How do you attack Reading Room / Fireplace Hall on Kafe Dostoyevsky?

Hard breach the Reading Room wall to Pillar from Pillar / Main. Open Cocktail hatch (over Laundry (next to Reading Room)) for vertical pressure. Thermite. Hibana.

Kafe Dostoyevsky: Reading Room / Fireplace Hall (2F)

Kafe Dostoyevsky · 2F · Reading Room

Reading Room / Fireplace Hall is a second floor bomb site on Kafe Dostoyevsky, planting in Reading Room. Attackers usually hard breach the Reading Room wall to Pillar from Pillar / Main. Vertical play comes through Cocktail hatch (over Laundry (next to Reading Room)). Strong picks here include Smoke, Azami, Mute and Clash.

Pillar breach into Reading Room
White Stairs pushes Fireplace Hall
3F Bar floor opens onto Reading

Kafe Dostoyevsky 2F floor plan with Reading Room / Fireplace Hall — 2F floor plan (official Ubisoft blueprint)

Kafe Dostoyevsky floor above Reading Room / Fireplace Hall — The floor above

Breach walls

Reading Room wall to Pillar, from Pillar / Main.
Fireplace Hall wall to White Stairs, from White Stairs.

Hatches and vertical play

Cocktail hatch (over Laundry (next to Reading Room)).
3F with soft floors. 3F Bar sits directly over Reading Room (siterep; the blueprint marks the whole Bar floor as breakable). The south-centre of 3F (Bathroom / White Corridor side) is over Fireplace Hall and is partly breakable. The Cocktail floor hatch drops into Laundry, next to Reading.

Windows and outside play

Fireplace Hall south windows.
East Terrace windows / door.
North Pillar / Main windows.
medium: the 2F is flanked by terraces (East Terrace and the Bakery Roof on the west), and Fireplace Hall's south wall is exterior. Most executes still come from 3F (vertical) and from Pillar / White Stairs.

Rotations

Reading Room–Reading Corridor.
Fireplace Hall–Train.
Fireplace Hall vault to White Stairs.
Fireplace hatch down to 1F.

Anchor spots

Reading Room south-east corner.
Fireplace Hall by the Train walk-through.
3F Bar / Cocktail roamer.

Flanks

Laundry / White Stairs, and Train from Mining.

Best operators for Reading Room / Fireplace Hall

Attack

Thermite.
Hibana.
Ace.
Thatcher.
Buck.
Sledge.
Iana.
Nomad.

Defense

Kaid.
Mute.
Bandit.
Smoke.
Azami.
Jäger.
Wamai.
Vigil.

Picks that work here

Smoke: Smoke White Hall for free burn; best Stacks pick by far.
Azami: Strong anchor on Kafe.
Mute: Shotgun builds most of the setup; C4 hits window repels.
Clash: Shield stops White Hall pushes; drop laundry to fall back.
Mute: Strong anchor on Kafe.

Combos for this site

Thatcher + Thermite: Disrupt, then burn.
Kaid + Smoke: Hold the site together.
Bandit + Tubarão: Stacked wall denial.
Azami + Castle: Hold the site together.

Sources

Other sites on Kafe Dostoyevsky

Cocktail Lounge / Bar Mining Room / Fireplace Hall Kitchen Cooking / Kitchen Service