Heroic claim Legends spot after two wins in decider bracket

9-10-2022 23:20

The Danes took down Vitality and OG to earn a top-16 spot at the Major.

Casper "⁠cadiaN⁠" Møller and co. have joined the likes of FaZe, Ninjas in Pyjamas, and Natus Vincere in the Legends Stage of the IEM Rio Major, which means they will skip the first phase of the competition. They have earned the spot through the third-place decider bracket, overcoming Vitality and OG.

Heroic have joined the elite in the Legends Stage

The matchups were determined based on the team's Buchholz score, with the two lower-ranked teams with a 3W-1L record facing off first, Vitality and HEROIC, while OG awaited in the final game. An uninspired showing from the French-Danish-Israeli side was handled comfortably by HEROIC on Saturday, who lost second map Inferno in overtime but swept Overpass and Mirage 16-5.

IEM Road to Rio 2022 Europe RMR BBest of 3

Vitality

Matchpage

9th October 2022

HEROIC

Overpass

Inferno

Mirage

Vitality	K - D	+/-	ADR	KAST	Rating2.0
Mathieu 'ZywOo' Herbaut ZywOo	57 - 60	-3	77.6	67.5%	1.05
Lotan 'Spinx' Giladi Spinx	52 - 61	-9	72.5	65.1%	0.92
Dan 'apEX' Madesclaire apEX	45 - 60	-15	68.4	61.4%	0.89
Peter 'dupreeh' Rasmussen dupreeh	42 - 60	-18	57.9	63.9%	0.81
Emil 'Magisk' Reif Magisk	42 - 62	-20	66.0	60.2%	0.74

HEROIC	K - D	+/-	ADR	KAST	Rating2.0
René 'TeSeS' Madsen TeSeS	73 - 52	+21	93.6	77.1%	1.31
Rasmus 'sjuush' Beck sjuush	61 - 47	+14	78.9	78.3%	1.26
Jakob 'jabbi' Nygaard jabbi	68 - 48	+20	82.1	74.7%	1.22
Martin 'stavn' Lund stavn	55 - 43	+12	77.2	71.1%	1.17
Casper 'cadiaN' Møller cadiaN	45 - 48	-3	63.0	73.5%	0.94

The match against OG was a more contested one, with Martin "⁠stavn⁠" Lund needing to put in a strong performance to ensure his team the Legends spot, averaging a 1.22 rating across the series. René "⁠TeSeS⁠" Madsen was also important, having struggled on the first maps but bouncing back on the decider to convert the series win.

IEM Road to Rio 2022 Europe RMR BBest of 3

Matchpage

9th October 2022

HEROIC

Inferno

Vertigo

Mirage

OG	K - D	+/-	ADR	KAST	Rating2.0
Adam 'NEOFRAG' Zouhar NEOFRAG	64 - 64	0	85.3	68.6%	1.13
Abdul 'degster' Gasanov degster	58 - 57	+1	71.6	62.8%	1.00
Maciej 'F1KU' Miklas F1KU	54 - 60	-6	71.9	66.3%	0.98
Nemanja 'nexa' Isaković nexa	48 - 51	-3	65.3	68.6%	0.95
Shahar 'flameZ' Shushan flameZ	40 - 63	-23	58.2	70.9%	0.79

HEROIC	K - D	+/-	ADR	KAST	Rating2.0
Martin 'stavn' Lund stavn	65 - 52	+13	83.9	75.6%	1.22
Rasmus 'sjuush' Beck sjuush	63 - 52	+11	73.7	77.9%	1.15
Casper 'cadiaN' Møller cadiaN	58 - 51	+7	74.0	74.4%	1.14
Jakob 'jabbi' Nygaard jabbi	56 - 55	+1	67.8	75.6%	1.04
René 'TeSeS' Madsen TeSeS	49 - 56	-7	67.0	73.3%	0.94

Now, all of the IEM Rio Major slots for Europe have been distributed and look as follows:

Legends Stage

Challengers Stage

nt f1ku

2022-10-09 23:20

Great game from heroic

LET'S GO SJUUSH

2022-10-09 23:21

Lol gg

GLALL

go jabbis

2022-10-09 23:22

Deserved

stavn and sjuush beasts!! all team very strong <3 <3 <3

2022-10-09 23:24

EPL S16 was the biggest fluke ever, how can the champions of that event not qualify as legends in the major right after it

2022-10-09 23:46

2 replies

It was just a one night only show. Vitality is to inconsistend as a team. ZywOo can't carry them every game.

2022-10-10 01:06

Well atleast they made it Unlike a certain semi finalist

2022-10-10 03:36

deserved

2022-10-09 23:48

Somehow it looks like Challenger Stage will be easier than European RMRs

2022-10-10 00:02

3 replies

Sadly true

2022-10-10 00:17

Yeah, since Astralis lost to Forze and G2 lost to 1win, two teams who are not qualified for the major.

2022-10-10 02:08

1 reply

Karma for both teams. Astralis for benching players and ruininh their careers and G2 management for letting choko poop all over. It's a great day to be alive.

2022-10-10 07:24