MPL ID S18: NAVI and Liquid set up upper final with an M8 place at stake
The top two regular-season teams each won 3–1 on playoff day two; Alter Ego and Bigetron move to the lower bracket.
NAVI beat Alter Ego 3–1 and Team Liquid ID defeated Bigetron by Vitality by the same score on the second day of the MPL Indonesia Season 18 playoffs. The league’s official schedule sends the regular season’s top two teams into the upper-bracket final on November 6.
Alter Ego had eliminated ONIC 3–1 the previous day, while Bigetron survived five games against EVOS to win 3–2. Neither is out after this defeat: they meet in the lower-bracket semifinal on November 6, where the winner continues and the loser leaves the playoffs.
Both NAVI and Liquid finished the regular season 12–4; Liquid took first on game difference and NAVI placed second. NAVI won both regular-season meetings 2–0. Their upper final is a new best-of-five, with those earlier scores carrying no advantage into the series.
The Indonesian league’s champion and runner-up qualify for the M8 World Championship. The upper-final winner reaches the grand final and takes one of those places; the loser has another chance in the November 7 lower final. The grand final is scheduled for November 8.
