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We continue to watch the action at PW Shanghai Major 2024: European RMR B. Things are winding down there, but the battle for slots continues.
Among the contenders for the Major are Passion UA and Heroic. Both teams have 2-1 statistics at PW Shanghai Major 2024: European RMR B and only 1 Bo3 series separates them from the Major.
Let's see who from the pair Passion UA - Heroic will be stronger and go to the main event, and who will have to play in the match for life in the 2-2 grid.
Let's go.
Heroic's form
We open the breakdown of the Heroic - Passion UA match with an analysis of Heroic's playing form. In this match they will play as favourites with odds to win at around 1.6.
Heroic have looked very good in the 2023 season. They played consistently in TIR-S tournaments and were a significant force.
Heroic had a streak of great tournaments. It was top 2 at IEM Rio 2023, top 4 BLAST.tv Paris Major 2023 and IEM Dallas 2023. Heroic went on to win the BLAST Premier: Spring Final 2023 and also finished in the top 3 of the BLAST Premier: Fall Groups 2023
- Heroic roster: TeSeS, sjuush, NertZ, kyxsan, degster.
Before their performance at Gamers8 Heroic attended another prestigious tournament - IEM Cologne. Being one of the main contenders to win the German tournament, the Danes made it to the play-offs of the competition, but there they couldn't move further than the first round. Heroic lost to Astralis in the first round of the IEM Cologne play-offs with a score of 0-2.
At Gamers8 they debuted with a match against Falcons. In general, the game ended predictably, but the French gave a fight, especially on the first map (Mirage 22-18 in favour of Heroic). The second one went to Heroic with the score 16-10.
In the previous match Heroic met GamerLegion. Despite GL's seemingly idle position in that match, they were able to grind the nerves of the Danes and take the map, but still lost in the end.
Heroic finished off Gamers8 with a match against ENCE. The Danish club again failed to beat the Finns and left the major championship at the top-4 stage.
In the first match at ESL Pro League Season 18, the team played against Rooster. The Australians offered no resistance and took 6 rounds in two games.
Next was BIG - another passable opponent for Heroic, but it was not to be. The Danes lost 0-2, losing on Ancient with a score of 23-25 and on Inferno with a score of 13-16.
Heroic got into the last chance net after a 0-2 loss at MOUZ. So from the "achievements" so far, a win over the raw Roosters and that's it. It looks very deplorable. And it ended no better: Heroic Ledge and Monte crashed out of ESL Pro League Season 18.
Next up was Roobet Cup 2023, where Heroic finished in the top 12. After unsatisfactory performance at EPL and Roobet Cup Heroic played not better at Thunderpick World Championship 2023 and BLAST Premier: Fall Final 2023. There, it was top-8 and top-6 respectively.
Heroic face many challenges in the 2024 season. They still attend top tournaments, but the performance is much worse: Top-16 at BLAST Premier: Spring Groups 2024, Top-8 at IEM Chengdu 2024, Top-28 at ESL Pro League Season 9, Top-6 at IEM Dallas 2024 and Top-8 at YaLLa Compass 2024.
Later, the series of appearances at various championships continued, with Heroic playing at both BLAST Premier: Fall Groups 2024 (Top 12) and IEM Cologne 2024 (Top 20) and BLAST Premier: Fall Showdown 2024 (Top 16). In October 2024 Heroic were close to finally taking the championship title, reaching the final of Elisa Masters Espoo 2024, but Ledgeili ENCE in the grand final.
Before appearing at European RMR B, Heroic played at Thunderpick World Championship 2024, where they finished top 2, losing to MongolZ in the grand final.
At European RMR B, Heroic Long Sogpeg started with a win against PARIVISION. Next was a loss by BIG, followed by a win against NiP.
Heroic Mappool
Heroic's best map is Nuke. There the Danes have 5 wins and 0 losses.
They like to play Overpass, where they lost only once. In three months on Overpass - 5-1.
One of the most frequently played and yet successful maps is Inferno. Heroic has a 9-3 statistic here. It also goes well on Ancient, where Heroic is 3-1 in matches.
Passion UA Form.
We continue to watch the match Passion UA - Heroic with the analysis of Passion UA's playing form. The Ukrainian club will play the first number one with odds to win at around 2.6.
Passion UA are ranked 68th in the HLTV world rankings. Nominally, this is a rather dubious position and there is nothing to be happy about, but considering the age of the club it is a pretty good indicator.
On the competitive scene Counter-Strike 2 Passion UA are since October last year. The debut tournament for Passion UA was the local A1 Gaming League Season 7, where the wards of Kane took the top 13.
Later Passion UA played at PGL CS2 Major Copenhagen 2024 Europe RMR Open Qualifier 4. And there the Ukrainian club played very well, making it to the top 8 and being one step away from reaching the closed qualifiers for the first ever LAN-tournament on Counter-Strike 2.
Next was the performance at the same local championships like United21 League Season 10, United21 League Season 12, European Pro League Season 14, United21 League Season 13. Everywhere Passion UA played "average" and the results were corresponding.
- Passion UA roster: jambo, jackasmo, zeRRoFIX, s-chilla, fear.
Before playing at RES European Series #3 Passion UA played at YaLLa Compass Spring 2024. This is already a more serious tournament and Passion UA took TOP-15.
At RES European Series #3 Passion UA look good. The team won the opening match with the score 2-0, and then fought with ALTERNATE ATTAX for place in play-offs, but Ledgeil with the score 1-2. Passion UA finished in the top 4.
In the middle of the year Passion UA won European Pro League Season 17, and later "consolidated" the success by winning European Pro League S20.
Passion UA started their journey through PW Shanghai Major 2024: European RMR B with a win over Vp. Next, the Ukrainian club defeated Spirit, but in the match to qualify for the Major Passion UA lost to BIG.
Passion UA Mappool
The most popular map Passion UA - Ancient, where the Ukrainian club has played 20 meetings and has 50% wins. Not far behind is Mirage with 16 games and 8-8 statistics. Closes the top three "plus winrate" Overpass, where Passion UA won 6 games and lost 6.
Next - maps with minus winrate. Anubis (8 wins and 9 losses), Vertigo (6 wins and 7 losses), and Inferno (3 wins and 7 losses).
Nuke do not play.
History of head-to-head meetings Passion UA - Heroic
Previously the teams have not crossed each other in official matches.
Predicted result of the match Passion UA - Heroic at PW Shanghai Major 2024: European RMR B
In this match I am expecting a beautiful Counter-Strike 2. If I was shown this match three weeks ago, I would call Heroic the winner, but Passion UA showed themselves on this RMR and will give a fight to the Danes.
Bottom line: total +2.5.
