thailand
duiqu -Carry - Thailand
Road to Thailand
For one of the best and most consistent Thai teams, the road to their home event might not look so long, but the team around Chitawan`X has gone through ups and downs since they sprung into the llimelight in the Winter of 2025. Back then the Thai region was widely unknown and the boys from Team MR were all the hype going into the DreamHack Winter 2025 festivities. As the first time from Thailand to enter the international tournament scene noone knew what to make of the squad during their first trip to Sweden. Ultimately their performance was eclipsed by fellow SEA participants Orange eSports, as they become the first SEA team to reach the Top 4 of a DreamHack event. As one of the only teams in the tournament to take a map from Champion Trademark eSports, they certainly did not go home unnoticed. Additionally they tied against the fan favorite squad of QsQ, and edged out a win over the Brazilian cinderella story of the event, vTi Dynasty. The team was able to put up a fight against near anyone, finishing with only a single 0-2 shutout at the hands of the venerable Tt eSPORTS squad.
After the trip to Thailand the team changed their brand, swapped some players, and ultimately, forged their own success. With Made in Thailand.Sorry Sorry taking head-to-head matchups against MRR in the Thai HoN Tour and Garena Star League they MiTH squad emerged as the dominant Thai team. While the matches went on Chitawan`X and his boys were lurking among the top teams, ready to pounce at an opportunity. Unfortunately for them the opportunities to make a jump grew less and less frequent as the small pedestal at the top of the Thai HoN scene grew more crowded. It was not just MiTH.s2y that posed a problem for MRR, as teams like Turtle Master and KaiD grew stronger, looking to overthrow the “old establishment” - something that occurred in small doses in the Thai HoN Tour.
The big pounce finally came in the Thai HoN Tour Grand Finals event, in which TurM struggled, KaiD disappointed, leaving a clear path to the Grand Final on the big stage of an IMAX theater. Chitawan`X and company walked right through that door and straight into the Grand Finals, where they claimed the first runner-up position, making them a huge comeback story in the HoN-crazed region.
The narrative has not changed much since then; MRR is still a top team, but they have never taken the step to become the absolute best. Throughout the SEA HoN Tour cycles they were around the top spots, although they were never even close to clinching the Regular Season Championship. More often than not they were on the verge of being pushed out of the playoff spots, only to then push the pedal to the metal in the actual postseason. It’s not a coincidence that Neo.MRR only ranks third in most points scored throughout the regular season - with Made in Thailand.Sorry Sorry a close fourth after playing one cycle less. The focus of the MRR squad was always the postseason; an area in which they delivered every single time. As one of only three teams to have reached the playoffs all four times and one of only two teams to have reached the Grand Finals of those playoffs three times they are certainly in elite company.
Notably absent from those impressive numbers is the glaring “0” in the column of G-League Championships. With the most postseason victories in the entire G-League they had their certainly had their impact, but they always had to witness their rivals hoisting the virtual trophy of the highest HoN division in all of Southeast Asia. Only a good outing at the HoN Tour World Finals can make up for their past inability to close out tournaments. Bangkok will once more be an opportunity for Neo.MRR to battle for the Thai crown, but an opportunity for redemption.
Thailand?
The cliche about HoN teams from SEA has always been their mechanical ability to turn a game all by themselves, a truly impressive skill, especially when contrasted with their lack of fundamentals in drafting, tactics, and team play. Neolution eSports.MRR fits some of those categories, but not all of them. Certainly the individual players like Chitawan`X, duiqu, or BomRashapol are incredibly gifted, boasting a huge amount of mechanical skill to carry their team out of bad situations.
In terms of drafting , Neo.MRR has several heroes frequently used in the North American and European in their own “most used” column, but they are also determined, like many SEA teams, to make Soulstealer and Bushwhack viable on the carry role. In all other departments it’s business as usual with staple picks on suicide, support or the mid lane, which gives them no edge in terms of crazy surprise factor over the dominant NA/EU teams.
One area in which they might find that edge is in the aggression department. The Neo.MRR squad is one known to willingly take risks, sometimes at great cost. In general that is something that the SEA scene is known for, with a more gank-oriented approach to the game. Their most glaring deficit might be something recently exposed - resource control. MRR and other teams from Thailand and that region have showcased a greater desire to kill heroes than to kill towers as a five man squad. Against experienced teams that are able to avoid fights and pick offs, while forcing down early towers the Thai squad may just fall apart in coordination and individual decision making, Only time will tell if they can they make a better impression in front of their home crowd.
