How to Be Good at Counter-Strike 2

Crosshair Placement

Pre-aim headshot angles. Not your reflexes—your positioning. If your crosshair is on head level where enemies peek, you kill them before they see you.

This is 50% of CS2. The other 50%? Everything else.

Utility Usage

Smokes, flashes, utilities—they're not decorative. They control space. Executing defaults around utility is the difference between Global and Gold.

Study Pro demos. See how they flash, smoke, and reposition. It's a language.

Positioning & Angles

Never peek alone. Never stand in the open. Position where you have cover, teammates nearby, and an escape route.

Bad positioning + great aim = dead. Great positioning + average aim = Plant bomb, get frags.

Game Sense

Game sense is experience. Watch 100 demo rounds, and you start reading enemy economy and playstyle.

After 500 hours, you predict enemy pushes. That's game sense. No shortcut except time.

Building Muscle Memory

Aim trainers are fine, but demo reviews are essential. Watch yourself die. Understand why. Adjust next round.

Deliberate practice beats random grind every time. 100 hours of focused training > 500 hours of deathmatch.