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Chapter 472, Page 469: How do you get pentakills every game to rank up?

As for how to reach the highest rank of King of Guns, which means at least being in the top 100 in the server, Lin Ruo is tired of starting from scratch to climb the ranks.

The ranking system in CrossFire is quite well-organized, from the most basic Rookie to Elite, then Expert, and later Master, Grandmaster, Legend, Gun King, Glory Gun King, and King of Guns. There are quite a few ranks.

Not only are the major ranks quite complex, but each major rank also contains several minor ranks.

Exhausted from the rush, all Lin Ruo could say was...

This is how we climbed to the top of the leaderboard, the same way we climbed the Korean server, and then to Overwatch, Dota 2, and PUBG, and even StarCraft, which we gave up halfway through.

No, what era are we living in that we're still rushing around?

forget it.

Lin Ruo used to like to rush around like this for two reasons: first, to showcase her abilities, and second, to use this type of live streaming to boost her popularity.

As for the third one, Deep Blue requires charging up to replenish its power, those who know, know.

Now, none of those three things are needed anymore. The cheat codes have been maxed out, popularity has reached its peak, and strength goes without saying.

After three days of sniping, I've almost become a well-known top player in the CF (CrossFire) community.

If you try to climb the ranks from scratch at this point, even if you want to stomp on newbies, the viewers in your livestream might not be interested.

After all, you need to beat noobs for at least a month to reach a higher rank.

These lower-level ranks are something that more than one-third of the viewers in the live stream can easily master.

I wanted to see you dominate in high-level games, but instead you went and dominated in low-level games where I could easily kill everyone?
Think about it too.

After all, there are too many variables in low-level games, and you never know when your teammates might all be... well, cute.

Lin Ruo thought it best not to get involved in such a mess, lest she be unable to get out.

So after the weekend match against JDG, Lin Ruo began to climb the ranks in a targeted manner.

First and foremost, I will stop playing on Mingkai's account. It's obvious that Mingkai only uses this account for casual matches and entertainment, and he hasn't even played the placement matches for the first two stages so far.

Even if she played a few games and settled on a certain rank, her so-called rank would only be in the lower-middle range, which did not meet Lin Ruo's requirements for a high rank.

As for my own account, it's even worse. The rank is low and there's nothing there. It proves that playing anything is not as good as buying an account once and for all.

As the new day's live stream began, Lin Ruo first browsed the Trading Cat platform, preparing to buy a CF account that could play high-level matches, at least at the Legendary to Gun King level.

There wasn't much to see, so Lin Ruo quickly bought an account that had just reached the Legendary rank in that stage of the competition after browsing through the list.

What kind of hero-level weapon you have doesn't matter; anyone who can reach this rank is basically quite skilled.

Moreover, given CF's current practice of giving away hero weapons through daily events, you can simply claim whatever you want.

For Lin Ruo, destroying the Barrett is enough, along with a suitable rifle.

In just two days, Lin Ruo basically rose from the Legendary rank to the Gun King rank, a rank that is considered a significant dividing line for those below him.

But it is far from enough.

Considering that the Intercontinental Tournament is in early July, Lin Ruo won't have much time to rank up recently, so he naturally has to work even harder.

Back to ranked matches, Lin Ruo, who was streaming early in the morning, was now playing as the defender in a remote town.

Three of the five opponents were Gun Kings, while Lin Ruo's own team was mostly Legends. Before the game even started, Lin Ruo suddenly had a bad feeling.

The rank difference isn't the main issue; the main problem is that several of my teammates talk too much.

It's normal to have discussions at the beginning of a match, such as quickly communicating offensive and defensive intentions, and reporting enemy positions after they die.

The problem is, it's not right if only one out of five sentences relates to the game.

The rest are...

"Holy crap, those three are top-tier gunners on the other side, this game is in the bag."

"Who's safe now? Is the other side safe? Gun King is nothing, it's not like I haven't fought him before."

"I was telling you we're in the bag. We're only one rank higher. I'll be a Gun King soon too. When I run into my brother's promotion match, we have to take them down this time."

"Why isn't the other guy saying anything? He could at least type something."

cough cough.

Considering that the previous ranked matches had gone too smoothly, Lin Ruo, who was worried about encountering a system-sanctioned match in this game, decisively turned off voice chat, because things started to go wrong shortly after she left the game.

Something's not right.

My teammates all died within 20 seconds of the game starting...

Now Lin Ruo was no longer so sure; it was clear that this game would be extremely difficult.

There's no way around it, my teammate is just too adorable.

At the start of the round, I was forced to defend A bomb site from L point, facing 5 opponents in one-on-one combat. As my teammates said, this situation was basically a sure win.

It's basically a done deal.

It's definitely impossible for him to take on five opponents at once. He couldn't even beat a bot, and they're not going to line up from one direction for him to attack.

Therefore, Lin Ruo could only familiarize himself with the situation as much as possible. He would try to remember the opponent's ID through the initial exchange and understand the person's gun style, which was very aggressive. He would definitely have to pay attention to his positioning when facing the opponent in gunfights later.

After Thor traded two kills, the game quickly moved into the second round.

Lin Ruo immediately took up her sniper rifle and followed her teammates to clear out the enemy attacking A site.

At the start, we secured A short, then moved out to hold A main, and immediately followed up by moving out from A short to set up the pavilion. We didn't detect any enemy movements at first.

With her vigilance heightened, Lin Ruo observed for a moment and finally spotted an enemy behind a pillar in the pavilion. She took him down with a quick snipe and continued forward.

Looking at the situation again, the two teammates who launched the fearless charge in the middle lane had already been eliminated.

It's obvious that my kill rate can't keep up with the rate at which my teammates feed kills.

Seeing that his teammates in the back row of A bomb site were preparing to go back to defend B bomb site, and his teammates in A tunnel had the same idea, Lin Ruo decisively chose to go and hold A main to see if there were any more enemies.

I was thinking that my two teammates would be fine defending B, but then I ran into Ai around the corner and got two for one.

Lin Ruo, who was still setting up the pavilion, suddenly found herself in a situation where she was fighting three opponents at once.

Quickly analyze the enemy's positions and initially determine that there are 2 in the middle and 1 in B. While returning to defend, take down one of them to narrow the gap.

At this point, their position was undoubtedly exposed to the enemy's view.

Based on the deaths of his teammates at the B bomb site, Lin Ruo, certain that there was a sniper position there, immediately chose to turn around and jump to the B diagonal jump point to take out the enemies at the B bomb site first.

The situation then became one enemy left in the middle lane. After a head-on collision, Lin Ruo, who was not good at sniping, jumped and dropped her gun to instantly switch to her pistol and kill the enemy.

This prompted his four teammates to spam "6", but he couldn't hear what they were saying in the voice chat anyway.

The score is now tied at 1-1.

In the third round, after respawning, Lin Ruo was still relatively close to the A bomb site. As usual, he chose the classic positioning to set up an A main from the A short path.

By the way, observe the minimap to see if your teammates are moving from A tunnel to A main. This means they will arrive at A before you and will most likely engage the enemy at A main.

Lin Ruo didn't need to have any expectations; she knew her teammates had been eliminated quickly.

Good grief, he's the only one left at bomb site A. Pushing out through the side path to engage in a firefight is basically impossible; he might get traded kills, but he'd definitely be ganged up on and killed, meaning bomb site A would fall. Therefore, Lin Ruo chose to retreat to bomb site A to defend, buying more time for his surviving teammates to regroup and defend.

Upon discovering that an attack was imminent at A gate, Lin Ruo swiftly sniped the enemy at that position, then glanced at the minimap.
The footsteps coming up the stairs on the right gave everything away. Lin Ruo calmed down, turned around, and took down the target with a single shot, turning the three-on-five situation into a three-on-three.

Continuing to observe the minimap, Lin Ruo judged that other enemies would arrive at bomb site A within 10 seconds. Without rushing, she went down the stairs to keep watch for any enemies coming up.

After confirming, immediately pull the back row and fly out to kill the enemies still coming from the back row.

Now A only has one enemy left. Use the camera angle to pull the right-hand brace and instantly headshot the newly appeared opponent.

Lin Ruo effortlessly killed four enemies single-handedly, successfully defending bomb site A.

The remaining one was naturally at its last gasp, and it was thought that it would be easily taken down by the other two teammates.

When Lin Ruo turned around, she saw that they had all been killed.

That's a human!

Lin Ruo had an urge to turn on voice chat, press V, and perform a few lines of traditional Chinese opera.

Clearly, her teammates seemed to have anticipated this possibility, as an extremely selfless voice came through the moment Lin Ruo turned on the voice chat.

"Brother, we've saved you a pentakill, go and kill him quickly."

Lin Ruo: ...

There was no other way, so Lin Ruo had to turn off voice chat again and was forced to get a pentakill.

After five rounds, with a score of 3 to 2, Lin Ruo finally made it to the attacking side.

With the roles reversed, it became clear from the previous rounds that the opponent's attacks were particularly aggressive.

It doesn't matter if I'm shooting at you or not, just keep pressing down.

Of course, his teammates also liked to counter-press, so they were usually wiped out in less than 30 seconds at the start of the game.

This is how it is when you can't win a direct gunfight.

Back in the game, the attacking side was still in a 2v2 situation less than 30 seconds into the first round.

Don't assume it's because your teammates had a super good performance that they were able to achieve a three-for-three exchange.

In reality, Lin Ruo chose to join the fight if she couldn't save them, using her teammates as a point of attack.

That's right, it's the kind of thing where they're used as bait in front of you.

Since you can't remember the opponent's movement habits, try to remember your teammates', and the opponent will naturally know how to kill your teammates.

Who made them so eager to kill? If you were in their shoes, you'd remember it too.

At this point, two enemies were already pressing A site, so the remaining strategy was very clear: call your teammates to plant the bomb at B site, forcing the enemy to fight back.

Once we reach bomb site B, I'll snipe one of them first, then cover my teammates as they plant the bomb on the B ramp.

The other enemy currently only has two paths to take: either the sewers or the middle route. So just find a safe spot, go down, and crouch.

Upon discovering the enemy's movement in the middle lane, Lin Ruo turned around and, just as she was suddenly struck to the side, used a Spiral Instant Mirror to send the opponent to their doom.

This move immediately drew enthusiastic praise from his teammates, whose combined kill counts were less than a fraction of his own.

Clearly, while their in-game skills may be lacking, they still know how to maximize emotional value outside the game.

[Wow, that's awesome! How did Lin Gengxin turn around so smoothly? Did he eat Dove chocolate?]

[I'd be great with teammates like that, Lin Gou, the veteran driver, take me under your wing!]

Yes, I was initially worried about messing up my idol's image, but after seeing this, I realize I wouldn't be as bad as the other four.

[I suggest Lin Gou bring a few female streamers to entertain us. If he can bring along these four, he shouldn't have any trouble bringing along the others.]

Indeed, someone with this skill level could easily carry four Mingkai players.

...

Mingkai, who had just passed by, couldn't help but cough when he saw the comments. He seriously suspected that most of the people in the live stream were his haters.

There's really no need to doubt it. After all, Lin Ruo teases him every day, saying he's half a hater. Isn't it only natural that his fans are even more haters?
"What do you mean by this gun? Did everyone understand? If you didn't understand, that's okay, let's watch it again."

Lin Ruo very discreetly recounted the events in the live stream and continued the game.

In the later games, as teammates started to play more aggressively, or rather, as the opponent's mentality was broken, pushing forward became much easier.

In the second round of the attack, I took down an enemy pulled out from B tunnel in the middle lane, then came over to clear the bar and assist my teammates in advancing.

Observe again that there is someone at point L, take them down with a sidestep, and then continue to press with your teammates, ready to stalk the cicada unaware of the oriole behind at any time.

This kind of operation was already completely commonplace for Lin Ruo.

It's not that he doesn't trust his teammates, but that he can't trust them at all. Therefore, the decoy tactic must be carried out to the end without any changes.

You see, when you enter the bar the next second, there will definitely be an enemy inside. When you can't determine the location and it's hard to find them, it's the teammates who like to feed who will jump to the point without hesitation and give up the kill.

Lin Ruo pinpointed the location and easily secured another kill.

After turning on voice chat and confirming with teammates that there were enemies at their own respawn point, Lin Ruo turned around and cut in again, taking them down in one shot.

The remaining two enemies are currently positioned either in the middle lane or near A site.

The calm Lin Ruo first picked up the bag her teammate had left behind, and then continued to scout out the enemy's location.

Through the deaths of her teammates, Lin Ruo quickly determined the enemy's location in the middle lane and at point L.

Temporarily retreat to create space for maneuver, snipe the approaching target from a preemptive position, then make a small jump to A site to finish off the other low-health enemy.

Another exhilarating pentakill.

Lin Ruo had lost count of whether this was the third or fourth pentakill, and she didn't know whether to praise her teammates for their selflessness or for their poor performance.

They should all be there.

Anyway, before the third round of the attack, they had already taken down nearly 30 kills, which further solidified Lin Ruo's idea of ​​setting up a sniper rifle.

The purpose of setting up a sniper rifle is to provide cover for teammates advancing. However, due to the skill level of my teammates in this game, I can only do the opposite and let them provide me with more space to find the target point.

Then, still at the bar bridge location, Lin Ruo's stubborn teammate gave up early on, forcing her to take down the enemy on the bridge with a quick-sniper shot.

After determining that there were still two enemies in the bar, Lin Ruo continued to hold the position and pull back, taking advantage of the time difference to go out and engage in combat. With another flick shot, he took down an arrogant enemy.

Based on the fact that his teammates at point L were killed by enemies in the middle lane, and that other dead teammates had bombed enemies at the garage location, Lin Ruo determined the directions of the other three enemies while fighting alone.

One against five is definitely out of the question, but one against three is no problem.

While the enemies near the bar are temporarily unable to arrive, quickly move to the middle position, set up a trap in the garage, and take out one of them. After hearing footsteps at B door, quickly turn around, draw your pistol, and shoot.

In the final showdown in the Imperial City, perhaps because he had been killed by Lin Ruo too many times before, his hand trembled and he missed his shot as soon as they met.

The final round is over.

Pentakill, another pentakill...

(End of this chapter)