Chapter 512: Xu Beifang

"Mouz still has a few tricks up their sleeve."

After roughly discussing the strategy for the third map, Ancient, NiKo also spoke up to complain to his teammates.

Winning the first map, Inferno, in a crushing fashion had led them to misjudge the true strength of the Mouz team.

The fact that Mouz played so beautifully on the second map naturally made them look at them with new eyes.

"I think so too," Xu Beifang recalled. "Thinking about it now, they should be proficient in a playstyle that uses the Iron Plate as a fulcrum."

jks heard about the area he was defending and felt a bit helpless. "I did what the team planned, but it didn't mean much."

"I'm not blaming you. Their playstyle is similar to our default push on Inferno; it's the kind that's particularly well-practiced. It's normal not to have reacted in time," Xu Beifang comforted jks.

They weren't newcomers to the scene; even if this match was important, they wouldn't be particularly panicked.

Because they all knew that a better mindset was needed to handle the upcoming matches, they were also clearing their thoughts while recalling the second map.

"Mouz really has a lot of variations after controlling the Iron Plate; their various rotations were truly stunning," Xu Beifang praised sincerely.

In terms of in-game leading, there were only three IGLs who could make him praise them sincerely over all these years.

gla1ve in '18 and '19.

Small Li Zi in '19.

Karrigan in '22.

As for Dou Dou.

Dou Dou's leading back then could only be described as adequate; using the word "stunning" to describe it was clearly inappropriate.

Now there was one more, and that was this siuhy from Mouz.

NiKo took a sip of water and replied, "It seems this guy is destined to take over Karrigan's job in the future."

Given FaZe's tradition of liking to buy players from Mouz, this possibility was indeed quite high.

The entire CoL team laughed.

……

"Mouz's rhythm on the second map was just too beautiful. CoL often had no way to deal with them. This is just too interesting."

Inside the Vitality backstage lounge, apEX couldn't help but click his tongue after watching the confrontation on the second map.

CoL's state in this EPL league was quite strong; they hadn't dropped a single map since the group stage and had fought their way into the playoffs.

Even they couldn't help but look sideways at this state.

They had even treated CoL as a hypothetical opponent for the finals and studied them seriously.

But now that CoL had lost the first map, it was like their first short board had been exposed.

Naturally, he was surprised.

"Nuke is just that kind of map," apEX saw it clearly. "Mouz's aim state on Nuke isn't bad, and coupled with siuhy's excellent mobilization, CoL has a feeling of having strength but nowhere to use it."

He was very clear about this feeling.

When Karrigan was in excellent form, their confrontations with FaZe often felt like this.

Karrigan's various mid-game mobilizations would slowly tear their formation apart, and then they would be in a clutch situation where they had fewer people against more.

Now it seems that although siuhy has been handled by Karrigan in various finals, he has also learned quite a lot.

"But once they enter Ancient, it's different. This map isn't something you can win purely by tactical pulling," apEX said with some schadenfreude.

At the end of the day, it was also due to a wave of updates that Valve had made before.

Overpass was removed from the map pool, causing many teams' strategic focus to shift, and Mouz was also forced to abandon this map.

Ancient is a map that is structurally quite similar to Mirage.

On this kind of map, the AWP can play a big role, but neither CoL's sniper nor Mouz's sniper is the kind of sniper with particularly strong suppression.

This leads to the final impact depending on the riflemen of both sides.

And on the rifleman side, CoL's combat power is really exaggerated.

However, once the match enters the third map, it's not just about looking at paper combat power.

"But I still hope CoL can win!" apEX suddenly laughed. "It's been too long since I've competed with Beifang."

So come on, Beifang!

……

After the intermission ended, both sides officially entered the server for the third map.

After a round of hearty knife fighting, Xu Beifang finally had the last laugh and won the right to choose the side for the team.

Ancient is a map that leans towards neutral, so they naturally chose to start on defense, planning to find their feel first.

After choosing the side, they quickly adjusted and were ready, and the deciding map of this EPL S19 semi-final officially began.

"Should we gamble on a site?" Danking asked.

The previous two times they played Ancient, they both chose a gamble-defense mode and achieved quite good results.

NiKo, considering that Mouz might have made preparations in advance, rejected this idea. "Let's still play a 2-1-2 default. Danking, drop me a Dual Berettas, and then follow me towards B."

It was just a default start, so there weren't many arrangements.

After the countdown ended, Xu Beifang bought half-armor and went straight to VIP, holding the head position and aiming at the T-spawn crossing to scout information on Mid.

But he soon saw a piece of utility flying in from the T-spawn direction.

"They gave a VIP smoke. I can't help you guys for now. Pay attention to the Donut yourselves."

Xu Beifang reminded his two teammates at A site.

Once the VIP smoke was sealed, his vision was completely blocked.

But he couldn't move around randomly for the time being, because he didn't know if Mouz planned to go to the Jump Platform or walk through the Donut to pinch A.

However, he wasn't in a hurry, instead holding the headshot line position of the T-spawn crossing, and after waiting for a timing, he fired point shots through the VIP smoke to the right.

……

After giving the VIP smoke, Mouz didn't rush to attack and control Mid, but waited for a hand, wanting to see CoL's response.

But CoL had no response, so they gathered and started pushing forward from Mid.

He had originally planned to try using bullets to break the smoke grenade to get some vision of Mid.

Creating damage was just a side effect.

At the second timing, they gradually touched out from the T-spawn silently.

Brollan followed closely behind XertioN, guarding against positions where people might appear.

But suddenly, he heard the muffled gunshot of a silenced USP, and also saw small sparks emerging from the left side of the VIP smoke.

"Puff!"

【Nice used USP to wallbang headshot kill Brollan】

"Mid is still pushing at the second timing. Beifang wants to scout and get some information behind the VIP smoke..." Ma Xixi's voice suddenly changed. "Whoa! Ah! Sigh! Huh!"

"Can Beifang wallbang Brollan to death with one shot? He really is... today..."

Before the word "captive" could be finished, Ma Xixi's voice became even louder.

Because in his sight, he saw the people crossing the T-spawn falling one after another.

Kill information kept popping up in the upper right corner.

【Nice used USP to wallbang headshot kill siuhy】

【Nice used USP to wallbang headshot kill torzsi】

"Beifang is still mixing! He used USP to take out the second one, and torzsi was also wallbanged to death by him!" Ma Xixi's face cracked with laughter. He entered Mouz's perspective. "Not brothers, how do you play this!"

"Doing a default start at the beginning and didn't even see anyone, and three people were wallbanged to death directly?"

Mo Team was also laughing uncontrollably on the side. "This Beifang is just not acting anymore, okay? You give me a smoke, but this smoke doesn't play any role at all!"

The screen of the live broadcast room was instantly filled with '?', and the confrontation between the two sides in this round made them feel quite confused.

How could there be such a thing where they didn't even see anyone and Mouz's attack was destroyed directly!

【There's a Guardian!!】

【Beifang: Can't you see? Shouldn't be】

【Not pretending anymore, damn】

【This USP can wallbang three through smoke??】

【Didn't you see it? Your bullets are tracking】

【Olofmeister modified CoL, Beifang's computer time was changed to 2019】

【Children, I'm back!】

After Brollan was killed, he looked at his teammates with particular surprise, and then turned his head to see the death feast of the other two teammates.

In the lens, he raised his mouse helplessly, with a painful mask on his face.

They didn't even see anyone and were all wallbanged to death by the opponent, how to play?

"What happened?" XertioN was also confused. He was leading the team at the very front, and then as he walked, everyone behind him died.

Hearing this question, siuhy wanted to complain, but he felt it was funny himself.

How could there be such a way to play!

This was just a pistol round!

USP wallbanging three headshots through smoke, the luck was too exaggerated.

XertioN asked him how to operate subsequently, but he had no choice either.

This start was wallbanged and three people were taken out, so they could only find people to fight head-on later.

After all, in the attacking side's pistol round, it was impossible to save weapons.

However, after the frustration in Mid, the subsequent confrontation also collapsed very quickly.

Finally, in a wave of Donut pushes, they died at the hands of jks.

After losing the pistol round, torzsi didn't hesitate at all and went directly to the public screen to confront people.

torzsi:?

torzsi: Brother, did we seal that smoke wrong?

nice: No, QAQ

torzsi: Then what are these shots!

nice: It was just a common angle.

torzsi: ……

Taking advantage of the end of the round to chat briefly on the public screen, Xu Beifang was happy.

After Mouz lost the pistol round, they chose to ECO directly and straightforwardly.

Because of Xu Beifang's outrageous performance in the pistol round, they were wiped out and failed to plant the bomb, and their economy was very low, so they simply transitioned quickly.

However, siuhy also tried to buy a flashbang, planning to speed up on A site.

However, their ECO speed-up all became numbers on Ji Ge's head panel.

This wave, Ji Ge was on the A Long double-boost platform, holding a Police Shotgun and having a great time.

The score entered 2:0, and the first long gun round was about to begin.

"Sure enough, once we get to Ancient, everyone seems to play more comfortably," jks said with a smile.

"It's just that we are more familiar with this map," Xu Beifang looked at the economy and thought about giving advice. "Ji Ge, drop a Sniper Rifle for Danking. Don't use that Police Shotgun of yours, don't be greedy for that little economy."

On this map, there are few opportunities for close-range duels. Things like the Police Shotgun can be used in anti-ECO, but in this obvious long gun round, it might lead to a total loss due to a weapon disadvantage.

NiKo also followed Xu Beifang's train of thought and gave the early layout: "Since that's the case, let's not save on utility either. Let's control Mid in the early stage first."

"The opponent doesn't have much utility this round, we use utility to trade for map control time."

The early strategy was laid out, the countdown ended, and everyone set off.

Since it was mainly about map control in Mid, a large amount of troops were placed directly in Mid.

Danking held the Sniper Rifle, and Xu Beifang and EliGE pushed forward directly in Mid.

The T-spawn smoke was given at the first timing, and Xu Beifang then fired a fire after the smoke to prevent the opponent from flashing out.

Mouz didn't have a particularly strong desire to control Mid, or perhaps their utility amount was not enough to support them in taking control of Mid in the early stage.

Xu Beifang felt that the opponent's Mid map control was a bit too simple, so he walked forward slowly.

If the opponent defended Mid with too little pressure, then he planned to call his teammates to push out together at the second timing to play an unconventional move.

However, just as he planned to push forward, a muffled grenade exploded in his face at the T-spawn.

HP -52

Looking at the remaining less than half health, Xu Beifang became honest instantly.

"The opponent gave a smoke grenade at the Black Room entrance. This smoke grenade is fully sealed, I can't see the Jump Platform crossing," NiKo reminded in the voice channel.

Hearing this, Xu Beifang immediately turned his head to aim at the Jump Platform direction.

There was no big movement at the opponent's T-spawn. If they planned to control Mid, they had to act from the Jump Platform.

Before he held it for two seconds, he saw a head pop out from the Jump Platform.

Brollan also saw him at the same time, but Xu Beifang had made preparations in advance, and his firing speed was faster.

"Two in Mid, someone has been guarding the Jump Platform," Brollan reported the information he gained to his teammates immediately after being killed.

Hearing this information, siuhy summarized it in his mind and said: "You guys in A Hall start the explosive bomb attack directly. There shouldn't be many people at A site now."

Hearing the commander's order, Mouz also launched an explosive bomb offensive instantly.

……

"A site is preparing for an explosive bomb attack directly. Mouz gave a crossing smoke wanting to expand, jks cleverly chose to mix in the smoke!"

"EliGE, who returned to defend first, is also throwing flashbangs to delay time. The frontal battlefield is stuck for a while, but Mouz also knows that the front can't drag on for long. After being forced back, they immediately started the second round of attack!"

There was no exchange of fire at A site, or rather, the opponent was too slow, which made Xu Beifang in Mid a bit suspicious.

So he took the initiative to jump here under the Jump Platform in Mid, releasing the sound of a jump.

Then he held the T-spawn crossing tightly with his crosshair.

From the information passed by jks, A Hall gave at least two sets of utility.

If they really wanted to hit A, the opponent could only move from the T-spawn.

Plus A site was holding on for the time being, so he wasn't in a hurry to support.

This jump of his instantly lured out the Terrorist hiding in the T-spawn smoke.

siuhy just rushed out of the smoke grenade and got vision, and was instantly taken out by Xu Beifang.

He also reacted at this time that the sound of that jump was likely Xu Beifang luring him.

Now he could only hope that the main force could gain an advantage here.

Because they were forced back in the first wave, the Terrorists in A Hall simply weren't in a hurry. XertioN was directly boosted to the double-boost position at A site, scouting information in this relatively unconventional position, wanting to get a few kills first.

But they didn't know that jks, hiding in the smoke grenade, had already taken all their information.

Then a high flash came from the CT spawn direction, jks lowered his head to dodge the flashbang, and then faced the CT spawn in a backward posture.

He instantly saw the Terrorists on the left side of his vision and the upper right double-boost position.

jks didn't hesitate, swept the left side first, and then used a spray transfer to take out the Terrorist at the double-boost position as well.

Just as he was considering where the third Terrorist was, gunshots came from the A Hall direction.

Jimi finally made up this shot.

But even if the shot was made up, Jimi still had to face this 1v4 clutch, and the bomb was still at the bomb site.

"Jimi still wants to try. He is pre-aiming bit by bit. Ji Ge, who was standing above the Big Box, was taken out by him, but Danking successfully made up the shot!"

As Jimi fell, the score came to 3:0.

After entering the third map, CoL's early situation was excellent.

…… ===== CHAPTER 513 =====