I like Heroic a lot and love that they've stuck to their heroes and their style, but it feels like they've been outdrafted and outplayed by PV here.
Nigma games feel much more tense, because you are waiting for them to throw at some point. Nice to see they are breaking this pattern on their first game. Mainstage Nigma does always seem to perform better!
They almost had a bit of a half-throw, but very positively surprised to see they kept their heads cool and saw out the endgame with patience and control instead of gambling on a highground push without aegis.
GH on Phoenix is such a force.
Welp, despite a strong start Nigma just got outdrafted twice in a row I think. They were also outplayed at times and made a handful mistakes and GPK was insane - but mostly I think game 2 & 3 were almost predetermined from the lineups.
Hope for some better action tomorrow, the games today have not really matched the hype and the quality and the action of the group stage sadly. Not just all the 2-0s but the games themselves.
Alternative coverage today again: