BIG consign new-look HEROIC to lower bracket in Belgrade

HEROIC looked every bit the new roster as they fell to a far more well-versed BIG squad.

tabseN rolled back the years with a vintage performance

BIG have opened their account for the season with a 2-1 win over a revamped HEROIC squad, bagging comfortable wins on Dust2 (13-6) and Nuke (13-5) either side of a loss on Mirage (7-13).

HEROIC bore the signs of a new squad throughout the series, often squandering advantages. On Nuke they were the architects of their own downfall, going 12:6 in opening kills yet still losing the map by a wide margin, and lost Dust2 to a comical smoke defuse in a round they should have won.

BIG meanwhile can thank a stellar performance by Johannes "⁠tabseN⁠" Wodarz for ensuring relatively smooth sailing, the veteran captain rolling back the years to be the best player on the server for both of their map wins.

There were some positives for HEROIC to take from the game, however, specifically the strong performances of new signings Linus "⁠nilo⁠" Bergman and Gleb "⁠gr1ks⁠" Gazin on Mirage and their ability to find opening advantages across the series.

Date Matches
FISSURE Playground 1
16/07/2025
18:05
Match
16/07/2025
22:10
Match

BIG can now look forward to an upper bracket matchup with Complexity, whilst HEROIC will seek to avoid elimination from the tournament as they take on BetBoom.

Matchpage
1
2
15th July 2025
Germany
6
Dust2
13
13
Mirage
7
5
Nuke
13
 HEROIC K - D Swing ADR KAST Rating2.1
46 - 40 +0.54% 91.4 66.7% 1.13
38 - 40 -0.86% 78.0 66.7% 1.01
34 - 36 -1.96% 71.5 66.7% 0.92
34 - 42 -0.84% 65.2 64.9% 0.85
27 - 44 -3.15% 59.6 56.1% 0.70
 BIG K - D Swing ADR KAST Rating2.1
45 - 38 +1.27% 86.3 66.7% 1.25
40 - 37 -0.67% 82.9 70.2% 1.15
44 - 34 +2.97% 67.0 73.7% 1.11
37 - 35 +0.81% 66.0 73.7% 1.03
36 - 36 +1.89% 80.2 64.9% 1.02
Germany Johannes 'tabseN' Wodarz
Johannes 'tabseN' Wodarz
Age:
30
Team:
Rating 1.0:
1.03
Maps played:
2591
KPR:
0.71
DPR:
0.70
Belarus Gleb 'gr1ks' Gazin
Gleb 'gr1ks' Gazin
Age:
19
Team:
Rating 1.0:
1.16
Maps played:
513
KPR:
0.77
DPR:
0.60
Sweden Linus 'nilo' Bergman
Linus 'nilo' Bergman
Age:
20
Team:
Rating 1.0:
1.09
Maps played:
807
KPR:
0.75
DPR:
0.66
#1
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Netherlands Lasarius
LETS GOOO BIIIIIG
2025-07-15 23:27
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#2
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Russia TEMHOMECTO
can see the absence of sAw in this shell of heroic.
2025-07-15 23:27
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#5
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Sweden Remliwer
2025-07-15 23:29
4
8 replies
#8
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Russia TEMHOMECTO
sunpayus and xfloud are bots, players are upgraded now but no sAw hurts.
2025-07-15 23:30
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6 replies
SUNPAYUS is better than the whole team fym dawg
2025-07-15 23:30
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5 replies
#11
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Russia TEMHOMECTO
in 2023 maybe when the others were in school
2025-07-15 23:31
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3 replies
if griks is an upgrade to sunpayus then i am santa claus giving away weed
2025-07-15 23:31
1
2 replies
#14
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Russia TEMHOMECTO
I'm not interested, sorry officer.
2025-07-15 23:32
3
I’d say gr1ks is an upgrade in the lens of future development that heroic is looking for. Sunpayus has definitely fallen off from his peak at ENCE but is still very solid imo.
2025-07-16 06:55
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#17
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Sweden Remliwer
0.98 against top20 this year
2025-07-15 23:35
0
hyped had a lifetime in this matchup, at one point everyone thought he would go out with a 3.0 rating...
2025-07-16 04:00
0
yet again another lifegame from big to keep them from dropping too far down the ranking
2025-07-15 23:28
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3 replies
flair
2025-07-15 23:31
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1 reply
just matching the flag my friend
2025-07-16 00:44
2
They played Actually really shit. But heroic was more Bad. Zypern for 85pts
2025-07-16 07:56
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BIG
2025-07-15 23:28
1
gj boys
2025-07-15 23:29
1
BIG ARE BACK
2025-07-15 23:29
1
1 reply
too many times this shenanigans happened, tabseN and Co. has to prove it for a longer time, not just in one/two matches in a row, but for a longer time!
2025-07-16 04:02
1
LFGG BIGGGGG
2025-07-15 23:30
1
lower bracket? if that is true, i dont get the format
2025-07-15 23:33
1
1 reply
GSL group stage, basically 0-1 is lower bracket because you get eliminated if you lose.
2025-07-16 00:58
1
tabsen 2018 game
2025-07-15 23:38
1
TNIR disasterclass to spoil nilos debut...
2025-07-16 00:32
0
#22
Old school: User been here for more than 10 years  | 
kinkybdsm | 
Other MissingN0
lol cant wait for the Furia matchup, theyre gonna wipe the floor with gr1ks
2025-07-16 01:21
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