With Stage 3 of the Counter-Strike 2 Budapest Major 2025 being just around the corner, Pick’Ems for the penultimate stage of the tournament have already kicked off. CS2 players only have a few hours left to lock in their predictions, with the submission deadline for the stage closing just before the first series of games kicks off.
If you’ve managed to get at least five picks correct in both the first two stages of the event, you should still be in contention for the prestigious Diamond coin. And even if the Diamond is out of reach, you may still have a solid shot at securing the Gold coin.
Regardless of how your previous predictions turned out, you should try to get in your picks for Budapest Major Stage 3 to have the best chance at upgrading your Tournament Coin and securing as many Souvenir Packages as possible.
Similar to the last two stages, players need to score at least five correct picks out of the ten total picks to maintain their coin progression for the Pick’Ems challenge.
In this guide, we break down our predictions for the CS2 Budapest Major Stage 3 Pick’Ems.
Budapest Major Stage 3 Pick’Ems Guide
Before we get into our picks for Budapest Major Stage 3, it’s important to note that this stage will be as challenging and unpredictable to predict as the first two stages due to the inherently volatile format of the event. For the same reasons, you should brace yourself for upsets, which is a common occurrence in BO1 games.
Without further ado, let’s get into our guide for CS2 Budapest Major 2025 Stage 3.
Budapest Major Stage 3 Picks
Below, we have listed our picks for the CS2 Budapest Major 2025 Stage 3:
- 3-0 Picks: Vitality, FURIA
- 0-3 Picks: Passion UA, Team Liquid
- Qualifying Picks: Team Falcons, MOUZ, FaZe Clan, NAVI, G2 Esports, Team Spirit
Vitality is probably the safest choice for the 3-0 spot and remains the tournament favorite for many. However, their form has been rather turbulent recently, dropping games they shouldn’t have, so locking them into this slot still carries risk. FURIA is our second pick for the undefeated spot, given the exceptional individual performances shown by everyone on the roster recently. They also took home consecutive trophies this year with FISSURE Playground, IEM Chengdu, and Blast Rivals.
We’ve locked Passion UA and Team Liquid as our picks for the 0-3 spots. Neither team performed convincingly in Stage 2, and both barely managed to reach Stage 3 with a tight 3-2 finish.
As the qualifying picks, we’ve chosen Falcons, MOUZ, FaZe, NAVI, G2, and Team Spirit. While the Falcons can easily go through the entire stage undefeated, the rest of the teams are likely to drop a game or two, but should still have more than enough firepower to advance.
These were our picks for Stage 3 of the StarLadder Budapest Major 2025 Pick’Ems. Be sure to do your own research before locking in your picks, and always be aware of the possibility that the picks we lock in can end up being wrong.