[0:00] So, Mirage is an absolute fan favorite
[0:01] map and one of the most played maps all
[0:03] across CS2. So, in today's video, I'm
[0:04] going to show off the ultimate utility
[0:06] that you need to know when you're
[0:07] playing Mirage to make your games a
[0:08] little bit better and hopefully should
[0:09] end up winning you some more games. But
[0:10] without any more yapping, let's [music]
[0:11] jump in. Just a quick shout out before
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[0:24] Now, that's enough for me. Let's get
[0:24] back to the video. So, first off, over
[0:26] at A, I'm going to show you how to throw
[0:27] these two smokes here to cover both
[0:28] stairs and the jungle area. Most people
[0:30] know the CT smoke, but a lot of people
[0:32] don't know how to throw both the stairs
[0:33] and jungle smoke. So, we're going to
[0:34] start there. In order to throw these two
[0:35] smokes, we're going to run out of spawn.
[0:37] Jump up on top of this ledge here. We're
[0:38] want to run all the way over until we
[0:40] meet the corner of this pillar here.
[0:41] Just tuck yourself all the way up in the
[0:42] corner of the wood until you stop
[0:43] moving. For the first smoke, we're going
[0:45] to throw for jungle. And for that, we're
[0:46] going to want to aim all the way up at
[0:47] the top of this block here. It doesn't
[0:48] have to be precise at all, as you can
[0:50] kind of see in the preview on the bottom
[0:51] left. Anywhere in this general location
[0:53] works. I tend to just go basically a
[0:55] little bit to the left of center and
[0:57] then just left click throw. And then for
[0:58] the stair smoke, we're going to aim all
[0:59] the way down, basically straight down
[1:01] from the jungle smoke. It's a little gap
[1:02] in the bricks here. Once again, doesn't
[1:04] have to be [music] all that precise. For
[1:05] this one, you're going to left click,
[1:06] right click, and jump through.
[1:10] As you can see, by the time it lands,
[1:11] both these areas be [music] covered
[1:13] perfectly. Now, moving on while we're
[1:14] still outside of a main, next is the
[1:16] only flash you're going to need to know.
[1:17] This flash is absolutely insane. But
[1:18] we're going to run all the way out. Look
[1:20] at this little door here. We're going to
[1:21] want to line up in the direct middle.
[1:23] this little [music] grill piece here.
[1:25] And then same all the way at the top of
[1:27] this lamp and left click.
[1:30] >> Flashbang out.
[1:33] >> As you can see, when it pops, it'll land
[1:34] here. And basically, if you want a quick
[1:36] and easy way to see what your flashbangs
[1:38] are going to hit, you can basically just
[1:39] follow the trail, line yourself up where
[1:41] it pops, and anything you're looking at,
[1:42] it's going to hit at least a little bit.
[1:44] But as you can see, we're playing
[1:45] towards the default area here. Flash
[1:47] will come over. [music]
[1:48] you get full blind playing triple
[1:52] full blind even if we're playing all the
[1:54] way back on ticket
[1:57] you get blinded albeit not that much cuz
[1:59] it's farther away but still crazy good
[2:01] flash next we're going to throw one of
[2:03] the best mollies that I know for a site
[2:04] we're going to look just above the
[2:05] center of this piece here all the way up
[2:06] above this ledge and then just left
[2:08] click throw
[2:10] >> as you can see it's land on firebox
[2:12] [music] and it spreads absolutely
[2:13] everywhere it'll cover all of firebox
[2:15] covers default and it covers ninja and
[2:17] this is a molly I don't see nearly
[2:19] enough people use. And now if you're on
[2:20] the CT side and want a good Molly, the
[2:21] absolute best Malle to throw is for a
[2:23] main. We're run all the way back to
[2:25] boxes [music] and CT. Want to aim above
[2:26] triple at these little pillars here. As
[2:28] we're running to sight, we're just going
[2:29] to throw it off the pillar.
[2:32] As you can see, this lines here and
[2:34] it'll completely block off all the
[2:35] vision from ramp. We're sitting here as
[2:37] a T-side and we're trying to look for a
[2:38] cross. You can see absolutely nothing.
[2:40] And it basically does its job stopping
[2:41] the push and it kind of acts like a
[2:43] smoke for a short time. So, this one is
[2:44] much better than just winging it and
[2:46] throwing a molly in the general
[2:47] direction. Also, this is one more tip
[2:49] for my CT players on it. If you're ever
[2:50] finding yourself getting smoked off like
[2:52] this pretty often, there's a super easy
[2:53] way to get yourself some more control,
[2:54] and that's just to throw a smoke in the
[2:56] middle of the site.
[2:59] Now, it seems kind of boring, I know,
[3:00] but as you can see, when we're walking
[3:02] out to block all of your vision and
[3:04] allow you to fight back [music] site and
[3:05] allows you to clear angles kind of
[3:06] incrementally, so as this is all smoked
[3:08] off, you make sure nobody's holding you
[3:09] here and kind of work your way out onto
[3:11] sight. And this will make getting
[3:12] yourself back in the round a little bit
[3:13] easier. Now, moving over to mid. This is
[3:15] where I get the most questions of what
[3:16] smokes to throw. And I know after a few
[3:18] updates ago, everybody's window smoke
[3:20] started breaking. I'm going show you a
[3:21] nice easy tip that doesn't require you
[3:23] to do absolutely anything but jump
[3:24] throw. Your window smoke will land every
[3:25] single time. So, to do that out of
[3:27] spawn, [music] we're going to run back,
[3:28] tuck ourselves in the corner of these
[3:30] stairs, aim all the way up under this
[3:31] carpet here. We're going to look at
[3:32] these little pieces. We're going to aim
[3:34] not at the first one, but the second,
[3:35] just right in the middle, and then jump
[3:36] through.
[3:39] >> As you can see, all this is flying. Got
[3:40] to bounce off this ledge here and it'll
[3:42] land perfectly in window. [music]
[3:44] Now, yes, there are instant smoke
[3:46] lineups from all different spawn
[3:48] locations, but this one is really easy
[3:50] for beginners to follow, and I tend to
[3:51] teach this one first before going into
[3:53] any of the advanced ones. So, if you
[3:54] guys do want the specific [music] spawn
[3:55] location ones, make sure to leave a
[3:57] comment down below and I'll be sure to
[3:58] go over that in the next one. Now, our
[3:59] next smoke we're going to show be
[4:00] showing off is for connector. There's no
[4:02] connector. Instead of running into the
[4:03] stairs here, we're going to want to run
[4:04] into [music] your garbage can. We're
[4:05] going to aim at the same rug. Instead of
[4:07] these little patterns here, though,
[4:08] we're going to aim all the way at this
[4:10] corner [music] of the pattern, right
[4:11] about here, and then just jump through.
[4:14] >> This one will be the perfect connector
[4:15] smoke. It lands on the second step,
[4:16] which means that if you're inside of the
[4:18] smoke, playing [music] on the CT side,
[4:20] absolutely no gaps. You can't see
[4:21] through unless you're shooting.
[4:22] Likewise, if you're on the T- side, you
[4:24] can see that there's absolutely full
[4:25] coverage. So, if your team throws both
[4:26] of these smokes, you can even throw both
[4:28] of these smokes on your own. Mid control
[4:29] becomes way easier. Then additionally
[4:31] from the same exact location, if we want
[4:32] to throw a top midsm smoke, all we have
[4:34] to do tuck ourselves in the same exact
[4:35] corner. Aim at the top of this down here
[4:37] and then just left click throw. This one
[4:39] will drop perfectly covering all of
[4:41] window and even a connector. No gaps
[4:43] here. Now, if we want to pair an
[4:45] additional piece of util with that,
[4:46] there's a crazy flash that I've seen a
[4:47] lot of broke teams using. All you have
[4:49] to do is stuck yourself in this corner,
[4:51] aim at the top corner of this building,
[4:53] and just left click throw a flash. This
[4:55] pairs especially well with the midm
[4:56] smoke because if you're throwing this
[4:58] flash while it's up, it pops almost
[5:01] inside the the smoke itself. And so
[5:03] teams are taking mid control on you
[5:04] pretty easy and the smokes just aren't
[5:06] enough. Throwing this flash is
[5:08] absolutely crazy. As you can see, it
[5:10] hits absolutely everybody. This works
[5:11] especially well for if you're struggling
[5:13] to take mid cuz people are pushing all
[5:14] the way up. As you can see, by the time
[5:15] it lands, you're fully hit. But if you
[5:18] want more additional util from top mid
[5:20] here, if you've ever been stuck in this
[5:21] situation later into the round when both
[5:23] of your smokes are faded, there's a
[5:24] really quick and easy way to smoke
[5:25] window and also a molotop that'll show
[5:27] after do the exact same job. But to
[5:29] smoke it, we're going to tuck ourselves
[5:30] in this corner here. Crouch and aim at
[5:32] the corner here. Load it off to the
[5:34] corner so you don't throw it into the
[5:35] box obviously. And just left click
[5:37] throw.
[5:38] You want to make sure you crouch for
[5:40] this one though. If you're not crouched,
[5:40] it will not land. As you can see, lands
[5:42] perfectly in window. Now next to do the
[5:44] same thing with a molly. We're going to
[5:45] want to tuck ourselves in the left
[5:46] corner though. back up until this little
[5:47] ledge. And for this one, I like aiming
[5:49] at the second piece of the antenna here,
[5:51] not the top one, but the middle one
[5:52] here. And then throwing rough roughly
[5:54] when it meets this little triangle. So,
[5:56] we're going to hold, run, throw.
[6:00] As you can see, perfect molotov. So,
[6:03] this one works really well if you don't
[6:04] have a smoke or for those niche
[6:05] situations where you would rather have a
[6:07] molotov. There are some situations like
[6:09] if you have a teammate in ladder room,
[6:10] you're trying to force a guy out of this
[6:11] corner, things like that. Then from the
[6:12] CT side, the best smoke that I know for
[6:14] fighting off connector and the mid push
[6:15] is after their smoke is faded or if they
[6:17] don't even smoke it, you know they're
[6:18] going to be pushing mid. You just want
[6:19] to stand in the general area here. It
[6:20] does not have to be perfect at all. Then
[6:22] you just want to look at this corner
[6:24] here and just throw a smoke into it. It
[6:26] really is that easy. And as you can see,
[6:28] it kind of gives you almost a oneway.
[6:29] And if T-side hasn't seen you do this
[6:31] whole game, it's a really easy way to
[6:32] catch them off guard, especially if
[6:33] they're pushing cat. [music]
[6:34] You can even play lower down on the
[6:36] stairs here. Wait for them to peek, kind
[6:39] of try and tap some meds. Not really the
[6:41] best piece of view tool, I would say,
[6:42] but I do notice a lot of connector
[6:43] players just getting completely caught
[6:44] [music] off guard and trying to hold
[6:46] this angle, this angle, and cat. If
[6:48] you're looking for an easier way to do
[6:49] that, this smoke will help you. Moving
[6:50] over to B, we're going to start off with
[6:52] two smokes for the B site. That's going
[6:53] to be these two smokes here. One for
[6:54] market door and one for market window.
[6:56] These two smokes, similar to the A
[6:57] smokes, are going to be from the exact
[6:59] same location. It's going to be super
[7:00] easy to get to. All we're going to want
[7:01] to do, though, is run out of TV room.
[7:04] Tuck ourselves in this corner here.
[7:05] First one's going to be for market
[7:06] window. You basically just follow this
[7:07] line [music] all the way straight up.
[7:08] Then we're gonna want to aim at the
[7:09] first corner of this little piece of the
[7:12] building here and then jump throw. And
[7:15] then for window, we're going to aim down
[7:17] to the right until we meet this corner
[7:18] here and then jump throw.
[7:21] As you can see, when they both land,
[7:22] they drop two perfect market smokes.
[7:24] This one does spread pretty deep inside
[7:25] of market window itself, so it really
[7:27] stops people from trying to push
[7:28] through. Same with the door smoke. As
[7:30] you can see, this [music] is absolutely
[7:31] insane coverage that you get from this.
[7:32] There's two really easy to throw
[7:33] molotovs that I'm going to show. First
[7:35] one is going to cover [music] both top
[7:37] and underneath by van. We're going to
[7:38] line ourselves up in this corner here as
[7:40] we're running out. You're going to aim
[7:41] at this little line in the wall and then
[7:43] just [music] up to the top to this piece
[7:45] here and left click throw. It really is
[7:47] that easy. As you can see, this covers
[7:49] all of the bal even into this corner
[7:51] here where a lot of people hide and it
[7:52] covers people jump spotting down below.
[7:54] So, it forces them into this position
[7:56] here where they're very easily seen and
[7:58] traded from your teammates. Then next,
[7:59] this one is super easy and there's a lot
[8:01] of leeway for it, which is why it's one
[8:02] of my favorites. As we're running up
[8:04] now, we know this area is molotovd. Down
[8:06] below is molotov so we can hold as we're
[8:08] scaling up. All you have to do is line
[8:10] yourself on the right wall, run, and
[8:12] just throw Molly over there right
[8:14] through the window.
[8:17] This covers all the right side of jail
[8:18] unless they're pushed up here, but in
[8:20] this case, pretty easily visible. Kind
[8:22] of covers all the bench except for the
[8:23] right side here. Overall, this pushes
[8:24] them into an incredibly vulnerable
[8:25] position on either side of the molotov.
[8:27] It might not be the best way to clear
[8:28] all the back of the bench, but this is a
[8:30] really easy one to throw and will force
[8:32] people into being traded out very
[8:33] easily. And now for the best flash that
[8:35] I've ever seen for B. This is going to
[8:37] be incredibly easy to throw. You're just
[8:38] going to want to run up, tuck yourself
[8:39] in the right side of this door, aim
[8:40] below [music] this little brown area of
[8:42] the wall, and then jump throw.
[8:44] As you can see, flies right over top of
[8:46] the apps. It's incredibly easy to
[8:47] reproduce, and it blinds absolutely
[8:49] everything. So, if you see here where it
[8:51] pops [music]
[8:53] it hits everywhere, even the cat
[8:54] players. Now, it does pop behind the
[8:55] player who's typically on get right. As
[8:58] you can see, if I throw it, doesn't do
[9:00] all that much. But for [music]
[9:01] everywhere else, even if you're in these
[9:04] corners,
[9:06] [music] hits them. If you're playing
[9:07] bench,
[9:10] still get hit. Playing back sight, still
[9:12] hits you a little bit. So, now for the
[9:14] CT side of B, there's a few mollies you
[9:15] can throw the exact same way as what I
[9:17] showed you earlier, but in reverse.
[9:18] There's really two ways you can do it.
[9:19] You can either look a little bit further
[9:21] to the right and mlly off the doorway as
[9:24] you can see
[9:26] or or you can up and to the left [music]
[9:28] more throw it right through the window.
[9:30] This will cover off deeper and just halt
[9:33] the push there before they can jump out
[9:34] the window. Either one of these is
[9:35] pretty good. It's completely personal
[9:37] preference on what you and your team
[9:38] want to do. And trust me, there's plenty
[9:40] of other ways you can monotop through
[9:42] here. These are just relatively easy.
[9:43] Now, with all that out of the way, I do
[9:44] hope you guys enjoyed this video. And if
[9:46] you did, make sure to leave a like,
[9:47] comment, sub, all your great stuff down
[9:48] below. It does help me out greatly and I
[9:49] do appreciate it. And as always, make
[9:51] sure to leave a comment. Let me know
[9:51] what map you want me to do next. And
[9:53] yeah, no more happening for me. Hope you
[9:54] guys enjoyed and I'll see you all in the
[9:56] next one.