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Why do teams sometimes pick team B?

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IAmCheese1

So from what I understand, Team A gets first ban, first map pick, etc while Team B gets second ban second pick.

EG and a few other teams I think choose Team B sometimes, isn't team A just objectively better though? I feel like you would want to have a first pick, plus Team A gets to pick their starting side twice, while B only once.

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noaware
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Sometimes you want to not give your cards so you can bait the other team into picking/banning what you want

#3
TM06Nick
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you pretty much always want Team B because you want to see what the other team bans

#4
TheLoque
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Team B can play on team A's decision, whether banning own's weak map or opponent's strong map

#5
rtg9000
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Map 1 and 2 are both guaranteed to get played, so having first pick doesn't matter as much I think.

Having 2nd ban is better, you might have team A ban the map you wanna ban, which means you get to free up a ban

Also, team B pretty much pick map 3 from the last 2 maps, hence why A get starting side

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IAmCheese1
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oh true, I wasnt thinking as much abt bans. in my mind I felt giving up map 1 pick to the other team might cause momentum issues, but yeah definitely the ban advantage and 3rd map make sense thanks

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Injonc
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Imagine both Team have the same perma ban so you chose Team B because you know that your perma ban got ban by the other team it can give you a ban advantage.

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