Team Liquid vs ex-Heroic Result BLAST Slam VII Group Stage

Team Liquid defeated ex-Heroic in the BLAST Slam VII group stage best-of-one at BLAST Studios in Copenhagen, Denmark. The match lasted 34 minutes and 12 seconds. Liquid advance with a group stage win that extends their head-to-head record over ex-Heroic to a perfect 4-0 in maps across 2026. ex-Heroic suffer a group stage loss whose laning phase deficit gave Liquid the early map control that their Aegis claim converted into an unrecoverable structural position.

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Match result

Liquid drafted a heavily aggressive composition whose laning phase execution gave ex-Heroic no viable early-game structure to establish from the opening minutes. The complete laning phase domination gave Nisha's Ember Spirit and miCKe's Lifestealer the farm windows that their individual ceilings required to reach the net worth thresholds whose activation gave Liquid the combat platform their 34-minute close required.

The decisive structural moment came when Liquid secured an early Aegis of the Immortal that forced multiple buybacks from ex-Heroic's cores. The buyback expenditure depleted ex-Heroic's economic reserves at the specific point where Liquid's Aegis-powered high-ground assault required their defensive resources to sustain any competitive resistance. With buybacks spent and the laning phase deficit already accumulated, ex-Heroic had no viable path to preventing Liquid's high-ground breach and the match closed in 34 minutes.

Standout performances

Nisha posted a 9/2/11 KDA on Ember Spirit and miCKe posted a 6/1/8 KDA on Lifestealer as Liquid's two standout individual contributors, their combined laning phase dominance giving Liquid the dual carry platform whose simultaneous net worth accumulation gave ex-Heroic no specific drafting answer for either individual ceiling when both were producing at the level their 34-minute close required.

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EsportScanner free AI Dota 2 predictions gave Liquid a 68% win probability ahead of this match based on their perfect 3-0 map record against ex-Heroic in 2026. The prediction landed. Liquid won in 34 minutes with complete laning phase domination and an early Aegis forcing the decisive buyback expenditure.

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