Stabilize Mid early, hold A with Temple/Heaven support, and hold B with Pillar + Street crossfire and fast rotations through CT Spawn/Palace.

Take one proactive Mid fight with utility support; if no clean advantage, reset to default and keep 5 alive.

Use B Main delay smoke to disrupt fast hits, then take a short, tradable fight and fall back to crossfires.

Give some early space; spend smokes to stall executes and keep numbers for retakes through Tunnel/CT Spawn/Palace.

AWP locks Connector line into Mid Boxes/Window to deny the standard Mid Window + Mid Temple take; rifles anchor A and B with one floating rotator.

Uses the new E-box hole at B added in the Jan 22 2026 update: a Pillar/Boost player pre-aims the wallbang line while Connector denies Water-to-Connector flood.

Three on A (Heaven/CT/Site) to break the standard A Heaven + A CT execute; B plays safe info and delays only.