another one of the European Heroes teams that has been around for quite a while and has achieved a fair amount of success. They are the only local team that has participated in both international LAN events so far (IEM Shenzhen and MSI MGA) though they lost to Korea's MVP Black both times. During the first open European qualifier they made it to a respectable third place which secured them a spot for Prague but there was never much doubt that they will claim one of the those.The Russians are usually considered a very hot and cold team - they either show up in an amazing form or in a pretty bad one. It seems the latter was prevalent in their two offline showings so that’s definitely aanother upset to happen in the second one. While they did lose one game in each of the 4 sets they played in the Round of 8, the Spaniards ultimately came out on top of each team they faced. That solid performance was a follow-up on their win at the WCA EU qualifier at gamescom - a tournament which started shaky for them and saw them lose their first games offline before they stepped it up, changed their drafts and quickly returned to their dominant form.Those losses were quickly dismissed as a no cause for worry by the victories that followed but in retrospect, they were the first signs of trouble in paradise. The double warrior meta that came from Korea and took over Europe was not something