HEROIC opened IEM Beijing 2026 with a clean 2-0 sweep of B8 on November 2.
Series line
- Nuke: HEROIC 13-4
- Dust2: HEROIC 13-7
Series lead — susp
Rasmus "susp" Alsøe-Rohrberg topped the server:
- K-D: 33-17
- +/-: +16
- ADR: 87.4
- KAST: 89.2%
Second-fiddle still a problem
Timothée "Chr1zN" Chapagain: 29-14, +15, 71.6 ADR, 83.8 KAST — a top-two performance on either team.
B8 — one bright spot
- s1zzi: 29-27, +2 (only B8 player above even)
- alex666: 7-30, -23 — bottom of the server by a long way
Payback
The pley.gg recap frames it: "susp spearheads HEROIC's 2-0 payback against B8 in Beijing." HEROIC had previously dropped a series to B8 earlier in the autumn circuit (specific event not named in the recap).
HEROIC advance to the Group A round-two upper bracket.
Source: pley.gg Day 1 recap.