Rooftops Search and Destroy guide
Rooftops 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 93 pro SnD rounds on Rooftops: 72 in pro scrims and 21 at the CDL Launch Invitational.
How pro rounds go on Rooftops
From 93 pro SnD rounds on Rooftops: 72 in pro scrims and 21 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 Rooftops: A 20 and B 19, with the median plant 38s into the round.
At the CDL Launch Invitational, 21 rounds in 6 games: attackers won 10, first blood won 14 of 21, and 10 plants went down, A 9 and B 1, with the planting side winning 7.
- ARoute to Afrom 8 CDL plants
- 1Defence hold12% of the time
- 2Defence hold9% of the time
- 3Defence hold7% of the time
- 4Defence 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 B 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 Rooftops
The Map Lab plays back whole CDL games on Rooftops, round by round, with all eight players on the map, the score and the clock. There are 6 SnD games here so far.
- Paris Gentle Mates v Cloud9 New YorkSearch and Destroy · watch it in the Map Lab
- Huntsmen v Toronto KOISearch and Destroy · watch it in the Map Lab
- G2 Minnesota v Carolina Royal RavensSearch and Destroy · watch it in the Map Lab
- Bush Gaming v Vancouver SurgeSearch and Destroy · watch it in the Map Lab
- Bush Gaming v Riyadh FalconsSearch and Destroy · watch it in the Map Lab
- LA Thieves v Cloud9 New YorkSearch and Destroy · watch it in the Map Lab
Where the numbers come from
The SnD numbers come from 93 pro rounds on Rooftops: 72 in pro scrims and 21 at the CDL Launch Invitational. The advantage and clutch tables come from 283 pro scrim rounds on all maps.
Both spawns, the route to A and the defence holds are from the CDL Launch Invitational. The pro games are from the CDL Launch Invitational broadcast.
For Hardpoint on Rooftops, read the Rooftops 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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