FinalIEM Cologne Major 2026 · Stage 2

Monte vs Legacy 1–0

Sun, Jun 7, 12:31 PM

Monte

Bo1

Legacy

Monte won 1–0 at IEM Cologne Major 2026 · Stage 2.

Map veto

1Legacy banned Dust2
2Legacy banned Ancient
3Monte banned Anubis
4Monte banned Inferno
5Monte banned Mirage
6Legacy banned Overpass
7Nuke was left over

Map-by-map breakdown

How Monte vs Legacy played out across the maps.

Map 1Ancient13–11

Half 5–7 · Monte 5 CT / 8 T · Legacy 4 CT / 7 T

Monte

Legacy

CT round win T round win

Monte

Player	K	D	A	+/–	HS%
AZUWU	22	16	2	+6	64%
GIZMY	18	17	8	+1	72%
Rainwaker	17	15	7	+2	47%
afro	14	16	7	-2	43%
Bymas	11	13	3	-2	18%

Legacy

Player	K	D	A	+/–	HS%
arT	20	16	6	+4	25%
latto	17	16	5	+1	47%
dumau	16	17	9	-1	31%
saadzin	13	16	6	-3	54%
n1ssim	10	17	2	-7	80%

Our prediction

Legacy

Odds: Monte 2.44 · Legacy 1.61 (Duel)

Legacy win this and the edge is small but the direction is correct. They are the seventh-ranked team in the world against a Monte side at 24th, they have beaten Monte both times these teams have met, and they arrive here having just taken down Falcons in a Bo5 and the MongolZ in a Bo3. Monte's five-game stretch is L-W-L-W-L. These are not comparable trajectories. The map pool comparison is decisive. Legacy carry an 82% Mirage win rate across 17 maps versus Monte's 40% across only 5. That is a reliable veto anchor for Legacy. Monte's best individual map is Anubis at 80% across 5 maps and Legacy have no Anubis data across 2 maps played, so that is a live pick for Monte in the veto. But Legacy's depth on Dust2 (63%), Nuke (62%) and Ancient (56%) across large sample sizes means they can comfortably absorb whatever Monte picks as their own map and win on the other two. The thing recreational bettors are sleeping on here is the 7-3 record quality. Legacy's losses came to Falcons and GamerLegion, both quality sides. Monte's recent wins were over The Huns and magic. The the book line at 63% feels like it is weighting the rank gap appropriately but not the H2H edge. Legacy close this out.

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