The DEWA vs GEEK MPL ID S17 playoff opener turns into a Geek Fam statement. Geek Fam eliminate Dewa United 3-0 at Jakarta International Velodrome, flipping a regular-season matchup that had favored Dewa and sending Baloyskie’s squad into the next round against Team Liquid ID.
Dewa enter as the higher seed and regular-season top-three finisher. Geek enter as the sixth seed, but the bracket does not care once the lights hit.
This is the kind of MPL ID result that lands hard across Southeast Asia. A Filipino roamer captains an Indonesian lineup through a clean sweep, then points straight at playoff discipline as the difference.
#DEWA vs GEEK MPL ID S17 playoff result and scoreline
| Match | Result | Key detail |
|---|---|---|
| Game 1 | Geek Fam win | 13-5 kills, 3 turtles, 2 lords, Aboy MVP |
| Game 2 | Geek Fam win | 13-3 kills, 3 turtles, 2 lords, Nazara MVP |
| Game 3 | Geek Fam win | Late-game close, Baloyskie’s Chip macro play seals it |
| Series | Geek Fam 3-0 Dewa United | Geek advance to face TLID on June 11 |
Geek do not just win the opener. They set the rhythm from the first turtle, deny Dewa’s map reset, and keep every lord setup clean enough that Dewa never get a proper five-man fight on their own terms.
Game 1 ends 13-5 in 14 minutes. Geek take all three turtles, secure two lords, and let Aboy dictate mid control while Dewa’s side lanes constantly arrive late to the next objective.
Game 2 follows the same script, even after Dewa claim first blood. That early pick should give Dewa tempo, but Geek answer by tightening river control and running the map back through Nazara, who takes MVP after a 13-3 stomp that again ends in 14 minutes.
#Why DEWA vs GEEK MPL ID S17 playoff flips the regular season
Dewa beat Geek in the regular season. Baloyskie brings that up after the match and makes the cleanest read of the series.
"Kita sudah pernah mengalami situasi seperti ini. Di Season 12 kita juga tidak pernah menang lawan DEWA di regular season, tapi di playoff justru kita yang memulangkan mereka," Baloyskie says on the MPL Indonesia broadcast.
He follows it with the real diagnosis. "Mungkin karena adrenalinnya berbeda, di playoff kami lebih disiplin dan bisa menggabungkan kedisiplinan dengan agresivitas, itu yang membuat kami lebih kuat."
That shows in the first two games. Geek are aggressive, but not loose. Baloyskie starts the fights with numbers in place, Aboy keeps the mid wave clean, and Nazara never has to coin-flip turtle because Geek arrive first.
Dewa look like a team still searching for the version that finished high in the table. Their regular-season numbers remain strong, with 497 kills, 453 deaths, 1,236 assists, 64 turtles, and 213 towers on the official MPL Indonesia stats page, but those numbers do not translate into playoff control here.
The drop is visible after Game 1. Dewa’s first rotations are half a step slow, their gold lane cannot breathe, and their objective calls become reactive. Against Geek, reactive MLBB lasts about 14 minutes.
#Baloyskie makes the DEWA vs GEEK MPL ID S17 playoff his series
Baloyskie’s value is not just the engage. It is the way he turns every Geek move into a team command.
Game 3 gives Dewa their best window. They drag the match later, finally slow the snowball, and force Geek to win through map patience instead of early objective stacking.
Then Baloyskie finds the moment. The official MPL ID highlight frames the third game around Geek’s macro play through his Chip ultimate, pulling bodies across the map and breaking Dewa’s defensive shape before the final push.
That is veteran roamer work. PH fans have seen this rhythm from Baloyskie before, especially when he shifts from pick-hunting to map manipulation. In MPL ID, that style hits different because Indonesian teams punish overextensions quickly, but Geek keep the spacing tight enough to make it work.
The comparison to PH roamers is natural, but not lazy. Baloyskie does not play like Falcons AP.Bren’s old roaming templates or Team Liquid PH’s pressure chains. He plays like a captain who lets his jungler and mid laner decide the damage timing, then gives them the fight location.
#What Geek Fam vs Team Liquid ID means next
Geek now face Team Liquid ID on June 11 at 13:00 WIB, based on the official MPL Indonesia playoff schedule. That is a tougher test because TLID are cleaner in mid-game trades than Dewa showed today.
The matchup is dangerous for TLID if they let Geek repeat the first two games here. Three turtles and two lords in back-to-back 14-minute wins is not a lucky pattern. That is preparation turning into control.
For Dewa, the exit is brutal. Analyst Aceng apologizes to the fans after the series, saying the team cannot deliver a better result than last season and thanking Anak Dewa for the support from regular season through playoffs.
That is the right tone, but the review has to be sharper. Dewa’s late-season dip from Week 7 to Week 9 carries into playoffs, and Geek expose it with no mercy.
Geek’s reward is a shot at TLID. Dewa’s punishment is an offseason full of questions about why a top-three regular-season team looks second to every major objective once the bracket starts.
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