10 Mirage Flashes Every Player Should Know

You get flashes for A, B and the mid fight on Mirage, with pops over Top Mid and Connector. Several are long blinds, so the player caught stays out of the duel for more than a split second. They decide who wins the first peek, whether that's Ts walking onto A Default or CTs swinging into B Apartments.

Mid opens with the Top Mid flash. It catches the CT on Chair or 2nd Chair holding the doorway, and you peek into him while he's turned away. Once Top Mid is yours, the Mid flash hits Chair again for the push down. The Connector flash pops for whoever sits on Mid Bench, and your lurk takes Connector on a flashed player. On A, the Ramp Lamp flash goes up as the CTs on Tetris and Apex look your way. You clear Sandwich in the second it buys. The A Site flash is a long one over A Default. Your entries reach the plant spot while the anchor near Balcony can't shoot back. Throw the Jungle flash off T Roof, a spot nobody contests early. It catches the CT on Jungle Bench peeking. For B, the B Site flash pops over B Default. Anyone on Empty or B Bench turns away, and you take the duel.

On B, the B Apartments flash is a long blind thrown from Market Window, a spot you're already standing on. It pops in B Apartments as the Ts stack there, and you swing from B Plat or Arches on flashed players. On A, the Ramp flash catches Ts coming up Ramp, and the CT on Tetris or Apex takes the first duel. The Mid flash from Triple pops long for the T pushing toward 2nd Chair or Cart. Swing off Chair while he still can't shoot back. Throw it late and he's past Mid with nobody flashed.

As a T, throw the Connector flash right after the Top Mid flash. The CT on Mid Bench is turned away just as your lurk swings Connector.