The South American region has been entirely eliminated from The International 2024, TI13, as both beastcoast and Heroic made their exits on Sep. 10. After an inter-region derby meant at least one of the squads would be sent packing, disaster struck as both SA teams found themselves removed from contention in a single day.
Kicking off the series of SA torment was beastcoast vs. Heroic. In a hard-fought series, beastcoast initially took control, defeating Heroic in a 54-minute war. But despite this, Heroic were just a more complete team, able to learn from their mistakes and put down their SA compadres.
After a Team Spirit shellacking of G2 x iG that saw yet another Chinese representative eliminated, Heroic were up again, this time to take on Aurora.
In Game One, Heroic were simply dominant. Héctor Antonio RodrÃguez, now of 13-minute Glepnir on Weaver fame, farmed up a storm on his Dragon Knight and simply couldn’t be stopped. This was aided by both Elvis “Scofield” Peña and Matheus “KJ” Santos Jungles Diniz becoming pocket healers for the DK, following him wherever he went. An easy first victory for Heroic.
But the tide would turn in game two. Forced onto the Troll Warlord, Aurora Gaming were able to bully Hector, vollying him around with crowd control. Aurora took Game Two in impressive style.
Returning to the reliable DK for Game Three, it initially looked like a repeat of the first game, with Hector quickly pushing down into Tier Three towers. But Aurora weren’t done, and shot back with a series of catches on Hector that shut down the DK. Finally, after a dominant fight at Roshan, Aurora were able to quickly burn down Heroic’s base for a quick win.
Beastcoast and Heroic depart The International 2024 in 13th-16th, and 9th-12th place respectively. Beastcoast is set to take home around $40,000 in prize money, while Heroic will pocket closer to $50,000.
Overall, it’s been a disappointing end to the tournament for South American Dota 2. Once again the region has reached international heights, only to fall before main stage glory. Hopefully we’ll be seeing more of these teams soon.