Mirage strats — T default, CT setup and executesMirage

1. 1B Apartments — Guard B Apartments against a CT push coming out of Market/Kitchen.finds out: Whether CTs push Apartments for early information, and how many are at B.stop if: Leaves only on the call: joins a B split from Apartments in sync with the mid group, or adds to Underpass if mid is struggling.
2. 2Top Mid — Smoke Window early from T Spawn and take the Top Mid boxes.finds out: Whether the Window AWP and the Connector player are holding mid.stop if: Does not peek Window without the smoke; if mid cannot be won early, waits for delayed smokes.
3. 3Top Mid — Second mid player: flash over Top Mid when the Window smoke lands or on contact, and trade the first player.finds out: Whether the CTs give up Connector/Short.stop if: Holds the space as a unit instead of pushing Connector or Short alone; waits for the split call.
4. 4Underpass — Work from Underpass and flash out toward Connector/Short when ready.finds out: Connector and Short presence; whether CTs push Connector.stop if: Drops in quietly and only leaves Underpass behind a flash.
5. 5A Ramp — Light pressure on A from Ramp or Palace while listening for rotations.finds out: The A setup and whether players rotate off A.stop if: Does not force A alone; joins the A group or the split when called.

1. 1Ticket Booth — Watch A Ramp and Palace at the same time from the Ticket/CT side, crossfire with the Jungle player and call early Palace pressure.
2. 2Jungle — Second A player: support both mid and A from Jungle/Stairs, contest early or fall back to play for the retake.
3. 3Window — Usually the AWP: own the Top Mid sightline, stop Ts boosting onto Short, report what mid is doing, and swing to B via Kitchen or to A via Jungle when called.
4. 4Van — B anchor on the Apartments exit: slow the push with a molotov/HE and a flash, then fall back and wait for a teammate rather than taking the first duel alone.
5. 5B Short — Second B player on Short/Catwalk: help mid or B and fall back to the site when B is hit.

1. 1Agree on one simple default each round; full executes rarely work with randoms. guide
2. 2Learn and throw your own key smokes instead of counting on teammates to do it. guide
3. 3Call exact numbers, positions (callouts, not "left"), utility you see and kills you get; say when you are guessing and how old your information is. guide
4. 4Announce anything that departs from the plan — taking the bomb elsewhere or lurking; an unannounced lurk just leaves the team a player down. guide
5. 5If unsure what to play, take support: learn a handful of grenades, throw them for others and trade. guide
6. 6Stay quiet in clutches unless the info is vital, never flame randoms, mute if needed. guide
7. 7Settle buys together in freeze time; players with spare money drop weapons for poorer teammates. guide

• AFull A executeneeds 5 synced
  • Smoke → Windowlineup
  • Smoke → CTlineup
  • Smoke → Stairslineup
  • Smoke → Junglelineup

  Call it when: The standard A hit, usually after a mid default; the same smokes can also be thrown instantly as a fast A hit that skips mid.Entry order: CT smoke first, Jungle (and Stairs) next, entry flashes from Palace and A Ramp right before the peek; Palace and Ramp go together once every smoke has bloomed. Molotov the close spots (sources name Under Balcony, Sandwich and Firebox, none of which is in the callout list) and clear the whole site before taking post-plant spots.Plant: Default (behind the box)Post-plant: Cover the bomb from three spots: Palace or Shadows, a site spot (Sandwich, Default or Tetris), and an A Ramp player looking toward CT.$1,200 of grenades at Valve’s prices — whether the round can carry it is the economy board’s call.7 guides · newest 5 Oct 2026
• AMid-to-A splitneeds 4 synced
• BB Apartments executeneeds 6 synced
• BB split via B Short and B Apartmentsneeds 4 synced

• 3-player A site retakeRoute: via CT and JungleFirst utility: Smoke A Ramp to cut T reinforcements, HE the Ramp-side post-plant player, flash over the site, then enter from two doors at once; save your best utility for this.Clear first: The A Ramp post-plant player, then Shadows/Default box layer by layer with one player watching PalaceSave instead if: no guide states a line — see the save rules below.CSDB's map page names CT and Connector as the two entries instead of CT and Jungle (see contradictions).3 guides · newest 4 Jul 2026

1. 1. Smoke → WindowThrown from T Spawn; some guides leave it out (see contradictions).
2. 2. Smoke → CT
3. 3. Smoke → Stairs
4. 4. Smoke → Jungle

• Taking first contact with nobody close enough to trade.→ Only take an early fight if a teammate can trade it or it buys real information.
• Swinging before the smoke blooms or the flash pops.→ Wait for the utility, then go together with the entry.
• Rotating on one sound or the first sign of a fake.→ Rotate on confirmed information; rotators should judge whether the noise is real.
• Overpeeking after a kill, dry-peeking an AWP, rotating late.→ Review your own deaths: did I need to be there, did I need that fight?
• Uneven buying — four save while one buys an unsupported rifle.→ Match the team spend so the next round is a proper buy.
• Retaking one at a time or alone.→ Wait for teammates on other paths and enter together; call the utility you are throwing.
• Vague calls like "they're B" after seeing one or two enemies.→ Give the exact number you saw.
• Dying with unused utility.→ Spend grenades to take space, delay or retake.

• Stay tradeable: keep enough spacing that a teammate can punish your killer — not stacked on top of each other, not so far back that the defender escapes. guide
• The trading player swings right after first contact, before the enemy can reset; on a numbers advantage, count down a double peek. guide
• Do not be the first to see an enemy unless the trade or your utility is ready; an entry only works as a pair, and an untraded first death gives the enemy free value. guide
• On CT side, being tradeable means crossfires, a support angle or a fallback route rather than a lone early fight. guide
• In retakes, enter together and trade instantly instead of trickling in. guide

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• 2025-09-26: Collision updated around the top of the ladder hole. Minor movement change on a CT rotation path.
• 2026-09-22: Scaffolding by the balcony on A site reinforced. Every strategy guide used here was last reviewed before this patch (the bo3.gg timings article is later but does not mention it). Positions and molotov spots near the A balcony (Under Balcony, Stairs side) should be re-checked in game.
• Other CT setups guides name without giving positions: 3-1-1 and 1-3-1.

Each line on this board is a row from a guide — a default, a setup, a branch, an execute — cited where it shows. The missing-player rule, the swap rule and the coordination count are ours, and say so.

Entry:

First player into contested space; job is to win the opening duel or die where a teammate can trade and take the space.

Support:

Throws most of the set utility, flashes for others and is the trade behind the entry.

Lurk:

Plays away from the main group, holds ground the team left, cuts rotations and closes late rounds — with timing agreed with the team.

AWPer:

Carries the team's most expensive weapon to close or open long sightlines; a team purchase, not a personal one.

IGL:

Calls the round, reads it mid-round and manages the team's money.

Anchor:

CT who holds a site alone or in a pair and is judged on surviving long enough for help, using delay utility.

Rotator:

CT who floats between areas and decides when the noise is real before moving.