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Everything You Need to Know About KIC 2025

By Ramon Domingo - November 13, 2025

One of the biggest international Honor of Kings tournaments is happening right here in the Philippines and you won’t want to miss it.

KIC 2025 is right around the corner and it’s bringing some of the best Honor of Kings players from around the world right at our door. 

Starting November 14 and going all the way to the 30th, the Philippines will become a prime HoK battleground. Sixteen teams from around the world will fight it out for the lion’s share of a one million USD prize pool. But more than that, they’re fighting for one of the three spots to the HoK Challenger Cup 2025. It’s the ultimate stage of the HoK competitive season and only the top three get the honor of participating.

Everything You Need to Know About KIC 2025
Will Blacklist International, the PKL 2025 Fall champions, be able to put the Philippines on the international HoK map? (Photo from HoK Philippines Esports)

The group stage of KIC 2025 starts with the 16 teams separated into four groups. It’s a double elimination, best-of-five bracket with no seeding – just a team’s grit and the luck of the draw. From there, only two teams from each group will move on into the playoffs.

Playoffs is one big double elimination bracket where teams are seeded based on their group stage performance. Every match is a best-of-seven, meaning every match has the possibility of reaching an Ultimate Battle. It’ll a long and tough road for every team but that’s what it takes to become the KIC 2025 champion and make it to the biggest HoK tournament at the end of the year.

Don’t want to miss the action? Then tune in to the official HoK YouTube, Twitch, Facebook, or TikTok to catch the matches live.

Banner photo from Level Infinite.

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