Reactor Search and Destroy guide
Reactor is in the MW4 Search and Destroy pool. This guide shows both bomb sites and both spawns on the full map, where CDL attackers took the bomb and where defenders held, and how pro rounds go. It's built from 41 pro SnD rounds on Reactor: 29 in pro scrims and 12 at the CDL Launch Invitational.
How pro rounds go on Reactor
From 41 pro SnD rounds on Reactor: 29 in pro scrims and 12 at the CDL Launch Invitational.
The side up a player
How often the team with more players alive wins the round, from 283 pro scrim rounds on all maps.
Clutches
How often the last player alive wins it. Use the time and the bomb.
Where pros plant and hold
Plants on Reactor: A 5 and B 12, with the median plant 36s into the round.
At the CDL Launch Invitational, 12 rounds in 5 games: attackers won 8, first blood won 9 of 12, and 5 plants went down, A 1 and B 4, with the planting side winning 5.
- BRoute to Bfrom 4 CDL plants
- 1Defence hold24% of the time
- 2Defence hold10% of the time
- 3Defence hold7% of the time
Each line is the route a CDL planter ran to the site, the one closest to all the others. Too few CDL plants on A to draw one yet. The numbered spots are where CDL defenders stood most, 15 to 25 seconds into the round, with the share of their time spent there.
Watch pro SnD games on Reactor
The Map Lab plays back whole CDL games on Reactor, round by round, with all eight players on the map, the score and the clock. There are 5 SnD games here so far.
- Bush Gaming v Riyadh FalconsSearch and Destroy · watch it in the Map Lab
- Huntsmen v FaZe VegasSearch and Destroy · watch it in the Map Lab
- M80 Boston v FaZe VegasSearch and Destroy · watch it in the Map Lab
- FaZe Vegas v M80 BostonSearch and Destroy · watch it in the Map Lab
- Huntsmen v FaZe VegasSearch and Destroy · watch it in the Map Lab
Where the numbers come from
The SnD numbers come from 41 pro rounds on Reactor: 29 in pro scrims and 12 at the CDL Launch Invitational. The advantage and clutch tables come from 283 pro scrim rounds on all maps.
Both spawns, the route to B and the defence holds are from the CDL Launch Invitational. The pro games are from the CDL Launch Invitational broadcast.
For Hardpoint on Reactor, read the Reactor Hardpoint guide. Plan your own rounds in the free Map Lab, then save the plan and send it to your team. Updated 8 November 2026.
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