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| The 2018 PGS Spring Split roster of the former PGS champions Mineski. Pro Gaming Series |
By Ozzy
Alaba
MANILA -- With their
Korean AD Carry import and his support on the verge of domination, Mineski just
flashed at their opponents and critics their strongest championship form – in
their final match in the Groups.
Mineski
(MSK) triumphantly solidified their semifinal bye in the 2018 Bacchus PGS
Spring Split Playoffs as their Korean AD Carry Bae Yong-jun and support Gerald
Gelacio saved their season-best performance in the last to crush newcomers
Barcy x Rage eSports (BRE), 2-0 and wrap up their group standings in first
place in Day 1 of the seventh and final week of the group stages on Friday.
Gelacio and
Bae, known as Tgee and Gari, respectively, provided some highlight reel-worthy
plays, highlighting Gelacio’s on-point hooks on Thresh and Bae’s superb kiting
on Caitlyn in Game 2, which resulted in a combined 16.75 Kill-Death-Assist
(KDA) Ratio (18/4/49 KDA), with the former submitting a game-high 14/0/10 KDA
on Caitlyn in the same game.
Gelacio, on
the other hand, alongside with the series win was hailed as the Player of the
Game through his individual 10.66 KDA Ratio (1/3/31 KDA), making his Tahm Kench
and Thresh picks significant in MSK’s official first-place finish in the
group stages.
MSK’s solo
laners Jon Lance Hernandez and Eric Allen Gubatan also didn’t fail in
supporting their bot lane duo in carrying as the veteran duo amassed a combined
game-high 16/3/37 KDA (17.66 KDA Ratio), enough to contribute in anchoring MSK
to its crucial victory.
MSK’s substitute
James Karl Santos also stepped up big on its performance on Kha’Zix, finishing
the series with a combined 3.85 KDA Ratio (14/7/13 KDA) in the entire series.
Total demolition and domination across the map was what MSK exemplified in the curtain-raiser.
MSK frantically got the gold advantage at
1,000 gold through full objective control despite BRE lead in kills in the
first 15 minutes, 4 to 2, through BRE’s jungler Keiya Laureta (XDXP)’s 3/0/1
headstart on Nunu.
But BRE’s
kill advantage was short-lived as MSK continuously picked off the latter
short-handed, headed by Santos, playing as Kha’Zix, killing their AD Carry
Andrei Santillan, playing as Vayne and top laner Rolando Garcia III, playing as
the unconventional Kled first, resulting in numerous win in teamfights.
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LOPSIDED. Mineski (blue side)
capped off Game 1 with a bang, getting the kill advantage (18 to BRE's 7) and
the gold margin (18,000 gold) and finishing the said game in a fast-paced
24-minute skirmish.
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Riding
the momentum high, MSK continued their demolition antics in the final game as
Santos, with the help of their bot lane duo decimated BRE, allowing the former
to only have six kills against 30 of the latter in the entire game,
highlighting Bae’s unofficial Triple Kill in a mid lane teamfight in the 17th minute and forcing
their adversaries to call GG in 22 minutes.
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| SUPERB KITING. Bae Yong-jun (MSK's AD Carry on red side) displayed his excellence in kiting as he scored an unofficial Triple Kill in a mid lane teamfight in the 17th minute, which was vital in MSK's win in that clash. |
Meanwhile, Laureta displayed a decent performance for the new squad, only registering a team-high 5/8/5 KDA (1.25 KDA Ratio), altogether with Garcia, who finished the games with a 1.16 KDA Ratio (4/6/3 KDA).
Despite the
loss, BRE will still qualify in the playoffs as the sixth and final seed, and
they will face the third-placers Imperium Pro Team (9-8, 3-4 in set) in the
Quarterfinals.
Mineski, on
the other hand will wait for the winner of the said series as their opponents
in the semifinals.
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| The bracketing of the six teams who qualified into the 2018 Bacchus PGS Spring Split Playoffs. Leaguepedia |
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