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Level UP vs Xtreme Gaming 0:2: result and AI prediction
Level UP and Xtreme Gaming played on 30 September — group stage, BLAST Slam Season 8 2026: the series ended 0:2. The AI models' bet: Xtreme Gaming −1.5 map handicap at 1.60 — 7 of 16 models chose it; the bet won.
- BLAST Slam Season 8 2026
- Group stage
- Best of three
- Stream
published · updated UTC
AI models' pick: Xtreme Gaming −1.5 map handicap
1.60AI models' pick · 7 of 16 on this bet · 1 more in the same direction
What the odds were
Since the first snapshot Level UP have shortened: 6.67 → 5.88, Xtreme Gaming — 1.15 → 1.19. The money is going on Level UP.
abbreviations
- 1, 2 — Level UP or Xtreme Gaming wins the series
- H1, H2 — map handicap: −1.5 means winning the series without dropping a map, +1.5 means taking at least one map
- O, U — total maps over or under: over 2.5 means the series goes to a third map
How the series went
- map 1Xtreme Gaming46 min
- map 2Xtreme Gaming66 min
AI prediction and analysis
The largest group of AI models bet on Xtreme Gaming −1.5 on maps — the bet won. One more chose a close bet in the same direction: a Xtreme Gaming win. 8 more bet on Level UP +1.5 on maps — the bet lost.
Level UP arrive in poor shape, beaten in four of their last five series, with PARIVISION and 4ikibamboni both seeing them off 2-0. Across the past 60 days their map record sits at 20-20, at an average map length of 42 minutes. Match sharpness is all on the other side: Xtreme Gaming have 11 maps behind them in the past week, while Level UP have played only two. We're backing the Xtreme Gaming -1.5 map handicap at 1.60 as the natural extension of that gap, and the wider market leans the same way — under 2.5 maps is 1.45, and Xtreme Gaming to take the series has shortened from 1.15 to 1.12 in the space of 14 hours.
Where we could be wrong
The doubt is the roster itself. The five of Ame, BoBoKa, zeal, XinQ and MooN was assembled on 29 September, four of them newcomers, with Xm, fy, xNova, NothingToSay and Xxs all leaving the core, so the line-up has no shared history whatsoever. Xtreme Gaming have won 5 of their last 10 series, and recent results underline that a 2-0 sweep does not arrive every time: Natus Vincere beat them 2-0 and LGD Gaming edged them 2-1. There have been no previous meetings between these two in two years either, which leaves little to lean on beyond current form.
- Two directions drew the same number of AI models: the bet was taken from the one priced closer to the line.
- One of the teams has three or more newcomers in its five: a new roster has little history, and form from previous weeks says less about it than usual.
Form, rosters and heroes
Level UP
roster
bb3px, darkniA, Htrd, WoE, queezy — together since 7 July
recent series · 5 wins, 5 losses
- L0-2PARIVISIONBLAST SLAM VIII29.09
- L1-2Team LynxEPL Masters 2026 06.09
- L0-24ikibamboniEPL Masters 2026 06.09
- W2-0Inner Circle x InsanityEPL Masters 2026 04.09
- L1-2Team SynapseEPL Masters 2026 01.09
- W2-1_PowerRangersEPL Masters 2026 30.08
- W2-1Team LynxRES Unchained - A Blast Dota Slam VIII Qualifier EU30.08
- W2-1Pipsqueak + 4RES Unchained - A Blast Dota Slam VIII Qualifier EU29.08
- L0-3Natus VincereEPL Masters 2026 12.08
- W2-1Rune EatersEPL Masters 2026 12.08
maps in the last 60 days
20–20, average length 42 min; Radiant 3–2, Dire 17–18
1 day since the last series, 2 maps this week
most-played heroes, 60 days · games / wins
- Dark Willow14 / 6
- Techies11 / 7
- Tidehunter11 / 6
- Witch Doctor11 / 5
- Void Spirit10 / 6
- Ember Spirit10 / 5
- Windranger9 / 6
- Hoodwink9 / 4
Xtreme Gaming
roster
Ame, BoBoKa, zeal, XinQ, MooN — together since 29 September
New in the five: BoBoKa, zeal, XinQ, MooN
Left the starting five: Xm, fy, xNova, NothingToSay, Xxs
recent series · 5 wins, 5 losses
- L1-2LGD GamingBLAST SLAM VIII29.09
- L0-2Natus VincerePGL Wallachia 2026 Season 926.09
- W2-0GamerLegionPGL Wallachia 2026 Season 926.09
- L0-2LGD GamingPGL Wallachia 2026 Season 925.09
- W2-0Team NemesisPGL Wallachia 2026 Season 924.09
- W2-0LGD GamingPGL Wallachia 2026 Season 921.09
- W2-1Conventus StellarumPGL Wallachia 2026 Season 920.09
- W2-0Pibbles Corp.PGL Wallachia 2026 Season 919.09
- L0-2Team ResilienceThe International 202615.08
- L1-2LGD GamingThe International 202615.08
maps in the last 60 days
17–17, average length 42 min; Radiant 11–8, Dire 6–9
1 day since the last series, 11 maps this week
most-played heroes, 60 days · games / wins
- Mirana11 / 7
- Ember Spirit8 / 5
- Doom7 / 5
- Hoodwink7 / 4
- Dark Willow6 / 1
- Spirit Breaker5 / 3
- Pangolier5 / 2
- Largo5 / 2
