With its lush, green vegetation, woody bridges and old pyramids, de_ancient is a great recreation of an old map called Aztec in CS:GO. The official reason for the removal of Aztec was that it didn’t see as much play as other maps. However, even if the map was gone, it was not forgotten. On 3rd of December 2020, a new version of the map saw the light of day as a part of the Broken Fang-Operation.
Of course, de_ancient was brought over from Counter-Strike: Global Offensive, where it replaced Train as one of the Active Duty maps. This means it was considered one of the most competitive and balanced maps in the CS:GO days, allowing it to be used in tournaments alongside Dust II and Nuke.
Map Site Win Rate – CT vs T
Counter-Strike 2 has the Terrorist side and the Counter-Terrorist side. The T-side’s goal is to plant a bomb on one of the map’s sites. The CT-side is tasked with defending the sites and disarming the bombs. This takes a lot of strategy from both sides, as they work as a team to find the best approaches and defensive setups. The goal of a CS2 map is to ensure the T and CT sides support dynamic gameplay that can be varied enough to be exciting to play and watch for thousands of hours.
de_ancient has the most balanced CT vs T side win rate in all of CS2.
According to Abios’ statistics from esports tournaments throughout the first three quarters of 2024, de_ancient has been played in 2,749 matches. Of those matches, CT side won 29,446 rounds and T side won 29,446 rounds. That means:
- CT: 50%
- T: 50%
It doesn’t get more balanced than that!
This stands in contrast to other Counter-Strike 2 maps in the Active Duty Pool, which see more variability in win rates across sites. Most notably, Anubis is the second-most played map and sees 45,2% win rates for CT vs. 54,8% for T.
| Map | Matches Played | CT Winrate | T Winrate |
| Ancient | 2749 | 50.00% | 50.00% |
| Anubis | 2405 | 45.20% | 54.80% |
| Mirage | 2227 | 51.90% | 48.10% |
| Nuke | 1880 | 53.10% | 46.90% |
| Inferno | 1544 | 48.80% | 51.20% |
| Vertigo | 1358 | 48.50% | 51.50% |
| Dust2 | 980 | 49.20% | 50.80% |
Find VALORANT map and weapon statistics here
Top Weapons on Ancient
As for weapons, it might not come as a surprise to anyone that the AK47 still reigns supreme. The guns which contribute to most of the kills on Ancient are AK47, M4A1 and AWP.
| Weapon | Kills | Headshots | Headshot Rate |
| ak47 | 100.307 | 56.312 | 56% |
| m4a1_silencer | 57.998 | 22.694 | 39% |
| awp | 24.095 | 2.199 | 9% |
| galilar | 13.826 | 6.404 | 46% |
| usp_silencer | 13.757 | 11.593 | 84% |
Ancient has proven itself as a popular map in Counter-Strike 2, being the most-played map among pros in 2024. At Abios, we constantly look for new strategies to conquer the map, and we hope this article can help you do the same.
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