Chapter 483: 38 Both coaches look like moles

Karrigan's gunplay error in the pistol round made the audience in the arena exclaim.

But for this match, this was just a small interlude, and everyone didn't care.

They focused more on FaZe's force-buy that followed.

After losing the pistol round, FaZe directly bought 4 half-armor MP9s; at a glance, the combat power was still quite good.

Under Karrigan's command, FaZe chose a 4A1B positioning in the early stage.

They focused on the T-junction in Mid, intending to fully unleash the close-range combat advantage of the MP9.

This order indeed had an effect, but the Complexity members were in good state; even with an economic advantage, the overall push was exceptionally careful.

So after local exchanges, they were still the side with the advantage in numbers.

But when it came to the third round, ropz staged an exciting scene for the audience right from the start.

In this FaZe economic round, ropz chose to buy a Zeus directly to A2, intending to gamble with 200 bucks.

Complexity's map control in this round was still careful; Elige cooperated with JKS to control A2, and in the process of controlling A2, they even specially threw a flashbang to clear the point.

Then the suffocating timing appeared.

Elige, who jumped onto VIP, rushed into A2 at an extremely fast speed after the flashbang exploded.

He looked at the Boiler Room first, then walked towards the A2 corridor, and when he turned his head intending to cooperate with his teammates to clear A1, he found a "fly head" already holding a Zeus looking at him.

ropz: "Hello!"

Elige: "Ah~"

Accompanied by the soul-stirring moan, the first Zeus kill of this final appeared.

The audience was a bit speechless.

This ropz was standing at the VIP entrance, JKS's flashbang just happened to blind ropz, but Ji Ge cleared the point in a circle and just happened to miss ropz's position.

"What is this? They almost staged 'My Name' at A2!"

"Ji Ge could be zapped to death like this?" Ma Xixi said incredulously.

"Ji Ge died in A2, Complexity directly started explosive bomb tactics head-on, but is the timing for the explosive bomb really good now? This round B site is a 4B heavy defense gamble!"

"A wave of crazy number exchanges left ropz with a 2-on-1 clutch, and Beifang still has no health!"

"ropz, who rotated back rapidly, heard footsteps and directly used the submachine gun to spray through the smoke and kill Beifang, fortunately JKS's trade kill was fast!"

Xu Beifang took a long breath, then bumped fists with the teammates beside him: "Good trade, JKS."

NiKo took a long breath and said: "The pressure in this final is a bit high."

The current Complexity is composed of a group of outstanding "old-timers."

In this IEM Chengdu tournament, they could easily eat the dividends brought by the pistol round and operate the economy, which is why the score difference in most of their maps was very large.

Even that time they lost to VP, they just made many, many mistakes.

But in today's match, even if they were the side with the advantage, the combat power shown by FaZe in these rounds was very fierce; even if they won the round, their advantage wasn't large.

For several consecutive rounds, they couldn't save much economy.

After entering the gun round, there was no advantage instead.

"This is the intensity of the final level," Xu Beifang said. "We must bring out our full attitude."

The match quickly entered the gun round.

Under NiKo's early layout, Complexity still focused on Banana map control.

Xu Beifang also pushed forward in the early stage according to the plan and took control of Banana, and then he judged that the Banana CT had used two sets of utility.

And the opponent's defensive utility was also almost used up.

Xu Beifang's idea was that even if the opponent had utility left at the CT spawn, they couldn't delay them for too much time.

So he commanded the team to carry out a wave of B site explosive bomb tactics.

However, what he didn't expect was that FaZe chose a B site gamble with heavy defense in this round!

Xu Beifang led his teammates to rush into B site, successfully killed the first sniper peeking from the Coffin, and then was trade-killed by the CT on the Coil.

Fortunately, NiKo's trade kill was also fast.

At this time, in their information, two people had already been killed at B site, and the threat wasn't large anymore.

But they didn't expect two more CTs to rush out in the second timing, appearing from the Dead Point and the CT spawn smoke, giving them a pincer attack.

Although JKS trade-killed Karrigan at the CT spawn, he was also wiped out by Rain at the Dead Point.

The score reached 3:1.

After losing a gun round, their economy directly cracked, and they were forced to enter the economic round stage.

The Complexity members also simply used this round as a timeout.

Danking marveled at FaZe's defensive reinforcement being so fast.

NiKo said somewhat surprisingly: "That shouldn't be, the reinforcement arrived at the Dead Point in advance? It should have been set up in advance."

"Difficult to handle." Xu Beifang took a breath. "The worst result is Karrigan pulling off a spiritual gamble..."

"We will adjust the attack rhythm later..."

……

The Complexity members fell into confusion, while Ma Xixi, as a commentator, was also in exclamation along with the live audience.

Because of the map fog, players couldn't clearly know all the opponent's arrangements.

But the commentator was different.

From the God's eye view, Ma Xixi saw clearly all of Karrigan's arrangements in this round.

"I can only say awesome!"

"Karrigan's tactics in this round were extremely bold. He directly went 4B1A at the start, deploying heavy defense for B site, and then the heavily defended B site didn't put pressure on Banana, but let all of Complexity in. After letting them in, he was still afraid the opponent would run away, so the first two were completely sold, and Rain and Karrigan behind were the real killer moves."

Ma Xixi sighed, "This is Karrigan. He doesn't play tactics most of the time, but when he really plays tactics, it's a tactical onion, layer after layer."

And the next pure ECO round for Complexity had nothing to say.

They basically used it as a timeout, hung out at home for a while, found a rifle and rushed a wave, but in the end, only Danking got one kill, and the rest were easily melted.

Entering the gun round again, their attack focus was still on B site, and this time they increased the speed a little.

However, FaZe's utility counter-cleared too fast, and all kinds of grenades were thrown like they were free.

A wave of tentative speed increase resulted in three people in Complexity becoming half-health, and NiKo was left with only one HP.

They finally chose to turn around and attack A once, but their health was too low, leading to a 1-for-5 exchange by ropz and Rain in the A site attack.

The situation became increasingly wrong.

They thought that saving enough economy to play the gun round again would be a turning point, but didn't expect FaZe's strategy on the defensive side to make them exceptionally uncomfortable. Several people became more anxious as they played, and Jason Lake below the stage was burning with anxiety.

He didn't understand why the previous matches were smooth sailing, but the style changed drastically when it came to the final?

FaZe's morale became increasingly fierce, and everyone started to perform.

While on Complexity's side, only Nice and Elige were performing, and even NiKo was somewhat misfiring.

Xu Beifang and Ji Ge's performance was quite amazing, and even several rounds made the FaZe crowd feel terrified.

But many rounds were just missing that one breath.

Finally, after the first half ended, the score was fixed at 3:9.

This made them somewhat downcast.

Even Xu Beifang didn't expect that they would be beaten like this in the final.

In the second half of the first half, he actually already understood that Karrigan had made quite a few tactical adjustments.

Perhaps it was just a simple adjustment before the final, or perhaps it was to find his place back on the map Inferno.

But even he had to admit that under Karrigan's mobilization, FaZe played exceptionally well in this first half.

Even he didn't get much advantage while on Banana.

FaZe used utility to avoid fighting, leaving him with no chance to engage on Banana.

During the short halftime break, they quickly adjusted their somewhat downcast mood.

But after entering the second half, NiKo arranged a special playstyle for the pistol round.

That was Xu Beifang playing "Aphelios" at B site with a USP and Dual Berettas, while the others defended 4A.

But they didn't expect that in this round, FaZe chose to fly over the building in the second timing, just hitting the weak point of their formation.

And what was even more fatal was that the personnel exchange in the subsequent gunfight stage didn't win.

Xu Beifang forcibly tried this 1V3 clutch, but it was a pity that FaZe gave full respect to his ID and didn't give any chance at all.

He could only barely kill one person.

In the second round of the second half, NiKo commanded the team to force-buy, but failed.

Economic round, failed again.

Gun round... still failed.

The score, unknowingly, had reached 3:12.

The Galaxy Battleship played an amazing performance in the first confrontation of the final.

They were also the first to reach the match point of Inferno.

However, just when everyone thought it would end smoothly, Karrigan's equipment had a small problem, and a technical timeout was taken.

Xu Beifang pressed TAB, he saw his record of 15 kills and 12 deaths.

In a situation of heavy headwind, this record was actually good enough.

But the problem was that FaZe played exceptionally team-oriented today, and even somewhat went towards the path of dynamic defense, making him unable to find too many opportunities.

Karrigan used a team-oriented way to weaken his influence.

In the intense confrontation, he didn't think of a solution that quickly.

Now map one was just one point away from ending, he looked at T. C behind him somewhat helplessly.

T. C looked at him with a serious face, but after staring for a few seconds, the corners of his mouth couldn't be suppressed, and soon he couldn't hold it and laughed directly.

T. C's smile was so innocent, and also so gloating; those who didn't know would think he was a FaZe fan.

Instantly, the Complexity members also couldn't hold it, Danking directly protested: "Aiyo, coach, what are you doing!"

Coach Zhengzheng Shang restrained his smile and explained seriously: "Actually, I was born with a smiling lip."

Actually, the coach couldn't speak during a technical timeout, but at this moment, the referee didn't have the energy to manage it, because the referee was also laughing.

Then, at the IEM Chengdu final, such a spectacle appeared.

The team with the advantage was active, waiting for the timeout to end to take this map.

While the team with the disadvantage was all laughing.

Many spectators who just entered looked at the score situation several times before realizing what was going on.

【Complexity's players made the coach laugh.】

【Why are these people still so happy when they are about to lose?】

【Map one is about to be lost, what else can they do, be happy then.】

【The coach laughs like a mole.】

【Looking at it this way, Neo is so uncomfortable, watching his little brother about to lose, haha.】

【Both coaches look like moles.】

"We are about to lose map one, how can you laugh," NiKo said with a smile.

Coach Zhengzheng Shang shrugged: "Anyway, it's not me who's in jail..."

The result of Inferno had almost appeared; as a coach, what was more important now was to adjust the teammates' mentality.

Although the method he used was a bit special, it was effective.

Now the Complexity players were at least active.

The technical timeout ended quickly.

Xu Beifang looked at the remaining economy and bought a half-armor FAMAS plus a smoke grenade.

"Try your best to play, FaZe indeed played well on this map today."

He had to admit this point; FaZe's adjustment this time was very successful, at least they hadn't found a very good solution for the time being.

NiKo was the kind of person who wouldn't be convinced no matter when.

Or rather, there weren't many people who loved the "competitive" project who were willing to admit defeat.

JKS also took the initiative to liven up the atmosphere: "9 match points, it's not like there's no chance."

Danking thought there was no hope, but he was looking forward to a possible comeback in his heart, so he said casually: "If we turn this around today, I'll treat everyone to a big meal after the final, okay!"

Xu Beifang instantly became serious: "You should have said so earlier!"

But it was just a joke.

The countdown ended, Xu Beifang led NiKo to Banana.

He had a half-armor FAMAS in his hand, while NiKo had a half-armor Desert Eagle with smoke and grenade.

Although the mood was back, the large score deficit made their communication state somewhat decline.

So they basically relied on tacit understanding to play.

Xu Beifang stepped on the close point of Banana in the early stage, intending to use this smoke grenade to delay for a while.

NiKo stood near the Yellow Wall tacitly, intending to cooperate with Xu Beifang to pull the gun line open.

The terrorists gave a fire at the Barrel at the start, but didn't give much utility for the follow-up.

In the second timing, NiKo, who was peeking at the Yellow Wall, suddenly saw a scalp appear in his field of vision, and he immediately flicked his gun over.

"Bang!"

【NiKo used Desert Eagle to headshot Frozen】

NiKo successfully got the first kill relying on a nerve shot, but before he could have follow-up operations, he saw someone peek out from behind the Yellow Wall and directly sprayed to trade him.

【Karrigan used AK47 to kill NiKo】

After getting the kill, Karrigan didn't stop his footsteps and directly pushed forward rapidly.

In his view, if he could kill Nice, then B site would be empty, and his teammates would come over to plant the bomb, and B site would basically be over.

But he didn't expect Xu Beifang to stand on the right side of the Sandbag.

This was a relatively tricky position, his pre-aim wasn't on it at all.

Although he didn't even have a chance to fire.

"Da da da!"

【Nice used FAMAS to headshot Karrigan】

After killing Karrigan, Xu Beifang immediately pulled back, letting himself have cover to use.

Determining that no one was trade-killing in a short time, he quickly took out a smoke grenade and threw it towards the close point.

The smoke grenade blurred the Stone Slab.

Xu Beifang saw no one trade-killing, he immediately moved forward, intending to pick up that AK47.

But a grenade flew out from the Banana direction and finally exploded in front of the Barrel.

Xu Beifang saw this scene and immediately retreated.

He didn't even need to look to know this operation was played by ropz.

Only that "old six" (lurker) heart would be so dark.

Failing to pick up the AK, Xu Beifang picked up the smoke grenade dropped by NiKo near the Yellow Wall and retreated directly into the bomb site.

According to FaZe's movement, he felt that the possibility of FaZe going to A was greater, so he didn't let his teammates reinforce B site, just hung out in B site alone.

He still had a smoke grenade; if the opponent attacked B, he could still use this smoke grenade to operate.

"Beifang held the pressure at the Sandbag, Banana can be considered a 2-for-1 exchange, but ropz handled both AKs, not giving Beifang the possibility of supplementing an AK."

Ma Xixi sighed, "Now there's no way to enter the 'remember this AK' segment."

"FaZe moved to A site as a whole in the second timing, it seems they are going to make a move at A site next."

"Danking stuck a tricky headshot position behind the Grass Car, this position is quite tricky, if the terrorists are negligent in the first timing, he has a chance to aim for two or three shots."

"JKS is watching A2 at the Pit, while Ji Ge directly shrank in the Connector recess."

"FaZe chose to push silently from the Connector, do they understand Ji Ge's position?" Ma Xixi was looking forward to the situation of a Desert Eagle shooting the back.

"But they searched, Ji Ge was directly headshot by Rain, the Connector pincer attack on A unfolded, JKS was forced to give up his gun position by a Pit fire, Danking was frantically shooting at the Connector in the Small Pit, but after a few crouches, he was still caught by Rain!"

"The last JKS also died at the hands of ropz!"

"Then it's gone!" Ma Xixi said helplessly, "Only Beifang is left 1V3, he still has some time to rotate back, FaZe's formation has already been set, this simply doesn't give any chance!"

Xu Beifang rotated back from Banana, and had already arrived at A1 along the way.

He originally intended to pick up an AK from Banana, but was handled by the opponent.

Now he could only use his familiar old partner to fight.

Having obtained his "special weapon," he wasn't too afraid of the opponent.

It's just that this 1V3 clutch, plus the lack of information, made him a bit blind.

He took a deep breath and let his mood calm down.

Although it was about to end, this clutch didn't matter anymore.

But past habits made trying hard to play every round well become his basic philosophy.

So he still tried very hard to attempt it.

He peeked directly from A1, and didn't see anyone at first glance.

According to his experience, there should be one standing in the Pit.

Then there should also be one at the bomb site.

The last one left is either at the Graveyard, or in the Small Pit or A2.

This was the approximate positioning of FaZe he could infer.

Although there was no defuse kit, in a 1V3 clutch, one still had to get a kill first.

Otherwise, there was simply no chance for a 10-second defuse.

So Xu Beifang pre-aimed at the Graveyard direction first.

As a result, someone really came over from the Graveyard direction to find him.

Xu Beifang immediately pulled the trigger, but the terrorist at the Graveyard was very cautious; perhaps his idea of coming over was just to scout, so he was only beaten to a pulp by Xu Beifang and soon shrank back.

"Broky at the Graveyard has already scouted the information, so now the Pit and the bomb site are about to start moving!"

"But the bomb site is some distance from A1, the Pit moved first, but Beifang was holding the Pit in advance, ropz trade-killed himself!"

"Rain's trade kill at the bomb site was a bit late, but his trade kill didn't connect either!"

"The clutch reached 1-on-1!"

The originally quiet arena instantly became noisy, and exclamations exploded in every corner of this arena.

Jason Lake in the front row of the stands even stood up holding a beer mug!

"Both sides reached the 1V1 bullfighting time, but Beifang has no defuse kit, the time left for him is actually not much."

"Broky's position is actually locked, he directly pushed forward to near the Coil, this time the 'Coil God' intends to circle around the coil!"

"There's not much time left, he only needs to delay for a few seconds to end map one!"

"But Beifang discovered there was no one at the Graveyard, and also heard his voice on the other side of the coil, both sides are still circling, but Beifang circled to the periphery of the bomb site, he jumped directly onto the top of the coil, a high-to-low shot directly sent Broccoli away!!"

The whole arena had fallen into excited cheers.

And after taking this clutch, Xu Beifang quickly entered the bomb site.

While his left hand pressed the defuse key, he raised his right arm high to cheer, and issued a battle cry towards the stage: "Is handling the AK useful? My FAMAS is enough!!"

The Complexity members all laughed.

This made many spectators happy.

Without looking at the score, one would really think Complexity was leading.

And at this moment, people still didn't understand what this battle cry meant.

Xu Beifang quietly finished defusing the bomb, then turned his head and said to Danking: "Tie Dan, I suddenly want to eat steak, what should I do?"

Danking laughed, and the others at Complexity also laughed.

"Then try it, see how much steak these 9 points are worth!"

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(End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 484 =====