IEM Rio 2024HEROIC lock up Rio playoff spot over Astralis
The Danish team remains winless in best-of-three series since picking up cadiaN.
HEROIC have secured a spot in the IEM Rio playoffs following a quick 2-0 win over Astralis. With confidence running high after a best-of-one victory over G2 on Monday, HEROIC brushed aside their opponents in a series that they controlled from the midway point of the opening map.
Astralis lacked the firepower to match their opponents and looked lost for ideas during key moments of the series. They will have little time to lick their wounds before the upcoming elimination series against Virtus.pro.
| Date | Matches | |
|---|---|---|
| IEM Rio 2024 | ||
| 09/10/2024 |
16:00
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Match |
As for HEROIC, they will take on Vitality in Group B's upper final. Before the match, René "TeSeS" Madsen had admitted he was pleased with his team's recent improvements.
"Internally, we know we have taken a few steps in the right direction in the past month," he told James "BanKs" Banks. "But to do it result-wise is something that would boost the confidence a lot for us. We want to get there."
| Date | Matches | |
|---|---|---|
| IEM Rio 2024 | ||
| 09/10/2024 |
18:40
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Match |
A 5vs2 clutch by HEROIC set the tone for a chaotic start to Mirage as teams took turns winning rounds and neither side seemed capable of getting a stranglehold on proceedings. Astralis then tightened their defense and enjoyed a dominant 8-4 half, with Casper "cadiaN" Møller leading the charge on rifles with 16 frags.
But that intensity was nowhere to be seen after the side switch. HEROIC hit their stride on the CT side, while Astralis looked lost for ideas, getting only one round - on a force-buy, no less - throughout the entire half.
HEROIC maintained their momentum and jumped out to a commanding 6-1 lead on Ancient. Astralis then picked up the pace and equalized the score before half-time, but just like on Mirage, they vanished from the game in the second half. A quad-kill from Jakob "jabbi" Nygaard yielded Astralis' sole round on the CT side as they were run over by HEROIC in a one-sided half.
 HEROIC |
K - D | Swing | ADR | KAST | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 39 - 28 | +1.90% | 99.1 | 81.0% | 1.46 | |
| 37 - 24 | +1.88% | 88.2 | 78.6% | 1.33 | |
| 32 - 28 | +3.18% | 87.7 | 73.8% | 1.18 | |
| 26 - 22 | +3.32% | 68.7 | 73.8% | 1.09 | |
| 24 - 30 | -1.90% | 66.1 | 71.4% | 0.93 |
 Astralis |
K - D | Swing | ADR | KAST | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 33 - 34 | -1.01% | 101.0 | 76.2% | 1.19 | |
| 26 - 32 | -1.21% | 72.3 | 71.4% | 1.02 | |
| 28 - 30 | -1.10% | 69.6 | 69.0% | 0.98 | |
| 29 - 33 | -0.73% | 70.0 | 73.8% | 0.94 | |
| 16 - 29 | -4.33% | 47.7 | 61.9% | 0.70 |
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