ECHO pulled out another trick up its sleeve against Bren Esports on Friday night.
With Bren Esports taking over Game Two all thanks to Jomari “Jowm” Pingol’s Moskov, ECHO had to be creative. They engineered an emphatic backdoor play that allowed them to complete the sweep, 2-0, in the MPL Philippines Season 10 at the ICITE Auditorium.
Despite taking the advantage early in the match, ECHO failed to keep its momentum as Jowm spearheaded Bren Esports’ fightback that allowed them to take control of the Lord area during the 25th minute.
And due to the presence of David “FlapTzy” Canon’s Masha, Dale “Stowm” Vidor’s Kadita, and Vincent “JOY BOY” De Guzman’s Grock, Yawi believed that fighting Bren Esports head on inside the Lord pit would not do ECHO any good.
With that in mind, Tristan “Yawi” Cabrera brought up the scheme that they have been yielding positive results with in their scrimmages.
With Sanford “Sanford” Vinuya (Uranus) and Alston “Sanji” Pabico (Yve) distracting the Bren Esports contingent, Yawi (Chou), Karl “KarlTzy” Nepomuceno (Fanny), and Bennedict “Bennyqt” Gonzales (Beatrix) camped inside the bush between the Motlen Fiend’s pit and Bren Esports’ base.
Once the wave of minions made it into the middle lane, the troika went on to take down the base and secure the jaw-dropping victory.
“Naka-Beatrix po kami, yung Bea alam naman po natin malakas sa tore so naisip ko rin kasi na walang gagawin si Benny sa Lord kasi may Grock, Masha, Kadita, parang mamamatay lang siya doon e,” said the ECHO roamer.
“Naisip ko kapag sa scrim, ang ginagawa kasi namin kapag may isa pang assassin kasama yung Bea, kapag ‘di namin kaya sa Lord tina-try namin i-backdoor. Naisip ko kanina, tinanong ko kung kaya ba namin i-backdoor tapos yun, nag g sila. Ayun, na-diretso namin tapos gumana,” he added.
Yawi, who was the brain behind the genius call, deflected the credit to his teammates. He said that ECHO’s unwavering trust with one another was really the factor behind the victory.
“Simula po una buo po talaga tiwala namim kasi ‘di naman po isa lang magde-decide non e, buong team. ‘Di naman porke naisip po e kailangan gawin na po namin, tinanong ko po sila tapos nag-agree po sila,” said the former Nexplay EVOS roamer.
“If ever na ‘di gumana, at least wala kaming pagsisisihan kasi may tiwala kami sa isa’t isa.”
ECHO assistant coach Robert “Trebor” Sanchez, meanwhile, revealed that the team has been doing the play regularly during their scrimmages but insisted that it is only possible if Beatrix is in the roster.
“Bilang namin siguro mga pito na. Kapag may ka-scrim kami na alam naming gumagawa nang ganun, ‘di na namin inuulit kasi basado na e. Masyado nang gasgas yung strategy.”
The win upped ECHO’s standing to a league-best 7-2 with 17 points which helped them force a tie with RSG PH (6-3) at the second spot.
