Season 3
2025-07-15 – 2026-01-21
The Active Duty pool Valve fielded from 2025-07-15, and the professional-play meta measured while it held.
what changedThe rotation that opened it
2025-07-15Season 3
Added Overpass. Removed Anubis.
“With the new season comes an update to the Active Duty Map Pool: Overpass is back in, and Anubis is out.”
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 combined912 maps played
53.0% CT · 47.0% T — 3.0pts CT-leaning · +4.3pts since Season 2 (48.7% → 53.0%)
696 picks, 1,746 bans this season
- Ancient126 maps played
50.5% CT · 49.5% T — 0.5pts CT-leaning · +1.9pts since Season 2 (48.6% → 50.5%)
90 picks, 252 bans this season
- Dust II141 maps played
51.6% CT · 48.4% T — 1.6pts CT-leaning · +4.9pts since Season 2 (46.7% → 51.6%)
102 picks, 237 bans this season
- Inferno168 maps played
50.5% CT · 49.5% T — 0.5pts CT-leaning · +0.9pts since Season 2 (49.6% → 50.5%)
137 picks, 210 bans this season
- Mirage151 maps played
53.5% CT · 46.5% T — 3.5pts CT-leaning · +4.3pts since Season 2 (49.2% → 53.5%)
120 picks, 224 bans this season
- Nuke147 maps played
55.8% CT · 44.2% T — 5.8pts CT-leaning · +2.8pts since Season 2 (53.0% → 55.8%)
110 picks, 223 bans this season
- Overpass91 maps played
55.2% CT · 44.8% T — 5.2pts CT-leaning
74 picks, 297 bans this season
- Train84 maps played
56.3% CT · 43.7% T — 6.3pts CT-leaning · +7.5pts since Season 2 (48.8% → 56.3%)
59 picks, 283 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 3, newest first.
2025-11-24 – 2025-12-14 · 32 teams
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- P
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Vitality Win the Budapest Major After Dropping the Grand Final's Opening Map
FaZe took Nuke 13-6 to open the Budapest Major final and then lost three straight — 13-3 on Dust II, 13-9 on Inferno, 13-2 on Overpass. Vitality finished the Major 6-1, two maps lost in thirteen. FaZe had played eight matches to reach that final, more than anyone else in Budapest. The Major itself opened on Bo1 Swiss, which is why thirty-three of its forty matches ended without the loser taking a map.
Champion: Vitality
- ESL Pro League Season 222025-09-28 – 2025-10-12
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Vitality Win ESL Pro League Season 22 With a 3-0 Over Falcons in Stockholm
Vitality closed ESL Pro League Season 22 3-0 against Falcons — 13-10 on Inferno, 13-9 on Train, 13-5 on Dust II — after a run that cost them one match and four maps. Falcons reached the final at 5-1, the best record of anyone who did not win it. Twenty-eight of the forty matches played here ended without the losing side taking a map.
Champion: Vitality
24 teams · 73 matches · 176 maps played across 2 phases
- Stage 12025-09-28 – 2025-10-02
HOTU and Inner Circle Clear ESL Pro League Season 22's Opening Stage 3-0
Matches, maps, and champion for the events below
- BLAST Rivals 2025 Season 22025-11-12 – 2025-11-16
13 matches · 34 maps played · champion: FURIA
- IEM Chengdu 20252025-11-03 – 2025-11-09
30 matches · 76 maps played · champion: FURIA
- PGL Masters Bucharest 20252025-10-26 – 2025-11-01
41 matches · 104 maps played · champion: Aurora
- CS Asia Championships 20252025-10-14 – 2025-10-19
30 matches · 68 maps played · champion: Legacy
- Thunderpick World Championship 20252025-10-15 – 2025-10-19
14 matches · 38 maps played · champion: FURIA
- FISSURE Playground 22025-09-12 – 2025-09-21
40 matches · 99 maps played · champion: FURIA
- Esports World Cup 20252025-08-20 – 2025-08-24
16 matches · 42 maps played · champion: The MongolZ
- IEM Cologne 2025 Stage 12025-07-23 – 2025-07-25
20 matches · 48 maps played · no champion (see why)