That ramp round just now was the “Legends Stage welcome ceremony” Big Cousin karrigan had carefully planned for Meng Lang!
Welcome to the rigid hierarchy of CS!
He wanted to give this Major rookie a show of force!
But he never expected the other side to crack it head-on with an utterly ordinary USP!
And in such a domineering, merciless five-kill fashion!
The problem was—
How had he managed to make a USP produce that kind of effect?
A powerhouse club like FAZE had dedicated data analysts. Based on the detailed data reports provided by the analysts, as well as the G2 Challengers Stage demos Big Cousin had watched over and over himself,
he knew very well that Meng Lang’s headshot rate with the USP in pistol rounds was actually quite average.
It couldn’t be said to be worse than his, karrigan’s, but among professional players, it definitely wasn’t top-tier.
It was precisely on the basis of this seemingly reliable data that he had designed this opening ramp rush tactic, intending to strike a fatal blow at the part his opponent was least proficient in.
And the result?
The other side had suddenly gone “cracked” on him in one wave!
Was that reasonable?
Could data lie?
Where on earth had he practiced this pistol-round aim?
Wasn’t this rate of improvement way too absurd?
Where had he found the time to practice?
Could there really be some kind of “meditation training”?
These ridiculous thoughts surfaced, and Big Cousin himself was almost angered into laughter!
He took a deep breath, forcibly suppressing the surging astonishment and the faint, barely perceptible irritation in his heart. Lowering his head, he quickly glanced at the tactical notebook in his hand, then broke the brief silence in the team voice chat:
“It’s fine. It’s only the first round. Just a little hiccup.”
“We force-buy next round, boys! Time to get a little serious.”
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Douyu, livestream room 6657.
Wanjiqi had also just recovered from the shock of Meng Lang’s five-kill, and couldn’t help praising him:
“Wow! G2 played that round beautifully! They’ve finally broken their pistol-round curse at this Major! Also, I don’t know if everyone noticed one detail, but ever since this Major began, in several pistol rounds where G2 fell into a deadlock, it was basically Dark’s individual ability that opened up the situation. Saying he won a round all by himself wouldn’t be an exaggeration at all!”
“All right, now the score between G2 and FAZE is 1:0. Winning the pistol makes the economy very comfortable. Let’s look at FAZE’s side—are they really choosing to force-buy in the second round?”
“But wait!” Wanjiqi’s voice rose. “Li-god seems to have seen through FAZE’s intention to force-buy. G2’s default defense this round is extremely solid!”
At this moment, under the observer’s camera on the big screen, G2’s steady defensive formation was clearly displayed:
Lao Ni opened the round by going to outside garage, watching both K1 and main entrance.
m0NESY was inside main, responsible for listening to outside footsteps and assisting against a possible squeaky rush;
Cousin jumped hut at the start, while accurately throwing a grenade plus incendiary toward squeaky as an anti-rush package;
Meng Lang, meanwhile, was positioned at heaven, opening with a hut molly first.
Speaking of which, Meng Lang, who had switched to heaven this round, was actually playing an extremely flexible support position.
Not only did he have to watch squeaky and hut on A site, if there was movement outside, he also had to immediately swing out to hold the angle. At the same time, if anything happened at ramp where Xiao Lizi was stationed, he had to jump down the ladder from heaven at the first moment to support him.
There was no helping it. That earth-shattering five-kill at the start made in-game leader Xiao Lizi feel that Meng Lang’s form today was simply outrageously fierce.
Since he was the first person to get his hands warmed up, naturally, the capable had to do more and shoulder more defensive responsibility.
In livestream room 6657, Wanjiqi’s voice rang out again:
“We can see that G2’s defensive default this round is very steady. They’re all playing from back positions, not giving your force-buy any chance to take close-range duels. So what does FAZE do with this force-buy? Big Cousin broke the four windows at the start, and now he’s already on T roof, beginning to set up A-site utility. But this wave is really hard to play. Li-god on G2’s side has read Big Cousin’s force-buy intention, and their defense is too steady here. Even if they smoke heaven, smoke front site, and throw A-site pop flashes, they might not necessarily catch a good timing.”
“Okay, now the game timer is at 1:20. The CTs are also preparing their second round of utility, just waiting for you to execute first. The moment you execute, I’ll throw counter-utility, all right.”
“But wait, FAZE’s A-site rain hasn’t even come down yet, and G2 have immediately refreshed the squeaky smoke and hut molly. Li-god’s default defense this map is way too meticulous! As expected of an academic-style IGL.”
“Then FAZE is in trouble! You can’t possibly wait for the squeaky smoke to fade before executing, right? Time won’t allow it.”
And that was indeed the case.
Under the observer’s camera, the instant the hut molly went out, Big Cousin directly gave the execute command!
Vent-drop smoke at squeaky!
Big Cousin’s A-site plant smoke!
Support flash!
Close A-site smoke plus deep A-site smoke!
In an instant!
Three smoke grenades bloomed across A site one after another, forming an airtight wall of smoke!
The next second, from hut, Director, who had bought a Tec-9 this round, spun the C4 in his hand and, at the exact moment Rain behind him threw a hut pop flash hidden in smoke, charged from hut into the first line of A-site smokes under the cover of the flash!
In livestream room 6657, Wanjiqi immediately read FAZE’s execute and cried out in surprise:
“Oh! A-site line smokes! Is FAZE pulling out a big move in the second round? Is Director going to force the plant inside the smoke?”
Along with Wanjiqi’s words, a “beep” from the C4 planting sound rang out from within the smoke!
The next second, Cousin on hut, m0NESY in main, and Meng Lang’s line of fire from heaven all swept madly toward the possible position of the planter inside the smoke!
Da-da-da!
Da-da-da!
Countless bullets pierced through the smoke, letting out heart-pounding whistles!
But at this moment, Wanjiqi’s eyes suddenly widened! His speech sped up rapidly: “Holy shit! Wait! Director walked away silently! He didn’t really plant! His teammates are rotating ramp! Holy shit, insane! Using a fake plant as a fake hit! G2 got tricked by this one!”
“This is bad! Li-god! Li-god has already gone from ramp back toward heaven! He’s been caught perfectly from the side by ropz, who had already silently crept near connector!”
Da-da-da—!
The sound of the Galil rang out, and Xiao Lizi was directly picked off!
ropz quickly threw the Galil in his hand to rain behind him, while he swiftly picked up the M4A1 dropped by Xiao Lizi. Then he immediately turned back and held the position beneath heaven, completely cutting off the CTs’ route for retaking ramp from heaven!
Meanwhile, all his teammates entered the B site through ramp without any obstruction!
Wanjiqi’s voice came again, carrying a hint of a wail:
“Wait! There’s still a follow-up! While they were fake-beeping the plant just now, broky directly dropped down vents! He went to lower and wrapped around K1! At K1, Lao Ni from outside garage realizes something is wrong! He quickly goes down K1, wanting to flank lower! But he didn’t expect the T at K1 to arrive so fast! Lao Ni is also taken down by broky!”
Almost at the same time as Wanjiqi’s wailing voice, Director, who had come all the way unobstructed into lower and moved straight into the B bombsite with the bomb in hand, directly entered the C4 code and began planting!
Next came a disadvantaged 3v5 retake for the CT side!
“They really can’t go for this! The Ts have already picked up rifles, they have the weapon advantage, and they occupy favorable post-plant positions. Li-god—Li-god directly calls for a save! If they don’t save and lose the next round, they’ll be completely broke!”
“Damn it! Big Cousin really played some fancy stuff in this force-buy round! This fake-plant, fake-hit tactic is way too absurd!”
“Now the score is about to be tied by FAZE at 1:1, but wait! Dark isn’t saving! What—he’s coming down from heaven and walking silently toward ramp! Oh! I get it! He probably wants to cut off anyone from FAZE who might come toward red box!”
“But there’s a rat ropz at ramp! He’s hiding in a position the CTs would absolutely never expect! Yes! He’s in connector, can you believe it? Right now all the Ts are lower. Under normal circumstances, no one would check connector!”
“Dark—! Are you really going?”
Along with Wanjiqi’s tense voice, the next second, his pitch suddenly rose, filled with disbelief:
“Wait! What! Dark checked it! From the ramp sniper position, he does a tiny shoulder peek and instantly kills ropz hiding in connector! Then he duels rain and karrigan as well, and with a precise spray transfer, he actually forcibly sprays down Rain and Big Cousin! One for three!”
“Dark himself had too little HP left and was killed by the C4 explosion in the end! But this wave isn’t a loss at all! FAZE won the force-buy round, but the two M4A1 rifles they had just picked up were both removed!”
In an instant, livestream room 6657 was flooded with “6666!”
“I’m dying of laughter! That rat ropz wanted to ambush someone, but got counter-killed instead!”
“By the way, did anyone else see Dark’s POV just now? Didn’t he seem to get startled too?”
“Just a routine operation. Dark always gets startled like that at times like these. The key is that every time after he gets startled, he can still counter-kill the other guy. Can you believe it?”
“Dark: You scared me. It’s only reasonable that you compensate me with your life.”
“This wave, FAZE probably didn’t just compensate with one life. They paid all three, and the key is that both rifles they picked up are gone too! Massive loss!”