What you need to know
MSI Master Gaming Arena 2016 was a Dota 2 tournament (Challenger) that ended on November 6, 2016 with 4 participants and a $1,529 prize pool.
Winner: 
Natural 9 won the tournament. It was their 1st title and their 1st finals appearance in E-Rankings tracked events.
Runner-up: Big and Black finished 2nd.
Top results:
- 1st place: Natural 9 (+293 ranking points)
- 2nd place: Big and Black (+183 ranking points)
- 3rd place: fty+4 (+104 ranking points)
Milestones: 3 team made a debut at this event; 4 achieved a personal best result in ranking points.
Best players before the event
(by ranking points)
| 1. | SLiCKz | 566 |
| 2. | r1sk | 329 |
| 3. | lordboonz | 277 |
| 4. |  Miggel.Z | 179 |
| 5. | cas158 | 117 |
| balla | 117 | |
| blackshatan | 117 | |
| 8. | rizz | 116 |
Best teams before the event
(by accumulated points of members)
| 1. | Natural 9 | 1.246 |
| 2. | Big and Black | 630 |
| 3. | fty+4 | 0 |
Special Achievements
| Best tournament ever | |
| Natural 9 | |
| First tournament ever | |
| Big and Black | |
| fty+4 | |
| mother fuker star boy | |