Nicaragua’s Yuma “Yuma” Langlet compiled a 29-10-22 kill-death-assist ratio while leading HEROIC to a 2-0 win over REKONIX on Friday in a last-chance elimination match at the BLAST Slam VI event.
In the day’s other match, GamerLegion edged MOUZ 2-1 to reach the tournament’s play-in round.
BLAST Slam VI is a 12-team Dota 2 event that pays $300,000 to the winner and $1 million overall. The event opened with three days of group play — a round-robin, best-of-1 format in which each team played each other team once. The top two teams in the standings, Natus Vincere and OG, moved on to the semifinals of the playoffs.
The teams finishing third through eighth in the standings advanced to the play-in round — four best-of-3 matches in which the winners advance to the playoffs and the losers are eliminated. The teams finishing ninth through 12th in group play competed in the last-chance playoff, another best-of-3 format where the winners advanced to the play-in round and the losers went home.
The play-in matches will be contested Saturday and Sunday. The four winning teams will play in the quarterfinals on Feb. 13. The semifinals will be on Feb. 14 and the grand final on Feb. 15.
On Friday, HEROIC took down REKONIX in 64 minutes on green and 52 minutes on red, earning a play-in matchup with Tundra Esports.
Abdalla “dalul” Afemi produced a 14-20-25 K-D-A ratio for all-Indonesian REKONIX.
GamerLegion opened with a 43-minute win on red before MOUZ leveled the series in 35 minutes on red. GamerLegion took the decisive third map in 39 minutes on red, setting up a play-in match vs. Team Liquid on Saturday.
The United States’ Francis “RCY” Fundemera paced GamerLegion with a 30-3-42 K-D-A ratio. The Netherland’s Remco “Crystallis” Arets finished at 12-16-13 for MOUZ.
The play-in slate, with the winners all advancing to the playoff quarterfinals:
SATURDAY
Play-in: Team Yandex vs. Team Spirit
Play-in: Team Falcons vs. Xtreme Gaming
SUNDAY
Play-in: Tundra Esports vs. HEROIC
Play-in: Team Liquid vs. GamerLegion
BLAST Slam VI prize pool
1. $300,000 (plus $100,000 in team earnings)
2. $150,000 (plus $50,000)
3-4. $60,000 (plus $29,000)
5-6. $35,000 (plus $15,000)
7-10. $22,500 (plus $6.250)
11-12. $10,000 (plus $2,500) — REKONIX, MOUZ
–Field Level Media
