A Main Smoke from Heaven

Steps

1. Climb up to heaven (the elevated platform overlooking A site). Walk to the front railing and position yourself at the left end of the railing, where the metal guardrail meets the wall.
2. Look down toward A main. Find the main entrance doorway - the large opening where Ts push through from hut or directly from lobby. Focus on the top edge of the doorframe.
3. Place your crosshair on the center of the doorframe top edge, roughly where the metal beam runs horizontally across the entrance. This sends the smoke straight down into the main opening.
4. Throw with a standing left click from your elevated position. The height advantage from heaven gives the smoke a natural downward arc into the entrance.
5. The smoke lands at A main entrance, completely filling the doorway with smoke and blocking all T-side vision into A site from that angle.

Tips

• Heaven is the most powerful CT position on A site because you have elevation and cover. Smoking main from here lets you deny the entry without exposing yourself to any risk.
• Throw this smoke early in the round when you hear Ts approaching through lobby or hut. It buys you 18 seconds of safety on the main entrance.
• If the smoke lands too far inside the site (on the floor between main and the bomb plant), your crosshair was too far forward. Aim directly at the doorframe, not past it.
• If the smoke lands inside the lobby corridor (too deep through the entrance), your aim was too high. Lower the crosshair so the smoke drops at the doorframe threshold.
• After smoking main, watch hut and squeaky. The Ts may redirect to those entries when they see main is smoked.
• 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 see the smoke coverage from the T perspective.

When to Use

This smoke is a fundamental CT tool for A site defense on Nuke. Use it when:

• Default A holds where you want to deny main entry and force Ts to use hut or squeaky instead
• Solo A holds when you are the only CT on A and need to reduce the number of angles you have to watch
• Post-plant denial during retakes where you smoke main to prevent Ts from peeking through the entrance while your team defuses
• Utility stacking combined with an HE grenade into main for chip damage before the smoke blooms
• Playing for time when your team is setting up a B stack and you need to delay the A push from heaven alone