If you don't do this, you wind up giving the attackers too much control, allowing them to easily make their way up into the field and set up their plays. Now, this doesn't mean to rush in like a crazy person, but you want to try to find out what the attackers are doing by going for modest informational plays. As a result, their aim is going to be worse at those angles, and it will help give you an edge in the fights. There are a TON of areas on the map that you can get on top of, and many players aren't ready to use those higher angles or aren't used to it straight up. Take advantage of the high ground If you want to dominate on Icebox, you absolutely have to take advantage of high ground.This is because their most vulnerable position is not being taken care of properly. The most important thing here is that the mid player gives their team time to work their angles because dying mid, especially early, separates the team, exposes them to the flank, and almost certainly loses the round, as your team is separated and has no control of the map anymore. With the two and two, both sides should be pressured, with the pairs playing to trade off of each other and the one-person mid planning to either cut off rotations or simply stop the enemies from rushing down mid. The second option is where you can go for a 3-2 split where you send three people mid to take complete control and enter one of the bomb sites from that angle while your teammates work the other side of that bomb site, and you pinch the enemies. You have two options one is a 2-1-2 with two people going A, one person playing extremely passive on mid, and two people playing b. The default on Icebox seems to be less common than on most maps. The defending team can operate a very effective crossfire on mid, playing around smokes while still being very safe and able to fall back to more passive angles. Naturally, the entire point of this setup is to play around the mid control, with one person playing in mid and one of the B players playing the underpass beneath the tube or sneaking down the tube on occasion. This means one of the players on b can easily get information on approaching enemies by themselves and call for the other player leading B to come all the way over, allowing the mid player to rotate the kitchen and the A player to then come over to cover mid. Still, with this setup, it's honestly more about being able to help your teammates, as the B-side has very long entranceways into the site. We can have an easy 2-1-2 setup with two people locking down the A-site, two people looking down the B-side, and one person taking over the middle. Now, let’s take a look at some tips and tricks you can try on Icebox! HOW TO DEFEND ON ICEBOXĭefense on Icebox in Valorant can be tricky when faced with a coordinated offense.
Still, the map hasn’t been added to the active map pool. With the start of Episode 6 Act 3, Icebox was replaced by Bind on Valorant. This will change the B Long tactics both on attacking and defending. The door that is near the attackers’ side on the B site has been moved to the first cubby. Riot changed some of the map's corners and buildings to offer different game playstyles and strategies. Icebox received many changes with the release of Patch 4.04. Many players struggle with consistency on Icebox, which is due to the fact that in most games, it feels like the attackers have a hundred percent control of the tempo, while in other games, it feels like the defenders are just impenetrable. Since its release, the Icebox has been one of the most challenging sites due to the verticality of each spike site and the horizontal zip lines, which make traveling distances easier. This cold, snowy map almost requires you to be a good shot. Don't you wish that Riot would release a VALORANT map that mainly depended on how well you could aim? All those hours sunk into Aimlabs would finally translate into some wins! Well, if that sounds like paradise to you, then don't worry because Icebox is just that!