Heroic (esports)
Heroic is a Norwegian esports organization with teams competing in Counter-Strike 2, PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds, Sim racing and Rainbow Six Siege. The esports organization is best known for its Global Offensive team, and has made it to the playoffs of PGL Major Stockholm 2021 and PGL Major Antwerp 2022. They also placed 2nd at IEM Rio Major 2022, losing to Outsiders in the grand finals. Counter-Strike: Global Offensive

History

The organization was founded in Denmark on 26 August 2016 by with the initial roster being composed of future Astralis in-game leader Lukas "gla1ve" Rossander, Michael "Friis" Jørgensen, Valdemar "valde" Vangså, Marco "Snappi" Pfeiffer, and Andreas "MODDII" Fridh. They became a part of RFRSH Entertainment before being sold to Seranades Global in 2018. In February 2021, Heroic was acquired by Norwegian organization Omaken Sports. On 11 April 2022, Heroic won ESL Pro League Season 13 and qualified for the BLAST Premier World Final 2021 after Casper "cadiaN" Møller won a one-versus-four against Gambit Esports in the grand finals of the tournament. Shortly after, the team announced that it had purchased a member team spot in BLAST Premier. The team is also partnered with tournament organizer ESL, with a guaranteed spot in the ESL Pro League. At the PGL Major Antwerp 2022, Heroic made it to the quarterfinals before losing to Natus Vincere. At the IEM Rio Major 2022, Heroic reached the finals, but lost to Outsiders. Heroic reached the semifinals of the Blast.tv Paris Major 2023, losing 1-2 to Team GamerLegion in an upset. Following a 4-6th place finish at the BLAST Premier Spring Groups 2023 on 29 January 2023, Heroic qualified for the Spring Finals, where they came first following a 2-1 victory over Team Vitality. Achievements 
1st – DreamHack Open Atlanta 2019
1st – ESL One Cologne 2020 Europe
1st – ESL Pro League Season 13-qualified for BLAST Premier World Finals 2021
3rd/4th – PGL Major Stockholm 2021
3rd/4th – Intel Extreme Masters XVI Katowice
1st – Pinnacle Winter Series 3
1st – PGL Major Antwerp 2022 Europe RMR A
5-8th – PGL Major Antwerp 2022
2nd – IEM Rio Major 2022
1st – BLAST Premier Fall Final 2022
2nd – IEM Katowice 2023
2nd – IEM Rio 2023
3-4th – Blast.tv Paris Major 2023
1st – BLAST Premier Spring Final 2023

Counter-Strike 2

Current roster

History 
On 4 October 2023, Heroic announced the benching of cadiaN. He was replaced by Peter "dupreeh" Rasmussen on October 23, signing until the end of 2023. Two days later, on 25 October, Heroic announced the temporary benchings of Martin "stavn" Lund and Jakob "jabbi" Nygaard following claims that the pair allegedly demanded the removal of cadiaN in exchange for contract extensions, before communicating their intentions to join Astralis. The players were replaced by MOUZ academy players William "sirah" Kjærsgaard and Christoffer "⁠Chr1zN⁠" Storgaard. Rainbow Six Siege

Current roster

PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds 
The Heroic PUBG division was formed on 5 March 2021. Heroic is ranked 2nd in the world in PUBG as of 20 May 2022. Current roster 

Achievements
3rd – PSL Spring Showdown 2022
2nd – PUBG Global Championship 2021
2nd – PSL Elisa Esports PUBG Winter Challenge
1st – PUBG Masters 2021 Europe Spring

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References

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Counter-Strike teams
Esports teams established in 2016
Rocket League teams
Super Smash Bros. player sponsors
Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Siege teams