Anubis: how pros play it
56 pro matches and 1,101 rounds on Anubis: where pros plant, the CT setup at 0:20, early grenades, who wins each buy, retake times, AWP spots and the most-thrown lineups with setpos commands.
The round
| Rounds won by the CT side | 48% | 525 of 1100 |
| Pistol rounds won by the CT side | 47% | 43 of 92 |
| The pistol winner also wins the next round | 86% | 79 of 92 |
| The team with the opening kill wins the round | 73% | 803 of 1098 |
Where pros plant
Ts get the bomb down in 61% of rounds (667 of 1100). They win 77% of the rounds where they plant and 15% of those where they don't.
| Site | Plants | Ts win after it | Median plant |
|---|---|---|---|
| A | 44% (308) | 73% | 0:42 left |
| B | 56% (399) | 77% | 0:43 left |
The CT side's default
Spots someone holds at 0:20 in at least 70% of a team's rounds, out of 51 pro CT sides:
- Bombsite B: 33 of 51
- Bombsite A: 20 of 51
- B Con: 7 of 51
Grenades a team throws in the first 30 seconds of at least 60% of its rounds, out of 51 pro CT sides:
- smoke at Bridge: 31 of 51
- molotov at Bridge: 22 of 51
The T side's early grenades
Grenades a team throws in the first 30 seconds of at least 60% of its rounds, out of 51 pro T sides:
- smoke at Connector: 15 of 51
- flash at Bridge: 6 of 51
- molotov at Water: 6 of 51
Rounds won by buy
The first buy is the side's own; rounds played in brackets.
| As CT | As T | |
|---|---|---|
| Full buy vs full buy | 48% (610) | 52% (610) |
| Full buy vs force buy | 74% (72) | 77% (84) |
| Force buy vs full buy | 23% (84) | 26% (72) |
| Eco vs full buy | 9% (116) | 11% (114) |
Players alive
Rounds won from each count of players alive.
| As CT | As T | |
|---|---|---|
| 5 vs 4 | 69% (590) | 77% (508) |
| 4 vs 5 | 23% (508) | 31% (590) |
| 3 vs 2 | 74% (324) | 87% (265) |
| 2 vs 3 | 13% (265) | 26% (324) |
| 2 vs 1 | 78% (194) | 86% (184) |
1-vs-N clutches won: 1v1 50% (137 of 274), 1v2 18% (68 of 378), 1v3 3% (11 of 394).
Rotations
Once the Ts hit a site, how long until the first CT from elsewhere on the map is on it:
- A site: 15.6 s (median; half of them in 10.2-24.0 s). In 44% of these rounds no CT from elsewhere got there at all.
- B site: 13.4 s (median; half of them in 8.2-20.6 s). In 33% of these rounds no CT from elsewhere got there at all.
Where pro CT AWPs fight
AWP duels by where the CT AWPer stood, most fought first.
| Spot | Duels | Won |
|---|---|---|
| Bombsite B | 113 | 69% |
| Bombsite A | 66 | 74% |
| Plateau | 35 | 71% |
| Connector | 33 | 91% |
| B Con | 32 | 62% |
| A Con | 29 | 55% |
| Palace | 24 | 71% |
The most-thrown pro lineups on Anubis
Paste the line into the console on a local server (sv_cheats 1) to stand exactly where the pro stood, looking where they looked.
- T smoke: Street to Connector (jump), thrown 150 times
setpos 837.97 -763.97 31.83; setang -13.60 151.78 0 - CT smoke: CT Spawn to Stairs (jump), thrown 136 times
setpos -560.00 2192.00 68.66; setang -34.96 -60.10 0 - T molly: Ruins to Doors (running), thrown 102 times
setpos -831.57 -825.59 106.03; setang -7.98 48.04 0 - CT molly: A Con to Boat (jump), thrown 101 times
setpos 659.39 1379.04 -54.67; setang 6.54 -45.55 0 - T flash: Water to Bombsite A (jump), thrown 71 times
setpos 746.37 531.52 -108.86; setang 1.69 59.25 0 - T flash: Top Mid to Bridge (standing), thrown 67 times
setpos -354.90 -425.00 0.27; setang -26.65 68.32 0 - CT HE grenade: A Con to Boat (jump), thrown 59 times
setpos 750.06 1384.22 -59.09; setang 3.75 -58.14 0 - T smoke: T Spawn to A Main (jump), thrown 55 times
setpos 743.97 -1243.97 74.88; setang -33.43 70.25 0 - T smoke: Water to Bombsite A (jump), thrown 55 times
setpos 732.03 615.97 -125.31; setang -0.45 77.43 0 - T flash: Street to Boat (jump), thrown 52 times
setpos 1325.03 -273.07 2.69; setang 0.62 80.52 0
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