Dust II

The main smoke for an attack through A Long. It blocks the gap between CT Spawn and A Long/A site (A Cross), so CTs coming back from CT Spawn can't see players crossing from Long to the site and planting the bomb.

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1. 01
   Where to stand Go through Long Doors to the A side. Just past the door, stand in the inside left corner of the stone wall near the blue dumpster, with your back and side touching the stone wall.
2. 02
   Where to aim Look at the building with the “SALON DE COIFFURE” (barber) sign. Put your crosshair on the lowest of the wires sagging across the sky, directly above the street light to the right of the barber building. csnades: “line up with the light and the wire”.
3. 03
   How to throw Run-throw: run forward holding W and throw with left-click. Release early, about two steps into the run (csnades: “release halfway to the light”). Don't jump.
4. 04
   Where it lands A Cross — the open area between the top of A Long/A Ramp and CT Spawn.

Note This exact throw is in only one database, and the 2026-06-06 video matches its throwing spot and landing spot. A run-throw is sensitive to timing, so practise it 3-4 times. In 2026 nothing in this area has changed geometrically apart from the Outside Long door pixel-gap fix (2026-03-11).

Difficulty

Medium

Confidence

Medium

Burns out a CT hiding behind A Car at the top of A Long — lower-level players usually hide there when you push or attack through Long. Throw it before you go up Long.

1. 01
   Where to stand Just inside Long Doors (A side), in the same corner, but jump up onto the barrel in that corner and stand on top of it.
2. 02
   Where to aim Look at the barber building (“SALON DE COIFFURE”) with the metal garage shutter. Put your crosshair on the top edge of the small black square on the wall, right next to the door on the right of the metal shutter.
3. 03
   How to throw Stand still on the barrel and jump-throw by hand with left-click.
4. 04
   Where it lands Behind/next to A Car at the top of A Long, near the site.

Note The two independent databases agree on position and angle to within ~0.5 degrees. No 2026 video of this exact molotov has been found, but nothing along its flight path or at the throwing spot changed in 2026. It is a very precise throw, so check it with the preview camera (hold the molotov and hold the jump key).

Difficulty

Medium

Confidence

Medium

A support flash for taking Long. It pops in the air just beyond Long Doors and blinds a CT holding the door from Pit, A Long or behind the car. One player throws it from behind as the entry player goes out through the door.

1. 01
   Where to stand Outside Long (T side, before Long Doors). Stand so the edge of the green wall on your right touches your right shoulder, and face the Long Doors doorway with the yellow taxi.
2. 02
   Where to aim Put your crosshair on the lower-left part of the palm tree beyond the Long Doors doorway, where the palm tree meets the top of the white wall.
3. 03
   How to throw Stand still and jump-throw by hand with left-click.
4. 04
   Where it lands Pops in the air just beyond Long Doors, above A Long. CTs looking at the door are blinded.

Note cs2util notes that this flash blinds for only a short time, so to take Long fully, throw two flashes back to back. Outside Long has only received the pixel-gap fix (2026-03-11).

Difficulty

Easy

Confidence

Medium

For taking A Short (Catwalk). It blocks the line of sight from CT Spawn towards A Short/Goose, so players going up Catwalk can't be shot from CT Spawn. Combine it with the Xbox smoke.

1. 01
   Where to stand Mid, on Xbox: press yourself tightly into the corner between Xbox and the Mid-side wall.
2. 02
   Where to aim In csnades' footage, the crosshair sits in the sky just to the right of the roof edge of the building with the street light, directly above the top of the (old) tarp on Xbox. csnades: “aim between the dots”.
3. 03
   How to throw Stand still and throw normally with left-click. Don't jump.
4. 04
   Where it lands CT Spawn, in front of A site's Ramp — cuts CT Spawn off from A Short.

Note WARNING: the 2026-04-28 patch “opened up” Xbox and removed the green tarp that both the standing corner and the aim rely on. No source showing this exact throw since that patch has been found. If you want to use it, place yourself on a practice server with the console coordinates (sv_cheats 1; the setpos below), find and note down a new visual landmark, and check where it lands.

Difficulty

Easy

Confidence

Needs checking

A smoke for the B attack. It blocks B Doors so that CTs coming back from CT Mid/B Doors (or an AWP at Doors) can't see the Ts come out of Upper Tunnels and plant the bomb. You can throw it early, before you go into Tunnels.

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1. 01
   Where to stand Outside Tunnels — the open area between T Spawn and the Upper Tunnels entrance. Press your back fully into the corner where the orange/yellow wall meets the white wall, and face the tall white building with the arched window (north).
2. 02
   Where to aim Find the small square vent with a patterned grille high up on the white building. Put your crosshair on the small dark spot on the plaster, about one vent-height above the vent's top-right corner. csnades: “aim at the inside corner of the big stain”.
3. 03
   How to throw Stand still and jump-throw by hand with left-click.
4. 04
   Where it lands B Doors — the CT-side entrance into B site.

Note The 2026-07-08 patch changed collision right here (“Outside Tunnel”). In the 2026-08-04 video, B smokes thrown from this corner still work, but the frames we viewed are small (320×180) and cannot show the exact crosshair — try it once on a practice server. If it doesn't work, the fallback is csnades' “B Doors from Upper Tunnels (A)”: stand in the middle of the crates in Upper Tunnels, aim directly above the lower corner where the broken wooden beam meets the stone arch, and throw normally with left-click. cs2util lists it as “B doors inside smoke from upper tunnels”.

Difficulty

Medium

Confidence

Medium

The second smoke for the B attack. It blocks B Window (the CT-side window overlooking B site), so a CT or AWPer there can't shoot the players planting the bomb. Throw it together with the B Doors smoke.

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1. 01
   Where to stand The exact same corner as the B Doors smoke: at Outside Tunnels, press your back into the corner where the orange/yellow wall meets the white wall.
2. 02
   Where to aim The same small square vent with the patterned grille on the white building. Put your crosshair directly to the right of the vent, level with its lower half — lower than the B Doors aim. csnades: “aim to the left of the bottom dot” — there is a small dark dot on the wall to the right of the vent, and the crosshair sits between the vent and that dot (csnades' image).
3. 03
   How to throw Stand still and jump-throw by hand with left-click.
4. 04
   Where it lands B Window — blocks the window and the CT Mid side of B site.

Note Because of the 2026-07-08 Outside Tunnel collision change, the same warning as for B Doors applies. csnades re-checked this entry on 2026-04-19, but that was before the July patch. If you only have one smoke, throw Doors first (or Window, if the CTs usually defend with an AWP from Window).

Difficulty

Medium

Confidence

Medium

A flash for the entry player on a fast rush or attack on B. It pops over B site above the Tunnels exit and blinds the CTs holding the close corner, the car and Plat as the entry player runs out.

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1. 01
   Where to stand Upper Tunnels, just before the exit onto B. Stand with your back against the left-hand wall, where red brick shows through the plaster.
2. 02
   Where to aim Put your crosshair on the top-right part of the stone arch above the Tunnels exit (the one with the red “B” sign under it), just to the left of the shaded wall.
3. 03
   How to throw Run-throw: run forward holding W and throw with left-click. Don't jump. csnades marks it “loose”, so a small miss is fine.
4. 04
   Where it lands Pops just outside the Tunnels exit, above B site.

Note The Upper Tunnels geometry did not change in 2026 (the July patch concerns Outside Tunnel). Call “flash” so your team looks away. The entry player runs the moment the flash pops.

Difficulty

Easy

Confidence

Medium

Burns Back Plat (the back of B site, under/near Window) — CTs and AWPers often hold the Tunnels exit from there. Use it together with the Doors and Window smokes when attacking B.

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1. 01
   Where to stand Upper Tunnels: stand in the left corner before the last arch and face the Tunnels exit — B is visible through the two arches.
2. 02
   Where to aim Put your crosshair in the middle of the top of the far (second) arch, on the dirt/wood directly above the stone at the top of the arch. csnades: “line up with the dirt and wood”.
3. 03
   How to throw Run-throw: run forward holding W and release left-click on your 3rd step. Don't jump.
4. 04
   Where it lands Back Plat on B site.

Note This exact throw is in only one database, and the “release on the 3rd step” timing is hard to repeat. Test it on a practice server before the LAN. An easier fallback is cs2util's “B Site Close & Fence Molotov”: stand still in Upper Tunnels and throw normally with left-click (setpos -1837.97 990.98 103.42; setang -6.21 103.98) — but that too has only a single source.

Difficulty

Medium

Confidence

Needs checking

Smokes Xbox in Mid so the CT AWPer at CT Mid/Mid Doors can't see players crossing Mid or going up Catwalk to A Short. Throw it at the start of almost every T round. Useful both for taking A Short/Cat and for a Mid-to-B split.

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1. 01
   Where to stand T Spawn, on the right-hand side of the way to Mid. Press your back fully into the corner of the tall yellow wall with the grey electrical box and bent white pipe, and face north towards Mid.
2. 02
   Where to aim Look at the white building ahead with two small square windows. Put your crosshair in the sky directly above that building's top-left roof corner: on the same vertical line as the building's left edge and the shadow line, and just left of the small TV antenna on the rooftop tower behind it. csnades: “above the antenna, line up with the shadow line”.
3. 03
   How to throw Jump-throw by hand: hold left-click, then release it the moment you press jump. Don't move.
4. 04
   Where it lands On Xbox in Mid, just in front of it — blocks the line of sight from CT Mid/Mid Doors into Mid.

Note Both databases use the same standing spot but different aim heights (vertical angle -16.5 and -12.2), and both say it lands on Xbox. Use csnades' aim; if the smoke falls short, aim a little higher. T Spawn is sloped ground, but in the 2026-06-06 and 2026-06-17 videos this spot works after Animgraph 2 (2026-04-01) and the Xbox changes (2026-04-28/29). Practise it once on a practice server (sv_cheats 1; sv_grenade_trajectory_prac_pipreview 1).

Difficulty

Easy

Confidence

High

A CT-side smoke to delay B site. When the Ts rush B through Upper Tunnels, it blocks the Tunnels exit and buys time for the rotation to arrive. It can also be used as a block from the site side when retaking the site after the bomb is planted.

1. 01
   Where to stand B site, on Back Plat, next to the wall with the big red “B / MINISTERE DES ANTIQUITES” sign. Stand in the corner beside the barrel and face south towards Tunnels.
2. 02
   Where to aim Put your crosshair on the point where the wire crosses the wooden railing on the roof of the white building above the Tunnels exit. csnades: “aim at the intersection of the planks”.
3. 03
   How to throw Stand still and jump-throw by hand with left-click.
4. 04
   Where it lands On/inside the B Tunnels exit (the entrance to the “deep tunnels” leading to B).

Note The two databases match almost exactly. No 2026 patch has touched B site or Upper Tunnels, and in the 2026-08-04 video smokes thrown from B site still land on the Tunnels exit (from a different throwing spot). Keep a molotov ready to throw at the smoke if they rush.

Difficulty

Easy

Confidence

High

A smoke for retaking B. Thrown from CT Mid, it smokes the Tunnels exit (the “B hole”), so while the CTs retake the site through B Doors, the Ts in or near Tunnels can't help defend the bomb. cs2util pairs it with a pop flash thrown from CT Mid onto B.

1. 01
   Where to stand CT Mid: stand tightly in the corner beside the wooden crate on the street leading to B Doors (the same corner as the Bottom Mid smoke) and face B Doors.
2. 02
   Where to aim Look at the wooden B Doors with two doors at the end of the street. Put your crosshair between the first two (leftmost) vertical planks of the door. csnades: “aim between the first two planks of the door”.
3. 03
   How to throw Walk forward with Shift + W and jump-throw by hand with left-click. cs2util describes it as a jump-throw after running two steps.
4. 04
   Where it lands The B Tunnels exit at the back of B site.

Note The two databases agree on position and direction but differ slightly in aim height (~2.7°) and movement (walking versus a two-step run). Use csnades' and confirm it on a practice server. 2026 patches haven't touched this area. No 2026 video of this exact throw has been found.

Difficulty

Medium

Confidence

Medium

A CT-side smoke to delay Mid. It smokes Bottom Mid near Xbox to stop the Ts crossing Mid or going up Catwalk right in front of the CT Mid AWP, and it also slows a split from Mid to B. Throw it early, or while the Ts are pushing through Mid.

1. 01
   Where to stand CT Mid, on the street from CT Mid to B Doors. Stand tightly in the corner beside the wooden crate (the same corner as the B Tunnels retake smoke) and face Mid.
2. 02
   Where to aim Put your crosshair on the tip of the wooden support at the top of the tall pinkish building on the right (above the Mid Doors area) — the point where the support ends against the sky.
3. 03
   How to throw Stand still and throw normally with left-click. Don't jump.
4. 04
   Where it lands Bottom Mid in front of Xbox (the Mid side of Mid Doors).

Note The two databases agree to within 0.15 degrees. The smoke lands near Xbox; Xbox changed shape when it lost its tarp on 2026-04-28, and no video of this exact smoke since April has been found. Check it once on a practice server.

Difficulty

Easy

Confidence

Medium