Aim straight down and position your crosshair as shown in the first image below. Then aim at the end of the antenna and let go off your smoke. The smoke will land right on X-Box and will allow you to cross short safely. Eventhough this is not the most effective X-Box smoke, you do not need any jump throw bind and it is easy and safe to set up as well. Definitely recommended, particulary for slower takes.

Look straight down and place your crosshair on the middle of the mosaic, as shown. Then aim up, at the end of the palm tree´s leaf and left click your smoke. Unfortunetely this smoke will not land perfectly, but (particulary in low ranks) the opposing player will fall back, making for an easy long take. I included this smoke since it does not require any bind or external help and is very easy to remember.

If you find yourself standing near X-Box and you want to commit a B-Split, position yourself so that you can only make out the dark part above the middle doors. Then search and aim for the tiny dark spot on the wall on the left hand site, do a small step forward and release your smoke.

The well known crossover smoke became, due to the update, a lot more complicated. Position yourself right next to the barell at long, aim a little bit upside the lamp, run, and let go off your smoke as soon as the antenna on the left touches the ceiling. This smoke does need a little bit of training but lands perfecte everytime, additionally no bind is needed which is also great for the majority of the players. Please note that, with the updated version of de_dust2, it is not possible anymore to smoke off crossover completely. You either gotta use 2 separate smokes, or got to take the risk.

Position yourself in the corner of short, and aim in the top middle of the small wall mosaic, as shown. Then perform a left click throw and your smoke will bounce off perfectly and block off any vision from CT Spawn as good as possible. Please note that any smoke in CT spawn will leave a tiny gap on top of it.

Stand right next to the wall in front of B (as displayed in image 1) and aim at the crane above the B-Bombsite. Then perform a simlpe left click throw and your smoke will land right in the entry of B-Tunnels. This smoke works the very best when used early in the round.

This smoke is exactly identical to the one on the former version of de_dust2. Nevertheless I decided to implement this smoke into this guide, for the sake of all new players. Position your crosshair as illustrated, and run throw your nade. This smoke allows you to cross doors safely with the minimum risk of getting tagged by an enemy AWPer. If you do not want to waste your smoke that early into the round, you can alternatively use a High Explosive Grenade as well.

Plat can be a really dangerous position to play against. This smoke however, will take care of that. Unfortunately this is not a deep smoke, meaning that any players pushing tunnels can still be spotted from plat. Go to the very edge of the buildings shadow in front of B, and place your crosshair as shown, left click your smoke and you can safely enter from doors and widow.

Scaffold is a very unusual position to hold, however, if you know that your enemy has been holding this angle for the previous rounds, chances are you might get picked from there again. Smoking this player off can grant you a huge advantage and force him out of cover to fall back. Walk into the very corner right you exit CT spawn and position your crosshair according to the image. Left click your smoke and it´ll bounce off several time, eventually landing right where you want it to be.

Extremely simple, yet effective. Stand vertical, in a 180 degree angle to the small ledge on short A. Aim at the exact middle of it and run throw your flash. It´ll flash anybody watching short from site and the defenders barely have any chance to react properly.

Position yourself in the corner of short A and aim at the 3 bar of the tiny green roof. Left click your flash and it will flash everybody on short (except for people hugging the wall). It is a very effective, however, extremely slow flash for getting an easy frag.

More importantly than the CT perspective, is the T perspective of the commonly used Short pop-Flash. This flash only works on recent version of the map, so please bear that in mind if you play on any community servers or in an offline lobby using a workshop version of the map. Simply run-throw your flash against the tiny window and it will bounce off, flashing anyone holding short as a CT.

Undoubtedly the most iconic Pop-Flash on de_dust2. Run throw (or simply left click, depending on your position) your flash against the wall in front of you and peek right after the flash popped. Any opposing player on Long will be flashed, or atleast facing away, allowing you to secure some easy and safe frags.

An old and very well known Pop-Flash for retaking B-Site. Run-Throw your flashbang on the ground right in front of B doors and it´ll fly right through the doors and blind anyone aiming at doors. Not the most effective flash, however definitely great for retaking bombsite B.

Position yourself in the cheeky corner of Bombsite B and aim at the exact nail shown in the image. Left click your flash, turn around and enjoy your free kills in B-Tunnels.
Disclaimer: Do not overuse this position and flash, otherwise your opponents will counter you regardingly and you will end up as a free kill.

Throwing an effective Pop-Flash for taking A-long became notably harder with the new version of Dust 2. Left click throw your flash over the building shown in the image and peek long and you will still manage to get an easy kill on your target. But be careful, it is easy to hit the wall instead and you will end up blinding your teammates.

Playing on car will usually either result in an instant death or an epic play scenario. Due to the peekers advantage it´ll usually result in the former. With this great pop flash however, you wil be able to turn the tide. Press right and left click at the same time and place your crosshair as shown in the image. Peek right after and you´ll have an easy time picking off your opponents.

Most of the time the Terrorist team will rush into B, using 1 or 2 flashes. Turning the scenario around, you will catch your opponents on surprise and get a great man advantage early into the round. Throw your flash, after positioning yourself and your crosshair as shown in the screenshot. The flash will pop right in the faces of your enemies and barely leave any time for turning around.

Another great and super effective way to flash the CT holding long. Just stand in the right corner of the Door area (as shown in the image) and place your crosshair at the edge of the column. The flash will full flash the opposing CT and grant you an easy frag.

With the new version of de_dust2, Valve also introduced a large lantern right next to pit. This lantern can be used to bounce off flashes and grenades, as well as molotovs towards A-Doors. Although the nades will not hit A-Doors directly (atleast not in most cases) they will deal considerable damage to anyone pushing, and will blind anyone peeking from doors.

Afraid of CT´s pushing or hiding in Catacombs? No more. Simply throw a flashbang at the staircase and it will pop right in their face. The timing on this flash is optimal, preventing your opponent tu turn away, as well as allowing you to push with it.

This flash is great for a mid to B push and can be greatly combined with a CT smoke. Position yourself in the corner of X-Box and aim at the very top right edge of it. Left click your flash and the enemy AWPer will be fully blinded.

This Pop-Flash is great for catching your opponent off guard. Holding the Off-Angle as shown, turn around throw your flash against the wall with a left click throw, and peek. Any players on short will get flashed immediatly with little to no time to react. Make sure to fall back after getting all safe frags.

Place yourself right next to window, aim at the huge column next to you and place your crosshair on top of the dark spot. Run-Throw your flash afterwards and anybody holding B will be fully blinded with zero time to turn around.

Ever found yourself facing a full team of pushing Terrorists on mid to B? Turn the tides with this awesome Pop-Flash! Perform a left click throw and the flash will bounce off the column and full flash any pushing Terrorist. This flash will catch anyone off-guard and guarantee you atleast 1 free kill when timed right.

Throwing an effective molotov for A-Site from short became a little bit more difficult after the update due to more open angles. Nevertheless, it is still possible to burn opponents on A-Site, without getting into any trouble. Aim at the leaf of the palm tree and run throw your molotov. Bear in mind that you have to take care, not to expose yourself to any players holding goose.

Position yourself as shown in the images and place your crosshair right on top of the ceiling to thr right of B doors. Left click your molotov and it´ll burn any players holding from car. This molotov forces the enemy to get out of his cover and change his position, especially for retakes this is a splendid post plant molotov.