ECHO Philippines

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ECHO Loud AURA Philippines
Short nameECHO (Season 8 -present)
AURA (Season 6-7)
SS (Season 4 - 5)
DivisionsMobile Legends: Bang Bang
Founded24 June 2020; 20 months ago (2020-06-24)
LocationSoutheast Asia
Colors  Purple
Championships2
Division titlesMPL Philippines Season 4-5 Champion
MPL Philippines 5th placer Season 8
PartnersVivo
Mountain Dew
Rumble Royale
Parent groupAURA Esports

ECHO Loud Aura Philippines commonly known as ECHO Philippines formerly as ( AURA Philippines) is a Southeast Asian based esport 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[]

Mobile Legends Professional League: Philippines
Year Season Known as Place Last match Result
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 TBD

Bren No Limit Era[]

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]

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 Era[]

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.

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 - Present[]

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.

Season 7[]

In season 7 of MPL Philippines they still managed to get on the playoffs but still defeated by the Execration in 3-0 match in favour of Execration.[3]

Season 8[]

Their parent team AURA Esports allowed them to change their name to ECHO but still same management.[4] Some changes where 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]

Season 9[]

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.[7] Echo Philippines get their tank user from Nexplay EVOS "Yawi" and 3martzy from TNC Pro Team-ML.[8]

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.[9]

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[10] due to heavy traffic and flat tire during travel,[11] Nexplay EVOS issued a formal apology in MPL Philippines operations and the fans of the both teams.[12]

Mobile Legends World Championships[]

Year Series Venue Place Last match Result Ref.
2019
M1
 Malaysia Axiata Arena
5th-6th
 Philippines Sunsparks vs. Myanmar Burmese Ghouls 1–2 [13]
2020
M2
 Singapore Shangri-La Hotel Singapore
Did not qualify
2021
M3
 Singapore Suntec Singapore Convention and Exhibition Centre
Did not qualify

MPL Invitational (2021)[]

ECHO Philippines managed to survive in the tournament by defeating their main team AURA Esports in 2-1 match.[14] 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[15]

Current roster[]

ECHO Philippines Mobile Legends: Bang Bang roster
Players Coaches
Handle Name Nationality
Karltzy  Nepomuceno, Karl Gabriel   Philippines 
YAWI  Cabrera, Tristan   Philippines 
3martzy  Serafico, Frediemar   Philippines 
Rafflesia  Fajura, Christian   Philippines 
KurtTzy  Matira, Jankurt Russel   Philippines 
Killuash  Cruz, Ashley Marco   Philippines 
Hadess  Lazaro, Jaymark Aaron   Philippines 
BennyQT  Gonzales, Benedict   Philippines 
AaronQT  Lim, Aaron   Philippines 
RK3  Kudo, Rion   Philippines 
Head coach

Micheal Angelo "Arcadia" Bocado

Legend
  • (I) Inactive
  • (S) Suspended
  • Substitute player Substitute
  • Injured Injury / Illness

References[]

  1. ^ "Aura PH rebrands to Echo for MPL PH S8 | ONE Esports". www.oneesports.gg. Retrieved 2021-11-17.
  2. ^ "What is the 'Feeding Diggie' strategy and why has it taken the MPL by storm? | ONE Esports". www.oneesports.gg. Retrieved 2021-11-17.
  3. ^ 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.
  4. ^ "Aura PH rebrands to Echo for MPL Season 8, Jaypee retires". Manila Bulletin. 2021-07-13. Retrieved 2021-11-17.
  5. ^ "Killuash sits out MPL-PH Season 8, cites loss of drive". Manila Bulletin. 2021-07-11. Retrieved 2021-11-17.
  6. ^ News, Angela Coloma, ABS-CBN (2021-10-21). "Mobile Legends: Omega eliminate Echo in MPL S8 playoffs". ABS-CBN News. Retrieved 2021-11-17.
  7. ^ Lojo, Michelle. "ECHO PH bares powerhouse cast for MPL Season 9". Philstar.com. Retrieved 2021-12-22.
  8. ^ "ECHO forms strong team for MPL PH Season 9". Manila Bulletin. 2021-12-21. Retrieved 2021-12-22.
  9. ^ Vistek. "Data - Mobile Legends: Bang Bang Professional League Philippines". MPL Philippines Season 9. Retrieved 2022-02-20.
  10. ^ Coloma, Angela. "PL Season 9: Echo PH wins by default as Nexplay fails to arrive at venue on time". ABS-CBN News.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  11. ^ 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.
  12. ^ "Flat tire and traffic issues plagued Nexplay EVOS, says official team statement". Spin.ph. Retrieved 2022-03-16.
  13. ^ "MLBB M1 World Championship 2019 Playoffs: Burmese Ghouls eliminate Sunsparks 2-1 | ONE Esports". www.oneesports.gg. Retrieved 2021-11-17.
  14. ^ "Echo survives Aura Fire in MPL Invitational". Rappler. Retrieved 2021-11-17.
  15. ^ UBALDO, JOHN EDISON. "RSG Philippines reaches MPL Invitational quarterfinals at the expense of Echo". GMA News Online. Retrieved 2021-11-17.
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