Heroic wins hard-fought battle in opening round against FaZe

The best of the rest. That was the expectation for Heroic before the start of BLAST Premier Fall Finals. The Danes are hoping to build upon their good performance at the PGL Major in Stockholm and perhaps challenge NAVI for the title in Copenhagen.

Heroic started their tournament with a matchup against FaZe. Two teams that rarely play each other. The last time was in IEM Cologne, where it was FaZe who came out on top.

At BLAST Premier Fall Finals the match got off to a great start on Mirage. An 8-7 scoreline at the break told the story of a close match, that was decided in the last round, where Rasmus "sjuush" Beck took matters into his own hands with three kills to seal the deal.

Next up was Nuke. A map where Heroic has won the last six out of seven games. But on their T-side, the Danes ran into trouble. Finn "karrigan" Andersen and his men were well prepared and took a solid 9-6 lead with them to the second half, where they established a commanding 13-7 gap on the scoreboard. But then Martin "stavn" Lund came alive. The young Danish rifler was the key architect behind an impressive comeback for Heroic, who won all the remaining rounds of the match.

A shell-shocked FaZe roster could only see the victory slip out of their hands, but nonetheless, it was an uplifting performance from FaZe, who could still play a part in this tournament. They will face the loser of NAVI vs BIG in the next round, while Heroic in the upper bracket is set up for a huge match against NAVI, if they beat BIG later today.

FaZe Clan vs. Heroic 0-2 | BLAST Premier Fall Finals

14-16 (Mirage) |  refrezh – 1.37 Rating / 28-19 K-D / 89.3 ADR

13-16 (Nuke) |  stavn – 1.45 Rating / 26-17 K-D / 104.4 ADR

MVP:  Martin "stavn" Lund – 1.26 Rating / 46-34 K-D / 91.2 ADR