The ONLY Mirage Utility Guide You’ll Ever Need in CS2

[00:00] In this video, I'm going to show you the

[00:01] only utility that actually matters at

[00:03] high level CS on Mirage. I'll show you

[00:06] what to throw, when to throw it, and why

[00:08] it will win you rounds. So, master these

[00:11] pieces of utility, and you'll be

[00:13] dominating Mirage like a pro. Let's

[00:15] start with T-side and taking control of

[00:18] mid. The first set of smokes we want for

[00:20] mid are phase one, so establishing

[00:23] presence. This involves the window smoke

[00:26] and the top mid smoke. The first thing

[00:28] you want to learn is the window smokes.

[00:30] So these are the instant smokes. We have

[00:32] 1 2 3 four and five. They are the back

[00:35] smokes that align with this or these

[00:37] back corners. For this smoke here,

[00:40] you're going to come in this corner and

[00:41] you're just going to W jump throw while

[00:43] staring at the corner of this pit. Wow.

[00:46] This smoke here is lining up with the

[00:50] bottom of this railing here. Wow. This

[00:53] smoke here is with the second one down.

[00:57] W jump through with this corner one

[01:00] here. This bit here. We see see the

[01:01] white here. W jump through. And this one

[01:04] here, a little bit harder. You kind of

[01:06] see there's like a mark here. Again, W

[01:09] jump throw to aid this. The second smoke

[01:12] you want to throw lands top mid. So to

[01:14] do that, you get the right hand side of

[01:16] the trash can. Once you're aimed at the

[01:17] end of the antenna, just left click

[01:19] throw.

[01:21] Now that you've done the top mid smoke,

[01:23] if the CTS decide to blow open the

[01:25] window smoke to peek into mid, you can

[01:28] still cross the boxes safely. The other

[01:30] smoke you can throw for here is the con

[01:32] smoke. So to do that, you line up with

[01:35] just the first step here and just jump

[01:37] throw. This lands incon and allows you

[01:40] to get aggressive towards short or close

[01:43] con if you feel so. The only thing I

[01:45] would say is if you are getting

[01:46] aggressive short, do not spam the smoke.

[01:49] That leaves you a sitting duck. Leave it

[01:52] and play for short. With those smokes,

[01:55] the first player into mid should flash

[01:57] into valley like so. And the second

[02:01] player will want to flash over boxes.

[02:03] The reason for that is the first player

[02:05] can get out as that pops. And then the

[02:08] second flash will not blind anybody

[02:10] getting aggressive. If you want to throw

[02:12] a molly as well, I wouldn't recommend

[02:14] throwing a molly towards con because

[02:16] most of the time a CT will smoke this.

[02:19] What you might want to do instead is

[02:21] bounce a molly off this wall here. This

[02:24] will molly under which means that the

[02:26] CTs cannot peek into it. And just a

[02:29] couple of pro tips from me. If you are

[02:31] an A player that tends to play towards

[02:33] palace or ramp, I'd recommend they

[02:35] either drop the smoke for the person

[02:37] doing the insta or do one of the smokes

[02:40] themselves. And if you're not planning a

[02:42] fast round, only do two of the three

[02:45] smokes and save your smokes for phase

[02:47] two. Phase two is about applying

[02:50] pressure at mid. So at this point, you

[02:53] probably have a player behind boxes, you

[02:55] might have a player towards underpass,

[02:56] and you might have a player in valley.

[02:58] So once you have this, the setup is

[03:01] simple. A window smoke as the other one

[03:04] is disappearing. So aim with this, run

[03:07] forward, and just left click throw.

[03:09] Gives you a nice smoke there. Now you

[03:10] want to smoke top con. Some people like

[03:13] to do it from here. So you just bounce

[03:15] off this wall here like so. But I would

[03:19] recommend doing it from underpass. The

[03:21] reason for this is you are more covered

[03:23] rather than in the open in valley. This

[03:25] one's simple as well. Just here run

[03:27] forward and just left click throw. Same

[03:30] as before. With this you want to molly

[03:33] short. So simply just pop a molly as you

[03:36] will. Just force the rifler back. And if

[03:39] you want, you can also pair it with a

[03:41] ladder molly. So if there's no smoke,

[03:44] just simply aim here. But if the smoke

[03:46] is up, come to the corner of this bench,

[03:49] aim with this black dot, move over, and

[03:52] just left click. This pops the top and

[03:54] the bottom and forces any player out

[03:57] into short. And a pro tip here. If

[03:59] you've got to this point where you've

[04:01] applied phase two smokes and you've

[04:02] applied the pressure, do not hesitate.

[04:05] You do not want to be stuck in no man's

[04:07] land with the smokes disappearing. Make

[04:10] a decision quick. And the default

[04:12] decision is an A split. So Molly short

[04:16] and fight for the A split together. And

[04:18] now talking about an A hit or an A

[04:20] execute. The idea of a good execute is

[04:23] you want to isolate the players on the

[04:25] site. What you want to do is get a

[04:26] teammate to drop a smoke for you here so

[04:28] that you are ready to do both smokes. So

[04:31] the first smoke you aim with the black

[04:33] dot here. Left and right click, jump

[04:35] throw. The second smoke, this little

[04:37] brick here, and just left click throw.

[04:40] This smokes jungle and stairs. And in a

[04:43] normal execute, that is enough. You can

[04:47] add a CT smoke if you would like, which

[04:49] you can do from here. Go to the corner

[04:51] here, jump throw, but it boxes you in.

[04:54] So, what I would suggest is just stick

[04:58] to these two. Now, you could be

[05:00] wondering about the CT player. Well, the

[05:03] way to get rid of that is to have this

[05:04] player flash above palace. So, come

[05:07] back, aim with this, just jump through.

[05:10] That puts a flash nice and high and

[05:12] forces the CT player back. The other

[05:15] flash you or your teammates might want

[05:17] to throw is to come into this part of

[05:19] the doorway here, aim at the top of the

[05:21] lamp. It's called lamp flash,

[05:23] >> and just pop it here.

[05:25] >> What it will do is it will blind anybody

[05:27] close and will not blind your entries.

[05:30] If you are in palace, you might want to

[05:32] help out. So, line up here on this

[05:35] pillar. Aim just slightly down, run

[05:38] forward, and throw. This throws a molly

[05:40] into under balcony, forcing the player

[05:42] out into the fight. Once you have done

[05:44] the molly, and no one has forced forced

[05:46] the fight, you can follow up with a

[05:48] flash that again pops down here,

[05:51] blinding anybody default. And then, as

[05:53] the palace player, it's your job to

[05:54] clear top balcony and be ready to assist

[05:57] on the site. Now, if you're doing an

[05:58] Aplit and you're in palace, a molly that

[06:01] Youngstar suggests from heroic is to

[06:03] molly Tetris. And that forces any CT

[06:06] player being a nuisance over here. And

[06:09] now that you have sight, do not over

[06:11] complicate it. You only need one area

[06:14] when you have A. It's either CT or it's

[06:18] jungle. Pick one, communicate it, and

[06:21] play for the space as a team. What I

[06:23] would recommend if you're doing an A

[06:24] execute is take CT. However, if you do

[06:27] an A split, take jungle and play for

[06:30] jungle. And for those rare B executes,

[06:33] make sure you have this right or your B

[06:36] hits will look like a bull in a china

[06:38] shop. First, we want to smoke market

[06:41] window. So, with this line here, find

[06:43] this black dot and jump through. You

[06:46] want to pair this with the smoke just

[06:48] off the side here with just a left

[06:51] click. This smokes market and smokes

[06:54] deep short with a second. This doesn't

[06:57] allow any rotator to help. And this

[06:59] smoke cuts off any short player that's

[07:00] gone aggressive mid. And as we talked

[07:02] about before, that isolates the banker.

[07:05] Now, paired with this, the flashes you

[07:07] want to throw are these. You want your

[07:10] first flash or high flash as I call them

[07:12] to go the left side of this building.

[07:14] So, jump throw with running forward. The

[07:18] reason you do it left on the first one

[07:20] is because it comes out and blinds

[07:22] anyone close. However, you don't want

[07:24] this to be the second one as you don't

[07:26] want to blind your teammates. So, for

[07:28] the second one, you want to come and

[07:30] flash the right hand side. That pops

[07:32] over the building and doesn't blind your

[07:34] entries. And for the entries that are

[07:37] running in, the flashes you want to

[07:39] throw are these. You might want the

[07:40] first or second player to flash like

[07:42] this. Come across here. Aim with this

[07:44] side of the wall. Run forward and left

[07:46] click throw. The reason you want to do

[07:48] that is it bounces into sight. You can

[07:53] adjust this slightly yourself for how

[07:55] far you want to run forward and how much

[07:57] it will pop down. But don't get it

[08:00] wrong, otherwise you'll be doing this

[08:03] and flashing your whole team. The first

[08:05] or second player might want to do this

[08:07] flash here.

[08:09] And the reason for that is it doesn't

[08:11] blind you as you jump down. So pathing

[08:14] is you want to come up here, flash, jump

[08:17] down, and take the fight across here.

[08:19] With this area smoked, you want your

[08:22] pathing to be towards sight. So you're

[08:24] clearing here and then clearing towards

[08:26] back sight. However, remember on a B

[08:28] execute, keep it simple because you

[08:30] don't want to be blinding your

[08:31] teammates. And now for mollies, you want

[08:34] to keep it simple as well. So you might

[08:36] want to bounce a molly off the back wall

[08:38] there and force any B anchor or player

[08:41] that is close and stops that awkward

[08:44] downward fight. The second molly that

[08:46] might want to be thrown is towards

[08:48] bench. So come across and just aim in

[08:51] the middle of this window and run

[08:53] forward. This will bounce and clear off

[08:56] bench. And if you're feeling confident

[08:58] and you're one of the last players, you

[08:59] can even molly back sight. So to do

[09:02] this, what you want to do is you want to

[09:04] come out, see the corner of this window,

[09:06] and just left click throw. This will

[09:08] bounce off the wall and molly this back

[09:10] corner. And again, my pro tip for the B

[09:12] hit is don't over complicate it. If you

[09:15] can keep control of short and apps, you

[09:18] have the round. B is a very hard site to

[09:21] retake. So don't over peak and don't

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[10:08] Now, as a window player, you might get

[10:10] smoked off window a lot. So, if you've

[10:12] got an orb or you're just feeling

[10:14] confident with the rifle, you can just

[10:16] Nate go onto this part of the wall, aim

[10:19] high, right click, and then jump onto

[10:21] the panel here. This blows up the smoke

[10:24] and gives you full vision. The second

[10:26] thing you might want to do is you might

[10:27] want to molly top boxes. But if you're

[10:30] smoked off, you won't be able to see. So

[10:33] to do this, if you're smoked off, come

[10:35] into the corner here, line up with this

[10:37] white dot here, and just run forward and

[10:41] throw. This will molly behind the boxes

[10:44] and prevent the TE's from getting that

[10:47] sort of space and establishing presence.

[10:49] If you're a con player, you might want

[10:51] to know how to smoke out con. The

[10:54] default one is to come here, line up

[10:56] with the bottom of this brim, and just

[10:58] left click through. This blooms nicely

[11:01] so that you can come out and fight

[11:02] underpass and gives you a lot of space

[11:04] to play around. However, as the com

[11:06] player, you might want to do this with

[11:08] speed. So, what I do is align with the

[11:10] top of this bit here, left and right

[11:12] click and throw. As I'm going forward,

[11:14] wait a second for it to pop, come out,

[11:16] and fight for under. And then you can

[11:18] have that room again. As the A player or

[11:21] con player, whoever has the first spawn,

[11:24] you will want to be mollying ramp. You

[11:26] want to be running up here. Get yourself

[11:28] aligned with this and as you hit the

[11:30] edge here, try and aim for this sort of

[11:32] bit of wood here. Then you just want to

[11:34] run forward and left click throw. The

[11:37] reason you want to do this is so that

[11:38] one, it pops nicely here. But the second

[11:41] thing is as it pops, which if I just do

[11:44] rethrow, the big part of the molly goes

[11:46] up here and you can't see if anyone's

[11:47] crossing. Then the second player or the

[11:50] a anchor wants to flash into mid. So,

[11:52] what I do is I usually aim between the

[11:54] two trees and just run forward and just

[11:57] left click jump throw. This pops nicely

[12:00] between the two trees and won't blind

[12:02] your teammates running out for the

[12:03] fight. And as an a anchor, you might

[12:05] still have a smoke. If you're playing

[12:07] CT, the default is to usually do this if

[12:09] pressured. However, you might want to

[12:12] smoke ramp. So, to do this, come here,

[12:14] aim between these two chimneys, pillars,

[12:17] and just smoke here. This pops nicely on

[12:20] ramp.

[12:22] As the short player, you only need to

[12:24] know how to flash for yourself. So,

[12:26] simply as you're running up, aim roughly

[12:29] here and just jump throw. That will pop

[12:31] nicely in mid and give you some space to

[12:34] breathe. You might also want to molly

[12:35] under, which I usually line up with this

[12:37] dot here. Run through that pops nice and

[12:40] deep and pair it with an aid after the

[12:42] molly's gone to get some nice damage. As

[12:45] the B anchor, you want to know this set.

[12:47] So,

[12:49] >> molly like this to get a deep molly so

[12:51] that you can hear a tick and you can

[12:53] even pair it with a nade as it clears.

[12:56] Then it's your job to stay alive and you

[12:59] might want to just drop a smoke here if

[13:01] pushed. That way you can play around it

[13:04] and live a bit longer. Those are the

[13:07] essential smokes for Mirage. Or at least

[13:09] that's what I believe. I think you can

[13:11] get to level 10 and above with just

[13:14] knowing those simple nades. But if

[13:16] there's anything you think I missed,

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[13:36] believes this video is something you'll

[13:38] enjoy. And I'll see you next week.

[13:41] Peace.