Todak Todak Asia-Pacific Rank #52 fishball Muhammad Nabil Shazwan toggle Darwish Hakim kye Hazim Salihuddin aduka Muhammad Arsyad Sazali kael Tarmizi Rusli have won First Strike: Malaysia & Singapore after defeating Team SMG Team SMG Inactive 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 #52 fishball Muhammad Nabil Shazwan toggle Darwish Hakim kye Hazim Salihuddin aduka Muhammad Arsyad Sazali kael Tarmizi Rusli , Team SMG Team SMG Inactive , Reality Rift Reality Rift Inactive Maskon Justin Paterson Adams Spyko Rochino Ramli FREY Ingram Tan artn Ayrton Soh Salvestro Jayden Tng Jinggg Wang Jing Jie , Kingsmen Kingsmen Inactive 1van Kok Mun Hong Justa Ooi Zhen Loong , and Paper Rex Paper Rex Asia-Pacific Rank #3 mindfreak Aaron Leonhart Jinggg Wang Jing Jie f0rsakeN Jason Susanto d4v41 Khalish Rusyaidee something Ilya Petrov , 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 Inactive MSRw0w Matthew Shim niqow0w Nigel Goh Liquid James Yap Xu Heng 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.