CSGO: Learn from the world’s pro

The ELEAGUE Major: Boston was a memorable three-week experience in CS:GO. The most exciting event in the New Champions round, with many eye-catching matches to watch.

One of the most interesting matches in the playoffs was the match between Natus Vincere and Quantum Bellator Fire, in the quarterfinals on January 26. NaVi won against QB.F quite easily, but the score is not what people talk about. On the CT Mirage side, Egor “flamie” Vasilev broke two new CS:GO records: most kills in a single round at the Major and most kills in a LAN round, reaching 32 frags in 15 rounds. To understand more what is happening, let’s take a look at what happened to analyze this record together.

Master the star/connector area

In those 15 rounds, stairs/connector is the area where flamie eats a lot of frags. Usually playing with electronics at bombsite A, flamie makes good use of the stairs and the area directly below. Sometimes he moves to the connector when QB Fire puts pressure on mid.

Although he only managed to get four lives thanks to the enemy round force-buy flamie, this is a great example of how he always reacts when his teammates need help on the map. Edward was overwhelmed in mid, so flamie snuck through the connector to save Edward by killing a QB Fire player and then pushing again, while the opponent was still confused about where to watch. Later, when s1mple was having a hard time at A, flamie returned to help his AWPer, albeit a bit late, and helped the team finish the round with two more kills for himself. The connector area is very important in Mirage: it is one of the main areas that CT will have to defend against pressure from mid, and is often used to keep T from Palace, sometimes ramps. Flamie knows exactly where he needs to be in the round, and this is NaVi’s real weapon.

Although flamie was the second AWPer on the team and was good at using the gun, he only used the AWP for one round in that round. And in that round, he showed how good of a gunner he is, no less than the rifle that flamie used to hold. In the stars position, flamie peeked A ramp and flicked on the enemy before going blind, helping him win a frag before retreating to stop being blind. After that, he appeared a second time, a third time, and with each time it was a gunfight to take down QBF. When he fell, the mission was complete. Thanks to his A, flamie helped the team win that round.

Flamie was the key to successfully defending A at Mirage against QB.Fire, and more specifically, he was very good at never pushing too hard when attacking or under pressure. When smoke flies in, he calmly looks for holes, but won’t make a fuss if he can’t find any. He played according to his position and left QB.F awkward for the rest of the half.

World class support

Of course, flamie’s 32 kills didn’t come from him alone, but also from two other players on the team, who helped him achieve this record thanks to his very good assists: s1mple and electronic . In many rounds, you can see that flamie’s continuous kills can only be achieved by teammates distracting the opponent for him, or sacrificing to give flamie an advantage.

In this clip, the flamie plays near the A ramp at the sandwich, a position that once discovered can only die later, as it is nearly impossible to escape. However, flamie turned QBF’s ramp eco push into 4 more lives for him. This was only possible thanks to NaVi’s good standing positions, with electronic standing behind the triplebox, ready to bounce back when the flamie started firing and capture QB Fire in a pincer position. Here’s what happened, when both NaVi members peeked out from behind the flash to deal with the QBF. Attacks from both sides become too annoying for QBF, but the most important point is that if electronic is no longer in his position to attract QB.Fire’s attention, the opponent will definitely shift the weight. focus on flamie, where he has a very high chance of being killed

The next clip shows s1mple playing in area A with flamie to help him use the AWP. s1mple’s keen eye on the A ramp allowed the flamie to successfully defend in the under palace area. This position is often difficult to play because of the possibility of getting killed from behind by T, when you don’t have vision of your opponent. The presence of s1mple gave flamie the confidence to handle. It’s just a small change, but it’s produced some of the rare hits in this position from flamie. As Boombl4 begins to circle the palace area, you can see the power in this angle, as the flamie quickly kills him from mid-air: the QBF player didn’t think he would have to check where the flamie was standing. After that frag, the flamie hid under the palace and continued to live after combining his gunfight with the AWP from s1mple, preventing T from flooding the flamie. Flamie won’t have a way out if s1mple doesn’t excellently protect him from behind.

It was flamie’s day, and he was also the most impressive player at the time, but this wouldn’t have been possible without the smooth coordination with teammates to side with his fearsome rifle.

flamie’s patience and his standing

flamie has shown absolute patience and the ability to suppress his urge to push. This not only benefits his team as it reduces the chances of him dying prematurely and forces the members to spread out. In addition, it also helps him get a few favorable positions to watch. Hard to believe, CS:GO’s all-time record for kills was broken by a patient player who cared more about the team’s overall results than individual stats.

Take the clip above as an example. flamie waited 70 seconds without hearing any movement from side A before pushing the ramp. Some players were able to find information earlier when the enemy was nowhere to be seen – and the opponent was actually waiting for them to fall into this trap. But flamie was careful when checking. When the round continued, QB.Fire wanted to split and push into A, wanted to create a pincer position on the bombsite from the palace and connector. The attack should have gone smoothly, but QB.Fire lost control of the ramp and paid a great price: flamie raided two QB.Fire members with a headshot, before killing the remaining opponent in the area. stairs, completely extinguishing the attack phase.

The record-setting player once again received a well-deserved reward for his patience, having to watch out for A alone. Again, the QB Fire doesn’t make any noises or throw any grenades at A, however, the flamie remains vigilant and is never tempted to push for information. More than a minute of the round passed, he changed position from CT spawn to default plant on A. A small change like that makes a huge difference. As he did so, two QB Fire members moved from the A ramp, ignoring the possibility that there might be one on the site. Flamie looked up and saw Boobl4 passing through the tetris without even looking at the site. A lot of players pushed into enemy territory looking for information or retreating somewhere – like the jungle – but flamie’s patience helped pocket a frag.

These tackles made flamie’s track record even more impressive. He never went hunting to get 32 ​​frags in 15 rounds. He plays smart, always plays for A – only drops A round or two – and never engages in foolish pushes for extra lives. He broke records while playing for his teammates, which is commendable.

Knowing where flamie plays and how he helps his team in the connector/stairs area, Na`Vi works as a team to win rounds. His unpretentiousness, his calm demeanor and the lack of adverse gunfights set this record for the flamie. However, this is not a team that can match Na`Vi’s skill, but with an average of more than 2 kills per round indicating that this is not easy, and the performance on Mirage map by the side flamie CT will forever be a prime example of this player’s melancholy ability, worthy of being half of what makes Counter-Strike.

Let’s take a look at flamie’s record-breaking journey from his perspective: