Chapter 159: nice: Can I also become a No-Backer?

"Congratulations to Vitality for completing the comeback from 0-1 to 2-1 and taking the final victory of this BO3!" Ma Xixi's voice in the stream was very happy.

"Although they were beaten up on the forklift in Map 1, in their own map pick, Vitality's performance was still very outstanding. The total points the opponent got in the next two maps didn't exceed 10."

The old handsome guy commented on the side: "There is indeed a gap in the overall strength of both sides in this match, but the opponent wasn't without room to fight back. It was more because of the outstanding performance of Little Xu and the little French fatty, who always stunned the opponent at critical moments."

"Now their record in the qualifiers is already 2-0. Next, they only need to win one more match to get the ticket and get their own stickers."

Ma Xixi made an objective evaluation: "Vitality is a new team now, everything has to start from scratch. This performance is actually quite good. But if this lineup wants to compete for the championship, NBK or RPK must stand up, otherwise Vitality will have to adjust and change players."

"We have already seen the two-man carry mode in NAVI. This mode is indeed not bad, but compared to the top people in the world, there is still a certain gap."

One of the reasons NAVI, as the current world No. 2, is criticized is the "two daddies leading three mascots" model. Whether they can win against top teams depends entirely on whether the three mascots perform well enough.

Now Vitality also gives people this feeling. Although the overall data of RPK, NBK, and Apex in this BO3 was not bad, data is one aspect, and match performance is another.

After watching the entire BO3, they still felt that the competitiveness of the NBK and RPK brothers was a bit insufficient.

However, for domestic fans, they were already quite satisfied with the current situation—after all, when Xu Beifang was in VP before, he was triggering the mantis passive every day, focusing on being isolated and helpless, with no one else who could stably stand up to help him.

Now, judging from the data and match performance, at least the little French fatty next to him is very reliable.

Two stable firepower outputs, plus the French heavy artillery RPK who explodes from time to time, can still go a long way in S-tier tournaments.

It's just that, temporarily judging from their map pool, tactical reserves, and the stability of the players' performance.

Competing for the championship is basically impossible.

Inside the Vitality team room, Xu Beifang took off his headset and happily high-fived and hugged his teammates.

Although it was just a European qualifier, the pleasure brought by the comeback and the victory itself made them very satisfied.

Subsequently, led by the bald coach, they came to the opponent's area to shake hands after the match.

When shaking hands with hunter, Xu Beifang praised him: "Your CZ play is really good."

This sentence wasn't commercial mutual praise, but from the heart.

Just like himself, although he had done so much practice, in this version where the CZ was weakened, he still hadn't been able to produce a decent performance.

"What's the use?" hunter smiled bitterly. "This nerf slashed me to waste."

Originally, as an expert-level CZ player, in the version where the CZ was strong, he could rely on the CZ to stage comebacks in many eco rounds. But now, he could only take it out to use on maps like Inferno.

Xu Beifang just exchanged pleasantries with him slightly and then shook hands with the next member.

The handshake session ended, and he began to follow the main force back to the lounge.

Both rounds of matches had been won, and they had entered the competition of the third round. As long as they took the final victory, they could successfully announce their advancement.

"What is our schedule next?" Xu Beifang asked Vitality's team leader.

"There is no match today for the time being. Go back to the hotel first, everyone rest for a while, and collective training will start in two hours. We have scheduled training matches with several French tier-2 teams." The team leader explained.

Because it was only in the major qualifier stage, they could actually schedule some training matches.

It's just that the overall training quality wouldn't be very high. After all, in the current French teams, their Vitality, which had just been founded not long ago, could be considered one of the top teams, so how high could the level of others be?

The only one left ahead of them was G2.

Xu Beifang nodded, sat in the car, closed his eyes, and began to think about reviewing the match.

He had a brilliant highlight moment in Dust II today. He wasn't savoring it in detail, but thinking about how he should have handled it better at that time.

That wave at A Short was already low health; using single taps was correct.

Being so low on health, choosing a bold playstyle was right.

Choosing to spray and control recoil at this time was the most irrational playstyle, because that could only gamble on the opponent's gunplay mistake.

Pursuing maximum efficiency with a single headshot was the most appropriate playstyle.

Xu Beifang didn't have the persistent preference for a certain technique like EliGE or Headshot Brother.

For him, techniques were more about practicality. Being able to exert these techniques at the appropriate time was what he wanted to achieve.

Just like NiKo, as a rifleman, he preferred one-taps, but he was still skilled in rifle techniques such as burst firing, spraying, and transferring fire.

Whether he would use them at certain times was one thing, and whether he could use them was another.

Just like today's match, if it weren't for the understanding of Device's positioning and holding points, he would absolutely not have been able to air-pick that CT jumping A1 in Inferno.

If he had stubbornly played spraying, he wouldn't have been able to take that clutch.

Although he knew the single-tap technique, he wasn't very proficient in using it.

Xu Beifang planned to go to the gym to catch NiKo and ask him after the Katowice Major officially started.

Thinking of this, he also glanced at his system backpack, where the accumulated D-grade treasure chests had reached 100 again.

【Do you want to exchange 100 D-grade treasure chests for 1 B-grade treasure chest?】

"Yes!"

【B-grade treasure chest exchange successful, do you want to open...】

【Opening for you...】

【You have obtained the intermediate rifleman technique, currently randomly drawing a rifleman...】

【Congratulations on obtaining JKS's solo map control technique.】

JKS? This Australian cold-faced gunner hadn't had contact with Xu Beifang, but he understood JKS's ability.

After all, as the No. 1 Australian CS player, if he remembered correctly, even in a team like COL later, he could become a Top 19 player.

And before going to COL, his experience was similar to his own, also leading a team alone to break into the major top eight, and he was also a top-tier gunner.

But perhaps because of language limitations, he hadn't found a very good team later, which had always been a pity.

JKS played as a lurker, and his position was a bit different from his own.

But for Xu Beifang, different positions wouldn't have too many restrictions. After all, as Vitality's solo entry, he wouldn't go to Banana Road every round.

And the distribution of positions in CS: GO was just a general term. Many times, it still depended on tactical needs and on-the-spot needs. Once both sides engaged, it was impossible to adjust first and then chase the enemy, right?

Still the same saying, there are some techniques he doesn't have to use, but he must know them; only then can he become stronger.

Even one extra kill could become the key to changing the outcome of the entire game.

Moreover, only by understanding lurkers like them will one know how to better deal with them.

Xu Beifang's mind began to sink into the system, the screen shattered, and he officially entered jks's technique insight.

This was a match between FaZe and NaVi on Inferno.

!!!

"This guy went to FaZe later??" Xu Beifang was a bit surprised; one must know that FaZe doesn't take in nobodies.

It seems that after compLexity, his career has been smooth sailing.

This was a pistol round; jks started by playing the side path alone. He didn't go to the side path to play on the bicycle like Wanjiqi, but instead hugged the wall in front of the right side of the T-Bridge.

He stayed hidden for a wave at the start, then waited for about 3 seconds before peeking out to check for information in VIP.

Xu Beifang felt it very clearly: jks was preparing to give the opponent who jumped to check the side path false information, making them think no one was there. At this time, the CT would think the side path was empty and push from VIP, and he would come out to catch a side profile.

This is the disgusting part about lurkers; they think more about how to avoid frontal duels and find ways to steal your back.

The frontal attack in the pistol round went smoothly, and jks also returned to T Spawn to cover his teammates' rear.

Immediately after, the screen came to a long gun round; jks was fully equipped with guns and grenades, also playing the side path alone.

He started with a standard VIP fire, then threw a flashbang to prevent Mid pushes.

On the T side of Inferno, if the CT is bold, they can push down while hugging the wall; this flashbang could very smoothly avoid the possibility of the opponent pushing.

Taking advantage of the VIP fire, jks entered VIP with a spin jump, making the least amount of noise, and then chose to get stuck in a wide angle watching the Boiler Room.

At the same time, this position could also use peripheral vision to watch Mid, getting information on several areas from one spot.

As for the Spiral Stairs direction, it was abandoned by him; this was jks's deliberate choice. Controlling the side path alone, he didn't have that much energy, and the main force's attack direction was a quick hit on B Site.

The opponent's speed pushing from the Spiral Stairs definitely couldn't keep up.

The B Site attack was very smooth, so jks started pushing toward Mid with his AK-47, starting to lurk in Mid.

First check A1, because at this time the possibility of a Link rotation is high, and A1's threat is higher.

After checking A1, check the Link, then check Mid, guarding against possible timing.

Then—Xu Beifang saw a spinbot appear!

While moving silently toward CT Spawn, jks quickly cleared spots while ensuring a frequency of looking back every 3 steps, ensuring he wouldn't be caught at a moment when his back was exposed.

Xu Beifang's eyes lit up when he saw this scene. Sometimes his thinking in clutches is slightly worse than those professional old dogs, making it easy for opponents to steal his back.

So, would jks's method of using technique to smooth out awareness be useful for him?

Can I, Nice, also become a No-Backer?

The screen continued, and Xu Beifang felt more and more that these players' thinking was very interesting.

He could understand many of their operations and thoughts, and he didn't necessarily have to learn them in depth, but often this collision between ideas could provide him with new ways of playing.

Just like this wave, after his teammate died in Mid, jks chose to lurk A2 alone.

His B Site teammates were feinting frontally, and his task had turned into helping the team cover the rear and reduce the opponent's numbers.

Inside A2, he held the gap of the crossing, watching a fly-headed enemy jumping toward the Library. jks didn't fire immediately.

Instead, he waited for a while, then came over to search the Pit area.

He caught an Electronic who was moving, and a spray directly killed him.

This idea was very similar to his, just like the ECO comeback on Inferno today, actively letting the opponent pass, then killing the single A defender, letting the main force come over to rotate.

Even if he had fired immediately to kill that carelessly positioned CT, it would actually have been a very good opportunity; after all, killing one member of the opponent's A Site had already created the possibility for his teammates to rotate to A.

But for a clutch with a numbers disadvantage, information is actually more important than kills.

Although he only got one kill, jks hitting Electronic at the second timing allowed his teammates to enter A Site very easily.

Lurking doesn't mean being a "Lao Liu" (camper); you have to play a role for the team at the right time.

A good lurker can sublimate the combat power of the entire team.

Xu Beifang felt that he had gained a lot today.

After returning to the hotel room later, he started to pull Zywoo to practice on the ladder together.

Knowing the technique is one thing, but being able to use it is another.

Just like the spray transfer practice Ji Ge taught him, he only became proficient after months of training.

And he also had to see if this kind of big spinbot clearing method fit his own playstyle.

Having won the matches for two consecutive days, Vitality's mood was also very high, and they played very smoothly in the subsequent training matches.

At this time, they all set their sights on the third round of the match.

In this final match concerning the competition for the Major ticket, they encountered the hardest bone to chew in the entire European qualifier—ENCE from Finland!

And Xu Beifang knew that this ENCE was the only team in the future that could have a team music kit, and 2019 was the peak state of this team.

ez4ence, it wasn't just said for fun.

Today's ENCE lineup was an unprecedentedly strong team.

The team's commander was the currently popular commander star, who debuted at his peak, aleksib, who looked like international superstar Leonardo.

The team's sniper, allu, was an even more legendary sniper; because his form fluctuated too much, he was also often teased by netizens.

The simplest thing was the popular science about allu:

Let me popularize the player godallu for those who don't know: Finnish, playstyle erratic, elusive, flick shots and entry sniping are all mastered, has killed many great gods like device, Zywoo, kennyS, etc., especially good at strong tactical maps like Train.

Let me popularize the player botallu for those who don't know: Finnish, bad.

And today, the other players of ENCE were also the top batch of gunners in Finland, and their gunplay was very rigid.