Season

Season is a new map to CS and it is a bit of a tricky map to get a handle on, because the map is so big and spread out, it makes it both hard for T teams to make a good fake, but even harder for CT teams to rotate from site to site. There are so many different entry points on this map that a well thought out T offence can be virtually unstoppable.

Terrorists

On season as a Terrorist there are 5 ways you can get into the sites. You can go through the dungeon and up the stairs to A site, from dungeon you can also open the squeaky door that will get you into A short, you can work across mid and get to A short that way. A lot of teams like to work mid with an AWP, if you take mid you virtually control the map because you can go anywhere you want from mid, to A or B. B site is also good to work as there are two entry points, going around the back and getting up top the top ramp, or working the stairs and getting straight into site.

Dungeon to A:

Working dungeon can be hard because if a CT pushes short they can hear the footsteps in the Dungeon and easily call for players to rotate, so unless you rush hard and get into the site before anyone can rotate, you need to try and stay silent, walk up towards the site and use a couple smokes to block their view, and then push in as one.

A Short:

To get to A short you need to cross mid, be careful because a lot of teams will have an AWP watching this so you don’t want to get picked, DO NOT RUN OUT ONE BY ONE, if you are going to rush short, rush in a group, if the AWP kills one guy bad luck, he will definitely not be able to kill another if you are quick. Once across you can either slow it down, smoke and pick, or just push in and out number them.

B Site:

There are two ways into B site, lower stairs or the upper ramp, if you are going to rush this try not run on the metal floor, it makes a lot of noise and is a dead give away. Once you have pushed up enough, its time to push into the site, USE BOTH ENTRANCES, send a couple guys up top and the rest down the bottom, smoke and flash the site. The reason you want to split the sites is because you need to be able cover each other, first the guys up top will make sure the path is clear, then the guys bellow will clear out the door at the top. Get the guys up top to clear the lower CT entry and also to clean out the site on the left, and then push in. Alternatively you can all rush hard lower and bust into the site simply out numbering the other team.

Mid:

I left mid till last because although you don’t see that many teams focusing on taking mid, if you can successfully take mid you control the map, once you have taken mid you can virtually run in behind the enemy if you want, and from mid you can go to any site very quickly, the CT team will not know where you are going and will definitely be out of their comfort zone. There are a couple different ways to take mid, this is by just out picking the person holding mid. Or you can just rush the guy in mid, you may not kill him, but you will control mid because he will be forced to fall back. Make sure you don’t allow the CT to come and pick you off one by one after you have taken control of mid, use your nades effectively.
Tip: There is a box just outside of T stairs, a boost here with the AWP and it gives you strong position to pick the CT AWP as you are well covered.

Counter Terrorists

There isn’t much you can do as CT on this map, you send 2 guys to A, one watching the Dungeon stairs and one watching A short. The two in this site can play either defensive or aggressively, there are a few spots to hide in the site so use them wisely. You will generally want your strongest AWP in mid to cover the cross to A short and make sure they don’t take mid, as I said earlier, mid plays a big part in this map. The last two guys will be sent to B site, you will have one watching top and one watching bottom, remember that although there are two entries to the B site, both entries are very good choke points, so use those to your advantage.