mousesports eliminates Heroic to secure semi-final spot

A first encounter between the two teams this year ended with mousesports on top as they are one step closer from a place in the Fall Finals. The Heroic team secured the first map on Mirage (14-16) but mousesports made up for the loss on their own map pick with a dominant performance on Nuke, where they stopped Heroic’s win streak on their favorite map (16-7). It all came down to Train with the European squad looking in banging shape as they secured 10 rounds despite losing the opening pistol round while Heroic struggled to put up a strong defense. David “frozen” Čerňanský and company kept the pressure up with a force buy win in the second round and rallied to a spot in the semis with another series win. 

The MVP of the series was Robin “ropz” Kool who finished the game with an overall rating of 1.24, 79.9 ADR, and a 58-42 score. It’s also worth mentioning “frozen” as he played an absolutely beast game and made sure the Heroic team didn’t stand a chance, at least on his position. The 18-year-old with ice in his veins lead the charge for mousesports on Train with 28 kills, 2.8 K/D and 106 ADR.

With the 2-1 victory today, mousesports have secured a spot in the semi-finals at the event, where they will take on the winner of Cloud9 and Complexity for a spot at the Fall Finals, while Heroic exit the Showdown in 5th-8th place after accepting a last-minute invitation to replace Evil Geniuses.