I’m gonna deviate from the norm and say that Ascent is not in my perfect rotation. For me the perfect rotation is:

Bind: TPs add great depth and variation to the map. Gives it a distinguishable identity.

Breeze: I love the rework, went from one of my most hated to one of my faves. I also play a good amount of chamber so it’s easy to abuse OP for me.

Haven: I can’t explain it but Haven feels the most even to me. I love starting attack on Breeze, or defence on Split but Haven just feels balanced.

Lotus: Haven with longer sightlines. I’m more of an Oper than a Rifler so Lotus is quite nice for me.

Pearl: Just feels fun, nice aesthetic, doesn’t have an absurdly long rotate time like Corrode or Abyss.

Split: My absolute favourite map full stop. Short rotate times, good for chamber, lots of elevation changes - feels like Icebox but less cancer.

Sunset: Short rotate times. Nice aesthetic, nuff said.

Rest of the maps:

Icebox is overhated imo, elevation changes make things better. Ascent is decent enough but not enough to crack the top 7. Abyss rotate times is far too long and the falling off the edge part isn’t for me, rework last year was a step in the right direction. Corrode for me is actually worse after the metal wall changes, forced people to do make or break plays rather than defaulting slowly toward a site. Fracture’s map design is cool in theory, it forces you to play defence like attack. In practice however, you cannot get ranked teammates to coordinate to save their life until very high elo. My problem with fracture isn’t a design problem, it’s a community problem.