This is the second edition of the Meta Analysis series, for the first part on defending on Overpass click here.

For this edition of Meta Analysis, we will be discussing how to defend the two bombsites of Inferno. Inferno is an interesting subject because it has been within iterations of Counter Strike since the beta of Counter Strike 1.6 in 2003. Yet, as recently as the 2016 reskin, the meta has been disrupted, remolded and reiterated. This piece will discuss the current Counter Terrorist meta, how it differs from previous iterations, and how you can utilize this within your own game. This guide is intended for newer players or those without as much experience in watching or playing in higher level competitive matches. If you are a regular viewer or an experienced player of CS:GO then the ideas within this article will not be novel, but hopefully you can gain something through working through the analysis and understanding the reasoning behind the implementation of these strategies.

Let us start at the B site. The reskin of Inferno has massively impacted on the dynamic of the site. The arches that gave us KennyS’ AWP ace and Happy’s iconic deagle showcase have been removed, cutting down the angles that terrorists need to worry about when peeking top banana into the coffins area. The new boost that is available to Counter Terrorists does lessen the impact somewhat, but only when the terrorists fully commit to the site is this boost a position of power. Perhaps Happy’s deagle ace motivated the TSM core as they, under the new Astralis name, were the ones to take the updated Inferno and build upon it a new style of banana domination from the Counter Terrorist side. Previously the car position, janky as it was, was the ideal spot for an Awper to retain control over the whole of banana. Now, the car spot is hardly considered, let alone held, when defending the B site. The new Banana HE grenade airstrike that Astralis innovated utilised the geography of banana to present the Terrorists with a difficult conundrum - fight for banana and commit to tremendous grenade damage or allow banana to be held under the control of the Counter Terrorist side, allowing them to bolster their defense on the A site with little to no punishment.