LANXESS Arena, backstage, Faze Players' Lounge.

Sitting around the big screen in the lounge, Faze was watching Vitality vs. Astralis match.

For NAVI, the eldest cousin is familiar, but the recent Vitality seems a little unfamiliar.

"karrigan, do you see, on the map of Scorching Sand City, Vitality's main sniper seems to have been replaced by ZywOo."

"Shouldn't this be? What the hell is going on? It's completely different from what we thought before, huh? It stands to reason that in the state of Aether, there is no need for ZywOo to resist the sniper rifle again. ”

"Even if you look at this round, it's on the defensive side, Aether obviously has the money to snipe, but he still set up the M4A1 guard."

RobbaN, the coach of the team, was puzzled.

Half of the five days Faze spent researching NAVI and Vitality the other half.

In all the previous games, Aether took the snipe on any map. And Faze's research and arrangement of Vitality is mostly based on Qin Feng's sniper rifle.

But now, does Vitality want to put ZywOo back in the main sniper position?

"Well, I see." The eldest cousin frowned and muttered, "Although ZywOo's sniper rifle and Aether's sniper rifle both eat information, there are still quite a few differences in various habits and positions. ”

"The point is that ZywOo has already proven himself in the position of a sniper, but Aether has not proven himself in the position of a free man, so Vitality is so bold to give up the system that has just been established, and let ZywOo take the lead sniper?"

"What do you think of Aether in this position, ropz?"

The eldest cousin subconsciously looked at ropz, the free man in Faze's team.

Halfway through the game on the Scorched Dust map, the team's biggest voice in Aether's performance as a libero is undoubtedly Ropz, a talented teenager from Estonia.

"To be honest, you don't really see much on this map."

"Mainly because of the big gap between the finishing strength of the two teams, Farlig's sniper rifle was also suppressed by ZywOo, and Vitality played too well."

Ropz hesitated for a moment before continuing: "But now Aether makes me vaguely think of a player. ”

"Maybe they don't agree in terms of style of play or positioning, but they are definitely the best in the world in terms of feedback and information for the team."

"What's even more terrifying is Vitality's on-the-spot adaptability, and I even feel like Aether and Vitality have been improving their playing style in this game."

The eldest cousin was in good spirits: "Who do you think Aether's style of play looks like?" Depending on your judgment, we may be able to set up some tactics against Vitality accordingly. ”

Ropz nodded, giving his guess.

"Well, in the last few rounds of the first half, I think Aether's style looks a bit like Olaf in the past."

"If you look closely, in the first few rounds, Aether didn't actually take too much information, he just harassed, faked, and ensured that he wouldn't die."

"This is a safe choice, but it doesn't pose much of a threat to Astralis, and the outcome of the round depends on whether Vitality's frontal firepower can support them to break through the base."

However, in the next few rounds, Aether gave up harassment and often took the initiative to get information.

"Aether uses his personal ability to exchange numbers with the opponent and help Vitality collect the opponent's defensive information before apEX directs and formulates the next offensive tactic, which is why Vitality's offense seems to be slow in a few rounds."

"Compared with a simple free man, Aether is actually a half-breaker and a half-free man, but compared to a pure breakthrough whose main purpose is to kill, the main purpose of Aether's breakthrough and single touch is to collect information, so that the commander can have a better grasp of the situation!"

"Okay, okay, I see!"

Ropz clapped his hands suddenly, as if discovering a new continent.

The eldest cousin blinked, "What do you understand?" ”

"I finally know why ZywOo is back on his sniper rifle."

Ropz's face became solemn.

"Karrigan, you must be curious, right, why Aether's sniper rifle is so good, but suddenly transformed into a half-free man and half-breakthrough role."

"At the end of the day, it's all about liberating ZywOo."

"We are all aware of the strength of ZywOo, but the most powerful thing about Zywoo is its ability to collect and process information."

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"Is it really the non-native language communication that prevents ZywOo from getting information? Obviously not, after all, we at Faze are also non-native speakers, but we have no problems with information and communication. ”

"The biggest problem with Vitality was that there was no one to help the team get the information," he said.

"Coupled with the fact that the demon boy and Adu dismantled Vitality's original system, the problem of insufficient information on the ZywOo sniper rifle has been continuously expanded."

"Neither Adu nor the Demon Boy are the kind of players who take the initiative to get information."

"In other words, Adu and the demon boy didn't get the information for the first time, but waited for the team's main attack to start before starting to get information in another area."

"But Aether is different, he can even pick up a sniper rifle and get enough information for the team before the main attack begins."

After talking a lot, Ropz was a little tired, picked up the mineral water on the table and drank a few sips.

The eldest cousin completely understood what ropz meant.

Could it be that Vitality and Zonic actually think so?!

What a game of chess!

"Good, good, good." The eldest cousin smiled, and there was a feeling that he was meeting an opponent in chess.

It turned out that Vitality never gave up the idea of letting ZywOo snipe, but continued to build and improve its own system through competitions.

Truth be told, the term free guy in CSGO is about to become the meaning of "stinky old 6".

However, few people know that the reason why most liberos are "6" is because of the player's improved understanding of the map, and the M4A1 gun is too powerful on the defensive side.

Very few free men can tear a gap in the CT's defense line through their individual abilities, which is why the huddle is called the version of the answer.

The success rate of the attacking team's solo breakthrough is too low.

Throughout 2022, from the beginning of the year to the present, only three players have had a positive average KD on the offensive side.

It's Aether, s1mple, and ZywOo.

If you look at it this way, letting Aether take the position of free man is definitely a liberation for the team, and it can also allow ZywOo to return to the state of 2020 and re-liberate all his strength.

The eldest cousin seems to be gradually beginning to understand everything.

"I see, I see."

"ZywOo said before that he didn't want to snipe, it seems that it was all Fake News."

"Scheming, zonic, scheming, Vitality."

Coach RobbaN looked at his eldest cousin's expression and responded unconsciously.

……

Just as the eldest cousin explained to Faze the others that Vitality did not exist in the new system, on the other side of the screen, Vitality ended the battle in Scorching Dust City with a score of 16-7 in a relaxed and happy manner.

Potato was smiling as always, and perhaps the happiest in recent months.

With the information given by Qin Feng, the sniper rifle in his hand was extremely comfortable to fight.

It's completely different from the feeling of being in prison before.

"What, my sniper rifle is still pretty accurate!" ZywOo's tone is relaxed and relaxed, "I always feel that this picture is very comfortable to play." ”

apEX also nodded, after letting Qin Feng play the position of half free man and half breakthrough, the team's system seems to be more fluent?

The strategy of exchanging sniper rifles is said to be to avoid the opponent's targeting, but it seems to be surprisingly good for the overall situation?

……

"The first picture is 16 to 7." Masisi looked at the score on the screen and smiled, "The big score is 1-0, and Vitality seems to be about to enter the finals~"

Mo looked at the scoreboard after the game and said, "Well, according to this state, it is likely that the Bees will take Team A away 2-0." ”

"Aether's stats seem to be a bit worse than when he got the sniper rifle, but the rest of the Bees' stats are generally much better."

"Especially ZywOo, 25 kills and 10 deaths in this game, really, it seems that the feeling of the sniper rifle has been found again."

"This Aether is the last piece of the puzzle for Vitality, and it's not just talking, but now it's more in line with my expectations for a top team."

"Vitality had a system when it was just reorganized, but it was more based on the individual strength of ZywOo and God A, and now Vitality seems to play more holly, with a delicate balance of individual heroism and teamwork."

"Even if Vitality won the game before, the data in the team was two green and three red, but this time Vitality won five people with a positive rating."

123321 barrage in the live broadcast room has already officially flooded the screen of the entire live broadcast room.

[Vitality's last piece of the puzzle?] Is it not His Majesty the Supreme A God who has arrived at His faithful Vitality today? 】

[If Vitality can still win the championship in IEM Cologne this time, can it directly reward God A with a year's face spray right plus breathing right?] 】

[What breath, how can there be breathing?] ——From an IHOO speech. 】

[HooXi jokes about personal ability: Even if I don't kill people for half a year, I firmly believe that we can win all the games.] Aether laughed about his personal ability: Even if I kill the most in every game in half a year, we may not win. 】

[I can see it, it's not that Aether doesn't want to snipe, it's that he only needs ZywOo to snipe to sanction Brother Li, go, Xiaofan, give him the whole job! ] 】

In contrast, the fans who supported Astralis at the LANXESS Arena were dead silent.

It is commendable to get to this point despite the lack of hard power of the players, but only 7 points at the beginning of the game is not a passing score.

blameF, who was temporarily in charge, calmly took off his headphones, feeling bitter in his heart.

Astralis didn't show much of a problem with both tactics and on-the-spot decision-making, but it was that that made blameF even more desperate.

No one can better understand the despair that comes from the suppression of such personal ability.

However, as a conductor, blameF still forced a smile.

"Brothers, the game is not over yet, the next picture is the nuclear crisis we chose, cheer up!"