Saturday, May 29, 2021
Mobile Legends: Execration rally to dethrone Bren Esports in MPL7
Angela Coloma, ABS-CBN News
Bren Esports are ending their Mobile Legends: Bang Bang campaign early, as Execration rallied from two sets down to beat the defending local and world champs in Round 3 of the lower bracket playoffs Saturday night.
Bren squandered a chance to secure a sweep, with Execration putting up a long fight to swing the momentum in their favor and eventually dethrone the champions.
Allan “Lusty” Castromayor’s plays set the tempo for Bren in Game 1, as his Khufra gave his squad good opportunities in team fights to draw first blood.
Good defensive plays care of Joshua “Ch4knu” Mangilog and Patrick “E2MAX” James Caidic prolonged the lifeline of Execration in Game 2 but it took a lord clash to further sway the momentum toward Bren.
Bren gained a good lead in Game 3 and were poised to secure the series thanks to Karl “KarlTzy” Nepomuceno's Granger, who had a monstrous damage output in the early game. They had also obliterated all of Execration’s turrets.
But good defensive plays by Execration further prolonged the series and gave the squad room to destroy Bren’s turrets to even the match and eventually overtake the champions in terms gold lead.
Ultimately, it was Ch4knu’s hufra that made the difference, as his Tyrant’s revenge slowed down three Bren players by their base at the 50th minute, giving Execration enough opening to kill four of the defending champs’ players.
CJ “Ribo” Ribo’s Lunox survived the onslaught momentarily, eking out a triple kill by the base but a feathered airstrike courtesy of E2MAX’s Pharsa shut him down.
But even as Bren put out their comfort picks in Grame 5 and even with KarlTzy putting out his world title-winning Lancelot, Execration stopped him in his tracks behind Renz “Renzio” Errol Cadua's Gloo, who won MVP for the rubber match.
With their world championship lineup intact, Bren had weathered through a slow start to the season, losing three straight matches before picking up the pace and winning 8 of their next 10 games.
Bren ended up second in Group A, heralded as the "Group of Death" with 23 points.
Prior to the season, Bren Esports won the M2 world championship, winning against Burmese Ghouls. They were also crowned Season 6 champions in 2020 after defeating Smart Omega in the grand finals.
More details to follow
ROSTER:
BREN ESPORTS
CJ “Ribo” Ribo
Karl “KarlTzy” Nepomuceno
David “FlapTzy” Canon
EJ “Ejhay” Sambrano
Angelo “Pheww” Arcangel
Allan “Lusty” Castromayor
EXECRATION
Renz “Renzio” Errol Cadua
Patrick “E2MAX” James Caidic
Kiel “Kielvj” VJ Hernandez
Joshua “Ch4knu” Mangilog
Grant “Kelra" Duane Pillas
Billy ”Z4pnu" Jazha Alfonso
CLARK, MANILA PREPARED FOR CENTENNIAL EVENTS
NCC Executive Director Luis Morales reported to the Cabinet that "everything is go" on the preparations for the series of Centennial events that will culminate on June 12.
He said the formal inauguration of the Exposition Site at Clark will push through at 6:30 in the afternoon on June 12. "We will be able to open 90 percent of the foreign exhibitions at the Exposition site on June 6, but it will be fully opened on June 12," Morales said.
Morales also informed the Cabinet that the renovation of the Luneta Grandstand and the addition of wings to make room for a thousand seats for local and foreign visitors, is 70 percent complete as of yesterday.
"There will be world-class receiving rooms, including five-star toilets," Morales said of the renovated Luneta Grandstand.
The Quincentennial Commission is also beautifying, on the instruction of President Duterte, the whole Luneta Park, starting from the buildings near Taft Avenue all the away down to the Quirino Grandstand.
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