Heroes of the Storm world champions Cloud9 continued their dominance over the game’s competitive scene, taking victory at the North American Heroes Spring Championship this weekend.
With eight teams competing for a $100,000 prize pool, as well as two spots in the Spring Global Championship in South Korea, the world champions topped their group in the early stages before defeating long-time rivals Tempo Storm and Team Naventic.
Cloud9, like Chinese regional champions Estar Gaming, will get a bye past the initial group stage in Korea as a reward for winning the regional championship.
With the 3-1 finals win against Naventic, the former Bob Ross Fan Club, Cloud9 avenged their loss in the final of the Heroes Rising tournament last month.
Naventic topped their group with impressive wins over Tempo Storm and King of Blades before besting COGnitive Gaming in the semi-finals to claim their place in the Global Championship.
COGnitive and Tempo Storm each take home $15,000 for their top four finishes—a reward and sign of progress for both teams, considering the restructuring and roster changes in both organizations since November’s World Championship.
Cloud9 and Naventic weren’t the only teams to book their trip to Korea this weekend. Negative Synergy won a four-team bracket from the Australia and New Zealand region to win a place in the 12-team tournament. The three teams will meet Estar Gaming and EDward Gaming from China, as well as two representatives from Korea and Europe and a team each from Latin America, South East Asia and Taiwan.
