cadiaN's effort not enough as Astralis beat Heroic in DreamHack Open Fall

The 25-year-old in-game leader put up some impressive numbers in this action-packed Danish derby.

Astralis got their DreamHack Open Fall campaign off to a great start as they edged past HEROIC 2-1 to join G2 in Group B's winners' match. In this clash between the current top two teams in the world, Astralis were made to work hard to come out on top as Casper "⁠cadiaN⁠" Møller fought tooth and nail to keep his team alive, finishing the match with a series-high 1.43 rating.

The match began with a banger of a Vertigo game as Astralis came back from 9-14 down to equalise the score in the last round of regulation. The first three overtimes could not determine a winner, but then Lukas "⁠gla1ve⁠" Rossander's charges won four in a row to lock down the map.

cadiaN was Heroic's top performer on all three maps

HEROIC looked a different side on Train as their double AWP setup with cadiaN and Martin "⁠stavn⁠" Lund with the Big Green proved very effective against the Astralis offense. After switching sides, Astralis still attempted a response, but HEROIC quickly got into their stride and wrapped things up.

It all came down to Inferno, where only one round separated the two teams at the break as recovered from a slow start to their T side. HEROIC came out of the break looking brighter and won three in a row to bring the scoreline to an 11-7 advantage, but then Astralis put up a resolute defensive performance and held the Terrorists off without much concern.

DreamHack Open Fall 2020Best of 3 AstralisMatchpage 2 1 15th October 2020 HEROIC 28Vertigo 24 8Train 16 16Inferno 13

Astralis	K - D	+/-	ADR	Rating 2.0
Peter 'dupreeh' Rasmussendupreeh	81 - 69	+12	84.6	1.16
Lukas 'gla1ve' Rossandergla1ve	64 - 68	-4	76.7	1.01
Patrick 'es3tag' Hansenes3tag	59 - 71	-12	69.1	0.97
Emil 'Magisk' ReifMagisk	60 - 72	-12	61.5	0.91
Nicolai 'device' Reedtzdevice	63 - 71	-8	60.3	0.89

HEROIC	K - D	+/-	ADR	Rating 2.0
Casper 'cadiaN' MøllercadiaN	97 - 59	+38	93.6	1.43
Martin 'stavn' Lundstavn	66 - 64	+2	69.7	1.03
Nikolaj 'niko' Kristensenniko	72 - 67	+5	71.4	1.02
René 'TeSeS' MadsenTeSeS	59 - 72	-13	68.1	0.94
Johannes 'b0RUP' Borupb0RUP	55 - 66	-11	59.1	0.84

HEROIC will open up the action on Friday as they will fight for their tournament lives against Endpoint at 13:00 , while Astralis will face G2 later in the day (16:00 ) for a spot in the playoffs of this Regional Major Ranking (RMR) tournament9.

Endpoint #30 Robin 'robiin' SjögrenJoey 'CRUC1AL' SteuselMax 'MiGHTYMAX' HeathKia 'Surreal' ManShahar 'flameZ' Shushan Martin 'stavn' Lund Age: 18 Team: HEROIC Rating 1.0: 1.04 Maps played: 832 KPR: 0.73 DPR: 0.69 Lukas 'gla1ve' Rossander Age: 25 Team: Astralis Rating 1.0: 1.00 Maps played: 1371 KPR: 0.67 DPR: 0.65 HEROIC #2 Casper 'cadiaN' MøllerJohannes 'b0RUP' BorupNikolaj 'niko' KristensenMartin 'stavn' LundRené 'TeSeS' Madsen Astralis #1 Peter 'dupreeh' RasmussenLukas 'gla1ve' RossanderNicolai 'device' ReedtzPatrick 'es3tag' HansenEmil 'Magisk' Reif Time is adjusted to your selected timezone Casper 'cadiaN' Møller Age: 25 Team: HEROIC Rating 1.0: 1.04 Maps played: 1183 KPR: 0.70 DPR: 0.64 G2 #11 Audric 'JACKZ' JugNemanja 'huNter-' KovačKenny 'kennyS' SchrubFrançois 'amanek' DelaunayNemanja 'nexa' Isaković