{"id":70131,"date":"2024-12-13T04:15:02","date_gmt":"2024-12-13T04:15:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ginx.tv\/g2-esports-heroic-shanghai-major"},"modified":"2024-12-13T09:09:51","modified_gmt":"2024-12-13T09:09:51","slug":"g2-esports-heroic-shanghai-major","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ginx.tv\/en\/g2-esports-heroic-shanghai-major","title":{"rendered":"G2 Reverse-Sweeps HEROIC in Shanghai Major Quarterfinals"},"content":{"rendered":"
On the second day of the Perfect World Shanghai Major<\/a> at the Shanghai Oriental Sports Center in China, the final two Quarterfinals matches occurred. G2 Esports, one of the favorites to win the event, faced off against underdogs HEROIC in a best-of-three clash.<\/p>\n In case you want to catch up with the first Quarterfinals matches, check out our full match reports below.<\/p>\n Let’s take a look at what went down in the G2 Esports vs. HEROIC match in the Quarterfinals of the Shanghai Major.<\/p>\n On HEROIC’s map pick of Ancient, G2 Esports got off to a solid start, dominating the early rounds for a 3-1 lead on the CT side before HEROIC bounced back with a round win. G2 quickly responded with a risky force buy to take a 4-2 lead.<\/p>\n Despite Nikola “NiKo” Kovač going on an absolute rampage, HEROIC bounced back with a huge string of rounds to win the first half 7-5. Then, on the CT side of Ancient, with momentum on their side, HEROIC continued their streak by winning the Pistol Round and converting with ease.<\/p>\n HEROIC didn’t give G2 Esports an inch, and despite some close rounds, they won five in a row to put themselves on match point with a score of 12-5 before G2 Esports pulled one back in the 18th round. HEROIC stabilized quickly and put G2 out of their misery on Ancient, winning 13-6.<\/p>\n On G2’s map pick of Nuke, HEROIC started off on the CT side claimed the first pistol round, and then converted against G2’s eco for an early 2-0 lead on the historically CT-sided map.<\/p>\n G2 Esports continued to push back and hurt HEROIC each round, damaging their CT economy a bit. Early on in the first half, it was 4-2 in favor of HEROIC, with G2 earning a few important T rounds.<\/p>\n With the young superstar Ilya “m0NESY” Osipov popping off in a few rounds, G2 Esports managed to secure five in the first half, a solid result on the T side of Nuke. As teams switched sides, HEROIC got the Pistol Round to give themselves a solid 8-5 lead.<\/p>\n\n
HEROIC vs. G2 Esports Match Report & Results<\/h2>\n