Heroic beat Kinguin to win Games Clash Masters

The $90,000 tournament in Gdynia, Poland has been brought to an end with HEROIC defeating Kinguin 2-1 in the grand final (16-9 Train, 3-16 Mirage, 16-7 Nuke).

The first map of the grand final took place on Train, the map pick of Wiktor "⁠TaZ⁠" Wojtas's squad. HEROIC won the CT pistol and reset the Terrorists twice in the early stages on to set themselves up for a great start to the game, 7-2. Jacek "⁠MINISE⁠" Jeziak finding the opening on Daniel "⁠mertz⁠" Mertz in round 13 got Kinguin another gun round, but they still only managed to finish with four for the half.

Mikołaj "⁠mouz⁠" Karolewski's double entry helped Kinguin win the second pistol and the Polish side managed to close down the gap to 11-8 on the defensive side. That is when Asger "⁠AcilioN⁠" Larsen won a round for his side on an eco, allowing HEROIC to close out the map shortly, 16-9.

Heroic will take home the $50,000 cheque

The early game on Mirage was all about Kinguin who started furiously, 5-1, with mouz having 10 kills at that point. HEROIC were 8-1 down when they found themselves in a 3v3 A site retake, but were unable to pull it off as Karol "⁠rallen⁠" Rodowicz flanked them through CT Spawn. However, the Danish-Swedish squad found success in the followup, with just pistols, to add their second round to the board.

Kinguin still finished the half with a massive lead, 12-3, and then Paweł "⁠reatz⁠" Jańczak added to it by nailing three headshots on the A site defense in the pistol. With that, the Poles had no issues closing out the map, 16-3, and forcing the decider map Nuke.

On the last map, Kinguin won the T pistol but HEROIC instantly replied, stacking Ramp and eliminating their opposition with a strong crossfire. The Poles managed to win a force buy themselves soon, but HEROIC managed to preserve their economy and bounce back, taking an 8-2 lead. Before the end of the half, Kinguin mustered a couple of rounds with limited buys to finish the half with just a three-round deficit (9-6).

After the switch, HEROIC put themselves into the position to win the match by grabbing the pistol, the followups, and an early gun round (14-7). After that furious start to the second half, Kinguin couldn't contain AcilioN and co., and ended up losing the map after winning just one CT round, 16-7.

Games Clash Masters 2018Best of 3 HEROICMatchpage 2 1 30th September 2018 Kinguin 16Train 9 3Mirage 16 16Nuke 7

HEROIC	K - D	+/-	ADR	Rating 2.0
Andreas 'MODDII' FridhMODDII	63 - 40	+23	95.6	1.37
Daniel 'mertz' Mertzmertz	51 - 37	+14	70.7	1.25
Patrick 'es3tag' Hansenes3tag	42 - 47	-5	81.5	1.10
Adam 'friberg' Fribergfriberg	43 - 49	-6	76.5	0.94
Asger 'AcilioN' LarsenAcilioN	36 - 46	-10	61.8	0.83

Kinguin	K - D	+/-	ADR	Rating 2.0
Mikołaj 'mouz' Karolewskimouz	48 - 46	+2	75.3	1.10
Jacek 'MINISE' JeziakMINISE	47 - 46	+1	76.3	1.08
Karol 'rallen' Rodowiczrallen	41 - 48	-7	75.0	1.05
Wiktor 'TaZ' WojtasTaZ	45 - 49	-4	68.8	1.01
Paweł 'reatz' Jańczakreatz	38 - 46	-8	62.8	0.89

Final standings for Games Clash Masters 2018:

1. HEROIC - $50,000
2. Kinguin - $20,000
3-4. Fragsters - $8,000
3-4. AGO - $8,000
5-6. Red Reserve - $1,000
5-6. PACT - $1,000
7-8. Sprout - $1,000
7-8. x-kom - $1,000

x-kom #79 Wiktor 'mynio' KrukKrzysztof 'stark' LewandrowskiDaniel 'STOMP' PłomińskiPatryk 'Patitek' FabrowskiKrzysztof 'Goofy' Górski Wiktor 'TaZ' Wojtas Age: 32 Team: Kinguin Rating 1.0: 0.99 Maps played: 1537 KPR: 0.68 DPR: 0.67 Mikołaj 'mouz' Karolewski Age: 22 Team: Kinguin Rating 1.0: 1.03 Maps played: 1029 KPR: 0.70 DPR: 0.65 Sprout #51 Martin 'PERCY' WesselTimo 'Spiidi' RichterDenis 'denis' HowellNiels Christian 'NaToSaphiX' SillassenJosef 'faveN' Baumann Red Reserve #41 Joakim 'disco doplan' GidetunFredrik 'freddieb' BuöHampus 'hampus' PoserLudvig 'Brollan' Brolin Daniel 'mertz' Mertz Age: 20 Team: HEROIC Rating 1.0: 1.10 Maps played: 494 KPR: 0.75 DPR: 0.65 Jacek 'MINISE' Jeziak Age: 24 Team: Kinguin Rating 1.0: 1.02 Maps played: 1149 KPR: 0.71 DPR: 0.69 Karol 'rallen' Rodowicz Age: 24 Team: Kinguin Rating 1.0: 1.05 Maps played: 1049 KPR: 0.72 DPR: 0.66 Fragsters #30 Lucas 'Bubzkji' AndersenIsmail 'refrezh' AliJacob 'dragonfly' LundNicolai 'torben' AmorimMartin 'stavn' Lund Paweł 'reatz' Jańczak Age: 23 Team: Kinguin Rating 1.0: 1.04 Maps played: 751 KPR: 0.71 DPR: 0.67 Kinguin #16 Wiktor 'TaZ' WojtasJacek 'MINISE' JeziakKarol 'rallen' RodowiczPaweł 'reatz' JańczakMikołaj 'mouz' Karolewski PACT #70 Michał 'MOLSI' ŁąckiDawid 'lunAtic' CieślakKacper 'darko' ŚcieraArek 'Vegi' NawojskiTomasz 'ToM223' Richter Asger 'AcilioN' Larsen Age: 22 Team: HEROIC Rating 1.0: 0.97 Maps played: 971 KPR: 0.66 DPR: 0.68 AGO #26 Grzegorz 'SZPERO' DziamałekDamian 'Furlan' KislowskiDominik 'GruBy' SwiderskiMateusz 'TOAO' ZawistowskiTomasz 'phr' Wójcik HEROIC #19 Andreas 'MODDII' FridhAdam 'friberg' FribergAsger 'AcilioN' LarsenPatrick 'es3tag' HansenDaniel 'mertz' Mertz