How s1mple & B1T Won Navi the Most Important Rounds

In CSGO some rounds are more important than others purely because of the economy of both teams. Analysis of the 4 round swing rounds during the IEM Cologne Grand Final
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[@bernabus]

I like how competitive CS:GO has evolved from just shooting heads ingame, to also defeating your opponents mentally. Knowing what the opponents are planning and going to do is also key to winning games. Elma does a great job of showing us this in-depth.

[@merabalaraq45]

Astralis caused that result.Before Astralis, cs go teams used to play like they are in the mm.Astralis is the first cs go team that came up with having plan to every kill, every nade ,holding positions....

[@kilianfirebolt]

@@merabalaraq45 not really. They were most defenatly very good at it, but strategy was always a part of cs. I belive since 1.6 esports already

[@bernabus]

Look at ENCE breaking Astralis's nuke streak, they read Astralis like a book and knew exactly how they played

[@buddhapest]

CSGO is a *tactical* shooter as opposed to games like CoD

[@iinamaehoshiina]

​@@merabalaraq45 its more like teams with loose styles just happened to be winning back then. Astralis were the first team to win with the tactical style because big didnt have good players.

[@console6010]

bit is such a good player anyone should aspire to be like him a young player playing with legends

[@itsyaboiboozy7046]

B1t and Grim are doing insane

[@endmylife4526]

nice pfp bro

[@iamclydieCS]

@@endmylife4526 hahahaha

[@Jonathandetder]

@@itsyaboiboozy7046 grim?

[@itsyaboiboozy7046]

@@Jonathandetder a player in team liquid

[@hemmoz]

Elmapuddy I love your videos so much. They are detailed, informative and just overall entertaining keep up the great work!

[@SkyeDoesRJ]

Can't forget about the soothing aussie accent

[@LE-yn5pu]

this guy haha

[@SwadianKnight101]

@@SkyeDoesRJ not everyone here sounds like him unfortunately lol

[@4tCa4mzUPqRZZo]

Hey Elmapuddy, on the round that Hunter failed to plant. Was he reacting to electronic from ramp or was it s1mple opening the door? Saw some people argue that he couldn't plant because of electronic from ramp, and others saying he already got off the plant before electronic was a factor. Thoughts?

[@Paul-bt9dt]

he had to kill elec

[@srednualotbus3090]

Ye I think it was elec

[@36sufchan]

Was electronic, he peeked, hid and didn't give him the repeek for just one extra second, plus they didn't know about perfecto in control

[@xxtoxii9615]

nah gunter had time he reacted to simple

[@blaza1383]

@@xxtoxii9615 nono, electrnic shot at hunter and hid, then he came off the bomb

[@DonutL]

Perfectos 1v3 clutch was also important to get back of track

[@wallyy4331]

8:10 LMAOO showing that nexa team flashed on the final round at 15-14 of a esl final.... thats savage

[@SmirkyCS]

Damn that video was made quick. Nice video as well always man :D

[@kimi708]

Great analysis. Really love this kind of work rather than just focusing on flashy play highlights. This is what makes this game so great!!

[@Feanor916]

Only csgo related channel worth watching

[@tojotajahtaaja7896]

Yea but voo is on the ledge is he good or dogshit

[@hidingman3578]

Hawka is pretty good too

[@vinarot]

Launders?

[@DamienAlexander]

8:10 omg Nexa, this was a painful flash, with so much at stake.

[@dieheizungrumpelt8550]

0:00 voicecrack incoming

[@Elmapuddy]

Don't make fun of my "What"

[@dieheizungrumpelt8550]

@@Elmapuddy kzbin.info/www/bejne/iWiqe4SQp9p1kJo

[@kovam1234]

Niko runs out randomly on mid 1,5sec before smoke pops XD what a tilter

[@yuk4z3]

I dont’t think he tilted. He did that on purpose to surprise the enemy

[@charliesheen111]

@@yuk4z3 yeah he really surprised s1mple even he couldn't believe how lucky he got

[@DamienAlexander]

@@yuk4z3 It feels like a tilt to me too, seeing it live, he ran out and not even looking at any important corners before the smoke even bloomed.

[@d1want34]

Excited to watch this

[@charliesheen111]

8:10 was this flash supposed to land like that i mean did nexa fail the flash or amanek and niko should've turned around earlier when the flash was popping so they can't get blind? I can't really understand at the exact moment where you should be most focused because its the last round and you are basicaly rushing mid in order to either tie the game or lose the map and nexa fails a flash like that which actually cost them the map..

[@Elmapuddy]

I think it was just a timing thing, nexa was slow to leave spawn throwing a decoy on the floor to buy another nade which I think made his flash late so his teammates copped it

[@charliesheen111]

@@Elmapuddy thanks for answer mate

[@earthling_parth]

I haven't played CSGO in years but seeing this video showcasing the beautiful strategies employed by pros and other highlights of Cologne made me very nostalgic. Next weekend I'll fire up CSGO again to see how far in ranks I've fallen XD

[@sayidkariman2410]

More content like this , I've enjoyed this so much .

[@zing6825]

Navi angle managements so crisp!!!

[@daancaenen1235]

Could u maybe make a vid about all the ace's of IEM cologne. There were so many :D

[@Tophe]

Great content!

[@paulcharlesmorphy6427]

s1mple: ON MY WAY TO AMSTER!!

[@Rytech_Dev]

1 in their names #1 in the game

[@unicycle227]

awesome breakdown man

[@Elmapuddy]

Glad you liked it!

[@unicycle227]

@@Elmapuddy I'm here for everyone one, keep up the good work

[@keilinx]

Great analysis as usual

[@juanrestrepo2426]

B1t's performance is insane to be the new navi guy

[@lelyollo4926]

Navi is sick. Great video!

[@pushaanbangera6030]

I love how at 5:10 elec saves the smoke to keep simple alive for longer while at 6:05 simple peeks an awper for elec to do the same. Comrades♥️. So cs really isn't just about that p90 rush eh?

[@panhradu]

But in-game leader is BoombI4. He is the actual brain in the team. S1mple is insane frager and its nice to see B1t keep track with others but more than anything this was a team effort and crisp coordination.

[@KronicAus]

I’m sad that g2 got 3-0d but it was a good series regardless

[@petvr1813]

i love this so much

[@killerdubleshot6338]

Guys what's the name of 3 heart sticker on simples AWP graphite. It'll look dope on my printstream :)

[@randomboi1959]

The valentine papple-stopper

[@1_dvs_bstd]

Video suggestion: How Astralis are being competitive without having a dedicated awper in the current meta (Granted IEM Cologne saw them only play 5 matches with 2 losses)? G2 also has had many deep runs since kicking KennyS but Amanek is not the star awper that the team plays around.

[@jaccckky8978]

It is quite meaning less to analyze how s1mple play. The opponent knows what he is doing but still lose. 1:22 if I know my enemy don't have awp , I won't flash. 3:44 who can shoot back against an awp in that angle ? 11:25 I don't think he miss that smoke

[@jojodroid31]

What are you trying to say man? Doesn't make much sense.

[@jaccckky8978]

@@jojodroid31 You cannot replicate what he does when you dont have that kind of aim. You dont need to counter your opponent like that because your opponent dont have that kind of aim.

[@SerendipitousProvidence]

It's quite meaningless to analyze s1mple's play. The opponents seem to know what he's doing but to no avail.

[@Dremeister]

Love it, thanks for this

[@joshshanks7713]

sick video!

[@edenbeechey2037]

yola got here in 1 minute

[@K05Official]

0:00 We can’t let that voice crack slide can we

[@sowdersdidi7099]

Let's go baby csgo WOOOOOO

[@hayqalidham4116]

Good job man

[@falsem1nd]

it's a great video, and NaVi were showing excellent performance, but after listening to a russian-speaking commentators, they said that basically NaVi besides showing these great rounds, were also doing a lot of mistakes tactically, throughout the match, but because of very high-skilled individual performance, were taking rounds they weren't supposed to. Would be very interesting to see if you caught that, and watch a video about it.

[@josiahjohnson375]

Good stuff

[@trunggkien2361]

that damn gandalf box is wallbang-able so sad no one does so

[@ghost_ib9928]

It is but from a very narrow angle,you'd have to close in from the left edge on site to hit the guy behind it,and even then it's not alot of damage

[@trunggkien2361]

@@ghost_ib9928 i thought you could Bang the box with awp or scout from long or something

[@ghost_ib9928]

@@trunggkien2361 yes it's possible,but the whole box can't be wall banged,only the left edge,there's a famous get-right clutch where he kills a guy in last second with AWP wall bang on box,you can see he aims for the edge

[@Fudgedunker]

This s1mple guy is pretty good

[@re1konn]

If flusha was the incoming T, he would have spammed s1mple around Gandalf through the smoke. Ez pz

[@Bankmumric]

B1T is insane

[@TheMeatballEnthusiast]

I hear CoL is looking for a coach ;)

[@kachelstacktus]

Id like to give some feedback for future videos. I usually watch them while eating, so I have to look at my food from time to time. However, the way you explain plays make them quite hard to follow, if you arent looking on the screen in that moment. The main problems are words like "this" and "here". You mostly show the relevant scene and tell us that the player goes "here" or does "this" rotation. It would be super helpfull if you could use callouts more often. Something like "S1mple rotates through vents" instead of "through here". This would be unnoticable if you just watch the video with your full attention, but would make it a lot easier to follow if you cant look at the screen constantly.

[@ethanblack5642]

I comment to help statistics

[@Elmapuddy]

Thankyou kindly!

[@ethanblack5642]

@Elmapuddy only fur the best content creators 🧡 i really enjoy the way you break down rounds and you explaining process!

[@calyx12397]

b1t playstyle is kind of the same as s1mple tbh, hes baiting alot and very patient

[@edz2692]

yall dk what is baiting lol

[@philcox3419]

nexa's flash lost them the round no lie

[@csgohouse6094]

*NAVI amazing*

[@HendraAnggrian]

S1mple has repeatedly dropped the smoke in that particular location in A bomb site, why not just spam him?

[@IINEXUSGAMERII]

He can be anywhere behind that smoke, or not behind the smoke at all and we see that he wasn't because was stood an angle away from it to use if he needs to fall back. We often forget that during a high pressure tournament like this, they're also focussing a lot of energy on the other 4 potential CTs and not just s1mple. Spamming him can force reloads even without a kill and then hyper aggressive plays from navi to punish the low ammo opponents. Booml4 also tried to make a play on short so they immediately turned attention to him as well to get the trade. They have no idea where electronic is, they know s1mple is tucked in Gandalf with nobody with an angle to kill him without being traded which is important because of the time to plant. That wallbang from s1mple was unpredictable af

[@michaelgoldsmith9359]

Bit delusional about that awp kill onto amanek hardly a free kill at all S1mples instant and amanek was still very very close to winning They saw each other at the same time s1mple had slightly better crosshair placement by millimetres and managed to make it work but ive seen that foght go the other way plenty of times

[@calyx12397]

hunter and niko is the only good player on g2 everyone is just bot, jackz is just playing like a crackhead on entries amanek and nexa are mediocres

[@nihalguron97]

Pls dont go to valorant

[@obesespringroll3997]

He has said he'll continue to do both

[@sannidhyabalkote9536]

He'll do both Good for everybody