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Strengthening on A Site in conditions of poor buy.

Round plan

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

  1. Basic
    • Save grenades for retakes
  2. Early
    • Early: hold defaults
  3. Mid
    • Mid: allow rotations
  4. Late
    • Late: stack the likely site

Run in these strategies

The Nuke CT gameplans that call A Hold, and the economy states they run it on.

Defensive CT · Force Buy

Other Force Buy plays here

The alternative CT force buy tactics on Nuke a strategy can swap to.

Force B

Force
CT Force Buy

Aggressive play from 3 defenders on B Site

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Ramp Force

Force
CT Force Buy

Close-range Ramp setup with Force Buy

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Ramp Off-Angle

Force
CT Force Buy

Two players take angle next to Ramp to surprise opponent.

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Ramp Stack

Force
CT Force Buy

Anti-B setup with multiple CT players around Ramp.

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Secret Force

Force
CT Force Buy

Force-Buy crossfire around Secret.

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