ECHO Philippines
![]() Logo of ECHO Philippines since season 8 | |
Short name | ECHO (Season 8 -present) AURA (Season 6-7) SS (Season 4 - 5) |
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Divisions | Mobile Legends: Bang Bang |
Founded | 24 June 2020 |
Location | Southeast Asia |
Colors | Purple |
Championships | 2 |
Division titles | MPL Philippines Season 4-5 Champion MPL Philippines 5th placer Season 8 |
Partners | Vivo Mountain Dew Rumble Royale |
Parent group | AURA Esports |
ECHO Loud Aura Philippines, commonly known as ECHO Philippines, formerly as (AURA Philippines) is a Southeast Asian based esports team under the franchise of AURA Esports in Indonesia.[1] Has competitive esports team in the game of Mobile Legends: Bang Bang.
Mobile Legends: Bang Bang
Mobile Legends Professional League
Bren No Limit
In season 2, Echo Loud Aura Philippines or ECHO Philippines traces its roots back to the Digital Devils No Limit where later on acquired by Bren Esports to be rebrand as Bren No Limit[citation needed]
In season 3, They managed to finish 5th-6th Place in the Playoffs. Even though they're the sister team of Bren, they actually managed to beat by themselves.[citation needed]
Sunsparks
In season 4, At this point, they acquired Renzio and Fuzaken while Chico and Vern left the team and rebranded to SunSparks but they're still the sister team of Bren. They claimed their first championship after a long fight against ONIC 3-2 and became a full-fledged MPL/PH powerhouse.
In season 5, Later on they swapped with their nemesis ONIC Philippines swapping "fuzaken" in exchange of "Greed_" and also they get "Killuash" from his previous team Arkangel the MPL-S3 winner together with Eski FLexx(Sky). Afterall defeated by Bren Esports they still managed to defeat ONIC Philippines and become the first team in MPL Philippines to become back to back champion.
Aura Philippines
In season 6, AURA Esports from Indonesia acquired the whole roster and rebranded to AURA PH, thus they're not the sister team of Bren Esports anymore. Despite a very good performance in the early and middle phases, They are the one also created the well known "Diggie Strat" unorthodox strategy in MPL.[2] Their performance is deteriorating in the last weeks of the Regular Season. Although in the playoffs they're expected to have a better performance, they're still ultimately eliminated by ONIC PH 3–0. Renzio and Kielvj left the team and was replaced by Hadess and Bennyqt.
In season 7 of MPL Philippine,s they still managed to get on the playoffs but still defeated by the Execration in 3-0 match in favour of Execration.[3]
In season 8, their parent team AURA Esports allowed them to change their name to ECHO but still same management.[4] Some changes were made in their rosters, letting go their former players Killuash,[5] Jaypee and "Greed_" which he goes back to his former team ONIC Philippines as Baloyskie. Later on they announced their new players including KurtTzy. However, they were able to qualify for the playoffs but lost to Omega Esports in four games in the first round of the playoffs, 3 games to 1.[6]
At the 2021 MPL Invitational, ECHO Philippines managed to survive in the tournament by defeating their main team AURA Esports in 2-1 match.[7] In spite of that they were unable to continue their journey to the MPL Invitational after the 2-1 match against their countrymen RSG Philippines in a macrostrategy in the side lane[8]
The team announced their latest roster for season 9, composed of M2 World Champion and MPL Season 6 champion Karl Gabriel "KarlTzy" Nepomuceno, along with returning two-time MPL champion Ashley Marco Cruz, better known as "Killuash", who took a break from last season.[9] Echo Philippines get their tank user from Nexplay EVOS "Yawi" and 3martzy from TNC Pro Team-ML.[10] ECHO Philippines began their MPL Philippines Season 9 series with a matchup against the M2 World Champions Bren Esports, the former team of ECHO's jungler Karltzy. ECHO finishes the first week of MPL Philippines Season 9 with a 2-0 standings alongside a 4-0 game win.[11] During the week 4 of the MPL Philippines Season 9 the team had win 2-0 against the Nexplay EVOS by default match after the NXPE failed to reach the game 15 minutes before the actual match[12] due to heavy traffic and flat tire during travel,[13] Nexplay EVOS issued a formal apology in MPL Philippines operations and the fans of the both teams.[14] ECHO would eventually fall to the third seed, facing off against Smart Omega however, it would become another win for Omega from the previous season's rematch of a 3-0 result.
Seasons summary
MPL
Year | Season | Known as | Place | Last match | Result |
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2019 | MPL Philippines Season 4 | Sunsparks | 1st | SunSparks vs. ONIC Philippines | 3–2 |
2020 |
MPL Philippines Season 5 | 1st | 3–1 | ||
MPL Philippines Season 6 | Aura Philippines | 5th-8th |
Aura Philippines vs. ONIC Philippines | 0–3 | |
2021 |
MPL Philippines Season 7 | 3rd | Aura Philippines vs. Execration | 0–3 | |
MPL Philippines Season 8 | ECHO Philippines | 5th-6th |
ECHO Philippines vs. Omega Esports | 1–3 | |
2022 |
MPL Philippines Season 9 | 6th | ECHO Philippines vs.Omega Esports | 0-3 | |
MPL Philippines Season 10 | 2nd | ECHO Philippines vs. Blacklist International | 2-4 |
Mobile Legends World Championships
Year | Series | Venue | Place | Last match | Result | Ref. |
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2019 | ![]() |
5th-6th |
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1–2 | [15] | |
2020 | ![]() |
Did not qualify
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2021 | ![]() |
Did not qualify
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2023 | ![]() |
Qualified as Runner-up for the Philippines
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Current roster
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Micheal Angelo "Arcadia" Bocado | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Legend:
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References
- ^ "Aura PH rebrands to Echo for MPL PH S8 | ONE Esports". www.oneesports.gg. Retrieved 2021-11-17.
- ^ "What is the 'Feeding Diggie' strategy and why has it taken the MPL by storm? | ONE Esports". www.oneesports.gg. Retrieved 2021-11-17.
- ^ Vistek. "Kielvj gets back at Aura PH as Execration ends MPL PH Finals drought - Mobile Legends: Bang Bang Professional League Philippines". ph-mpl.com. Retrieved 2021-11-17.
- ^ "Aura PH rebrands to Echo for MPL Season 8, Jaypee retires". Manila Bulletin. 2021-07-13. Retrieved 2021-11-17.
- ^ "Killuash sits out MPL-PH Season 8, cites loss of drive". Manila Bulletin. 2021-07-11. Retrieved 2021-11-17.
- ^ News, Angela Coloma, ABS-CBN (2021-10-21). "Mobile Legends: Omega eliminate Echo in MPL S8 playoffs". ABS-CBN News. Retrieved 2021-11-17.
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has generic name (help) - ^ "Echo survives Aura Fire in MPL Invitational". Rappler. Retrieved 2021-11-17.
- ^ UBALDO, JOHN EDISON. "RSG Philippines reaches MPL Invitational quarterfinals at the expense of Echo". GMA News Online. Retrieved 2021-11-17.
- ^ Lojo, Michelle. "ECHO PH bares powerhouse cast for MPL Season 9". Philstar.com. Retrieved 2021-12-22.
- ^ "ECHO forms strong team for MPL PH Season 9". Manila Bulletin. 2021-12-21. Retrieved 2021-12-22.
- ^ Vistek. "Data - Mobile Legends: Bang Bang Professional League Philippines". MPL Philippines Season 9. Retrieved 2022-02-20.
- ^ Coloma, Angela. "PL Season 9: Echo PH wins by default as Nexplay fails to arrive at venue on time". ABS-CBN News.
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: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ Vistek. "MPL PH: Echo takes sixth win as Nexplay fails to arrive - News - Mobile Legends: Bang Bang Professional League Philippines". MPL Philippines Season 9. Retrieved 2022-03-16.
- ^ "Flat tire and traffic issues plagued Nexplay EVOS, says official team statement". Spin.ph. Retrieved 2022-03-16.
- ^ "MLBB M1 World Championship 2019 Playoffs: Burmese Ghouls eliminate Sunsparks 2-1 | ONE Esports". www.oneesports.gg. Retrieved 2021-11-17.