3D de_train Defense

Pistol Round

Their setup was pretty standard. At first two went into the Z Hall, and then one fell back to help out the solo Inner player. Then the Z Hall player pushed through the Trainyard over to T Middle and peeked it, and then fell back to Z Hall. ShaG played on the bomb train spotting the Ladder, and dominator watched the Alley from the CT left side. After checking for a full Inner rush, one of the Inner players fell back to help out in the Outside bombsite. Method played Inner solo by spotting the Top Ramp very defensively.

Volcano
Volcano normally sits this map, but KSharp could not attend the tournament. So while reading this, realize we'll probably see a little more AWP play from KSharp. Surprisingly.

Volcano played Middle and Ladder room. When watching the Ladder he would always watch it from on top of the Ladder Train. To help himself make it across, he likes to throw a smoke out of Z Hall to the T Middle. When he is playing Middle, you can almost guarantee he'll be on top of the Five-Train. He uses this position so he can spam the Alley through the Five-Train wall if it is rushed. After watching KSharp play this spot for a while, it is apparent that his style will not be far from this. Just expect him to AWP from the Bomb Train a lot more.

shaGuar
He is the Middle player. His favorite spot in the world is up the Big Ladder. He loves this spot more than his own mother. Look for him to be playing here a lot, and when he does, watch out - he is very good at playing this spot. Besides that, look for him to play in behind all of the trains with an AWP to watch the Ladder Room or Middle. He will also sometimes crossfire the Alley to help dominator at certain points.

Dominator
Dominator is the Alley player. He mostly likes to play from the CT left of the Alley in a few different spots. His most common positions are between the Five-Trains, on top of the Five- and Six-Trains, and sometimes he will watch the Alley from above the Big Ladder.

Rambo/Method
These two are going to do the same thing every round. Rambo is going to start each round off by checking for a Middle rush by coming through the Z Hall, and then he will fall back to help method by playing defensively. Method plays his positions very aggressively, a tactic which 3D picked up from wings at CPL Spain. Basically, this calls for your strongest colt player to be pushed up at an angle on the Low Ramp, and for some reason it works...a LOT.