Dust 2 is the most unbalanced map of PGL Major Stockholm 2021
/Dust 2 became the most unbalanced map in PGL Major Stockholm 2021. Statistics on all played maps of the championship were published by Striker on his Twitter.
Small sample size, but interestingly, Ancient was the most balanced at PGL Major 2021, with the overall advantage shifting towards defense.
According to statistics, within the framework of PGL Major Stockholm 2021 on the Dust 2 map, the defense wins 62.7% of the rounds, while this value for the attacking side is only 37.3%. We can conclude that the last major update from Valve directly affected the balance of the once most popular map in the game.
At the same time, Ancient turned out to be the most balanced card - teams win on it regardless of the side in 50% of the rounds. It is followed by Mirage, where the defensive players have an advantage of only 0.8% of the rounds won. Interestingly, a certain balance tilt is observed on the Overpass and Vertigo maps, on which the defense takes 56.7% and 57.3% of the rounds, respectively.
PGL Major Stockholm 2021 runs from October 26 to November 7 in Sweden. 24 teams are competing for a prize pool of $ 2,000,000, as well as BLAST Premier and ESL Pro Tour points. The championship playoffs will take place at the Avicii Arena with spectators, while the early stages of the championship take place in a studio format.