Vertigo Ties Anubis as Most Played Map in Perfect World Shanghai Major RMR

Map Performance at the Americas RMR

Vertigo and Anubis were the top maps played during the Perfect World Shanghai Major RMR, each appearing eleven times. Following them was Dust2 with nine appearances, Mirage with seven, Ancient with six, Nuke with five, and Inferno with four.

The complete list of map appearances is as follows:

• Vertigo: 11
• Anubis: 11
• Dust2: 9
• Mirage: 7
• Ancient: 6
• Nuke: 5
• Inferno: 4

Vertigo performed significantly better at Americas events compared to international tournaments. At the recent BLAST Premier World Final and IEM Riot, it was chosen only twice at each event, making it the least selected map. Vertigo has been played the least among maps at major events in 2024, just below Dust2 and above the removed Overpass.

In the Americas RMR, Vertigo was chosen five times in best-of-one matches. It was also a decisive third map in two 0-2 matches during round three. Remarkably, Vertigo was the final map played in the Americas RMR, appearing as the second map in FURIA’s 2-0 win over M80 in the tiebreaker. However, it was never the third map left in any best-of-three veto.

Many players outside the Americas hope the new and updated Train map will replace Vertigo in the pool, though this may take time.