Panda Legends: Ultimate Battle Crowns Panda Heist as Champions

It's a competitive day for food panda riders who loves gaming especially ML or Mobile Legends Bang Bang! foodpanda has organized Panda Legends Ultimate Battle, which brought the best teams composed of foodpanda rider partners to play the very competitive mobile game.

This nationwide competition drawn in over 128 teams from different cities and provinces as they prove that they are not only reliable food delivery riders but also competitive players as well. Aside from the cash prize, each winning team member also received Php 2,000 worth of gas vouchers, which they can use for their delivery shifts. 

For the grand finals, four teams battled with their skills and strategies to show their gaming skills, Panda Heist, The General Panda. Elbi Panda, and Batang Malate. The final battle comes down between The General Panda and Panda Heist. 

The final game will be the best of 3 with a set up like of those professional leagues. The finalists Panda Heist came from Marikina while The General Panda comes from Davao. Although the game is a sweep of two wins by Panda Heist versus The General Panda. With this win they get to take home P250,000 plus other prizes. 

According to operations director Patricia Jacinto, Panda Legends aims to encourage foodpanda’s Ka-panda delivery partners to play like a panda and foster friendly competition amongst the rider fleet. “There’s no doubt that eSports continues to boom and is a favorite past-time within the Ka-panda community. After our successful first run last 2021, we knew we needed another round of competition, and this year became the perfect time to do it again.”

“Nabuo yung grupo namin habang nag-aantay lang ng booking sa isang waiting shed. Di namin akalain na makaka-abot kami hanggang finals at mananalo pa,” narrates  Ka panda Art Randy Maliwat from the winning team. “Salamat foodpanda dahil bukod sa sobrang enjoy na makasama at makalaro yung mga kapwa Ka-panda ko, nanalo pa kami ng malaking premyo.” 

Yran Basco, a Ka panda working student from Marikina is elated to make it to the finals. “Pinag-igihan talaga namin yung practice para dito at nagbunga naman yung paghahanda namin dahil nakatungtong kami hanggang finals,” he shares. “Yung cash prize na natanggap namin, sobrang laking tulong para sa mga pansariling gastusin kaya malaki ang pasasalamat ko sa foodpanda dahil nabigyan kami ng pagkakataon na makasali dito.”

To reward the Ka-panda community for their hard work, Jacinto revealed that they still have a lot in store to continuously engage their delivery partners for the rest of the year. “We will strive to offer our Ka-pandas with the best possible programs, services and assistance that will add value to their livelihoods.”

The champion team and finalists also received exciting and valuable prizes from the tournament’s co-presenters and official partners such as Panther Gaming Gear, Unioil, GCash, and Motivo Tech.