Cypher setups: every map

The wire across A Main, at head height, warns you of the main entry. A second wire on the A Tower ascender exit warns you of the vertical flank. The camera on A Main lets you retake from A Back Site with info, on a less expected angle than the one everyone aims at first. Weakness: the wires are visible if the opponent looks for them.

The wire placed vertically at B Danger, the ledge at the back, announces the flank and can make a slowed opponent fall off the edge. The camera on B Tower gives you info without exposing you, and the Cyber Cage on B Main slows a rush while the info comes in.

The setup holds A Short from Lamps. One Trapwire runs from the left side of the teleporter hinge to the A Short crates: the attacker has to expose himself to shoot it. A second wire runs from the right side to the Lamps wall. The Spycam, aimed at the vents above Cubby, covers A Short, the teleporter and the Lamps entrance. Weakness: these wires are spotted fast.

To slow B Garden and Hookah. The wire runs along the right of the Garden entrance, and the cage placed in front blocks the view of an attacker trying to shoot it. A second wire, in Hookah, forces them to show themselves. Weakness: the Hookah wire can be heard and the setup gets memorized, so vary your placements.

The setup closes the A Main entrance. The wire goes at eye level while crouching, the Cyber Cage works as a one-way in front of the entrance, and the camera sees the whole entrance. The Cyber Cage and the wire cover each other. The positions come from first-person captures from before 13.08: check them in game.

The wire, placed at eye level at the B Main entrance, delays the plant and catches dashers like Jett and Neon. The green structure in the middle of the site carries a camera that sees all of B and a second wire attached to the wall opposite. The Cyber Cage triggers with the camera.

A setup shown on Haven A by a pro in 2022. Two Trapwires placed right next to each other in front of A Long: if the first is destroyed, the second still warns you. The Spycam under the site roof covers plants, so keep it off until the retake. The Cyber Cage cuts the Short angle. Play from Heaven to get the most out of it. Weakness: the most visible wire goes down fast.

Place a Trapwire on the A Tree entrance, with a Cyber Cage to hide your position, then play from the back of the site or from A Drop, with the rope as a fallback. The source dates from 2023, before the 8.0 rework and patch 12.05: recheck the placement in game.

B has two narrow entries that wires cover well. Place the first at the edge of the B Main wall and the second in B on the A Link side, with a Cyber Cage in the site. Play the Phantom: the Vandal's tracers give your position away. This source is from 2023, so check the angles after the map rework.

The C entry is L-shaped: attackers have to be punished right away. One wire on the entrance, another on the narrow C Waterfall lane to protect your team's rotation, and a Cyber Cage on each to hide yourself when you shoot. Play from the back of the site or from C Waterfall. 2023 source: check the positions.

Two cameras to read the attack on A. The first, at the top of the Mid Top ledge, sees A Main, the site and A Elbow and warns the team of an A take. The second, at the back of A Elbow, goes unnoticed by attackers looking left and shows you their legs in A Main. Weakness: a destroyed camera leaves you without info, so play it with a fallback angle.

The pro nAts finds B easier to defend, because attackers have to clear a lot of angles before the Boat House, your strong position. Your camera watches B Main from above the entrance and a wire, near the switch of the door to Market, warns you of a flank. 2021 source: the other elements of his setup are left out, for lack of a reliable position. The positions remain approximate.

A Trapwire on A Drop and another at the A Main entrance cover two accesses. The Cyber Cage thrown from the A Rope corner onto the frame of the mechanical door, on the A Door side, works as a one-way smoke. Rotate through other positions each round. Weakness: Trapwires can be destroyed, and the exact position of the cage has to be tested in game.

Trapwires cover a lot of ground along B Main and B Arcade. A one-way Cyber Cage in B Arcade, thrown from the corner near the crates, closes the top route. Another, on a B wall, is played from B Tower, where you see the enemies' feet. Weakness: B stays open and attackers have two accesses, so watch your back.