Heroic take down Vitality in nailbiter
Double overtime was required before the Danes could relax.
The second match of the day on the A-stream had the Danes of Heroic take on the French/Danish mix that is Vitality.
The first battleground to come into play was Heroic’s pick of Mirage. Vitality came out of the gates blistering hot and took a commanding lead of 7-1, but Heroic did not back down. They instead answered back with a run of their own that was just as dominant, and Vitality went to a break with a small round lead of 8-7.
Vitality won the second-half pistol and extended their lead a bit by also taking the anti-eco, but once again Heroic answered back and were able to take their first lead of the game at 11-10. Vitality did manage to win one more round, but Heroic led by an incredibly impactful performance by “sjuush” were able to take the win on their own map pick at 16-12.
The second arena of the match was Vitality’s pick of Inferno, and it was an extremely aggressive Heroic, led by “stavn” who went absolutely ballistic, that took a very comfortable early lead of 7-0 on their CT-side. Luckily for the Danish/French combo, they did not tilt and were able to the half around so that they went to the break with a one-round deficit.
The Danes grabbed the first round of the second half but were immediately shut down by “apEX” and co. Off the back of that round and a carry-mode “dupreeh”, Vitality were able to take their first lead over the Danes. The teams continued to be really evenly matched, and the lead changed a multitude of times towards the end of the map. Vitality secured map point at 15-14 but failed to convert, and the map appropriately went into overtime.
Vitality looked great at the start of overtime, and it looked like they would surely push it to Vertigo, but Heroic had other plans, and after six rounds another overtime was forced. Heroic snatched all the rounds in the second overtime and took Inferno at 22-18.
This sees Vitality move into the lower bracket, while Heroic is through to the Group A upper final.
Highlight of the BO3-series
Heroic - Team Vitality 2-0 | IEM Katowice 2022
Mirage: 16-12 | sjuush – 31/19 K-D | 112.6 ADR | 60.7% KAST | 1.51 Rating
Inferno: 22-18 | dupreeh – 42/28 K-D | 108.7 ADR | 82.5% KAST | 1.61 Rating
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