NXPE adds to Blacklist woes as Renejay impresses on new role
Nexplay Evos kept Blacklist International winless in three games following an impressive 2-1 victory over the M3 World Champions in the MPL Philippines Season 9 on Friday, Feb. 25.
NXPE flexed its depth as it bannered a different quintet that featured debuting rookie Emanuel “Elpizo” Candelaria and Renejay “RENEJAY” Barcase who impressed on a new role at the roaming position.
The midlane duo was quick to made their presence felt in the opening game as Renejay on the Franco and Elpizo on the Mathilda dictated the tempo for NXPE in its 14-8 Game 1 win.
The two gave the space Mariusz “Donut” Tan needed to quickly reach his power spike on his Beatrix, all while putting the clamps down on Kiel “Oheb” Soriano’s Clint.
Blacklist had its moment in the opening game with Dexster “Dexstar” Alaba providing the counter engage on his Lolita pick but that wasn’t enough as Renejay landed crucial hooks, including the one that picked off Oheb’s Clint.
Renejay impressed on his Franco with a 2-2-10 KDA while Elpizo added a 2-1-9 line. Donut who started the match with four early kills ended up with a 6-2-7 KDA.
In was almost the same story in the second game as Renejay’s timely hooks once again proved to be a thorn to the side of Blacklist. NXPE managed to wipe the turrets of Blacklist but just couldn’t get the final push to take out the defense behind the efforts of Salic “Hadji” Imam’s Valentina and Oheb’s Kimmy.
A counter engage from Dexstar after Edward got hooked by Renejay, provided a window of opportunity for Blacklist as they took out three heroes on NXPE.
NXPE survived the Lord march but key pick offs on Sagitnu and Elpizo in the ensuing plays allowed Blacklist to take the lord and end Game 2 on a 16-11 tally.
Hadji unloaded 6-2-8 line while Oheb added a 4-2-8 tally for Blacklist.
Riding the Game 2 momentum, Blacklist looked more confident at the start of the game 3 as Kent “Kevier” Lopez on the Aulus and Oheb on the Alice were uncontested on their farms in the early game.
A clash at the bottom lane where NXPE scored threes kill before securing another three-man wipe in a clash at the midlane turned the tides to Nexplay's favor.
NXPE never looked back from that point as a three-man knock up from Renejay’s Edith allowed NXPE to wipe out Blacklist and end the series with a dominant 11-1 win.
Renejay spearheaded the attack with a neat 2-0-8 showing while Elpizo and John Paul “H2wo” Salonga on the Paquito added perfect lines of 2-0-9 and 3-0-4 KDAs respectively.