Mirage: how pros play it
86 pro matches and 1,847 rounds on Mirage: 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 | 57% | 1036 of 1823 |
| Pistol rounds won by the CT side | 49% | 74 of 150 |
| The pistol winner also wins the next round | 83% | 124 of 149 |
| The team with the opening kill wins the round | 73% | 1328 of 1820 |
Where pros plant
Ts get the bomb down in 50% of rounds (910 of 1823). They win 76% of the rounds where they plant and 11% of those where they don't.
| Site | Plants | Ts win after it | Median plant |
|---|---|---|---|
| A | 60% (587) | 73% | 0:47 left |
| B | 40% (391) | 79% | 0:50 left |
The CT side's default
Spots someone holds at 0:20 in at least 70% of a team's rounds, out of 98 pro CT sides:
- Bombsite A: 20 of 98
Grenades a team throws in the first 30 seconds of at least 60% of its rounds, out of 98 pro CT sides:
- molotov at A Ramp: 76 of 98
- flash at Chair: 42 of 98
- molotov at Kitchen: 23 of 98
- smoke at Balcony: 22 of 98
- smoke at Mid: 21 of 98
- flash at Mid: 11 of 98
- molotov at Mid Boxes: 11 of 98
The T side's early grenades
Grenades a team throws in the first 30 seconds of at least 60% of its rounds, out of 98 pro T sides:
- smoke at Window Room: 96 of 98
- smoke at Top Mid: 20 of 98
- flash at Mid Boxes: 11 of 98
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 | 56% (983) | 44% (983) |
| Full buy vs force buy | 74% (142) | 61% (141) |
| Force buy vs full buy | 39% (141) | 26% (142) |
| Eco vs full buy | 9% (136) | 10% (253) |
Players alive
Rounds won from each count of players alive.
| As CT | As T | |
|---|---|---|
| 5 vs 4 | 76% (1063) | 69% (753) |
| 4 vs 5 | 31% (753) | 24% (1063) |
| 3 vs 2 | 79% (490) | 80% (407) |
| 2 vs 3 | 20% (407) | 21% (490) |
| 2 vs 1 | 85% (344) | 87% (254) |
1-vs-N clutches won: 1v1 50% (196 of 392), 1v2 14% (84 of 598), 1v3 3% (19 of 655).
Rotations
Once the Ts hit a site, how long until the first CT from elsewhere on the map is on it:
- A site: 22.3 s (median; half of them in 15.1-31.7 s). In 46% of these rounds no CT from elsewhere got there at all.
- B site: 23.1 s (median; half of them in 13.5-31.6 s). In 53% 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 A | 163 | 70% |
| CT Spawn | 139 | 71% |
| B Short | 62 | 65% |
| Window Room | 56 | 70% |
| Connector | 48 | 62% |
| Market | 45 | 73% |
| Mid | 41 | 71% |
| Bombsite B | 33 | 48% |
The most-thrown pro lineups on Mirage
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: T Spawn to Window Room (jump), thrown 226 times
setpos 1294.09 31.52 -139.19; setang -29.66 -165.88 0 - CT molly: CT Spawn to A Ramp (running), thrown 222 times
setpos -926.17 -2353.86 -167.97; setang -12.80 38.59 0 - T smoke: T Spawn to Top Mid (standing), thrown 200 times
setpos 1422.97 36.44 -167.97; setang -42.63 -160.44 0 - CT HE grenade: Boost Boxes to Kitchen (running), thrown 154 times
setpos -2217.99 817.27 -122.26; setang -10.32 -8.13 0 - CT molly: Bombsite A to A Ramp (running), thrown 123 times
setpos -895.53 -2337.89 -167.97; setang -13.47 38.08 0 - T smoke: Top Mid to Mid (standing), thrown 122 times
setpos 502.97 -64.06 -160.00; setang -14.03 -147.13 0 - CT molly: Window Room to Mid Boxes (running), thrown 114 times
setpos -1169.05 -644.15 -167.97; setang -19.10 -0.22 0 - T smoke: House to Empty (jump), thrown 112 times
setpos -161.03 562.82 -41.41; setang -8.44 -155.61 0 - T smoke: Palace Alley to Stairs (jump), thrown 102 times
setpos 1003.94 -1209.43 -83.38; setang -14.56 -169.17 0 - CT molly: Van to Kitchen (running), thrown 101 times
setpos -2008.98 448.62 -159.97; setang -14.71 29.28 0
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