Heroic eliminate NiP; to face Astralis in DreamHack Open Fall consolidation final

HEROIC will rematch Astralis, a team they lost to in a disputed series in their DreamHack Open Fall opening match, in the consolidation final.

HEROIC have collected their fourth scalp in the DreamHack Open Fall playoffs lower bracket, defeating Ninjas in Pyjamas in the lower bracket final despite starting the series by losing their map pick, Vertigo. Down 0-1 the Danish team retaliated convincingly with a 16-3 scoreline on Ninjas in Pyjamas’s map, Nuke, before securing the victory in the series decider, Overpass.

The Danes started their playoff run in the lower bracket after finishing third in Group B, taking out North, Sprout and BIG on their way to securing a spot in the consolidation final following their latest victory against Hampus "⁠hampus⁠" Poser and company. HEROIC will now go on to play a local derby against Astralis, hoping to take revenge from their opening DreamHack Open Fall match where they lost 1-2 despite Casper "⁠cadiaN⁠" Møller's heroics. The fixture will take place at 20:00 after the fifth-place decider pitting fnatic and BIG.

stavn excelled in the series against NiP, earning a 1.55 rating

Ninjas in Pyjamas took a 3-0 lead on the CT side of Vertigo before hampus extended it to 4-0 with an ace in the first gun round. The Danes then retaliated as Martin "⁠stavn⁠" Lund and cadiaN cleaned house, but the Swedes picked back up where they left off, making it 5-1, and although HEROIC were able to string together three more rounds on the attack, Ninjas in Pyjamas controlled the late rounds of the first half to close it out with an 11-4 lead. The Danish squad closed the gap early on in the CT side, taking the second pistol round of the map, but the two teams then traded rounds and Ninjas in Pyjamas hit match point, 15-8, before closing out the opening map 16-8.

HEROIC were first out of the gate on Train, winning the all-important CT-side pistol round, snowballing early on as Ninjas in Pyjamas couldn’t find a way back into the half early on as the Danes shout out the attackers completely to a 7-0 lead. Ninjas in Pyjamas were finally able to get on the board in the eighth round, but were immediately shut back down. The thrashing then continued until the end of the half, as HEROIC took it 14-1. hampus got the best of Johannes "⁠b0RUP⁠" Borup in a 1vs1 in the second pistol round, but Ninjas in Pyjamas didn’t take long to go down, 3-16.

Overpass started off with HEROIC gaining the lead on the attacking side, going up 3-0, and although Ninjas in Pyjamas won their first round with rifles, the Swedes weren’t able to follow it up, once again falling behind 1-5. After a pause, Ninjas in Pyjamas brought it back to a tie and the two teams brawled the rest of the half, with the Ninjas coming out on top 8-7. The Danes secured the second pistol round and imposed their will on the defense early on, inching closer and closer to taking the map and series, going up 13-8 before Ninjas in Pyjamas could retaliate. The Danes didn't let up, going on to secure the series 16-11 to set up a consolidation final match up against Astralis.

DreamHack Open Fall 2020Best of 3 HEROICMatchpage 2 1 24th October 2020 Ninjas in Pyjamas 8Vertigo 16 16Train 3 16Overpass 11

HEROIC	K - D	+/-	ADR	Rating 2.0
Martin 'stavn' Lundstavn	73 - 40	+33	101.1	1.55
Casper 'cadiaN' MøllercadiaN	58 - 41	+17	94.3	1.36
René 'TeSeS' MadsenTeSeS	50 - 42	+8	78.9	1.15
Johannes 'b0RUP' Borupb0RUP	38 - 50	-12	58.3	0.87
Nikolaj 'niko' Kristensenniko	33 - 44	-11	57.2	0.80

Ninjas in Pyjamas	K - D	+/-	ADR	Rating 2.0
Nicolas 'Plopski' Gonzalez ZamoraPlopski	45 - 50	-5	79.6	0.98
Hampus 'hampus' Poserhampus	44 - 56	-12	82.4	0.97
Tim 'nawwk' Jonassonnawwk	48 - 48	0	58.9	0.91
Simon 'twist' Eliassontwist	42 - 47	-5	64.1	0.84
Fredrik 'REZ' SternerREZ	37 - 51	-14	65.0	0.83

fnatic #12 Robin 'flusha' RönnquistJesper 'JW' WecksellFreddy 'KRIMZ' JohanssonMaikil 'Golden' SelimLudvig 'Brollan' Brolin BIG #7 Johannes 'tabseN' WodarzTizian 'tiziaN' FeldbuschFlorian 'syrsoN' RischeIsmailcan 'XANTARES' DörtkardeşNils 'k1to' Gruhne Sprout #20 Timo 'Spiidi' RichterDenis 'denis' HowellMichał 'snatchie' RudzkiJosef 'faveN' BaumannPaweł 'dycha' Dycha Martin 'stavn' Lund Age: 18 Team: HEROIC Rating 1.0: 1.05 Maps played: 849 KPR: 0.73 DPR: 0.69 Ninjas in Pyjamas #15 Simon 'twist' EliassonFredrik 'REZ' SternerHampus 'hampus' PoserTim 'nawwk' JonassonNicolas 'Plopski' Gonzalez Zamora Hampus 'hampus' Poser Age: 21 Team: Ninjas in Pyjamas Rating 1.0: 1.02 Maps played: 1076 KPR: 0.71 DPR: 0.69 Time is adjusted to your selected timezone Johannes 'b0RUP' Borup Age: 21 Team: HEROIC Rating 1.0: 1.03 Maps played: 1120 KPR: 0.70 DPR: 0.68 HEROIC #2 Casper 'cadiaN' MøllerJohannes 'b0RUP' BorupNikolaj 'niko' KristensenMartin 'stavn' LundRené 'TeSeS' Madsen Astralis #1 Peter 'dupreeh' RasmussenLukas 'gla1ve' RossanderNicolai 'device' ReedtzPatrick 'es3tag' HansenEmil 'Magisk' Reif Casper 'cadiaN' Møller Age: 25 Team: HEROIC Rating 1.0: 1.04 Maps played: 1200 KPR: 0.70 DPR: 0.64 North #24 René 'cajunb' BorgMathias 'MSL' LauridsenPhilip 'aizy' AistrupNicklas 'gade' GadeJonas 'Lekr0' Olofsson