Heroic defeated Natus Vincere in the upper bracket semifinals of the BLAST Fall Groups. As one of the few teams that made no changes during the off-season, the Danes, who won the series in two maps, are displaying remarkable form at the competition on home territory. The top-ranked team in the world proved to be too much of a struggle for Natus Vincere. They seemed strong on both offensive halves and did display some encouraging individual indicators, but their CT setups couldn't handle Heroic's dynamic approach. The Astralis vs. BIG victor will play the Aleksi "Aleksib" Virolainen led squad in the consolidation final as their next challenger.
The performances of Mihai "iM" Ivan will also be a source of worry for Natus Vincere. The Romanian rifler discussed his integration into his new squad and said that because his new colleagues occupied a lot more space than his former teammates did in GamerLegion, it was hard for him.