StarLadder analyst Alexander Petr1k Petrik studied Vertigo changes and shared his opinion on what the meta will be on the new Vertigo. He also showed new smoke pods and transplants that Valve added to the map on October 10th.

Petr1k believes that changing the map went into the hands of the special forces, since now it has become much more difficult for terrorists to attack point B: they removed the door from the center of the map through which one could go behind CT. According to the Ukrainian, protection now does not need to occupy the mid at all costs, it is enough to check this zone according to the residual principle.

The main changes to Vertigo can be seen here. The innovation strongly disliked the journalist and ex-player Alexei OverDrive Biryukov, and HellRaisers captain Kirill ANGE1 Karasev called him one of the worst in the history of CS: GO.