The Evolution of the MPL PH Professional
Some of our predictions of what’ll happen tomorrow in the finals
After months of intense competition we’ll finally get to witness the pinnacle of Philippine Mobile Legends: Bang Bang gaming at this year’s MPL-PH finals. The teams have fought their way to where they are now with all they’ve got so it’s no surprise to see some significant improvement not just with their teamplay but as professional players. For most of these teams, it’s their first taste of national level competition and the regular season has definitely made them more mature and well-rounded players. Let’s look at how much these teams have grown these past few months.
DD Pro Gaming
The only team that was able to put their mark on Aether Main’s near perfect record. They finished at fourth place in the regular season because of how the ranking works based-off previous matches but are tied for second-place with OBS Gaming and Aether Valkyrie for second-place score-wise. They’re definitely the front runners among the three Digital Devils teams that have qualified for the finals.
OBS Gaming
Being the crowd favorite is definitely both a curse and a blessing for teams. The popularity of their star player Z4pnu has definitely brought attention to OG games but what we didn’t expect was to for the other players to gain a following as well. OG Pakbet and OG Jeffqt4ever have become crowd favorites and have racked in praise from the game analysts. Dian and YOLO have also proved themselves as capable playmakers by switching up roles and succeeding in taken on the carry role from time to time. OG has definitely proven that they aren’t a one-man show.
Invictus Godz
Invictus Godz have shown that they can handle most of the teams stuck in the lower ranked half but haven’t really performed well against the top tier teams. Their super carry Kirito hasn’t fared well against the other super carries of the top tier teams like AE Coco when he doesn’t get his Lancelot. Though he did quite well against OG Z4pnu when he did get his Lancelot. It’s really a hit or miss with this team so they better find their stride quick if they want to make an upset tomorrow.
Digital Devils No Limit
Despite being in the lower half of the placings, DDNL have actually managed to tie with most of the teams in the competition, even OBS Gaming and Aether Valkyrie who both belong in the upper half. That said, nothing spectacular can be said about their playstyle as it predominately still revolves around getting their carries fed early in order to close the game before the enemy team gets a chance to retaliate, which makes teams that tend to stall the game like OBS Gaming to be at a disadvantage.
Digital Devils Demon Kings
Like DDNL, DDDK concentrates on capitalizing on early wins and farm to snowball their lead. Their main carry Dysania and mage YB420 can carry very effective if everything goes well. But their main weakness really shows when they have trouble closing games because of the stall tactics of other teams. Hopefully they’ve worked on these weaknesses for the finals.
Aether Main
The results of the regular seasons speak for themselves. Aether Main is definitely the team to beat and they let everyone know it. They’ve polished their teamwork so much that every strategy they utilize makes it seem like executing the plays are second-nature to them. Discussing the factors that contribute to how powerful this team actually is will take a whole other article; luckily we’ve already written about that right here (link article pls).
White Rascals
The White Rascals could be considered the most improved team of the regular season. No one expected them to actually make it to the finals, seeing as they technically didn’t qualify at first for the regular season but they have proved all their naysayers wrong. Right now, they’re developing new strats for the finals, which you can read more about in this article (pls link).
Aether Valkyrie
Don’t sleep on Aether Valkyrie because these guys have definitely stepped up their game since their complete loss against their sister team. They made their way to second place during the last weeks of competition and they only seem to get better with each game. We’re really excited about how they’ll perform considering they had all this time to practice with our first placers.
