ESL Challenger League Season 52 North America Cup 1 · BO3
pre-match prediction
EMPIREseries probability
51%49%
model: map winrate + form + head-to-head
Iowa Stormboar#201 in the worldBefore the match the model relies on historical data: each team's winrate on every map in the pool over 3 months, current form and head-to-head. Once the veto happens, the prediction is recalculated for the real map pool.
Map veto prediction
For each map — both teams' winrate over 3 months. The model guesses who bans it and who keeps it: teams remove maps where they are weaker and pull toward their strong ones.
NukeIowa Stormboar pick
50%50%
EMPIRE · 2 mapsnearly even +0%Iowa Stormboar · 8 maps
InfernoIowa Stormboar ban
43%38%
EMPIRE · 3 mapsedge EMPIRE +5%Iowa Stormboar · 4 maps
Dust2EMPIRE pick
50%50%
EMPIRE · 2 mapsnearly even +0%Iowa Stormboar · 4 maps
MirageEMPIRE ban
50%44%
EMPIRE · 0 mapsedge EMPIRE +6%Iowa Stormboar · 5 maps
AncientEMPIRE ban
60%71%
EMPIRE · 1 mapedge Iowa Stormboar +11%Iowa Stormboar · 3 maps
AnubisIowa Stormboar ban
50%50%
EMPIRE · 0 mapsnearly even +0%Iowa Stormboar · 2 maps
Most likely veto scenario
1. BanEMPIRE remove Mirage
2. BanIowa Stormboar remove Inferno
3. PickEMPIRE take Dust2
4. PickIowa Stormboar take Nuke
5. BanIowa Stormboar remove Anubis
6. BanEMPIRE remove Ancient