InterActive Philippines are the last hope for the Filipino contingent at the APAC Predator League 2026 in New Delhi, India. After falling to Indonesia’s REKONIX in the Upper Bracket, they will have a rematch with them in the Lower Bracket to keep their aspirations for a Predator Shield alive. Filipino Dota 2 mainstay James ‘Erice’ Manalo Guerra is very confident about his team’s chances to reclaim the trophy in India.
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Erice, the team’s hard support player wants the championship on top of the other accolades.
“Expectation namin ay champion at lahat ng MVP award.” (Our expectations are to be champions and take all the MVP awards.)
Veteran support ad skipper Juan ‘Carlo’ Chua Manalo looks to add more Predator silverware to his cabinet after winning the 2024 edition of the tournament in Manila with Blacklist International.
“Expectations ko talaga sa tournament na ito ay mag champion. Nag champion na ako dati sa previous Predator (league) so kayang kaya.” (My expectations for this tournament is to become champion. I won the previous Predator (League) so it is very doable.)
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The team actually finished 4th in the recently concluded Philippine Finals of the Predator League last November. But with the sudden withdrawal of Kukuys, Execration, and Team Nemesis, the team got the sudden call up. Erice explained how they found out they relayed the news of them participating in the New Delhi LAN.
“Ginulat kami ni coach nun pasko. Merry Christmas, nag withdraw un mga ibang team. Since may chance kami irepresent ang Pilipinas so sulitin nalang namin at galingan. Challenge nalang ngayon ay ang sarili namin discipline at chemistry. (Coach surprised us during Christmas. He said ‘Merry Christmas, the other teams withdrew! Since we had the chance to represent the Philippines we just had to make it count and do our best.
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