BIG Clan has outclassed Heroic in the Play-in stage of IEM Katowice, beating the in-form Danish side with a 2-0 scoreline shocking the CS community given their stark difference in form coming into the tournament.
VETO
- HEROIC removed Inferno
- BIG removed Anubis
- HEROIC picked Nuke
- BIG picked Ancient
- HEROIC removed Dust2
- BIG removed Mirage
- Train was left over
Map 1: Nuke; Pick: HEROIC ; Winner: BIG
It’s an unexpectedly good start for BIG coming into Nuke which is arguably the best map for Heroic. BIG managed to get a read on everything Heroic threw at them, putting up countermeasures at every step. Heroic barely managed to get a bite of the cherry as a BIG did not let more than one round go their way and switched the half with an 11-1 scoreline. Heroic managed to win the pistol round on the CT side but BIG soon bounced back with a force buy conversion winning the map 13-2.
Map 2: Ancient; Pick: BIG; Winner: BIG
While BIG looked dominant on the first of Nuke, they built upon said dominance to go 12-0 up as Heroic’s defense was rendered completely useless by tabseN calling a highly dynamic and well-coordinated offense. Having failed to secure a single round, Heroic had no room for error walking into the second half as their qualification was up in the air. BIG managed to let a few rounds slip at the beginning of the second half but Heroic couldn’t manage any more than 4 rounds and thus won the series dominating one of the most in-form teams coming into the event.