MSC 2024

The 2024 Mobile Legends: Bang Bang Mid Season Cup, commonly referred to as MSC 2024, is the ongoing seventh edition of the Mobile Legends: Bang Bang Mid Season Cup, an annual mid-year international esports tournament for the mobile game Mobile Legends: Bang Bang organized by Moonton.

2024 Mobile Legends: Bang Bang Mid Season Cup

2024
Tournament information
Game	Mobile Legends: Bang Bang
Dates	28 June–14 July 2024
Administrator	Moonton, Esports World Cup
Tournament format(s)	Group stage Single Round Robin Format Playoffs Single-elimination Format
Host(s)	Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Participants	16 teams
Purse	$3,000,000
Website	https://esportsworldcup.com

MSC 2024 is the first edition of the tournament bearing the name "Mid Season Cup", formerly known as the "Southeast Asia Cup". The tournament was rebranded to the Mid Season Cup in lieu of the Southeast Asia Cup due to its venue, hosted by the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, the first tournament in MLBB to be held outside of Southeast Asia and the expansion of Mobile Legends: Bang Bang globally. Also following the previous edition in Phnom Penh, the tournament includes new regions apart from Southeast Asia organizations from competing. Furthermore, it bears the largest prize pool in any MLBB professional tournament in history, boasting a $3 million prize pool with the champions winning a prize of $1 million.

Background

MSC 2024 is the first edition of the annual tournament held in the City of Riyadh. Apart from MSC 2024, the Mobile Legends: Bang Bang Women's Invitational (MWI) is also hosted in Riyadh as part of the 2024 Esports World Cup. The announcement of the Mid Season Cup was done on January 2024 following certain leaks that MSC is heading to the Middle East, specifically Saudi Arabia.

Previously, the tournament was named as the "Southeast Asia Cup", a regional tournament for teams in the Southeast Asian region. However, during MSC 2023, the addition of Turkish, North American and Chinese teams were taken into consideration the point of the name "Southeast Asia Cup" in the first place. Game developers Moonton released the Mobile Legends: Bang Bang 2024 Roadmap during the beginning of 2024.

The addition of the Mobile Legends: Bang Bang in the 2024 Esports World Cup is likely due to the partnership between Moonton and Qiddiya, the entertainment megaproject launched by the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. Moonton explained that the reinforced partnership between it and Qiddiya is seen as both organization's "commitment to deliver captivating experiences to global communities."

With its participation in the 2024 Esports World Cup, MSC 2024's prize pool is featuring a hefty-increase from $300,000 to $3 million. MSC 2024's prize pool is part of the $60 million cumulative prize pool which also includes the prize pool for the different esports titles, $7.6 million for qualifiers and $1.1 million for MVP awards. MSC 2024's prize pool is identical to the prize pools of PUBG Mobile and Honor of Kings. These three games' prize pool are just behind Dota 2's prize pool of $5 million.

Patch

MSC 2024 is played on Patch 1.8.92 which was released on 19 June 2024 wherein certain adjustments were made to the in-game equipment and hero skills. These includes nerfs and buffs and adjustments. The New Hero named "Zhuxin" is not available for utilization and playing for MSC 2024 in lieu of new, revamped, buffed, and nerfed items.

Patch 1.8.92
New Hero Zhuxin, Beacon of Spirits
Role:		Mage
Skills		Effects
Skill 1:	Fluttering Grace	Zhuxin deals Magic Damage to all enemies in a fan-shaped area and applies 1 stack of Soul Snare. Zhuxin also steals Movement Speed from all enemy heroes hit.
Skill 2:	Lantern Flare	Holding the Button: Zhuxin continuously consumes Mana while the Spirit Lantern can be moved with the skill button, dealing Magic Damage to all enemies within range and applying Soul Snare to enemy heroes hit. Releasing the Button: Throws all captured enemies to the target location, dealing Magic Damage to all enemies in the area.
Ultimate:	Crimson Beacon	Zhuxin blinks to the target location while gaining a shield. While flying, she creates a field around her. The field deals Magic Damage and applies Soul Snare stacks to enemies.
Hero Adjustments
Hero/Entity	Type of Adjustment	Notes
Zhask	Attribute Adjustment	Nightmaric Spawn now deals basic attack continuously. Dominator's Descent now allows user to select area for enhanced Nightmaric Spawn.
Lord	New Effect	When aggro, the Physical Penetration is increased by 10% per second. Stacks up to 10 times.
Item(s)
New Item(s)
Skypiercer		Lethality: Executes the hero if their HP is lower than 4%. Increases the threshold with stacks gained from kills.
Reworked & Improved Item(s):
Thunder Belt Twilight Armor Glowing Wand War Axe

Venue

MSC 2024 was announced to be held in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. The wildcard stage was held at the Festival area of Riyadh's Boulevard City, while the group stage, knockout stage and the Grand Finals will be held at Square 2 of Boulevard City, also known as the 5V5 Arena or the Amazon Arena for sponsorship purposes.

Wildcard Stage	Group Stage	Knockout Stage and Grand Finals
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Boulevard City Square 2 Amazon Arena
			Boulevard City

Qualified teams

Qualifying for the MSC 2024 tournament comes from the competing nation's Mobile Legends: Bang Bang Professional League, commonly known as "MPL". However, regional/non-MPL qualifiers in the North America, Türkiye, Myanmar, and Chinese regions were also held to broaden the reach of the Championship's teams.

MSC 2024 shall be composed of the following twelve regions that automatically send 15 teams combined:

Region	League	Qualification method	Team name	ID	Group
Philippines	MPL Philippines	MPL Philippines Season 13 Champions	Liquid Echo	TLPH	C
		MPL Philippines Season 13 First Runner-ups	Falcons AP Bren	FCAP	D
Indonesia	MPL Indonesia	MPL Indonesia Season 13 Champions	Fnatic ONIC ID	FNOC	B
		MPL Indonesia Season 13 Runners-up	EVOS Glory	EVOS	A
Middle East and North Africa	MPL MENA	MPL MENA Season 5 Champions	Team Falcons	FLCN	B
		Highest-Ranking Saudi Team	Twisted Minds	TWIS	C
Latin America	MPL LATAM	MPL LATAM Season 1 Champions	RRQ Akira	RRQ	A
Malaysia	MPL Malaysia	MPL Malaysia Season 13 Champions	Selangor Red Giants	SRG	B
Singapore	MPL Singapore	MPL Singapore Season 7 Champions	NIP Flash	NPFL	A
Cambodia	MPL Cambodia	MPL Cambodia Season 6 Champions	SeeYouSoon	SYS	B
Eastern Europe and Central Asia	MLBB Continental Championships	MLBB Continental Championships Season 3 Champions	Team Spirit	TS	C
Myanmar	MSC 2024 Myanmar Qualifier	MSC 2024 Myanmar Qualifier Champions	Falcon Esports	FCON	D
Türkiye	MLBB Türkiye Championships	MLBB Türkiye Championships Season 3 Champions	Fire Flux Esports	FF	A
North America	MLBB North America Challenger Tournament	MLBB North America Challenger Tournament Spring 2024 Champions	Cloud9	C9	D
China	MSC 2024 China Qualifier	MSC 2024 China Qualifier Champions	Xianyou Gaming	XYG	D

In addition, one team will qualify for MSC 2024 via the 8-team Wildcard Tournament.

Region	League	Qualification method	Team name	ID	Group
Latin America	MPL LATAM	MPL LATAM Season 1 Runners-up	Entity7	E7	A
Malaysia	MPL Malaysia	MPL Malaysia Season 13 Runners-up	HomeBois	HB	B
Eastern Europe and Central Asia	MLBB Continental Championships	MLBB Continental Championships Season 3 First Runner-ups	Brute Force	BF	B
Türkiye	MLBB Türkiye Championships	MLBB Türkiye Championships Season 3 First Runner-ups	S2G Esports	S2G	A
South Asia	MLBB Champion Battles	MLBB Champion Battles Season 3 Champions	Trained to Kill	T2K	B
Mekong Region	M Challenge Cup	M Challenge Cup Season 3 Champions	Zino Zenith	ZEN	A
China	MSC 2024 China Qualifier	MSC 2024 China Qualifier First Runner-ups	KeepBest Gaming	KBG	A
Mongolia	MSC 2024 Mongolia Qualifier	MSC 2024 Mongolia Qualifier Champions	IHC Esports	IHC	B

Qualified rosters

Group Stage

Team Name	Short Name	League	Head Coach	Asst. Coach(es)	Main Five					Substitute(s)
					Exp Lane	Jungle	Mid Lane	Gold Lane	Roamer
Fnatic ONIC ID	FNOC	MPL-ID	Yeb (Denver Miranda)	Adi (Adi Asyauri)	Lutpiii (Lutpi Ardianto)	Kairi (Kairi Rayosdelsol)	S A N Z (Gilang)	CW (Calvin Winata)	Kiboy (Nicky Pontonuwu)	Albertt (Albert Iskandar)
										Butsss (Muhammad Sanubari)
EVOS Glory	EVOS	MPL-ID	G (Afrindo Valentino)	Caleb (Tesista Kayleb)	Fluffy (Regi Marviola)	Anavel (Junisen Young Lo)	Claw Kun (Adriansyah Lesmana)	Branz (Jabran Wiloko)	DreamS (Rachmad Wahyudi)	Panser (Thimothy Tonny)
Liquid ECHO	TLPH	MPL-PH	Tictac (Harold Reyes)	Cjay	Sanford (Sanford Vinuya)	KarlTzy (Karl Nepomuceno)	Sanji (Alston Pabico)	Bennyqt (Frederic Gonzales)	Jaypee (Jaypee dela Cruz)	Zaida (Justine Palma)
Falcons AP Bren	FCAP	MPL-PH	Ducky (Francis Glindro)	Trebor (Robert Sanchez)	FlapTzy (David Canon)	KyleTzy (Michael Sayson)	Pheww (Angelo Arcangel)	Super Marco (Stephen Requitiano)	Owgwen (Rowgien Unigo)	Pandora (Vincent Unigo)
Team Falcons	FLCN	MPL-MENA	Zico (John Dizon)	Paoweeburn	Ding (Danver Canja)	KENJI (Amir Mohamed)	Goodnight (Jaylord Bacog)	Lark (Abdullah Alshammari)	Super (Ahmad Alzaglul)	Alpho (Ahmed Aly)
Twisted Minds	TWIS	MPL-MENA	Lyrick (Hendrich Clahi)	Mike Sama (Ren Diong)	Sanji (Ayman Alqarni)	Lio (Mahomoud Elsayed)	Cuffin (Muath Alkoraini)	Saano (Sulaiman Alrashdi)	Trolll (Moayed Kharaba)	Tarzan (Mohammed Kharabah)
										Maro (Amr Amin)
Selangor Red Giants	SRG	MPL-MY	Arcadia (Michael Bocado)	OzoraVeki (Poon Sing)	Kramm (Mark Rusiana)	Sekys (Muhammad Zaman)	Stormie (Hazziq Rizman)	Innocent (John Banal)	Yums (Muhammad Suhairi)	Gojes (Ilman Zulkifli)
NIP Flash	NPFL	MPL-SG	Adammir (Adam Ee)	Zarate	Diablo (Yeo Wee Lun)	Hadess (Jaymar Lazaro)	KurtTzy (Jankurt Matira)	Vanix (Keith Lim Wei Jun)	Lolsie (Bellamy Yeov)	/ JPL (Akihiro Furusawa)
										Pooskie
SeeYouSoon	SYS	MPL-KH	CatGod (Chhim Vitou)	PARAGON (Sam Sophanny)	Felix (Leng Kimhak)	MP the King (Michael Endino)	Raa (Sovann Chanmakara)	Souuul (Kennt Baesa)	BOXI (Sok Viera)	Trabot
RRQ Akira	RRQ	MPL-LATAM	Cabral (Godman Cabral)	Ybig	Tekashi (Arthur Nascimento)	Kiing (Lucas Godoy)	Seigen (Matheus Lima)	Gustalagusta (Gustavo Lima)	Luiizz (Luiz Alves)	Blink (Gabriel Favoreto)
Team Spirit	TS	MCC	Lil (Ruslan Degtev)	Vren (Vrendon Pesebre)	Kid Bomba (Mathaios Chatzilakos)	Marl (Sergey Finashev)	Sunset Lover (Kemiran Kochkarov)	Hiko (Pak Anton Igorevich)	SAWO (Stanislav Reshnyak)	Solist
Fire Flux Esports	FF	MTC	Ospreay (Vladimir Gonchar)	Badgalseph (Sacit Arslan)	Alien (Bariş Ali Çakır)	Tienzy (Sidar Menteşe)	Rosa (Ahmet Taha Batır)	Sunshine (Emre Sarı)	APEX47 (Furkan Akbulut)	Finarfin (Kutay Artık)
Cloud9	C9	NACT	Midnight (Neil De Guzman)	Sir Rose (Martin Bautista)	Mielow (Chris Enobio)	MobaZane (Michael Cosgun)	Marqt (Marco Lacson)	Basic (Peter Lozano)	Cole World (Chris Cartagenas)	Kevy
Falcon Esports	FCON	MSC-MM Qualifier	Kalama (Kaung Htet Oo)	Ar Sy (Rodel Cruz)	Royal Milk (Arkar Pyae)	Daxx (Kaung Sett)	Mok (Moe Ko Ko)	Beni (Min Swan Kon)	KidX (Yehtet Sithu)	J3X (Kaung Min Khan)
Xianyou Gaming	XYG	MSC-CN Qualiier	Guard (Amos Ker Zhen Shun)	Little	Kielvj (Kiel Cruzem)	Zzzed	Yione	Loong (Tang Zelong)	GodYang (Yang Yang)	CHMA (Sour Mara)

Wildcard Stage

Team Name	Short Name	League	Head Coach	Asst. Coach(es)	Main Five					Substitute(s)
					EXP Lane	Jungle	Mid Lane	Gold Lane	Roamer
HomeBois	HB	MPL-MY	Pabz (Kahirul Sharif)	Jeff (Jeffrey Manforte)	Sepat (Muhammad Aujang)	Chibi (Muhammad Mohd Nor)	Udil (Muhammad Adriansyah)	Nets (Kenneth Sablande Barro)	Xorn (Mohammed Noor)	Mal (Muhammad Bin Rozali)
Entity7	E7	MPL-LATAM	BlackJax (Ignacio Lucumi)	Ericber	Markinho (Marco Colque)	Hide on bush (Facundo Ledesma)	Chan (Darien Barraza)	Fury	Erwin (Rodrigo Herenu)	Crissangel
Brute Force	BF	MCC	Pao (Ren Villanueva)	—	Marbon (Ildarovich Gabdrakhmanov)	Mashiro (Cavadov Agabalaoglu)	Kodjikk (Baibulsinov Eduardovich)	Black merch (Falin Yurievich)	Fangor (Gorin Sergeevich)	El Gringo (Khamikov Shokhin)
S2G Esports	S2G	MTC	demigod (Fatih Al)	Boranxcaglar (Uğurcan Arslan)	Lunar (Mehmet Ibrahim Ilgun)	Kazue (Mehmed Akif Öztürk)	Begin (Emir Gözcü)	Sigibum (Şiyar Akbulut)	Qaro (Ahmet Yaren)	arion (Uğurcan Arslan)
Zino Zenith	ZEN	MCC-M	Carlo (John Argonza)	—	Hehehehehehe (Lâm Văn Đạt)	Jowga (Nguyễn Văn Tô Đô)	Shocker (Justin Guanga)	Zippx (Kyaw Zin Bo)	GNART (Phạm Ngọc Trạng)	Meow (Nguyễn Đức Nam)
Trained to Kill	T2K	MCB	Youngin (Daryl Ng Jun Da)	Basanta	Masarap (Aayush Bhandari)	Yahiko (Aayush Rai)	Bobe	Vvitch	APEX	Nachz
IHC Esports	IHC	MSC-MN Qualifier	Sparco (Temuujin Erdenebaatar)	—	Aizn (Enkhbat Munkhharaa)	Zxaura (Bagabandi Tegshjargal)	Forbid (Amarmurun Mandah)	Bebex (Erdenemunkh Chinsukh)	Ethan (Batbold Batjargal)	—
KeepBest Gaming	KBG	MSC-CN Qualifier	Webby (Chen Jiawei)	—	Siyu (Gao Yifan)	Saxa (Kenneth Fedelin)	LMU (Shen Yuan)	Wawawa (Chen Jiajie)	Tracy (Damasco Danielle)	Peach (Yang Daizhi)
										Tides (Yang Shangteng)

Group and Wildcard Draws

Group Draw

The Group Draw for the upcoming MSC 2024 was announced via the official Facebook page for Mobile Legends Esports. These include the dates of the tournaments' stages such as the Wild Cards and the Group Stages. Moreover, the post also announced the rules for the upcoming Group Draw for MSC 2024.

Group Draw:

• All 16 qualified teams for the Group Stage will be split into 2 Pools: Pool 1 and Pool 2.
• Pool 1 includes the Champions and Runners-up for MPL Philippines and MPL Indonesia's recently concluded seasons, all other teams including the lone-team that have qualified via the Wild Card tournament will be put in Pool 2.
• The Group Draw order will be ABCD→ABCD→ABCD→ABCD until all teams have been grouped.
• There will be no avoidance principle for teams from the same region.
• Team As from the Group Draw order will all be Pool 1 teams while the remaining teams will come from Pool 2.
• The Group Draw was not broadcast but was announced on the official website of Mobile Legends Esports.

Wildcard Draw

The Wildcard draw was also announced in the same post.

Wildcard Draw:

• All 8 Wildcard teams will be put into one pool.
• The first drawn team will be put in Group A and the second drawn team will be put in Group B. This system will repeat until all teams have been separated into two groups of four teams. (Example, 1A, 2B, 3A, 4B, etc.)

Group Draw Pools

Pool 1
Liquid Echo	Fnatic ONIC ID	Falcons AP Bren	EVOS Glory
Pool 2
Selangor Red Giants	SeeYouSoon	Falcon Esports	Team Spirit
Fire Flux Esports	Cloud 9	RRQ Akira	Xianyou Gaming
NIP Flash	Team Falcons	Twisted Minds	Wild Card Qualifier

MSC 2024 Group Draw

Group A	Group B	Group C	Group D
EVOS Glory	Fnatic ONIC ID	Liquid Echo	Falcons AP Bren
Fire Flux Esports	SeeYouSoon	Wild Card Qualifier	Xianyou Gaming
NIP Flash	Selangor Red Giants	Twisted Minds	Cloud 9
RRQ Akira	Team Falcons	Team Spirit	Falcon Esports

MSC 2024 Wildcard Draw

Group A	Group B
Entity7	Brute Force
KeepBest Gaming	HomeBois
S2G Esports	IHC Esports
Zino Zenith	Trained to Kill

Wild Card rounds

Teams qualifying for the Wild Card tournament were divided into two groups of four teams each, playing in a single round-robin format. Matches in the wild card rounds were scheduled to be played from June 28–30. All matches in the elimination phase were a best-of-one series, with only the top seed per group qualifying for the decider match that determined which team will advance to the group stage. The decider match was a best-of-five series.

Group A

Pos	Team	GP	W	L	Qualification		E7	ZEN	KBG	S2G
1	Entity7	3	3	0	Qualified for the Decider Match		—	1–0	1–0	1–0
2	Zino Zenith	3	2	1	Eliminated		0–1	—	1–0	1–0
3	KeepBest Gaming	3	1	2			0–1	0–1	—	1–0
4	S2G Esports	3	0	3			0–1	0–1	0–1	—

Source:

Group B

Pos	Team	GP	W	L	Qualification		HB	T2K	IHC	BF
1	HomeBois	3	3	0	Qualified for the Decider Match		—	1–0	1–0	1–0
2	Trained to Kill	3	2	1	Eliminated		0–1	—	1–0	1–0
3	IHC Esports	3	1	2			0–1	0–1	—	1–0
4	Brute Force	3	0	3			0–1	0–1	0–1	—

Source:

Decider match

After a 3–0 and a final victory over Nepal's Trained To Kill, HomeBois advances against Group A leaders Entity7 in the Decider Match. After a 1–1 start, HomeBois won two straight games to send E7 home and advance to the Group Stage, 3 games to 1.

Decider Match	30 June	Entity7	1	–	3	HomeBois
	18:00	HomeBois wins the series and advances to the Group Stage 3–1.
		7	Game 1			16
		12	Game 2			4
		13	Game 3			24
		7	Game 4			15

Group stage

Matches in the group stage are a best-of-two series, with potential best-of-one tiebreakers to be played if necessary. Only the top two teams per group advance to the quarterfinals.

Group A

Pos	Team	GP	W	D	L	MW	ML	Df	Qualification		NPFL	FF	EVOS	RRQ
1	NIP Flash (Q)	3	2	1	0	5	1	+4	Qualified for the Playoffs		—	2–0	1–1	2–0
2	Fire Flux Esports (Q)	3	2	0	1	4	2	+2			0–2	—	0–2	1–1
3	EVOS Glory (E)	3	0	2	1	2	4	-2	Eliminated		1–1	0–2	—	1–1
4	RRQ Akira (E)	3	0	1	2	1	5	-4			0–2	0–2	1–1	—

Updated to match(es) played on unknown. Source:
(E) Eliminated; (Q) Qualified to the phase indicated

Group B

Pos	Team	GP	W	D	L	MW	ML	Df		FNOC	SYS	SRG	FLCN
1	Fnatic ONIC	1	1	0	0	2	0	+2		—	July 6	July 6	2–0
2	SeeYouSoon	0	0	1	0	1	1	0		July 6	—	1–1	July 6
3	Selangor Red Giants	0	0	1	0	1	1	0		July 6	1–1	—	July 6
4	Team Falcons	1	0	0	1	0	2	-2		0–2	July 6	July 6	—

Updated to match(es) played on 3 July 2024. Source: Unknown

Group C

Pos	Team	GP	W	D	L	MW	ML	Df	Qualification		HB	TLPH	TS	TWIS
1	HomeBois (Q)	2	2	0	0	4	0	+4	Qualified for the Playoffs		—	July 5	2–0	2–0
2	Liquid ECHO	1	1	0	0	2	0	+2			July 5	—	July 5	2–0
3	Team Spirit	1	0	0	1	0	2	-2			0–2	July 5	—	July 5
4	Twisted Minds (E)	2	0	0	2	0	4	-4	Eliminated		0–2	0–2	July 5	—

Updated to match(es) played on 5 July 2024. Source: Unknown
(E) Eliminated; (Q) Qualified to the phase indicated

Group D

Pos	Team	GP	W	D	L	MW	ML	Df		FCAP	FCON	C9	XYG
1	Falcons AP Bren	1	1	0	0	2	0	+2		—	July 7	July 7	2–0
2	Falcon Esports	1	1	0	0	2	0	+2		July 7	—	2–0	July 7
3	Cloud9	1	0	0	1	0	2	-2		July 7	0–2	—	July 7
4	Xianyou Gaming	1	0	0	1	0	2	-2		0–2	July 7	July 7	—

Updated to match(es) played on 3 July 2024. Source: Unknown

Knockout Stage

All matches are a best-of-five series, except for the Grand Final which is a best-of-seven series.

After sweeping Brazil's RRQ Akira in the Group Stage 2–0, Singapore's NIP Flash becomes the first team to advance to the Knockout and Playoff stage after going 2-1-0 and a 5–1 match finish in the Group Stage. Moreover, NIP Flash secures the first seed with Fire Flux Esports and EVOS Glory only able to win a max of four matches. Also, Fire Flux Esports sends the Indonesian runner-ups EVOS Glory home after a 2-0 victory in their final match in the Group Stage. NIP Flash and Fire Flux Esports are the first two qualified teams for the playoffs.

The KSA representatives Twisted Minds have been eliminated following their 0-2 defeat against Malaysia's HomeBois. HomeBois becomes the third team in the group stage to qualify for the knockout stage with a 2-0 record thus far.

Quarterfinals (Bo5)

Semifinals (Bo5)

Grand Final (Bo7)

Final standings

Final standings, Esports Club Championship points distribution, and prizepool of USD 3,000,000 distribution are as seen as below:

Rank	Prize Pool	EWC Points	Pct	Team and Region
Champion	$1,000,000	1000	33%	TBA
First Runner Up	$500,000	600	17%	TBA
3rd-4th	$200,000	275	7%	TBA
5th-8th	$100,000	60	3%	TBA
9th-16th	$56,000	0	2%	RRQ Akira
				EVOS Glory
				Twisted Minds
17th-23th	$36,000	0	1%	Entity7
				Zino Zenith
				Trained to Kill
				KeepBest Gaming
				IHC Esports
				S2G Esports
				Brute Force