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HEROIC vs FaZe — match prediction & analysis

21 October at 22:10 Oslo · by the CS Edge model

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Ranking, form, head-to-head, map pool. Those four decide most CS2 series, and they are what we ran HEROIC vs FaZe through.

HEROIC come in ranked #25 in the world, FaZe #17.

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HEROIC

✅ Nuke strength: 89% winrate over 9 maps is a strong tactical pick

✅ Reliably steers the veto to Inferno (52% pick rate)

✅ Strong recent form: 26 wins in last 34 (78%) shows momentum

❌ Heavy Anubis ban usage (89% bans) limits their map bargaining

❌ Weak head-to-head (0% versus FaZe) undermines matchup confidence

FaZe

✅ Nuke strength: 88% winrate over 8 maps is a strong tactical pick

✅ Strong recent form: 11 wins in last 18 (62%) shows momentum

✅ Head-to-head edge: 100% versus HEROIC historically gives veto and psychological advantage

❌ Only 38% winrate on Ancient over 8 maps — exploitable in the veto

❌ Heavy Inferno ban usage (88% bans) limits their map bargaining

Recent form

HEROICWLWWL3 of 5 won
FaZeWLWWW4 of 5 won

Head to head

HEROIC and FaZe have met 2 times in the period we track — HEROIC 0, FaZe 2.

14 Feb 2026PGL Cluj-Napoca 2026 · Ancient — FaZe9 - 13
14 Feb 2026PGL Cluj-Napoca 2026 · Overpass — FaZe5 - 13

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.

HEROICFaZe
54%13 maps Mirage 67%9 maps
71%17 maps Ancient 38%8 maps
89%9 maps Nuke 88%8 maps
67%15 maps Cache 62%8 maps
56%18 maps Dust2 38%8 maps
75%16 maps Inferno -0 maps
-0 maps Anubis 40%5 maps

The maps

Mirage — FaZe's pick

Ancient — HEROIC's pick

Nuke — the decider

Our picks

🔒 1 pick for this match — unlocked for premium members on csedge.io (today's featured matches are free for everyone).

Line-ups

Player rating: ★ top · high · average · low

HEROIC
★ Brollan Brollan1.18
MartinezSa MartinezSa1.13
nilo nilo1.17
Chr1zN Chr1zN1.08
susp susp1.06
FaZe
JBOEN JBOEN1.09
★ Twistzz Twistzz1.16
jcobbb jcobbb1.10
frozen frozen1.07
Neityu Neityu0.96

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