The Danish Heroic won the quarterfinal match of the BLAST Premier Spring Showdown, defeating the Asian NKT on two maps. For the latter, this was the first match at an international level event, since before this the team had only competed in tournaments held in Asian countries.
Even though Heroic had an undeniable advantage on both maps, NKT showed some potential. The match started on Inferno, which was chosen by NKT. The drawing of this card ended with a score of 16 – 7 in favor of the Danes. Heroic took the lead from the very beginning, and although after switching sides NKT were able to partially level the situation, largely thanks to the efforts of the Mongolian e-sportsman Annihilation who had recently joined the team, it was not enough.
On the second map (Nuke), NKT acted more efficiently, and the gap in the score was no longer so significant (16 - 11). At first, the Asian team even managed to achieve an advantage of 6 – 0 before Heroic figured out how to counter them. Interestingly, on both maps NKT played much more successfully on the defensive side, but could do little when in the attacking position.
Thus, NKT’s European debut was unsuccessful, and the team leaves the BLAST Premier Spring Showdown, however, most likely, this will not be their last performance at major events in the near future.
