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Heroic break “Copenhagen curse” and win Fall Finals

For the first time in history a Danish team has won a BLAST tournament in Royal Arena.

2022-11-27 | @Anders_Frost

Heroic has done, what Astralis did not manage to do during their prime. To win a big trophy in the Royal Arena in Copenhagen. And they did it against the best team in 2022.

FaZe had set their eyes on the trophy in Copenhagen to be their bounce back after a troublesome second half of the year. On Overpass it started well for FaZe, who went 5-0 up on their CT side. But then Heroic fought their way back in a low buy round and crushed the defense of FaZe. Heroic actually won the first half as T-side, which set themselves up to win the map in a convincing fashion. Captain cadiaN lead the pack, while the lack of firepower from the perhaps most consistent FaZe player Russel 'Twistzz' Van Dulken was missing.

With five straight defeats on Inferno (three of them at BLAST Fall Finals), there were no real expectations toward Heroic finishing off FaZe here. The Danes won the first half 8-7.

FaZe have been incredible on their CT side during the event. Could they once again bounce back? Heroic did their best to finish the match on Inferno, but several times during the second half, they lost rounds they should not have. The Desert Eagle from rain will probably give them nightmares tonight, while the brilliant timings from ropz set FaZe up for a map win on Inferno.

Mirage was set as the decider. Here it was Heroic who came out strong. On their CT side the Danes harvested the energy from the Royal Arena and put up an excellent half. For FaZe it was again broky and ropz keeping them in the match, while karrigan, rain, and Twistzz had a difficult first half. Heroic was 11-4 ahead before the final half of BLAST Fall Finals. During the half, Vitality’s coach, Danny "zonic" Sørensen was filmed in the audience. Would zonic’s law come into effect today?

FaZe gave it a shot. They took it from 4-11 to 9-11 before Heroic found a round. From here on everybody was on the edge of their seats. In a thriller ending it was only fitting, that the match went to overtime. Here Heroic won two rounds on their T side, which again gave them the upper hand. At 19-16, the Royal Arena erupted as Heroic broke the curse and became the first Danish team to win on home turf. They take $200.000 with them and the BLAST trophy.