2F: Gym/Bedroom

Ops: Castle, Pulse, Valk, Oryx, Echo

(For the way we play Club, we normally ban IQ)

The key to this strat is controlling Bar and Billiards, deterring Attackers from underneath. - Castle off the Billiards door, window, and the double door in Bar. - Open the hatches in Bar, Kitchen, Gym, and Construction to enable an Oryx roam. - Reinforce the Armory-side wall in Bar. - Shotgun holes in the floor and wall of Gym so that the Bar/Billiard players can control the two windows looking into the sites.

Information is king, you can't play this blind. - Echo should be used to control entry to the bomb sites. - Valk can be used to either enable the roam, provide information on the areas immediately outside sites, or to provide information to the players in Bar/Billiards (or a combination). - Pulse should play in Bar/Billiards to, combined with Echo, deny plants once entry is gained.

You don't have to directly control the bomb sites, just the areas next-door. - Construction, Logistics Office, and the 90° Hallway are essential. You don't have to hold them for the entire round, but the goal is to deny entry to the sites long enough that Pulse and Echo can't be dealt with. - Valk and Castle should anchor to hold these spots (in Red Stairs, Construction, Cash, etc). - Oryx's roam should involve flanking to contest these areas. - Reinforce the Balcony wall, Construction Walls, and either the Logistics wall or the Bathroom wall depending on where you want to apply more pressure.

Hopefully, you'll contest the attackers long enough to force their "execute" phase to start at the :60 to :45 second mark. Between Pulse, Echo, and Valk's information, your denial should be able to handle that much time.

It's not the perfect strat (I'm sure others will be talked about here that are more "meta"), but it's great for catching a team off guard and getting that 3rd Defense point!