Nighthaven Labs — Kitchen / Cafeteria (1F)
Operator picks, callouts, utility, and bans for Kitchen / Cafeteria on Nighthaven Labs. Both attack and defense covered.
Open interactive Kitchen / Cafeteria strat →1F — Kitchen / Cafeteria
attack
Map control first: Finka and Iana clear Cafeteria side while Sledge sets up vertical pressure. Sledge plays vertical from 2F to pressure Kitchen anchors through the soft floor. Once site is droned and roamers are pressured, Twitch clears the wall and Ace opens. Reception is the strong main-stair angle — clear before commitment.
defense
Kaid denies the hard-breach on Kitchen with electrified walls. Mira places a Black Mirror between Kitchen and Cafeteria for sightlines on incoming pushes. Aruni ADS protect anchors from grenades. Caveira roams to delay the push; Lesion provides sustain or last-second plant denial. Roam Hangar — most attacker droning starts from there.
Map-wide ban recommendations (Nighthaven Labs)
- Thatcher (attack ban) — Nighthaven Labs' basement Server Room walls are heavily electrified. Without Thatcher, attackers must rely on risky Kali or Twitch plays to open critical reinforcements.
- Flores (attack ban) — Flores' exploding drones clear bulletproof utility through Nighthaven's long corridors with zero risk. Banning him forces attackers to push into defender gadgets head-on.
- Kaid (defense ban) — Electroclaw range lets Kaid deny hatches and walls on Server Room and Assembly simultaneously. His flexibility is critical for Nighthaven's vertical-heavy defense.
- Smoke (defense ban) — Nighthaven Labs' tight chokepoints and narrow corridors make Smoke's canisters devastating for denying plant attempts on every site.
Other Nighthaven Labs bomb sites
- Command / Server (2F)
- Control / Storage (1F)
- Tank / Assembly (B)
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