Valorant: I Am Still the World's Best

On the EDG players' bench.

After was gently encouraging the players: "Don't rush, everyone. Communicate and exchange ideas, share your thoughts, and most importantly, hold your guns properly..."

Hearing the inspirational words in the voice message, Su Ming frowned slightly.

After didn't mention anything about 'tactics,' but from his coaching perspective, it's clear that EDG played their four points without any problems; they were simply executing what they had practiced in scrims.

That being the case.

That four-point defeat was a complete collapse, which highlights the difference in execution among the players.

"The other side has an amazing understanding of the map..."

Su Ming sighed.

What is map understanding?

It doesn't mean that your understanding will improve just because you've learned a few locations on a map.

...You need to understand what makes this image unique, and why the heroes are so powerful.

...You need to know what actions the enemy might take after you control tunnel A or tunnel B, and where the timing is.

...You need to know which position your teammates are comfortable playing in, and which position you should choose yourself.

When playing ranked games, there are always one or two maps that ordinary casual players absolutely do not want to play and are not good at.

On these kinds of maps, they just can't play comfortably. Their timing is terrible, and their stats are always either researching the i-series or the z-series. After a while, they just don't want to play anymore and quit as soon as they see this map.

Essentially, it's a matter of weak map comprehension.

This applies to professional players as well.

Furthermore, because professional matches emphasize teamwork, a professional player's weak map understanding can be extremely detrimental to the team. They might inexplicably appear in a strange location and then die naturally, fall out of position, or fail to provide timely follow-up shots, or miss items under pressure, etc.

From the audience's perspective, they might think, "Is this guy really a professional? How can he play so stupidly? I could do that too."

in contrast.

Teams with a strong understanding of the map will exhibit extremely beautiful teamwork, with incredibly good timing, and will always be able to exploit weaknesses.

Loud did just that in this game.

"Actually, PRX's Deep Sea should have had this effect, but the Night Dew system was completely beyond their comprehension, and they had no experience in dealing with it..."

The advanced questions from two years in the future rendered all of PRX's familiar problem-solving approaches useless, resulting in their defeat in the Deep Sea, a topic they were so proud of.

But now, EDG is playing the current mainstream lineup, completely following Loud's understanding of the system.

The difference in map understanding immediately became apparent.

The one-minute pause passed quickly.

EDG players rallied and threw themselves into the second rifle round.

"Let's push forward in the mid lane and look for an opportunity! If there are chances in other areas, try to get kills as well."

Nobody has decided to rely on individual skill and unleash everyone's right to fire.

"I'll play," Su Ming said.

"I'll set up a VIP for you!" Kang Kang, wielding [Lone Firepower], teleported to the unconventional spot on the B-pack box.

Su Ming, wielding the Blue Gaia Berserker, pushed straight forward from the mid lane.

Soon, they saw the [Sentry Turret] on the box opposite the garage, a regular location for Qile.

Bang bang bang!

After shooting down the turret, Su Ming immediately fired a one-way [Instant Cloud] at the box.

The 4.5-second one-way smoke from the Jetway and the straight-mounted sniper rifle from Zheng Yongkang both gave Su Ming a great sense of security.

He boldly switched his blade and accelerated, drawing his gun as he jumped onto the VIP steps, activating [Wind Chaser] and unleashing a segmented horizontal slash.

Within my field of vision, a green figure was crouching at a non-pre-aiming position on the straight gun.

Su Ming's crosshair was attached to it almost instantly.

boom!

There are no tricks involved, just pure numbers, pure speed and accuracy.

[EDG.Raven headshots Loud.cauanzin]

In the top right corner, just as the kill notification appeared, before the fans could even cheer, another kill notification popped up.

Loud.Aspas killed EDG.Nobody.

EDG's main player, Hunter, has been arrested.

Su Ming glanced quickly at the minimap, where three red question marks appeared on A University.

There are three A universities. So where is Qile, who just released the chicks, the remaining one?

In an instant, his thoughts raced like thunder. He turned right, pressed space and E, and flew into the garage box, into the disappearing [Instant Cloud].

The person fell.

The smoke dissipated.

This perfect timing is proof of proficiency.

Qi Le was looking in the direction of the VIPs, revealing his side profile.

Su Ming pulled the trigger directly, making a slight adjustment to headshot.

Boom!

[EDG.Raven headshots Loud.Less]

Less released the mouse, glanced at Jetwind's position, and then saw that only twelve seconds of the game had passed. He immediately laughed.

Is this guy smurfing in ranked matches?

Before the news of Su Ming's kill had even faded, another piece of bad news arrived.

Loud.tuyz headshots EDG.CHICHOO

Qiuqiu, who was trying to hold off the bomb at site A, was caught and killed by Loud.

"Let's switch back to defense."

Smoggy said he was making big strides back from point C and would need a while longer.

"I'll wait for you." Zheng Yongkang held up his sniper rifle at the AB company to prevent the enemy from advancing.

"You guys go for the front, I'll take them down in the ass!"

Su Ming chose to continue pressing the high pressure.

He waited for a while, until the 'zzkk' group was in position with AB, before he set off.

With plenty of time, Su Ming activated [Wind Chaser], controlled his position, and used segmented pre-aiming to clear the entire A point.

The current version's 12-second duration of [Wind Chaser] is more than enough for him to complete this set of silent contact.

"I got hacked!"

After a brief exchange with Smoggy, [Dark Nightmare] was introduced, clearing a straight line between the groove and the box in Area A.

Su Ming immediately activated [Wind Chaser], suddenly accelerated to point A, and pulled out, just in time to catch Tuyz dodging the darkness.

Tuyz quickly stopped and fired, hitting only two people in the body before Su Ming controlled the gun and killed him.

On the other side, Aspas pushed to the police's embankment, dodging the black while simultaneously killing the Shadow with a straight shot.

EDG.Raven killed Loud.Tuyz.

Loud.Aspas headshots EDG.Smoggy

Zheng Yongkang immediately jumped down from the smoke in Building A2, anxious to finish off Zhang Zhao, but was arrested by Saadhak (Viper) at the rest stop on the right side of the entrance to Area A.

After killing the wallet, Saadhak immediately threw a [Snake Kiss] at the intersection of A Road, trying to buy some time.

But to his utter surprise, Su Ming walked straight in through the poison and finished him off with a single shot.

Loud.Saadhak headshots EDG.Zmjjkk

EDG.Raven killed Loud.Saadhak

The situation has become one against one.

The positions of both sides are clear.

The location of the blaster is quite conventional; it's in bag A next to a box.

It seemed like a fair head-on confrontation, but Su Ming only had 38 points of health left. One bullet from the spear would kill him.

Aspas clearly knew this information, so he immediately hid in the CT position, avoiding a gunfight with Su Ming and waiting for him to defuse the bomb and reveal information before coming out to fire preemptively or through the wall.

Stable and reasonable endgame decisions.

"Lopa is too steady, he doesn't give us any chance at all!" When Daitohiko saw this scene, he really put himself in the shoes of the characters, and his tone was a little desperate.

Still can't do it?

[You killed four, right? Here's a reward: a 1v1 clutch situation with a sliver of health left.]

[It's really got to the point where the young general in the upper right corner killed one enemy, and then another teammate died. It's too much.]

[Let me clarify, Raven did not activate friendly fire.]

[Oh my god! Why didn't you say so earlier!]

The external chaos did not affect the game.

The EDG players held their breath, not daring to disturb Su Ming's efforts to finish the game.

Su Ming detached himself from his emotions, calmly arranged the entire A area, determined Aspas's position, and understood that his opponent had chosen the safest endgame approach.

...The way a smart person does it.

In just a few seconds, Su Ming's mind raced. After going through all the ideas, he took a deep breath, went to the location of the energy device, pressed the defuse button, and then jumped and crouched.

--drop!

After the rapid sound of the package being torn open, a slight jumping sound rang out.

"It's a fake demolition," Saadhak grinned. "He panicked! He even let slip this kind of information!"

"I know." Aspas nodded and smiled slightly.

To be fair, if he were to play a game like this, where four are eliminated and only one remains, and the opponent is playing defensively and not firing, he would also get frustrated.

The fact that the newcomer on the other end didn't rush out to look for someone shows that he's managed to keep his composure.

As time passed, Aspas remained as immovable as a mountain, like the Black Tortoise.

But soon, a chorus of gasps from the audience, loud enough to be blocked even by the noise in-ear monitor, entered his ears.

"Um?"

Aspas hesitated for a second, then his expression changed drastically. He strode forward and began firing through the wall at his teammate's location marked on the small map.

Bang bang bang!

Loud.Aspas killed EDG.Raven.

He ended Su Ming's killing spree.

but.

The electronic voice that popped up from the system made Aspas's face turn sour.

—Clutch! (Clutch!)

The bag has been completely opened...

As professional players, they knew many tricks and immediately realized what Su Ming had done.

That's a very obscure technique.

A fake jump after unpacking.

By jumping and crouching while pressing the defuse button, you can create the false information that "the landing sound comes after the defuse sound".

The reason this technique is obscure is that it can almost only be used once per game. In casual games where discipline is lacking, no matter how well you feint, there's bound to be some idiots on the other side who will come out to take a look, making it extremely risky.

However, this trick has a much higher success rate when facing opponents who prefer to make safe decisions.

...psychologically, they were read.

What truly frustrated Aspas was the sudden change in the other party's style!

"How can there be such a player?"

0：4落后，输了EDG下把没钱，局面便会来到0：6。在这种关键分里，又遇到上丝血1v1的高压残局……

This fierce man, who had eliminated four and was left with only one, stopped his reckless pursuit of victory through marksmanship at the last moment and chose to win through strategy.

This contrast is like a masked, muscular man suddenly pulling off his mask to reveal a handsome and gentle face—it's incredibly striking.