Counter-Strike: Source/de dust

de_dust is a popular bomb defusion map set in the Middle-East. It is the precursor to de_dust2, which has succeeded it in popularity on many servers. de_dust is quite biased to the counter-terrorist team, and as such a lot of stacking occurs on servers playing the map.

Terrorists
The terrorists are fighting a losing battle on de_dust. The map is heavily biased towards the counter-terrorists, and the only way the terrorists can win is with a successful and sustained rush.

There are two paths the terrorists can take from spawn, and one further option. They could either go through the hall and split up between the left- and right-hand passageways, they could go down the underpass and up into the middle of the counter-terrorists' territory, or they could camp both areas, and wait for the counter-terrorists to come through.

Rushing the hall has the highest chance of success, with equal groups of players going left and right. Nobody need bother with rushing/guarding the underpass when rushing the hall, as it would take too long for any counter-terrorists to sneak up behind the terrorists that it wouldn't work. Flashbangs and smoke grenades are highly advised for the left-hand passage, and frag grenades for the right. When rushing the hall, no time must be wasted, as if anybody dawdles, the counter-terrorists get into the hall, and force a stalemate, which eventually results in the terrorists camping the entrance to the hall, and the counter-terrorists picking them off one-by-one.

Rushing the underpass is a risky manoeuvre, as counter-terrorist snipers can easily snipe any player not behind cover in the underpass, and they're tricky to kill: grenades can't be thrown far enough, and generally they can shoot terrorist snipers before the terrorist snipers can shoot them. Smoke grenades are useful, but aren't 100% effective.

The final tactic is to camp both areas, but in 90% of cases, this will result in terrorists being slowly picked off by adventurous counter-terrorists, and a loss for the terrorist team.