My new counter attack is really hard to bind on and get a knot on the bearing almost every time. I can bind on every yoyo I’ve ever tried. Do I need to replace the pads or just break them in?
You mean your binds are becoming snaggy
Yea kind of I just can’t get it to come up except for with a trapeze bind
Don’t use a trapeze bind. 
Also practice, practice,practice,practice,practice.
No it’s the yoyo I know how to bind
I’ve been throwing the counter attack for about a month now and I haven’t had a problem with binding. You may have a problem with your response pads or your bearing 
I put new string in an it fixed it
Fresh, new strings solve a lot of problems. 