# Create a live draft for Counter-Strike

> Run a fantasy Counter-Strike draft live — build around an AWPer, price the entry fraggers, and lock your IGL before anyone else does. Real-time, synced for your whole league, and everyone you invite plays free.

Canonical: https://livedraftit.com/create-live-draft-for/counter-strike

Run a fantasy Counter-Strike draft live — build around an AWPer, price the entry fraggers, and lock your IGL before anyone else does. Run a snake draft, a budget auction, or a hybrid of both — all in real time. Free to set up, $9 to take a draft live, and everyone you invite plays free.

Invited players free · Snake · Auction · Hybrid · Synced live clocks

## A board tuned for fantasy Counter-Strike

Filter and sort players by position, team, and your own custom ratings so the right pick is always one tap away.

**Positions on the board:** AWPer, Entry, IGL, Support, Lurker

**Draft the biggest names:** Load players from across the CS2 Majors and league play — for example: NAVI, FaZe Clan, Vitality, G2 Esports, Spirit

## How to run a fantasy Counter-Strike draft

1. **Build your fantasy Counter-Strike board.** Upload a CSV of players from the CS2 Majors and league play with your own ranks and any rating columns you care about, or start from a template and edit it.
2. **Set the format and invite your league.** Choose a snake draft, a budget auction, or a hybrid of both, set the order or randomise it, then share one join link with your managers.
3. **Draft it live.** Every manager picks on the same synced clock. Auto-pick keeps the fantasy Counter-Strike draft moving if someone loses signal, and the commissioner can undo a pick or skip a turn if it goes wrong.

## What matters in a fantasy Counter-Strike draft

The board is only half of it — here is how fantasy Counter-Strike leagues usually approach draft day.

Counter-Strike fantasy lives and dies on the AWPer. One player holding the rifle accounts for a disproportionate share of a team’s rating, so the first round of any draft is effectively a run on five or six names.

In-game leaders are the inverse — they usually post the worst raw statistics on their own roster while making everyone around them better. If your league scores on rating alone, IGLs are a trap; if it scores on rounds won, they are the best value on the board.

Tournament format matters more than in season-long sports. A Major with a Swiss stage rewards drafting players from teams likely to play the most maps, which is not the same as drafting the best players.

## The full draft engine, included

Every feature works for fantasy Counter-Strike out of the box. No add-ons, no per-seat fees. Every format, live chat, spectating, auto-pick, photos on the board and anonymous auction bidding are standard; the full list is on [the homepage](https://livedraftit.com/#features).

$9 to run one draft, or $49 once for every draft you ever host. Start with one and it counts toward Lifetime. Everyone you invite plays free, forever. No seats, no per-player fees, no account upsell. 30-day money-back guarantee — no reason required. Details: [pricing](https://livedraftit.com/pricing).

## Counter-Strike draft questions

### Can I run a Counter-Strike draft with my own rankings?

Absolutely. Upload a CSV of players with your own ranks and custom columns, or start from a Counter-Strike template and tweak it. Your board, your rules.

### Does LiveDraft-It support Counter-Strike auctions?

Yes. Run a full budget auction for your Counter-Strike pool with per-manager budgets, minimum bid increments, anti-snipe extensions and optional anonymous bidding — or mix an auction and a snake draft together with the hybrid format.

### Is there a Counter-Strike template I can use?

Browse the template marketplace for community and system Counter-Strike datasets, or build your own in minutes and optionally share it with everyone.

More questions about pricing, formats and invites are answered on [the homepage](https://livedraftit.com) and the [pricing page](https://livedraftit.com/pricing).

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