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Eternal Fire vs HEROIC Tips & Predictions – Intel Extreme Masters Katowice 2025
- Eternal Fire vs HEROIC Counter-Strike 2 betting predictions for Thursday, January 30, 2025, in the second round of the IEM Katowice 2025 Play-In stage (18:30 CET)
- Clash of two in-form teams
- Expect a competitive affair

HEROIC Esports (Getty Images)
Eternal Fire vs HEROIC Predictions
Eternal Fire will lock horns with HEROIC on Thursday, January 30, in upper bracket round 2 at Intel Extreme Masters Katowice 2025, in what promises to be one of the most exciting clashes of the day.
- Eternal Fire vs HEROIC Predictions
- Head to Head
- Eternal Fire Form
- Eternal Fire Squad & Team News
- HEROIC Form
- HEROIC Squad & Team News
Both Counter-Strike 2 squads have had quite a resurgence at the start of the 2025 season, exceeding expectations at BLAST Bounty Spring 2025 earlier this month.
Eternal Fire have accomplished more, though, with a grand finals appearance, whereas HEROIC exited the BLAST event in the quarterfinals with a loss against the eventual champions, Team Spirit.
Eternal Fire are firing on all cylinders ahead of their clash with HEROIC, so it is not too shocking to see them priced as favourites. But like EF, HEROIC have looked great of late and can step up to the challenge.
- Both teams are in great form
- Eternal Fire have accomplished more this season
- HEROIC can step up to the challenge
Head to Head
Eternal Fire and HEROIC have yet to meet this season.
Eternal Fire Form
Eternal Fire have been on the rise since September 2024, having made three S-Tier tournament grand finals since then, more recently at BLAST Bounty Spring 2025. At the BLAST event, the Turks defeated Fluxo, Falcons, Team Vitality, and G2 Esports but could not make it past Team Spirit in the grand finals.
Regardless of letting the trophy slip between their fingers, Eternal Fire command a lot of respect for what they've shown, and they've managed to keep their momentum going into IEM Katowice 2025, beating Complexity (2-0) in the first round of the play-ins.
The final map against Complexity extended to overtime (19-15) and could've easily ended in Complexity's favour. However, Özgür "woxic" Eker powered EF through, with 40 kills on Train, posting a 1.73 performance rating.
Eternal Fire Squad & Team News
Eternal Fire have not announced any roster changes.
- İsmailсan "XANTARES" Dörtkardeş
- Engin "MAJ3R" Küpeli
- Özgür "woxic" Eker
- Ali "Wicadia" Haydar Yalçın
- Samet "jottAAA" Köklü
HEROIC Form
HEROIC made significant roster changes during the offseason, which suggested they will need some time to get going early into the 2025 Counter-Strike 2 season. But that has not been the case.
HEROIC found serious momentum early on and made the quarterfinals of BLAST Bounty Spring 2025: Closed Qualifier before getting eliminated by the eventual champions, Team Spirit. And even after a solid display at BLAST, HEROIC continued posting good results in the opening round of IEM Katowice 2025, with a 2-1 victory against Team Liquid.
Despite the significant roster overhaul, HEROIC are doing extremely well and look poised for another deep run at IEM Katowice 2025, especially if tN1R and SunPayus can continue playing the way they have.
HEROIC Squad & Team News
No changes for HEROIC.
- Alvaro "SunPayus" Garcia
- Linus "LNZ" Holtäng
- Simon "yxngstxr" Boije
- Yasin "xfl0ud" Koç
- Andrey "tN1R" Tatarinovich
Verdict
This will be a very entertaining affair between two teams who have looked incredible early into the 2025 esports season. Eternal Fire have accomplished more by reaching the BLAST Bounty Spring 2025 finals, yet both teams got eliminated by the same squad (Spirit).
There is a real possibility that HEROIC upset Eternal Fire, as they are no slouches. But considering Eternal Fire's form, it is harder to make a case for the underdogs. Expect a competitive game.
There is a real possibility that HEROIC upset Eternal Fire, as they are no slouches. But considering Eternal Fire's form, it is harder to make a case for the underdogs. Expect a competitive game.
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