True Rippers Esports Crowned Honor of Kings Open Series Split 6 India Champions
We're the Honor of Kings Open Series Split 6 India Champions. A 3–1 win over Reckoning Esports in the Grand Finals sends us to the KIC 2026 India Qualifier.
We are the Honor of Kings Open Series Split 6 India Champions.
On 2 August 2026, we defeated Reckoning Esports 3–1 in the Grand Finals to lift the trophy and claim our first Honor of Kings title — and with it, our place at the KIC 2026 India Qualifier.
The Tournament
The Honor of Kings Open Series Split 6 – India ran from 1–2 August 2026, bringing together eight of the country's top teams in a double-elimination knockout bracket. Every match was played as a Best-of-Three under the official Standard Ban & Pick format, with the Grand Finals contested as a Best-of-Five.
The stakes went well beyond the trophy. Split 6 doubled as the qualifying event for the KIC 2026 India Qualifier, which meant every series carried a place on the road to international competition. There was no room in the bracket to have an off day.
Our Run
We came into the event as one of the teams expected to contend, and we played like it from the opening round.
What carried us through the bracket was not any single highlight. It was coordination — disciplined macro play, clean rotations, and individual performances that showed up when the series were close. That consistency did not appear overnight. It came out of months of preparation and a roster that has been building toward this since the start of our Honor of Kings campaign.
The Grand Finals
Reckoning Esports were never going to make it easy, and they didn't. They took a game off us and pushed hard to keep the series alive.
We stayed composed. Superior objective control, calculated team fights, and confident decision-making in the moments that decided each game gave us the 3–1 and the championship.
The Roster
Asheer — Asheer Zaki Anter | Mid LaneBizmyth — David Ray Rodrigues | Clash Lane0失误必出节奏 — Tee Kian Feng | JungleXyric — Ashish Tripathi | MarksmanOverhaul — Sumit Kumar Samanta | SupportBrofy — Brotodipto Nath | Jungler, FlexkEnJi像溺水的鱼 — Yau Hou Yin | Head Coach
What It Means
This is our first Honor of Kings championship, and it comes after a near-miss that we have not forgotten. At the Honor of Kings World Cup 2026 India Qualifier in May, we finished third and watched international qualification go to someone else. That result shaped everything about how this squad has trained since.
Split 6 is the answer to it — but it is an answer, not a conclusion.
Honor of Kings is expanding fast, both as a competitive title in India and as an international ecosystem with a structured roadmap. The opportunities available to Indian organizations in this game have never been greater than they are right now. We see this championship as an early step in a much larger project: establishing India as a genuine competitive force in one of the world's fastest-growing mobile esports titles.
Thank You
To our players, coaching staff, management, and partners — this is yours. To the fans who have backed True Rippers Esports through the close losses as loudly as the wins — this one belongs to you too.
Every title is built on preparation, sacrifice, and belief. Split 6 is proof that all three are in place.
Next: KIC 2026
The celebration is short. The KIC 2026 India Qualifier is next, and the goal there is the one we have been chasing from the start — representing India on the international stage.
One championship down. The road to KIC 2026 begins now. 🏆🇮🇳
