Chapter 186

189. Chapter 186: Improper Wallbangs, Big Brother Bows and Spins

Although they lost a round due to KennyS's sniper performance, Vitality didn't feel much pressure.

They would have to lose two more rounds in a row before entering an eco round, so the pressure wasn't very high.

But G2's sudden increase in pace still made Apex frown.

"Adjust, Nice and Zywoo swap positions, Zywoo take the sniper rifle to B Site."

"Nice, you hold A1."

Apex's idea was simple; the opponent had almost figured out their defensive pattern, and now Vitality needed to start seeking variables.

Zywoo had always been at the Connector; now, suddenly having him try Banana Road might yield an unexpected surprise.

The current match rhythm was still in their hands; G2 only taking back one round wasn't enough to make them adjust their overall strategy, just changing a few things in the minor details would suffice.

And he wasn't worried about Nice's defense on A Site; during his VP days, he was an outstanding Inferno A Site defender, and he trusted his teammate.

Inside Banana Road.

Zywoo relied on his positioning to contest the Barrel, stepping directly into the fire to peek and gain vision of Banana Road.

But the opponent's Barrel fire burned quietly, taking away his health, yet no enemies were seen in Banana Road.

"No one out on Banana Road." Not finding an opportunity, Zywoo had to retreat to the back point, otherwise, that Barrel fire would burn him alive.

He only had about half health left; in this state, he didn't dare to hold a direct angle at the Yellow Wall and retreated directly to the bomb site.

The Banana Road attempt was fruitless, so Xu Beifang at A1 planned to find trouble for the opponent.

After waiting for the opponent's VIP fire to burn out, he immediately threw another one at VIP to delay the speed at which the opponent could control A2.

The VIP fire extinguished quietly, and Apex at the Connector threw a smoke grenade toward Mid to prevent KennyS from coming over with his big sniper to peek.

Xu Beifang recalled the "Inferno Wallbang Techniques" he learned yesterday, jumped onto the A1 wooden fence, aimed at the spot, and waited for the timing.

After the VIP fire went out, he heard the sound of the opponent jumping onto VIP, waited a bit for the timing, pulled the trigger, and sprayed.

Entering the long gun round again, under Shox's command, they slowed down their pace again.

Shox wanted to use a variable rhythm to make Vitality expend a large amount of utility in the early stages, and then in their mid-to-late game explosive attack, they could use incendiary grenades to clear spots, making the attack very easy.

Shox threw a full-coverage fire into VIP at the start, just to avoid being peeked and sprayed down by the opponent.

Waiting for the fire to almost dissipate, he had just jumped onto the edge of the VIP window when he saw a fire thrown from the Boiler Room; he frowned and retreated, simultaneously telling his teammate at the Spiral Stairs not to rush.

Slow map control cannot be rushed; the fear is being killed by the opponent's series of utility combos in the early stage.

Even if they have a utility advantage in the late stage, if the headcount is insufficient, the firepower won't be enough; Shox thought very thoroughly about these aspects.

Waiting for the VIP fire thrown by the opponent to extinguish quietly, Shox then jumped onto VIP.

Signaling his teammate not to rush, Shox prepared to check the situation in the Boiler Room first.

He planned to confirm there was no one in the Boiler Room and then perform a double-peek with his teammate at the Spiral Stairs.

"Da-da-da-da-da-da..."

But just as Shox adjusted his angle, he suddenly took damage.

He first thought it was an enemy in the Boiler Room, but he took a step back and was still losing health!

Those bullets seemed to come from the void, killing him instantly in a flash.

【Nice headshot and killed Shox through the wall using an AUG】

"Ah!! Hahahaha!!" Ma Xixi laughed directly, "This Nice heard the sound and directly wallbanged Shox to death! Shox is stunned; he didn't even see a person and was wallbanged to death, how can you play like this!"

"Shox's head is ringing with bangs!"

Shox's entire face was scrunched together, fully expressing his confusion.

Jackz at the Spiral Stairs asked, puzzled: "What's the situation? Where are the people?"

Shox reacted and quickly made a judgment: "Could it be this spot on the Shed??"

The sudden kill didn't allow him to process the opponent's gunfire and other information very well; Shox was a bit dazed now.

Hearing this, although he felt the information was a bit off, Jackz still trusted his teammate, directly wide-peeked to confirm no one was in the A2 Long Corridor, and went directly to the position in A2 to wallbang the Shed, spraying a magazine.

Bullets frantically shattered the A2 window, attempting to wallbang the CT on the Shed to death.

Xu Beifang had wallbanged one to death and originally planned to jump down to change positions.

Seeing the opponent wallbanging the Shed from A2, he was quite puzzled.

However, this didn't affect him seizing the opportunity.

Standing on the A1 wooden fence, he sprayed a magazine toward the A2 window.

"Jackz misjudged; he thought Nice was wallbanging Shox from the Shed, but in reality, Nice's position was at A1; this was a direct counter-wallbang!! Jackz is gone!!"

Ma Xixi glanced at the time on the top and couldn't help but laugh: "1 minute and 10 seconds, G2 has arrived at a 3v5 clutch."

"But most importantly, the two members they had controlling the map at A2 were killed without even seeing a shadow; this French atmosphere group is numb! You can't play the game like this!"

The two wallbang kills in the top right corner also stunned the viewers in the live stream.

【What's up with Little Xu? Is he cheating?】

【Completely consistent with the principle of beyond doubt】

【There is a kind of beauty in maxed-out parameters】

【What's wrong with a pro player plugging in a USB drive after getting tired?】

【It's fine, Little Xu's USB drive only has 200GB of torrents, haha】

【Learned the first wallbang spot, feel like I can rank up like crazy on Inferno today!】

【Don't go, improper wallbangs, Big Brother bows and spins!!】

【...】

KennyS was holding a sniper at T Spawn, then saw his teammates dying in the top right corner.

"What's the situation? How did everyone at A2 die?" He was somewhat puzzled; judging from the kill info in the top right, they were all wallbanged.

Jackz had a resigned smile on his face: "We'd like to know too, we didn't even see a person, all wallbanged to death."

He opened the scoreboard and glanced at the opponent's stats.

Nice: 22/2/13

Zywoo: 20/1/10

There was a reason they were having such a difficult match.

"Let's probe A Site, the opponents have already used two smokes and three fires."

Although being wallbanged to death without seeing anyone was speechless, Shox's mood was very complicated now.

But as G2's current in-game leader, he had to put his emotions aside and think about how the team could attack and score.

The opponent's defensive utility for A Site had been used up quite a bit; next, the three of them would group up and push toward A. If the firefight went smoothly, there would still be a chance to win the clutch by planting the bomb.

"G2 is coming to find trouble at A Site again in the second timing; this idea is indeed very good, because Vitality's current positioning is already 2A3B."

"After Nice got two kills at A Site, Apex chose to return to B Site."

Old Handsome analyzed calmly, "But if they combine A1 and A2 to attack this round, then A Site might not necessarily be able to hold. The A Site duo's positioning should be the Pit and the bomb site."

Xu Beifang stood in the Pit, and a fire flew directly from A1.

He switched to a smoke grenade and threw it to the right.

But as an excellent A1 defender, Xu Beifang's Pit defense experience wasn't sufficient. G2's fire was very deliberate, exploding slightly to the left of the Pit, which resulted in Xu Beifang's fire not being fully extinguished.

This smoke grenade was essentially wasted.

He could only move to the left, looking for an angle to output damage.

He felt heavy in his heart; he was currently in a "World Position," able to see information from A1 and A2 at a glance.

But the price was that he would take flashbangs from all angles!

But suddenly, the scene before him made him happy; the Terrorist behind the A1 Grass Car didn't throw a flash, but dry-peeked out!

Xu Beifang hurriedly pulled up his AUG and sprayed!

"Da-da-da..."

【Nice headshot and killed Lucky using an AUG】

"Standing in the World Position and killing the first one, Boddy didn't trade; he was still wary of the CTs outside the bomb site."

Ma Xixi frowned and said: "If that's the case, no one else has been exposed, B Site remains unmoved, the fire in the Pit has finally gone out, and Nice is standing on the bicycle playing with a one-way smoke."

"Nice caught another one! Another headshot, G2 is going in one by one, completely failing to trade."

"KennyS in A2 has no way either, he can only save his sniper rifle."

Although he preferred Vitality to win, Ma Xixi still gave a neutral comment on G2's performance:

"This G2 isn't playing decisively."

Old Handsome nodded and replied: "Yeah, this wave was originally a three-man group attack; KennyS should have thrown a Pit flash, and two riflemen should have peeked out to try! They were already at a numerical disadvantage and needed to rely on explosive power to win a round, but G2 is creeping in one by one, all killed by Nice."

"With limited utility, they can only rely on the coordination of that fire and flashbang to speed up and seize an opportunity, but G2 didn't throw the flashbang and played so slowly; can only say G2 is still the familiar G2."

Ma Xixi added: "But I have to say, G2's collapse this round stems from those two kills at the start; they were wallbanged to death without even seeing anyone, Nice's arsenal has added new things again."

The score jumped to 13:10.

"That's a quad kill, right!" Zywoo asked somewhat curiously.

"It's a pity KennyS saved his, otherwise there would have been a chance for a penta kill." Xu Beifang explained with a smile; he was also quite happy inside, as the technique he just learned was used and resulted in kills.

The feeling of getting kills through calculation and mind games is very different from frontal dueling, but it's also exhilarating.

"Already very impressive." Zywoo's words were full of sincerity.

He was holding a sniper rifle in B Site, scoping in and holding, while his teammate killed everyone at the other bomb site; winning this game couldn't be more comfortable.

From Zywoo's perspective, his teammate had already produced a highlight, which was even happier than performing well himself—because it proved he had a group of powerful teammates!

"How did you manage that first wallbang kill?" RPK asked somewhat curiously.

He was defending in the Pit at the start of A Site and was very clear about the situation at A1.

Xu Beifang wallbanged one to death first, then the opponent wallbanged the Shed, and was counter-wallbanged to death by him.

The first kill was the key kill that allowed them to gain the advantage in the early stage.

"Just some wallbang techniques I've been researching recently." Xu Beifang turned to RPK and said, "If you guys want to learn, I can teach you too; there are quite a lot of spots on Inferno where you can wallbang on A Site."

RPK nodded; after being in contact for so long.

They now also understood Nice's spirituality in the game CSGO very well.

Whether it's his performance in matches or his sense of smell and creativity for offense and defense, it's breathtaking.

They were very much looking forward to how the new tactics in Vitality's tactical library would perform at the Major.

"We'll talk about wallbang content after today's match." Apex clapped his hands, interrupting the teammates' chat, "KennyS didn't come out to give us a penta kill, he must have saved a big sniper, but G2 shouldn't be able to coordinate a force buy with him."

"So they only have one big sniper; this round we'll defend at the back points in both A and B areas, holding crossfires to hit them as they pass, and if we spot anyone, we'll use utility to stall for time first."

"Let's go, let's go, let's take Map 1 first!"

Vitality was only 3 rounds away from ending this match, but the more it reached this point, the more cautious they needed to be.

The players had no objections and followed Apex's strategy, defending very cautiously.

G2 didn't have much utility, and relying only on KennyS's one big sniper, they couldn't find a good opportunity at all.

After probing in Mid for a while, they sacrificed a flashbang and Boddy to rush into the Connector.

G2 then planned to turn from the Connector to attack B.

As a result, NBK stood behind the Three Boxes and used an AUG to kill everyone who jumped out from the Long Corridor.

Even with KennyS holding the big sniper, he couldn't trade him.

G2 lost another round.

The score reached 14:10.

If the team logos were swapped, this would be the most nerve-wracking score for G2 fans.

But as a French-speaking team, Vitality didn't have G2's outstanding corporate culture.

In the following round, Shox chose to learn the advanced tactics of his good friend Apex, controlling the map simply at the start, and then played a long gun round flying to the second floor.

Hearing the explosive gunfire unfolding at A Site, the B Site trio left NBK behind and felt the retake unfolding.

But the occasional god, the French heavy artillery RPK, finally displayed his true strength!

RPK's first wave of defense was standing on the railing of the A2 balcony; after hearing the opponent's utility sounds, he called out the position while turning his back to the flashbang.

Then he turned back, holding A2, and sprayed a magazine!

【RPK headshot and killed Jackz using an AUG】

【RPK headshot and killed Boddy using an AUG】

At this moment, RPK finally understood why Nice praised the AUG rifle so much.

Because at this position in A2, the AUG could achieve the same effect as an AK.

He headshot the opponents with one shot for two consecutive kills!

After getting two kills, RPK also hurriedly jumped off the balcony, changing his position to avoid being traded by the opponent.

Zywoo at the Connector heard the frontal firefight, jumped directly into the bomb site, and caught a flying Terrorist with his big sniper.

But KennyS at A1 traded too quickly, not giving Zywoo a chance to fire a second shot at all.

"RPK in the Small Pit is still outputting; hearing the footsteps above his head, he caught him directly from the air!"

"KennyS wanted to come over to trade, but this shot missed!! RPK turned and sprayed, punishing his former old teammate!!"

"G2's aggressive flight to the second floor was met with a quad kill by RPK!!"

Xu Beifang and Apex, who were still on the way to retake, shouted excitedly.

This burst from RPK was stunning to them.

The score also reached 15:10, the match point was in hand, and G2 only had 2900 in economy; most people knew the result of Map 1.

Only a small portion of G2 fans were still looking forward to it, looking forward to the star players on G2 creating a miracle!

But it's hard for a clever housewife to cook without rice, with an economy of 2900.

Shox chose to let the team equip short guns and perform a fast push on B Site.

This fast push was successful because, with the help of utility and fast enough trading.

They killed both Nice and NBK.

But the problem was, only Shox was left to play this 1v3 clutch.

As a top-tier clutch master, Shox looked at his remaining 23 health and didn't know how to handle this clutch.

As the bomb was planted, an HE grenade came flying toward him.

The match for Map 1 officially came to an end.