Aurora dethrones Team Liquid PH during MPL Philippines Season 14 playoffs

October 17, 2024 Philippines Esports

Team Liquid was dethroned of their Mobile Legends: Bang Bang Professional League – Philippines (MPL Philippines) title after an early exit from the Season 14 playoffs held in Makati on October 16, 2024.

This comes after Team Liquid succumbed to new team Aurora, 2-3, in round one of the playoffs, making this their worst finish in 5 seasons.

In an interview with the Philippine Star, head coach Archie Reyes a.k.a. Tictac said the team struggled to adapt to the current meta, or game updates which change how the game is played.

“With the many problems we had, we had to prioritize adapting to the meta, at the expense of losing our discipline and focus. This is what we should instill to our players. But with the many problems of our team, we let go of that,” he said in Filipino.

The series went back-and-forth between both teams, and Aurora emerged with the win as Jan “Domeng” Delmundo’s Harith finished off three of Liquid’s members in the last skirmish, before the death push.

This set back hopes on the expectations for Team Liquid PH, formerly known as ECHO, which underwent a massive rebrand after the European-based organization acquired the squad in the middle of this year.

In an earlier outing, Blacklist International ousted Smart Omega from the playoffs through a quick 3-0 sweep, cutting Omega’s redemption arc short. Omega made their playoff comeback after missing the elimination phase in MPL Season 13 for the first time.