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For player A, they are now in a dilemma, as it is quite difficult to back out after reaching the foreground.

Furthermore, Team A has absolutely no intention of backing down and giving up their position. After all, they already see the score disadvantage as significant in the first half.

If they don't seize this opportunity, the score gap in the first half will be too large for them. If they don't narrow the score deficit, they will face a lot of pressure as the attacking side in the second half.

"After giving out a burst of flashbangs, I'll first look at the CT position to see if I can create an opportunity to kill your banana and then give the bomb site full coverage with utility. Again, we need to speed up as soon as possible to see if we can take the front point. Because for us, if the first wave of utility and speed-up doesn't give us clear information, position, and pressure on the opponent, then winning this round is basically impossible."

Under such tight time constraints, Team A's commander quickly deployed tactics, and their execution was excellent. However, Team NA was unwilling to give them any opportunities.

Therefore, under such circumstances, their smoke grenades completely covered the CT's position, eliminating any opportunity for gunfights. In other words, Team A's role in this game is severely limited; they have no chance to engage in gunfights, and no one is within their sights.

"Judging from the current situation on the field, it seems that Team A doesn't have many opportunities left. Their initial investment of items and speed-up did not achieve their tactical goals. More importantly, time is running out for them."

Now we see that Team A has also stopped pushing forward. Clearly, they believe their only option is to conserve their weapons. After all, if they lose all their long-range weapons, the pressure will only increase in the next round.

It has to be said that Na's steady performance in this round left Team A with no choice but to rely on information gathering to find opportunities, as their weapons were not very effective and they were unable to quickly implement defensive tactics.

This final, forced acceleration didn't create any good opportunities. Therefore, knowing time was running out, they had no choice but to retreat from the bomb site and make a sensible attempt to save their weapons.

After this round, NA's lead in the first half was already very obvious. Although the offensive side clearly had more initiative in terms of both offense and defense, top teams are able to maximize this advantage.

Therefore, the score that Team A has achieved so far cannot be considered a failing score. However, it should be noted that Team A is not like other teams. Even when the map is more favorable to the attacking side, they can still cause great setbacks and create many obstacles for the attacking side when they switch sides from offense to defense.

Even on T-maps, most teams feel immense pressure when facing NA, sometimes not knowing how to launch an attack that is difficult for NA to counter.

For Team A, although they and NA are old rivals who have fought many times and are very familiar with each other, and they have done thorough research beforehand, they have their own insights and targeted tactical preparations on both the offensive and defensive sides.

However, if they go into the second half with such a large score deficit, and if they fail to effectively counter Na's defensive strategies and fail to create any breakthroughs on offense, they will feel immense pressure.

Therefore, under such circumstances, Team A is preparing to deploy their pre-planned unconventional tactics in what is likely the final long-range rifle round. For them, the use of unconventional tactics is quite clear.

Because they now understand very well that almost all of Na's tactics revolve around opening up the middle lane first. Only if they feel a lot of pressure from the defender in the middle lane will they choose to rotate to another point.

Therefore, in this round, Team A's tactics were actually quite simple in essence. They left one person in the middle, one person at the A2 building, two people at the must-pass location, and one person at the CT position.

This tactical setup clearly indicates that Team A intends to mislead Team Na in the middle, making them believe that they might have a heavy defense there. Therefore, in this situation, Team A wants to continue to move the attacking team to point B. If Team Na chooses to accelerate their attack on point B or boldly gather information, Team A has a good chance to inflict heavy damage on the opponent during the back-and-forth struggle.

"We see that in this round, Team A changed their previous defensive setup, leaving shotguns and snipers in the main tunnel. We can infer that they might be trying to anticipate Na's attempt on point B, or they might be trying to force Na's players to get information on the banana tunnel or launch a direct breakthrough through their tactical arrangements."

So, judging from the current situation on the field, we don't know how NA is assessing Team A's approach within their field of vision.

In this round, Team A played extremely cautiously. While they hadn't made any fatal mistakes in the first half and had a fairly even match with Team NA, and had even put up a very good defensive effort, their score disadvantage was significant. Furthermore, their decision to save their weapon in the previous round without losing a single player drew boos from the sidelines. Therefore, securing a victory in this round was extremely urgent for them.

"By simultaneously applying pressure to the mid lane and A2, even if we can't launch a strong counterattack on Banana Road, we can still slowly push the point forward. This is like a large net that can restrict their living space as much as possible. In this way, we can gain more control of the map, and it will be very difficult for them to break through."

Team A played very proactively on defense this round, even though they didn't know what offensive tactics Na would choose. However, Team A's commander believed that since Na would most likely still have a sniper rifle this round, they wouldn't accelerate their attack too quickly.

During the map control phase, Na definitely wants to use their overall advantage to gain as much information as possible and also wants to put pressure on them in the mid lane. In this situation, if they try to make more moves in the banana lane, a position that neither side usually contests immediately, then Na will have a hard time reacting.

"They've been putting pressure on our mid lane and the second floor throughout this round, it feels like they're trying to limit our breakthrough through the mid lane. They seem to be paying more attention to the mid lane and the A2 building, just like in previous rounds. If we try to do the same to point B now, they don't seem to have many good ways to deal with it."

During this period of mutual understanding, Na's mid lane and A2 tower were clearly under pressure from the opponent. Although the items and smoke grenades didn't directly cause fatal damage, Na, lacking information, couldn't gain much advantage. They also felt that accelerating at the front point might lead to a heavy defensive presence from the opponent.

Therefore, in this situation, Somebody from Na believes that if they choose to use the same tactics as before to speed up the attack on point B, then Team A probably won't have a very thorough defense on point B.

In this scenario, they could potentially gain control of the B bomb site easily, similar to their previous mixed-team strategy, without incurring significant costs. Once they control the bomb site, the defending team will face numerous obstacles in their attempts to mount a successful counter-attack.

"Don't jump to conclusions too early, because during our back-and-forth, the enemy's sniper rifle hasn't revealed any information. If the enemy had already anticipated this in this round, they might have tried to gather as much information as possible in the middle, then used utility and gunfire to lure us into a breakthrough from the middle, while they had heavily fortified point B. In that case, if we rashly rush to point B, we could very well pay a heavy price."

From Li Mo's perspective, he was generally unwilling to make any all-or-nothing gambles without having concrete information. In this round, although they already held a significant economic advantage, and their other items and armor were in better condition...

However, in his view, if Team A were to try and create an opportunity in this round, then the fact that the opponent clearly invested in items at the start of the round, especially considering they couldn't fully utilize their items, is questionable. Therefore, based on this analysis, Li Mo believes that the information provided by the opponent in the mid-lane is likely misleading.

Having figured this out, Li Mu's brain immediately began to work at lightning speed. In his view, judging from the information known from the previous round, the enemy sniper had intended to fire. Even if he didn't get a kill, given the enemy's already strained economy, the enemy sniper should still be in the middle lane this round, allowing them to gather as much information as possible.

However, they consistently stayed behind against the opponent, using utility to cover the mid lane, and even after the smoke grenades dissipated, they didn't seem to have any intention of looking for opportunities or gathering information. From this perspective, I believe Team A definitely wanted to play unconventionally in this round, trying to assess the situation and determine how they could more easily gain an advantage.

Undoubtedly, the strategy was to first provide information from the middle lane to mislead them into continuing to directly break through point B. If the enemy then deployed heavy forces at point B, their initial acceleration would likely face significant obstacles.

"Ignore the information they give us in the middle lane. After providing the middle lane and the second floor with the items, we'll immediately break through and take control of the bomb site. Once we do, we shouldn't push too far outside the site. Just keep an eye on the middle lane and prevent them from quickly retaking it."

After careful consideration, Li Mo stuck to his initial assessment. In his view, most of Team A's early moves and responses were likely attempts to create confusion and complicate the situation, leading them to make incorrect decisions about their defensive priorities. Therefore, he believed that breaking through the middle lane was still a good option in this round.

"Looking at the route Na is taking, it's clear they weren't misled by Team A's deceptive tactics. And if they were to directly accelerate and break through the middle lane, Team A wouldn't have a good way to defend against them at this point."

After all, their sniper rifles and shotguns are positioned in the banana area, and they're still trying to push forward. So, in this round, if NA manages to breach the bomb site, not only will they be unable to establish a strong defense immediately, but their subsequent retake will also become extremely difficult.

After hearing their teammates' announcement of Na's implosion and their accelerated mid-lane push, and seeing the clear information on the map, everyone on Team A1 felt that the game was lost. For them, this round was clearly a do-or-die tactical setup; if they failed to successfully confuse Na, it would be difficult to continue the fight.

(End of this chapter)