This article lists the basic tips for CS: Go beginners (although experienced players will also have a lot to learn). Some of them are beginner mistakes, others will simply raise your overall level of play. Of course, you should not expect that the implementation of these techniques will immediately make you a professional player, but these things should be thought about for those taking the first steps in the game, and experienced players will be able to try them out in practice.

While following some general advice, you need to rely on your sense of the game, while others will be useful in specific situations.

What not to do

• Never aim the scope at the floor or at your feet (a common mistake under DMG rank).
• Do not protrude out of cover immediately after hearing the sound of a bomb being cleared. Wait about 3 seconds before acting.
• Do not try to finish off the enemy in one burst if you failed to do so with the first 10 shots. Hide in cover, then shoot again.
• Do not try to walk if the enemy is aware of your presence or there is only one entrance (for example, route B on the Inferno map).
• Do not reload while in a dangerous position and have more than 5-6 rounds in the clip. Find cover first, then reload.
• Don’t look out of cover before you finish reloading.
• Don’t buy a helmet if your opponents have an AWP or AK, and you don’t have extra money.
• Don’t play the eco round with around $ 3500 for terrorists or $ 4000 for CT (and don’t buy a helmet) knowing that the opposing team has little money.
• (IMPORTANT!)Do not play the eco round if you lose the pistol round (exception: when playing as terrorists, you managed to plant a bomb). Buy a helmet with a pistol, scout or MAG-7. In the fourth round, you can buy, regardless of how you spend the second. In addition, winning the second round is not that difficult, since the opposing team doesn’t have much money either.
• Do not stand behind the player’s back (especially if he has an AWP) peeking out of the corner. In case of a miss, he will need to quickly hide and, if you prevent him, he will most likely die.
• Do not rush forward and do not expose yourself to bullets while carrying a bomb. Just leave her in a safe place where she won’t be seen by the enemy team.
• Never look out using the forward key. Always use a strafe.
• Don’t run with a grenade in hand. The movement speed with a knife is higher than with a grenade.
• Never scold your teammates; it won’t make the game any better.

What to do

• Get head-level preemptive shots at popular ambush locations.
• Make deceptive planting of a bomb to lure the enemy out of cover. Hold “E” until you hear a sound, then quickly press “1” to get your weapon.
• When deactivating the bomb, use a step to get closer, press E several times to create a demining sound, and move to the side at a steep angle to the original position. When the terrorists look out of cover, you will be in an unexpected place for them.
• Use blinding grenades while defending as CT. Smoke grenades may not fire in time when attacked aggressively. Flash drives will help you buy time and, possibly, get a free frag.
• Use the Molotov cocktail in popular ambush spots and watch opponents scatter for their lives.
• Use incendiary grenades to give your teammates time (7 seconds) to reposition.
• Use the most suitable position to plant the bomb in the current situation. In most cases, players try to smuggle the bomb in the safest way, while head-on with the team would be optimal. Study the locations of the bomb sites and the routes to them so that you always use the right one.
• Help your teammates with blinding grenades. In most cases, their use does not require high proficiency in casting. Tell your teammate that you will toss the flash drive so he can look out and maybe make a frag.
• Explore all the locations for using smoke grenades on different maps when playing as terrorists. YouTube to help you.
• Try to accept the fact that your teammate probably owns AWP better than you.
• Buy in round 3, if you managed to plant a bomb in 1 or 2 rounds, but it was deactivated. You should still have around $ 4,500, which is good enough.
• Study the recoil trajectory of the barrel with the most popular weapons (AK, M4A1). Again, YouTube will help you.
• Always be friendly and upbeat. Your chances of winning back are increased by 80% if you don’t lose heart. Statistics confirm.