No MPtheKing, no drawback.
Twisted Minds withstood a grueling Sport 3 conflict in opposition to Onic to drag off a 2-1 upset within the MPL Philippines Season 16, regardless of lacking star jungler Michael “MPtheKing” Endino, on Saturday on the Inexperienced Solar Resort.
Coming off back-to-back losses to Group Liquid and Aurora Gaming, Twisted Minds bounced again to enhance to 4-2, whereas the reigning world champions fell to 3-2.
With out MPtheKing, who missed the collection attributable to a well being situation, the squad relied on sixth man Stephen “Sensui” Castillo, who helped the crew survive a marathon Sport 3 that lasted 25 minutes and 14 seconds.
“Doon sa holding space, doon na-check ng mga security officers ‘yung situation ni MP dahil nakaramdam siya ng hindi maganda so sabi namin, ‘wag na niyang pilitin,” Twisted Minds head coach Kristoffer “BON CHAN” Ricaplaza mentioned.
“Siya gusto pa niya talaga. Sabi ko kung ipipilit pa niya ‘yan baka mas mapasama pa.”
[At the holding area, that’s where the safety officers checked on the condition of MP because he was feeling bad so we told him not to force it… He wanted to push through. I said if he forces it it might get worse.]
Fortunately, Sensui stepped up and delivered a gentle efficiency that allowed Twisted Minds to shock Onic.
Twisted Minds and Onic went back-and-forth within the Sport 3, however an important Lord steal by gold laner Duane “Kelra” Pillas (Moskov) by means of the Spear of Destruction allowed Onic to get a bonus.
However Twisted Minds staged an enormous defensive scheme that noticed them take down the Lord on the prime lane earlier than midlaner Miguel “Sionn” Alcantara picked off a pair of Onic heroes on the 21:33 mark.
Twisted Minds took benefit of the state of affairs and marched down the center lane, however retreated and determined to safe the Lord goal as an alternative. Onic, although, initiated a crew combat that led to the pick-offs on Kirk, K1NGKONG, and Brusko.
Twisted Minds then slayed an uncontested Lord earlier than going for the tower base lock to finish the stunner in opposition to the M6 world champions.
“Para sa akin excited lang po ako maglaro kasi kahit sixth man po ako, hindi po ako huminto maglaro,” Sensui, whose Akai decide performed essential position in that Sport 3 conflict, mentioned.
“Kaya really feel ko kaya ko naman gampanan ‘yung position kahit na could sakit si MP.”
[For me, I’m just excited to be able to play because even if I’m the sixth man, I never stopped playing… I feel like I’m able to play my role even if MP is sick.]
—JMB, GMA Built-in Information
