A brand new king of Counter-Strike has been topped in Rio de Janiero. Outsiders gained the IEM Rio Major at the moment, dubbed the “Main of Insanity” by so many, following a decisive 2-0 victory over Heroic within the grand finals.
Outsiders struck first on their very own map selection of Mirage, regardless of Heroic holding it shut within the first half. Outsiders took management on the CT aspect, and the trio of fame, FL1T, and Jame mixed for 70 kills on the map to propel their group to a 16-12 win. Heroic struggled to search out any openings on the T aspect of their Overpass choose, trailing 12-3 at half-time after a punishing Outsiders CT aspect. Outsiders took command on the primary purchase spherical and by no means seemed again, cruising to a 16-5 win on Overpass to clinch the Main trophy.
That is the primary Main trophy for all 5 gamers on the Outsiders and the primary Main for the Outsiders. In case you technically depend the victory as a Main win for Virtus.professional, the group the gamers are contracted beneath, then this might be VP’s second Main win after ESL Katowice 2014. For Qikert, Jame, and coach dastan, this grand finals win over Heroic serves as redemption for his or her blowout loss within the grand finals of StarLadder Berlin versus Astralis, once they performed beneath the AVANGAR banner. The 19-year-old fame lifts the trophy in simply his first ever Main.
The consequence is a big breakthrough for Outsiders, who’ve struggled just about all 12 months at high worldwide occasions since taking up the Outsiders identify. Their highest inserting at a high occasion this 12 months previous to Rio was a quarterfinals look at Professional League season 16, the place they fell to eventual winners Vitality.
Regardless of the loss, with Astralis falling off following the return of Majors in 2021, Heroic remains to be poised to start out their very own Danish dynasty, particularly contemplating that the roster round IGL/AWPer cadiaN as lower than 20 years previous on common. They’re the one group aside from NAVI and FURIA to achieve the playoffs in all three of the latest Majors.
The BLAST Paris Main 2023 is about to start Might 8, 2023.