Rushing bombsites with a BOT on your team.

The Basics...

Here are 2 examples of how not to guard BOT if your team is rushing B on dust 2

What to do when the BOT has the bomb



OMG OMG THE BOT IS RUSHING WITH THE BOMB!

Usually you will be sticking to the normal BOT strat formula, but sometimes you may need to mix up your overall team strategy a bit. If one person rushing to take over the BOT isn't working in your favor so much, you could try a traditional 5 man rush with the BOT on your team. The most important aspect of using this specific strategy is finding the right location for the BOT to stay and whether or not he needs a dedicated guardian. Some larger maps and more closed off maps may not need a person to babysit the BOT, but for the DUST 2 B rush example we are using below, BOT sitting and guarding is crucial to victory!Have one teamate tell the BOT to follow him, and have this teamate make sure to guard over BOT slightly behind where the other 2-3 teamates are rushing in. It is important that the BOT guardian stays close to his rushing teamates, not too far away and not too close. Guarding BOT too close to the rushing teamates may allow the enemy to peak, grenade, or counter-rush the uncontrolled BOT. Guarding BOT too far away may lead to an enemy flank but more importantly it will always lead to the BOT guardian and the person taking over the BOT not being able to push in fast enough with the remaining portion of the team.Imagine on DUST 2, three rush B site while one guards BOT in spawn....your 3 man rushing squad gets two kills and loses one who takes over the BOT...they are planting on B, but the CT's are pushing into site while the 2 players in spawn are not even through the tunnels yet! They get to tunnels but a CT is coming from lower tunnel cutting you off while your team has to deal with 2 CT's on site by themselves! Also you risk being flanked and having your BOT killed by CT's that may rotate around thru T spawn!Lets say your team is rushing B again on DUST 2 . The BOT guardian decides to have the BOT follow him to tunnels and wait there. This is a better solution than above but is still not ideal. The Bot is unpredictable, and once the guardian has the BOT follow him and says "stay here" in tunnels, the BOT might be a ♥♥♥♥♥♥ and just rush in. Even if he does listen he may wander over toward the tunnel opening and get sniped or grenaded. Also if the CT's kill the entry fraggers and counter-push into tunnels quickly, they may be able to kill the BOT before or while it is being taken over by a teamate. Also you are exposed from a CT rushing lower tunnels or quickly rotating from lower tunnels, but this can be dealt with by you covering this area. If your team is very slow at rushing the BOT will also be threatened by a flank from T spawn...but this only happens in cases where everyone on your team is mentally retarded and cowardly....No time for slow pushing...THIS IS BOT STRATS ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥!Ideally, you would want to be as close to tunnels as possible without being inside of them. Best strategy is to tell the BOT to follow you right at the begining of the round and to start following your teamates to B tunnels. While following your teamates be sure to physically block the BOT to slow him down a bit....You can try using the "stay here" command followed by "follow me" again, but these BOTS are dumb remember and you may make it confused. Just keep blocking him while he follows you toward the tunnels. If you do this correctly, then you and the BOT should be right at the back entrance to B tunnel right when your team is rushing into site. Right outside the back entrance tell the BOT to stay still, if he doesnt listen just keep trying to block him, maybe even shoot him in the foot to slow him down. Most of the time one of your teamates should die quickly and once this happens both of you rush into site as quickly as possible(should only take you 2 seconds to get there). If your team plants on B without any dying and has it secured I would not try to overcomplicate things by leading BOT to site....simply have BOT follow you to inside of tunnels, tell him to stay put, then you should rush lower tuns to try and kill them mid or mid to B....remember kill and be killed as fast as possible so you can take over that BOT! Tell one of your teamates to watch tunnels, especially towards T spawn since this will be the way they will come to kill the BOT since you went lower tuns....if you do this fast enough you can take over the BOT even before a CT is flanking from your spawn to BOT hunt.Dont panic! There are ways around this! In most situations you will be able to just use traditional BOT strats and be able to take him over before the CT's kill him and cover bomb away from your team. It really depends upon the map.....Four main things will determine what "Bot Bomb Strats" you use. One if if the BOT is rushing with the bomb and the other 3 have to do with the map. Take these 3 things into consideration when determing what BOT bomb strats on a given map- 1. How quickly can CT's reach your spawn?- 2. How fast can the CT's flank you when you are rushing a certain site?- 3. And how many routes can the CT's take to sneak into your spawn?1 and 3 will help you determine whether you should leave the BOT in spawn. 2 will help you determine whether you will need a dedicated BOT guardian(well everyone will be BOT guardian, but you may need a special dedicate flank watcher guardian) since the BOT moves so slowly onto site.On largers maps with only 2 easy ways for CTS to rush spawn(Nuke, Dust 1) its usually safe to have BOT stay put in spawn as long as atleast one terrorist pushes towards a way that the CT'S might use to BOT hunt. You will usually always be able to kill and be killed before the BOT is threatened with bomb on maps like this. Just make sure your team goes in every direction at first, before grouping back up laterIf you want to rush as 5 obviously, but besides this..Most maps, like Dust 2 or Cache, have 3 or more ways the CT's can sneak around to kill the BOT without encountering a terrorist....on maps like these its best just to have the BOT follow your team toward bomb site. Having the CT's kill the bot in spawn with bomb is a nightmare! Be sure to push fast so the BOT doesnt get flanked while your team charges into site....it is up to you on whether there should be a BOT guardian, it all depends on how fast the CT's are able to flank or side-flank on a given map. Usually its easier just to have one teamate keep pushing past site even once its secure...it can take hours for that moronic BOT to walk up to site and plant bomb....For example if you are taking B on Cache, you should just keep pushing past site toward their spawn trying to kill one heaven or the rotating CTs from mid or truck...Also have a teamate rush back towards where you can to rush this way since its easy for the BOT to be flanked here.This is potentially the worst BOT situation you can encounter, even worse than a BOT rushing with an AWP while your team is broke. Just like with the AWP situation this is dependent on whether or not the BOT is disobedient. If the BOT rushes with the bomb you have 3 choices....Follow him, protect him, and let him plant for the LOLZ. Try to block him to slow him down so another teamate can rush in first to take over the BOT. Or have the BOT go off by himself with the bomb while your team rushes the opposite way to kill the CT's rotating to the downed bomb...this is also for the LOLZ.