Amateur Guide to Counter Strike: Source
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| Category: CS:S > Strategies & Tactics | Author(s): CrimsonFlash |
The Amateur Guide to Owning Pubs In Counter Strike:Source written by CrimsonFlash
If you want to become better at the game, you need to practice with a few different weapons,
depending on your preferance. Many weapons are available, and there are 5-6 main guns you will
want to master, whether you want to own in pubs, scrims, or just buddys over beer and chips.
1) The AK-47. Plain and simple, this rifle is a beast. Burst fire in 2-3 shots and medium range,
and 1 shot at extreme ranges. The trick to the "Double Tap" or 2 shot burst is to aim
towards the upper chest, allowing the second bullet to penetrate the head. Even if a helmet
manages to deflect it, you have still caused enough damage to get a kill.
2) The M4A1. The second greatest rifle on the game. There really is no tip to this, crouch and
spray and the kills will come rolling in even from medium range. For extreme ranges, if the enemy
has 100 health, you will rarely get a 1 hit kill headshot. Try the double tap as mentioned
above.
3) The Desert Eagle. Most powerful pistol in the entire game. Can penetrate wood for great
effect, and a headshot always kills. The trick is to crouch and aim, and the maximum
effective range for this gun is medium. Anything beyond that will just alert the enemy
to your pressence. You want to make every shot count, considering this gun has a 7 shot
clip.
4) Mp5. Yes, this smg is a great all around gun. Very accurate, even on the run. 2-3 Headshots are neccesary to kill your opponent, but who is counting when nearly every bullet lands within the crosshair! This is quite possibly the most useful cheap gun in the game. If you cant afford and Ak or M4, get an MP5. You won't go wrong.
5) AWP. Don't cut my head off for this, but lets face it, even though no one wants to admit
it, the awper can dominate any pub of even medium skilled players. The best advice for this
gun it to practice. A waist shot or higher is always a one hit kill.
6) Last but not least. Leone 12-Gauge Super - This pump-shotty is definitely a powerful weapon. With eight shells that all have a massive impact area, it acts as a cannon at close to medium range, and can rip up players.
Be careful though, it has to be pumped between shots, which means
you won't get many chances, so every shot counts. Also, you donn't lose much accuracy with this, since it's a spread weapon, to try jumping in combat to throw off your enemies.
Gungame and Deathmatch servers are great places to train with weapons.
-------------------------Tips and Tricks----------------------------------
1) I cannot stress this enough in anyway, get a decent pair of headphones, or, better yet, a new sound
card to go along with it. Sound is your friend on Counter Strike:Source, you will almost ALWAYS
hear an enemy coming a mile away before you see them. This is especially true in pubs, where
many players have no sense of their sorroundings. A great point to this is when a sneaky enemy wants a knife kill, if you hear them unsheath their knife, turn around and cap them in the head.
- BURST FIRE! With a few exceptions, you never want to hold down the trigger.
Most guns in CS:S quickly lose accuracy after two or three bullets, you it's
crucial that you merely tap the mouse button.
- HEAD SHOTS Head shots are utterly devastating, resulting in instant kills.
Train yourself to aim for the upper chest, and if you burst fire, the recoil
from your gun is likely to plant a bullet in your foe's brain.
- JUMP When you hear that gunshot, jump. Unless it will give your cover away,
try to jump. Most players aren't prepared for their prey to leap in the air,
which may just give you the time needed to kill them.
- QUICK MOVEMENT The speed of your player is based on the weight of your gun,
so when the round starts, switching to the pistol or even better, your knife,
will result in much faster movement.
- BLOOD IS GOOD When someone gets shot, they will leave blood decals on the
side away from the shooter. Therefore, with a keen eye, you can almost
always figure out where an enemy is hiding. Just remember, blood stains are
away from the shooter.
- DIRECTION OF SHOTS When shot, one, two, three, or four red bars will appear
on the screen. These tell you where you're being shot from, so if the left
bar lights up, don't go looking behind you, because the gunner is obviously
off to the left.
- SOUND AND SILENCE Sound is important. You can frequently figure out where
other players are from their noisy footsteps. If you're alone, pause every
so often and listen for footsteps. Also, you can silence yourself in two
ways. By holding either Ctrl or Shift (crouch/walk) you will stop making
noise. Use this if you're nearing an enemy's position undetected.
- SHADOW LEAKS Often times enemy shadows will "leak" through walls. Even if
you have to turn down every other feature on the game, try to turn on high
shadow detail. (Not shader) This can help detect enemies around you, though
technically a glitch.
- USE SPECTATOR When you die, you enter spectator mode. Provided the server
has not disabled the ability to watch enemies, search through your foes.
Try to find out where they're hiding so you can catch anyone that hides there
again.
- SMOKE, FLASH, NADE Always consider buying a nade at the start of a round.
Each has its own uses, which are discussed in weapons.
- SIDEARMS Your sidearm is far more useful than you may think. If you're
using a gun with a long pause between shots (like a sniper rifle), just
press Q twice to switch to your sidearm and back to your rifle. Also, if
your ammo runs thin and you're in a firefight, switch to the sidearm instead
of pausing to reload.
- CROUCH TO AIM When you're taking your first shot, if you can, try to crouch.
Crouching increases your accuracy a huge amount, and also makes you a smaller
target. However, don't try this in an intense firefight, as you'll get
quickly gunned down because of your decreased speed.
- FRIENDS ROCK Stay with your team. Unless you're unbelievably good, you'll
quickly die alone, and being in a group does nothing but increase your
chances of survival.
- DO NOT BLOCK Blocking is when you get in the way of your team members, and
should be avoided. Just hang back, even if it means fewer kills for you.
If you do block, apologize at the next chance, and if you were there first
and are blocked, don't get too pissed. Many people have trouble grasping
this one.
- MIX IT UP Your team isn't going to win by being predictable, so try to
alter your strategies occasionally. Especially if what you're doing
isn't working.
- SNIPERS HATE NADES For snipers, few things are worse than getting flashed
or having vision obscured by smoke. I recommend smoking, then having one
person run in and through out a flash. A very important point: when you
smoke a sniper, get the smoke at their end of the arena. If the smoke is
on your side, they can still hit you, and they can fire wildly into the
smoke where you'll be popping out. Get it on their end, and they lose
these luxuries.
- ANTICIPATE Many players like to do the exact same thing if it works, so
try to expect them and respond in advance.
- SILENCERS Silencers are a mixed bag. They reduce accuracy, but quiet
your guns and get rid of muzzle flash (very useful when in smoke).
However, keep in mind that at a close range, the accuracy reduction is
small, so in close quarters, go ahead and put on the silencer.
- YOU CAN DEFUSE Many newer players don't seem to get the simple process
of planting bombs, defusing bombs, and getting hostages to safety.
To plant the bomb, select it from your weapons and hold mouse 1. To
defuse a bomb, simply look at it and hold down E. A defuser speeds this
up. To get a hostage, press E to talk to him.
- TURN UP GAMMA - In order to better see your foes, go into video and
turn up the screen's gamma (brightness).
- USE SCOUTS - If a teammate is trying to rescue the hostages, run on ahead,
being sure to stay in their field of vision so they can expect attacking
enemies. Or if you're mean, let them go on ahead, and if they die, steal
the hosties to earn points for yourself.
- WEAPON BAITING - Got a gun everyone likes? Running low on ammo? Bait.
This is a really vicious strategy, but can work very well. If you have a
gun most players like (m4 is a good choice), but you're running low on
ammo, deplete the ammo and throw it somewhere. Then, hide off to the
side and if someone goes for the weapon, nail them with your sidearm. Try
to get the weapon to land in a place where they won't think they'll be
exposed. (Source: ShadeKun)
- EMPTY WEAPONS - This is outright mean, but it can work. If the server
you're in starts rounds with somewhat high cash (around 1400 is great,
since you can just barely afford the low end SMGs), then buy a cheap
weapon and empty its ammo. Now, make sure your sidearm is ready, and
when you see an enemy, throw the empty weapon. If you're close enough,
they'll grab it, but auto-switch to it. Essentially, they will have an
empty gun as you cap them in the head. (Source: ShadeKun)
- SIDEARM OVER PRIMARY - ShadeKun writes: "There's a technique I mastered
using, which is side arm over primary. Which means use the Side arm instead.
It doesn't work against people who are 1337 at CS (they generally kill you in
1-2 shots, and you have to hit them 2-3 times), but will work against decent
people. Keep the side arm out and fire 1-2 shots into the enemy go for
cover, and switch to your primary, this usually catchs a lot of people by
surprise because they thought you were pistoling it, and you can get a quick
kill. It's also good for softening people up for the kill, so 1-3 shots from
a side arm such as the .228 compact, and then switch to the AK, and you're
guaranteed to kill them in 1 shot from the AK :D You won't use this for just
one guy, it's much easier just taking them down with your primary, but for
2-3 people, it's a great way to deal with them, because you just have to hit,
and run, and pick them off..."
- BLOCK SNIPING - Do this, and you will be accused of hacking. It's very
simple, just find a box about the same height as you. Stand behind it,
and use the top of the box as a guideline to nail people in the head.
You'll be hard to see, hard to shoot, and racking up headshots.
(The best places to try this are on dust and dust2, since the boxes are just
the right size to go box sniping.)
- SPRAYING - In most situations, burst firing is a better choice than spraying
your gun, but there are exceptions. The key is that when you spray, the
bullets will go upwards. So, at close quarters, you can safely spray at the
feet or lower torso of an enemy and hit them in the upper body/head.
- LINE UP CROSSHAIRS - Before you turn a corner, try to guess where the enemy
is most likely to be. Then try to guess where their head will be. Then turn
the corner. You'll quickly learn to do this instinctively.
- DON'T BE A HERO - Do not rush in, trying to act like Rambo. You won't last
long, and you probably won't kill much. Unless your whole team is charging,
shouldn't. CS is about teamplay. Remember that.
---------------------------Solo Tactics---------------------------------
Here are the differenttypes of players that you will most likely fit into when
playing solo.
The running gunner
You go around with your gun heading into fire fights
head on without hesitation. You just try to mow down everyone in your way.
This style is only recommended if your very confident in your skills because
doing this will usually force you to face more than one opponent at a time and
will usually end up hurting you quite bad because of accumulative damage due to
facing several enemies head on. Also, this style should be only used when
you have a decent primary gun.
The stealth master
This is the key style to use as a solo player. Being undetected and picking
off several, unsuspecting enemies at once is very effective. This style
requires you to learn the map by locating and remembering good spots for
ambushes. However, you must also have good judgement when looking for ambush
spots because good players will look in the usual ambush spots. Be creative
and find different locations in the same ambush area. There are many new
places in Source that let you hide behind textures that conceal your presence.
Also learn to switch ambush areas when necessary. If the enemy has detected
you there, switch areas before the next opponent knows where you are. This
will help with the element of surprise.
The camper
Although there is nothing wrong with this style, it is, simply put, frowned
upon by alot of players because you don't move from a single spot, you slow
down the entire game, and you don't complete the objective. There is a big
difference between effective camping and stupid camping. Effective camping
means you camp because you are guarding the bomb from an angle that is hard to
be seen from, or guarding hostages from the CT's. Stupid camping is when, for
example, you camp at your spawn in fear of dying or losing your precious gun.
I recommend using the Stealth master method as it is the most effective when
going solo.
Well, this is about all the Amateur really needs to know. I will be posting another tutorial in the future
detailing more guns, tactics, and even maps for medium-skilled players.
Credits go to Coolica for the great solo guide
CrimsonFlash for writing the guide
The Counter Strike Source community for keeping this game alive!
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| Added: 1 year ago | Tags: tactics, solo, guide, guns, ak, m4, m3 |
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