Heroic defeat North; advance to DreamHack Valencia playoffs

Heroic are through to the playoffs at DreamHack Open Valencia after defeating North (16-10 on Mirage) in the Group A winners' match.

The match kicked off with Heroic picking up a near-flawless pistol on the CT side, and following that up with the subsequent anti-ecos. Asger "⁠AcilioN⁠" Larsen's men further added to their lead, denying the Terrorists fairly easily to go up 5-0.

With a triple kill from Markus "⁠Kjaerbye⁠" Kjærbye in a 3v4 post-plant situation, North got their first round on the board. Heroic remained far too hot for North to handle, however, stringing together five more rounds. North then found some breathing room by going on a four-round streak to reduce the deficit to 5-10.

Philip "⁠aizy⁠" Aistrup opened up the second half with an extraordinary ace, which inspired his team to rally to a 10-10 stalemate. But after that, Heroic picked up the pace, winning six rounds in a row to secure a comfortable victory, with Patrick "⁠es3tag⁠" Hansen leading the way with a 1.47 rating.