TEAMS Aurora and Liquid PH took the early lead with two team victories each over the weekend in the Mobile Legends Bang Bang Professional League Philippines (MPL-PH) Season 15 at the Green Sun Hotel in Makati.
In the final encounter on Saturday, Team Aurora won its last two matches in their best-of-three affair with defending champion ONIC Philippines, for a 2-1 victory.
After taking a 4-10 setback in Round 2, Aurora bounced back with a 21-12 rout in the third round.
“I think nalalabas na namin ‘yung laro namin. Ang goal lang namin siguro ngayon is maging consistent ‘yung mga laro namin sa buong MPL season na ito,” said Aurora head coach Aniel Jiandani.
Round 3 saw Edward “Edward” Dapadap coming off with six kills and 10 assists as Aurora took charge after the 14:37 mark of Game 3, when they stopped an attempt by rival Kirk “Kirk” Gutierrez to control the middle lane.
In its opener last Friday, Aurora started its campaign with a 2-0 stopping of Twisted Minds (14-7, 9-2), behind jungler Jonard “Demonkite” Caranto and gold laner Jon Dominic “Domengkite” del Mundo and his Suyou character.
Demonkite and Domegkite showed the way with four kills each when the Round 2 clash ended in 13:52.
Karl “KarlTzy” Nepomuceno and Team Liquid Philippines cruised past Twisted Minds with a dominant 2-0 sweep on Sunday.
In Round 2, Team Liquid PH shut down the Twisted Minds by eliminating three members of the new MPL squad in the bottom lane.
On Saturday, Kiel “OHEB” Soriano powered Team Liquid to a 2-0 sweep of Team Falcons.