Heroic and BIG will meet in the semi-finals of the top group stage of the BLAST Premier Fall Groups 2023. The Danes were among those who avoided any changes to their line-up, although they were considered favourites for any big tournament even before that.
BIG, on the other hand, were crawling at the TIER-2 level for a long time, where they didn't even get any results. Now the German team is some kind of twisted mechanism that is unlikely to work right now.
Moreover, even without all these changes, the Germans are objectively weaker than Heroic. And the Danish team are quite comfortable to play against such an opponent, who usually win their defaults. So I would lean on Heroic to win here.
Heroic's form
The first team of the world ranking finished second at the IEM Rio 2023, but further objectively failed at the BLAST.tv Paris Major 2023, getting eliminated in the semifinals by GamerLegion.
After that the Danish team didn't show any good results at IEM Dallas 2023 where they failed to prove themselves at length again, suffering an unexpected defeat at the hands of MOUZ in the semi-finals.
Still, towards the end of the season Heroic managed to shoot up, showing a brisk game with which to become the winner of the BLAST Premier Spring Final 2023 without a single defeat.
Heroic's latest results:
- A 1-2 defeat to MOUZ.
- Victory over Complexity Gaming with a score of 2-0.
- Defeat FaZe Clan 2-0.
- Beat Imperial Esports 2-1.
- 2-1 victory over Vitality.
Top scoring Heroic:
- Ancient - 86% wins.
- Nuke - 80% wins.
- Mirage - 67% wins.
- Inferno - 67% wins.
- Overpass - 62% wins.
- Vertigo - 50% wins.
Let's not forget that the Danish team is steadily refusing Anubis.
Form BIG
The 55th ranked team in the world didn't make it through the closed qualification for ESL Challenger Katowice 2023 and also failed in the play-offs of BetBoom Playlist Freedom 2023.
What's more, the German squad only finished fourth at CCT 2023 Online Finals 1, and also quickly crashed out of the CCT North Europe Series 5 quarter-finals after losing to Astralis Talent.
Near the end of the season, BIG also reached the CCT West Europe Series 4 final, but there decided to drop The International at all in order to replace part of the squad for the sake of a youth roster.
Latest BIG results:
- A 0-2 defeat to Astralis Talent.
- A 2-1 win over Illuminar Gaming.
- A 2-0 win over Astralis Talent.
- Beat Young Ninjas 2-0.
- 0-2 defeat of SAW.
Best BIG scores:
- Mirage - 50% wins.
- Inferno - 50% wins.
- Vertigo - 50% wins.
In turn, the German team stopped showing up on the Ancient map.
Heroic - BIG encounter statistics
Last season, the teams have played one meeting - at IEM Road to Rio 2022 Europe RMR B the victory went to Heroic (2-0).
Prediction for the match Heroic - BIG
For now, there is not much hope for the German squad, as this squad obviously needs time, and the switch to English may cause some problems.
In turn, Heroic are stable, and the latest results of the team inspire confidence. In general, the Danish outfit look clear favourites, and the opponents have been a little lucky.
It's understandable that after the break there could be any kind of The International heresy, but BIG definitely doesn't look like a serious contender. Therefore, in this case, I would recommend betting on a Heroic win.
