Match preview · IEM Beijing 2026

HEROIC vs B8 — match preview

2 November at 08:00 Oslo · by the CS Edge model

Best of 3 (LAN)

HEROIC come in ranked #24 in the world, B8 #22.

HEROIC meet B8 at IEM Beijing 2026. The model has not priced this one yet — it waits for the map veto, because which maps get played moves the number more than anything else on this page. What follows is what we already know about both teams.

HEROIC — recent form

2 wins in their last 5 matches we covered.

L vs FaZe — 1–2 21 October at 22:10

L vs SINNERS — 1–2 21 October at 13:00

W vs HYPERSPIRIT — 2–0 20 October at 16:00

L vs Ninjas in Pyjamas — 1–2 17 October at 10:00

W vs fnatic — 2–0 16 October at 13:25

Across everything we have covered: HEROIC won 16 of 20, and our own call was right in 14 of 20.

B8 — recent form

1 wins in their last 5 matches we covered.

L vs K27 — 1–2 27 October at 09:00

L vs fnatic — 0–2 2 October at 12:00

L vs Luminosity — 0–2 1 October at 12:00

L vs Luminosity — 0–2 22 September at 15:25

W vs M80 — 13–9 17 September at 19:30

Across everything we have covered: B8 won 14 of 21, and our own call was right in 13 of 21.

Head to head

No meeting between HEROIC and B8 in our records yet — this is the first one we cover.

The map pool

Win, pick and ban rates over the last three months. This is where a series is often decided before it starts — a team can steer the veto onto a map the opponent rarely plays.

HEROICB8

77%13 maps Cache 60%5 maps

60%15 maps Dust2 67%9 maps

45%11 maps Mirage 46%13 maps

73%15 maps Inferno 50%6 maps

88%8 maps Nuke 67%3 maps

73%15 maps Ancient 71%7 maps

How they veto

The maps each side removes most often. Two teams that ban the same map hand the series to a third one neither wanted.

HEROIC ban most often: Anubis 100%, Cache 30%, Mirage 20%

B8 ban most often: Anubis 86%, Nuke 43%, Cache 36%

Line-ups

Player rating: ★ top · high · average · low

HEROIC

★

Brollan1.19

MartinezSa1.13

nilo1.18

Chr1zN1.08

susp1.09

★

npl1.15

s1zzi1.05

kensizor1.10

esenthial1.13

alex6660.97

Also at IEM Beijing 2026 that day

Legacy vs The MongolZ 2 November at 08:00
FURIA vs FaZe 2 November at 08:00
Natus Vincere vs Falcons 2 November at 08:00
MOUZ vs TYLOO 2 November at 08:00
9z vs BETBOOM 2 November at 08:00
Aurora vs Liquid 2 November at 08:00

When the prediction goes up

Our call publishes before kickoff, never after — that is the whole point of keeping a public record. When it does, this page fills in with the probability for each team, the per-map calls once the veto is done, and afterwards the result and whether we were right.

More on these teams

All HEROIC predictions and results
All B8 predictions and results

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Statistical model estimates, published for entertainment. Match data: HLTV.org.