Banana HE Grenade from B Site

Steps

1. From B site, position yourself behind the first pillar on the left side (the same pillar used for the car molly lineup). Stand on the left side of the pillar with partial cover from banana.
2. Peek out from the pillar and look toward banana. Find the top of the narrow passage where the walls on both sides create a chokepoint. Focus on the wall ledge on the left side at about two-thirds height.
3. Place your crosshair on the left wall ledge at the banana chokepoint, roughly halfway between the car and the corner. This angle bounces the HE off the wall and into the tight corridor.
4. Throw with a standing left click - no movement needed. Stay behind the pillar for cover as you release.
5. The HE grenade bounces into upper banana and detonates in the narrow corridor, dealing 40-70 damage to any Ts grouped up in the chokepoint. The tight walls amplify the splash damage.

Tips

• Banana is the narrowest chokepoint on Inferno, which means HE grenades deal maximum damage here because enemies cannot spread out to reduce splash. Always throw one early in the round.
• The optimal timing is right after your banana smoke blooms. Throw the HE into the smoke - Ts often push up and stack behind the smoke, and the HE catches them grouped tightly.
• If the HE detonates too deep in banana (past where the Ts would be), your aim was too high. Lower your crosshair on the wall ledge to keep the grenade in upper banana.
• If the HE lands short and detonates near your position, your aim was too low. Raise the crosshair until the grenade clears the chokepoint properly.
• Combine this with a teammate’s HE for double damage. Two HEs landing in banana simultaneously can deal 100+ damage to multiple Ts, often getting kills before the round even develops.
• Practice in an offline server with sv_cheats 1; sv_infinite_ammo 1; sv_grenade_trajectory 1; sv_grenade_trajectory_time 10; mp_roundtime_defuse 60 to verify the bounce and detonation point.

When to Use

This HE grenade is a core piece of CT banana defense. Deploy it when:

• Early round defense to deal damage to Ts pushing banana before they can set up their execute utility
• Post-smoke damage thrown into or behind the banana smoke to catch Ts stacking up for a push
• Utility stacking with teammates where two or three players throw HEs into banana simultaneously for devastating combined damage
• Anti-rush defense when you hear Ts running banana fast - the HE punishes tight formations in the narrow corridor
• Economy warfare by dealing chip damage every round to keep the T economy pressured even when they do not fully commit to B