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Luminosity vs Spirit — match prediction & analysis

13 August at 13:00 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 Luminosity vs Spirit through.

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Luminosity

✅ Reliably steers the veto to Nuke (67% pick rate)

❌ Only 17% winrate on Inferno over 6 maps — exploitable in the veto

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

❌ Form slump: 4 losses in last 4 points to recent inconsistency

Spirit

✅ Ancient strength: 100% winrate over 5 maps is a strong tactical pick

✅ Reliably steers the veto to Dust2 (71% pick rate)

✅ Strong recent form: 14 wins in last 17 (77%) shows momentum

❌ Practically never plays Inferno (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.

LuminositySpirit

50%4 maps Ancient 100%5 maps

40%5 maps Dust2 69%13 maps

50%6 maps Nuke 75%4 maps

33%6 maps Mirage 70%10 maps

17%6 maps Inferno -0 maps

-1 maps Anubis 83%6 maps

The maps

Ancient — Luminosity's pick

Dust2 — Spirit's pick

Nuke — the decider

Our picks

🔒 4 picks for this match — unlocked for premium members on csedge.io (today's featured match is free for everyone).

More on these teams

All Luminosity predictions and results
All Spirit predictions and results

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