Chapter 420: NIKO's positioning control was not ideal

As they officially entered the first full-buy round, Vitality held a discussion and decided to have Zywoo pick up the Big Sniper.

It is quite difficult to play as a sniper on the offensive side of Vertigo, but defensive sniping is not as constipated; there is still room for maneuver.

Coupled with the fact that FaZe is the type of team that likes to bait and play slowly, the advantage of Zywoo's sniper rifle became even greater.

During the preparation time, apEX looked at everyone's positions and began to arrange the early-game tactics for the full-buy round: "Let's go with a 2-1-2 opening. JackZ, help throw a smoke on A-Slope at the start, then go help control Mid. Xu Beifang and shox, hold B-Site and prevent a rush."

Because the map's layout is not very large, this map has quite high requirements for spawn positions.

If your positioning is too poor, you might get caught, and since Xu Beifang had the first spawn for B-Site, forcing him to go to A-Site was a bit absurd.

That was why apEX called for a 2-1-2, a standard, middle-of-the-road opening.

After the countdown ended, Xu Beifang walked directly toward the B-Stairs, threw a fire at the close angle, and then used a spin-jump to step onto the wooden board.

If the Terrorists chose to actively step through the fire to find an opening, he would have the high-ground advantage and could easily land a headshot on them.

However, FaZe's goal for this round did not seem to be B-Site.

But since they only threw one smoke grenade at A-Link, it was highly likely that no one was holding A-Short.

Zywoo chose to hold A-Short directly from the headshot position on A-Site, not in any particular rush.

Then, facing the A-Slope direction, he peeked and scoped in.

Zywoo calmly held A-Short, while footsteps and the sound of utility being thrown came from the A-Slope.

"Zywoo's flashbang had a good effect, and apEX took an A1 and killed one with a spray, but the trade didn't succeed, so there was nothing to be done. The timing was indeed good."

Hearing this, apEX had a rough idea of the situation.

But the opponent pushed a self-preservation smoke at the headshot position, which somewhat discouraged him; since they threw that smoke, it wasn't easy to push forward.

If the opponent wanted to hit A, he could only hope that Zywoo would be able to get more kills.

"FaZe is pushing very fast this wave, playing quite aggressively at A-Long, but after gaining control of A-Slope early on, they chose to slow down and started holding angles in place."

Two people carefully pushed forward from Mid, but after checking everything outside the Elevator Room, they didn't find any trace of the Terrorists.

While processing the information the opponent released to him, Zywoo also began to operate.

But he didn't expect Zywoo to come out at this moment; he immediately pulled his crosshair back, but it was already too late!

apEX's counter-flash achieved a 1-for-1 trade and also gained information that there were still people under A-Slope.

……

"The smoke grenade has already popped, and rain is fake-planting, wanting to hold the CT pushing through the smoke, but he never expected that Zywoo would step up from the headshot position. He caught all the timing!!"

Xu Beifang suggested: "How about you and JackZ try to push up from Mid? I still have utility in my hand, one person can stall B-Site."

He took advantage of the moment when the opponent's attention was drawn to him, and just as the smoke grenade was about to pop, he peeked out to the right.

Seeing this series of utility, Zywoo already had a judgment in his heart.

【ZywOo killed Broky with an AWP】

"Zywoo seized the opportunity to snipe the passerby, getting a kill the moment the opponent's offensive smoke popped. Now Vitality has also confirmed that FaZe's offensive goal for this round is A-Site, and both Mid and B-Site are already on the way to retake."

"Shushu, throw a flash, we're going to counter-push!"

"Beifang sealed the smoke so Zywoo could protect himself, but Zywoo seized this timing and actively came out to get another one!"

He retreated a bit, stepping on the edge of the box at the headshot position to give himself some peeking space.

That way, he would still have some room to retake.

Having cleared Mid, JackZ hurried back to retake A-Link, communicating with Zywoo to coordinate the play.

If FaZe was preparing a synchronized attack on A-Short and A-Long, they would definitely throw a fire at the headshot position to burn him out.

FaZe threw a smoke grenade at A-Link, sealing JackZ's vision, and at the same time threw a flashbang, seemingly to help contest the gun position.

After getting one kill, Zywoo immediately dropped down from the headshot position; he held his crosshair on the crossing point of A-Short and the bomb site to avoid the opponent peeking at his position.

Wanjiqi glanced again: "But Vitality has already pushed through Mid; they know people are on both sides, and it's highly likely there are more people at A-Site. They are actively throwing flashes at A-Site to counter-push, are there any good flashes?"

Broky's first communication with his teammates was to prepare to hard-push the bomb site, intending to deal with Zywoo at the headshot position first, and then figure out how to plant the bomb and play the post-plant.

The opponent hadn't officially launched the attack yet, and Xu Beifang was hanging out at B-Site, not immediately retaking, because there was still a possibility of the opponent rotating.

Xu Beifang, who had already reinforced to A-Link, threw a smoke grenade directly at the headshot position. With Zywoo's kill, they had become the side with the advantage, so there was no need to be particularly anxious.

"——Bang!"

But the Terrorists were slow to plant the bomb, which made him feel that something was wrong.

shox and JackZ immediately responded and moved.

His first instinct was to contest A-Long to look below, but the opponent threw a flash and also threw a fire at A-Long. Coupled with the fact that no one was standing at A-Short this round, his idea of scouting information at A-Site was directly dismissed.

He was a bit worried that the opponent would throw a fire to force Zywoo out, so he threw a smoke first to let Zywoo protect himself.

"There's a lot of movement at A-Site," apEX said.

Zywoo was a bit surprised by Xu Beifang's action, but it was something he could take advantage of.

So he subconsciously held A-Link, worried that someone at A-Link would force their way through the smoke.

"No one at Mid, watch both sides," shox reminded.

"Rain was directly taken down, and coldzera is still lurking at A-Short, immediately turning his head to spray and suppress, but Zywoo has already returned to the headshot position... Oh!! coldzera didn't even hit him with a single shot, and was directly wall-banged through the smoke by Zywoo's big sniper!"

The audience in the live stream was also a bit surprised; with Zywoo holding a big sniper at the headshot position, they all thought that relying on the unknown information, Zywoo would be traded after getting one kill.

The subsequent post-plant would have to rely on Xu Beifang to take over and slowly operate.

But Xu Beifang, JackZ, and shox were all waiting for the timing behind the smoke grenade.

How did Zywoo kill everyone by himself?

【Shushu!!】

【Holy crab, he can snipe A-Slope like this?】

【Isn't this a wallhack? It's too damn reasonable】

【Terrifying, he really aims wherever there are people, how do you play against this?】

【This is Vitality, one person has a lock on their mouse side button, and the other has a frame on their screen】

【Beifang is cheering, as if everything really has something to do with him】

【This situation is too rare, haha】

Watching the Vitality members bumping fists and celebrating on camera, Wanjiqi commented: "Usually we watch Beizige's highlight plays, this wave let's look at Zywoo's performance; a big sniper directly shattered the Galaxy Battleship."

"In this local 1v4, he made all the right decisions; he completely predicted what the opponent was thinking and read them all."

"Extreme calmness, extreme rationality, it makes people sigh, truly worthy of being the strongest genius player of the new era in France!"

FaZe was a bit miserable; if this wave had been a retake collapsed by the opponent's synchronization or utility, there would be nothing to say, but the problem was they didn't even see any retaking members, and were all killed by Zywoo's big sniper.

Olofmeister, who was killed early, couldn't help but complain: "These four kills by Zywoo are all timing!"

Their game of chess with Zywoo didn't even give them a chance to duel, it was speechless.

After finally saving up enough money to play a full-buy, it ended up being a 5-for-1, and they didn't even plant the bomb.

Although the economy loss streak was maxed out, it was still a bit ominous. NIKO could only command them to operate with half-armor Desert Eagles.

There are only wrong names, no wrong nicknames.

FaZe's Desert Eagles were still quite fierce, mainly because NIKO was on the team, and the frontal explosive power was very, very strong.

At the beginning of the sixth round, NIKO used a Desert Eagle to tear apart Zywoo's big sniper who was trying to scout the 50th floor, giving the Terrorists a good start.

Subsequently, Broky and NIKO each got a kill, and even rain and coldzera managed to output damage.

It was Xu Beifang who won thrillingly in a 1v2 post-plant, otherwise, this wave would definitely have been turned around by FaZe.

The score came to 5:1.

The moment he won the post-plant, Xu Beifang took a long breath. Although he didn't think highly of the Galaxy Battleship with NIKO in the command position, he had to admit that the explosive power of this FaZe lineup was really too strong.

coldzera, NIKO, rain, olofmeister, and even the newcomer Broky, were all players with very high ceilings.

Once their state exploded, they could perform miracles.

"Steady, steady," apEX bumped fists with his teammates, "This FaZe is incredibly accurate today, everyone stay calm, don't be too reckless."

He hoped the team could play more actively, but he didn't want to see scenes where they played too casually.

This anti-eco was a bit too thrilling.

After the fist bump, apEX began to mobilize and arrange: "For this round, Beifang and Zywoo, you two play A-Site by yourselves, then JackZ, follow me to push Mid, let's play that vertical double-boost setup."

"shox, play B-Site a bit more slippery, just don't die."

After the countdown ended, apEX helped throw a smoke on A-Slope, then followed JackZ's footsteps without stopping, stepping from JackZ's head onto the building material pile behind.

From this position, he easily formed a vertical double-boost angle with JackZ below.

"For this round, Vitality threw a fire at Mid at the start, and then performed a vertical double-boost at the second timing. They are determined to wait for you to dry-peek."

"This is actually a small killer move; wanting to kill both of them instantly is very difficult. FaZe sent three people to Mid this wave, will the Terrorists suffer?"

"No one is throwing utility from long range, the three Terrorists can only choose to dry-peek!"

"Rain was instantly killed the moment he pulled out, Broky directly traded for old JackZ, but apEX also completed the trade, but there's still coldzera! apEX's spray transfer had a slight error and was counter-killed by coldzera!"

Wanjiqi took a breath.

apEX's gunplay this wave was slightly abstract.

Originally, after getting one kill first, according to this structure, they could have eaten up all three Terrorists at Mid.

But apEX's spray transfer hit three shots and was instantly killed by coldzera, which put some pressure on the opponent.

Now the number of people on both sides became 3v3, which was not easy for the defensive side to play.

After all, in an equal number trade, the Terrorists have the advantage.

"I'm retaking first, Beifang, be careful yourself," Zywoo reminded Xu Beifang, and immediately began to retake.

Xu Beifang nodded. With one confirmed at Mid, Zywoo had to go help shox cover, confirming that no one could get on the jump platform, otherwise, shox holding B alone and watching both sides would be too much pressure.

However, Xu Beifang didn't just hang out at A-Slope; he silently crept forward under A-Slope.

In a 3v3 post-plant, both teammates' positions were relatively passive, only he could play more actively, and there might be a chance to break the situation.

……

"Mid ended in a 2-for-2 trade, which is already quite remarkable for FaZe; it can be considered that their trading was very efficient."

"Considered a small profit."

Wanjiqi commented, refocusing his attention on the match: "Now it's a 3v3 post-plant, let's see how FaZe plans to play?"

"NIKO is dry-peeking B1 alone, coldzera and olofmeister turned around to hit A."

Wanjiqi took a breath: "I get it, NIKO wants to feint at B-Stairs to attract the opponent's retake, and then let his teammates go to A to plant the bomb."

On Vertigo, there aren't many positions where you can stand firm on B-Site, and they can all be cleared with utility.

NIKO still had full utility in his hand, and could completely force shox to retreat, in which case Vitality would definitely retake.

"However, NIKO didn't choose to use utility to clear angles first, but started his pre-aiming show: Big Box, Dead Pillar, and then look at the headshot position!"

shox and NIKO looked at each other; the old man's reaction was very fast, and facing NIKO's pre-aim, he fired that shot.

But the problem is——

He had an M4A1 in his hand, while NIKO had an AK47.

This resulted in shox firing first but being killed instead!

【NIKO killed shox with an AK47 headshot】

"Someone came up B-Slope, I hit one in the head!" shox reported helplessly.

This kind of weapon disadvantage is sometimes really annoying; you clearly fired first, and even hit the opponent's head, but you were still counter-killed.

shox was taken down, Zywoo scoped in and pushed all the way to CT Spawn through Mid, avoiding being caught by the Terrorists who might be lurking at Mid.

It's just that no one came out of Mid, but instead, a wave of utility popped at B-Site, sealing his vision.

Zywoo tried to throw a HE grenade toward the B-bomb site, wanting to kill the Terrorist who was hit in the head, but after the grenade exploded, he didn't see any kill information.

Just when he felt that this post-plant might be gone, he suddenly heard his partner's excited shout in the voice chat: "Shushu, come to A-Slope quickly, the opponent seems to be hitting A!"

Xu Beifang had been silently pressing forward under A-Slope the whole time.

Then he suddenly heard a very subtle footstep from the opponent; although it was short, he still heard it.

He immediately realized that the wave where shox was killed, NIKO might have just been feinting.

So he roughly confirmed the position of the footsteps in his mind, and then calculated the time and position of the silent push.

He pre-aimed behind the 50th-floor Big Box and directly peeked out!

……

"Good shot!" Broky looked at the scene where NIKO killed shox, and let out a sound of admiration.

NIKO curled his lips, then shouted in the voice chat: "Don't rush this wave, you guys keep pushing forward, I'll throw some utility here. It's a 2v3 post-plant, those two guys from Vitality should be coming over frontally."

"Wait until I finish throwing my utility, then you guys go directly to A to plant the bomb, I'll follow your rhythm immediately."

After saying that, NIKO threw a smoke at the Electric Box, and a fire to the left of the Electric Box, then casually threw a flashbang, and started walking toward his teammates.

But suddenly, he heard intense gunfire from his teammates' direction.

The voice chat became chaotic.

"WTF!!!"

"The opponent pushed!"

"Trade!! Trade!!"

The voice chat quickly calmed down, but two kill messages floated across the top right corner.

【Nice killed olofmeister with an AK47 headshot】

【Nice killed coldzera with an AK47】

"It's him again!! The key man!!" Wanjiqi praised, "NIKO's idea is actually very simple: I've already killed someone at B-Site, and the frontal pressure is sufficient, you must retake."

"So at this time, A-Site is actually undefended, but they never expected that Beifang had already been creeping forward. He caught a remarkable timing and used a spray transfer that apEX didn't pull off to sweep two people!"

"Now Beifang has brought back the number advantage, there are 30 seconds left, what should NIKO do?"

There was still plenty of time, Xu Beifang was stuck next to the Big Box, holding the B-Pass entrance in a crouching posture.

He understood NIKO; although he knew NIKO was low on health, NIKO loved to use onetaps to create kills when he was low on health.

If he stood and held the angle directly this wave, he would easily be one-tapped by NIKO.

But as he held the angle, he suddenly saw a figure appear, and he immediately fired.

But NIKO just did a simple jiggle-peek to confirm his position.

Xu Beifang instantly showed full respect, directly retreating and giving up the first gun position.

The next second, a pre-fired bullet hit the position where he had just been.

There were still about 30 seconds left; if he was killed instantly, NIKO would still have a lot of room to operate.

Seeing that the pre-fire didn't hit Xu Beifang, NIKO was also a bit disappointed.

But now he was left with a 1v2 post-plant; even if he only had one shot of health left, he had to win this post-plant.

After all, the score gap was already a bit large, and if they didn't get points, the score gap in the first half would be widened.

"NIKO actively made a footstep sound walking forward, his meaning is very obvious, telling Beifang I'm already at the close point, just come and wide-peek me!"

"But in reality, NIKO silently stepped to the edge of the bridge, just waiting for Beifang to come and peek him."

"But Beifang directly gambled, not even looking at the bomb, just jiggle-peeking in place, waiting for NIKO to make a move."

Wanjiqi's professional ability was still very strong; even if his level wasn't high, he could explain all the tactical games of the players, making it very easy for the viewers to understand.

"This is the game of top players... Ah!! NIKO???"

Wanjiqi was still marveling at the clash of ideas between the two top riflemen the last second, and the next second he saw NIKO jiggle-peeking in place, and then his foot slipped, directly falling off the iron bridge.

Xu Beifang was still adjusting his crosshair, worried that NIKO would pre-aim and wide-peek to one-tap him, when he suddenly saw the kill message in the top right corner.

【NIKO+shox killed NIKO】

Xu Beifang's expression instantly turned into a confused cat.

What the hell is this situation?

"NIKO directly fell to his death!! What the hell, Prince Ni? He wanted to step on it to avoid Beifang's first-time headshot line, but his positioning control wasn't ideal, and he directly fell off the iron bridge." Wanjiqi was a bit speechless.

"This is too humorous, is this really not an operation that only 259 could do?"

"The result of this post-plant is really beyond human imagination, focusing on a montage ending."

In the director's camera, after this slip, NIKO directly transformed into a member of the Hyuga clan, and put on the mask of pain.

He couldn't even figure out what he was doing.

…… ===== CHAPTER 421 =====