Agents

Best Teams To Study

DEFEND

Mid Pistol

DESCRIPTION

  • use skye flash to reclear B Main after smoke fades and we have to re-cycle
  • wait to you mid util until Raze spots someone
  • omen and viper can push attackers vent smoke with paranoia, but it is risky and not sustainable

WHEN TO CALL STRAT

  • pistol round
  • eco round
  • we think attackers are going mid

212

DESCRIPTION

  • idea is to cycle Viper’s orb and Dark Cover mid to force defenders into your double setup and viper who has free + fast mid rotations.
  • it is imperative for Viper to live and back off into Heaven, no one can fast rotate to her for back-up.

WHEN TO CALL STRAT

  • most rounds
  • we want to force attackers to fight into our mid smokes and burn util
  • we want deny an exec and attackers dont force mid control

Cypher A

DESCRIPTION

  • This is your main defense strat
  • Setups all depend on your posistion and how you want to play the round/what ults the attackers have
  • You will pretty much always have the ramps cam and trip wire and then a variation on site to mindfuck the attackers.

WHEN TO CALL STRAT

  • Most rounds
  • We predict the attackers won’t Split A
  • We predict the attackrs are going to exec
  • We have benjyfishy on our team


Cypher B

DESCRIPTION

  • Cypher can play in a multiude of posistions with a multiuide of setups, the idea is that he plays alone
  • Viper can cross after placing orb
  • Cypher can either use trip A Main or a second one on B depending on how Omen (and Skye) wants(s) to defend A

WHEN TO CALL STRAT

  • We predict the attackers won’t Split B
  • We predict the attackrs are going to exec B

BM trap

DESCRIPTION

  • very similar to our mid pistol except there are two trap plays
  • Skye flashes off of Omen contact instead of for reclear
  • Raze rotates back Mid early

WHEN TO CALL STRAT

  • pistol
  • eco
  • we want to switch up our Mid play

Fake B Control

DESCRIPTION

  • very similar to our mid pistol except Skye fake flashes B Main with Fake Omen TP to make attackers think that we are fighting for B main control but Omen is actually mid with team

WHEN TO CALL STRAT

  • We want to switch up our B Control

Cypher B Main

DESCRIPTION

  • very similar to our B control but Cypher uses his Camera here because Attackers continously are avoiding him A
  • Cypher can move to mid if needed, can put his trip deeper
  • only push B main off cam contact

WHEN TO CALL STRAT

  • Attackers continously hit B and 3 stack is our only hope
  • Raze has judge
  • we are on eco

122 Info Deny

DESCRIPTION

  • able to group up Mid and fight if Skye and Omen think they can rotate / we are on eco
  • Omen is meant to fake presence B Main, works best when we have used B control rounds to establish control and we can NOW use those resources in other areas of the map
  • allows for early/fast rotates
  • hard to push mid


A + Mid control

DESCRIPTION

  • Variation of other setups where we are still smoke cycling mid but instead we are holding A control instead of B
  • I like to call this strat morning ( A + M = AM ) because it is faster to say, but only when I am in established teams where they know what they means

WHEN TO CALL STRAT

  • Attackers end A a lot

Stack A

inspired by KRU vs LOUD round 1

DESCRIPTION

  • This strat is useful for when you think defenders are going to finish or fight for A site this round and want to play retake on B.
  • cypher places trip mid, important that he does not die
  • rotate fast to flood
  • KRU use this strat on most of their rounds versus LOUD until LOUD took mid control

WHEN TO CALL STRAT

  • pistol
  • attackers are predicted to go A + not mid
  • we want to play retake B

MID ECO

DESCRIPTION

  • this is SEN’s most popular/successful eco strat on defense
  • omen smoke forces defenders towards mid because of the early pressure
  • hope to grab one gun and convert the round into a thrifty

WHEN TO CALL STRAT

  • Pistol
  • eco
  • we expect a mid lurker

VIPER ULT MID

DESCRIPTION

  • not my favorite strat because it shows your hand early (212 defense) but good at denying mid splits / lurks
  • cypher rotates back to Omen after placing his trip
  • other defender positions arent very specific

WHEN TO CALL STRAT

  • we have Viper’s Pit

ATTACK

DEFAULTING A

ORB + WALL

WALL ONLY

CYPHER

Ramp Default

DESCRIPTION

  • PISTOL STRAT
  • walk into ramp and use your heaven control to help Raze Mid and look from there
  • Raze and Viper make sure that there are no early defense fights.
    • IF THERE ARE EARLY SIGNS OF MAP CONTROL FROM DEFENSE, ROTATE INTO A EXEC
  • only dog when close ramp

WHEN TO CALL STRAT

  • pistol

RAMP CTRL

DESCRIPTION

  • really strong because even though it is expected, it is hard to counter and has many ways you can path out of it
    • can rotate into fast to go for a fast B hit if defenders are stacked A
    • can jump from heaven and take site
    • can rotate back into Main and do a split exec
  • Cypher holds A Main to stop a pinch

WHEN TO CALL STRAT

  • we predict defenders have weak ramp control
  • pistol

A EXEC

DESCRIPTION

  • We want to force a postplant situation on A fast

WHEN TO CALL STRAT

  • we think enemies are weakside A
  • we think cypher is setup B
  • pistol round

DEFAULTING B

ORB + WALL

Default 131 to B

DESCRIPTION

  • get slow mid control and burst out of mail when you get control
  • works best when defenders try to take another piece of the map for
  • mid smoke mail first to cross and clear vents, wait for smoke to dissapate before exec so we have two for stairs and CT. CT > stairs if only have one
  • Heaven control allows us to open plant

WHEN TO CALL STRAT

  • most rounds
  • we want to end B

inspired by DRX (round 3 vs SEN)

Contact B

DESCRIPTION

  • use viper orb to get very close to B as possible
  • delay rotations with mid/A presence first, the rotate everyone into B Main

WHEN TO CALL STRAT

  • we predict defenders wont fight for B Main
  • defenders are heavy mid a lot

inspired by DRX (round 4 vs SEN)

B MAIN CTRL

DESCRIPTION

  • good early control to help setup for a B exec but you don’t want to commit yet / give time to your Cypher lurker
  • tp + satchels are pretty optional, only really necessary if we think we are contested
  • SOMETIMES ALL YOU NEED IS VIPER MOLLY

WHEN TO CALL STRAT

we predict defenders have weak B control

we want to setup for a B exec

we want to fake B Main control so we can rotate to Cypher

B EXEC

DESCRIPTION

  • We want to force a postplant situation on the site that is harder to retake
  • mollys / skye flashes depend on where Raze is satcheling to help support her

WHEN TO CALL STRAT

  • we think enemies are weakside B
  • we think cypher is setup A
  • pistol round

DEFAULTING MID

SMOKE VENTS

SMOKE MAIL

can’t see either cross

need double stack / util

DESCRIPTIONS

  • can wait for smoke to dissipate and hit into the smoke but also very nice to just go the other side
  • ONE player should watch the smoke because flash plays are very common for Mid Split

How to Deal with Defense Mid Control

DESCRIPTION


  • since the rotate from mid to A is worse than mid to B, it’s better to go A


  • fighting for mid is important too, you want to setup your A Main players in a good position and insert them well and give them time by keeping the mid players in mid

How to Deal with Defense Viper ULT

DESCRIPTION

  • the good thing about this setup is you pretty much know exactly how the defense are going to play as soon as the ult drops (212)
  • since teams HAVE to leave Viper mid,
  • it’s best to try to play for picks and then exec a site (ideally A because it is harder to fill the gaps when Viper cannot rotate)
  • FAKES AND PICKS ARE BEST DONT EXEC

either wall is good

WHEN TO CALL STRAT

  • we THEY have Viper’s Pit