G2 Esports vs HEROIC — CS2 Perfect World Shanghai Major 2024 Quarterfinals: Prediction, where to watch, and more

G2 Esports vs HEROIC will be the opening quarterfinal matchup on Day 2 at the CS2 Perfect World Shanghai Major 2024. Snax's army is all set to face the Norwegian organization in the knockout stage of this tournament. Both G2 and HEROIC are on a quest to win their first-ever CS2 major trophy. However, only one will progress to the next semifinal stage.

Keeping that in mind, this article will explore the key factors that could potentially affect the game alongside a prediction of this G2 Esports vs HEROIC matchup.

Note: A few aspects of this article are subjective and solely reflect the author's opinion.

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G2 Esports vs HEROIC: Who'll win the CS2 Perfect World Shanghai Major 2024 Quarterfinals?

Prediction

Unlike most teams in the quarterfinal stage, G2 Esports hasn't had the dream start in its Shanghai Major 2024 run. The team lost against Asian powerhouse The MongolZ right at the start of the campaign. However, the squad managed to pick itself up and remain undefeated for the rest of the elimination stage.

In its three matches unbeaten run so far, the team won against prominent names like BIG, 3DMAX, and FaZe Clan. Now against HEROIC, G2 Esports must come up with a few new strategies.

As usual, m0NESY and NiKo have continued to captivate the audience with their fragging abilities. Meanwhile, huNter- and malbsMd have delivered their fair share of performances when needed, exhibiting excellent sync regardless of CT or T side. Snax kept devising new strategies that proved to be beneficial so far. The roster's all-over performance justifies its #1 HLTV world ranking.

On the other hand, HEROIC had a stellar start and defeated prominent names like FaZe Clan and BIG. However, the team failed to win against Team Spirit and MongolZ, and somehow managed to defeat NAVI to secure a ticket to the playoffs stage.

Meanwhile, NertZ and degster acted as the backbone of the team and maintained consistency with their raw fragging power. However, TeSes, sjuush, and kyxsan struggled to adapt to the opponent's playstyle. It's quite evident that HEROIC is not in sync with each other and kyxsan must address the issues to secure victory.

When it comes to map pick, both teams have strong showings for Mirage as they've massive win rates on this. G2 is likely to remove Vertigo, while HEROIC might ban Inferno as G2 has a massive win rate on that.

Given the performance of both teams, the scales are slightly tipped toward G2 Esports. It'll be interesting to see what new tactics Snax comes up with. On the flip side, the team must watch out for NertZ and degster. These two players might be the key factor in turning the tables in HEROIC's favor.

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Head-to-Head

G2 Esports and HEROIC have faced each other four times throughout several competitions in Counter-Strike 2. The former is leading the head-to-head series with a 3-1 scoreline.

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Recent results

G2 Esports won its previous elimination stage matchup against the mighty FaZe Clan with a flawless 2-0 scoreline in a BO3 (Best of Three) series.

On the other hand, HEROIC won its last matchup against the defending champions NAVI with a 2-1 scoreline.

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CS2 Perfect World Shanghai Major rosters (G2 Esports vs HEROIC)

Here's a quick glimpse at the roster ahead of the G2 Esports vs HEROIC matchup:

G2 Esports

• Janusz “Snax” Pogorzelski (IGL)
• Nikola “NiKo” Kovač
• Ilya “m0NESY” Osipov
• Nemanja “huNter-” Kovač
• Mario “malbsMd” Samayoa
• Wiktor “TaZ” Wojtas (Coach)

HEROIC

• Damjan "kyxsan" Stoilkovski (IGL)
• René "TeSeS" Madsen
• Rasmus "sjuush" Beck
• Guy "NertZ" Iluz
• Abdulkhalik "degster" Gasanov
• Eetu "sAw" Saha (Coach)

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When and where to watch G2 Esports vs HEROIC at CS2 Perfect World Shanghai Major 2024 Quarterfinals

The global fanbase of Counter-Strike 2 must navigate to PGL's Twitch and YouTube channels to catch the English commentary of a fiery matchup of G2 Esports vs HEROIC.

Here are the timings:

• PT: December 12, 2024, at 10 pm
• CET: December 13, 2024, at 7 am
• IST: December 13, 2024, at 11:30 am

Here are the stream links:

• G2 Esports vs HEROIC quarterfinal stream on Twitch: Click Here
• G2 Esports vs HEROIC quarterfinal stream on YouTube: Click Here

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