Team Liquid will be entering the Mobile Legends: Bang Bang scene through ECHO and its sister team AURA. Courtesy: Team Liquid Facebook pageMANILA — Team Liquid announced Monday it partnered with M4 world champions ECHO and its Indonesian sister team AURA, as it marked its entry into the Mobile Legends: Bang Bang scene.

"We're very excited to announce our arrival in MLBB with AURA Esports and ECHO, and we're ready to unleash our ultimate support with Indonesia and the Philippines," Team Liquid said in a tweet.

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Team Liquid traces its roots in 2000 as a StarCraft team, but is heavily known for its Dota 2 division which won The International in 2017.

ECHO said they will now be known as "Team Liquid ECHO" going forward.

"Coming in with a different hue, bidding purple goodbye and welcoming blue. From the waves of the sea, we rise. Together from water, we'll make bigger tides.  We are now Team Liquid ECHO. And we're ready for the playoffs," ECHO said in a video.

Due to the merger, ECHO's former captain Tristan "Yawi" Cabera will also be a part of Team Liquid, but under the AURA umbrella.

The merger is the third collaboration between a Philippine Mobile Legends: Bang Bang squad and a global esports team, after AP Bren and Onic Philippines announced collaborations with Saudi's Team Falcons and Europe's FNATIC respectively.

Team Liquid ECHO will be playing in the MPL Philippines playoffs for a slot to the Mobile Legends: Bang Bang mid-season cup, to be held during the Esports World Cup in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.