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Counter-Strike Source: CGS Playbook Series: LA CompLexity

By: Jack Westerman - Published October 26, 2007 at 11:21 PM EDT - Writer Archive
Inferno - Offense

Apartment Split

This tactic involves pushing through the apartments to the netted bombsite, sending one player via the CT spawn side alleyway, three down the apartment side alleyway, and one through the upper apartments. Two players approach the apartment alleyway from the lower staircase, while the third pushes directly through middle.




Frod lies in wait in the upper apartments for some time, as shown in POV screenshot #1. He even remains here after his teammates have started their attack, rather than pushing with them, so as to pick any defending players who might appear around the corner from the balcony.

Rambo flashes the CT spawn side of the middle fork, before rushing around to the right with zet and Storm. Storm throws a key flashbang over the roof of the central building, (partially shown in the 2nd overview screenshot), before pushing. Warden forces his way into the CT spawn side alleyway, watching for any early rotators, as well as killing any defenders that might be there already.


Apartment Push

This tactic, while very similar to the apartment split, focuses on pushing the balcony from upper apartments, rather than the alleyway below. At the start of the round Frod, Warden and Zet work through the apartments toward the balcony, while Storm pushes down the staircase to the boiler room to check for any defenders that might be playing aggressively.




When ready, the three players in upper apartments all rush out together, pushing toward the netted site. Before they walk out of the apartments onto balcony, they thoroughly flash the pit, back platform, and path to CT spawn. This means that their only remaining concern is the bombsite itself. The entire time, Rambo sits in a corner in middle watching for any Counter-Terrorists rotating down banana.


Quick hit Banana




This sudden rush on banana is only possible by using a barrage of flashbangs and smoke grenades to secure entry, and then good communication while holding the site. While pushing up banana, Complexity throws numerous flashes over the wall, leaving the players defending the site little chance of retaining their vision. They are also careful to smoke between the side of construction and the house opposite, blocking the view of any AWPers in CT spawn.


Slow Push Banana




This tactic is essentially the same as the previous, just carried out at a slower rate. Grenades are more methodical, as each player takes care in positioning it exactly where it needs to be. Warden plays away from the banana walkway near the apartments, watching for any premature rotators. When ready, the four players at banana will rush together, with Warden remaining where he was to pick up Counter-Terrorists pushing down middle to banana.


Fake banana, hit netted

This tactic involves sending two players to the banana bombsite, while the rest of the team push the apartments with the bomb. The players at banana should attempt to make the attack seem as convincing as possible, setting up in a similar way that they would for a quick banana rush. Flashbangs and smokes are a must, and if they can manage to kill a few of the defenders, even better.




Just after the fake is made, the rest of the team should push through apartments into the alleyway to the netted site. If the players at banana have survived, they can rotate back down banana and up middle in order to join their teammates in defending the bomb.
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