The top two seeds made it look easy on day 2 of the MPL Malaysia Season 18 playoffs. Team Rey beat Team Vamos 3–0, and Selangor Red Giants (SRG) beat Bigetron MY 3–0. Rey and SRG meet tonight in the upper bracket final, and the winner books a place in the grand final and at the M8 World Championship.
Results
| Match | Score | Games |
|---|---|---|
| Team Rey vs Team Vamos | 3–0 | 22:10, 13:42, 11:01 |
| Selangor Red Giants vs Bigetron MY | 3–0 | 18:01, 11:40, 12:53 |
Team Rey 3–0 Team Vamos
Game 1 was the only close one, a 22-minute game. After that Rey won in 13:42 and 11:01. Gold laner Cliveee was named MVP. Rey banned Masha in all three games and drafted Aulus and Alice together in games 1 and 3.
Vamos went back to Obsidia, their pick in the first three games against Team Flash, in game 2 and lost. Rey banned her in game 1, and Vamos banned her themselves in game 3.
SRG 3–0 Bigetron MY
SRG kept the same four bans in every game: Aulus, Kimmy, Kalea and Carmilla. They drafted Marcel and Moskov in all three games. Bigetron, who beat IG with Atlas the day before, picked Atlas and Paquito in all three and lost each time.
The day's draft
- Atlas was picked five times on day 2, twice by Vamos and three times by Bigetron, and lost all five. Vamos banned him in the other game.
- Masha and Kalea were banned in all six games.
- Freya, banned in every game on day 1, was banned in five of six. Vamos picked her in game 2 and lost.
Atlas and Masha are both nerfed in patch 2.2.28 on the Advance Server, but on the main server teams are still drafting around them.
Today, Friday 30 October
All times are Malaysia Time (MYT), the same as Philippine time.
- 15:00, lower bracket: Team Vamos vs Bigetron MY (Bo5). The loser is out.
- 19:00, upper bracket final: Team Rey vs Selangor Red Giants (Bo5). The winner reaches the grand final and qualifies for M8.
The loser of the upper bracket final gets a second chance in the lower bracket final on Saturday 31 October (Bo7) against the winner of Vamos vs Bigetron. That match decides Malaysia's second M8 place. The grand final (Bo7) is on Sunday 1 November.
Day 1 results are in our day 1 report. The bracket is on the MPL Malaysia Season 18 page.
Sources: results, picks, bans and MVPs from the Liquipedia MPL Malaysia Season 18 playoffs page (CC BY-SA 3.0). Schedules are subject to change by the organisers.
