Deus Vult becomes 2nd Western team to enter top four in M-Series history after reverse sweep of See You Soon

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by Drew Malihan

MANILA - The Dark Knights' magical run continues for Eastern Europe.

Deus Vult crawls back from 0-2 down as they pulled a full reverse sweep over Cambodian champions See You Soon to secure their lower bracket semifinals spot inside the Rizal Memorial Coliseum on Friday.

Both teams, already in their historic runs for their respective regions, were chasing even more history but it was the Europe-based team that stood out on top.

However, See You Soon made huge statements in the first two games as Michael "MPTheKing" Endino tallied four kills and nine assists with the signature Lancelot pick to lead his team to the first game.

MPTheKing did not concede a single turtle or lord in 14 and a half minutes, while Sovann "Raa" Chanmakara's Kadita had a perfect game with three kills and 11 assists.

Fellow Filipino player and gold lamer Clarense Jay "Kusey" Camilo puts a 7/1/9 show with the Wanwan, as MPTheKing once more did not concede a single major objective in 14 minutes.

Eduard "Magistor" Rukosuev did not have an easy second game as he was took down six times and only grabbed a kill.

Veteran midlaner Kemiran "SunsetLover" Kochkarov's Lylia catalysted the comeback for Deus Vult as he registered 8/3/12 while contributing to 95 percent of all kills, while Magistor secured the last lord of the 31 minute match to turn the tides against See You Soon.

Magistor bounced back from a down second game with a 5/0/8 performance with the Guinevere in Game 4, while catching MPTheKing's Lancelot three times in the first few minutes of the match.

Carl Vincent "Carvi" Tinio's Wanwan also had a field day in the gold lane, tallying 10 kills and assisted three while not falling once in just under 11 minutes.

DeVu closed the series with a 12-6 outing in the final game, with Carvi's Ixia dealing a 4/2/4 performance while SunsetLover scored three kills and seven assists with the Valentina.

With the win, Deus Vult became only the second team from outside Southeast Asia to enter the top four race, following BloodThirstyKings' run in M3 in which they placed third.

Stanislav "SAWO" Reshnyak and his team will try to equalize BTK's history as they will take on former world champions Blacklist International on Saturday.

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