Chapter 499: 53 Can't Play Without ECO

Entering the second half with a score of 8:4 made the COL members feel good.

Although Anubis is a map that leans towards offense, they actually don't have a very high level on this map, but they can still gain an advantage, which is already quite good.

And if they can smoothly take the pistol round, the rhythm might just take NAVI away in one wave.

NIKO exercised his wrists and said in the voice chat: "Let's play the pistol round in the second half well, strive to expand the score and directly take NAVI away!"

Xu Beifang stretched, glanced at NIKO, and didn't speak.

NIKO felt that it could end smoothly in one wave, but whether from data or actual feeling, NAVI's pistol round play was too good.

A systematic team plays a huge role in dealing with simple and direct confrontations like pistol rounds.

But whether they can win or not, they have to engage to know specifically.

After a short halftime break, both sides swapped camps and entered the confrontation of the second half.

In the second half, COL came to the defensive side; after consideration, they made a synchronized forward push on the Black Room and A-Door, trying to destroy NAVI's opening default and trying to get the first kill.

But NAVI's default discipline was too good; they were always moving when holding guns in the early stage. As soon as they sensed COL had movement, they immediately retreated behind cover, making COL's first wave of forward pressure return without success.

Then Xiao Li Zi used the information obtained to infiltrate Mid, and at the second timing, performed a wave of Link-pinching B.

On B Site, JKS and Elige faced the encirclement and only played a 1-for-2 result; the subsequent rotation of the A Site trio also didn't play well, and NAVI won the victory of the pistol round again.

"NAVI's group of people are too strong in the pistol round." NIKO couldn't help but complain. "These two maps they have taken three pistol rounds; it feels like their pistol round strength and long gun are not on the same level."

Xu Beifang picked up the tactical paper in front of the keyboard and read the data: "In the last three months, their pistol round win rate in the first half was 63%, and the pistol round win rate in the second half was 55%. Well, this is the tournament data against the first tier."

"So strong." Elige was a bit surprised. "I remember in 2019, NAVI's pistol round win rate was the lowest among first-tier teams; it seemed to be only 20%, which made me always think they played pistols very poorly."

"Very normal, after all, they are not the same NAVI." Xu Beifang also recalled the memories of the past; in 2019, playing against NAVI, the pistol round was really easy to win; NAVI would always lose in ways you couldn't imagine.

But from 2019 to now, NAVI has changed two batches of people; it's very normal to have such a huge change.

"But this is also good; they play outstandingly, and our follow-up review will have more gains."

Since things have reached this point, we can only use the spiritual victory method.

After losing the pistol round, COL chose to force-buy to try; this map, except for the A Site duel distance being too long, short guns are very easy to play in other positions.

But this round still couldn't be taken; NAVI's academic-style play, the match discipline is really too good.

Ordinary teams, when encountering the opponent without money, will always have players with very confident ideas.

For example, "The opponent has a short gun this round, I have an AK in my hand, what am I afraid of them for?", "The opponent has no money this round, I'll hurry out and take a few, don't let my teammates kill them all."

But NAVI won't; they are standard academic-style origins, and won't have any insane ideas in this kind of round.

Even if COL made some special designs and finally relied on coordination to take out some people, in the 2V2 situation, they could only save their guns.

However, although they saved two long guns, they didn't complete the comeback in the subsequent economic round either.

The score reached 8:7 unknowingly, and NAVI was gradually narrowing the score gap between the two sides.

The match soon entered the first long gun round.

NAVI's thinking here is very simple. During the halftime break, B1ad3 already saw what COL's path was.

Although COL got more points in the first half, too many rounds were won by relying on clutches, which proved that COL's proficiency on this map was not high.

Since your proficiency is not high, then we will pull up your weak points to confront.

So when entering the first long gun round, NAVI directly performed an A Site explosive bomb at the second timing.

Very simple thinking, just to play explosive bomb execution with you, forcing COL to appear loopholes in an emergency state.

This round was indeed as B1ad3 expected; under the situation of A Site explosive bombs, Danking and NIKO in Mid both missed the timing. Danking was caught and killed by Xiao Li Zi the moment he closed the scope, and NIKO behind the Mid-Door was also read somehow and directly killed by Xiao Li Zi's pre-fire.

Xu Beifang and Elige completed a 2-for-4 on A Site, playing a very top-tier coordination.

It's a pity JKS was too far away, and in the 1-on-1 clutch at the end, there was no defuse kit, so he could only save the big Sniper for Danking.

But immediately in the next round, Danking got a triple kill in Mid and B Site during NAVI's explosive bomb process, helping COL take the first point after switching sides.

Both sides started a scorched confrontation from here.

The score was constantly changing.

9:8

9:10

10:10

10:11

COL called for a tactical timeout.

"Calm down, guys." Coach Xiaoxi thought and said, "I feel like we have been brought into NAVI's rhythm. Our proficiency on this map is indeed not as good as NAVI's, but improvement is a matter to be considered after the match."

"Now we need to think of some ways to defeat them, we need to bring the match into our comfort zone."

Their layout in these few rounds was a bit too rough, relying too much on on-the-spot adaptation.

But with NAVI's explosive bomb coming down, the space they could operate in was too little.

Xu Beifang pinched his finger bones, "How about I go be a catfish?"

"Catfish" is a special saying, which is to let him use various ways to disturb the opponent's early-stage layout.

This is also a playstyle he is very good at.

Coach Xiaoxi nodded: "Try to play what we are more familiar with, so that we can also look for problems in our formation system in the review, otherwise just playing default, even if the review can improve things, it won't be much."

"But our economy isn't much either." NIKO pursed his lips, "Are we going to release match point?"

"Release it, play full guns and full utility at match point, strive to enter overtime. For this point, let's find opportunities with Desert Eagles. If we can pick up an AK to save the gun, that would be even better."

But looking at the "crooked melons and cracked dates" guns of his teammates, Xu Beifang thought about it: "Let's still do a small design, NIKO, you go to A-Door and throw a smoke, let the opponent think we are going to force-buy."

"Then on B Site, we put one person to actively go out and anti-rush to get information, let him go out and send it. If there are many people outside B, they should directly come over to look for opportunities. Let's try to see if we can trade a few."

The configuration of this round was too poor; the only good news was that the opponent's economy wasn't good either.

If they could take out three long guns, NAVI wouldn't be able to play full guns and full utility when entering match point.

The tactical timeout ended, and they quickly moved.

"The timeout ended, COL loses this point again, and the match is about to enter match point." Leon Kai looked at the match UI and said, "But now they seem to have no means to stop NAVI."

"COL actively came out to try a wave at the start, a flashbang directly anti-rushed outside B, Wang Defa's big Sniper missed, Ji Ge felt he caught an opportunity, but he didn't expect there was still a bodyguard IM standing at the close point!"

"IM directly took Ji Ge." Leon Kai took a breath. "Oh, this was originally a turning point that could change the decline, but the result was directly caught by the unconventional play."

Danking in Mid, under Xu Beifang's command, directly sealed a smoke grenade, blocking the Terrorists' path forward.

But in fact, after giving the smoke, NIKO and Danking were both walking towards B Site.

"At the second timing, COL chose to bet on B Site. NAVI got a kill on B Site, and A Site and Mid were both blocked. They chose to simplify their thinking, preparing for a wave to directly enter match point."

"But the CT main force has actually arrived at the rotation position. Is there a saying for this wave?"

IM stood on the platform outside B, starting to slowly pre-aim regular points.

This wave he had to collect information for his teammates; as long as he got the position of any person, the follow-up teammates would directly explode bombs and start rushing inside.

He quietly unfolded his pre-aiming, but had no guard against the top of the bomb site pillar.

He didn't know that Xu Beifang and JKS were there, armor-combining double-peeking to scout for information.

Xu Beifang was constantly shaking left and right in small body positions on JKS's head; this action could keep him stopping and firing the first moment he saw someone.

He quietly held outside B, and suddenly saw a Terrorist head appear directly above the crosshair, and he immediately raised the crosshair.

"Bang!"

【Nice used Desert Eagle to headshot IM】

"Two people on B Site are double-peeking at the bomb site!" The moment IM was killed, he also saw Xu Beifang, but couldn't react at all.

But the problem wasn't big; through the information fed back from Mid and A Site, there were at most two people on B Site.

Now the positions of both people were obtained, and they only needed to hug together and trade kills to solve the problem.

Xiao Li Zi didn't feel anything strange either, directly commanding his teammates to explode bombs and push inside.

CT Spawn smoke and Link smoke, fire at the bomb site dead angle, combined with a large number of flashbangs, a wave of frontal explosive bomb offensive directly unfolded.

After Xu Beifang took IM out, he didn't want to release the double-peek, after all, this position was still quite hard to pre-aim, and he wanted to use this double-peek position to pull another shot, but the opponent's flashbang was too white, not giving him any chance to operate.

He could only release the double-peek and JKS each looked for positions.

"I'm hiding in the CT Spawn smoke, as soon as you guys move on the front, I'll strafe out to help." NIKO reminded.

Danking said: "I can help you hook, but they didn't give a Black Room smoke, so someone should come from underwater, I need to watch underwater first."

Xu Beifang and JKS also stood well, wanting to find positions, but NAVI didn't give them a chance, directly forcing them out of the bomb site with a fire.

"JKS's fire in front of a smoke forced both people out, Beifang knelt and sprayed three shots to cripple two, JKS traded and took one out, Danking used an FN57 in the Black Room to take out the Terrorist who was going solo!"

"He also got an AK-47, what's the situation in this round, is there any follow-up?"

Xu Beifang saw Tie Dan take the kill in the Black Room and was also excitedly reminded: "There is still one who is crippled and not dead! Now 2 against 3, there is a chance!"

Danking didn't answer, but held a wide angle in the Black Room, and then, as if thinking of something, directly peeked to the right.

A big Sniper was holding him directly in his field of vision, and he immediately pulled the trigger.

"Da-da-da!"

【Danking used AK-47 to headshot w0nderful】

Danking knew very well that he had no armor in this round, so after tearing w0nderful's big Sniper apart, he immediately pulled back.

NIKO was staring at Xu Beifang's screen from inside the CT Spawn smoke, and when he saw the opponent Terrorist chasing Danking to trade, he knew he had to act; this might be one of the few opportunities he had.

Seeing NIKO's action, Xu Beifang and the others also broke into a cold sweat.

Because there was still one person on the opposite side who hadn't exposed his position; if he was holding the smoke at this time, then this round would be a failure.

However, luck ultimately favored the brave.

The moment NIKO strafed out, the figure of the remaining Terrorist appeared in his field of vision.

One person was jiggling and peeking at the cylinder in front of the Black Room, waiting for Danking to shoot again, and another person was at the entrance of B Site, also watching the Black Room.

"The opponent's communication failed!"

Xu Beifang realized this was an opportunity!

NIKO also grasped it; he first pulled the crosshair to the Terrorist at the entrance of B Site, and the Desert Eagle fired.

"Bang!"

【NIKO used Desert Eagle to headshot Aleksib】

The moment he got the kill, he adjusted the crosshair again to hit the last one.

But just as he pulled the crosshair over, he saw the opponent also turn his head, and both sides engaged in a frontal confrontation.

"Bang!"

"Da-da-da!"

Gunfire erupted on B Site; Xu Beifang and Elige and others watched NIKO being killed, and they were all a bit dejected.

But suddenly heard gunfire from the Black Room too.

"NIKO strafed out from the smoke to catch the opportunity, took Xiao Li Zi out with one shot, but JL's reaction was very fast, he turned his head and directly counter-killed NIKO. After all, there was no armor, what!!"

At this time, the kill information appeared in the upper right corner at the same time, making them fall into ecstasy.

【JL used AK-47 to headshot NIKO】

【Danking+Nice used AK-47 to kill JL】

"Danking, he strafed out at this time and traded the kill!!"

Shuijingge shouted unbelievably: "No, this can also be a comeback!"

Leon Kai shouted excitedly in summary: "Really awesome! Danking's final trade timing was too wonderful!"

"This round, the egg finally stood up. Everyone in this round is very critical, too handsome, brothers!"

"No-armor ECO comeback, they relied on the subtle design in the early stage, plus the performance of the team members, successfully played a comeback!"

He carefully recalled: "This Beifang has tactics, letting Elige go out to send it at the start, plus NIKO and Danking's smoke, directly tricked people to B Site, and then he also played the first kill, making the hook sufficient."

"Even if the opponent's utility forced over, he and JKS played enough damage, and Danking and NIKO also played well in the clutch."

"COL is really everyone exerting their power, this is too interesting!"

【This COL just pure can't play without ECO】

【The two former G2s brought the corporate culture over】

【Now COL is the pistol team】

【I announce Danking gets one-day immunity from being sprayed】

【This NAVI exploded!】

【Beifang laughed me to death, he was expressionless during his own highlight moment, the teammates' performance directly filled the atmosphere group】

In the COL player area, Xu Beifang, who thought this round was going to be gone, saw Danking trade successfully, and ecstasy instantly surged into his heart.

He shouted excitedly: "NIIIICE!!! No-armor Desert Eagle comeback, we did it!!!"

NIKO turned his head to look at Danking: "This shot was traded too well! Critical, brother!"

JKS, who is usually cold-faced, also smiled: "Everyone played too well, now NAVI is very uncomfortable."

Although as a joker, the number of times he was praised was not small, but being able to get the recognition of this group of teammates beside him was still quite rare. Danking still inevitably felt happy in his heart.

"Every day letting you guys Carry, my fans are almost running away, no matter what, I have to stand out and rise once."

Xu Beifang high-fived the two teammates beside him: "Now NAVI is uncomfortable, their economy directly exploded, and the next two points can only be force-bought."

Although they had been losing before, NAVI's economy wasn't particularly good.

This led to the moment this long gun round was flipped, NAVI's economy directly exploded.

NAVI's economy was directly reset to an average of 1400, plus the kill economy of the previous round, it was only about 1700.

"However, we also have to pay attention, we can come back with no-armor Desert Eagle, NAVI naturally also has a chance, try not to give opportunities, everyone be steady."

In the next round, NAVI directly force-bought, they tried to explode bombs on B Site, thinking of trying hard to plant the bomb.

But the result failed; JKS directly got a quadruple kill screen-clearing in this round, shattering NAVI's thoughts.

At this time, the score had reached 12:11, COL reversed the score and took match point first.

And what made NAVI painful was that after entering match point, they still had no economy.

COL knew the opponent was a short gun, so they didn't play particularly aggressively, just methodically exchanging utility.

In the mid-game, Elige and Danking in Mid each took a kill.

At 40 seconds, NAVI chose to have a silent contact on A, but Xu Beifang used a crisp and neat recoil control to take 2.9 out.

Other COL members arrived to collect the last kill.

The final screen froze, and the score was locked at 13:11.

This also meant that COL defeated NAVI with a 2-0 score in this BO3 match and successfully advanced!

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(End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 500 =====