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Two players push out of Red Room to fight Mid.

Round plan

How Mid Crunch unfolds across the round: from the setup call through the early, mid and late timings to the post-plant.

  1. Basic
    • Peek/aggress without waiting for smokes
    • Use fewer default grenades
    • No AWP this round
    • Custom push route
    • Custom watch angles
  2. Early
    • Early: push for map control
  3. Mid
    • Mid: scout the enemy
    • Mid: hold defaults
  4. Late
    • Late: hold the site
  5. Post-plant
    • Retake: always go for it
    • Retake: allow fake defuse

Run in these strategies

The Ancient CT gameplans that call Mid Crunch, and the economy states they run it on.

Aggressive CT · Semi Buy

Other Semi Buy plays here

The alternative CT semi buy tactics on Ancient a strategy can swap to.

A Contact

Contact play
CT Semi Buy

Fast push onto A Main for early info.

Start Scripted start Ancient

A Site Turtle

Default / control
CT Semi Buy

Deep off-angles on the site, no peeks.

Start Scripted start Ancient

A Stack

Full-util execute
CT Semi Buy

Players group aroung A Site to organize defense based on Semi-Buy.

Start A site Ancient

A Stack

Full-util execute
CT Semi Buy

Players stack on A Site to strengthen defense in Semi-Buy situation.

Start A site Ancient

Active Mid

Default / control
CT Semi Buy

Most of players actively play on Mid to get the information and prevent the possible attack.

Start Scripted start Ancient

Anti-Lurk Setup

Lurk
CT Semi Buy

Focus on controlling Heaven in right timing.

Start Scripted start Ancient

Ramp Push

Default / control
CT Semi Buy

3 players rush Ramp together.

Start Scripted start Ancient

Ramp Push

Default / control
CT Semi Buy

2 players push Ramp together.

Start Scripted start Ancient