Chapter 160: I, Little Li, don't like playing standard!

Inside the Spodek Arena, the Vitality members were ready to go.

Xu Beifang had been looking forward to this match for a long time, while Apex and the two old Frenchmen were waiting in full battle array, feeling immense pressure.

Xu Beifang was warming up quickly with bots, and the bald coach was already conducting the BP for this match.

Before the match, they had discussed this BO3 match and reached a result—as long as they didn't play Train with ENCE, there would still be a chance on other maps.

Because of the level problem, Vitality didn't play this map, and it was also the first ban.

Another map to worry about was Nuke. This map with complex tactics, Vitality, even if they tried hard to train and run maps, still lacked the game between strong teams—the current ENCE ranking was 11th in the world, definitely a T1-level strong team.

However, if possible, they didn't want to be forced to practice maps in this level of competition. After all, the major qualification was more important.

Both sides' BP was quick.

Vitality removed Train.

ENCE banned Cache.

Coming to Vitality's first pick, after consideration, they finally chose Dust II. Yesterday's easy victory over the red wine bottle and the gambler gave them great confidence.

ENCE, after consideration, took Mirage. On this map with strong gunplay and tactical comprehensiveness, Little Li was very confident in himself.

Both sides removed one more map each, and finally, Overpass was left, which was a bit surprising.

The match was about to start. The bald coach pulled the players together for fist bumps one by one, then encouraged: "Keep confidence, even if it's the world's 11th, so what? Believe in our own performance, come on, come on!"

The ten players from both sides began to enter the match server.

Vitality vs ENCE

Map: Dust II

T: Zywoo, Apex, nice, NBK, RPK

CT: Allu, AleksiB, sergej, aerial, xseven

Pistol round officially started!

Apex began to arrange the pistol round tactics: "Zywoo, you buy a smoke and a flash, then throw a P250 out."

"Start by sealing the Xbox, then you guys silently push toward A Short. Later, use a flashbang. After gaining control of A Short, directly use a flashbang to push toward the platform. I will watch the situation at A Long and push forward at any time."

Apex's pistol round tactics were quite concise, but on Dust II, there was rarely a need for too complex tactics; this was more of a map that relied on gunplay.

The countdown ended. He picked up the P250 and led the main force to set off.

……

"Okay, welcome everyone to watch this match between Vitality and ENCE. I am the commentator for this match, Machine."

"At the start, Allu directly topped B1 Floor. ENCE's playstyle will still give people some surprises, but I don't know if Allu at close range is in God form or Bot form."

Machine joked and began to analyze the match:

"Allu didn't continue to push forward, very steady, but waited for the B2 Floor teammate to coordinate the push, taking all the information outside B. However, Vitality sealed the Xbox smoke and directly silently went up to A Short. ENCE didn't put anyone on A Short this round, so they don't know the information about A Short."

"Sigh, but the A Short explosive grenade unfolded, Allu saw Zywoo throwing utility. Now he knows they are hitting A Short, but Allu's movements must speed up, otherwise the teammates on A Site might not be able to withstand the pressure."

Zywoo threw a flashbang on A Short to send the main force to the platform, then he was left on A Short to cut off the rear.

Xu Beifang was holding a P250, in the second gun position of the main force, and NBK was collecting information in front of him.

Because it was a one-wave explosive grenade hit, his position was inserted in the trading position, and he didn't need this P250 to go out to clear the site and get information.

"A Long channel!! A Long channel!!" NBK quickly cleared the site, but was headshot by an USP at A Long while moving, and quickly reported the point after reacting.

Xu Beifang couldn't see the opponent's position at A Long at the first moment and didn't hard-aim A Long, instead cautiously guarding against the platform.

No one coordinated to come out to trade on the platform. At this time, he began to aim at A Long and move to the left.

The moment he saw a CT, he immediately stopped and tapped.

After the third bullet left the chamber, the kill information successfully appeared in the top right corner.

【nice used P250 to headshot kill aerial】

He got a kill at A Long and successfully occupied the bomb site.

The no-armor Zywoo was also fighting hard on A Short.

"A Long is engaged in a fierce firefight, and Allu also got information about the A Short attack, but Zywoo started to cut off the rear after throwing the utility. Allu never expected that there was someone squatting at close range on A Short, and he was headshot by a Glock the moment he looked up."

"Sergej on B1 Floor was also tapped in the head by Zywoo. He alone blocked all the retakes from the B-tunnel. At the same time, Apex seized the timing of Little Li and nice dueling and touched out from A Long to kill him from the side."

"At this point, ENCE can no longer struggle in this pistol round. The low-health sergej peeked out with a pre-fire, but was also taken away in one shot, leaving only xseven in CT Spawn facing this 1v4 clutch, wanting to cry without tears."

"nice is holding the P250 and directly starting to look for people. Xseven didn't win the duel either!"

Machine praised: "These Vitality twin stars helped the team directly win the victory in the pistol round. It was a very clean and neat pistol round. Whether it was cutting off the rear or the frontal battlefield, they played very outstandingly."

"Pistol round ended, ENCE chose to gather 5 people to send a wave, finding someone without armor to send."

"But Zywoo's scout sniped one, the no-armor CT became the scout practice time, NBK saw this and hurriedly rushed out with a Galil, starting a screen-clearing! This positioning ability, NBK, have you also gotten better today?"

The Vitality members fist-bumped each other, and the score reached 2:0.

Xu Beifang reminded: "The opponent has 4 people with 4450 economy, and one with 4750. There is an economy to buy an AWP this round, Zywoo, be careful."

"I'll find a resting position to get information." Zywoo nodded to show he understood.

Apex began to arrange the full-buy round playstyle: "nice, this position, directly fight for A Long. Since the opponent has the economy to buy an AWP, the flashbang must not stop."

"Fight for A Long first, then I'll see how to do the next tactical step."

The countdown ended. Xu Beifang went straight to A Long with an AK47.

He didn't buy an SG553 this round. It wasn't a problem of 50 economy, but a problem they had discussed in advance.

On this map, Dust II, most gunfight distances were medium to long.

This team ENCE knew how to play SG553. They absolutely couldn't let ENCE pick up an SG553 now, otherwise, once the rhythm started, they wouldn't be able to play at all.

This kind of firearm with a scope would greatly affect the balance of the entire game.

There was another problem: what if the opponent bought an AUG?

Then they would rather not have an AK, but must pick up an AUG to fight.

The two firearms were too overpowered now. As professional players developed the capabilities of these two firearms, people in the entire professional circle were complaining about this thing.

It affected the balance too much.

So on some specific maps, Vitality would choose to only buy AK47 on the offensive side, so that they could still have the ability to fight back when the opponent was world-class fully equipped.

With the help of teammates' flashbangs, Xu Beifang switched to his knife and jumped out of A-door.

—Bang!

Sure enough, Xu Beifang's economy calculation ability avoided this damage for him.

Allu's AWP was fully blinded and missed a shot.

"Help me throw another flash, I'll chase him directly!!" Xu Beifang shouted in the voice comms.

Zywoo, who was getting information in the T-spawn, heard this and hurriedly came over to help flash.

Xu Beifang rushed out of A Long and chased directly, but only saw a CT retreating while covering his eyes.

The time was too rushed, and the opponent's movements were also fast, not letting him get a kill.

"No one at the blue car, Allu is at the CT spawn under the platform." Xu Beifang reported the information he had obtained.

After giving enough pressure, Xu Beifang was also worried about the opponent counter-pushing, so he hurriedly retreated.

After all, he was only holding an AK47. If Allu let his teammates help him hold the platform, a pre-aim difference could collapse him.

……

A Long was pressured. Because they bought several AUGs, there wasn't much utility this round. Little Li immediately called his teammates: "Go, go, gather and clear A Short, eat their middle."

Losing the territory of A Long, they had to get it back from other areas.

ENCE's current playstyle was unique in the entire Europe. They weren't a team that liked to gather in the bomb site to defend standard.

They liked to counter-push this process very much, but unlike Astralis's flash counter-push and Liquid's dry-peek counter-push, they relied on counter-pushing by numerical crushing!

Little Li stepped on Allu's head and went up to the A platform, and pushed toward A Short with Aerial.

And on the other side, the two defensive players on B Site were also pushing forward from the middle door. This wave was a 4-man counter-push in the middle.

For other European teams, this might be a big deal, but it was ENCE's daily counter-push process, using rigid gunplay and a large number of people to counter-push and win back the lost advantage.

NBK on the Xbox box looked up and saw two CTs on A Short, hurriedly lowered his head and squatted.

But the footsteps on the middle door side sounded, and he was in a mess for a while, and was quickly killed.

After ENCE's middle counter-push ended, hearing the sound of explosive grenades on A Site, they knew Vitality was starting to speed up toward A Site, and hurriedly gathered to start retaking.

Xu Beifang followed his teammates' flashbangs and strafed directly to look at the bomb site.

Moving from the slope to the right, collecting information on the bomb site and A Short.

"Two on A Short!!" Xu Beifang shouted quickly, then started spraying and controlling the recoil with his AK47.

A burst of short taps successfully secured a kill.

【nice used AK47 to headshot kill aerial】

【aleksib used AUG to kill nice】

"There's one more on A Short!!"

"RPK, hurry up and stand out to trade, but he didn't win!!" Machine commentated quickly in the stream. "Han Dou finally traded this shot, I can only say that the current AUG has too much advantage in gunfights at this distance. Little Li, as a new generation of IGL, also has gunplay online, successfully killing several T-side players in head-peeking positions."

"But now it's a 2 vs 3 clutch. Can Apex plant an A Long bomb?"

"Dou Dou entered the bomb site, but the two-man boost under the CT spawn platform stood up and directly killed him!!"

"Allu came to find the last T-side player, but was instantly killed by Zywoo's scout. Alright, now it's a 1 vs 2 clutch. ENCE is holding the crossing point and not peeking, Zywoo has a scout, this is an impossible clutch."

"Zywoo still couldn't complete it, the retake on A Site came too fast." Machine sighed. "Little Li's counter-push in the middle during the mid-game was too wonderful, but fortunately Vitality still has full-buy rounds to play."

……

"Is ENCE's playstyle so aggressive?" Apex was a bit surprised. The opponent's active playstyle on the defensive side made him think of the current world No. 2, Liquid.

That self-aiming team also actively came out to find you for gunfights on the defensive side.

Losing the first full-buy round, they didn't care too much. The early stage was more of some probing moves by both sides, feeling out the opponent's playstyle.

Vitality had a spawn point biased toward B Site this round.

Apex saw this scene and directly said: "Zywoo, you go to the middle to get information, everyone else follow me to B Site, and give them a fast push later."

Since the opponent liked to gather and counter-push in the mid-game, they would just make it so ENCE couldn't enter the mid-game counter-push.

The countdown ended. Everyone bought their firearms, and Xu Beifang went straight to B2 Floor with an AK47.

He had just jumped down to the back garden when he heard a sniper gunshot in the middle.

【Zywoo used AWP to headshot kill xseven】

"It seems it's GodAllu's state today. Zywoo jumped into the dark passage, wanting to catch the opponent's pre-aim difference, didn't expect Allu to come directly to trouble you, the sniper rifle aimed and flicked down, directly getting the first kill."

"Now ENCE is in a 2-1-2 setup, Little Li and Sergej are the two on B Site, but Little Li in the bomb site only has a car king, is there something wrong with the two people's positioning??"

Machine expressed that he couldn't understand. Short gun in the bomb site, long gun in the car position, what kind of abstract positioning choice is this.

However, ENCE made a mistake, so Vitality had a chance!

After a set of utility in the B-tunnel, the CT counter-threw a B-tunnel smoke grenade—seeing this scene, all the Vitality members' eyes lit up, knowing their chance had come.

Xu Beifang and NBK and others were all mixed in the smoke grenade. Dou Dou threw a flashbang, directly sending them out.

The flashbang popped, Xu Beifang rushed out of the smoke grenade, and the first thing he saw was Little Li, who was spraying with half his body exposed in the bomb site.

Squat down and aim!

"Da-da-da..."

【nice used AK47 to kill aleksib】

"Little Li's choice was indeed not in place, but he died in the bomb site, so is there anyone searching for Sergej behind the car position?"

"Sergej held an AUG and sprayed a burst! Traded one NBK, can he continue to fight?"

"nice strafed out directly, Sergej couldn't win! nice directly tapped him in the head, completing the trade task."

B-door smoke sealed, Xu Beifang gave a dog-hole fire, and then RPK started to enter the bomb site to plant the bomb.

Apex originally intended to seize the timing to hold B2 Floor to cut off the rear, but just after walking out of the B-tunnel, he saw the barrel of a sniper rifle not far away.

"Damn it!!" Apex didn't dare to mess around and hurriedly jumped back to the bomb site.

RPK in the bomb site pressed the C4 wealth code, several CTs on A Site had already returned to defend, and after the dog-hole fire dissipated, Aerial was ready. After the teammate's flashbang was thrown, he rushed in directly from the dog hole.

The moment the screen was half-white, Aerial sprayed at the bomb-planter below.

But before he could spray RPK to death and disrupt the opponent's clutch rhythm, AK47 bullets struck from the side.

【nice used AK47 to kill aerial】

"There is one at the white car, one in the bomb site!" Aerial quickly reported information to his teammates, then looked at the screen-clearing information of 'nice' in the top right, and was also a bit helpless.

This trade was too fast, don't they eat flashbangs?

In fact, Vitality had already communicated within the team.

Xu Beifang held the dog hole, while Apex held the B-door.

The opponent's flash was indeed a good flash, but he and Apex both belonged to the "good people" category.

The moment they were blinded, after the timing, they performed firepower suppression. Aerial was then directly killed by them.

"nice received another head, so now Vitality has become the active side in the clutch. It's already a 3 vs 2 clutch, locking Allu on B2 Floor, so there is probably another one outside B."

"How does Xseven handle this wave?"

The CT outside B-door couldn't hold back, dry-peeked to clear the site, but was instantly killed by Apex on the right hand of the B-tunnel!

Apex shouted: "Brothers, there is only Allu left in the B-tunnel, go and confiscate his AWP!!"

Then he chased out and was taken away by Allu with one shot.

Xu Beifang's position wasn't good, and he only had 4 HP left, so he chose to flank from the T-spawn.

"Allu's beautiful shot directly killed Dou Dou, but can he think of it? nice has already come over from the front. He thought of it! But the moment he looked up, he was one-tapped!!"

"I have to say, Allu's experience in saving the AWP is second only to Jame of the AVANGAR team, but he is still a little bit short. He has the consciousness to look at the T-spawn, but his position control was a bit negligent."

"The score reached 3:1, Vitality played very well in the early stage."

ENCE actively called for a timeout. They intended to adjust their thinking.

This wave of sudden speed-up, nice used individual ability to break through, trade, intercept retakes, confiscate weapons...

The opponent's carry's feel for the game suddenly heated up. They hurriedly called for a timeout to cool down the opponent's feel. ===== CHAPTER 161 =====