Heroic Win A Nail Bitting ESL Pro League Final Vs Gambit

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By: Hypron || April 12, 2021

Heroic have clinched the ESL Pro League Season 13 title following a back-and-forth marathon grand final series against Gambit. Along with securing the $200,000 grand prize, the Casper “cadiaN⁠” Møller-led squad have earned their first notch in the Intel Grand Slam Season 3 race, all the while denying Gambit a chance to win their second consecutive event counting towards the prestigious $1,000,000 prize.

“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.”
CadiaN

While it seemed that Heroic would be unable to compete with the favored Gambit side at first, the Danes were able to begin the marathon series with a win on their first choice, Inferno. The winner was not found in regulation after the two teams traded one-sided defensive halves, with cadiaN’s team rallying from a 4-12 deficit to force overtime, where he and his team prevailed by a hair’s breadth thanks to a couple of crucial plays from Martin “stavn” Lund.

Gambit didn’t let the big turnaround in the opener deter them and put on a fantastic performance on Vertigo. After the first few gunrounds went the Danes’ way, the Russian side tore through Heroic’s defence, and this time they didn’t give their opponents any breathing space, closing the map without breaking a sweat at 16-3.

The train turned out to be a mad affair that required four sets of overtimes to fix. Gambit started off on the right foot with a strong defence, but couldn’t convert a 12-6 lead on the Terrorist side, with cadiaN making crucial plays with the AWP in the second half to send the map into its first overtime. After a slow regulation, Heroic began to pick up the pace, and a few chaotic overtimes later, they saved utility for their opponents’ late execute to put a nail in the third map after 54 rounds, when Gambit’s composure eventually began to fade.

YOUR SEASON 13 #ESLProLeague CHAMPIONS ARE @HEROICGG 🏆 pic.twitter.com/gP7ShiQOLd
— ESL Counter-Strike (@ESLCS) April 11, 2021

Heroic entered Overpass on series point looking to end the best-of-five in four maps, but they found themselves hard-pressed by Gambit, who managed to stay hot on their heels in a back-and-forth map.
The momentum only turned at 9-10, when Vladislav “⁠nafany⁠” Gorshkov & co.
seized control on the CT side with the in-game leader topping the charts and making important plays to pick up seven in a row and take the series to its fifth map.

After difficult starts on the first three maps and a close affair on the fourth, Heroic found some momentum at the beginning of Mirage and never let it go.
Looking just as focused as always despite the series running past its sixth hour, the Danes shut down Gambit on the CT side and didn’t take long to finish things off after sides switched, with cadiaN putting the final nail in their opponents’ coffin with style, winning a 1v4 clutch featuring a knife kill moments before his team burst out of their chairs in celebration.

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