HEROIC stuns Parivision to qualify for ESL Professional League Season 23 Stage 2

HEROIC have secured a spot in Stage 2 of ESL Professional League Season 23 after gorgeous Parivision within the fifth spherical of Stage 1.

The Norwegian organisation swept apart the BLAST Bounty Season 1 winners 2-0 to advance to the subsequent section of on-line matches.

HEROIC headed into the best-of-three with nothing to lose and all the pieces to realize towards the world quantity 5, and instantly opened Inferno with a 7-5 lead at halftime.

Parivision ended the primary half with 4 straight spherical wins in a bid to construct some momentum into the second half. Nevertheless, HEROIC put a halt to the momentum instantly, profitable six rounds in a row to shut out the opening map with a 13-5 scoreline.

Parivision seemed to maintain its Professional League dream alive on Mud II and started on the entrance foot with 4 attacking rounds. HEROIC closed the hole to finish the half with a 2-round lead and an opportunity to attain the primary upset of the event.

Yasin ‘xfl0ud’ Koç continued a superb opening half within the remaining rounds, with HEROIC’s offensive energy breaching any type of Parivision defence with ease. HEROIC rounded out Mud II 13-6 to finish a shock 2-0 sweep to advance to Stage 2.

After beginning 2026 with its first Tier 1 event win, an early exit from ESL Professional League Season 23 gained’t set any alarm bells ringing for Parivision. The all-Russian roster headed into Stage 1 after a prolonged PGL Cluj-Napoca 2026 marketing campaign, the place it performed eight matches en path to a second-place end.

Parivision doesn’t have lengthy to attend earlier than it returns to motion. The group heads to BLAST Open Rotterdam, going down from March 18th to twenty ninth, the place it faces Ninjas in Pyjamas in its opening Group Stage match.

HEROIC has persistently discovered itself among the many world’s finest Counter-Strike groups regardless of struggling to make it to the latter phases of high-profile occasions.

After discovering success at DraculaN Season 5, the roster has a chance to earn invaluable Valve Regional Standings (VRS) factors if it could possibly proceed its Stage 1 momentum.