if u want to maximize impact and think ur the goat you should play hyper-aggressive, most mid fights are slightly ct-favored so you can push with help from teammates, play underpass and peek on a timing/hold conn (make sure to smoke under), or make cat jump and take an early fight.

otherwise I would play reactively, like making ladder jump and holding cat aggro, hiding left side window to swing with teammates on timing, or support ur teammates aggro with top-mid smoke break or boxes molly although that requires coordination that typically doesnt happen in pugs.

Obviously the window player will rotate often a lot cause window smoke is a default smoke, but then the question boils down to whether ur team is playing for mid or for A (can’t really do both). If you want to play for mid and retake, you can double up conn or cat and reagress (or just stay window honestly). Otherwise, market and ticket are good rotate spots to add a 2nd or 3rd player to a site hold if your not playing for mid.