MANILA -- After almost a year of absence, Mineski is definitely back to the GPL scene - a lot stronger and more dominant as SEA League of Legends could have ever seen before.
Mineski (MSK) kickstarted their 2018 Garena Premier League (GPL)
Spring Split campaign on a high note after stomping Indonesia’s Bigetron
eSports (BTR) and Singapore’s Sovereign (SVR) in their respective games to end
Day 1 of the Group Stages with a 2-0 record at the Bangkok International Trade
& Exhibition Center eSports Studio on Wednesday.
Despite being absent in last year’s GPL Summer Split, the current Philippine champions showed no signs of rustiness in international play as their Korean imports Bae Yong-jun and Kwon Jun-seok joined forces and proved to be a thorn in the opposition's side, asserting their domination from the start till the very end, thus leading the six-man squad to the two important wins.
With this, Bae
and Kwon, more known as Gari and Jjun, respectively, amassed a merged game-high
Kill-Death-Assist (KDA) Ratio of 27, accentuating Bae’s flawless 7/0/4 KDA on
Ezreal in the curtain-raiser (vs. BTR), and Kwon’s excellent engages with Zac
in Game 2 against SVR, letting him bag 15 assists in the said game.
MSK’s veteran top laner Jon Lance Hernandez (Kaigu) and support Gerald Gelacio (Tgee) also contributed in supporting their key reinforcements as the duo concluded the day with a combined 7/5/40 KDA (9.4 KDA Ratio) in the two-game run.
Resident substitute James Karl Santos (Hamezz) also provided quality minutes for MSK in mid laner Eric Allen Gubatan’s (Exo) absence, making his presence felt through his poke power on Ryze and Corki, which gave him a decent 3.57 KDA Ratio (9/7/16 KDA) at the end.
MSK’s veteran top laner Jon Lance Hernandez (Kaigu) and support Gerald Gelacio (Tgee) also contributed in supporting their key reinforcements as the duo concluded the day with a combined 7/5/40 KDA (9.4 KDA Ratio) in the two-game run.
Resident substitute James Karl Santos (Hamezz) also provided quality minutes for MSK in mid laner Eric Allen Gubatan’s (Exo) absence, making his presence felt through his poke power on Ryze and Corki, which gave him a decent 3.57 KDA Ratio (9/7/16 KDA) at the end.
BTR and SVR,
meanwhile, encountered the same situation in their matches; both squads stalled enough time to
mount a comeback attempt as they continuously picked off MSK’s key picks, but it
seems that the former took two steps ahead of them as MSK immediately wipe them
off in game-clinching teamfights, forcing the two to call GG in a fast-paced
manner.
SVR’s AD Carry
Charles Teo (Mexi) and jungler Tay Leong Jie (IceDestiny), as usual,
spearheaded the Singaporean champions’ charge, garnering a combined KDA Ratio
of 2.25 (6/8/12), alongside with BTR’s Vietnamese top lane import Do Duc Minh
(Minky) and mid laner Adi Riansyah (Radians), who lead the Indonesian winners
through their merged 3/4/1 KDA (1 KDA Ratio).
With the wins,
Mineski are now tied with Thai champions and 2017 GPL Summer third-placers Ascension Gaming (ASC) at first place with a perfect 2-0 record, and will face
the former and Malaysian representatives Kuala Lumpur Hunters (KLH) on the
second and final day of the Group Stages on Thursday.
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