Heroic seek to reaffirm their domination of the CS: GO universe after a strong victory against Team Vitality yesterday, in the lower bracket of Flashpoint 3. With this victory, Vitality, the leader of the regional ranking of Majors for Europe by arriving in this event, was eliminated from the main bracket and will play the seventh place match..
The two teams faced off in the lower bracket, starting with Heroic's pick, Nuke. Heroic took a few rounds late from T-side in the first half to put pressure on the French side on the second half. But Heroic locked the round in the CT side, losing only 4 rounds and 2 hit bomb plants. Heroic ultimately took Nuke 16 to 11.
Arriving in the second map, Overpass, Heroic took the advantage early on on the CT-side and took the score 10-5 at halftime. Heroic's powerful T-side on Overpass paved the way for a decisive victory over Vitality's map pick, 16-9, to take the 2-0 victory. René "TeSeS" Madsen was the lead fragger for Heroic on both maps, taking 51 kills on Nuke and Overpass. Captain Casper "cadiaN" Møller also had an excellent performance with 42 kills and only 23 deaths..
SJUUUUUUUUUUUSH! @ SjuushCSGO @ TeamVItality 1-6 @heroicgghttps: //t.co/OfmIg43ZJN # FP3 pic.twitter.com/MhEnvqqW4G
- Flashpoint (@Flashpoint) May 25, 2021
Heroic entered Flashpoint 3 with a lot of momentum, as they are the second best team in the RMR points rankings in Europe and the third best in the overall HLTV rankings. His stellar 2020 season ended on a disappointing note with several tournament average results from the start of the year. But last April, they got back on top with a win over Gambit in the ESL Pro League Season 13 Finals in a balanced 5-map match against IEM champions Katowice. Heroic followed with a DreamHack Masters Spring semifinal appearance, losing narrowly to Na'Vi.
The team started Flashpoint 3 with a solid victory over Sprout, but lost in the second round of the returning G2 upper bracket. But Vitality's run at Flashpoint started with a loss to DBL Poney. But they came back with loser bracket wins, against OG and FunPlus Phoenix, before losing to Heroic yesterday. Vitality was eliminated earlier than expected, with star player Mathieu "ZywOo" Herbaut failing to turn the tide in the two lost matches..
Heroic, meanwhile, advance to the lower bracket where they will face Astralis in the next round. Vitality will wait for the loser of the match DBL Pony and BIG for seventh place.