Who Is Oheb? MLBB Player Profile & MPL PH S17

Kiel Calvin "Oheb" Soriano is 21 years old, from Tarlac, and already has more championship gold than most professionals will ever see. Five MPL Philippines titles. One M3 World Championship with Finals MVP. One MSC title. A SEA Games gold medal. A career that started with a P10,000 prize in a barangay tournament and reached the biggest stages in MLBB history.

Heading into MPL PH Season 17, Oheb is no longer on Team Liquid PH's active roster. His formal resignation on February 6, 2026 made him the most talked-about free agent in Philippine esports. The search spike is real. The curiosity is justified. Because when someone with Oheb's resume goes inactive before a major season, everyone wants to know why, and what comes next.

#The Filipino Sniper: Who He Is

Full name: Kiel Calvin Q. Soriano. Born August 17, 2004. He got his nickname, "The Filipino Sniper", from his uncanny precision on marksman heroes, specifically Beatrix, the four-weapon specialist that most gold laners avoid because of its high skill floor.

Oheb did not avoid it. He built his entire identity around it.

His Beatrix at the M3 World Championship in 2021 was the defining performance of that tournament. Blacklist International swept everything in their path, and Oheb was the engine, surgical positioning, devastating long-range burst, and a composure that made high-pressure moments look routine. He walked away with the Finals MVP award at 17 years old.

That performance set the benchmark for gold lane play in the Philippines for years.

#Career Highlights at a Glance

Eight major titles. Three different competition formats. Two different home organizations. For context, he has more MPL Philippines championships than every active roster in the league combined at the start of S17.

#How He Got Here: The Blacklist Years

Oheb joined Blacklist International in Season 7 without a name, without proof. Coach Dexstar Alaba pushed for him when nobody else would. The organization was skeptical. Dexstar bet his reputation on a teenager from Tarlac.

It took one season to validate that bet.

Blacklist won S7. Then S8. Then M3. The back-to-back MPL titles alone would have been enough to cement a legacy. The M3 crown on top of that, with Finals MVP, put Oheb in a tier occupied by very few Filipino players.

Season 10 added a third MPL PH title to the Blacklist haul, reinforcing what the data already showed: Oheb was not a one-meta wonder. He adapted. When the Beatrix meta shifted, he found other carriers. When other teams started dedicating two bans to shut him down, he used that to create freedom for his teammates.

His record against Kelra, the other gold lane god of that era, sits at 10 wins out of 18 series between Season 7 and Season 14. That head-to-head stat matters because it captures the standard of the era. Two elite gold laners trading victories in a league that had no shortage of talent around them.

Season 9 and the seasons that followed were harder. Blacklist struggled to maintain their peak. But even in down periods, Oheb's individual performances kept the team competitive. He was the one constant the opposition needed to solve.

#The Leap to Team Liquid PH

When Tier One Entertainment dissolved Blacklist International in January 2025, Oheb had options. He chose Team Liquid PH, formerly ECHO, Blacklist's fiercest rival.

He admitted the irony was not lost on him. "Kinakabahan ako na excited," he told All-Star Magazine. Nervous and excited. Because there were still things he needed to prove.

The proof came fast.

TLPH's chemistry with Oheb clicked immediately. By Season 15, he was the regular season MVP. The team won the title. They won S16. They won MSC 2025 at the Esports World Cup in Riyadh. That MSC win was particularly meaningful, it was the championship that had eluded him during the Blacklist years.

TLPH finished third at M7 in Jakarta, falling to eventual champions Aurora Gaming PH. The Golden Road slipped away. But three major titles in one year, two domestic, one international, made it an exceptional run by any measure.

#The S17 Situation: Inactive, Then Gone

On February 24, 2026, Team Liquid PH announced Oheb would move to inactive status. The official language was careful: "temporary break from active competition." The Cavalry emphasized he remained a valued part of the organization.

Twelve days later, Oheb's legal representatives from Calleja Law issued a statement confirming he formally resigned effective February 6, 2026.

That distinction matters in professional esports. An inactive player stays bound to their contract. A resigned player is free to explore the market.

The search spike that followed was immediate. "Oheb resign" became one of the most searched phrases in Philippine esports overnight.

Speculation quickly turned to what comes next. His participation at the Honor of Kings International Championship in 2025 drew attention from those watching his career path. Honor of Kings and MLBB occupy different spaces in the mobile gaming world, but players with Oheb's mechanical profile translate across MOBAs.

Whether he returns to MLBB, continues exploring HoK, or simply steps back from the grind entirely, his timeline alone commands attention.

#What Made Oheb Different

Gold laners in MPL PH are evaluated on Gold Per Minute, damage output, and late-game carry potential. Oheb consistently led or ranked near the top across all three. But the stat that defined his value was less visible: ban pressure.

At his peak, teams burned two bans on Oheb's comfort heroes, Beatrix in particular, before touching anyone else's pool. That forced draft distortion in his team's favor every single game. It's the mark of a truly elite carry, not just a good one.

He also forced opponents to over-commit resources to the gold lane, which created space for teammates like KarlTzy and Sanji to work more freely in other areas of the map.

For players following MLBB drafts through mlbbhub.com/draft, the concept is familiar: a player who demands multiple bans functionally wins part of the draft phase before a single hero is picked.

His departure from TLPH doesn't erase that dynamic, it just redistributes it. Every team in MPL PH S17 now has one fewer hero ban to worry about when facing the Cavalry.

#Looking Ahead to MPL PH Season 17

MPL PH Season 17 kicks off March 20, 2026, with TLPH expected to field Indonesian gold laner Aeronshikii as Oheb's replacement. For Oheb himself, the path is open.

He will turn 22 in August. By MLBB professional standards, he has years left if he chooses to compete. His Instagram bio tells the story cleanly: "M3 World Champion. 5x MPL Champs. MSC Champion."

That line of text is the resume of one of the most decorated players in Philippine MLBB history. Whatever Season 17 holds for everyone else, Oheb is trending because people understand what's at stake. A player of his caliber doesn't leave quietly. Either he comes back with something to prove, or his next move shapes the competitive scene in ways nobody fully anticipates yet.

Watch for it.

For coverage on other MPL PH S17 players trending this season, see our profiles on Pheww, Djy, and Stowm.