Chapter 482: 37 Karrigan pays tribute to himself!

The things Xu Beifang had researched had a significant impact on this group of "old-timers" at Complexity.

Although they were "old-timers," they were a group of outstanding old-timers.

Their ability to accept new things was also very fast, so Xu Beifang taught all the techniques he had researched to his teammates.

But whether it was Xu Beifang or the members of Complexity, it wasn't that simple to master these new techniques all at once.

Fortunately, the concepts were clear, so they could consciously use many of these things.

And while they were grasping these new techniques and researching the deep data of CS2,

netizens had already started discussing this final.

The meme of the "True and False Monkey King" was used once again.

Now, in this Complexity squad, two of the players had spent time at FaZe, so today's confrontation had become the "true ownership of FaZe."

【Can NiKo reach that place?】

【Blind guess: in the end, it will be Beizige holding the trophy with one hand online.】

【The hype for this match is maxed out, a battle between the Galaxy Battleship and the Universe Battleship.】

【Instructor Beifang is testing Xiao Han's results here.】

【FaZe didn't beat Complexity in the group stage, hope the boys can step up in the finals.】

【No matter which team wins, you can see the loser's expression, this is simply too great!】

【The person above has a dark heart!】

【Looking forward to the chess match between Beifang and Karrigan in the finals.】

【Beifang chooses to crush Karrigan with gunplay 23333.】

The netizens' support for both teams was quite good, and it wasn't like it was leaning entirely to one side.

And amidst these expectant comments, the IEM Chengdu final officially arrived.

……

In the player tunnel inside the arena, the staff reminded them that they would officially appear in 15 minutes.

"Kids, I'll be cheering for you from the stands later!" As the owner, Jason Lake gave them his final pre-match motivation. "I never thought this team could charge into the final stage in the first major tournament after the rebuild. You guys are really great!"

"Actually, getting here is already outstanding enough, but since you've walked this far, as long as you take one more step forward, all your efforts can be realized!"

"We can get that trophy just by reaching out our hands!"

Jason Lake was wearing a white shirt and black trousers, looking casual yet having his tie fastened; he looked more like a football coach.

The thing he was doing at this moment was the same. Jason Lake was actually a very charismatic person, and his speech was also very infectious. Several Complexity players couldn't help but think of their own situation.

"So don't throw away today's opportunity, play out the things we prepared, unleash your individual abilities, and let me hear the arena shouting your names from the stands!"

"Let's go, kids!!"

Jason Lake high-fived the players one by one, then walked out from the player tunnel.

As an owner, he had already done what he could; next was to enjoy this final as a "fan" of Complexity.

After the owner left, the mood of the Complexity group was somewhat excited, even Xu Beifang was moved by the owner's words.

He couldn't help but look at the stage through the player tunnel; in the center of the stage, a trophy shone in the lights.

That trophy was right before his eyes, as if he could touch it by reaching out.

But in the next second, the image of FaZe lifting the trophy appeared in his mind.

That scene was uncomfortable even just to think about.

……

Jason Lake arrived at the front row of the stands to look at this arena.

Because of time issues, this was his first time coming to this arena.

This arena wasn't large, at least not comparable to the Spodek Arena in Katowice or the Lanxess Arena in Cologne.

But looking at it, there was a huge and clear viewing screen.

Support items were visible everywhere.

There were people cosplaying as CS: GO agents, people holding player support items, and the number of people wearing various team jerseys was uncountable.

The final hadn't officially started yet, and some spectators were even entertaining themselves.

"Let's go Complexity!"

"FaZe Clan up up!"

The support chants for the two final teams appeared from time to time, making him completely blend into this atmosphere.

He also followed those support chants and shouted, "Let's go Complexity!", a move that made Jason Lake feel like he had become much younger.

The live audience played for a while, and soon, the big screen began to show the highlight kills of Complexity and FaZe in this IEM Chengdu, interspersed with some interviews with the players.

Everyone who saw this scene understood that the final was about to start.

This final didn't have any special countdown; as the highlight kill montage on the big screen ended, the host wearing a black suit entered the arena.

He held the microphone and gave a brief opening:

"After 6 days of competition, the two teams have finally arrived at the grand final stage. One of them, its name is FaZe Clan!"

"Now let us welcome FaZe Clan!"

Amidst the cheers, Jason Lake's gaze followed the music and the spotlight to the center of the stage.

Led by Karrigan, the members of FaZe walked onto the stage one by one.

The members of the Galaxy Battleship were also big-stage veterans; they had experienced the final stage too many times, so they greeted the live audience very skillfully.

And after the Galaxy Battleship enjoyed the cheers, the host raised the microphone again: "Then next, let us welcome, Complexity!"

In Jason Lake's gaze, his "kids" walked out from behind the stage one after another.

Then he was startled.

He could understand that FaZe Clan could get massive cheers just by appearing.

After all, there were no nobodies in the Galaxy Battleship; this was a team that could play as the home team globally.

But he didn't expect that the moment his own team appeared, the cheers were even louder.

As the team's owner, seeing his own players so beloved, his mood was also quite good, so he also followed the crowd below the stage and shouted.

The Complexity members took their positions one after another, and the players from both sides stood firm on both sides of the stage.

"Alright friends, they are already standing on the final stage. This time, are you ready?"

"The final is about to begin, let us wait and see!!"

The opening ended, Xu Beifang and Karrigan shook hands briefly as team captains, and then returned to their respective player seats.

Both sides nervously and orderly debugged their equipment, and after confirming that all equipment was adjusted correctly, the BP for this match officially began.

Coach Zhengzheng Shang successfully obtained the right to pick first for this match's BP.

For the first Ban map, they also started with a classic move, directly removing Anubis.

"Complexity still removed Anubis; they haven't let this map out once in this IEM Chengdu," Wanjiqi analyzed. "And FaZe also did the default Ban, removing Vertigo."

As a famous six-map team, the only map FaZe didn't play was Vertigo.

Looking at it this way, there was no counter-relationship between the map pools of the two teams; no team had gained an advantage.

"Which map to pick for the first choice?" Coach Zhengzheng Shang asked the players for their thoughts as usual.

Xu Beifang replied: "The first Ban map had nothing unusual, just follow what we discussed before the match, take Inferno first."

Inferno was currently the map they felt hottest on and also played the best.

When they met FaZe in the group stage, they had already taught FaZe a lesson, so on this map, Complexity's confidence was quite sufficient.

"Complexity locked in Inferno, while FaZe chose Nuke as map two," Ma Xixi took a breath. "But is this a good choice? FaZe has always left a good impression on Nuke, but their state on this map recently hasn't been great."

MO added data: "In the last 3 months, they played 9 Nuke matches, FaZe only won 3."

Xu Beifang started laughing when he saw FaZe directly lock in Nuke: "Karrigan is acting up again."

Others cast puzzled looks at him.

Xu Beifang took out the tactical sheet and showed it to them: "In the last three months, their performance on Nuke hasn't been very good, with only a 33% win rate, but they still picked it..."

Elige frowned: "Could it be that they hid tactics and are preparing to use a big move?"

Xu Beifang shook his head: "It seems you still don't understand Karrigan. NiKo should understand this point; Karrigan actually doesn't like looking at win rate data like this, he prefers looking at the state of the last few matches."

"They dared to pick Nuke, it should be because they won against Mouz yesterday, and then Karrigan felt they could do it on Nuke, so he took it out to play."

NiKo listened and felt a headache: "Karrigan is like this. That BP move in Boston back then was also because they had won against quite a few weak teams before, leading to picking a map they weren't skilled at in the end."

"He likes to do this kind of BP when entering the final stage. Actually, if played well, this kind of BP can make the team more confident, but once they fall into a disadvantageous situation, the team can only rely on hard power to move forward, which is quite uncomfortable."

Xu Beifang laughed: "Then let's not let go of this opportunity, strive to finish the match 2:0 in one go!"

While he was speaking, both sides removed one more map each, finally leaving Mirage as map three.

The BP officially ended, both sides conducted their final warm-ups, and the match was about to begin.

Complexity vs FaZe

Map: Inferno

Because it was the map Complexity actively chose, they started as the attacking side.

"Let's look at the pistol round configuration of both sides, Complexity has quite a lot of utility here," Ma Xixi was somewhat surprised. "Two smokes, one flash, one HE, and they even gave Beifang a P250."

"As for the defensive side, it's just a pair of Dual Berettas plus one smoke and one flash, and they didn't buy a defuse kit."

After the countdown ended, Xu Beifang rushed into Banana.

His positioning was good, so he hung at the Tree position at the start.

Holding a P250, his crosshair kept moving between the Barrel and the Stone Slab, ready to fire at any CT coming out to find an opportunity.

The order NiKo gave was to control the map, and then operate based on information in the second timing.

Xu Beifang held the angle quietly for a while, but didn't see any intention from the CT to come out and find opportunities.

"Danking, come over here, crouch here." Xu Beifang marked a spot on the right side of the wood pile at the Tree position.

Danking also immediately came over and crouched to cooperate with Xu Beifang.

Xu Beifang stepped on Danking's head with a crouch-jump; this method wouldn't cause him to jump too high and expose information to the opposite side.

Because he jumped while crouching.

Then Xu Beifang adjusted his pre-aim and stood up directly.

In his field of vision, there was a "fly head" (Frozen) holding an angle near the Yellow Wall.

Frozen also saw Xu Beifang suddenly appearing in his field of vision.

He panicked instantly and hurriedly turned his gun to try to aim.

"Pa!"

【Nice used P250 to headshot Frozen】

But Nice's reaction was faster than he imagined!

"There are at least two people in Banana, they double-peeked and stole me." Frozen reported the location quickly. He was somewhat unwilling about his death, but had to say that the opponent's move made him quite amazed.

Because the task Karrigan gave him was to scout information at the front of Banana, so he kept peeking at the Yellow Wall, but his attention was also on the wood pile at the Tree position; he was wary of someone standing up at the Tree position to headshot him.

But he didn't expect that the attacking side would use a double-peek method to catch him.

"Beifang relied on cooperation to steal the first kill again. Karrigan in B site directly threw a smoke to cut off B Tunnel, not giving Complexity any chance to break through."

"But the defensive power of one person is still somewhat thin, Broky also rushed over to help, and now the formation has become 2A2B."

Seeing the opponent directly throw a smoke, Xu Beifang considered it and gave the mid-term order: "Rotate directly to A, don't be too anxious, walk silently the whole way."

"JKS, don't be anxious. If the person guarding the Connector for FaZe rotates back, then they are likely guarding A2. You can move very slowly, or even wait until we start fighting head-on before you make a move."

Walking silently towards Mid, Xu Beifang gave subsequent attack orders: "When we get to Mid, make some noise directly. Danking, after you jump over, just watch the Connector. When we rush A1, you follow the main force."

"Then others follow me to attack A directly. Ji Ge, use your utility to send us rushing to A1, and you can also try to throw a grenade to explode the Pit or the Grass Car."

"JKS, grasp your own entry timing."

After the attack plan was arranged, everyone had arrived at Mid. Xu Beifang gave an order, and the whole team started to speed up directly.

"Are they giving a smoke to the Connector? They didn't. Danking jumped out directly to get information. Rain at A1 held the angle and fired a shot, didn't hit, and retreated directly."

"He ran directly to the bomb site. Now it depends on how ropz at A2 operates."

"Can ropz catch them?"

"He didn't. The terrorist's flashbang was very bright, ropz could only retreat. After recovering his vision, he changed positions and wanted to retreat, but Ji Ge's flashbang... well, JKS seized the opportunity and stepped out from A2, directly eating ropz!"

"Although Rain's trade kill was successful, his position had been locked, and Complexity's main force directly rushed his face!"

"NiKo headshot Rain directly!"

This local exchange made the scene start to enter the atmosphere. Jason Lake watched the team, led by Nice, slowly break FaZe down, and excitedly punched the air below the stage:

"That's it, don't give the opponent a chance! Take the pistol round first!"

As if hearing his voice, FaZe didn't choose to rotate back, but pressed out from Banana and arrived near the Sewer.

Looking at the situation, the remaining two FaZe members intended to save weapons.

This was a reasonable choice.

For one, after Complexity punched FaZe's weakly defended A site, the remaining two people had no chance to rotate back.

A 2V4 clutch, and they only had one flashbang left to use.

There was simply no hope of a comeback.

So, they chose to give the Dual Berettas to Karrigan who had no armor, and the flashbang to Broky inside the terrorist spawn.

If the terrorists walked through Mid to protect their armor next, then this counter-clear might get a few kills, or at least damage Complexity's economy.

"Will Complexity choose to walk through Mid?"

"They just came through Mid, so these two buddies in Mid might be in trouble!"

"Broky flashbang!"

Under the condition of pre-aiming, even the utility thrown by the world's number one utility user could have a good effect.

Karrigan also stood up from the Sewer at the right time.

He instantly saw the two terrorists in front of him covering their eyes.

He understood this was the opportunity, and fired wildly at the two of them with the Dual Berettas.

But the terrorist on the right was jumping around with white eyes, which caused Karrigan's tracking to have some errors.

And the opponent was twisting wildly in his perspective, he couldn't hit them at all!

After the first few shots missed, he started to get anxious.

After Xu Beifang jumped around and recovered his vision, he was surprised to find that he hadn't died, and even his health hadn't dropped much.

He saw the "fly head" firing wildly in the Sewer, and pulled over and fired a shot.

"Pa!"

【Nice used P250 to headshot Karrigan】

"Broky's flashbang effect was very good, the two people in front were completely blinded, but Karrigan's Dual Berettas..."

"Ah!!" Ma Xixi was also shocked. "He missed the whole half-magazine, Beifang recovered his vision and directly headshot him!"

"He didn't win this!"

The audience at the scene was exclaiming, and many felt a bit full.

【I'll eat this Karrigan poet.】

【Too humorous, haha.】

【The world's best USP user, no, already the best Dual Berettas user.】

【I didn't expect this spray could miss so wildly.】

【Karrigan successfully paid tribute to himself, only this time it was head-on.】

【FaZe fans are laughing in anger.】

Amidst these cheers and discussions, the score on the screen reached 1:0.

Relying on outstanding gunplay and decision-making ability, Complexity successfully took the first round of this final.

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(End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 483 =====