Season 5
2026-07-08 – present
The Active Duty pool Valve fielded from 2026-07-08, and the professional-play meta measured while it held.
what changedThe rotation that opened it
2026-07-08Season 5
Added Cache. Removed Overpass.
“Cache has officially arrived, and replaces Overpass in the active duty map pool.”
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 combined81 maps played — thin sample
51.9% CT · 48.1% T — 1.9pts CT-leaning
64 picks, 122 bans this season
- Ancient13 maps played — thin sample
51.8% CT · 48.2% T — 1.8pts CT-leaning
9 picks, 17 bans this season
- Anubis8 maps played — thin sample
44.5% CT · 55.5% T — 5.5pts T-leaning
6 picks, 22 bans this season
- Cache9 maps played
56.6% CT · 43.4% T — 6.6pts CT-leaning
6 picks, 20 bans this season
- Dust II18 maps played — thin sample
48.0% CT · 52.0% T — 2.0pts T-leaning
13 picks, 13 bans this season
- Inferno6 maps played — thin sample
48.0% CT · 52.0% T — 2.0pts T-leaning
5 picks, 22 bans this season
- Mirage13 maps played — thin sample
49.8% CT · 50.2% T — 0.2pts T-leaning
11 picks, 14 bans this season
- Nuke14 maps played — thin sample
62.0% CT · 38.0% T — 12.0pts CT-leaning
14 picks, 14 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 5, newest first.
- BLAST Bounty 2026 Season 22026-07-21 – 2026-08-02
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MOUZ Take BLAST Bounty Season 2 in Malta Without Losing a Match
MOUZ came out of the Malta bracket unbeaten, closing the season 3-1 against Spirit in the grand final: 13-8 on Dust II, 13-4 on Mirage, then 13-10 on Nuke after Spirit took Ancient 13-9 to stay in it. The whole run cost them three maps in ten. Five of the seven matches here reached a deciding map, in a single-elimination bracket with no second chances anywhere in it.
Champion: MOUZ
32 teams · 31 matches · 81 maps played across 2 phases
- BLAST Bounty 2026 Season 22026-07-21 – 2026-07-26
Eight Teams Leave BLAST Bounty Season 2's Online Stage Unbeaten