Where to Plant at Bombsite B

I’m not going to discuss how to defend bombsite B in this post either.  But one crucial point to defending it is where you plant the bomb.  When planting the bomb on any map you need to find a spot where a defuser will be seen from the most angles, especial from a long distance (e.g. from pit at long).

So looking at the B site on Dust 2, below is a common spot to plant on a public server, and sometimes during matches.  First of all, it’s a nice safe spot whilst your planting and it kinda hides the bomb, right?  Well, nobody is going to be running around looking for the bomb, it’s going to be obvious where it is.  Now lets say that you plant it there and want to defend it directly.  As illustrated below there are only a few spots you can defend from where you can see a guy defusing.  What if the CT comes into the site and kills anyone in there, leaving one T left who is in mid?  The defuse starts, the T runs from mid doors to B doors, and then has to run to the back of the site before he can kill the defuser.  Or, he may go through tunnels, he enters the site, cannot see the defuser, and again has to run through the entire site before he can make the kill.  In almost every situation there is not enough time for the last guy to get to the site and kill the CT.  That’s one round to the CTs.

The wrong place to plant

Now look at the picture below.  It’s a different place to plant the bomb, but the difference is obvious.  Many more sight lines become available, making a ninja defuse very unlikely.  The two most vital sightlines, though, are the ones from B doors and from tunnels.  There are plenty of places for the B defenders to protect the bomb and any Ts who are elsewhere, such as mid and tunnels can easily rush in if needed.

The best place to plant