BLAST Bounty 2025 Season 1New HEROIC qualify for Bounty Finals over Liquid; tN1R sidelined by visa issues
After getting their previous core bought out and scrambling for replacements at the final hour, HEROIC have surprised with their new lineup.
Update 16:06 : tN1R to miss Copenhagen
"There's a problem with the visa, there's no way to get it earlier," the Belarussian said on Telegram. "So see you in Katowice."
HEROIC headed into the new season on shaky ground. After their previous lineup was picked apart, they were forced to build around a second-tier Sangal core, and things went from bad to worse when the organization ran into last-minute issues with the signing of Linus "nilo" Bergman.
But despite their off-season struggles, the new HEROIC have outperformed expectations at the season opener. With surprise wins over 3DMAX and Liquid, the ragtag team traversed the online portion of BLAST Bounty to qualify for the Finals.
Andrey "tN1R" Tatarinovich, who was added to the BLAST roster at the final hour to take nilo's place, spearheaded their opening victory against the Frenchmen with a 30-bomb in overtime on Ancient.
A key piece to the new team, Álvaro "SunPayus" García, also found his footing after a long stint on the sidelines on Falcons' bench. After a quiet first series, the Spaniard took over in another close match against Liquid with a 1.32-performance.
Everyone else contributed key moments as HEROIC recovered from a close opening map loss on Mirage, beating Russel "Twistzz" Van Dulken and company on two of their favorite maps, Anubis and Ancient.
Following their surprise run, Eetu "sAw" Saha's new lineup will have their first test on LAN next week when they travel to Copenhagen to compete at the Finals alongside seven other teams that will qualify over the course of the weekend.
Meanwhile, Liquid's new season with Guy "NertZ" Iluz has gotten off to a shaky start. They're set to travel to Poland next for IEM Katowice, where they're set to rematch HEROIC in the opening round of the Play-in on January 29.
 HEROIC |
K - D | Swing | ADR | KAST | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 52 - 39 | +5.49% | 85.8 | 77.9% | 1.32 | |
| 56 - 44 | +1.71% | 79.6 | 77.9% | 1.17 | |
| 38 - 51 | -0.78% | 69.5 | 70.6% | 0.95 | |
| 37 - 45 | +1.56% | 61.5 | 72.1% | 0.94 | |
| 37 - 42 | -2.01% | 60.1 | 75.0% | 0.93 |
 Liquid |
K - D | Swing | ADR | KAST | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 51 - 39 | +0.17% | 81.8 | 83.8% | 1.13 | |
| 55 - 46 | -0.77% | 79.7 | 64.7% | 1.11 | |
| 47 - 43 | +1.73% | 63.7 | 79.4% | 1.08 | |
| 39 - 46 | -2.25% | 73.9 | 73.5% | 0.92 | |
| 29 - 48 | -4.86% | 54.1 | 70.6% | 0.71 |
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Eetu 'sAw' Saha
Nikola 'NiKo' Kovač
Abdul 'degster' Gasanov
Damjan 'kyxsan' Stoilkovski
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