Tactics and Guides

For Train we only have smokes so far, but the main spots are covered. Camera, connector, popdog and sandwich, each with two or three positions. From T spawn they fly right at the start of the round. The smokes from halls close B connector, B site and sidewalk while you walk through the halls. First learn camera and connector, they are the most common. Add the others as you play the map.

On Cache A, the cross and back-A smokes are the key ones. The default cross closes the path to the bombsite, and from A main you throw it on the move. The back-A smoke cuts the CTs standing deep. The short smoke from the column closes a short corridor. You can also smoke the site from outside A. As a CT, the smoke from the truck on A main delays the hit and buys time for the rotation. Cross and back-A are the minimum for any hit.

Banana is the main fight of every Inferno round. As a T, your job is to smoke coffins and burn it with a molotov, so the CTs cannot stop your B hit. As a CT it works the other way: smoke the banana from CT, the pool or the fountain, and a molotov on the bottom of banana buys you a few seconds for help to arrive. We have five CT smoke spots and two molotovs. As a T, learn coffins and the molotov into it. As a CT, one smoke from CT and one molotov are enough.

A proper Mirage A execute needs three smokes: CT, stairs and under stairs. The default ones come from ramp and the pit and everyone knows them. If the ramp is busy or enemies are waiting, switch to variants from T spawn, from underground or from the roof in the pit. The market smoke cuts off help from B. Do not throw everything at once: set the three main ones and keep the rest as surprises. You will not mix up your own timings, and the other team will not know where the smoke is from.

A site on Nuke stands on three things: a heaven smoke, a main smoke and a molotov into secret. The heaven smoke from silo or the roof blinds CTs on heaven, and the main smoke closes the angle from ramp. The molotov into secret from main burns whoever sits on the site. As a CT, the molotov into hut from heaven breaks an A hit. One heaven smoke and one main smoke are enough to start. Add the rest when you need it.

A Dust2 B execute stands on three smokes: B doors, B window and CT. The default ones come from tunnels, and the T spawn smokes fly right away, before you leave spawn. If you go split from mid, take mid to B: it covers CT from the other side. The pro-style smoke is the spot you most often see on streams. Do not try to learn everything: doors, window and CT from one position already cover the whole hit.

Six nades and A site is yours. A standard T-side A execute for a full-buy round. Three players block vision first: the CT smoke from ramp, the stairs smoke from the pit roof and the jungle smoke. While the smoke blooms, two players burn the corners: a molotov into ninja from ramp and a molotov into triple from tetris. The flash from palace goes last — throw it when your entry is already at the exit, not earlier. Pros usually start this hit between 30 and 45 seconds into the round. Every step opens on its own: video, both points on the map and a setpos to practice on your server. Learn your one or two nades, not all six at once.

A Mirage molotov burns out whoever is stuck in a corner and forces people off their spot. Ninja and triple are the two most common targets on A: throw them as a T just before the entry, once the smokes are blooming. As a CT, the molotov into apps from B site stops the rush through apartments and the one into tetris from triple delays an A hit. Want to save money? Learn only ninja and apps. Add the rest step by step as you learn.