Rotate (rotation)
Example: the Ts throw smokes and flashes at B. Two CT players from A rotate through the middle of the map to help defend B or retake it.
Rotations are a guessing game:
- Rotate too early, and a fake can fool you: the Ts make noise at one site and then hit the other.
- Rotate too late, and the site is lost before help arrives.
Ts use this. A lurker waits to catch rotating CTs from behind, and a fake execute pulls defenders to the wrong site.
The opposite of spreading out and rotating is a stack: putting extra players on one site before the Ts commit.
Learn more in CT Side vs T Side.
Related guides
CT Side vs T Side: How Sides and Halftime Work in CS2In CS2, Terrorists attack and Counter-Terrorists defend. How each side wins a round, when teams switch at halftime and which maps favor CT or T side.
StackA stack in CS2 is when a team puts more players than usual in one place, such as four CTs on one bombsite.
LurkTo lurk in CS2 is to play alone, away from your team, usually on the T side, to catch rotating defenders or hold a flank.
RetakeA retake in CS2 is when CTs move back into a bombsite after the bomb is planted, kill the defenders and defuse within 40 seconds.
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