Chapter 285: Baili Shouyue? Marco Polo! Marco Polo!

"16:11, Vitality has finally taken this Inferno without any major mishaps, securing the first map in this BO3 series!" Seeing the first map conclude, Ma Xixi's tone was very cheerful. "On their own map pick, Vitality displayed terrifying strength. Several highlight moments from them still leave us deeply impressed!"

【Indeed, the Bull Warrior's highlight moments!】

【The Gemini are as stable as ever; Liquid can't play this Banana at all.】

【The front line was completely crushed by the Banana push. B Site is like paper; Twistzz and EliGE are almost becoming Jame.】

【The gap in Banana control is too huge; it's dizzying to watch.】

【Liquid isn't in form today; they've completely turned into Team Ma.】

【Aimbot team? Did they mess up their parameters today? They've been completely 'Ma-ed' by them.】

【Shiny stewie2k + shiny envyus + shiny msl.】

【Liquid is always like this, making people expectant yet disappointed.】

After the first map ended, the viewers in the live stream entered the discussion phase.

Liquid's fans held high expectations for them.

Mainly because Liquid's performance this year had indeed been outstanding. Since forming their new roster at the beginning of the year, they had consistently ranked in the world's top 10. Coupled with the players' sufficiently strong performance in matches, it made North American fans look forward to the rise of North American CS!

Although Inferno was Vitality's map pick, just as Ma Xixi said, Liquid didn't play badly on this map. Their various little tricks emerged one after another, and their overall win rate was 71.4%!

Even if the win rate was slightly lower than Vitality's, for a team of this caliber, that slight difference in win rate could be compensated for by their performance during the match.

But who could have imagined that from the start of this Inferno match to the very end, Vitality would remain in the lead the entire time.

Twistzz ruffled his hair messily, but the hairstyle that had taken half an hour to perfect that morning was now so stiff that a slight tug from his fingers caused pain, making his mood even worse.

The last time they faced Vitality was at the IEM Katowice Major, nearly two months ago.

Liquid didn't participate in StarSeries S7 due to a scheduling conflict, but Twistzz had watched the entire tournament from home.

The strength Xu Beifang displayed in the tournament was simply exaggerated.

Staying up late to watch the finals, his heart had been surging with excitement.

At that time, he thought that when he faced Vitality later, he must also deliver a performance of that caliber and make the whole arena cheer for him.

Now it was the group stage of IEM Sydney. Even though the audience hadn't entered the arena yet, Twistzz still treated this match very seriously.

But the problem still stemmed from Xu Beifang.

This best rookie from his own era now displayed strength that was already exaggerated.

At the very least, on this first map, their Banana control had been suppressed the entire time, regardless of offense or defense.

And as an A Site defender, Twistzz was truly helpless.

Banana was being blown open every round, and he and EliGE were retaking every round. How could they play like this?

Noticing Twistzz's irritable expression, nitr0 spoke up to comfort him: "Everyone adjust yourselves; the match isn't over yet... Vitality's Inferno is indeed very strong, but the next map is our strong map. Vitality isn't particularly skilled at Overpass; we still have a chance to turn this around."

"Don't let losing the first map affect your mood for what follows."

The others nodded; they were all veteran players on the top-tier stage, and they understood this kind of experience.

Now that the first map was lost and Vitality was leading in the overall score, if they let the emotions of failure affect them, then this match would basically be over.

They weren't young kids just entering the industry; they all understood very well how to adjust their inner emotions in such situations.

During the halftime break, the bald coach was explaining tactics behind them, while the players leaned back in their chairs, holding tactical papers to cross-reference.

Successfully winning the first map made them very happy, but Liquid still had many tricks up their sleeves.

Liquid's highest win-rate map, Mirage, had been banned by them.

But overall, Liquid's ultimate weapon was actually Overpass.

Because this map was sufficiently obscure, most teams had little achievement on it; after all, obscure maps were not easy to train for.

At the very least, in a BO1 match, wanting to bring it out was very difficult.

But Liquid was in such a situation that over the past year, they had achieved a 70% win rate on this map.

A 70% win rate on this map was perhaps much more exaggerated than the 71.4% on Inferno.

After all, on a map like Inferno, even Tyloo could wrestle with a team of Astralis's caliber.

But a map like Overpass wouldn't work, because it was too obscure; the gap between strong and weak teams in map understanding, grenade rhythm, map control sequence, and default methods would be very large.

The Vitality members really wanted to take this map 2-0 directly, but at the same time, the pressure was also very high.

After the halftime break ended, both sides returned to the match.

Overpass was Liquid's own map pick, so they started as the offensive side.

Vitality started as the defensive side.

Liquid chose a second-timing explosive bomb attack on B at the start, but relying on the information judgment from the tactical paper, apEX conducted a 4B heavy defense gamble.

Relying on a huge numerical advantage, coupled with the Frenchman's excellent pistols, they successfully took the pistol round.

But in the second round, Liquid chose to force buy, grouping up to head toward Mid and Toilet for map control.

Xu Beifang stood inside Toilet holding an MP9. After getting the information, he sprayed down one person with a single magazine.

Liquid's coordination on this map then emerged.

The moment Xu Beifang got the kill, several Terrorists from A Short and Toilet rushed out simultaneously to trade, focusing fire to take him down.

At the bomb site, Zywoo hit a side profile with an SSG 08, but when he peeked again, he was instantly killed by Twistzz with a Desert Eagle.

Both A Site defenders were taken down, and the B Site trio quickly rotated back.

But shox, who had flanked to the Sewer, heard a large number of footsteps in the upper Sewer and realized something was wrong.

After getting two consecutive kills, Liquid didn't attack A but chose to rotate to B for a push.

shox acted as a 'lurker' in the Sewer, letting people pass before picking off two and being traded.

apEX and JackZ grouped up to trade back to B Site. Finally, in a round of numerical exchanges, apEX narrowly won this clutch, but they also realized Liquid's changes on this map.

After switching sides, Liquid seemed to have suddenly woken up, and their overall train of thought became very clear.

They certainly knew this wasn't Liquid waking up, but the gap in map understanding on different maps.

Because Liquid successfully planted the bomb, the match entered the full-buy round directly in the third round, and because they had lost too many guns in the previous round, Vitality's weapon configuration became quite poor instead.

Xu Beifang held a FAMAS and brought Zywoo directly to A Long this round. The two of them pushed up A Long for a counter-flash, successfully achieving a 2-for-3 trade.

They had gained an advantage on their side, but NAF had touched through Long Pipe all by himself.

Vitality's two B Site players were at a weapon disadvantage and simply couldn't withstand the pressure.

Liquid directly took their first point, while Vitality's economy exploded directly.

It wasn't until the second full-buy round that apEX commanded the team to perform a coordinated counter-flash at Construction Site and Sewer, getting three kills in the early stage and successfully taking back a point.

They originally thought it was a good start and the situation would gradually become clear.

But they didn't expect the subsequent situation to become even worse.

In the following rounds, EliGE and Twistzz found their rhythm in a B Site offensive and defensive battle. The two of them held SG553s and AK47s on the front line, playing like gods of war.

Nowadays, the SG553 dealt 38 damage per shot at most distances, basically capable of stably killing people in 3 shots. It made JackZ, who was accustomed to the spray-and-recoil-control style, one of the most stable riflemen.

And on Twistzz's side, although as a support rifleman, his performance had always been unstable.

But if he found his rhythm, he would let you understand what a 'Hairstyle Twistzz' was, because he could always blow up his opponent's head!

In the end, Vitality only managed to take one more point relying on a 2v4 from Xu Beifang and Zywoo. In the first half as the defensive side, they only took 4 points.

In the second half pistol round, they chose a retro A Long explosive bomb attack.

The front-line exchange didn't go smoothly, finally leaving a 1v3 clutch for shox.

shox carried the bomb, and at this moment, he fully displayed the demeanor of the world's number one lurker.

In this clutch, he utilized footsteps, cover, and other fake information to forcefully catch two side profiles and instantly kill his opponents.

He also successfully won a subsequent 1v1 clutch.

The moment they won the pistol round, the Vitality members shouted passionately in the voice chat.

Playing to this point, they roughly understood in their hearts that there was still a certain gap between themselves and Liquid on this map.

Some teams, in this situation, would choose to end this game hastily to avoid letting the emotions of failure affect them.

But no one in Vitality said this sentence; everyone was trying very hard to play.

When teammates delivered highlight performances, they would also shout for their teammates and cheer for victory.

After taking the pistol round, their subsequent rhythm was very smooth.

Xu Beifang's breakthrough on the front line was very smooth, and for several consecutive rounds, he didn't even let Liquid's defensive personnel fire a shot on the front line.

They began to score continuously.

5:12

7:12

9:12!

A wave of crazy point-chasing with a hot hand made the thought of a comeback emerge in their hearts.

But Liquid's rationality ultimately prevailed. They called two timeouts in a row, adjusted their playstyle, and interrupted Vitality's hot hand.

After the timeout, in a B Site offensive and defensive battle, apEX lost a very regrettable 1v2.

He was a bit anxious; his aiming and firing were too rushed, which led to several missed shots, and the opponent reacted.

apEX said very self-reproachfully in the voice chat: "My bad."

Everyone was comforting him, saying it would be fine to win it back later.

But they also had a faint feeling that the difficulty of a subsequent comeback was too great.

Sure enough, although Liquid didn't maintain a winning streak rhythm afterward, Vitality's score was ultimately lower than Liquid's.

Amidst the tug-of-war in the score, this Overpass match ultimately settled at 13:16.

"In that case, congratulations to Team Liquid for taking the second map of the BO3." Ma Xixi said calmly in the CSBOY live stream. "The progress of this BO3 is already halfway through; both sides have taken one map each. The final winner will be decided on the third map, Dust II!"

His voice was slightly low, because he originally felt that Vitality had a chance to end this match 2-0.

The fact was indeed so; with a score gap of 13:16, Vitality really had a possibility of winning.

【No way, Xu and Zywoo were really carrying on this map; one with 27 kills, one with 32 kills, but they just couldn't win.】

【The three guys on B Site were too soft with their guns when playing CT.】

【It's not really that their guns were soft, it's more that Liquid snowballed them; the economic suppression was too severe.】

【Indeed, in the match, there were multiple times JackZ and apEX fired first and tapped heads, only to be headshot and counter-killed by Twistzz.】

【The defensive side never had any money; this simply couldn't be played. It was better after switching sides, but the score gap was too big to chase.】

Vitality's overall mood wasn't particularly bad.

Although they lost several clutches they shouldn't have, most of the moves they could use on the front line had been used.

They had already tried hard to play this map well within their cognitive range.

But sometimes it's just like this; the gap in hard map strength made it difficult for them to win this map.

That wave of continuous point-chasing in the second half did have a chance.

But the problem was that after the rhythm was interrupted, the subsequent front-line offense wasn't that smooth.

"After this match is over, let's go back and properly review this Overpass match." The bald coach didn't put too much pressure on them.

This was the lack of foundation.

Why is Astralis the current T0-tier team?

One very important point is that Astralis's map pool is exceptionally strong.

With Train exiting everyone's field of vision, although they hadn't seen the scene Astralis displayed in matches yet.

But Astralis's Vertigo definitely wouldn't be weak.

Even if Vertigo was temporarily removed, Astralis could still bring out five competitive maps in matches: Overpass, Inferno, Dust II, Nuke, and Train!

In a BO3 match, no matter what, they had at least two maps they could bring out.

Most other first-tier teams had three at most.

Liquid could be considered the top among first-tier strong teams, having four maps they could bring out.

Like Liquid, what they could bring out were Mirage, Inferno, and Overpass.

Hmm, the upcoming Dust II on map three also counted as one.

Liquid's gunners also performed outstandingly on this kind of aim-heavy map, so counting them all up, they only had four.

And now Vitality, the maps they could play very well.

Excluding Vertigo, which hadn't appeared in matches yet, it seemed like only the old three maps remained.

Like Overpass and Nuke, these two maps, they could take them out to play a bit.

But the final level was very dependent on the state of the day.

This was also why, playing this map against Liquid today, they were basically crushed throughout the first half.

The overall gap in maps was too large.

Their future goal was to be World No. 1 and Major Champion; they definitely had to eliminate these shortcomings.

Losing on these maps they weren't particularly skilled at during this stage was actually a good thing.

apEX also clapped his hands and shouted: "Now everyone focus on map three. We can't win on obscure maps, but on our own map pick, we can't continue like this."

Thanks to the coin toss being very favorable today, they successfully obtained the priority map-ban right for this match.

So the final map three was locked in by them.

Everyone discussed the offensive playstyle for the second half so they could be better prepared.

But what they didn't expect was that after officially entering the map three server, Liquid played a trick on them.

Inside the Tyloo base, Danking, who didn't have a match for the moment, was cashing in on his talent, live-streaming a CSGO match.

"Oh!! Vitality chose the offensive side on Vitality's map pick?"

Tie Dan saw the match UI, his face showing some surprise.

You have to know that in CSGO's current active duty maps, except for the new map Vertigo which was still unclear, in most other situations, the defensive side had a higher win rate.

Dust II is CSGO's most classic map, loved by the vast majority of CSGO enthusiasts. One very important reason for this is that the win rate ratio between the offensive and defensive sides of Dust II is close to 1:1.

The win rates of both sides are very close.

But in professional matches, when re-entering a new map, everyone generally chooses the defensive side, using the method of holding angles to let themselves find their rhythm first.

Liquid choosing to attack right from the start is still relatively rare.

BnTeT on the side stroked his chin and speculated in Tyloo-speak: "Could it be that Liquid's idea is—we played too poorly as CT, so let's play out the T rounds first, taking whatever points we can get?"

"Oh~ so that's it!" Tie Dan said very cooperatively. "Then let's see if Liquid's top-tier understanding can create an advantage in the first half!"

Liquid suddenly choosing the offensive side directly disrupted their plans.

At the very least, the various offensive tactics they had discussed before could only be used in the second half.

apEX considered for a long time, flipping through the tactical paper for a good while, before saying: "Nice, for this point, I want you to defend A alone, is that okay?"

"It's not impossible."

Defending A alone meant apEX had to gamble on a standing position biased toward B Site.

He was basically in a state of being isolated and helpless in the first wave; the first round of the front line purely depended on himself.

With a USP in hand, if he was just facing enemies from A Long, he could still stick to the wall in the sniper position to find the opponent for a duel.

But if the opponent pushed directly from A Short, his pressure would be very high.

If only there was a Bizon in the pistol round...

Xu Beifang suddenly had a flash of inspiration!

After the 18 London Major, buying an SMG in the pistol round was no longer possible.

But a Bizon, it wasn't like there were no alternative items.

Xu Beifang had a healthy smile on his face: "Defending A alone is not impossible, but you guys get me a pair of Dual Berettas."

apEX immediately threw a pair of Dual Berettas in front of Xu Beifang upon hearing this, but he still asked suspiciously:

"But what if the opponent comes from A Long?"

Xu Beifang laughed: "Who told you I only use Dual Berettas?"

apEX: "???"

Did I hear wrong, or is there a problem with my understanding?

I threw you Dual Berettas, if you don't use Dual Berettas, what are you using?

After choosing the offensive side, Liquid didn't rush in the pistol round but steadily collected information.

They only put NAF alone to control B2 at the start to prevent the opponent from pushing out of B Tunnel.

The rest of the people were idling in the T Spawn, not in a hurry to push forward.

Waiting until NAF's information came in, they confirmed the opponent wasn't pushing B2 or Mid, and only then did they slowly unfold their tactics.

"Liquid has 3 people gathered at B2; are they going to attack B this wave?" Tie Dan looked at the mini-map. "If they are attacking B, then they just happen to run into Vitality's heavy B defense."

Xiaogui drank some milk tea on the side and added: "Unlikely, the bomb is still on Twistzz. They gave an Xbox smoke; this is preparing to speed up A Short in the second timing."

If it's a second-timing push on A Short, then Vitality's current formation is under very high pressure.

This is one of the costs of heavy defense gambling.

Generally, conventional commanders wouldn't use this playstyle, because the pressure on the other area is too high.

Once the single-defended or empty-defended area is breached, and the offensive side spreads out their formation, the difficulty of retaking is too high.

Now looking at the mini-map, perhaps they really trust Xu Beifang's firepower.

He didn't even get Mid information, directly carrying the heavy defense gamble to the end.

Xiaogui glanced at Dou Dou and found he still had a defuse kit on him. "Dou Dou is still rational; at least he bought a defuse kit, so at least there's fault tolerance for the retake."

Hearing this, Danking noticed something wrong: "Handou bought a defuse kit, how is he left with nothing? He only has 400 dollars left?"

They had been watching the match the whole time and didn't find Vitality giving any utility at the start. How did Dou Dou's money disappear into thin air?

Just as Tie Dan was still using his vocational school math to calculate the economy, Liquid's main force rushed up A Short. The director gave the camera to the third-person view, and they finally knew where apEX's 400 dollars had disappeared to.

"So it was apEX giving Beifang a pair of Dual Berettas, but why is Beifang not using the Dual Berettas on the ground!" Danking was surprised for a second, then quickly reacted. "Oh~ this Beifang defending A alone directly transported the Dual Berettas over; using USP at long range, and Dual Berettas at close range!"

Tie Dan under the camera held his head with both hands, his face full of surprise: "Holy crap, could Beifang really be a genius?"

"Beifang at long range uses USP and directly transforms into Baili Shouyue; once the opponent gets to close range, he uses Dual Berettas to transform into Marco Polo!!"

Tie Dan shouted very angrily: "How come I didn't think of that!!"

Tie Dan transformed into a 'farmer' in the live stream, and Liquid unfolded their explosive bomb attack on A Short.

Xu Beifang was completely blinded by a flashbang at the first moment. He immediately crouched and asked for support in the voice chat: "A Short explosive bomb, there should be many people, can you lean toward my side."

After recovering his vision, he immediately stood up and peeked to the right to take a look.

He immediately saw three Terrorists moving toward the Ninja spot, and he instantly locked on and fired.

The moving target wasn't easy to hit, especially when pursuing a headshot kill. It wasn't until the third shot that Xu Beifang got his first kill.

"Pop!"

【Nice used USP to headshot kill EliGE】

"Little Xu used USP to take one down, getting the first kill, but Liquid's subsequent flashbang also made him lose his vision again!" Tie Dan sped up his speech. "Teammates are still on the way from Sand Pit; now he can only rely on himself!"

"Baili Shouyue has switched to Marco Polo form! The Liquid crowd has also pushed to close range! They have all entered Beifang's kill range!"

Liquid's long-planned A Short explosive bomb attack unfolded. After the first flashbang, the main force pulled out horizontally.

The first exchange of fire was relatively rushed. Xu Beifang kept peeking at the bomb site, causing JackZ to be taken down.

nitr0 immediately gave the second flashbang, then shouted in the voice chat: "Directly stick to his face and eat him up. Nice is guarding at A bomb site; there should only be him at A!"

If it were a double A defense, Xu Beifang would generally be at A Long. This ID appearing here, to a certain extent, exposed Vitality's standing position information.

Twistzz and the other person listened to the commander's order and also pushed forward without hesitation.

Xu Beifang had already heard the opponent's footsteps approaching. At this time, using the USP was a bit inappropriate.

He decisively discarded the USP in his hand, and the Dual Berettas were picked up.

The moment he stood up and peeked to the right, his left index finger began to click frantically!

Twistzz jumped up directly to pull the gun line, thinking of shaking off Xu Beifang's pre-aim, and then rushing him together with Banana.

The moment he saw Xu Beifang, his whole body trembled—

Because he saw that in Xu Beifang's hand, it was actually a pair of Dual Berettas!!

"Da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da!"

【Nice used Dual Berettas to headshot kill Twistzz】

【Nice used Dual Berettas to kill stewie】

The exaggerated number of bullets slammed into the faces of the Terrorists at close range, instantly melting them.

But Xu Beifang hadn't stopped his operations yet. He peeked to the right by one body length, saw the Terrorist on the A Short passage, and fired his Dual Berettas in a spray.

"Marco Polo's ultimate move hasn't ended yet. nitr0 was hit to very low health, but he still completed this trade!" Danking shouted in the live stream. "Holy crap, this Beifang is too top-tier; he directly held 3.9 people at A platform by himself, leaving only the low-health nitr0 and NAF wandering at B1."

nitr0 completed the bomb plant, but the retake from under the platform had arrived. JackZ jumped up and killed him with one shot.

The remaining NAF saw he couldn't cut anyone off, so he could only rush over from A Short.

But the formation of 1 person dismantling against 3 people holding direct angles was truly too terrifying. NAF just peeked simply and was instantly killed and taken away.

apEX also completed the task of dismantling the bomb, successfully taking the first point.

Vitality successfully took the pistol round, but the bullet screen in Danking's live stream had already filled the screen.

【Holy crap, this can really produce an effect!】

【Did I play a fake CSGO? Why can Beizige switch forms?】

【Marco Polo? Baili Shouyue! Baili Shouyue? Marco Polo!!】

【The kid is too silly.】

【Little Xu's operation this time is 10 versions ahead.】

【Laughing to death, Liquid thought the opponent only had a USP and rushed to find them, only to be melted by a pair of Dual Berettas.】

【Laughing to death, Twistzz was scared.】

【...】

On Liquid's player bench.

Twistzz touched his forehead, still a bit confused.

NAF asked uncomprehendingly: "What's the situation? How was it screen-cleared by Nice?"

In this tactic, he stayed at B1 as a lurker, needing to gain an advantage on the front line to have room to exert force.

But the first round of front-line dueling was directly screen-cleared, and hiding in the back made him a bit awkward.

The situation at the time was a bit chaotic. EliGE subconsciously said: "Two people at the bomb site, the first wave was held by Vitality."

"Wrong." Twistzz shook his head. "There was only one Nice at the bomb site; we only took him down."

"But I heard two kinds of gunshots..." EliGE said, slowly understanding everything.

He turned his head and said incredibly: "Nice hid a pair of Dual Berettas at the bomb site?"

Twistzz nodded. "That should be it, no mistake."

nitr0 instantly sorted out his train of thought. He looked at the scoreboard with Nice already having 3 kills, his face already showing a mask of pain.

"This is too perverted."

EliGE shook his head: "This wave isn't your fault; who could have thought of this operation."

Now reviewing it, analyzing from a tactical perspective, they actually succeeded.

nitr0 brought them to the right place.

A local 4-on-1, this command couldn't be more correct.

But they really didn't expect that Nice alone at the bomb site, relying on 'switching forms', switching between long and short range, forcefully took 3.9 people.

"Who could have thought there are still people playing gun-carrying like this now." EliGE complained.

In usual ladder duels, they also encounter this situation in very rare cases.

That is, there just happens to be someone killed at the opponent's feet, allowing for a weapon change.

But Vitality this time was definitely prepared in advance; they were deliberately playing this playstyle.

Twistzz commented: "The king of rolling is like this."

Having been tricked by Vitality and losing the pistol round, nitr0, after consideration, chose to force buy in the second round.

This point also had no surprises; Vitality easily took it.

Coming to the third round, the first full-buy round of Dust II began.

"Beifang, do you want an AUG? If you do, I'll throw it to you directly." shox said.

Because he wasn't sure if the opponent was force buying in the previous point, Xu Beifang bought full armor and a FAMAS with full utility, not buying an M4 or AUG to use.

But Liquid chose to force buy, so in the third round, their weapon configuration was also directly crushing Vitality.

Xu Beifang shook his head: "Let's play this point like this for now; I can't grab A Long from this position, and your need to hold points at B Site is greater."

shox nodded and didn't continue to ask.

apEX had already finished thinking and explained the idea for this round: "Since we can't grab A Long, Nice, you pad me onto A Short, and you just scout the situation at A Long on the platform."

The countdown ended, and they unfolded their tactics according to the plan.

3-1-1 standing position. Xu Beifang padded Zywoo and apEX onto A Short, and then he guarded A platform alone holding a FAMAS.

Liquid grabbed Mid at the start.

nitr0 calculated that Vitality didn't have much economy, so this point Mid would definitely have a crossing smoke, so he was very bold, directly letting stewie2K go down from the Dark passage at the start, quickly grabbing Mid.

stewie2K held his gun near Xbox, and he quickly saw a grenade fly from A Short toward B1, and he understood.

"Vitality is quickly grabbing A Short; A Long is likely empty."

nitr0 and Twistzz were originally just doing a wave of map control at A Doors as usual, giving a little pressure.

After hearing Banana's report, plus Vitality didn't throw an A Doors fire, they immediately had an idea.

nitr0 threw a flashbang, and Twistzz pulled out horizontally, successfully taking control of A Long.

"The opponent grabbed A Long, Beifang, pay attention." apEX passed the information collected in the voice chat.

But just as he finished speaking, he saw a scalp emerge from B1 on the right side of his vision.

"Bang!"

【EliGE used SG553 to headshot kill apEX】

"Look, EliGE has started again!" Danking shook his head and sighed. "This is the world's number one 553. Previously stewie2K got the information, he directly came over to pre-aim the Short, jumped up, and instantly killed apEX with one shot."

"Liquid has already gained a numerical advantage in the second timing. Now let's see what Vitality plans to do. Are they going to coordinate with A Short to actively catch people at Mid?"

A few seconds after apEX was killed, the idea of actively catching people popped into Xu Beifang's mind: "Should we counter-flash Mid?"

At 1 minute 20 seconds, the first kill was given away.

This point had a weapon disadvantage, the front-line firepower was already insufficient, and now there was even a numerical disadvantage. Later, letting Liquid organize their offense would make it hard to operate.

Being outnumbered, taking the initiative is a very good decision.

"Let's hold in place for a while first, see if they will push toward A Short." apEX didn't agree with Xu Beifang's idea.

Because this wave of Mid counter-flashing wasn't easy to do.

Xu Beifang had a FAMAS in his hand, Zywoo had an MP9, and JackZ behind Mid Doors also had a FAMAS.

The weapon configuration wasn't particularly good. He felt the possibility of the opponent expanding the numerical advantage was greater if they coordinated a counter-flash at Mid.

"No one is watching A Doors; control has been taken by the offensive side. The offensive side still has four smoke grenades; they don't need to be in a hurry, they can play slowly."

"Leaving one Banana at Mid to cut off, Liquid's others have already gathered at A Long. They have many utility items in their hands; they can completely smoke off CT Spawn and use utility to push directly."

"A Long is directly unfolding an explosive bomb attack; now Vitality is quite uncomfortable!"

Xu Beifang was at A Short. Originally, he and Zywoo had set up a crossfire.

But Liquid didn't attack A Short, instead pushing directly from A Long.

In this situation, he couldn't purely give up the platform, so he immediately made a decision.

The moment the opponent's flashbang exploded, he took out an incendiary grenade and threw it into the middle of the A Long road, attempting to block the opponent's pushing offensive.

Immediately afterward, he came near the two boxes at the bomb site and quickly aimed to throw a one-way smoke.

The opponent's footsteps were already approaching. Xu Beifang's face was closer to the screen, pulling his attention to the max.

A utility item flew from the A Long direction; Xu Beifang lowered his head to dodge.

The moment the flashbang exploded, he raised his head and pulled his crosshair to the slope.

A head just happened to emerge from the slope. Xu Beifang's crosshair was a bit high; he immediately crouched and adjusted his crosshair with the action.

"Da-da-da..."

【Nice used FAMAS to headshot kill nitr0】

Xu Beifang's series of actions successfully delayed the time. JackZ, who was at Mid Doors before, had already arrived for the retake. He caught a timing and rushed out while Xu Beifang was engaged in intense fire at the bomb site.

"Beifang used FAMAS to take one down at the bomb site, JackZ pulled out from the CT Spawn smoke, successfully helping Beifang trade, and also took down the second person at the slope close range!"

Seeing someone rush out from the CT Spawn smoke, Twistzz, who was originally at the Blue Car, also immediately turned his gun and instantly killed JackZ.

But his action was still a bit slow. JackZ had pulled out with a pre-fire this wave, and the damage caused was too fast.

Twistzz felt something was wrong in his heart.

This wave of coordination between JackZ and Nice made them fail to gain control of the bomb site at the first moment.

The rhythm of the first wave of offense was blocked outside.

Now that the opponent's retake had arrived, it was not easy for them to operate.

Fountain Commander nitr0 shouted: "Don't be anxious on the front line; hold at long range, see if you can hold and kill two more."

"Banana, you need to be faster too."

As a commander, he was very restrained in his tone.

stewie2K's flanking this wave was too slow; the front line was already fighting fiercely, and he was still near Xbox without moving.

Hearing the commander's urging, stewie2K finally jumped up onto the Xbox box boldly, intending to exert pressure together from A Short.

But the moment he jumped onto the Xbox box, he saw a guy holding an AUG appear near Mid Doors!

What kind of timing is this!!!

"Da-da-da!"

【shox used AUG to headshot kill stewie2K】

"The remaining two should both be on the front line!" shox reminded loudly in the voice chat.

At the first moment of the A Site exchange, he was already on his way to A Site.

But thanks to Xu Beifang holding the pressure on the front line and not losing the bomb site, shox, as a lurker, had a lot of room to operate.

This is the fun of CSGO.

It has both the highlights of individual ability and the feedback of team coordination.

If this wave on the front line hadn't held, then shox might have died at the hands of stewie2K, who was cutting off the rear at Mid.

It was precisely because they held the front line that stewie2K, who was cutting off the rear, couldn't hold his composure, and he became the final winner among the two cutting off the rear.

Zywoo heard shox's feedback and was a bit worried that the two Terrorists at A Long would rotate, so he took the initiative to say: "Beifang, I have a flashbang, do you want to take an active look?"

"Sure."

The communication between the two was very fast; almost within three seconds, this coordination was completed.

Twistzz crouched behind the Blue Car holding his gun. With the cover of the CT Spawn smoke, he didn't need to worry about A Short or under the A Site causing him damage, just holding the bomb site was enough.

A flashbang flew over the smoke grenade. Twistzz's attention was highly concentrated; he reacted just in time, instantly turning to dodge, then immediately turning back.

Zywoo's flashbang wasn't very good; after all, in a situation of intense fire, you couldn't specifically aim to throw a pop-flash.

Of course, like Broky, throwing it casually definitely wouldn't work either.

Most veteran players had a rough concept of the trajectory and final explosion point of utility, so they wouldn't let the utility be thrown too poorly.

Zywoo threw the flashbang. Although Twistzz reacted quickly, he was still affected.

Xu Beifang pulled out horizontally and directly fired in a spray at Twistzz at the Blue Car.

"Da-da-da!"

【Nice+ZywOo flashbang used FAMAS to kill Twistzz】

With a magazine spray, Xu Beifang forcefully took down Twistzz with the very last bullet.

"Twistzz reacted very quickly this wave, but Nice's marksmanship is sufficiently accurate. Give him a FAMAS, and he can save the world!"

"Only the last Banana remains; he has already touched the slope close range, but Nice is still changing magazines and was directly instantly killed by a large pull!"

"But Zywoo's trade was too fast! He didn't give Banana any chance to operate again!"

"This wave of A platform offensive and defensive battle simply couldn't be tougher. Beifang's decision was too good; giving fire at the first moment to delay, then throwing a one-way smoke, directly instantly killing the person who peeked, and JackZ boldly pushing through the smoke also completed the second trade."

"Liquid is very passive now."

"Now the score has come to 3:0; the Vitality crowd has swapped their bird guns for cannons, and Liquid is directly out of money."

"Vitality has directly widened the score gap this wave!"

... ===== CHAPTER 286 =====