Heroic win Toyota Master Bangkok

Heroic have defeated TYLOO 3-2 in the grand final to become the champions at Toyota Master Bangkok.

The best-of-five grand final at the $100,000 event kicked off on Dust2 where the CT-sided Heroic claimed the pistol round thanks to a quad kill by Daniel "⁠mertz⁠" Mertz. TYLOO were able to tie things up after Heroic took the first two rounds but the Danish team responded by picking up seven in a row to lead 9-2.

TYLOO answered back with three consecutive rounds but the final round of the half went to Heroic as Andreas "⁠MODDII⁠" Fridh got an ace. Adam "⁠friberg⁠" Friberg & company had a jolly time on the T-side, winning the first six rounds and closing out the map 16-5.

mertz played a crucial role in the grand final

TYLOO started on the T-side on Overpass and secured the first four rounds. After Heroic took four of their own, Kevin "⁠xccurate⁠" Susanto clutched a 1vs3 to reclaim the lead (5-4). HaoWen "⁠somebody⁠" Xu's ace made it 8-5 and TYLOO led 8-7 at halftime.

The Chinese side were close to winning the map in the second half as they had a 15-13 lead. However, Patrick "⁠es3tag⁠" Hansen clutched a 1vs3 in the 29th round to deny the first map point. Then, MODDII and friberg salvaged the final round despite a 2vs5 disadvantage to take the game to overtime. Heroic won the map 25-23 following triple overtime.

Just like on Overpass, Heroic managed to deny multiple map points on Train where both teams got 10 rounds on the CT-side. TYLOO had a perfect T-side in overtime and took the 19-17 map victory.

TYLOO almost came back from 0-2

mertz & company began Mirage on the CT-side and led 7-1 after eight rounds. TYLOO went on a six round streak to tie the game at 7-7 but Heroic finished the half in front after taking the 15th round. Even though Heroic grabbed the first three rounds in the second half and extended their lead to 11-7, TYLOO put up a strong defense afterwards to win the map 16-12.

Heroic were on the CT-side to start Inferno and ended the first half with a 9-6 lead. friberg & co. won the map 16-13 to take the 3-2 series victory, becoming the champions at Toyota Master Bangkok.

Toyota Master Bangkok 2018Best of 5

TYLOO

Matchpage

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3

25th November 2018

Heroic

5

Dust2

16

23

Overpass

25

19

Train

16

16

Mirage

12

13

Inferno

16

TYLOO	K - D	+/-	ADR	Rating 2.0
Kevin 'xccurate' Susantoxccurate	116 - 102	+14	71.2	1.07
HaoWen 'somebody' Xusomebody	105 - 112	-7	68.8	1.00
Hui 'DD' WuDD	105 - 115	-10	71.0	0.99
Hansel 'BnTeT' FerdinandBnTeT	94 - 113	-19	68.9	0.90
Ke 'captainMo' LiucaptainMo	86 - 115	-29	62.7	0.88

Heroic	K - D	+/-	ADR	Rating 2.0
Daniel 'mertz' Mertzmertz	148 - 104	+44	92.7	1.37
Patrick 'es3tag' Hansenes3tag	119 - 99	+20	77.2	1.20
Andreas 'MODDII' FridhMODDII	98 - 102	-4	70.8	1.04
Adam 'friberg' Fribergfriberg	98 - 97	+1	68.2	0.99
Asger 'AcilioN' LarsenAcilioN	94 - 105	-11	66.6	0.97

The full standings at Toyota Master Bangkok 2018 can be found below:

1. Heroic - $40,000
2. TYLOO - $20,000
3-4. Renegades - $10,000
3-4. AGO - $10,000
5-6. 5POWER - $6,000
5-6. pro100 - $6,000
7-8. Kinguin - $2,000
7-8. Alpha Red - $2,000
9-10. TeamOne - $2,000
9-10. MVP PK - $2,000