TNC Pro Team completes reverse sweep of Blacklist International, takes 6th win

TNC Pro Team continued with their impressive season after taking down Blacklist International via a 2-1 reverse sweep in Week 5 of the Mobile Legends: Bang Bang Professional League (MPL) Philippines Season 9 on Saturday.

Blacklist looked to have recovered from the early season struggles with an impressive performance in Game 1, but TNC made their move in Game 2 and concluded the series in dominant fashion to go up to 19 points and solo second in the standings.

Blacklist engaged TNC in a nip-and-tuck affair in Game 1 with no definitive leads until Blacklist took a 3-2 exchange in the 14th minute to secure the luminous lord.

The M3 world champions almost had it in the bag when Salic "Hadji" Imam (Lunox) scored a double kill to cap off a 3-0 wipe in the 19th minute only for SDzyz to steal the luminous lord in the ensuing play.

Blacklist needed another lord take in the 22nd minute to score a 5-1 wipeout in the final base turret push and pull ahead, 1-0.

Hadji displayed his versatility in the opener with a superb mechanical prowess on Lunox, scoring the decisive burst down on the way to an 8-2-10 KDA.

In Game 2, Blacklist maintained a slim early game net worth lead with better macro strategies but TNC scored pickoffs after pickoffs in the midgame that culminated to a 13th minute lord take to the the tables around.

They followed it up with a pivotal clash in the 16th that resulted in a 4-0 wipe to force the rubber match, 1-1. TNC concluded Game 2 with a dominant 16-5 kill tally.

TNC did not let up in Game 3 as they manhandled the defending champions, taking a 5-0 kill lead at the 6th minute and denying their opponents with any kill until the 9th minute.

Ben "Benthings" Maglaque (Lolita) then executed a perfect Noumenon Blast and flicker combo that caught two Blacklist members, leading to a wipeout for the finishing kick.

He finished with a 1-0-11 KDA to lead TNC's 13-2 kill conquest of the two-time champions.

—MGP, GMA News