29 Sep10:00 UTC

Team Spirit vs Team Nemesis: AI prediction, BLAST Slam

Team Spirit and Team Nemesis meet on 29 September — group stage, BLAST Slam Season 8 2026, best of three. The AI models' bet: Team Spirit -1.5 map handicap at 1.45 — 11 of 13 models chose it. Below: the analysis, bookmaker odds, team form by series, current rosters and hero pool.

BLAST Slam Season 8 2026
Group stage
Best of three
Stream

published 27.09 at 14:35 UTC

AI models' pick: Team Spirit -1.5 map handicap

1.45

AI models' pick · 11 of 13 for this bet, 2 for others

Why this bet All odds

AI models

11H1 (-1.5) — matches our betodds 1.45ChatGPT, DeepSeek, Gemini, Grok, Kimi, Qwen, DeepSeek Flash, Mistral, Sonar, Xiaomi MiMo, Nemotron Ultra
2H2 (+1.5)odds 2.78Claude, GLM

all 13 AI predictions

Match odds

last line update 27.09 at 14:11 UTC

Series winner11.1427.69

Map handicap −1.5H11.45H22.78

Total maps 2.5O3.13U1.37

Since the first snapshot, the series-winner line has not moved.

The odds are buy prices on a prediction market: they carry no bookmaker margin, only the gap between the buy and sell prices.

abbreviations

1, 2 — Team Spirit or Team Nemesis 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

AI prediction and analysis

11 of 13 AI models went for Team Spirit −1.5 on maps. 2 more went for Team Nemesis +1.5 on maps.

11 of 13H1 (-1.5)our betodds 1.45ChatGPTDeepSeekGeminiGrokKimiQwenDeepSeek FlashMistralSonarXiaomi MiMoNemotron Ultra
2 of 13H2 (+1.5)odds 2.78ClaudeGLM

Odds — the prediction-market price at the moment the AI model answered.

Team Spirit have taken seven of their last ten series, and the recent run reads 2-0 against Team Yandex and 2-0 against Team Liquid. Team Nemesis sit on six wins in ten series, but three of their last five have ended in defeat, among them 0-2 to Xtreme Gaming and 0-2 to GamerLegion. Their roster is in pieces: the five have only been together since 19 September, JACKBOYS, Saberlight and Mo13ei did not make the tournament roster, and Jabz and JaCkky have yet to play a game for the team. Team Spirit are not untouched either, with Collapse outside the roster. The only head-to-head series in two years went to Team Spirit 2-0 back in July at Esports World Cup 2026.

This is a group-stage best-of-three, so the Team Spirit -1.5 map handicap at 1.45 needs exactly that kind of sweep, and a single map dropped kills it. The schedule is the other worry: Team Spirit come in after a 37-day break with no maps in the past week, while Team Nemesis have eight maps behind them and played only four days ago. The market leans the same way on the length of the series, with under 2.5 maps priced at 1.37.

Where we could be wrong

Nothing in our data argues against this bet: neither the vote split nor any estimate on this page points to a different outcome.

Form, rosters and heroes

patch 7.41

Team Spirit

roster

Yatoro, rue, Larl, not_me, Collapse — together since 13 May

Not in the tournament roster: Collapse

recent series · 7 wins, 3 losses

W3-2TEAM VISIONThe International 202623.08
W2-0Team YandexThe International 202623.08
W1-0BETBOOM TEAMThe International 202622.08
W2-0Team LiquidThe International 202622.08
L1-2TEAM VISIONThe International 202621.08
W1-0Iron WingThe International 202620.08
W1-0Iron WingThe International 202620.08
W2-1Team ResilienceThe International 202616.08
L0-2Nigma Galaxy The International 202615.08
L0-2TEAM VISIONThe International 202615.08

maps in the last 60 days

19–10, average length 46 min; Radiant 9–4, Dire 10–6

37 days since the last series, 0 maps this week

most-played heroes, 60 days · games / wins

Clockwerk8 / 5
Winter Wyvern7 / 4
Dark Willow6 / 5
Underlord6 / 5
Undying6 / 4
Hoodwink6 / 2
Pangolier5 / 5
Centaur Warrunner5 / 4

Team Nemesis

roster

JACKBOYS, NARMAN, Jhocam, Saberlight, Mo13ei — together since 19 September

New in the five: Saberlight, Mo13ei

Left the starting five: J, Ken

In the tournament roster but has not played for the team: Jabz, JaCkky

Not in the tournament roster: JACKBOYS, Saberlight, Mo13ei

recent series · 6 wins, 4 losses

L1-2Natus VincerePGL Wallachia 2026 Season 925.09
L0-2Xtreme GamingPGL Wallachia 2026 Season 924.09
W2-1Conventus StellarumPGL Wallachia 2026 Season 923.09
L0-2GamerLegionPGL Wallachia 2026 Season 922.09
W1-0GamerLegionPGL Wallachia 2026 Season 922.09
W2-0MOUZPGL Wallachia 2026 Season 921.09
L0-2Team YandexPGL Wallachia 2026 Season 920.09
W2-11wPGL Wallachia 2026 Season 919.09
W2-0Team BoredRES Unchained - A Blast Dota Slam IX Qualifier SEA13.09
W2-1DIREBORNRES Unchained - A Blast Dota Slam IX Qualifier SEA13.09

maps in the last 60 days

20–12, average length 43 min; Radiant 11–8, Dire 9–4

4 days since the last series, 8 maps this week