Chapter 440: Everyone is showing off, only Dou Dou is getting beaten

The cheers outside the headphones were constant, already loud to the point of being ear-piercing.

gla1ve felt restless listening to it, so he simply pulled off the noise-canceling earmuffs along with the headphones. The match had already entered the halftime break, so even the referee couldn't say anything.

"Congratulations to Vitality for defeating Astralis with a large score advantage of 16:5. Vitality still maintains their exaggerated winning streak on this map. The new emperor of Inferno is still launching an impact on his record!"

Listening to the English commentary congratulating Vitality, gla1ve's mood was not very good, because this reminded him of Astralis's peak moment. At that time, they were also like this, playing exaggerated winning streaks on Inferno and Nuke.

He couldn't help but look at the opponents with bright smiles on the other side of the stage, and his mood was really quite bad.

At Astralis's peak, they slacked off themselves, leading to a decline in strength.

But now that they truly encountered a group of opponents they could fight, their own level was not enough.

Maybe this is God's punishment for their slackness during their peak period.

"In this final, Vitality has already taken the first two selected maps. The match is about to enter the third map, Vertigo. Astralis only has one final answer left, and that is to come from behind to win 3-2!!"

The English commentary's voice sounded again, but there was only a bitter smile on gla1ve's face.

Come from behind to win 3-2?

He looked at his somewhat silent teammates, and now he could only take one step at a time.

"Wasn't Astralis's condition pretty good before? How did they get beaten like this today?"

In the backstage lounge, Baicai couldn't help but sigh.

Today's final was a bit beyond their expectations.

The collision between Vitality and Astralis was indeed a collision between Mars and Earth. This was already a contest between the strongest teams in the world today.

But he really didn't expect that Vitality would suppress Astralis throughout the first two maps, which was a bit astonishing.

On the screen in the lounge, the audience in the venue was cheering for Vitality, and in the official IEM live broadcast room, many netizens were also in shock.

【This Inferno was handled by Astralis by a large score?】

【Vitality's condition today is really a bit exaggerated.】

【Beifang and shox carried this Inferno.】

【Everyone is showing off, only Dou Dou is getting beaten.】

【Just one map away, Vitality is the Grand Slam!!】

【Wait, the next map is Vertigo. Will Vitality still shut out Astralis in this BO5 final today?】

Danking saw this barrage about the shutout on his phone and took a breath, "Don't say that, this third map is chosen by Vitality. Everyone knows Beifang's A-slope. The possibility of shaving Astralis's head is really not small."

"Don't underestimate Astralis. Their Vertigo level shown at the Berlin Major is not weak. They just play this map less, but it's quite substantial when playing." Xiaogui felt that the result of the third map was still unknown.

He calmly watched Danking express his opinion: "Astralis, this team, has extremely strong resilience. Although it is difficult to come from behind to win 3-2, they have completed such a feat before."

He felt that Astralis had a possibility of chasing back one map, but the possibility of coming from behind to win 3-2 today was not great, because Vitality was not so easy to crush.

Thanks to the existence of Zywoo in the team, Vitality's mentality could always be kept very good.

Therefore, even if they lost one map, Vitality would still adjust back very quickly afterward.

But Danking obviously didn't think so. He believed more in his buddy's performance on Vertigo.

The two held different thoughts, and at this time, the post-match data of the second map was officially released.

At a glance, the post-match data of Xu Beifang and shox was very eye-catching.

The one who got the most kills was naturally Xu Beifang, who had two very eye-catching highlights on the second map.

ID: Nice

Kills/Assists/Deaths: 23/2/11

Average damage: 111.8

Non-give-away rate: 85.7%

Rating 2.0: 1.91

It looks like only 23 kills, but because the second map was a crushing victory by a large score, the total number of kills produced would not be too many, so these 23 kills were already quite good.

The second place in the number of kills among everyone was shox. He played quite a few key kills today, and the post-match data was 14-2-8.

"Did Beifang die so many times?" Danking was a bit puzzled.

A total of 21 rounds were played, and Xu Beifang was killed 11 times, which was already the player with the most deaths on Vitality's side. Even if he watched the whole thing, he was still a bit surprised by this data.

Xiaogui added, "Normal. I don't know if you remember, Beifang has been running on the map all the time. He has been trading numbers with the opponent. He often killed two and was traded. Although he died a lot, he also killed a lot."

While speaking, he looked at the screen and couldn't help but tease, "It's just that apEX is too abnormal. After the whole Inferno was played, he only got 4 kills. It's a bit inhuman."

Danking gave an evaluation: "The useless teammate who likes to bark the most in a five-stack."

This is the power of apEX's psychological attack. Even if you know this guy is playing badly, Xu Beifang and Zywoo can often perform.

A guy at the bottom stands up to mock you at this time. Can you endure this?

Sometimes Danking really doubts whether apEX is true-hearted or an old fox who is good at psychological offensives.

Danking was still speculating about apEX's thoughts, and the members of Vitality had already started mocking without hesitation.

"No, Dou Dou, are you a human!"

Facing Beifang's teasing, Dou Dou didn't speak.

"4-10, and this is still under the condition that we crushed them by a large score. Your gunplay is simply comparable to Karrigan."

Facing Jack's praise, he didn't respond either.

"Understand, after all, Astralis's ECO is very hard to special."

But the old teammate shox was shouting too loudly, so apEX opened his eyes wide and said, "What do you mean special? I was actively collecting information! Making contributions to the team is an effective death!"

"What effective death, I clearly saw you couldn't take down the armorless Magisk with a burst of MP9 in that round."

apEX's face had already turned red: "Can a one-shot headshot from a Desert Eagle be counted as a missed shot?"

Listening to Dou Dou's explanation, everyone burst into laughter, and the player booth was full of a cheerful atmosphere.

However, after everyone chatted and joked, the bald coach pinched Jack's shoulder and said, "Now we are only one map away from the Grand Slam. The third map, Vertigo, is our own choice. The things we prepared can be released directly. Strive to take them down in one wave to avoid long nights and many dreams!"

"But don't be particularly anxious either. For the next three maps, we only need to take one map to win. Now Astralis is the one who should be anxious!"

Listening to the coach's words, Xu Beifang also started to adjust.

He leaned back on the gaming chair in a relaxed manner, closed his eyes, and the sound of the live commentary, the sound of teammates chatting, and the rustling sound from the venue slowly entered his ears at this moment.

This is his home court, and at this moment, he is away from his goal of becoming the winner of the Intel Grand Slam Season 2.

Just one map away!

He was a bit nervous for a moment, but soon, as the halftime break ended and he entered the match again, his mood quickly calmed down.

The pistol round started, and apEX gave an instruction for a slow offense on the A site.

At the start, Xu Beifang and others also went toward the A-slope as usual. This instruction was no problem.

The A-site bomb site of Vertigo is extremely difficult to defend, so the offense and defense of both sides are concentrated on the A-slope position. If Astralis did not set up defense on the A-slope at the first time, their push would be very easy.

Astralis chose to gamble on a 4A at the start of this point. Magisk took the lead at the first time, coordinating with other teammates to hold points to cooperate with the push.

However, Astralis didn't expect Vitality to synchronize a big pull out under A-slope, and Magisk, who was pushing forward on A-slope, was instantly killed.

For Astralis, the more fatal problem was that several people holding guns at the back point couldn't hold any of them.

Vitality also got information that there were still many people on the A site, and directly made a turn to hit B.

Then in the offense on the B site, Xu Beifang and shox performed, and they easily took this pistol round.

Entering the second round, although Astralis's defense was different, Vitality's offensive route was still the same.

At the start, they first probed toward the A site. apEX used a MAC-10 to take down one but was quickly traded. Afterward, they directly made a speed-up to the B site.

shox, holding a MAC-10, used the MAC-10 to take down three CTs in one burst during this B-site bomb-guarding process.

After this round ended, Wanjiqi couldn't help but praise, "shox's condition today is quite good. Actually, he already played very well on Inferno, and after entering Vertigo, he continued this condition. He got 6 kills in the first two rounds. His feel is really quite good."

The condition of Vitality's players was good, and they won the pistol round relatively easily.

However, the expressions of the Vitality crowd still didn't relax, because in the first half of Inferno, they also took the pistol round and the force buy round at the start, but afterward, they were turned around by Astralis's Desert Eagle.

The same mistake should not be made twice. They were also incomparably careful about the economic round of the third round.

Under their rigorous push, there was no problem in this round. Xu Beifang even transformed into a special forces soldier and got three kills.

The score also reached 3:0, and the first full buy round of the first half officially arrived.

The full buy round arrived, and both sides started the real contact game theory.

When Vitality entered the first full buy round, the overall firearms were a bit mixed.

shox had a MAC-10 in his hand, and Zywoo had a Scout.

Xu Beifang and apEX had two AKs, but at a glance, the overall combat power was not strong.

But on this map, this configuration could barely be used.

The instruction apEX gave in the early stage was still default map control, thinking of contacting the opponent first to see Astralis's defensive habits and focus on this map.

But the first wave of A-slope confrontation was not played well. apEX and Jack thought of mixing in the A-slope smoke to counter-clear with flashbangs, but it was read by Magisk, who directly dodged the flash and held Jack to death.

Zywoo held the A-slope direction with a Scout. Facing the CT who peeked out at the second time, the Scout hit the opponent with one shot, and the opponent also returned a shot to him.

But the problem is that he is a Scout, and device is a big sniper.

shox controlled the B-slope alone. He swapped firearms with Jack this point, so he had a Galil in his hand. At the first time of the A-site confrontation, he immediately looked for an opportunity to act.

But the problem was that the front-line duel couldn't beat dupreeh.

In the end, a 1v5 clutch was left to Xu Beifang. Xu Beifang tried to find an opportunity, but the result was only taking down two before being traded.

In the next round, Vitality was fully equipped with guns and ammunition. This time they set their target on the A-slope.

But this time, Astralis didn't come to the A-slope for confrontation.

They played that set of utility exchange routines again.

And at the second time, gla1ve used a flashbang to send dupreeh out to counter-clear. Although dupreeh took down two, he was quickly traded by Xu Beifang, but Astralis's counter-clearance completely disrupted Vitality's offensive rhythm.

Subsequent synchronization was very strenuous.

Although they finally planted the bomb, under the condition that the position was locked, they couldn't win the clutch.

The score reached 3:2. After entering the full buy round, Astralis relied on the advantage of defense to chase back two rounds.

Although they lost two rounds, apEX's face was not particularly anxious, "Like other maps, it's still default map control, that set of grabbing timing to counter-clear."

Knowing the general playstyle of Astralis's defense, then they would be easier to deal with next.

"For subsequent full buy rounds, our map control pushing speed will be faster. If we hit A, once the front side moves, the flank can push. Then, for example, after we take control of the A-slope, we don't need to follow up with utility to probe. After the first wave of utility is given, directly swarm up and plant the bomb."

If Astralis wants to play slow, then they will play fast with Astralis.

The offense and defense of both sides, for the commander, is not only the game theory of tactics, but more of a problem of rhythm.

So, he took the lead to try a wave this round.

"For this point, we adjust the economy. Zywoo, save money to save up a big sniper, and others equip some half-armor Tec-9s or something. We will have a fast-paced speed-up mid-clamp B, the kind that drives a train."

Driving a train means you can't stop all the way; it's a one-wave flow.

Xu Beifang heard this and directly equipped a full-armor Tec-9. His economy was quite good, and he could even throw a Tec-9 to Jack.

The countdown ended, and Xu Beifang followed the main force and directly started running!

"To be honest, this Astralis is defending really well!" Wanjiqi praised, "They didn't rush to collide hard with the opponent at the front point of the A-slope, avoiding the sharp edge, and then combined with the information collected in mid and the B site to carry out a reasonable turn and counter-clear, disrupting Vitality's rhythm. Vitality was very uncomfortable because they were exchanging fire all the time, but felt that there was always someone on the A site."

Wanjiqi still couldn't help but blow the former 'white moonlight'.

Ma Xixi was never an Astralis fan, so he quickly changed the subject, "Okay, let's look at the game theory of this point. Vitality is directly force-buying to adjust the economy, but these five Tec-9s are intended to directly charge in one wave!"

"Then let's see the effect of this wave of rush!"

Xu Beifang followed the main force and directly arrived at mid with big steps.

apEX was grabbing a flashbang in a relatively backward position.

Jack, in the first position, understood and arrived beside the big box in mid, directly jumping and pulling to the left.

What he needed to do was not to kill, but to help Xu Beifang and apEX behind him collect information and pull the gun line apart.

His thinking was no problem, but device's hold-point sniper was really accurate.

Even though he jumped and pulled, he hit his leg with one shot.

And what made him suffocated was that when they were speed-pushing, the big sniper at the police house also returned an HE grenade, directly trading him.

"Vitality directly played a wave of jump-platform clamp B. Jack was taken down, but there are still Beifang and apEX on the jump platform, and the front side of the B site also rushed up!"

"However, Astralis's handling is very delicate. They didn't care about the terrorists on the B-slope at the first time, choosing to protect the jump platform first. Then how about Beifang this wave?"

Xu Beifang stepped on the jump platform. Although he really wanted to directly rush forward and take the opponent down with two shots.

But he knew that device at the police house was a big sniper and would definitely have time to adjust and open the scope to hold the jump platform.

So after stepping on the jump platform, he very cunningly kept shaking his body back and forth to probe.

device obviously didn't expect that Xu Beifang would still pull and tug at this time, and the big sniper shot directly missed.

Xu Beifang saw device's big sniper miss the shot and immediately wanted to chase to device's face to take him down, and then pick up the gun to improve combat power.

But just as he had this thought, bullets were spraying crazily from near the electric box toward apEX on the right side of the jump platform.

【dupreeh used AK47 to headshot kill apEX】

Xu Beifang immediately moved. He sprinted forward and then quickly performed a spin jump.

"Da da da!"

"Beifang used a spin jump to trick A Du's pre-aim, and also knew his position. The Tec-9 directly pre-fired two headshots to kill him instantly!"

"shox rushed up from beside the electric box wanting to pick up the AK to improve combat power, but device peeked out from the police house again, and the big sniper took down shox!"

But this shot fired again, which made Xu Beifang understand that device's big sniper entered CD, so he jumped directly toward the police house direction.

Then looking at device, who was pulling the bolt at the near point, he gave a headshot.

"Bang!"

【Nice used Tec-9 to headshot kill device】

The moment he took down device, he saw someone walk out of the sniper room on the A site. He hurriedly pressed "E" to suck the AWP back, and then quickly slipped toward the bomb site direction.

Walking halfway, Xu Beifang suddenly turned his head as if he had murderous intent, and holding the big sniper, the center of the screen looked at the jump platform.

A CT figure appeared quickly on the jump platform. Xu Beifang had already pre-aimed, and this time directly a quick scope.

"—Bang!"

【Nice used AWP to kill Magisk】

"Beifang took down device and got the big sniper. He immediately wanted to return to the bomb site to find a position, but did he think of it? The reinforcement of the jump platform has arrived!"

Looking at Xu Beifang's sudden look back, Wanjiqi gasped, "He thought of this point. Beifang's quick scope directly took down Magisk! Beifang threw the big sniper to the bomb site, and then picked up the AK himself wanting to change position."

"But at this time, it was what he didn't expect. The jump platform actually reinforced two people. xyp9x didn't rush to trade at the first time! Instead, he came out at the second time to grab timing, because xyp9x understood that facing a superstar like Nice, you can't handle it with conventional methods."

Ma Xixi added, "The only good news now is that the big sniper was passed to Zywoo's hand, but there is only one bullet left in the sniper rifle, and the front side is not hiding at all, directly pushing toward the face."

"1v2 clutch, gla1ve and xyp9x are both at the near point. Zywoo has just finished planting the bomb here. They know Zywoo's position. All information this wave is already on the table."

"There is only one bullet left in the sniper rifle. What can Zywoo do?"

Zywoo pursed his lips. Xu Beifang had already worked hard to make a name for himself on the front side, lowering the difficulty of this clutch to the minimum for him.

Even throwing him the sniper was because he wanted them to have stronger combat power.

If he couldn't take this wave, it would be too disappointing to Xu Beifang's expectations.

He looked calm, but his demeanor was already very serious.

Xu Beifang reminded in detail: "There is only one bullet left in the big sniper."

Zywoo said "Um," indicating that he understood.

He stood directly at the bomb site, using the big sniper to hold the right side of the electric box directly.

Soon, a flashbang came.

Zywoo instantly closed the scope and lowered his head, then got up and pulled the trigger toward the right side of the electric box.

"—Bang!"

【ZywOo used AWP to kill gla1ve】

"Astralis directly pulled left and right from the electric box. They know you are at the bomb site. After your big sniper finishes firing, the other person just needs to trade!"

"After the flashbang is given, Zywoo lowers his head to dodge the flash, and then gets up and hits gla1ve. xyp9x trades, but Zywoo immediately lowers his head again. Nine-ye didn't trade!!" Wanjiqi shouted loudly.

Zywoo switched out the Tec-9 the moment he lowered his head, and then got up and pulled an angle to the right, avoiding xyp9x's pre-fire.

He listened to the direction from which the footsteps came, and Tec-9 aimed at the CT's head on the opposite side, just one shot.

"Bang!"

【ZywOo used Tec-9 to headshot kill xyp9x】

"Zywoo gets up and it's one shot! Wow!! This is the Gemini!! Beifang used Tec-9 to forcibly top three, and he also passed a big sniper to Zywoo. Zywoo used these remaining things to cover the final clutch!"

"Zywoo is also really terrifying this wave. He completely knew the opponent's idea of wanting to clear him. After finishing, he instantly lowered his head to dodge bullets, then switched to his pistol and fired again. This guy is also too reasonable!"

Ma Xixi on the side couldn't help but evaluate, "Look at Beifang's perspective, that guy is all technique. Look at Zywoo's perspective, it's all transparent."

"He can know what the opponent is going to do, and then make countermeasures in a very fast time. It's really a bit abnormal."

When the last headshot sound rang out, Vitality had already fallen into a carnival.

apEX directly took off his headphones excitedly, ran over, and took a bite of Zywoo's big forehead: "You two played well this wave. That's how it should be. Let's speed up the rhythm. They can't withstand this kind of pressure!"

Xu Beifang also took a long breath. Fortunately, Zywoo took this point, otherwise, he would have worked hard to take down three on the front side and still lost in the end, which would have been too regrettable.

Successfully completing the comeback, the score reached 4:2. They once again pulled away a small gap in the score with Astralis.

However, on the Astralis side, they actively called a tactical timeout.

Because gla1ve found it hard to understand why this round would turn out like this.

Clearly it was a full buy against a short gun, clearly they had a lot of utility in their hands, but the teammates intended to rely on gunplay to speak, and in the end, they were turned around by Vitality step by step.

Their rhythm had already been led astray by Vitality.

They must correct it quickly.

... ===== CHAPTER 441 =====