Corrode Changed in Patch 13.08. Your Old Post-Plant Might Be the Problem

The short answer: if your Corrode post-plant keeps collapsing, check the plan before the pick. Patch 13.08 shortened the defender routes into the back of both sites and changed the A plant zone so playing post-plant from A Link is less effective. A position can feel exactly as safe as it did last time you played the map and still lose more often, because the defenders now arrive sooner and from closer.

What Patch 13.08 Changed on Corrode

Here is the full list from the patch 13.08 notes, with what each change does to a post-plant.

Notice the split. Getting into A Link got easier for attackers. Playing the spike from A Link got harder. Riot is pushing attackers to use the area for space, not as a place to sit for the rest of the round.

Why Familiar Feels Correct

Returning players remember where to stand far better than why it was safe. A post-plant spot is really an agreement between four things: where the spike is, what you can see from your position, the utility you still have, and how long the defenders need to reach the defuse. Change one of the four and the agreement can break while the spot still feels right.

That is why the losses are so easy to misread. You hold your angle, the defenders arrive a bit sooner, you have to cross an open line to contest, and you die. On the replay it looks like a lost duel. The real problem happened when you picked a position that could not reach the spike in time.

Everyone Survives, Nobody Stops the Defuse

Here is the pattern to look for in your own Corrode games. It is illustrative, not a recorded round.

1. Spike down on ATwo attackers fall back to spots they remember as strong, one of them A Link.
2. Defenders arrive earlyThe shorter route puts them in cover sooner than either attacker expects.
3. Each waits for the otherBoth positions are safe. Neither can see the defuse without stepping out.
4. Forced swingOne attacker crosses an open line alone and loses the duel. Tap, defuse, round lost.

Nobody played badly in the moment. The two positions just did not make a coordinated contest. Two teammates who watch the same threat can trade each other. Two teammates who share the same weakness just die one after the other.

Rebuild the Setup From the Spike Outward

Before you collect lineups, answer four questions out loud in the buy phase. If any answer is vague, change the plant or the positions.

• Where does the spike go? Pick a plant your positions can actually see, not just the default.
• Who contests first? One named player, with a reason.
• Who trades that player? Someone close enough to punish their death right away.
• Which defender route do we see early? With retakes now shorter, the first spot of the retake matters more than the last.

The plant checkIf your post-plant position cannot see the spike, or reach it within a couple of seconds, it is a hiding spot. That can be fine with a lineup or a delay ability, but you have to know which one you are playing.

Always Have a Fallback

Plants go wrong: you get hit mid-plant, or you have to drop the spike somewhere awkward. Have one emergency plan for that case on each site, decided before the round. Usually it is simple: everyone plays close, and you trade each other instead of spreading out to hold cross angles.

Whatever map you lose on, our article on reading your Map Rating shows how to split it into the half and phase that is actually failing. If you want Corrode played right while you learn it, duo boost with a high-rank player who calls the post-plant, or hand it over to our rank boost.

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