CS: Demon King C, you said I was a genius?

The Green Dragons' losses in the pistol and rifle rounds brought the score to 4-0.

This put Chopper under immense pressure, prompting him to call the first timeout of the game.

After failing to make any impact for several rounds, sh1ro couldn't help but speak up: "Come on, give us some useful tactics! Keep speeding up the pace like this won't get us anywhere! The player on the other side who's defending point A isn't Nexa anymore!"

Chopper touched his bald head, looking somewhat helpless.

He just used the break before the start of the match to catch up on G2's previous games. Other teams did indeed target point A when they faced G2 on this map.

And nexa, who plays A, lived up to expectations. As long as the opponent dared to play A, nexa would most likely give away the points.

That explains why the Green Dragons had designs on bomb site A in the two crucial early rounds.

Chopper knew Su Zhe's individual abilities, but he always thought that with Donk on his team, no matter how strong the opponent was, it wouldn't matter, and they could still crush them in one fell swoop.

But judging from the current outcome, I underestimated the other party.

After a moment's thought, Chopper had an idea and said, "How about we continue attacking A this round?"

"Huh?" Upon hearing this, Donk, who had been silently staring blankly, looked at him. "Continue playing A? Are you sure?"

His tone was full of doubt and confusion.

Chopper nodded firmly, completely confident in his judgment:
"We couldn't break through last round mainly because the opponent had a double A defense, and they were also a bit hesitant when controlling the middle lane. G2 doesn't really like to control the middle lane on this map."

"When the time comes, we'll put some pressure on the mid lane as soon as possible. As long as the opponent doesn't gamble on A, and we can hold off VIP's CT, we can't wipe out even one or two people by flanking them from both sides, right?"

Each team has its own tactical style and different strategies to counter it.

In Chopper's understanding, Breathing relies too much on teammates' shooting skills on this map. Even if they don't control the map, they can still defend the bomb site by relying on their personal abilities and shooting skills in the later stages.

In terms of gunfighting skills, Chopper, who has Donk, is also incredibly confident.

If they can create opportunities for gunfights by utilizing positioning, wouldn't it be a piece of cake for the Green Dragons to score points and win the game?
G2 has many star players with excellent aim, but our Green Dragons' swords are just as effective!

“Uh…that makes sense…” Donk smacked his lips and said.

After Chopper's explanation, everyone understood his idea and stopped arguing, refocusing their attention on the game and preparing to try again.

The one-minute timeout ended quickly and the game continued.

After the countdown ended, Donk, with the help of his teammates' utility, managed to seize control of the entire mid lane all by himself.

The only price I paid was taking a hit from my cousin's thunderbolt, which cost me half my health.

"Can't get any information in the mid lane, Donut, watch out!" My cousin, whose vision was blocked by VIP smoke, immediately warned in the voice chat.

In this round, G2 maintained their 2-1-2 defensive formation.

After hearing his cousin's reminder, Su Zhe immediately moved towards the donuts.

The main reason is that during the previous long-range rifle round, three Green Dragons players left the middle lane. Although they won the long-range rifle round smoothly, it was because Green Dragons' coordination was flawed.

The kid's sniper is still at bomb site A, so he naturally needs to position himself in advance to guard against the enemy's "donut" attack on A.

But soon, a child's urgent voice came through the earpiece, "The enemy team has a super A! They have tons of items!"

The kid's sniper rifle was positioned as the second gunner behind the three boxes, his purpose being to be able to return to defend point B immediately if there was any movement.

But he just took a hit from the enemy's attack flashbang and retreated into the three-box cover. If he were to repeek out again immediately, he might face countless lines of fire.

Su Zhe heard many footsteps coming from A University while inside the donut. After checking the middle lane and not seeing anyone, he immediately turned back to defend the front.

But soon, a smoke from a donut blocked his view, and the footsteps coming through his earpiece indicated that the other party had entered the bomb site and opened fire.

"Kid, give me a quick flashbang! I'll just slip out through the smoke! You finish me off immediately!"

Su Zhe spoke very quickly, and the child reacted just as quickly, snapping out a flashbang and throwing it after three boxes.

"Give it to me!"

Su Zhe knew that the child's angle of attack was extremely obvious, and the other party would definitely be able to easily deflect it.

So he pulled out a grenade and deployed the donut-shaped smoke bomb in advance, aiming to gain vision early, which would allow him to achieve the same effect as his usual big push.

"Bang~"

The child's flashbang and the grenade exploded almost simultaneously.

As the smoke grenade dissipated, Su Zhe observed the opponent's approximate position and then crouched and pulled out.

"Da da~"

Before he could even locate his position and fire a few shots, his screen instantly turned black.

"Da da da~"

[zont1x used an AK-47 to headshot Arrow]

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Su Zhe, who had just collapsed and died, looked on in astonishment. There were experts in the Green Dragon team? Could someone have caught his squatting pull?

Upon seeing this, the viewers in the live stream couldn't help but burst out laughing.

"Arrow's crouch-pull with maximum ground speed used to be incredibly effective, but today he met his match. zont1x's crosshair was positioned directly over his body, catching Arrow's head perfectly."

"Let's see if there's any follow-up after the three boxes. Oh! That sniper shot was fast! Repeek came out and took down sh1ro's head."

"But there was nothing we could do. Green Dragon's attack on A was accelerated by four people, and there were just too many gun lines. The kid was focused down and killed before he could even get back to cover."

Chopper's speed boost instantly turned the situation into a 4v3 situation, and most importantly, they had gained control of the A bomb site.

Although the process was somewhat unexpected, as G2 still employed a double-A defense, the final result was positive, which gave Chopper even more confidence in his command.

So what if you have two Aces? Even a triple Ace defense can be easily defeated!
After hearing the commotion at bomb site A, the player who controlled the black room thought of going through the middle to defend bomb site A, but he didn't expect that Donk, who controlled the middle lane at the beginning of the game, had never left and was hiding under the middle jump platform to cover his teammates' rear.

On this map, Donk was always responsible for controlling the mid lane. His teammates would speed up and attack A, and his job was naturally to cover the rear.

Next, Breathing was easily caught off guard by Donk, and even though his cousin, who had returned from VIP early, managed a one-for-one trade, he was powerless to turn the tide and fell to the finishing blows from the Green Dragons.

Niko, the only survivor, tried to turn the tide in a 1v3 situation. After emerging from the ruins, he took down sh1ro, who was positioned at the bomb site. However, he didn't expect that zont1x would hide behind the big box and be pulled out and taken down by him.

"It's my fault." After losing the round, Su Zhe took the blame, "I shouldn't have gone for the donut at the start." He really shouldn't have gone for the donut at the start, otherwise he wouldn't have been in such a passive position later on.

Breathing didn't seem too concerned about losing that point. "We lost control of the mid lane, so it's normal for you to go and take a look. I didn't expect the opponent to speed up this round."

After briefly mentioning this topic, Breath continued to arrange the positioning for the next round of long-range rifle rounds.

Surprisingly, the green dragon's speed boost in the previous round seemed to have given it confidence, or perhaps it had tasted success, as it launched another quick bomb-taking attempt in the next round.

However, this time Green Dragon rushed to the B bomb site quickly. Niko, who was in position 1, originally wanted to throw a fireball to prevent the rush, but Donk caught him by stepping up the slope.

It was supposed to be a double B start, and they even went to control the dark room at the start of the game, but they got trapped inside the dark room by the enemy's bomb site and smoke vent.

The mid-lane brother's defensive maneuver was ineffective, as he was directly killed by Donk who rushed to the bottom line.

Two players were eliminated at the start, and unsurprisingly, the round was lost again.

Most fatally, their accumulated economy from G2 was completely wiped out after losing two consecutive long-range rounds.

After G2 used a pure Eco strategy to accumulate economy for another round, the score reached 4-3.

This was an unexpected result for everyone. After taking four points in a row at the start, the Green Dragon managed to catch up again in one fell swoop.

"Why are they so reckless?!"

He was having trouble breathing. He had been studying the Green Dragon's offensive tactics, but it turned out that the Green Dragon had no tactics at all. It just kept spamming bombs and launching a wave of attacks. It was just a ladder-style game!
The biggest difference between Green Dragon and ranked players is that Green Dragon is faster at finishing off enemies and has better discipline. Other than that, there doesn't seem to be any difference.

But it was precisely this headstrong, reckless fighting style that made them feel like they couldn't hold on.

Niko thought for a moment and said, "We still have to go all out. Only when we can scare the opponent and make them lose confidence will the green dragon become more cautious."

"A direct confrontation? Charging straight in to get shot? That won't do, will it?"

Against teams that like to control the map and play strategically, he feels he can still show off his intelligence, but against Green Dragon's bomb-speed-up playstyle, he really can't think of a counter-strategy for the time being.

If you let a kid use a sniper rifle, you can't predict the opponent's attack intentions. Are you saying you can only score points by guessing the enemy's moves?

The best way to deal with this fast-paced style of play is to use anti-rush items and position yourself in a crossfire line.

But the Green Dragon wasn't stupid; it knew to slow down before unleashing its bombs to accelerate.

Ultimately, it was because it was their first time fighting the Green Dragon, and they didn't understand the opponent's movement habits, otherwise they wouldn't have been so passive.

Nowadays, a match only lasts 12 rounds in a half, so they don't have much room for trial and error.

"How about we control the mid lane from the start?" Su Zhe suggested.

When he first joined NIP, his CT strategy on the Ancient Ruins map revolved around controlling the mid lane at the start of the game.

Now, in G2, after the game started, the defenders kept giving up control of the mid lane, which made him extremely uncomfortable and unaccustomed.

This reminded him of why Niko didn't like controlling the mid lane when he was leading the team on this map during IEM Chengdu; it turned out it was all because of the influence of breathing.

"Controlling the mid lane..." He hesitated a bit, as he wasn't really familiar with the rhythm of controlling the mid lane.

Su Zhe nodded and said, "Just use the standard 2-1-2 defensive opening. You guys defend B point normally, and my cousin can stand in VIP at the start and throw some terrorist gadgets at the spawn point for me."

"If it's mid lane, I'll step out at the start to check things out. If things aren't going well, I'll just quit the game."

If we're talking about who among the five members of G2 knows Green Dragons best, it's undoubtedly Su Zhe.

There's no other reason than that Su Zhe had been learning how to play the breakthrough position by watching Donk's first-person perspective, and he also learned about the Green Dragon's bomb burst rhythm.

After considering it, he nodded, indicating that he had adopted Su Zhe's suggestion.

……

"It's been seven rounds already. It's a bit of a shame that we still haven't seen Donk and Arrow engage in a head-on gunfight. Okay, let's see how G2 deals with Green Dragon's mindless speed-up tactics."

"This time, the kid's sniper rifle is going straight to the ruins to set up the first firing position, in case the green dragon suddenly speeds up and launches another attack."

"But Arrow started by going mid lane with his cousin. Is he finally planning to control mid lane?!"

Just as Su Zhe stepped onto the VIP exit, a VIP smoke grenade fell and exploded, followed by a flashbang from the middle lane, making it difficult for him to open his eyes.

'The Green Dragons really know how to control the mid lane against the terrorists... they put immense pressure on them, no wonder they chose this map.'

As Su Zhe watched the opponent's series of countermeasures, he silently thought to himself that even if he gave the terrorists the countermeasures, the opponent would also use countermeasures to forcefully seize the timing.

Without further hesitation, Su Zhe turned around and controlled the agent to head towards the donut. Just as his vision returned, a smoke grenade at the entrance of the donut in the middle lane exploded.

Green Dragon's series of mid-lane control items completely forced him to make no counter-attacks.

After retreating to the donut-shaped position, Su Zhe heard footsteps coming from the middle lane and was wondering whether to retreat directly to the bomb site or to hold the donut position.

Suddenly, he realized that the smoke from the donut-shaped opening seemed a bit too shallow. He pulled out of cover and, by brushing against the faintly visible edge of the smoke, he could see a bit of information about the middle lane.

"good chance!"

Su Zhe immediately moved sideways and saw a bandit's figure flash to the position below the middle platform. Without hesitation, he fired to locate the position.

"Tetete~"

Arrow used a silenced M4A1 to headshot zont1x in the smoke.

(Victim's perspective ↓)

After getting the kill, Su Zhe didn't stay in the mid lane for long. He already had a numerical advantage, so simply holding the point was the best option.

However, instead of retreating directly to the bun, he stood on top of the indentation of the donut, which was an unconventional position.

"Arrow played very proactively in the mid lane this time! He seized the opportunity to sneak up near the smoke and got the first kill in the mid lane."

"But the Green Dragons got carried away in the previous rounds! They're thinking of using their mid-lane advantage to quickly gank A bomb site!"

"Donk is about to enter the donut! Su Zhe's position is a bit mysterious, let's see if Donk aims for that position!"

"But Donk's presence has already been spotted! Arrow has already discovered that Donut has entered!"

Su Zhe watched as the bandit's shadow suddenly stopped moving, as if he had assessed Su Zhe's position and was making a pre-aiming maneuver.

But he wasn't intimidated. He simply leaned forward slightly, focusing his attention on his aim, waiting for a fatal blow! (End of Chapter)