MartinezSa: "This kind of tournament is really important; it's not tier one, but it's the way to tier one"
Less than three months after putting together their latest roster HEROIC have already secured two trophies, following up their earlier win at Stake Ranked Episode 3 with another victorious campaign in Stake Pulse Beat II.
HLTV27 Sep 2026 · 1 min read
Whilst it hasn't always been smooth sailing in the interim, Antonio "MartinezSa" Martinez was quick to recognize the importance of HEROIC 's latest success when speaking with HLTV.
Read more HEROIC beat 100 Thieves to lift Stake Pulse Beat II trophy "This tournament I think is so important for us," MartinezSa said in the wake of his team's grand final win over 100 Thieves .
You have a promising roster on HEROIC, very exciting, but results initially haven't been that great, you haven't really qualified for many tournaments. Now you come here and lift a trophy, so tell me how this has come together?
This tournament I think is so important for us. As you said, we have been playing many tournaments, many closed qualifiers that we lost, we didn't manage to qualify. They were really important because they were S tier tournaments that bring many points.
But yeah, anyways, we managed to win this tournament and it feels really good for us. Backs against the wall, quite a few match points for 100 Thieves, but you managed to fight that off and force Inferno.
How was that inside the team, inside the TeamSpeak?
