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Vengeful Falcons APBren ousts PH champ Liquid ECHO to march into MSC Finals

Published Jul 12, 2024 03:30 pm

At A Glance

  • Falcons APBren got back at MPL Philippines Season 13 champion Liquid ECHO with a sweet 3-1 victory to march into the MLBB Mid Season Cup 2024 Finals in the Esports World Cup on Friday, July 12, in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.

The redemption was just sweeter in a bigger and brighter stage.

Falcons APBren got back at MPL Philippines Season 13 champion Liquid ECHO with a sweet 3-1 victory to march into the MLBB Mid Season Cup 2024 Finals in the Esports World Cup on Friday, July 12, in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.

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Looking to exorcise the ghost of its 4-0 loss at the hands of the TLPH in the MPL Finals, FCAP set the tone for the romp with two resounding victories before finally delivering the dagger in Game 4 to move a series win away from bagging the MSC trophy.

The Beehive quickly raced to match point after dominating the first two games behind the stellar showing of Kyle “Kyletzy” Sayson, David “Flaptzy” Canon and Marco “Super Marco” Requitano.

Kyletzy led the charge in the series opener with a 6-2-7 line on the Ling as FCAP drew first blood with a 16-7 win. Flaptzy and Super Marco seized their turn in Game 2 with the former dropping a 6-2-5 tally on the Terizla and the latter chipping in a clean 3-0-4 line on the Roger pick in another impressive 12-7 kill tally.

FCAP then became a little too ambitious despite trailing in Game 3 as it tried to end the series with Angelo “Pheww” Arcangel attempting for a one-man split push while the rest of his team tried to keep TLPH busy in a top lane clash.

The ploy backfired though as ECHO not only managed to defend the base thanks to Sanji who recalled in time to take down Pheww, but also scored a four-man wipe in the clash behind a triple kill from Benedict “BennyQt” Gonzales.

Alston “Sanji” Pabico shone on the Luo Yi with a perfect 6-0-3 line while BennyQt erupted for a 9-1-2 KDA on the Natan pick.

Not to be denied, however, was APBren in Game 4 as Flaptzy had a couple of clutch Final Slash ultimate from his Arlott which disrupted TLPH during the important team fights. It helped his team roll to a series clinching 15-5 win in just 10 minutes of play.

He led the way in Game 4 with a 5-1-8 line as Kyletzy added a 4-1-5 KDA and Rowgien “Owgwen” Unigo with a 1-2-13 tally on the Minotaur pick.

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