CS2 Major Draft

Draft five Counter-Strike 2 pros by role, then coach them live through a full Major — Swiss stage, playoffs, round by round.

How to play CS2 Major Draft

Major Draft is a fantasy draft and tournament simulator in one. Draft five professional CS2 players role by role — IGL, AWPer, riflers — then take your squad through a full Major: a 16-team Swiss stage followed by a best-of-three playoff bracket.

Your own matches play out live, round by round, HLTV-style: map veto, a radar with moving players, kill feed, round history and full scoreboards. Between rounds you make the coach calls — force-buys, ecos, timeouts, star setups — and your decisions genuinely swing close rounds. Higher difficulties hide player ratings and slip trap picks into your draft pool, so drafting well takes real knowledge of the current pro scene.

Classic Majors replay every CS:GO and CS2 Major since DreamHack Winter 2013: pick one, draft five players from the eighty who played it, and face the fifteen other teams with their real line-ups of the day. Each player is rated on his form in the year before that Major, so kennyS in 2014 or olofmeister in 2015 come back at their peak, and the maps are the pool of that Major, Cobblestone and Overpass included.

Tips

  • A real in-game leader and a dedicated AWPer matter more than raw star power in five-man synergy.
  • On harder difficulties, beware off-role picks: a star rifler drafted as an AWPer underperforms.
  • In the veto, protect the maps your affinity pips favor — the sim rewards playing your picks.
  • In a classic Major, teammates of the time play better together: three players from the same team bring real chemistry.

Frequently asked questions

How long does a full Major take?

A run covers a 16-team Swiss stage and a best-of-three playoff bracket. Routine rounds are simulated fast and dramatic rounds slow down, so a Major fits in a single sitting.

Do my in-match calls actually matter?

Yes. Force-buys, ecos, timeouts and star setups shift the odds of the round they are called in, and a good call is worth roughly five percentage points on a close round.

Which maps are in the pool?

The current competitive pool: Mirage, Inferno, Nuke, Ancient, Anubis, Dust2 and Cache, each with its real radar overview. A classic Major uses the maps actually played there, from Train and Cobblestone in 2014 to Vertigo and Overpass later.

Can I play an old Major?

Yes. Classic Majors covers every Major since DreamHack Winter 2013. You draft from the players who were there, rated on their form at the time, and the other fifteen teams keep their real line-ups.

All the free CS2 games and pages

  • Guess the Player — A daily Counter-Strike 2 wordle: name the mystery pro from clues that light up green as you get closer.
  • Blur — A pixelated photo of a Counter-Strike 2 pro sharpens with every wrong guess. Name them before the picture gives it away.
  • Higher or Lower — Two Counter-Strike 2 pros, one hidden stat. Call higher or lower and build the longest streak you can.
  • Bingo — A grid of Counter-Strike categories — countries, teams, trophies, roles. Fill each cell with a real pro, and no player twice.
  • Team Path — Follow a Counter-Strike pro’s career through the teams they played for, and work out who it is.
  • Pro Career — Create a Counter-Strike 2 pro at 16, sign with a real club, and play out a full career of seasons, transfers and choices.
  • CS2 Wordle — The Wordle you know, played on the Counter-Strike dictionary: guess the daily word letter by letter, six tries.
  • Ace — A ranked list of Counter-Strike pros for each difficulty, every day. Name everyone on it and it’s an ace.
  • Fan Favourites — Vote for the Counter-Strike 2 pros you actually like — no account, no sign-up. The ranking below is the crowd's, updated the moment you click.
  • CS2 Transfers — Every roster move HLTV has published, dated to the day, back to March 2023.
  • Pro Manager — Run a real Counter-Strike 2 club on the real circuit — sign pros and retired legends, call the veto and every round, and climb Valve's ranking season after season.
  • Multiplayer rooms — Press Find a match for a 1v1 against another player, or create a private room, send the code, and race your friends through the same rounds of Guess, Blur, Team Path, Higher-Lower, Wordle, Bingo, Ace or Major Draft — or pick Mixed and get a different game every round.
  • CS2 tier lists — Rank Counter-Strike players, coaches, clubs or maps the way you see them, send the board to whoever you want with one link, and compare it with where everyone else put them.
  • Crossfire — A 3×3 grid of Counter-Strike categories every day. Name a pro who fits both the row and the column of each square, with nine guesses for the whole grid.