Astralis lose the Danish derby to Heroic in Flashpoint 3
cadiaN’s troops knocked down Astralis 2-0 in the lower bracket semi-final.
Heroic have survived the fourth round of the Flashpoint 3 lower bracket with a victory over their Danish rivals from Astralis to book a spot in the lower final of the event. Casper “cadiaN” Møller’s men will lock horns with the winner between Ninjas in Pyjamas vs. BIG on Thursday at 21:00 (CET).
Nuke: 16-12 | cadiaN – 1.49 Rating – 103.6 ADR – 26-15 K/D
Overpass: 16-14 | TeSeS – 1.49 Rating – 105.1 ADR – 28-21 K/D
The action started on Heroic’s map pick of Nuke where cadiaN and company quickly took a 6-4 lead on the offense. Despite a slow start, Astralis managed to find their footing and grab the last five rounds of the half to take a 9-6 lead right before half time. In the second half, Heroic clearly showed they were the better team on Nuke, by completely shutting down gla1ve’s troops to close out the map 16-12, even though they lost three rounds after winning the pistol. Heroic’s captain led by example, finishing with 26 frags, 12 of them with the AWP.
Heroic wrapped up the series 2-0 on Overpass after winning an insanely close last round to deny Astralis take the map into OT. This time it was Heroic’s TeSeS who stepped up huge and delivered 28 frags to help his team advance further in the lower bracket.
MVP: Casper “cadiaN” Møller – 1.27 Rating – 86.3 ADR – 44-32 K/D – 74.1% KAST
