Benjamin Doughty
4 min readSep 26, 2018

The Progression of Utility in Professional CS:GO

With the Astralis era fully coming in after their victory in London at the FACEIT Major, a lot of their success in recent months has been attributed to their work ethic & capability of preparing correctly for each upcoming fixture.

One of the things that people have been highlighting in recent months, is their ability to fully utilise their utility in-game. While it’s very easy to look at the numbers and think — “Wow! 36.1 utility ADR by the team at the Major, that seems high!” — Those who are not fully involved in the game may see that number and think it’s quite low when…