Echo sweeps Bren for 7th win with nifty backdoor play

Echo, known for their vintage micro mechanical plays, delivered a genius macro play in Game 2 to sweep Bren Esports, 2-0, in Week 6 of the Mobile Legends: Bang Bang Professional League (MPL) Philippines Season 10 on Friday.

After dropping the opener, Bren made their moves in Game 2 with Vincent "Joy Boy" De Guzman (Grock) executing a two-man Wild Charge knock-up in the 5th minute. That kickstarted a 3-1 exchange as the M2 world champions erased Echo's early game economy lead.

But Bennyqt (Beatrix) displayed superb marksmanship, taking a double kill during a 12th minute lord dance to help secure the enhanced lord.

With Bren occupied with the lord dance in the 24th minute, Tristan "Yawi" Cabrera (Chou) snuck into the enemy base turret territory with KarlTzy and Bennyqt that proved enough to score the sweep.

In Game 1, Karl "KarlTzy" Nepomuceno (Fanny) shrugged off four early deaths and successfully snuck in during a tight 10th minute skirmish to secure the lord and overturn a 4-9 kill deficit in one fell swoop.

Benedict "Bennyqt" Gonzales (Claude) then scored a double kill off a timely Blazing Duet during a 19th minute lord dance that gave Echo the opening win, 1-0.

KarlTzy did not concede a death since his fourth and finished with a 5-4-5 KDA but it was Alston "Sanji" Pabico (Lylia) who shone the brightest as he took a stellar 5-1-8 KDA.

With the win, Echo catapulted to a tie for second with RSG Philippines (17 points) in the league standings.

—MGP, GMA News