Official: nicoodoz joins Heroic

18-12-2023 19:02

HEROIC have found a new AWPer for their depleted squad.

nicoodoz joins Heroic after four months in Preasy

HEROIC have announced the signing of Nico "⁠nicoodoz⁠" Tamjidi from Preasy. The Dane will take over the AWPing role, which was left vacant after Casper "⁠cadiaN⁠" Møller's departure.

The Norwegian organization has already secured the signings of Guy "⁠NertZ⁠" Iluz and coach Eetu "⁠sAw⁠" Saha from ENCE, with nicoodoz's addition now bringing the team up to four members.

Official: Heroic announce NertZ

HEROIC spent the last few months playing with a temporary lineup consisting of Peter "⁠dupreeh⁠" Rasmussen, Jason "⁠salazar⁠" Salazar, and Rasmus "⁠Zyphon⁠" Nordfoss.

If Rasmus "⁠sjuush⁠" Beck and René "⁠TeSeS⁠" Madsen remain part of the roster, the only position left to fill for HEROIC is the IGL role. Insider Aleksei "⁠OverDrive⁠" Birukov recently suggested that Damjan "⁠kyxsan⁠" Stoilkovski would be joining HEROIC to take up the leadership position.

nicoodoz joins HEROIC after a turbulent 18 months. The Dane spent over a year in fnatic before his removal in July of 2023 in favor of Aurélien "⁠afro⁠" Drapier and averaged a solid 1.08 rating on his first international team.

Team success was hard to come by, however, as fnatic's biggest achievement came in the form of a quarter-final appearance at the IEM Rio Major 2022.

He then returned to the Danish scene with Preasy and rediscovered his individual form, albeit against lower-ranked opposition, and averaged a 1.24 rating across four months in the team.

HEROIC are now:

René "⁠TeSeS⁠" Madsen
Rasmus "⁠sjuush⁠" Beck
Guy "⁠NertZ⁠" Iluz
Nico "⁠nicoodoz⁠" Tamjidi

Eetu "⁠sAw⁠" Saha (coach)

GOOD

2023-12-18 19:02

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expected

2023-12-18 19:22

POGGIEZ

2023-12-18 19:47

disappointing ig

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nicodoz one of the best awpers out there

2023-12-18 19:03

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nertz robbed for sure

2023-12-18 19:49

Maybe Danish wise. Not generally speaking however. I guess maybe If we dont count cis awpers? Idk hearing he's one of the best just feels wrong. He's around cadians level except minus the amazing calling. Plus cadians facing better opponents and performing around the same level as nicodoz facing worse opponents.

2023-12-18 20:34

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hltv.org/stats/players/13602/nicoodoz?st.. I know Cadian's had a good year but acting like Nicoodaz and Cadian have the same stats Nicoodaz just faces weaker opponents is not fair. Nicoodaz has a 1.24 rating at the top of tier 2, Cadian has a 1.1 at the top of tier 1. Cadian's is arguably more impressive but it's not the same individual level just different opponents.

2023-12-19 00:56

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Bro you're out of your mind if you consider that the top of tier 2. Also we've seen nicodoz face actually good opponents many times and he usually performs worse than cadian. And always does in high pressure deep in tournament matches.

2023-12-19 12:40

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It’s true Nicoodaz struggled with consistency in fnatic I won’t argue that but your definition of tier 2 must differ from mine if you don’t think preasy is at the top of tier 2

2023-12-19 13:05

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I consider tier 1 top 10 teams , tier 1.5 top 15, tier 2 top 30, Let's just throw out tiers as they're subjective. The competition nicodoz is facing to get a 1.20+ rating is extremely poor relative to the top 5 teams cadian was facing consistently. And because we have a prior history of nicodoz facing not even top 5 teams consistently. But simply top 15 teams. And performing at a cadian level facing top 15 teams while cadian was facing top 5 teams. I think it's fair to say cadian is/was likely better if not as good of a player, as well as a caller ofc, a great one. Maybe today's nicodoz is better though who knows. Idk I can agree nicodoz deserves a second shot. I can also say that for heroic this is underwhelming personally relative to their cadian roster. But hopefully they overperform relative to my expectations as I genuinely feel bad for the org.

2023-12-19 14:10

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My argument was never that nicoodaz was as good as cadian, it was an argument to your statement of, “Plus cadians facing better opponents and performing around the same level as nicodoz facing worse opponents.” Nicoodaz against worse opponents was better than cadian against tougher opponents, that was my only argument, I don’t think nicoodaz is better than cadian, at least not yet. We’ll see what he does with this chance

2023-12-19 14:39

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Fair enough then , well Goodluck to that whole team including nicodoz , have a good one tuurtle

2023-12-19 15:51

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yeah, I like the players so I hope for the best. Have a good day troco

2023-12-19 16:11

Guys. This is hltv. Please fight and call each other names. What you have done here makes me feel uneasy

2023-12-19 16:41

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lol. Even more shocking it's two NA guys having a civil discussion

2023-12-19 16:58

Is there someone better they could have got?

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artfrost

2023-12-18 19:08

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He's shit

2023-12-18 19:14

Nicodoz>>>>>>artfrost tbh

2023-12-18 19:15

R u sure?xd nicoddooz only playing in tier 2

2023-12-18 19:18

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So does artfrost

2023-12-18 19:23

Nicodoz at 23 year old played in Copenhagen Flames and Fnatic and a few other teams, he was a major attendant 4 times, while 2 times played in the champions stage (playoff)!!! , while Artfrost at 22 played only in Spirit for a few months and rest in Spirit academy. Dont give constatations about things you have no idea

2023-12-18 19:41

Good point. +1

2023-12-18 22:41

Same as calling nertz (for example) better player than donk just coz he played more tier-1 event so far

2023-12-19 09:58

lmao nertz is much better than donk

2023-12-19 12:47

XDDDDDD

2023-12-19 12:49

we already saw donk performance vs real team (and it was fking vp lol), he got donked hard but sure, copium is free

2023-12-20 12:31

Nertz is 24 yo while donk is 16, you are one more who talk bs hahahah

2023-12-20 23:50

And btw Nicodoz has almost 3 times more rounds played on majors only than artfrost has on lan in his whole career hahahahahahahhahahhahahhahaha

2023-12-18 19:45

lul gottem

2023-12-18 21:05

ChrisJ

2023-12-18 22:14

2023-12-19 05:02

Regali ? He’s young and got potential

2023-12-19 07:33

Yeah, i kinda would have appreciated that more. Even though he can speak Danish, it would've been better for the international emphasis too. OG wasn't spectacular for regalia but still his skill ceiling is higher than nicodozz

2023-12-19 13:04

maikelele

2023-12-19 13:24

so nertz has to learn danish now

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Not if kyxsan joins .

would be the same as rainwaker joining liquid a disappointment and a quick bench

2023-12-18 20:33

Rainwaker had never played an international LAN when he joined Liquid. Kyxsan has played several and made a major semifinal as an IGL. Not the same.

2023-12-18 21:12

The same in a lot of diffirent ways

2023-12-19 12:52

inb4 nertz with 4 danes and gla1ve with 4 poles. Well, at least Heroic coach is Finnish, unlike ENCE where the coach is also Polish.

2023-12-18 19:05

forgot there are rumors that kyxsan will join heroic so not happening

2023-12-18 19:06

Welcome Heroic MSL

2023-12-18 19:31

+1 KEKW

2023-12-18 22:23

He extended contract with apeks till the end of 2024 2 months ago

2023-12-18 19:34

so? they can buy him out

2023-12-18 19:35

New meta :)

2023-12-18 19:07

Danes speak better english than most british people tbh so language wont be an issue :D

2023-12-26 12:02

+roej soon?

i wish bro, i can't stand them being in different teams :((

Poor Roej man, joined Preasy and they looked great and now they are back to being kinda mid. Are they getting Farlig? Maybe Acor and GL goes for artfr0st?

2023-12-18 19:19

Artfr0st to GL sounds epic

Yeah, would be great tbh

2023-12-18 19:50

Acor will stay at GL at least until RMR for slot

2023-12-18 19:57

Yeah, you're right!

2023-12-18 19:58

good ideia

2023-12-18 23:58

TMB, cause they need IGL

2023-12-18 21:23

what so it's barely international then. Just NertZ and kyxsan while still danish core.

rumor was they're getting rid of Teses as well no?

2023-12-19 01:07

Surely

2023-12-19 09:27

So weird when they announce the igl as (second) last

NOT GOOD DEAD TEAM

+msl and were cooking

they dont have the money to afford msl. Alone a private lesson with him cost 500€ /hour

Hahaha

2023-12-18 19:42

I think he retired?

W heroic

okay so... who igl?

kyxsan probably

2023-12-18 19:10

2023-12-18 21:13

TMB hopefully

2023-12-18 21:24

birdfromsky

2023-12-18 22:43

nicoDIOS

If he is nicoodos who is nicoouno?

Nico

Bot

this is a decent team just need a competent igl now

LOL

I don't understand

you bring world-class rifler like nertz. then you drop tier-2 awp. i was getting excited for nothing

2023-12-18 19:04

Who could they have gotten that is better?

Maybe cadiaN

2023-12-18 19:13

Lmfao

nawwk maybe?

He just signed a 2 year extension with Apeks like 2 weeks ago iirc

2023-12-18 21:38

thats unlucky, nicoodoz being the best option is pretty fucked for heroic lol

2023-12-18 21:46

MhL, regali

2023-12-19 13:06

Why? He proved multiple times already that he isn't good enough for T1. Getting benched in 9 months.

Yea my guess this is temporary. But only other option out there is Artfrost and he probably wasn't avaible then.

2023-12-18 19:21

mid

atleast it will keep the denmark flag xd

why not go full danish at that point? like what?

heroic even worse than ence aint no way

Fnatic clown org benched this guy btw

he was shit in fnatic

2023-12-18 21:15

1.09 big event rating in shit team. I disagree

2023-12-19 11:57

Ok heroic tier3 confirmed now

another dane and then reversed ence

Zyphon

Farlig to preasy

That'd be cool.

not it wont....

rip preasy mens((

Who cares about them?

who cares about heroic?

+1 that preasy team had some sort of character, unlike yet another fpl stack

2023-12-18 20:30

2023-12-19 00:39

preasy could surprise with a top4 finish at next major like many teams last major ITB , Apeks , GL all surprised... preasy history last 3 months is very good

2023-12-18 23:59

Yooo

2023-12-18 19:12

Kyxsan last player

2023-12-18 19:11

Sign preasy core or I riot

I'm scared...

I'm so happy for him

Imagine 4 Danish guys and NertZ in one team

I mean it's going to be meta now a days look at ENCE 1 Danish IGL and 4 polish players.

look up nicoodoz on vac sukks reddit, if you know what I mean

Roej got fucked

sAw is a good coach, why did he go to this mess of a project? :o Still hoping heroic Will do well though!

+roeJ next plz

rip preasy

Preasy had a good thing going, maybe Heroic gonna sign more players....

What a missed opportunity to go for Artfr0st.. LOL! Heroic Artfr0st would be sick, but they decided to dismantle a good team like Preasy.. thats why danish scene is slowly dying..

2023-12-18 19:20

Noooo!!!! Rip preasy. Wanted to see their stickers :( :(

+gla1ve plsss

sorry but kyxsan join

2023-12-18 19:24

Good team... Looks just as strong as the old Heroic if not stronger... I wonder if they will opt in for a IGL or let TeSeS IGL.. he is more than capable of doing a good job and still frag out... Heroic are back!

2023-12-18 19:27

It's been rumored that kyxsan will be joining as the IGL so now TeSeS can focus fully in the fragging department so we got sjuush TeSeS nicoodoz kyxsan NertZ Good Team

I feel it.. If this happens it will be a good team, since TeSes won't assume the IGL role! I cannot think that they went for Nicodoz when Artfr0st was benched from Spirit. They dismantled Preasy (for what reason?) and got Nicoodoz, who is a good AWPer, but not as good as the 22y russian "prodigy" kid..

2023-12-18 20:06

Check out nicoodoz stats in preasy "nicoodoz match history | HLTV.org" hltv.org/stats/players/matches/13602/nic.. Very good mainly all in the green... Now let's have a look at ArtFrost in spirit "ArtFr0st match history | HLTV.org" hltv.org/stats/players/matches/21348/art.. Also very good all mainly in the green... So who do you pick? The choice is yours

2023-12-18 20:26

I understand actually. And respect your opinion. Nicoodoz is super talented and have put insane stats in Preasy and CPH, which where playing in tier 2 dumpster. When he moved to Fnatic, he underperformed a lot. Artfr0st has the most potential between the two, since CIS scene is way more competitive and already showed that vs VP, Monte and C9 and also FURIA, Complexity, MOUZ and many more.. Its diferent than playing EYEBALLERS, Sinners, The Prodigies, Sampi etc etc

2023-12-18 20:47

Yeah both with excellent ratings but what separates the 2 is that ArtFrost has played higher caliber of opponents so with all that been said you would choose ArtFrost.... I will be keeping an eye out for which team do go for him I'm expecting a top team to pick him up.

2023-12-18 20:54

+1 bro :D Cumps from Portugal

surely -teses +dupreeh ??

2023-12-18 20:09

2023-12-18 19:25

rip nertz

Subpar team

mid t4 stunt with preasy made people forget that he was ultra mid in fnatic

2023-12-18 19:32

ence - kyxsan,kylar,hades,dycha,goofy heroic - teses,sjiush,nicodooz,gla1ve,nertz fixed

just not TeSeS as IGL

where degster:<< ayayayyyy

2023-12-18 19:38

Ence vs Heroic new classic on lower bracket

2023-12-18 19:39

nooooooooooooo! but also yes

2023-12-18 19:40

RIP Preasy they don't have any normal options except maybe regali.

2023-12-18 19:44

LETS FUCKING GOOOOOOOOO

I am happy that he gets another chance in a good team

This is good if they want danish core.

Interesting

These announcement videos are hot garbage.

2023-12-18 20:00

2023-12-18 20:02

what a downgrade for nertz, must have gotten a stupidly big paycheck

2023-12-18 20:03

why remove dupreeh

2023-12-18 20:04

2023-12-18 20:29

still their best rated player

2023-12-18 20:42

yeah but that roster is not created for immediate success but rather longevity and creating a strong roster by time

2023-12-18 20:56

this squad of players have a proven longevity for winning nothing

2023-12-18 21:10

I feel like getting a veteran like dupreeh would help them in the beginning at least

2023-12-18 23:47

bring aizy for 5th

bring in kyxsan and new heroic best heroic :D

2023-12-18 20:13

omg so mid it makes me happy!

2023-12-18 20:20

+ smooya

2023-12-18 20:32

smooya or nicodoz is basically the same thing

2023-12-18 21:07

No one likes Smooya (ignore my flair)

2023-12-19 02:30

(i trust u bro)

2023-12-19 14:13

sad for preasy

He's been decent in preasy. Now just sign a good igl and let's see how it turns out

2023-12-18 20:52

its actually embarresing that they choose nicodoz over Artfrost or Deko.

2023-12-18 20:53

bro artfrost is trash

2023-12-18 21:06

nah brother

2023-12-19 03:35

kinda sad because preasy was looking good recently

hooki inc

2023-12-18 21:28

falmes 2.0 rip 🥲

2023-12-18 21:45

already better than falcons

2023-12-18 22:29

Honestly not bad, but I can't see this team competing with legit tier 1 teams. This has high tier 2/low tier 1 team written all over it. I don't think Nertz is capable of being that steady reliable star player, hope I'm wrong

2023-12-18 22:37

this sucks for preasy tbh that team probably had more potential than whatever heroic is cooking

yaan.. another soulless international team. Go fuck yourself Heroic, now I might start cheering for asstralis because of you

2023-12-18 22:49

there is literally already 60% of the roster confirmed as danish therefore they will have the danish flag

2023-12-18 22:56

majority danish still, could've been worse

2023-12-19 09:29

good luck

2023-12-18 22:51

No anarkez? Sad

2023-12-18 23:03

W?.

2023-12-18 23:57

Is this a team Nertz can grow and become a star with? Hmm I dunno

2023-12-19 00:38

ez major win if they sign kyxsan ez top 30 if they dont

2023-12-19 00:48

I like this

2023-12-19 00:55

I remember what nicoodoz did to G2 but I also remember how much he struggled in tier 1. I guess Heroic didn't have many other options at this point but I'm a bit concerned about if this is the right move for them...

2023-12-19 02:01

heroic what?

2023-12-19 02:11

Pls sign jks

2023-12-19 02:25

so heroic from now on is a tier2 team, same as nip and fnatic

2023-12-19 06:41

nip in 2024\2025 - nilo brollan plopski phzy ztr ) tier1 super dream team )

2023-12-19 09:48

Solid t3 now

2023-12-19 07:02

+kyxsan +jkaem -teses

2023-12-19 08:47

isn’t there better awp? sl1m3 would be more prospective

2023-12-19 09:26

just keep dupreeh

why no mertz ???

2023-12-19 09:45

1st carry nertz 2d carry teses support sjuush awp nikodoz igl - raalz\birdfs\acsilion ?? )) or lekr0 )

2023-12-19 09:47

Save NertZ please , this team will not achieve anything

2023-12-19 09:50

nicodoz without roej not working

2023-12-19 09:51

They need to try and sign Zyphon.

2023-12-19 10:43

idk why people think that nicoodoz is a bad player, not ready for tier 1. He consistently went through to legends stage (2 times to playoffs) in last majors and played decent. Of course he is not zywoo or s1mple, but these type of players are very rare.

2023-12-19 11:01