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The clash between Homebois
and Team HAQ on Seru Saturday had 228,679 Peak Concurrent Views (PCV), 37%
higher than the previous Regular Season record set in Season 12, according to Esports Charts.
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Homebois became the first
team globally to use new Mobile Legends: Bang Bang hero, Chip, in competitive
play, en route to a 2-1 win over Monster Vicious on Week 2, Day 1.
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King Empire Esports sits
top of the Regular Season league standings with 10 points, followed by Selangor
Red Giants with 9 points, and Team HAQ with 7 points.
Homebois' Roamer, Mohammad "Xorn"
Noor, issues a warning to opponents after his global debut of new Mobile
Legends: Bang Bang hero, Chip, on Week 2, Day 1.
KUALA
LUMPUR, 8 April –
Mobile Legends: Bang Bang Professional League (MPL) Malaysia
continues to grow in popularity season-on-season. The league set a new record
for Regular Season Peak Concurrent Views (PCV) in Week 2 of Season 13; 228,679
fans tuned in online simultaneously to watch Homebois take on Team HAQ on Day
2, according to third-party esports analytics platform, Esports Charts. The new
benchmark is 37% higher than the previous record set during the Season 12
Regular Season – the 166,000 PCV between TODAK and HomeBois in Week 4. Homebois have dominated the viewership
charts this season, with all three of their matches played taking the top three
places by PCV.
The matches with the highest PCV after Week 2
of the MPL Malaysia Season 13 Regular Season. Photo credit: Esports Charts
New Kings on
the block as Chip debuts in Week 2
King Empire Esports dethroned Selangor Red
Giants in Week 2 of the Regular Season after accumulating four wins out of
four. The league newcomers completed back-to-back clean sweeps over Bountee
Esports on Day 2 and Barracuda Esports on Day 3 to seize a maximum 6 points in
Week 2. Their victory over Barracuda Esports piles the misery on their
opponents, who remain winless after three matches.
Selangor Red Giants sit in second place with
9 points, albeit with a match in hand over the league leaders. They asserted
dominance over three-time MPL Malaysia champions, TODAK, by defeating them 2-0
on Day 2 to maintain their perfect record this season. The Red Giants remain
the only team yet to drop a game and have accumulated maximum points from all
three of their matches. Team HAQ round out the top three teams with 7 points
after snatching a point from Homebois on Day 2 and overcoming Monster Vicious on
Day 3.
Homebois notched their first wins of the
season – against Monster Vicious on Day 1 and Team HAQ on Day 2. The defending
champions will appreciate their first points on the scoreboard, but may rue the
2 points dropped after managing only 2-1 scorelines in both matches. Homebois'
match against Monster Vicious saw the global debut of new Mobile Legends: Bang
Bang hero, Chip, in professional play. Homebois Roamer, Xorn, secured an
impressive Kills-Deaths-Assists (KDA) of 1/0/10 in Game 1, earning him the Most-Valuable
Player (MVP) of the Game and causing Monster Vicious to ban the hero in their
subsequent two games.
Title
favourites clash in Week 3
Week 3 of the Regular Season will return from
19 to 21 April, after a week's break for Hari Raya. The opening match will be
an opportunity for Selangor Red Giants to make amends for their loss against
RSG Malaysia in the Kohai SEA Championship Season 2 Grand Finals last December,
where they lost 4-3 in a full series summit clash.
Seru Saturday's highlight match will see
Homebois battle King Empire Esports in a must-win match for both teams. For
King Empire Esports' Lu "SaSa" Khai Bean and Aeliff
"Smooth" Adam Md Ariff, this offers them a chance to avenge their
Season 12 Grand Finals loss to Homebois when both played for Team SMG. Their
loss forced them to take the long route to the M5 World Championship via the
Wild Card stage. It also sees the reunion of SaSa and Muhammad "Udil"
Ardiansyah, albeit on opposite sides. Both players are revered by fans as
"Kage" after they won numerous accolades with Indonesia's ONIC
Esports, including the MLBB Southeast Asia Cup (MSC) and MPL Indonesia.
Day 3 will see TODAK Jungler, Muhammad
Syafizan Najmi "Garyy" Kamarulzaman, go up against his former team,
Team HAQ. As one of the most expensive transfers in MPL Malaysia history at
around MYR 100,000, Garyy, is under massive pressure to perform, especially
after TODAK's lukewarm start to Season 13. However, Team HAQ's own Jungler,
Janus "Y4nusu" Badando, will offer stiff competition, having already
secured MVP of the Match against Bountee Esports in Week 1.
Week 3 of the MPL Malaysia Season 13 Regular
Season will see Malaysia's top 10 Mobile Legends: Bang Bang (MLBB) continue
their battle to represent the nation at the MLBB Mid Season Cup, where a
life-changing ~MYR 14 million (USD 3 million) prize pool awaits. They will also
be competing for the lion's share of the ~MYR
468,000 (USD 100,000) prize pool in MPL Malaysia Season 13.
The full Week 3 schedule may be viewed below:
Stay up to speed with MPL Malaysia Season 13
updates and action with Hotlink. Hotlink's 5G network provides unmatched
network latency with affordable plans in the spirit of making the internet more
accessible to offer the best MLBB gaming experience. Fans should not miss out
on the chance to win exclusive in-game items and merchandise by visiting the Hotlink
booth at the stadium. This season also brings back strategic partners ASUS
Republic of Gamers (ROG) and Nescafe.
Download the MPL Malaysia Season 13 media
kit, which contains photos of the players, talents, and matches, as well as key
information such as the match schedule and broadcast platforms: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1F9Cgl5H1Rd00FpKs5UK2usM3BLjf_aKR
To stay up to date on MPL Malaysia, please check out the Official Website and like/follow the
league on Facebook, TikTok, and Instagram.
