{"id":15815,"date":"2024-10-13T01:14:00","date_gmt":"2024-10-13T01:14:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blix.gg\/?p=15815"},"modified":"2024-10-17T09:27:43","modified_gmt":"2024-10-17T09:27:43","slug":"heroic-vs-natus-vincere-semi-final-prediction-iem-rio-2024","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blix.gg\/blog\/cs2-predictions\/heroic-vs-natus-vincere-semi-final-prediction-iem-rio-2024\/","title":{"rendered":"HEROIC vs Natus Vincere &#8211; Semi-final Prediction &#8211; IEM Rio 2024"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\">Match Overview<\/h1>\n\n\n\n<p>The first <strong>semi-final <\/strong>match of <strong>IEM Rio 2024<\/strong> will be <strong>HEROIC <\/strong>to face off against the best team in the world, <strong>Natus Vincere<\/strong>. It is surprising to see <strong>that HEROIC <\/strong>has made it so far, especially with the opponents they met on their way, such as <strong>G2 <\/strong>and <strong>Vitality<\/strong>. These two teams met before at <strong>IEM Dallas 2024, <\/strong>and <strong>HEROIC <\/strong>won with a<strong> 2-0 score<\/strong>, which is the only history between these two teams. It&#8217;s interesting to see if <strong>HEROIC <\/strong>might be a kryptonite of the current best teams in the world.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\">Last Heads-up Match Result and Players Statistics<\/h2>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"315\" height=\"244\" src=\"https:\/\/blix.gg\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/image-5.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-15862\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blix.gg\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/image-5.png 315w, https:\/\/blix.gg\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/image-5-300x232.png 300w, https:\/\/blix.gg\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/image-5-150x116.png 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 315px) 100vw, 315px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"644\" height=\"377\" src=\"https:\/\/blix.gg\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/image-4.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-15861\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blix.gg\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/image-4.png 644w, https:\/\/blix.gg\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/image-4-300x176.png 300w, https:\/\/blix.gg\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/image-4-150x88.png 150w, https:\/\/blix.gg\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/image-4-450x263.png 450w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 644px) 100vw, 644px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Natus Vincere vs. HEROIC &#8211; IEM Dallas 2024<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\">Current Team and Players Form<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">HEROIC<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>They surprised many by reaching <strong>the semi-finals<\/strong> straight from the group stage, especially considering they had to play for that spot against <strong>Vitality. Being<\/strong> the huge underdog, they managed to win with a <strong>2-0 score<\/strong>. Now, they look like a real contender, but we will have to see if they can keep that level in the <strong>playoff stage<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Natus Vincere<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Even though they didn&#8217;t look that confident at the group stage, when the playoff stage started, and they played against Virtus.pro, it was looking like they might make a run for another title here. Their star player, &#8216;<strong>jL&#8217;, performs <\/strong>crazy and stays consistent. &#8216;<strong>iM&#8217; <\/strong>also follows him and is on top of the scoreboards.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\">kyxsan is proud of his team&nbsp;<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed aligncenter is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\nhttps:\/\/twitter.com\/kyxsancs\/status\/1844086868469743838\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\">Match Prediction<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Even though <strong>HEROIC <\/strong>looks hot at this moment and <strong>Natus Vincere<\/strong> didn&#8217;t look confident at the group stage, the playoff stage often goes differently for top teams. <strong>Natus Vincere<\/strong> is a more experienced team, and they&#8217;re the number one team in the world for a reason. We expect <strong>Natus Vincere to win<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Can <\/em><strong><em>HEROIC <\/em><\/strong><em>beat <\/em><strong><em>Natus Vincere <\/em><\/strong><em>twice in a row, or is it time for <\/em><strong><em>Natus Vincere<\/em><\/strong><em> to take revenge? We will have to see it this <\/em><strong><em>Saturday <\/em><\/strong><em>at <\/em><strong><em>16:00 CET<\/em><\/strong><em>!<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Match Overview The first semi-final match of IEM Rio 2024 will be HEROIC to face off against the best team in the world, Natus Vincere. It is surprising to see that HEROIC has made it so far, especially with the opponents they met on their way, such as G2 and Vitality. These two teams met<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":75,"featured_media":15819,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[242],"tags":[5],"class_list":{"0":"post-15815","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-cs2-predictions","8":"tag-cs2"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blix.gg\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15815","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blix.gg\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blix.gg\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blix.gg\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/75"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blix.gg\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15815"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/blix.gg\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15815\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15863,"href":"https:\/\/blix.gg\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15815\/revisions\/15863"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blix.gg\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/15819"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blix.gg\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15815"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blix.gg\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15815"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blix.gg\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15815"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}