dignitas edge Heroic; to semi-finals

HEROIC picked Cobblestone as the first map of the Danish derby, and grabbed an early 3-0 lead as CT following Michael "⁠Friis⁠" Jørgensen's triple in the pistol round. Mathias "⁠MSL⁠" Lauridsen's entries and a nail-biting 1v2 clutch from René "⁠cajunb⁠" Borg helped Dignitas to a five-round streak before Lukas "⁠gla1ve⁠" Rossander's side put their foot down and snatched three rounds away.

Only with a P250 during an eco, cajunb managed to pull off a miracle, grabbing an ace including a 1v4 clutch to equalize the score again at 6-6, but HEROIC still went over with a solid 9-6 half on the back of two triples from Valdemar "⁠valde⁠" Bjørn Vangså and one from Andreas "⁠MODDII⁠" Fridh.

Kristian "⁠k0nfig⁠" Wienecke's triple secured his team the pistol round as well as the two following for 9-9 before MODDII and gla1ve combined for five kills. Dignitas didn't leave their opponents any more room to breathe, grabbing for rounds in a row but leaving too little time to retake the A bombsite in the fifth. 

MSL's triple in a risky move in middle paid off, taking his team to 14-11, and it didn't take long to close the map out as Dignitas secured map one at 16-11. 

Dignitas kicked off Nuke with formidable CT play, starting with MSL's smart 1v2 clutch in the pistol round. It took HEROIC five more rounds before they figured out how to break the defence, as they picked off their opponents one by one two rounds in a row for 6-2.

They continued on their path to success, as they dropped one round but took four more also thanks to great play from gla1ve who got a triple and came out on top of the final 1v1 after finding himself in a 2v5 situation alongside Friis.

Ruben "⁠RUBINO⁠" Villarroel and cajunb each put in triples in the remaining two rounds for a 9-6 half, but they soon dropped the lead as they conceded the next pistol round. MODDII then put in a round-changing double on ramp and HEROIC went on to grab two more close rounds, getting up to 13-9. 

Another three kills from gla1ve got them to match point and the series went to the decider, Mirage, after four attempts at 16-12.

Dignitas again got off to a great start, this time as Terrorists, picking up five rounds at the beginning. Friis's crucial double with the AWP put his team on the board, but they got reset soon afterwards. HEROIC managed to clinch three more and then reset the economy of their domestic rivals to get six rounds in total before they had to switch over to the offence.

Coming out on top of the second pistol round and the first gunround of the half, HEROIC took their first lead in the map and made it 11-9. k0nfig put his team on the board with a flank, forcing HEROIC on an eco. gla1ve played the most important part in the following round, getting a double kill in a 3v5 situation, taking over the B bombsite.

Dignitas reset their opponents once more as they retook the lead once more, which seems to have put one of the final nails in HEROIC's coffin, as they soon clinched match point and the series at 16-12.

SL i-League StarSeries Season 2 FinalsBest of 3

HEROIC

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Dignitas

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Nuke

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Mirage

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HEROIC	K - D	+/-	ADR	KAST	Rating2.0
Andreas 'MODDII' FridhMODDII	70 - 57	+13	84.4	73.5%	1.18
Lukas 'gla1ve' Rossandergla1ve	57 - 58	-1	76.9	63.9%	1.07
Valdemar 'valde' Bjørn Vangsåvalde	57 - 60	-3	72.9	71.1%	0.98
Michael 'Friis' JørgensenFriis	51 - 60	-9	67.5	66.3%	0.96
Marco 'Snappi' PfeifferSnappi	42 - 62	-20	58.4	61.4%	0.78

Dignitas	K - D	+/-	ADR	KAST	Rating2.0
Kristian 'k0nfig' Wieneckek0nfig	72 - 57	+15	89.8	72.3%	1.26
René 'cajunb' Borgcajunb	70 - 51	+19	81.4	66.3%	1.22
Emil 'Magisk' ReifMagisk	55 - 54	+1	77.3	72.3%	1.04
Ruben 'RUBINO' VillarroelRUBINO	51 - 56	-5	77.1	72.3%	1.03
Mathias 'MSL' LauridsenMSL	49 - 60	-11	65.8	68.7%	0.93

With Dignitas clinching the last semi-final spot, tomorrow's semi-finals and schedule look as follows:

11:00	Cloud9	vs. Ninjas in Pyjamas
14:30	G2	vs. Dignitas
18:00	Grand final