Clutches are info and time games
The enemy has clock pressure when spike is down. You have numbers disadvantage. Panic favours the team with trades.
1v2 fundamentals
- Isolate — fight one at a time; do not stand where both can see you
- Sound — hear plant/defuse; time utility off audio
- Spike — play for defuse deny, not kill farming
1v3+
- Hold untradeable angle if time is short
- Fake defuse audio only if you have molly/smoke to convert
- Hunt only when you have info on last player location
Common throws
- Wide swinging after first kill (no trade for them)
- Chasing kill when spike timer wins the round for you
- Using all util on first contact with two enemies left
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