THE second round of the regular season of MPL Philippines concluded earlier this weekend, with ONIC PH breaking Aurora Gaming’s flawless record, Team Liquid PH coming up on top in their brawls against Team Falcons and Twisted Minds, and TNC debuting new players.
ONIC PH seems to have regained their ultra instincts, with Grant Duane “Kelra” Pillas leading their sweep against TNC Pro Team and ending Aurora Gaming’s perfect regular season run.
“Para sa akin, ‘yung difference nila is si (Jan Dominic IV) “Domengkite” (Del Mundo), magaling mag-freeze ng lane. Magaling din naman mag-freeze si (Frederic) “Bennyqt” (Gonzales) kaya para sa akin, mas nahirapan ako kay Domengkite sa match-up namin,” said Kelra on his lane counterparts in Week 5.
In a bit of a surprising move, TNC Pro Team fielded different rosters for their two matches last week, with Frediemar “3MarTzy” Serafico and Kyle Shawn “Koyi” Reyes picking up the win against AP Bren.
“Parang same lang din naman pero may konting pinagbago lang ‘pag nandoon si (Mark) “Zaida” (Palma) and (Jhon) “LordJM” (Sebastian), mas nadadalian kami sa mga shotcall ‘pag sa late game dala ng experience. Pero ‘pag sa mechanics, same lang na halos ‘di mo malalaman kung sino naglalaro” Bennyqt on playing with different rosters.
For Team Liquid PH, they had a challenging series against Team Falcons and Twisted Minds. Despite the surprise picks and strategies brought out against them, coach Rodel “Arsy” Cruz and his boys were able to remain composed to reverse sweep both series.
“’Yung pagkatalo namin sa Aurora, mas lumawak ‘yung eagerness namin doon na manalo pa sa mga next matches hanggang sa makalaban namin sila.”
“Gaya nu’ng sinabi namin nung sa last interview, sa Round 2 talaga, mas mahihirapan lahat ng teams,” coach Arsy said in their post-match press conference against FLCN.