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Spirit vs HEROIC
HEROIC beat Spirit 2–1 at Esports World Cup 2025 on August 20, 2025 in a BO3 series.
Maps
| # | Map | Spirit | HEROIC | Winner |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ancient | 13 | 5 | Spirit |
| 2 | Nuke | 3 | 13 | HEROIC |
What the result was worth
Our Elo model made Spirit the favourite here, giving HEROIC a 15% chance going in. The upset moved HEROIC's rating +22 points to 1,544 as it stood that day.
The two had met 3 times before this, with HEROIC ahead on 0–3 — so this result took the head-to-head to 1–3.
HEROIC came into the series having won 2 of their previous 5 matches on record here.
Head to head before this match
Spirit 3–0 HEROIC across 3 meetings.
| Date | Event | Result |
|---|---|---|
| Jul 27, 2025 | Intel Extreme Masters Cologne 2025 | Spirit 2–0 HEROIC |
| Jan 23, 2025 | BLAST Bounty Spring 2025 | Spirit 2–0 HEROIC |
| Dec 7, 2024 | Perfect World Shanghai Major 2024 | Spirit 2–1 HEROIC |
These maps, before this series
Each side's record on these maps going into the match — the series above is not counted, so the numbers are the form the two teams brought with them rather than the result of it.
| Map | Spirit | HEROIC |
|---|---|---|
| Ancient | 17–7 | 23–15 |
| Nuke | 21–10 | 9–13 |
Form going in
Spirit
HEROIC
Elo here is our own opponent-weighted rating as it stood on the day, replayed from the results available then — not where the two sides stand now, which is on strength ratings, where the method is written out. How often the model has been right is on the prediction accuracy page.
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