Haze
Created by Stevo

Recommended Gametypes: Throwdown
Recommended Players: 4

Round 1 of Forge Hub’s 2v2 Throwdown may not even be underway yet, but in keeping with our advance preview policy we’re ready to reveal the battleground which will see both the Winners Bracket and the Losers Bracket fight out their first separated matches during Round 2. Your matches for the opening bouts will begin on Monday, but the wise amongst you will get practicing on this all the same and have a head start on the opposition come Round 2.

Lovingly crafted by our very own Stevo, Haze is a fitting follow up to the Round 1 map, Premise, matching the latter’s symmetrical finesse blow for blow. Haze, however, opts for a more divided approach to this base-on-base design principle, drawing strong inspiration from a long time favourite of this Journalist, Halo 3′s The Pit. Sporting a central divide, a dominant central room at one end 'a la Sword', and a series of paths from side to side along the length of the divide, Haze takes this principle even further by expanding the structure around the Shotgun/Needler areas of The Pit. Clever and generous use of Large Braces brings a more interesting approach to lines of sight along the length of the map, but particularly in this more enclosed area, which houses a Sniper in the central corridor. Rockets counterpoint the Sniper, sitting at the other end of the central divide, below the Plasma Grenade nee-Sword room, and a Grenade Launcher and Sprint powerup in each base round out the arsenal in store for our intrepid Round 2 competitors.

Familiarity of design alone will not win you the day, however, and you would be well advised to use this next week to hone your approaches and strategies on this map, learning to utilise both aggressive pushes and slow play to have the best chance at victory in the all important second round. Good luck, and have fun. Write-up by Pegasi.

Haze - 2v2 Throwdown: Round 2 - YouTube

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