Pit HE Grenade from A Short

Steps

1. From A short, push up to the opening where the corridor leads toward A site. Stand against the left wall about one step back from the corner, giving yourself a clear line of sight toward pit.
2. Look toward the pit area. You can see the low wall that borders the top edge of pit. Find the corner of the low wall closest to you, where it meets the building on the left side.
3. Place your crosshair on the top edge of the low wall, roughly centered above the pit opening. Aiming here sends the HE on a trajectory that drops it directly into the sunken pit area.
4. Throw with a standing left click - no movement or jump required. The overhand throw has enough distance to carry the grenade from your position into pit.
5. The HE grenade arcs through the air and drops into pit, detonating on the floor and dealing 50-80 damage to any CT hiding inside. Combined with the confined space, the damage is devastating.

Tips

• Pit CTs who have taken damage from an HE are significantly easier to kill. Even 50 damage means a single AK headshot or two body shots will finish them off.
• Throw this HE before your pit smoke for maximum impact. The HE damages the CT first, then the smoke blocks their vision, and your team pushes while they are both hurt and blind.
• If the HE bounces off the wall above pit and detonates in the open, your aim was too high. Lower your crosshair to sit on the wall edge so the grenade drops into the pit rather than over it.
• If the HE lands on the ground in front of pit (on the A site floor), your aim was too low. The grenade did not clear the low wall. Raise your crosshair slightly.
• The HE takes about 1.5 seconds from throw to detonation at this distance, so factor that into your execute timing.
• 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 and use bot_place to test damage values in pit.

When to Use

This HE grenade is a powerful opening move for A site takes on Inferno. Use it when:

• A site executes where you want to soften the pit player before smoking and pushing the site
• Utility stacking by combining the HE with a molotov or smoke to pit for maximum disruption to the CT defender
• Pre-execute damage thrown early in the round to weaken the pit AWPer before your team even commits to A
• Eco round pressure where every point of damage matters and the cheap HE can swing the round in your favor
• Information gathering by listening for a damage hit sound after the HE lands - if you hear it, you know a CT is playing pit this round