Support
Throws the team's utility — smokes / flashes set up entries. Plays trade-frag positions. Lower frag ceiling but high impact on round outcomes.
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AWPer
The team's sniper. Holds long sightlines, opens picks, anchors retakes. Usually highest-paid role and AWPs every round.
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IGL
In-Game Leader. Calls the team's rounds — reads economy, opponent tendencies, tempo. Often plays a less mechanically demanding position.
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Entry / Entry-fragger
First through the door on a site take. High-tempo aim role; often dies for trade-frags by the second player. Star entries (rain, hampus, NaF) get paid for the first kill.
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Lurker
Lone-wolf at the off-site. Cuts CT rotators, plays clutch scenarios, picks lone players. s1mple, kennyS, and shox are canonical lurkers.