Rejigged rosters mark MPL Philippines Season 13

MANILA, Philippines – The coming 13th season of the Mobile Legends Bang Bang Professional League (MPL) Philippines has seen some of the biggest roster changes since the league adapted a franchise format back in Season 8.

With many players shuffling across teams both locally and abroad, some even moving to the coaching staff, here’s a look at the team rosters for the upcoming season.

The reigning MPL Philippines and world champion, AP Bren remains intact with its champion roster that includes David Charles “FlapTzy” Canon, Michael Angelo “KyleTzy” Sayson, Angelo Kyle “Pheww” Arcangel, Marco “Super Marco” Requitiano, Rowgien “Owgwen” Unigo, Vincent “Pando” Unigo, and coach Francis "Ducky" Glindro. Former coach Vrendon "Vren" Pesebre has moved to Indonesia as the new head coach of RRQ Hoshi, and his vacancy is filled with former ECHO technical coach Robert "Trebor" Sanchez, who also has a world championship and local title under his belt.

Last season’s runner-up, Blacklist International sees the return of KDA machine, Salic "Hadji" Imam, who switches roles from midlaner to roamer as Renejay "Renejay" Barcase sits out the season. The rest of the team remained, including Edward “EDWARD” Dapadap, Stephen “Sensui” Castillo, Kenneth “Yue” Tadeo, Kiel “OHEB ” Soriano, Kim “ Kimpoy ” Dela Cruz and Mark “ESON” Gerardo.

M4 champion Echo sees two additions from their development league roster moving to their MPL roster — Jhonville “Outplayed” Villar and Justine “Zaida” Palma. Another addition is rookie Edmar John “EJJJ” Clementier, who joins Echo’s main five composed of Sanford "Sanford" Vinuya, Karl "KarlTzy" Nepomuceno, Alston "Sanji" Pabico, Frederic "Bennyqt" Gonzales and Jaypee "Jaypee" Cruz, under head coach Harold "Tictac" Reyes. Former Echo roam, Tristan "Yawi" Cabrera, is now playing in Indonesia, under Echo’s sister organization, Aura Fire.

The team lost two of its key members from the previous season goldlaner Eman “EMANN” Sangco and jungler John "Irrad" Tuazon. Both members are now playing in MPL Indonesia under Bigetron Alpha and RRQ Hoshi, respectively. In their wake sees the return of former Filipino imports Jonard "Demonkite" Caranto and Clarence “Kousei”