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Here’s your guide to the economy in CS2, so you know how much everything costs, what certain terms mean, and when to spend money.
The economy in a tactical first-person shooter can be daunting for new players. Of course, changes happen and over the years, we’ve become accustomed to how things work in Counter-Strike. With CS2, the economy can be pretty straightforward if you just want to grab a gun and start shooting.
There’s more to it than just that, however. You have utility you need to choose, force buy rounds that can come up, and weapons that work better in certain situations. All of this costs in-game money, so we’ve got your guide to the CS2 economy.
Note: This is about the in-game economy while playing, not the economy that deals with skin trading, buying, and selling.
A brief overview of the CS2 economy
First, we’ll start with everything you can purchase and how much it costs. You need to plant the bomb, or defuse is as a CT, to earn cash. As well, certain cash is granted at the start of each round with assists and eliminations earning you more.
Perform well and you’ll have enough cash for the entire game without having to worry aboutlimiting your spending. We’ll get into that later, but for now, here is a look at the CS2 buy menu so you may get familiar with the game’s economy.
For those who need to read the info, here are tables with each category, the items and their price. We begin with the Terrorist version, as the weapons differ between the sides:
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CS2 economy terms
Next, we’llgo over some commons termsyou may hear in a game or on an esports broadcast that deal with the CS2 economy. Use these to communicate with your team or to understand what they’re talking about in the buy phase:
When should you force a buy in CS2?
This all comes down to how dire things arein your game of Counter-Strike 2. You’ll need to keep your eye on the economy of both teams. The three round rule is a good one to follow.
If the other team is within three rounds of winning the game and you are more than three round away from tying their score, then you might want to force a buy. It is a high risk, high reward situation where you need to get all the firepower you can to keep your team in it.
Best weapons for certain situations
You can get value out of any weapon in CS2, but how your team’s economy is going and the situation you find yourself in definitely matters. We’ll end things with a few examples ofweapons we think you should buyand what situation they excel in:
