Border: Workshop / Ventilation Room (1F)

Border · 1F · Ventilation

Workshop / Ventilation Room is a first floor bomb site on Border, planting in Ventilation. Attackers usually hard breach the Workshop wall to Central Lobby from Central Lobby. Vertical play comes through Archives hatch (over Workshop) and Armory Desk hatch (over Servers). Strong picks here include Mute, Smoke and Azami.

• Lobby breach onto Workshop and Server
• West push through Ventilation Hallway
• Armory Desk hatch drops into Server

Breach walls

• Workshop wall to Central Lobby, from Central Lobby.
• Workshop wall to Bathroom, from Bathroom.
• Ventilation wall to Servers, from Servers.

Hatches and vertical play

• Archives hatch (over Workshop).
• Armory Desk hatch (over Servers).
• 2F Archives above Workshop (hatch), 2F Armory Desk above Servers (hatch, the room between the two plant rooms), 2F Armory Lockers above Ventilation. These are largely destructible floor.

Windows and outside play

• West Entrance / Ventilation Hallway door.
• low: the fight is the Central Lobby and Bathroom side plus vertical from 2F. The west door into the Ventilation Hallway is the only exterior entry close to site.

Rotations

• Ventilation–Servers walk-through (key rotate).
• Workshop–Bathroom walk-through.
• Red Hallway–Fountain on 2F.
• Armory–Armory Lockers on 2F.

Anchor spots

• Servers (touches both plant rooms).
• Workshop north-west corner.
• Ventilation west side.

Flanks

• Ventilation Hallway / West Entrance, and 2F drops through the Archives and Armory Desk hatches.

Best operators for Workshop / Ventilation Room

Attack

• Hibana.
• Thermite.
• Ace.
• Thatcher.
• Buck.
• Sledge.
• Ash.

Defense

• Bandit.
• Jager.
• Wamai.
• Kaid.
• Mute.
• Smoke.
• Valkyrie.

Picks that work here

• Mute: Strong anchor on Border.
• Smoke: Strong anchor on Border.
• Azami: Strong anchor on Border.

Combos for this site

• Bandit + Jäger: ADS guards the batteries.
• Bandit + Wamai: Mag-NET guards the batteries.
• Kaid + Tubarão: Stacked wall denial.
• Kaid + Maestro: Hold the site together.

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Other sites on Border

Armory Lockers / Archives Supply Room / Customs Inspection Bathroom / Tellers