TNC asserts mastery of Onic, snaps skid

TNC Pro Team completed a sweep of their regular season head-to-head against Onic Philippines with a 2-1 victory in the final week of the Mobile Legends: Bang Bang Professional League (MPL) Philippines Season 10 on Friday.

Already eliminated from playoff contention, TNC unveiled a new line-up where they benched roamer Ben "Benthings" Maglaque and moved Joemarie "Escalera" Delos Santos to the roaming position. Salman "KingSalman" Macarambon also played as the midlaner and those adjustments translated into another breakthrough win.

It looked like Onic was on the verge of a revenge win when they took control of the early game in the opener with a 6th minute 3-0 punish courtesy of a Ralph "Rapidoot" Adrales (Atlas) Fatal Links set-up capped by Frince Miguel "SUPER FRINCE" Ramirez's (Kadita) Rough Waves burst.

But Daniel "SDzyz" Chu (Dyrroth) responded with a double kill in the 8th minute to lead TNC's 3-0 wipe of their own to equalize.

After zoning out Onic during an 11-minute lord fight, TNC banked on Joemarie "Escalera" Delos Santos's (Grock) aggressiveness as the MPL PH Season 9 rookie of the season scored a double kill in the 13th minute. That gave the Phoenix army the luminous lord to take the opener.

Onic responded in Game 2 by using a 2-0 pick-off during a 5th minute turtle fight to take control of the match.

They went on rampage and posted a massive 14-5 lead on the kill tally by the 10th minute but just could not finish off TNC right away until SUPER FRINCE (Valentina) scored a triple kill during a 21st minute base turret invade for a 5-1 wipeout, 1-1.

Banking on a 4th minute 4-0 kill spread, TNC took control of the rubber match and came close to taking down the enemy base turret in the 16th minute but a crucial miscommunication led to a 3-0 punish by Onic.

The Hedgehogs then treaded beautifully during a 20th minute lord dance that helped them take down all remaining TNC outer turrets and an inhibitor turret.

TNC though found their way back in the 27th minute, as they used a 2-2 trade to march into the enemy base turret and take the series win.

—MGP, GMA News