{"id":17140,"date":"2021-04-18T23:26:09","date_gmt":"2021-04-19T03:26:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/?p=17140"},"modified":"2021-04-18T23:29:26","modified_gmt":"2021-04-19T03:29:26","slug":"heroic-win-esl-pro-league-as-grand-slam-race-heats-up","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/heroic-win-esl-pro-league-as-grand-slam-race-heats-up\/","title":{"rendered":"Heroic win ESL Pro League as Grand Slam race heats up"},"content":{"rendered":"

Heroic have won a thrilling ESL Pro League final, defeating Gambit in five maps, to notch up their first achievement in the Grand Slam Season 3 race. <\/p>\n

Lead by Casper “cadiaN” Molle, Heroic defeated Gambit 3-2 in what turned out to be a heated back and forth grand final series of the season 13 title. For their efforts, Heroic walked away with $200,000 in prize money.<\/p>\n

Heroic join Natus Vincere, Mousesports, Astralis, FNATIC, Evil Geniuses and Team Liquid with trophies in the race for the third Intel Grand Slam, which will net the winner USD $1 million and CSGO<\/a> bragging rights. <\/p>\n

After the ESL Pro League final, cadiaN, who was riddled with excitement and loss of breath, had the following to say in the post-match interview.<\/p>\n

“That was such a long game, so intense, it was five maps and one of them was with four overtimes, basically counting for two,” he said. <\/p>\n

“They gave us a run for their money. Gambit played so well, they’re probably considered the best team by everyone. This is our first tournament and we did it. I feel like that’s part of CS history by now.”<\/p>\n

While team Heroic were not favorites to clinch the EPL Pro League title, they put up a stellar performance right from their first pick, Inferno, and secured a win. They initially suffered a 4-12 deficit to the Gambit team, but later forced a comeback, seeing the game move into overtime. Due to some significant plays from Martin “stavn” Lund, the Danish team came out victorious in the pick.<\/p>\n

The second pick, Vertigo, saw Gambit destabilize the Danish defense by a landslide, after losing a few gun rounds to Heroic at the beginning of the map. The Russian team cruised into a 16-3 win over their opponent.<\/p>\n

Gambit took the lead in the next pick, Train, by a 12-6 scoreline, but couldn’t hold on to their lead as cadiaN kept finding plays that led to the map being forced into overtime. The map took a different turn and only came to an end after four sets of overtimes. After 54 rounds of slow regulation and self-destruction overtimes, Heroics began to look the part as they snatched the third map right from Gambit.<\/p>\n

Overpass was a close affair as Heroic sought to end the series in four maps but Gambit was victorious by a 16-10 scoreline. At the fifth and final map, Mirage, Heroic started on the right foot and kept on going till the end with cadiaN seeing the game out with a knife kill feature, winning a 1v4 clutch which saw the team go frantic in celebration of their win.<\/p>\n

Heroic had put up an amazing performance in their group stage, clinching a perfect score of 5-0, defeating OG, Big, Complexity, FunPlus Pheonix, and Renegades. They went head to head with the Swedish Ninjas in Pyjamas and had a clean sweep. They then replicated the same outstanding performance in their next fixture, an easy victory over FURIA.<\/p>\n

ESL Pro League Season 13 final standings<\/h2>\n