PREMIER STRATBOOK
SUNSET –
ISO TRAP COMP
ISO BREACH SOVA ASTRA CYPHER
PATCH 7.09
POWERED BY
HELLO! SUNSET: ISO TRAP COMP
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'ELLO T8RZ
Hey y'all.
Premier is back! Sliggy has decided to cook up some Iso for its
return, this week focusing on trap setups on Sunset. The traps
use the new-and-improved Astra Stun, Breach Aftershock, Sova
Shocks all in combination with Iso's Undercut. We also get some
buffed Cypher action as well!
We recommend you use this stratbook as a guide, copy it to
begin with then create your own styles. We will also be releasing
additional content around the stratbooks and welcome any
suggestions and feedback!
See you on the server :)
Many thanks!
SLIGGY
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CONTENTS CONTENTS
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2 Hello!
3 Contents
4 DEFENCE PLAYBOOK
5 Conditioning Notes
6 Pistol: Combo City
7 Trap A Main
8 Trap Middle
9 Trap B Market
10 Trap B Main
11 Push A
12 Default: B Main Take
13 Default: Passive A
14 Astra Ult: Fight A
15 Sova Ult: Fight A
16 Sova Ult: Passive
17 Retakes
18 ATTACK PLAYBOOK
19 Pistol: A Exec
20 Default: 1-4A
22 Default: Mid/B
24 Fast A Exec
25 Fast A Split
26 Fast B Split
27 Ults
28 Postplant
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G
CONDITIONING NOTES
ASTRA STARS + CYPHER TRIPS
Our playbook uses a lot of trap setups
that require some "conditioning". What
this means is making the Attackers
become used to seeing certain stars
so the traps don't become obvious.
You may not need to use stars in the This trip is really strong
way we have shown in each strat, but if the Attack isn't
may need to condition different stars immediately spamming
(i.e. place them on the ground and it from bottom middle.
pull them back later into the round, We use this star for our If they do then Cypher can
to make the attack used to the star Market Trap, it is worth use camera above the arch
placement). Astra to condition this or place trip more passive.
star if Attacker's keep
B Splitting.
We use this star for our
Middle Trap, it is worth
Astra to condition this star
if we expect Attacker's to We use this star to fight
begin Defaulting Middle. A Main, this is one of the
most important stars for us
to use/condition.
We use this star for our B
Main Trap, it is worth Astra
to condition this star if
Attacker's Default B a lot.
S
PISTOL: COMBO CITY 6
OVERVIEW
Our pistol round is designed to
surprise the Attack with a Undercut +
Shock Dart combo. A players just need
to do their best to play passive.
WHEN TO CALL THIS STRAT:
- Pistol round
STEP TWO
NOTE: Breach + Astra can play together elbow
LINK TO ISO POV
LINK TO BREACH POV
LINK TO SOVA POV
LINK TO ASTRA POV
LINK TO CYPHER POV
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TRAP A MAIN 7
OVERVIEW
The Trap A Main is designed to
surprise the Attacker's at A Main
with our Astra, Breach, and Iso combo.
Small adjustments may need to be
made to make the trap work better,
adjust it as you test it!
WHEN TO CALL THIS STRAT:
- Attack keep defaulting A
STEP TWO
LINK TO ISO POV
LINK TO BREACH POV
LINK TO SOVA POV
LINK TO ASTRA POV
LINK TO CYPHER POV
TRAP MIDDLE 8
OVERVIEW
STEP ONE STEP TWO
DLE
The Trap Middle is designed to
surprise the Attacker's at middle with
our Astra, Breach, and Iso combo.
First we condition the A Main choke
to try to force the Attacker's away.
Small adjustments may need to be
made to make the trap work better,
adjust it as you test it!
WHEN TO CALL THIS STRAT:
- Attacker's are defaulting middle
LINK TO ISO POV
LINK TO BREACH POV
LINK TO SOVA POV
LINK TO ASTRA POV
LINK TO CYPHER POV
ET
TRAP B MARKET 9
OVERVIEW
The Trap B Market is designed to
surprise the Attacker's at Market with
our Astra, Breach, and Iso combo.
Note that we don't have the best A
hold here so make sure you call this
accordingly.
Small adjustments may need to be
made to make the trap work better,
adjust it as you test it!
WHEN TO CALL THIS STRAT:
- Attacker's are execing B Splits
LINK TO ISO POV
LINK TO BREACH POV
LINK TO SOVA POV
LINK TO ASTRA POV
LINK TO CYPHER POV
IN
TRAP B MAIN 10
OVERVIEW
The Trap B Main is designed to
surprise the Attacker's in B Main with
our Astra, Breach, and Iso combo.
Note that we don't have the best A
hold here so make sure you call this
accordingly.
Small adjustments may need to be
made to make the trap work better,
adjust it as you test it!
WHEN TO CALL THIS STRAT:
- Attacker's are defaulting B Main
LINK TO ISO POV
LINK TO BREACH POV
LINK TO SOVA POV
LINK TO ASTRA POV
LINK TO CYPHER POV
A
PUSH A 11
OVERVIEW
Our Push A is an aggressive mix-up
stategy designed to force kills on A
and push the Attacker's towards A.
WHEN TO CALL THIS STRAT:
- Our traps/defaults aren't working
-Or we want to surprise enemy with
aggression
SOVA RECON IF ATTACK EXECS B
LINK TO ISO POV
LINK TO BREACH POV
LINK TO SOVA POV
LINK TO ASTRA POV
LINK TO CYPHER POV
+
DEFAULT: B MAIN TAKE 12
OVERVIEW
Our B Main Take is our most standard
A
round of the playbook so feel free to
use it as the Default.
Cypher is free to change the trips/
cages for whatever way he feels will
get the most value.
WHEN TO CALL THIS STRAT:
- Attack is defaulting B Main
- We aren't sure where to trap
REACTION IF RECON BREAKS
LINK TO ISO POV
LINK TO BREACH POV
LINK TO SOVA POV
LINK TO ASTRA POV
LINK TO CYPHER POV
DEFAULT: PASSIVE A 13
OVERVIEW
Our Passive A is designed to use the
Sova + Iso combo to hold A.
Small adjustments may need to be
made to make the trap work better,
adjust it as you test it!
WHEN TO CALL THIS STRAT:
- Attack keeps going A and our trap
isn't working
LINK TO ISO POV
LINK TO BREACH POV
LINK TO SOVA POV
LINK TO ASTRA POV
LINK TO CYPHER POV
TS
ASTRA ULT: FIGHT A 14
OVERVIEW
Our Astra Ult round is a gamble setup
where we Fight A with 4 people.
We are playing Retake B so be ready
to push-through on A. Adding flanks
to the retake might be a good idea!
WHEN TO CALL THIS STRAT:
- We have Astra Ult
- Attack is defaulting towards A
LINK TO ISO POV
LINK TO BREACH POV
LINK TO SOVA POV
LINK TO ASTRA POV
LINK TO CYPHER POV
SOVA ULT: FIGHT A 15
OVERVIEW
Our first of two Sova Ult ideas is to
kill the Attacker's that are grouped or
defaulting A at the start of the round.
WHEN TO CALL THIS STRAT:
- We have Sova Ult
- Attack is consitently Defaulting A
LINK TO ISO POV
LINK TO BREACH POV
LINK TO SOVA POV
LINK TO ASTRA POV
LINK TO CYPHER POV
SOVA ULT: PASSIVE 16
OVERVIEW
Our second Sova Ult idea is a Passive
Ult that can react whether the Attack
is ending B Split or Defaulting A. If the
Attack execs B, Sova can even rotate
across and support with a blind ult.
WHEN TO CALL THIS STRAT:
- We have Sova Ult but we aren't
certain the Attack is Defaulting A
LINK TO ISO POV
LINK TO BREACH POV
LINK TO SOVA POV
LINK TO ASTRA POV
LINK TO CYPHER POV
RETAKES 17
OVERVIEW
ES
Here are some examples of Retakes
we recommend. As always context
matters, adjust accordingly!
For example adding flanks and clearing
flanks are an important protocol to
limit-test!
B RETAKE A RETAKE
LINK TO ISO POV LINK TO ISO POV
LINK TO BREACH POV LINK TO BREACH POV
LINK TO SOVA POV LINK TO SOVA POV
LINK TO ASTRA POV LINK TO ASTRA POV
LINK TO CYPHER POV LINK TO CYPHER POV
18
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PISTOL: A EXEC 19
OVERVIEW
Our Pistol Round is an all-in A Exec.
It is a good round to test whether the
Defence is going to be able to fight us
back around A Main, particularly due
to our Breach utility.
WHEN TO CALL THIS STRAT:
- Pistol round!
LINK TO ISO POV
LINK TO BREACH POV
LINK TO SOVA POV
LINK TO ASTRA POV
LINK TO CYPHER POV
A
DEFAULT: 1-4A 20
DEFAULT
The 1-4A is mostly going to be an all-in
strategy designed to brute-force A and
finish there.
The Defence may start to play more
passive if we are succesful and then
we can be a bit more sneaky, inserting
players and playing slowly.
WHEN TO CALL THIS STRAT:
- Defence is struggling to hold A Main
IF CAMERA BREAKS
LINK TO ISO POV
LINK TO BREACH POV
LINK TO SOVA POV
LINK TO ASTRA POV
LINK TO CYPHER POV
IF RECON BREAKS
DEFAULT: 1-4A 21
EXECS
Our two main options off this default INTO A EXEC CANCEL INTO B SPLIT
will be to finish with an A EXEC but
if we are denied in A MAIN then
cancelling into a B SPLIT is a good
option. As the map/meta develops
there may be more to explore!
CALL THIS WHEN: CALL THIS WHEN:
- We weren't denied A Main - We were denied A Main / A is stacked
LINK TO ISO POV LINK TO ISO POV
LINK TO BREACH POV LINK TO BREACH POV
LINK TO SOVA POV LINK TO SOVA POV
LINK TO ASTRA POV LINK TO ASTRA POV
LINK TO CYPHER POV LINK TO CYPHER POV
B
DEFAULT: MID/B 22
DEFAULT
Our Mid/B Default is focused around
taking a lot of space on the map.
Reclearing A or creating pressure will
become an important mid-round
tool to keep the Defence honest e.g.
when Chamber sets up A and Defence
stacks B.
WHEN TO CALL THIS STRAT:
- We aren't winning the fight on A Main
- We don't want to call a Fast Strat
IF DEFENCE FOUGHT MID LAST ROUND
LINK TO ISO POV
LINK TO BREACH POV
LINK TO SOVA POV
LINK TO ASTRA POV
LINK TO CYPHER POV
IF DEFENCE FOUGHT B MAIN LAST ROUND
DEFAULT: MID/B Here are some strats we can go into
from the default. Note we can also do
splits though the top of middle if you
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EXECS think it will work!
INTO B SPLIT INTO A EXEC INTO FAKE A, B SPLIT INTO FAKE B, A CONTACT
CALL THIS WHEN: CALL THIS WHEN: CALL THIS WHEN: CALL THIS WHEN:
- We get B Main and feel B is weaker - We feel A is weaker than B, - We get B Main and want to end B Split - We want to finish A but have done it in previous
Defence may have denied us B Main but we're scared of a potential stack rounds and worried it is obvious!
LINK TO ISO POV
LINK TO ISO POV LINK TO ISO POV LINK TO ISO POV
LINK TO BREACH POV
LINK TO BREACH POV LINK TO BREACH POV LINK TO BREACH POV
LINK TO SOVA POV
LINK TO SOVA POV LINK TO SOVA POV LINK TO SOVA POV
LINK TO ASTRA POV
LINK TO ASTRA POV LINK TO ASTRA POV LINK TO ASTRA POV
LINK TO CYPHER POV
LINK TO CYPHER POV LINK TO CYPHER POV LINK TO CYPHER POV
TS
FAST A EXEC 24
OVERVIEW
This is our Fast A Exec, we are going to
flush our short A and heavy exec from
elbow, creating a crunch on the site.
WHEN TO CALL THIS STRAT:
- Defence is weak on A and feel we
can overwhelm
LINK TO ISO POV
LINK TO BREACH POV
LINK TO SOVA POV
LINK TO ASTRA POV
LINK TO CYPHER POV
FAST A SPLIT 25
OVERVIEW
The Fast A Split is a strat designed to
exploit the top of middle; an area that
is fairly exploitable in the current meta
development.
We haven't added a B Split version to
this playbook but it is also viable!
WHEN TO CALL THIS STRAT:
- Defence isn't holding top middle
LINK TO ISO POV
LINK TO BREACH POV
LINK TO SOVA POV
LINK TO ASTRA POV
LINK TO CYPHER POV
FAST B SPLIT 26
OVERVIEW
Our Fast B Split is designed to kill or
push-off the Market player and take
the site. If Defence pushes B Main
then you'll need to crunch!
WHEN TO CALL THIS STRAT:
- Defence is weak on B
IF WE HAVE ASTRA ULT
LINK TO ISO POV
LINK TO BREACH POV
LINK TO SOVA POV
LINK TO ASTRA POV
LINK TO CYPHER POV
ULTS 27
OVERVIEW
We have added a Sova and Iso Ult SOVA ULT ISO ULT
as ways to exploit teams trying to
hard hold the A Main choke; which is
currently very meta.
CALL THIS WHEN: CALL THIS WHEN:
- We have Sova Ult! - We have ISO Ult!
LINK TO ISO POV LINK TO ISO POV
LINK TO BREACH POV
LINK TO SOVA POV
LINK TO ASTRA POV
LINK TO CYPHER POV
POSTPLANT 28
OVERVIEW
Here are some examples of Postplants POSTPLANT A POSTPLANT B
we recommend. As always context
matters, adjust accordingly!
LINK TO ISO POV LINK TO ISO POV
LINK TO BREACH POV LINK TO BREACH POV
LINK TO SOVA POV LINK TO SOVA POV
LINK TO ASTRA POV LINK TO ASTRA POV
LINK TO CYPHER POV LINK TO CYPHER POV
