Match preview · Stake Pulse Beat II

HEROIC vs Johnny Speeds — match prediction & analysis

22 September at 12:00 Oslo · by the CS Edge model

HEROIC vs Johnny Speeds at Stake Pulse Beat II is the kind of match that looks obvious until you check the map pool. Here is what our model weighs before it commits to a call.

Our call: HEROIC to win — 74% (a high-risk pick)

How it ended

HEROIC won 2–0. ✅ Our call was right — we said HEROIC at 74%.

TBA — –

HEROIC

✅ Inferno strength: 73% winrate over 11 maps is a strong tactical pick

✅ Reliably steers the veto to Inferno (59% pick rate)

✅ Strong recent form: 19 wins in last 26 (74%) shows momentum

❌ Heavy Anubis ban usage (86% bans) limits their map bargaining

Johnny Speeds

✅ Reliably steers the veto to Dust2 (100% pick rate)

❌ Practically never plays Cache (100% banned), reducing veto flexibility

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.

HEROICJohnny Speeds

50%8 maps Cache -0 maps

71%14 maps Dust2 67%3 maps

70%10 maps Mirage -2 maps

73%11 maps Inferno -2 maps

67%9 maps Nuke -2 maps

64%14 maps Ancient -1 maps

The maps

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Our picks

Per-map picks publish automatically the moment the map veto is done.

More on these teams

All HEROIC predictions and results
All Johnny Speeds predictions and results

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