Heroic beat Space Soldiers to qualify for DreamHack Masters Stockholm

HEROIC have booked their spot at the DreamHack Masters Stockholm after beating Space Soldiers 2-0 (16-13 on Nuke, 16-14 on Train).

The battle for the last European spot at DreamHack Masters Stockholm kicked off on HEROIC's map pick, Nuke, with the Nordic squad bagging a quick 3-0 lead after winning their CT pistol and the corresponding anti-ecos. Space Soldiers responded with a round of their own on the back of a 1v1 clutch from Engin "⁠MAJ3R⁠" Küpeli, but were immediately countered by Heroic .

Space Soldiers got back on the board in the eighth round with another 1v1 clutch, this time around by Ismailcan "⁠XANTARES⁠" Dörtkardeş. After that, the Turkish side lost only two more rounds to bring the deficit to a single round by half-time.

With a fast ramps execution, HEROIC, who were playing with Asger "⁠AcilioN⁠" Larsen instead of Ruben "⁠RUBINO⁠" Villarroel, picked up their second pistol, but Space Soldiers replied with a successful force-buy. After building up their economy, Heroic strung three rounds together to go up 12-10.

Space Soldiers then picked themselves up to restore parity at 13-13, but HEROIC responded with a 1v4 clutch from Andreas "⁠MODDII⁠" Fridh, a triple-kill from Nikolaj "⁠niko⁠" Kristensen, and Adam "⁠friberg⁠" Friberg's 1v2 clutch to close out the map.

niko led the way for Heroic with a 1.37 rating

HEROIC started their opponents' map pick, Train, as CTs and on the right foot, shutting down Space Soldiers for five straight rounds. The Turks then went on a massive run, losing just one of the following nine rounds, but Heroic still managed to win the last two of the half to secure a narrow 8-7 lead.

Now playing on the CT side, Space Soldiers picked up their first pistol round of the series and followed that up with an anti-eco. In a third-round buy, AcilioN clutched a 1v2 to halt the momentum of MAJ3R's men.

Despite Space Soldiers winning the next round, HEROIC kept overrunning the defence, who were only to win one more before friberg and co. reached 14 rounds. Space Soldiers still found a lifeline by bringing the gap to 14-15, but that was simply not enough to stop Heroic from running away with the game.

DreamHack Masters Stockholm 2018 Europe Closed QualifierBest of 3 Space SoldiersMatchpage 0 2 28th June 2018 HEROIC 13Nuke 16 14Train 16

Space Soldiers	K - D	+/-	ADR	Rating 2.0
Ismailcan 'XANTARES' DörtkardeşXANTARES	53 - 46	+7	107.5	1.32
Ahmet 'paz' Karahocapaz	41 - 37	+4	71.1	1.03
Buğra 'Calyx' ArkınCalyx	34 - 44	-10	61.5	0.85
Engin 'MAJ3R' KüpeliMAJ3R	30 - 37	-7	56.8	0.84
Engin 'ngiN' KorngiN	33 - 45	-12	60.1	0.76

HEROIC	K - D	+/-	ADR	Rating 2.0
Nikolaj 'niko' Kristensenniko	52 - 40	+12	93.8	1.37
Asger 'AcilioN' LarsenAcilioN	47 - 38	+9	74.5	1.26
Patrick 'es3tag' Hansenes3tag	44 - 38	+6	74.3	1.13
Adam 'friberg' Fribergfriberg	35 - 37	-2	76.3	1.08
Andreas 'MODDII' FridhMODDII	30 - 38	-8	62.7	0.92

DreamHack Masters Stockholm 2018 will run from August 29 to September 2 at Ericsson Globe, where 16 teams will battle it out for their share of a $250,000 prize pool. The team list currently looks as follows:

FaZe
MIBR
MOUZ
Natus Vincere
Gambit
HellRaisers
HEROIC
NA qual. slotNinjas in Pyjamas
fnatic
Astralis
North
NRG
OpTic
Asia qual. slot
China qual. slotAndreas 'MODDII' Fridh Age: 28 Team: HEROIC Rating 1.0: 1.01 Maps played: 1022 KPR: 0.68 DPR: 0.66 Gambit #14 Dauren 'AdreN' KystaubayevMihail 'Dosia' StolyarovRustem 'mou' TelepovAbay 'HObbit' KhassenovNikolay 'mir' Bityukov MOUZ #4 Tomáš 'oskar' ŠťastnýJanusz 'Snax' PogorzelskiChris 'chrisJ' de JongMiikka 'suNny' KemppiRobin 'ropz' Kool Ismailcan 'XANTARES' Dörtkardeş Age: 22 Team: Space Soldiers Rating 1.0: 1.24 Maps played: 802 KPR: 0.87 DPR: 0.70 Astralis #1 Andreas 'Xyp9x' HøjslethPeter 'dupreeh' RasmussenLukas 'gla1ve' RossanderNicolai 'device' ReedtzEmil 'Magisk' Reif fnatic #9 Richard 'Xizt' LandströmRobin 'flusha' RönnquistJesper 'JW' WecksellFreddy 'KRIMZ' JohanssonWilliam 'draken' Sundin FaZe #2 Finn 'karrigan' AndersenLadislav 'GuardiaN' KovácsNikola 'NiKo' KovačHåvard 'rain' NygaardJorgen 'cromen' Robertsen Space Soldiers #18 Engin 'MAJ3R' KüpeliIsmailcan 'XANTARES' DörtkardeşBuğra 'Calyx' ArkınAhmet 'paz' KarahocaEngin 'ngiN' Kor Adam 'friberg' Friberg Age: 26 Team: HEROIC Rating 1.0: 1.00 Maps played: 1270 KPR: 0.68 DPR: 0.67 Ruben 'RUBINO' Villarroel Age: 24 Team: HEROIC Rating 1.0: 0.99 Maps played: 815 KPR: 0.68 DPR: 0.68 MIBR #6 Gabriel 'FalleN' ToledoFernando 'fer' AlvarengaRicardo 'boltz' PrassJake 'Stewie2K' YipMarcelo 'coldzera' David HEROIC #21 Andreas 'MODDII' FridhAdam 'friberg' FribergPatrick 'es3tag' HansenNikolaj 'niko' KristensenRuben 'RUBINO' Villarroel Natus Vincere #3 Ioann 'Edward' SukharievDanylo 'Zeus' TeslenkoEgor 'flamie' VasilyevOleksandr 's1mple' KostylievDenis 'electroNic' Sharipov OpTic #19 Marco 'Snappi' PfeifferRené 'cajunb' BorgJakob 'JUGi' HansenNicklas 'gade' GadeKristian 'k0nfig' Wienecke North #8 Mathias 'MSL' LauridsenPhilip 'aizy' AistrupMarkus 'Kjaerbye' KjærbyeValdemar 'valde' Bjørn VangsåDaniel 'mertz' Mertz HellRaisers #16 Kirill 'ANGE1' KarasiowVladyslav 'bondik' NechyporchukÖzgür 'woxic' EkerBence 'DeadFox' BöröczIssa 'ISSAA' Murad Engin 'MAJ3R' Küpeli Age: 27 Team: Space Soldiers Rating 1.0: 0.97 Maps played: 590 KPR: 0.66 DPR: 0.67 Asger 'AcilioN' Larsen Age: 21 Team: HEROIC Rating 1.0: 0.97 Maps played: 935 KPR: 0.67 DPR: 0.68 Ninjas in Pyjamas #13 Patrik 'f0rest' LindbergChristopher 'GeT_RiGhT' AlesundDennis 'dennis' EdmanJonas 'Lekr0' OlofssonFredrik 'REZ' Sterner Nikolaj 'niko' Kristensen Age: 20 Team: HEROIC Rating 1.0: 1.06 Maps played: 584 KPR: 0.72 DPR: 0.65 HEROIC #21 Andreas 'MODDII' FridhAsger 'AcilioN' LarsenAdam 'friberg' FribergPatrick 'es3tag' HansenNikolaj 'niko' Kristensen NRG #7 Damian 'daps' SteeleJacob 'FugLy' MedinaVincent 'Brehze' CayonteEthan 'Ethan' ArnoldTsvetelin 'CeRq' Dimitrov