IEM Imperial City Station official commentary stage.
The game entered the settlement screen. Coke looked at the slightly silent people in Team A in the battle room, and his tone was no longer as relaxed as before the game, but became a little more solemn.
"In the Nuclear Crisis in Figure 1, God proved their strong strength. Their hearty waves of attacks made it difficult for Team A to parry. They took the lead in the Bo5 game. The state they showed was quite beautiful. We could not have predicted it.
Will this state of affairs continue..."
This picture 1 is really a bit from fantasy to reality.
The recent performance of Team A has been very good. This has raised expectations for them in the pre-match forum. Many people believe that in this game, Team A, which is in full swing, will eventually compete with the previous two games.
Same, easily win and lift the trophy.
The frequent good results actually overshadowed God's good performance to a certain extent. For a while, people forgot that God has been a phenomenal team in the past six months. Before that, they were ranked first in the VC team in an S-level event.
The championship was taken away from his hands.
This picture is like a crushing match, which makes the spectators realize what the reality is.
The proud tactics were dismantled, the defensive mode was easily broken, and the default abilities were broken one by one.
This made many A team supporters despair. The same score also reminded them of the outcome of FG's encounter with A team yesterday.
As the former youth training team of VC, and later gradually became the second team, the growth of Team A is actually very slow, but their unique playing style and excellent tactical concepts have also deeply attracted a group of players who like "reasonable" games.
them.
These players have high expectations for them, cheering them on in the second-tier games, and watching them step up to the top stage.
But kennys's departure has put the entire team into an unspeakable trough. The newly added players are very good, but the playing system needs time to be adjusted, so these fans can only wait and wait patiently.
It is precisely because of the difficulty along the way that they are very happy to see Team A slowly getting into shape and finally reaching the finals of the IEM Imperial City Station. It is like watching a child grow up, studying hard in a cold window, and finally
Coming to the last stop, the college entrance examination, they were all looking forward to it.
But the failure of Figure 1 was like pouring cold water on them. It was like a child coming back from the first exam and telling himself that he failed the exam.
They feel uncomfortable, but all they can do now is cheer for Team A and hope they will perform well in the next "examination".
"Team A is now one map behind, and the pressure is on them. Picture 2 is the purgatory town chosen by Team A." Taro Yuan looked relatively calm. Winning or losing in e-sports is normal, and he is only the first in bo5 now.
Here's a map, it's still early in the game.
"Purgatory Town is the map that Team A is best at. Their winning rate in the last 100 games is 82%. We can have some expectations for this map of Team A."
During the short intermission, the ten players from both sides dealt with their physical problems, adjusted their mentality, and then devoted their minds to the game again.
Picture 2 shows the purgatory town chosen by Team A. They start as the attacker.
"Everyone, play hard, focus on map 2, and win this map. We will just start from scratch in bo3." gla1ve clapped his hands, attracting everyone's attention, and then opened his mouth to twist the rope.
Seeing everyone's expressions recover, gla1ve started to lay out the tactics for the pistol round: "Give up two sets of props, Xiaoju will hand out a p250, buy a cigarette and flash, and we will synchronize A1 and the second floor."
Zaiwu picked up a handful of P250s thrown by Xiaoju. The failure in Figure 1 made him unwilling to accept it. He was now eager to get some advantages.
"Okay, let's take a look at the pistol round. CT made a 3b start and took the initiative to come out to get information in area b. No one was seen in the banana lane. bthe1 listened to the sound in a1 to identify the position, and heard the undisguised footsteps in the middle.
He made a loud noise and hid quietly in the boiler room, but isn't he afraid of people coming from the second floor?" Coke asked and answered, "The spiral staircase on the A2 floor is a ras with a cz, and someone of his own is guarding the back."
"bthe1 knocked one close, can he still fight? Zaiwu's recharge was successful. Two cigarettes exploded, and Zaiwu led the team directly towards a1 and rushed into the pack point. The area a is now empty." Taro Yuan.
The words changed, "But no one knows that there is a cz on the spiral staircase. What did Xiao Ju say?"
"Xiao Ju was instantly killed when we met. cz's role in the pistol round is too exaggerated."
The mine bag was successfully put down, but there was definitely one person left on the spiral staircase, so the remaining three people in Team A were a little difficult to operate.
gla1ve took the initiative to move over from the A2 floor, hoping to seize an opportunity to knock out ras.
But the moment Ras came out, 1ve was taken away.
For a while, only Broky and Zaiwu were left holding cross-gun positions at the bunker and small pit.
But what they faced was a 2-on-4 endgame. Broky was not Ah Dian after all, and he couldn't play such an exaggerated role in the big pit. He was killed by Ras on the A2 floor with a headshot.
Zaiwu got a kill and was locked in the package point. After the formation was spread out, he had nothing to do.
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"It's a pity that they put down the mine bag." Ras' tone was quite shameless.
The knight on the blue horse smiled: "I know you performed well and played well, that's all."
"Alas!" Ras frowned, "I feel comfortable, I just want you to praise me!"
The knight on the blue horse sighed: "It's a shame you don't go to gg."
"Old gay, please give me some ideas, otherwise I will send you to GG after this game." bthe1 joked.
Ras put away his smile, looked at the tactical paper in front of the keyboard, and said: "This round is actually not very easy to refer to. After putting down the mine pack, they have several play modes. It is better to buy an AK or a short gun with a lot of props.
, just defend step by step and use props to put pressure."
While buying firearms, the Blue Horse Knight sighed: "Speaking of it, the tactical system of Team A is really complicated. It is more troublesome than studying AE. Not to mention the various tactical variants, we must also be careful about their ability to fight the endgame."
God was once reduced to a second-tier team before, and finally became a dark horse in Katowice, but was defeated by VC in the finals. At that time, in addition to having the top player of the Blue Horse Knight, God had other players.
All abilities are actually very poor.
Everyone could see the limitations of their lineup, and this situation continued until the youth training league organized by Meng De, in which the two youth training players "god" emerged and were finally promoted to the home team.
If this were the case, they might be able to become a first-line team, but they wouldn't be able to become a phenomenal team like they are now.
Being able to become stronger quickly in just a few months, in addition to a lot of training, they also abandoned their previous concepts and began to conduct a lot of research before the game. They began to systematically record the tactics and tactics of each team they encountered.
The playing system is improved through confrontations between games.
This kind of systematic information allows them to understand their opponents and present a similar restrained style to the game.
In fact, they had very few matches with Team A. The time was originally relatively short, but thanks to the fact that FG played against them a lot in the lower half of Group B, God did not need to spend too much time on FG. With the extra time, they
Put it all on Team A.
This is also an important reason why they were able to win so easily in Figure 1.
But a few days were still a bit too hasty, and their in-depth research could only be done on specific maps, such as the nuclear crisis in Figure 1, and this purgatory town.
In the second round, after putting down the mine pack, Team A chose to use its guns.
Under the command of 1ve, everyone in Team A used the best firearms they could afford. The only prop in the team was the smoke bomb on Broky.
The idea of this round is very obvious, it is just a wave of grouping together quietly and hitting the last shot.
gla1ve's idea is very clear. Without props, they are not qualified to control the map with god in the early stage.
So he abruptly waited for 40 seconds before starting his action.
First, advance on the banana lane, and after a brief test with the opponent, directly switch to the link to touch.
A wave of fighting in area a ended in 3 for 3,1ve.
In this round, it was again a position with a large number of points and a big pit, but Broky, who was hiding in the dead center, caught the opponent's timing of searching for points, and came out to kill two people in a row, helping the team regain the victory.
After Qianqi was overturned, God's economy exploded directly. The average deposit was not even 2,000, so he could only force Qi to fight with Team A.
But on this map, all the members of Team A felt as if they had returned home. The Banana Road control map ended, and a crisp attack in Area B penetrated God's defense.
In the fourth round, the half-armor pistol saved by god did not help them successfully come back. With a simple pull, team a got a partial 5-on-1 advantage, and they easily won the point later on.
The score reached 3:1, and the game officially entered the first spear round.
Under 1ve's command, they chose to fly to the second floor quickly.
God also made some special structures in this part, such as a double boiler room with a straight spiral staircase, and a person standing in the corridor on the A2 floor.
When Coke saw the picture, his heart skipped a beat. In his opinion, Team A was already about to send it to him with such a targeted position.
But Team A is still very disciplined.
The a2 floor did not take action at the first moment, but gla1ve used props to cooperate with the electronic brother to control the middle lane.
With the help of the link smoke and the fire under the stable, Electronic Brother easily rushed into the middle and boldly touched the link smoke.
Ah Dian realized that he had caught an amazing timing and immediately started moving.
When gla1ve heard what Electronic Brother said, he came out directly from the middle. The sound of footsteps attracted the blue horse knight in the boiler room.
Although the first kill was delivered, the double frame in the boiler room was eliminated by accident. A wave of double-teams from the A2 floor and the link directly made God unable to deal with it.
After a round of firefight, facing a 2-on-4 defense, the two CTs in area B chose to save their guns.
Continuous victories diluted the frustration of the defeat in Figure 1. Coming to this familiar map, Team A gradually settled the game into their rhythm.
Although god got a few points with some beautiful endgame performances by the Blue Knights and Brother P, the balance of victory was still tilting towards Team A.
The score spiraled up to 10:5. Team A, as the attacker, led God by a full 5 points.
This result can be said to be a morale booster. Everyone has a smile on their face and looks forward to making great achievements in the next second half.
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"There are too many offensive tricks." bthe1 complained a little irritably. In the first half, as the defensive side, 1ve led the way.
The initiative in the game is completely in the hands of the opponent, which is not an uncomfortable feeling at all.
"There is a reason why the small town of Team A can have such a high winning rate."
"The tactics keep changing, and my head is spinning."
"I can only say that this winning rate is worthy of the name."
During the intermission, everyone in god was chatting briefly.
Feeling the exchanges between his teammates, Ras, known as the "old gay", comforted his teammates: "Don't be pressured. The commander gla1ve has too many situations where he plays on the spot. I am really weak on the defensive end. But after changing sides, we
will become the active party.”
The god commander smiled and said: "Perhaps Team A themselves don't know that their extremely regular defensive pattern has been studied and understood by us."
At the end of the intermission, the two sides switch sides and enter the game.
"The pistol round started in the second half. In the first half, God was completely tricked by Team A tactically. They were completely unable to show their due strength."
"I wonder if they will bring us any surprises after changing sides."
Coke made an opening statement as usual in the commentary box.
"In the pistol round, god chose four people to take a side path and equipped them with a set of props. Are they going to fly directly to the second floor this time?"
"Brother Electronics walked from A1 to the boiler room and played a spring head in the VIP. He saw four people on the side path!! Area B CT went directly to A to defend one person."
"Alas! God's army has turned around and returned to the center from the sewers. Are they preparing to go back to fight B?"
Taro Yuan gradually understood God's thoughts from God's perspective, and was a little frightened: "Are you so decisive? The three of them changed their positions, leaving Ras alone to explode bombs in the side channel. After throwing away the cigarette smoke, he directly
Go to the A2 floor and make your move. Team A only has one Xiao Ju left in Area B, and the rest have returned to defense."
“This wave of deception has gone round and round!”
After the smoke from the straw cart exploded, a dragnet was laid out in Area A.
But they didn't expect that soon there would be a cry for help from Xiaoju.
By the time they realized something was wrong, the mine packs had already been placed in area b.
This defensive fight was very intense, but in the end Team A still failed to win. They lost their gun position and information. They were too passive.
After losing the pistol round and not being able to score a few kills, Team A directly chose eco.
10:7.
The game entered the second half of the long shot round.
Team a controlled the map very smoothly in the early stage, and they didn't feel any pressure from the first floor, either on the a2 floor or on the banana lane.
The second floor gave up on a2 floor, gla1ve left the smoke bomb to Xiaoju, and then defended to point a, converting the advantage after winning the banana lane into 4a.
But he never expected that as soon as he took up his position in Area A, a firefight broke out in Area B.
It was said to be a firefight, but in fact Xiaoju was being pursued unilaterally.
The knight on the blue horse seemed to have really ridden his beloved motorcycle, and went straight to Xiaoju without any search questions.
Xiao Ju was blinded by the flash of light for the first time. When she jumped up and took a look at Banana Road, she found that the other party was not far away from her.
He wanted to run back to delay, but was quickly chased to death, and Area B was once again lost.
Area b fell too quickly, making it impossible for the subsequent endgame to unfold effectively, so gla1ve chose to save his gun.
In the next round, team a found that it had entered the rhythm of Figure 1 again, and god could always seize the weak points of their defense.
When the score reached 11:13, Mengde called a timeout and mentioned that the rhythm of "dynamic defense" might have been studied by god, and they might need to change their defensive mode.
But at that time, everyone in Team A felt cold. After changing their playing style, they successfully won a point. However, God completed the economic operation early and crushed Team A as a whole.
In the end, Team A lost to god with a score of 12:16 on this map they chose.
After losing two maps in a row, the finals came to the brink of danger.