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Should I play for time after planting bomb in this situation?

Morohir · 5 Sep 2026 at 23:34 · permalink

I was on T side nuke 1 vs 2 and got to A site, I threw a smoke on the bomb site and planted in the smoke. There was a CT on heaven already and he threw a nade in the smoke after I finished planting. After planting I accidentality underhanded a flash but he didn't peek me. I ran out of the smoke and killed the other CT climbing the vent ladder. I had 12 HP after killing the vent CT.

I then tried to hide around the A site silos for about 10 seconds but then lost the 1 vs 1 and the enemy defused the bomb.

My teammate said I should have played for time by hiding in my own smoke. Was my teammate correct or should I have just peeked the last CT and tried to kill him because trying to delay him for at least 30 seconds is too long?

O_pr1vet1337 · 5 Sep 2026 at 23:41 · permalink

What rating? I think you did it right. Did you just get the plant down for time or did you plant for something in particular. I tend to try and plant away from heaven and in view from hut. I like to get into lobby because i can so squeaky or main and challenge someone defusing

Asmedus0 · 5 Sep 2026 at 23:44 · permalink

Unfortunately I dont think anyone here is psychic to see exactly how the game looked. Where did you plant? Where was the smoke? Where did you kill the first CT? Did the second CT drop? What util did you have? All play a role. Depending on the plant you could have maybe sneaked out through hut.
But anyways staying in smoke doesnt seem like an option and your teammate is an idiot. Cant play time if you are stuck on site with 30s left unless you really mind read the other guy and play perfectly around the bombsite (if he is shifting)

eljosealmeida69 · 5 Sep 2026 at 23:44 · permalink

The goal of any 1vX is to isolate fights. Standing in the smoke for even 20 seconds and then having the enemy 2v1 you and kill you with 10+ seconds left is a loss anyways.

Would it have worked out differently maybe, but you got it to a winnable fight. Sometimes you hit the shot sometimes not.

Sounds like you did fine.

lyublyutvoyumamu · 5 Sep 2026 at 23:50 · permalink

It's more important where you planted, and how you played the last guy. Did he bait for a defuse or did you force the peek?

Morohir · 5 Sep 2026 at 23:54 · permalink

15k rating. I started planting with 14 seconds of the round left.

I heard a CT run down vent to B so I planted on the side of the A bombsite closest to heaven.

Morohir · 5 Sep 2026 at 23:56 · permalink

I heard a CT run down vent to B so I planted on the side of the A bombsite closest to heaven.

The smoke is on the bomb.

I killed the first CT at the top of vent ladder.

I had 2 flashes after planting in the smoke.

Morohir · 6 Sep 2026 at 00:00 · permalink

I heard a CT run down vent to B so I planted on the side of the A bombsite closest to heaven. The last CT was on heaven and ran around the upper heaven, he never dropped down to the A site to bait the defuse until after he won the 1v1.

I tried to walk around the A site silo because I had 12 HP but the last CT just ran around heaven rafters and peeked me and won the fight.

O_pr1vet1337 · 6 Sep 2026 at 00:00 · permalink

In hindsight, there are probably different things but at that rating you would assume heaven should be able to kill you easily so staying in the smoke probably wouldn’t have worked. I would have gone to vent for the kill and then into lobby and hope to get back in time. The vent heaven cover is tough to beat. Honestly, just getting the plant was enough in that position. No one should have been mad at you

ibujd · 6 Sep 2026 at 00:34 · permalink

The problem with hiding in smoke at 14hp is any bullet or nade will take you out. I’d play ring around the rosy as long as I could but take the fight if forced.

Drakengard2099 · 6 Sep 2026 at 00:35 · permalink

I like to zig zag between hut and squeaky through lobby when I plant a and try to plant for hut and or mini

lyublyutvoyumamu · 6 Sep 2026 at 00:35 · permalink

You said you killed a guy coming up vent, I don't know how much you moved to get him---like if you got near the vent or near squeaky itself. Often I play time by running into squeaky and then walking to hut, and just taking it slow and not revealing my exact location. Listen the entire time.

A lot of last second decisions against 1 guy defusing or you defusing is psychological warfare.

When he starts defusing, what do you do? Do you just run at the bomb spraying hoping he isn't holding the peek at you and you win?

Do you purposely make immediate noise(particularly a gun shot) to try and see if you can get him off the bomb and stop? ---Does he make a footstep noise while defusing? the footstep means he stopped defusing buying you more time. How far are you in walking time if he starts defusing? --you can be silent as you approach but if you're too far---you have to run to get a peek at the defuse.

Morohir · 6 Sep 2026 at 00:53 · permalink

I was still on A site when I killed the vent CT so nowhere near squeaky and on the part of the site furthest from hut but can actually see the vent entrance. The heaven CT actually shot me in the back as I was shooting at the vent CT but I still survived with 12HP after I ran back to cover around the A silos. Then I threw a flash at heaven but didn't peek him because I wasn't sure if i blinded him.