Season 1b
2024-04-25 – 2025-01-28
The Active Duty pool Valve fielded from 2024-04-25, and the professional-play meta measured while it held.
Valve calls this whole span “Season 1”, but it held 2 different Active Duty pools — told apart here as 1a and 1b. Those letters are this site's own invention, not Valve's.
what changedThe rotation that opened it
2024-04-25Season 1b
Added Dust II. Removed Overpass.
“We've updated the Active Duty map pool (for both Premier and competitions), removing Overpass and bringing back Dust II.”
the pool that seasonThe seven maps it fielded
the meta that seasonWhat the sides did on them
Scope, method, and per-row pick/ban counts
Measured across Tier 1 events — HLTV Majors and international LAN events with a prize pool between $600,000 and $2,000,000, from matches played between 2023-10-16 and 2026-08-02. Regulation rounds only — overtime alternates sides in short halves and can't be attributed to CT or T, so it's excluded here. Sample sizes are per row below.
- All maps combined1,012 maps played
49.7% CT · 50.3% T — 0.3pts T-leaning · −1.1pts since Season 1a (50.8% → 49.7%)
786 picks, 1,896 bans this season
- Ancient167 maps played
48.5% CT · 51.5% T — 1.5pts T-leaning · −1.3pts since Season 1a (49.8% → 48.5%)
126 picks, 242 bans this season
- Anubis146 maps played
45.2% CT · 54.8% T — 4.8pts T-leaning · +1.7pts since Season 1a (43.5% → 45.2%)
109 picks, 271 bans this season
- Dust II137 maps played
49.7% CT · 50.3% T — 0.3pts T-leaning
108 picks, 213 bans this season
- Inferno125 maps played
47.6% CT · 52.4% T — 2.4pts T-leaning · −1.9pts since Season 1a (49.5% → 47.6%)
97 picks, 289 bans this season
- Mirage167 maps played
52.3% CT · 47.7% T — 2.3pts CT-leaning · −1.0pts since Season 1a (53.3% → 52.3%)
130 picks, 252 bans this season
- Nuke178 maps played
53.4% CT · 46.6% T — 3.4pts CT-leaning · −0.1pts since Season 1a (53.5% → 53.4%)
136 picks, 225 bans this season
- Vertigo79 maps played
48.6% CT · 51.4% T — 1.4pts T-leaning · −0.6pts since Season 1a (49.2% → 48.6%)
67 picks, 330 bans this season
tournaments this seasonThe Tier 1 events played on this pool
Every Tier 1 event in this snapshot whose matches fell inside Season 1b, newest first.
2024-11-30 – 2024-12-15 · 24 teams
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Spirit Win the Shanghai Major 2-1, Settling It 13-11 on Dust II
The Shanghai Major ended on a Bo3 rather than a Bo5: Spirit took Nuke 13-8, FaZe answered 13-6 on Ancient, and the Major was decided 13-11 on Dust II. Spirit finished 6-1. FaZe had played eight matches to reach that final, more than anyone else in Shanghai.
Champion: Spirit
- Opening Stage2024-11-30 – 2024-12-03
Liquid and The MongolZ Clear the Shanghai Major's Opening Stage 3-0
- BLAST Bounty 2025 Season 12025-01-14 – 2025-01-26
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Spirit Win the BLAST Bounty Season 1 Finals After Dropping the Opener in Overtime
Eternal Fire took Anubis 16-14 to open the Copenhagen final, and Spirit won the next three — 13-6 on Nuke, 13-3 on Dust II, 13-8 on Mirage. It was the only map Spirit lost in three matches. Inferno and Train never reached a server across the whole event.
Champion: Spirit
32 teams · 31 matches · 75 maps played across 2 phases
- BLAST Bounty 2025 Season 12025-01-14 – 2025-01-19
Train Is Played Four Times at BLAST Bounty Season 1, Nine Days Before Valve Adds It
- IEM Cologne 20242024-08-07 – 2024-08-18
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Vitality Win Cologne 3-1 With Two Maps in Overtime, One of Them Reaching 22-20
Vitality did not lose a match at IEM Cologne 2024, and the final still went four maps: 16-14 on Nuke, then Natus Vincere's 13-10 on Dust II, then a Mirage that ran to 22-20 before Inferno closed it 13-9. Five wins, two maps dropped. Natus Vincere reached that final at 4-1, the only side other than the champions to win four here.
Champion: Vitality
24 teams · 49 matches · 124 maps played across 2 phases
- Play-in2024-08-07 – 2024-08-09
Four Teams Clear the Cologne Play-in, in the Most T-Sided Event on This Pool
Matches, maps, and champion for the events below
- BLAST Premier World Final 20242024-10-30 – 2024-11-03
13 matches · 32 maps played · champion: G2
- Thunderpick World Championship 2024 Finals2024-11-02 – 2024-11-03
4 matches · 11 maps played · champion: The MongolZ
- IEM Rio 20242024-10-07 – 2024-10-13
29 matches · 61 maps played · champion: Natus Vincere
- BLAST Premier Fall Final 20242024-09-25 – 2024-09-29
13 matches · 34 maps played · champion: G2
- ESL Pro League Season 202024-09-03 – 2024-09-22
79 matches · 188 maps played · champion: Natus Vincere
- BLAST Premier Fall Groups 20242024-07-29 – 2024-08-04
26 matches · 63 maps played · no champion (see why)
- Esports World Cup 20242024-07-17 – 2024-07-21
21 matches · 41 maps played · champion: Natus Vincere
- BLAST Premier Spring Final 20242024-06-12 – 2024-06-16
13 matches · 34 maps played · champion: Spirit
- IEM Dallas 20242024-05-27 – 2024-06-02
29 matches · 58 maps played · champion: G2
- ESL Pro League Season 192024-04-23 – 2024-05-12
79 matches · 193 maps played · champion: MOUZ