Nuke: how pros play it
70 pro matches and 1,443 rounds on Nuke: 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 | 56% | 792 of 1422 |
| Pistol rounds won by the CT side | 50% | 61 of 122 |
| The pistol winner also wins the next round | 76% | 93 of 122 |
| The team with the opening kill wins the round | 72% | 1024 of 1421 |
Where pros plant
Ts get the bomb down in 51% of rounds (724 of 1422). They win 75% of the rounds where they plant and 12% of those where they don't.
| Site | Plants | Ts win after it | Median plant |
|---|---|---|---|
| A | 48% (401) | 78% | 0:48 left |
| B | 52% (426) | 70% | 0:42 left |
The CT side's default
Spots someone holds at 0:20 in at least 70% of a team's rounds, out of 67 pro CT sides:
- Bombsite A: 17 of 67
- Outside: 15 of 67
Grenades a team throws in the first 30 seconds of at least 60% of its rounds, out of 67 pro CT sides:
- smoke at Squeaky: 56 of 67
- molotov at Outside: 52 of 67
- smoke at Control: 44 of 67
- molotov at Squeaky: 18 of 67
- HE grenade at Outside: 16 of 67
- molotov at Hut: 14 of 67
- molotov at Control: 12 of 67
The T side's early grenades
Grenades a team throws in the first 30 seconds of at least 60% of its rounds, out of 67 pro T sides:
- HE grenade at Squeaky: 67 of 67
- smoke at Outside: 63 of 67
- smoke at Bombsite A: 16 of 67
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% (746) | 44% (746) |
| Full buy vs force buy | 72% (115) | 69% (118) |
| Force buy vs full buy | 31% (118) | 28% (115) |
| Eco vs full buy | 12% (109) | 10% (195) |
Players alive
Rounds won from each count of players alive.
| As CT | As T | |
|---|---|---|
| 5 vs 4 | 72% (886) | 71% (526) |
| 4 vs 5 | 29% (526) | 28% (886) |
| 3 vs 2 | 77% (423) | 82% (319) |
| 2 vs 3 | 18% (319) | 23% (423) |
| 2 vs 1 | 82% (295) | 93% (208) |
1-vs-N clutches won: 1v1 50% (163 of 326), 1v2 14% (68 of 503), 1v3 4% (20 of 514).
Rotations
Once the Ts hit a site, how long until the first CT from elsewhere on the map is on it:
- A site: 14.0 s (median; half of them in 8.8-21.7 s). In 38% of these rounds no CT from elsewhere got there at all.
- B site: 19.7 s (median; half of them in 12.7-26.8 s). In 52% 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 | 75 | 68% |
| Outside | 66 | 77% |
| Ramp | 66 | 67% |
| Garage | 45 | 91% |
| Admin | 34 | 71% |
| Tunnels | 26 | 69% |
| Catwalk | 25 | 80% |
| Bombsite B | 23 | 43% |
The most-thrown pro lineups on Nuke
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 HE grenade: T Roof to Squeaky (running), thrown 431 times
setpos -415.40 -872.35 -415.97; setang 3.44 -40.54 0 - CT molly: Rafters to Bombsite A (running), thrown 354 times
setpos 963.69 -479.01 -127.97; setang 4.10 -118.53 0 - T smoke: Outside to Outside (jump), thrown 341 times
setpos -732.87 -1322.14 -373.67; setang -18.64 -17.94 0 - T smoke: T Spawn to Outside (jump), thrown 304 times
setpos -1268.03 -1162.29 -389.73; setang -45.14 -24.85 0 - T flash: Main to Bombsite A (jump), thrown 222 times
setpos 2.95 -769.64 -52.95; setang 4.04 12.68 0 - CT molly: CT Spawn to Outside (running), thrown 199 times
setpos 1699.58 -1157.42 -385.32; setang -20.92 -149.62 0 - T smoke: Outside to CT Red (jump), thrown 178 times
setpos -729.76 -1322.39 -374.44; setang -25.13 -8.14 0 - T smoke: Outside to Bombsite A (jump), thrown 156 times
setpos -891.96 -927.03 -379.03; setang -13.97 -11.07 0 - CT smoke: Rafters to Squeaky (jump), thrown 152 times
setpos 1009.43 -457.97 -96.77; setang 18.38 -121.26 0 - T molly: Outside to Hut (jump), thrown 109 times
setpos -413.36 -1170.28 -126.39; setang 2.67 2.83 0
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