NAVI in 2021 can almost be said to dominate the entire CSGO arena, but this seemingly perfect five-man lineup fell apart due to certain off-field factors.
With Electronic Brother taking over Fat Ball's position as the conductor, SDY's substitute team was vacant, and NAVI completely started to go downhill.
However, it is undeniable that NAVI is still very strong.
According to statistics from the Rio Major external network, apart from Vitality, the top three favorites are FaZe and NAVI.
The equally strong Heroic, a global away team, has a support rate not even as high as G2 on the Bluebirds.
This is still based on G2 being eliminated early in RMR.
It can be seen that people still retain sufficient trust in NAVI, which consists of s1mple and Diazige as the core team.
The performance of NAVI and FaZe in Major history no longer needs words to describe.
On the other hand, Vitality…
Several times in a row, they failed before entering the Major knockout round.
Even with the current personnel changes, fans still have doubts about Vitality.
Of course, all this has nothing to do with the current Little Bee crowd.
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Rio Major main stage.
With the end of the map BanPick for both sides, the map was finally locked in Lost City.
While they were still able to communicate, Zonic poured chicken soup for Qin Feng and others.
In the months before the Major, everyone in the team participated in all offline competitions almost non-stop. Except for Qin Feng, who took a two-month break, the remaining team members can be said to be exhausted.
As the team's head coach, Zonic understands the players' fatigue very well.
Moreover, continuing to win championships does not necessarily allow players to stay in better condition.
Didn’t you see, in LOL and DOTA2 next door, there are many teams that are strong for a year, but lose a few days in S and TI.
For two whole minutes, Zonic looked very serious, trying to arouse the enthusiasm of everyone in the team again.
"..."
"Okay, that's all I have to say."
"We have won consecutively until now and hope to have a perfect ending to this season."
"..."
As soon as he finished speaking, several players waiting to enter the player channel all laughed in unison.
If you haven't won the Major championship yet, who will slack off now?
Almost all the players have their own reasons why they have to win the game.
Even if the audience in Rio is not enthusiastic, even if s1mple is now back to its former TOP1 glory.
"I have a hunch that the victory of this year's Major belongs to Vitality... Of course, the same will be true for next year's Paris Major." apEX expressed his inner thoughts through joking.
As apEX said...this is Vitality's chance to prove itself.
It’s a chance to prove that you are not a weakling in the competition, and that you are not a team that will give up opportunities to others when you reach the legendary group.
If he still fails to achieve results in this Major and the Paris Major, apEX may even consider retiring or changing teams.
But if the team can be invincible, then there is a high probability that this lineup can continue forever.
Except for Adu, who has been criticized by the coaching staff due to his age, the core members of the team should be able to stabilize all the way.
Even if Adu's age causes him to become a god and a ghost, if the team keeps winning... probably there won't be any change of formation, right?
At least that's what apEX thinks.
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As for everyone, they walked out of the player tunnel and came to the player seats.
The moment Qin Feng saw that s1mple and b1t were not wearing team uniforms, but some kind of flags.
He didn't know why, but there was a faint disappointment in his heart.
NAVI’s CSGO, s1mple’s CSGO… are mixed with too many things other than games.
Qin Feng looked at s1mple and shook his head.
He knows...s1mple today is no match for him.
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In the 6657 live broadcast room.
Playing Machine looked at Qin Feng shaking his head and sighing, and started his own analysis.
"Brothers, God A started shaking his head and sighing before he started fighting. What do you mean?"
"Is there something wrong with the map BP or something?"
"Both these two teams are in the legendary group. There is no recent game data at all, and it is difficult for us to judge which of these two teams is stronger or weaker."
"Let's take a look at BP."
"Oh? This wave...NAVI took the initiative to ban the Death Building."
"It seems that what I said in the interview with NAVI before, about practicing Vertigo hard and so on, is just smoke and mirrors."
"I didn't really think that NAVI would attack the building, right? What were I expecting, brothers?"
"The last one is Mirage, which is also a map where the two teams often compete against each other."
"OK, the game is on."
"Welcome to watch the game between Little Bee and NAVI. I am playing with the machine."
"Vitality's offense started with two smokes and two flashes, giving ZywOo and God A P250."
"The five little bees here are taking A1. There is a high probability that they will block the diving platform and connect to the police home."
"Police Sdy has no intention of leaving the hiding place. How many can we take in this position?"
“Not a single swipe!”
"There were too many members of the Little Bee team on A1. They directly hit the body and took Sdy away with guns. In the end, Aether took the head."
"This wave of SDY's marksmanship is not showing off, we can only watch s1mple grab the second floor."
"Double guns, is there any chance of stealing Vitality's sides?"
As soon as I finished playing with the machine, the director promptly showed the camera to s1mple on the A2 floor.
JUNGLE's big brother helped s1mple use the cigarettes given by the bandits to create a backlash flash.
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! But Qin Feng stepped on the box next to the second floor early to support the exit point.
Since no one goes to the second floor and the SDY in the police box is easily cleared, being on guard against A2 is naturally the top priority.
"Snapped."
There was a crisp sound from the muzzle of the P250.
s1mple, who had just pulled out A2 to find someone, fell down.
"God A didn't give s1mple any chance."
"But the Perfecto in the arch smoke is better than the overdone Adu."
"Four against three, with a package that can be seen by both the police and A1 at close range, NAVI should have no choice but to compete with Vitality for the police."
"God A stayed directly at the first firing position of the police firefight. After hearing the footsteps, he should have asked his teammates to throw and dodge to counterattack."
"apEX lost, what did God A say?"
"Pull directly to the left. All three CT scans are white."
"One...two"
"Can we collect three of these?!"
The tone of the playing machine instantly increased by 20 decibels.
"Wow~ This is Aether!"
"This wave directly dominated the police."
"I can only say that God A is worthy of rest assured that he got P250."
"That's awesome, five kills, one person wiped out the team, and won the pistol round."
"Tsk."
"Thank you Aether for the rocket. Thank you boss."
"..."
On the field, NAVI's commanding electronic brother directly called a timeout.
It was just a pistol round, and almost every team member suddenly felt a huge pressure in their hearts.
It's already hard enough to beat ZywOo's Vitality, but now there's an even more exaggerated Aether.
Facts have proved that after nearly a month of rest, Aether still feels hot to the touch.
Brother Electronic has already started to have a headache.
Calling a timeout was simply to relieve Vitality's somewhat fanatical atmosphere after Aether scored five kills.
Unexpectedly, at the player table opposite, apEX has opened his voice and applied for interaction.
On the other hand, s1mple, the eldest brother in the NAVI team, pouted and his cheeks were slightly red.
In fact, NAVI itself did not make any big mistakes this time.
If you really want to say it, it's a pity that SDY only fired five shots from the headless position in the police box without killing anyone.
As for the remaining people, almost all of them were instantly shot in the head by the opponent's P250.
The four team members except Sdy didn't even fire their guns when facing Aether.
Even if it is a freebie, it is still enough to prove the terror of the opponent.
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In the second round, NAVI gave up the strong start and only let s1mple play the hero Sand Eagle, starting in the VIP position.
700 yuan might do wonders.
Even if there is no comeback, if it can kill Vitality with even one gun, the 700 sniper is still worth the money.
However, in this round, the quick VIP smoke thrown by apEX directly dispelled s1mple's idea of smoking people.
Not only that, the electronic guy who was hiding behind the smoke and looking at the middle lane to collect tolls was turned into a loser by the Dane who came out of the middle lane.
The electronic brother who was beaten down to only 20 drops of blood moved away from the VIP entrance and scratched his hair irritably.
As expected, you are always the one who suffers when you smoke with Danes.
"Let's bet. Anyway, it's E, so let's bet on 5A." After the electronic brother finished speaking, he also leaned in the direction of JUNGLE.
But Electronic Brother’s gambling point is that he failed to learn the essence of NAVI’s former veteran Zeus.
Vitality's formation was indeed moving closer to area A, but Qin Feng, who was playing solo, easily missed the points in area B.
After a quick turn to B, Vitality won another point without losing any blood.