CS2 utility analysis: flashes, smokes, and molotovs

The scoreboard rewards kills, but rounds are often won by the player who never appears at the top of it. A perfect pop-flash, a smoke that cuts a site in half, a molotov that delays a push — this is the utility game, and it is usually invisible.

Utility analysis makes it visible. JumpThrow.gg measures grenade impact from the demo so support work finally shows up as numbers you can judge.

What it measures

• Flash assists — blinds that led directly to a teammate’s kill.
• Enemy blind time — total seconds of enemies flashed, exposing both good pop-flashes and wasteful over-flashing.
• Fire and HE damage — molotov and grenade damage that softens sites and clears angles.
• Usage discipline — whether utility is saved for the right moment or dumped early with no effect.

Using it to improve

If your team keeps losing retakes, check whether utility is being spent on the initial contact and left empty for the retake. If flash assists are low despite lots of flashes thrown, the timing is off — the enemy is un-blinding before your teammate can swing.

Read utility next to site control and duels: the best executes line up flashes with entries, and these views together show whether yours do.