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Nuclear TigeRES vs Eternal Fire — match prediction & analysis

26 September at 17:00 Oslo · by the CS Edge model

Nuclear TigeRES and Eternal Fire have shared a server 4 times in the period we track, which makes this one of the rarer matchups where the head-to-head actually means something. We weighed it against form, ranking and the map pool.

Nuclear TigeRES come in ranked #56 in the world, Eternal Fire #48.

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Nuclear TigeRES

✅ Inferno strength: 85% winrate over 13 maps is a strong tactical pick

✅ Reliably steers the veto to Anubis (60% pick rate)

❌ Only 0% winrate on Mirage over 5 maps — exploitable in the veto

❌ Heavy Mirage ban usage (63% bans) limits their map bargaining

Eternal Fire

✅ Dust2 strength: 73% winrate over 11 maps is a strong tactical pick

✅ Strong recent form: 19 wins in last 29 (65%) shows momentum

❌ Practically never plays Nuke (93% banned), reducing veto flexibility

Recent form

Nuclear TigeRESWLLLW2 of 5 won

Eternal FireWLWLW3 of 5 won

Head to head

Nuclear TigeRES and Eternal Fire have met 4 times in the period we track — Nuclear TigeRES 2, Eternal Fire 2.

3 Sept 2026IEM Beijing 2026 Closed Qualifier · Anubis — Nuclear TigeRES13 - 10

3 Sept 2026IEM Beijing 2026 Closed Qualifier · Ancient — Nuclear TigeRES16 - 13

12 May 2026NODWIN Clutch Series 8 · Ancient — Eternal Fire9 - 13

12 May 2026NODWIN Clutch Series 8 · Dust2 — Eternal Fire11 - 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.

Nuclear TigeRESEternal Fire

60%5 maps Cache 57%14 maps

35%17 maps Dust2 73%11 maps

0%5 maps Mirage 54%13 maps

85%13 maps Inferno 60%10 maps

44%9 maps Nuke -0 maps

68%19 maps Ancient 62%13 maps

43%14 maps Anubis 71%7 maps

The maps

The veto isn't done yet — map picks land right before kickoff, and this page updates automatically.

Our picks

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

Line-ups

Player rating: ★ top · high · average · low

Nuclear TigeRES

senka0.94

flouzer1.07

ayuki1.10

★

Djon81.12

tronic0.93

Eternal Fire

★

soulfly1.19

regali1.08

Kvem1.17

jottAAA1.14

MisteM0.93

More on these teams

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All Eternal Fire predictions and results

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