CS: Demon King C, you said I was a genius?

9-13
At the moment when Figure 1 ended, Su Zhe closed his eyes, leaned back in his chair and took deep breaths to adjust his frustration after the defeat.

His teammates had similar expressions. Some of them lowered their heads in silence, not knowing what they were thinking, while others were staring blankly with their fingers intertwined.

In fact, after losing the pistol round in the second half, the CT map and the big disadvantage in the score made everyone in G2 know that map one would be difficult.

But they were still unwilling to give up and wanted to try their best to find a way to win the game.

The temptation of the championship and the atmosphere of the live audience made them still appear very excited even when they were behind in the score.

However, after the attacking side scored several points in the long gun game in the second half, Faze took the match point first, and finally ended the game with a wave of gambling points.

Chasing from 4-10 to 9-13 was already a long and painful journey. If we could have won two more long gun rounds in the whole game, the final result might have been different.

But they have already shown their best in the game of Figure 1. Everyone's decision-making in the game is not a big problem, and they rarely make mistakes in the advantageous gun battles.

It is precisely because of the feeling of trying their best but still failing to win that makes them feel so uncomfortable after the defeat.

Taz paced back and forth behind the group, looking at the frustrated team members and trying to comfort them, but he was a little anxious because he couldn't find a way in.

Comforting people is a skill. Just saying "let's get lost" will only make everyone feel embarrassed and will not be of any use.

However, the halftime break was quite long, and everyone in G2 slowly digested their negative emotions.

After all, most of them are battle-hardened professional players who have experienced far more failures than ordinary people. They are just feeling a little disappointed now.

It might be a coincidence, but the heads of several people raised up at the same time and looked at each other.

After seeing the somewhat depressed expressions on each other's faces, they couldn't help but feel a little funny.

After Niko inadvertently raised the corner of his mouth for the first time, everyone couldn't help but chuckle.

The atmosphere in the team began to become tense, but there was no point to break the deadlock.

Niko smiled again and sighed:

"The loss in map 1 was my fault. If we hadn't used those mid-lane control and anti-clear tactics at the beginning of the first half, we would have had a pretty good game later on."

Taz knew his chance to show off had come. He stood behind Niko, rubbing his shoulders and saying:
"Winning Map 1 is already pretty good. After all, we didn't do much preparation for Desert City. It's normal that we didn't have an effective counterattack immediately after being targeted by the opponent."

"But we'll be fine once we get to map two. That's our real strong map! We'll have no problem defeating them!"

Taz cleverly used other factors to explain the reason for the failure of Figure 1, so that the team members would not lose confidence because of temporary failure.

However, what he said were also objective reasons. After all, G2 rarely used this map in recent games.

In terms of tactical reserves and map understanding, it is normal for them to lose compared to Faze, which is a strong team and also has a strong map.

After hearing Taz's words of comfort, the G2 team seemed to have found a way out, and the atmosphere within the team improved a lot.

Taz struck while the iron was hot and said excitedly, "Don't be discouraged! The second picture, Anubis, was our own choice. Let's give them a taste of their own medicine!"

"come on! Come on!"

Su Zhe cheered himself up, bumped fists with the kids next to him, and then put his energy back into the game.

……

The game in Figure 2 is about to begin, in the Faze player seat.

Maybe they had just finished joking with each other, and at this moment, the pilots of the Galaxy Battleship all had smiles on their faces, looking very relaxed and comfortable.

Being the first to get the Bo3 match point, they are just one step away from winning the championship, which is indeed worth their happiness.

The cousin looked at the time and found that the game was about to start, so he regained his composure and said:

"Okay guys, let's save the celebrations for when we lift the trophy in an hour. Now let's discuss how to play the next map."

At this point, the cousin suddenly remembered something and said with a smile, "The Arrow team on the other side once bullied us when we were in a bad state."

"We need to let him know now. Forget staying in NIP! Even if he's in G2 now, he still has no hope of defeating us!"

"Let's send them home 2-0!"

King Han also smiled after hearing what his cousin said. He was undoubtedly the most frustrated after losing a Bo1 to NIP in the Major qualifiers.

Ever since he started playing professionally, people around him have told him that the future of the professional arena belongs to him.

As a result, three years passed and three more years passed. After he joined Faze, the team he had always dreamed of, he was still defeated by NIP, a single-core team.

This was undoubtedly a heavy blow to his self-confidence at the time.

The team he joined was Faze, the world's number one team that won three championships in a row a few months ago!
Why are some people so powerful right after their debut? The future is clearly theirs, so it should belong to them now!
A sense of competitiveness surged in King Han's heart.

"Let's start with this championship..."

……

Faze VS G2
Map: Anubis

As G2's map pick, Faze chose to start on the offensive side.

"Let's start this round with a normal defensive 3B1A1. You guys start by setting up your weapons and wait for me to get information from the middle lane."

The defensive tactics were easier to arrange, and Niko explained the positioning for the pistol round in just a few words.

Su Zhe was playing the sub-B position on the defensive side of this map. After the countdown ended, he walked directly towards the B bomb site.

……

"At the beginning, Faze was a group of bandits taking the middle lane, pushing forward around the P250 in the hands of the Frost King."

"Niko's move was very bold. He went straight to the VIP to get information. When he saw the information that there were many bandits, he retreated immediately. King Han tried to fire a few shots but missed."

NIKO turned around and saw that there were at least three people in the gang, then he retreated directly to the back point of the middle lane to make a headshot stand, and said in the voice chat:

"There are a lot of people in the middle lane, you guys at point B can be more proactive."

After hearing Niko's message, everyone understood what he meant. Since there were many people in the middle lane, their defense at the beginning of 3B could counter-clear the area outside the B gate.

Su Zhe went straight to the close point of Gate B, and with the help of his cousin's flash, he pulled out horizontally.

"There's no one outside Gate B, you..."

Before Su Zhe could finish reporting his message, Nikko's voice came from his earphones: "The middle lane has gone in! At least four!"

Immediately afterwards, news of NIko getting the kill of the Rain God came from the upper right corner of the screen.

Although they successfully gained the numerical advantage at the start, the G2 players did not relax because Faze's offensive intentions were already obvious.

Obviously he was preparing to attack A from the middle, and there might be someone double-teaming him at the arch position. Nexa, who was defending alone at A, would definitely not be able to withstand such offensive pressure.

After NIko got the first kill with a headshot in the middle lane, he took the opportunity to jump into the B connection, intending to go around the water from the police house to support the A bomb site.

When he got around from underwater to the top of the spiral staircase, he ran into the Faze people who had entered A Elementary School.

After a round of gunfire, Niko got his cousin's head again, but was shot down by Broccoli.

Niko was able to get a double kill under Faze's large-scale attack, and he was exhausted.

Nexa, who was defending alone at A, knew that there were many people in the middle lane, so he immediately pushed to the point near the A gate and placed a defensive smoke.

He planned to retreat by hiding in the smoke, to see if he could get out of the crossfire range of Bomb Site A and wait for his teammates to return to defend.

As a result, just as he got out of his defensive smoke, he ran into ropz who was playing alone at the beginning. After a gunfight, he fell asleep.

After Faze placed the bomb, Su Zhe and his teammates finally returned to defense.

Because Faze gave a B-link smoke barrier when they pushed into the middle lane, they could only go around the back or go around a large circle from the police house to return to defense.

In the end, in the subsequent firefight, Faze won the pistol round by virtue of occupying the advantageous gun position at the bomb site.

The score was 0-1. "What a shame! Keep going!"

After losing the pistol round, the G2 players did not show any signs of frustration. They quickly cheered themselves up and prepared for the next round.

Because they were prepared to lose points in the first half before the game.

Among the current maps in CS2, most are CT maps, perhaps due to some other reasons.

Anubis is one of the few T maps with the highest bandit round win rate, with an average round win rate of up to 55.4%!

You know, even in a large CT map like Death Paradise where you can return to defense in a few seconds, the CT win rate is only 53.5%.
This means that G2 was under tremendous pressure as the defender in the first half. As long as they could get four or even three points on the defensive side, it would be considered a passing score.

This is also why some viewers always wonder why in professional competitions, there are always teams that are overturned in the Anubis map.

There are countless examples of 11-1 and 10-2 comebacks in the first half.

However, G2 still needs to score as many points as possible. Otherwise, if they lose too many points in the first half and then lose the pistol round in the second half, there will be no room for error.

Then Niko directly asked everyone to choose a strong attack. On the surface, directly using pure E to quickly enter the spear game is the best choice.

But the CT side in this picture is difficult to defend and needs more defensive props.

If you hastily use pure E to enter the spear game, it will be difficult to win the round without many defensive items, and you may lose more points.

It is better to give it a try. Even if you lose, you can defend with all your guns and bullets after pure E.

However, in the forced start, Niko chose to defend the gambling point in 3B2, and happened to encounter a head-on attack from Faze at point A.

It was no surprise that they lost another point because they blocked the wrong spot.

In the early stage, Faze was in a scoring rhythm. By the time of the first long gun round in the first half, the score between the two sides had reached 0-3.

After letting out a long sigh, Nikola gave the order, "Let's continue with the 311 defensive start."

"The enemy has been attacking site A for three consecutive rounds, centering around the middle lane and the archway. You guys at site B should be more proactive this round."

Even though the kid has all the necessary items this round, he still doesn't have enough money to buy a sniper rifle.

Passive defense is difficult to withstand Faze's frontal attack, so it is better to play more actively, and perhaps the winning rate can be even higher.

"As for the A bomb site, nexa, you should use the defensive smoke of the archway at the beginning. If there is no movement outside the B gate, they can turn around and help you the next time."

Niko spoke quickly, and soon the defensive strategy for this game was arranged.

After the countdown ended, Su Zhe bought the M4 restocked items and walked directly towards the B bun.

After entering the B bunkhouse, Su Zhe and his cousin went straight to the position of the first pillar, ready to prepare for the subsequent anti-Qing attack outside the B gate.

"The police across the street are smoking! There might be a sniper rifle outside the door!"

As a smoke bomb fell near the groove, the child near the ninja position immediately reminded.

As a sniper, when he saw the smoke falling, he knew Faze's opening offensive strategy for this round.

The most likely thing is to block the sniper's first shooting position, and then let the sniper move outside the B gate to the defensive CT on the sniper platform.

"Big Sniper?"
Su Zhe realized that this was a good opportunity and immediately said, "Just give me two flashes, I'm going to go out directly!"

After hearing this, the child did not hesitate and took out the flash directly behind Faze's cigarette.

"Give it to me!"

After hearing two consecutive flash explosions, Su Zhe aimed directly outside Gate B and pulled out.

Suddenly, I found a box outside Gate B and there was a CT who was lowering his head to dodge the gunfire.

Su Zhe couldn't help but feel a little funny in his heart, but his hands didn't stop moving at all, and he swung the crosshairs directly over to locate the target.

"Tetete~"

Arrow kills Broky with a headshot using an M4A4.

The G2 players were delighted after seeing the kill. They cleared the opponent's offensive sniper at the beginning, and the battle became much easier afterwards.

After Su Zhe killed Broccoli who was behind the box, his cousin beside him also took big steps forward again, intending to fight against the Qing Dynasty to the end.

Unexpectedly, Broccoli's sniper bodyguard, King Han, hid in the groove bunker outside Gate B after being dodged, and he just wanted to pull it out to catch Timing.

My cousin happened to run into King Han when he was pulling. As a result, he didn't even get a chance to fight with the gun and was killed by King Han.

Su Zhe originally wanted to pull out and continue shooting, but Niko in the upper right corner quickly killed him and stopped him in his tracks.

It turned out that while they were clearing the enemy at Gate B, NIko also got a kill from his cousin in the middle lane. Now they already had an advantage in numbers, so there was no need to go out and take risks.

After all, the opponent was holding an AK. If they pulled it out and hit the bullet head-on, all their initial efforts would be in vain.

So Su Zhe shrank back and added a defensive smoke at Gate B.

"G2's counter-clear was very decisive this time! They gained the numerical advantage right from the start."

"And after Niko got the kill from Big Cousin, the bandits' entire mid lane was out of control! Niko has already pushed out from the mid lane!"

After Niko came out of the bandit's entrance, he did not go directly around Gate B, but moved to the left. After making sure that no one would attack him from the back, he started to go around from the bandit's position.

However, he was also sure of one thing at this time, that is, the bandits might launch a pincer attack from an underwater black room outside Gate B in this round.

Su Zhe and the child at point B also realized this problem, so after blocking the defensive smoke at gate B, they focused their attention on the small dark room on the other side.

Su Zhe used a pillar as cover and immediately became highly alert when he heard footsteps coming from the small dark room.

The kid at the second column hesitated for a moment and said to Su Zhe, "How about I do the crossover? Your position is more suitable for crossover."

After waiting for Su Zhe's affirmative answer, the child was pulled directly out from the second pillar's position on the stage.

As a result, he ran into Yu Shen and Ropz who came out of the black room head-on.

Due to the disadvantage of gun weapons and gun position, the child quickly fell under the concentrated fire of the two men.

At the moment when the children were exchanging fire, Su Zhe pulled out directly from the right side of a pillar, and his sight happened to be the side profiles of the two bandits.

Seeing this, Su Zhe did not hesitate at all. He quickly completed the positioning and started to fire.

"Tetete~"

Arrow kills Ropz with a headshot using an M4A4.

Arrow kills Rain with a headshot using an M4A4.

With a wave of precise gun control, he successfully killed two people in the black room!

After Su Zhe collected all the heads, he quickly looked towards the location of Gate B. When he found that no one had come in through the smoke, he felt relieved.

Now the position of King Frost outside Gate B was almost obvious, and Niko was still circling behind him, so there was no need for him to take any risks. He simply took out a Molotov cocktail and threw it out of Gate B.

Seeing this, the lone surviving King Han knew that this round was completely hopeless, so he turned around and tried to protect his gun.

He realized that the opponent might come out from the bandit's entrance and go around from behind, but he didn't expect Niko to go around the bandit's house in one breath, and was eventually taken away directly from behind.

"Nice!!"

After winning the spear round, cheers broke out instantly in the G2 player booth.

While everyone was cheering, they also breathed a sigh of relief. As long as they didn't let Faze widen the score too much, they would have an advantage in the first half.

"Pick up the sniper! Pick up the sniper! Ouch!"

After the kid celebrated by bumping his fists left and right, he remembered that the bandit's sniper rifle had fallen behind the box outside Gate B.

It was too late to remind them at this point, and everyone burst into laughter. (End of this chapter)