Heroic are the first grand finalist of DreamHack Open Atlanta after beating HellRaisers 2-1 (12-16 on Mirage, 16-8 on Inferno and 16-3 on Overpass).
The first semi-final of the day kicked off on Mirage, HellRaisers' map pick, with HEROIC getting out to an early 4-0 lead as Counter-Terrorists. The European mixture then responded with their first round of the game, but the Danes continued to rack up rounds to eventually secure a dominant 8-1 lead, forcing HellRaisers to call a tactical pause.
After that, Kirill "ANGE1" Karasiow's men finally managed to string rounds together, eventually reducing the gap to 6-9 before half-time.
A triple-kill from ANGE1 helped his team secure the second pistol round. That round sparked a great run from HellRaisers, who would win five of the next six rounds to take a 12-10 lead. Heroic would go on to find the equaliser, but HellRaisers remained in the driving seat and closed out the map with a 16-12 scoreline.
Patrik "Zero" Žúdel opened up Inferno, HEROIC's pick, with a clean quad-kill to stop his opponents from pushing B in the pistol round. After losing the following two, the Danish squad continuously broke through HellRaisers' defense to secure an 8-3 lead.
The European mixture then finally managed to respond with two more round wins, but HEROIC remained in control of proceedings and finished off the first half with a 10-5 lead.
Heroic further added to their lead by winning the pistol round and the next anti-eco. HellRaisers still grabbed two rounds in a row, but after buying up the Danes went on another great run and locked down the map, 16-8.
HEROIC started the decider map, Overpass, by winning the pistol round and the subsequent anti-ecos. HellRaisers then picked up the first gun round, but Jakob "JUGi" Hansen did not let them get any momentum as the 20-year-old player clutched two 1v2 situations in the fifth and in the seventh rounds. From that point, things were much easier for Marco "Snappi" Pfeiffer and co., easily grabbed a 13-2 half-time lead.
Now as Terrorists, HellRaisers won the pistol round with a nearly-flawless B execution. However, a triple-kill from Nikolaj "niko" Kristensen with a Desert Eagle in the following round completely crushed HellRaisers' hopes, leading HEROIC to finish off the series, 2-1, with a dominant 16-3 scoreline on the decider map.
DreamHack Open Atlanta 2017Best of 3 
HEROIC
Matchpage 2 1 23rd July 2017 
HellRaisers 12Mirage 16 16Inferno 8 16Overpass 3
| HEROIC | K - D | +/- | ADR | Rating 2.0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nikolaj 'niko' Kristensenniko | 58 - 42 | +16 | 85.5 | 1.27 |
| Patrick 'es3tag' Hansenes3tag | 46 - 45 | +1 | 78.0 | 1.23 |
| Marco 'Snappi' PfeifferSnappi | 53 - 43 | +10 | 74.0 | 1.20 |
| Jakob 'JUGi' HansenJUGi | 46 - 34 | +12 | 64.9 | 1.18 |
 Andreas 'MODDII' FridhMODDII | 40 - 44 | -4 | 64.7 | 0.99 |
| HellRaisers | K - D | +/- | ADR | Rating 2.0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 Patrik 'Zero' ŽúdelZero | 55 - 46 | +9 | 83.7 | 1.12 |
 Kirill 'ANGE1' KarasiowANGE1 | 51 - 53 | -2 | 82.7 | 1.08 |
| Martin 'STYKO' StykSTYKO | 34 - 47 | -13 | 64.1 | 0.83 |
 Bence 'DeadFox' BöröczDeadFox | 38 - 52 | -14 | 59.1 | 0.79 |
| Vladyslav 'bondik' Nechyporchukbondik | 30 - 46 | -16 | 48.3 | 0.72 |
HEROIC #20 Andreas 'MODDII' FridhMarco 'Snappi' PfeifferPatrick 'es3tag' HansenJakob 'JUGi' HansenNikolaj 'niko' Kristensen 
Kirill 'ANGE1' Karasiow 
Age: 27 Team: HellRaisers Rating 1.0: 1.02 Maps played: 1149 KPR: 0.72 DPR: 0.70 HellRaisers #18 Kirill 'ANGE1' KarasiowVladyslav 'bondik' NechyporchukMartin 'STYKO' StykPatrik 'Zero' ŽúdelBence 'DeadFox' Böröcz Nikolaj 'niko' Kristensen 
Age: 19 Team: HEROIC Rating 1.0: 1.11 Maps played: 305 KPR: 0.76 DPR: 0.65 Marco 'Snappi' Pfeiffer 
Age: 27 Team: HEROIC Rating 1.0: 0.98 Maps played: 539 KPR: 0.68 DPR: 0.68 Patrik 'Zero' Žúdel 
Age: 18 Team: HellRaisers Rating 1.0: 1.02 Maps played: 448 KPR: 0.68 DPR: 0.63 Jakob 'JUGi' Hansen 
Age: 20 Team: HEROIC Rating 1.0: 1.14 Maps played: 373 KPR: 0.76 DPR: 0.62