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Liquid vs 3DMAX — match prediction & analysis

18 September at 18:15 Oslo · by the CS Edge model

Ranking, form, head-to-head, map pool. Those four decide most CS2 series, and they are what we ran Liquid vs 3DMAX through.

Our call: Liquid to win — 59% (a high-risk pick)

How it ended

Liquid won 13–6. ✅ Our call was right — we said Liquid at 59%.

TBA — –

Liquid

✅ Anubis strength: 70% winrate over 10 maps is a strong tactical pick

✅ Reliably steers the veto to Anubis (69% pick rate)

✅ Strong recent form: 12 wins in last 16 (77%) shows momentum

❌ Only 33% winrate on Dust2 over 6 maps — exploitable in the veto

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

3DMAX

✅ Ancient strength: 60% winrate over 10 maps is a strong tactical pick

✅ Reliably steers the veto to Cache (63% pick rate)

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

❌ Practically never plays Mirage (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.

Liquid3DMAX

67%6 maps Cache 58%12 maps

33%6 maps Dust2 50%8 maps

100%4 maps Mirage -0 maps

100%3 maps Inferno 42%12 maps

67%9 maps Nuke 38%8 maps

-1 maps Ancient 60%10 maps

70%10 maps Anubis 33%3 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 Liquid predictions and results
All 3DMAX predictions and results

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