Mid Round: How Astralis Full Eco'd MIBR in Katowice

[@subeg]

Astralis after watching this video: Ahhh, this is what we have been doing.

[@RavenValkyrie]

Ye.. yeah... That totally was the plan

[@frelted6744]

peroh wouldnt you in their situation?

[@frelted6744]

peroh yes. the comment you replied to was saying astralis must find it funny all the people who analyse astralis's games, and you basically just reply with "yeah but astralis do the same thing". as if theres no reason why astralis analysing demos makes more sense than a bunch of youtubers doing it.

[@pseudo2898]

@@frelted6744 wait what? You completely missed the point of this comment as well. This comment was a joke about Astralis not intending for this to happen but after watching this video realizing their genius.

[@Pedro-ho2xj]

Astralis taking notes on themselves

[@iplay240p2]

Dupreeh misclicks accidentally the entire community: he did that shot to bait out one player that force rotates another player onto B site which creates only 1 player on a site so that the last player can get an entry frag

[@hmmmyes4443]

Fr

[@starvinq6174]

he peeks taco if he killed him magisk would had gotten tacos ak that was the plan he missclicked and magisk got fers ak so magisk would have pushed anyway

[@linaetlinda5832]

Lmaooo

[@ploopy45]

that would be op if he did it and it actually worked. like if someone needs to get past an enemy and their teammate shoots, alerting an enemy guarding site to move in on him, making another enemy rotate to site to guard, giving the original guy time to move

[@fearorlive]

Nah, the plan is for him to kill taco and he and magisk would get an ak and they both now take mid control and hold mibr to playing t ramp or pushing banana just like they did anyway. But that's the best case scenario

[@anashaddad9144]

Astralis are just too damn good man. And thanks to creators like you, we can appreciate just how good and smart they really are.

[@1vidd627]

anas haddad also elmapuddy is smart, most people wouldnt notice that these plays are good

[@Sujay95]

Astralis had a bit of luck on their side imo. Taco missed magisk coming out of the gutter by a second, coldzera was planting the bomb in the open. But they showed great presence of mind to boost xyp9x up to get the kill on coldzera seeing that the time was low on the clock.

[@swapode]

@@Sujay95 Of course luck plays a role, it always does. But a good gameplan is an attempt to nudge luck into your favor. And that's what Astralis excels at, particularly on inferno. It seems they have a plan for every scenario and often make even unfortunate events, like an early pick, work in their favor.

[@Sujay95]

@@swapode Yeah I liked the fact that they didn't just throw the round just because it was a full eco but pushed to get something out of it. Not many teams have that elite mentality. Astralis is probably the only one rn. Fortune favors the brave.

[@sodaking6858]

@@Sujay95 they are already the favorite to win in Berlin in July

[@Zelein]

People who say Astralis plays boring CS has a very poor grasp on the game. Their tactics, teamwork and decisionmaking is what makes them so formidable.

[@justmordred]

Zel The Viking I mean, you’re not wrong, but at the same time I can’t agree with your argument. In my opinion, astralis is my favourite team but regardless I rarely watch their games due to finding them not “Boring” but one-sided if that makes any sense. I believe what people mean with “Boring CS” is in fact just “Too Dominant” At least back during the earlier stages of CS:GO there was always a formidable opponent, an “Immovable object” for each “unstoppable force”, I hope my opinion shed some light on things >_

[@stedxd]

@@justmordred aka virtus pro, thorin did an article on it: www.vpesports.com/csgo/thorins-take-csgo-needs-a-virtus-pro/

[@aniqshardin]

they are the jose mourinho's team of cs.they win things but boring to watch

[@JoJocccc]

They feel bored it’s bcuz Astralis always winning

[@toreshimada]

@@justmordred Your family is fat btw

[@rubemarjunior6661]

as a mibr fan, this round made me so tilted that I closed the stream for a minute to recover

[@KeiwaM]

Bro, I remember those times back in the FNATIC era.. Was watching this team under the TSM name, choking and being utterly destroyed by Fnatic. Heads up, it will come to an end at some point.

[@Kallozation]

@@KeiwaM Only difference is the roster is changed since then. And people learn & do progress. Sure it will and has to come to an end at some point, but it wont be by choking, people wake up and realise the work they need to put in. Astralis opened up for a new pro scene of CS.. 2 Majors from now, Astralis will have a hard time :)

[@KeiwaM]

@@Kallozation That was not the point of the comment you idiot.

[@iltear]

@@KeiwaM I'm pretty sure calling someone an idiot after he made an inoffensive comment is a bad thing..

[@lukanieminen2915]

ラスマスKeiwaM ez4ence

[@Vijver]

This right here shows the beauty of CS. An eco, where teams usually don't have that much of a plan, just discuss your options and stuff. But Astralis has a plan for ecos as well, taking those risks to see if the pay off, and in this case they absolutely did. One bit of feedback I'd like to give: maybe it'd be nice if you showed us the entire round until the end before analysing it.

[@bryan.anthony]

Nah I like the element of surprise.

[@adyammarprimadi8806]

if you are want to watch the entire round, go to other channel that have the full replay. you already knew the game is

[@pascal7044]

at the end tho i would appreciate it as well

[@Vijver]

@@bryan.anthony I get that. I do think it'd be better and maybe a bit easier to break down the round if we already know what happens beforehand.

[@Vijver]

@@pascal7044 Yeah that's an option as well. Currently the outro only shows the frags of the round, which I guess is good enough.

[@yourbrother26]

5:13 *FalleN has 22/0 bullets left* I think this is going to be a good meta. If you know your opponents are on eco, you should drain the bullets until you have one mag left. With that, even if you got killed, your enemies will be left with less bullets and your team can push them knowing that the rifle picked up can only kill 1.

[@mega4488]

Pro's can kill people with an ak reliably with less than 11 bullets.

[@yourbrother26]

@@mega4488 if you read what i said, i explained that if you die (or the entry fragger for most cases) your team can push confidently knowing the enemy who picked up the weapon with less bullets can only kill one or two. He can't even spray down because he will conserve ammo. Not all pros can do one taps. Even Niko, ScreaM, S1mple cannot do one taps every round.

[@sulphurous2656]

I love it how crafty MM strats are catching pros completet off guard.

[@aaartivaidya677]

@@yourbrother26 what are u even saying 1 or 2 kills are lot in such cases

[@bosphon]

What if he needs more mags in case he doesnt die? Such a strat is risky especially when your opponents are at a disadvantage

[@Skyline_7]

5:13 All are you worried about is strats no one's Wondering what Fallen did with his 90 reserve bullets

[@imik2k]

Lol

[@kingdweeb5065]

He sprayed from bridge into apts and probably some other common wallbangs :)

[@Sonnenkrieger]

Yep he spammed walls hoping to get something. Knowing astralis would be saving and hoping they dont buy armor. If you do this in a pub game, you'd be labeled a hacker.

[@yourbrother26]

I think this is going to be a good meta. If you know your opponents are on eco, you should drain the bullets until you have one mag left. With that, even if you got killed, your enemies will be left with less bullets and your team can push them knowing that the rifle picked up can only kill 1.

[@m-yday]

yourbrother26 that’s actually an extremely good point!

[@jaaptendijk7192]

I remember this round... That magisk timing on taco won the round... and the momentum, that's how narrow CS games are

[@dan-us6nk]

One word: "Brilliant." Two words: "absolutely perfection" Eight Words: "Tf am learnin in school these days"

[@FinMcMurder]

Hahhahahahhahah

[@rushik5807]

7:27 such a nice glove 👌

[@HachimanYT7]

Wooooooom

[@medicat6494]

That's why they won the match, he fuckin got felps 👌

[@omniousw988]

The green ones are gross wth

[@hogi2842]

Omg u got me

[@ratata3434]

The last moments in the round was definitely gla1ve's callings, he called for the boost, he called Magisk to kill the planter as the info came in. Just a great IGL.

[@mrglazz6831]

i don't know man, this video just pop up on my homepage every once in a month

[@VorakDesigns]

Great analysis! You did an outsanding job of explaining everything!

[@vernie7882]

It’s absolutely BONKERS to me how in this round basically every player was like a chess piece that had one job and moved in unison according to the events that happened PERFECTLY.

[@ThexVeiiNz]

loved the subtle editing/transitions makes the commentary very coherent

[@shadoninja]

This is my favorite video from you so far! You took a round that people would probably have considered blind luck and instead broke it down into a series of calculated risks taken by Astralis. Incredibly good work here!

[@chris4824]

That was really enjoyable! Love the long play of a single round really gives some insight you wouldn't be able to share anywhere else!

[@JohnIdlewood]

This reminds me literature lessons: Teacher: what did the author mean using this expression? He meant... The Author: I don't know - sounds good.

[@gabrielgodoi4565]

That was demoralizing for mibr

[@anversailles]

Hell I'm an Astralis fan and I FELT DEMORALIZED for MIBR. That was insane.

[@zzid9110]

Thank you for making me appreciate this game even more

[@pykeselslayer]

This is ten percent luck Twenty percent skill Fifteen percent concentrated power of will Five percent pleasure Fifty percent pain And a hundred percent reason to remember the name

[@lowrezadminqq6295]

No Majors Club Legend right here

[@pykeselslayer]

@josh ThE FucKiNG CrINGe LOl

[@benedictly1571]

@@grumpymonk6066 lmfao

[@lew3813]

crinnnnnggeee lmao

[@Rosemaker_]

no one knows this is a lyrics for a song

[@Ellie-qv4pu]

Never in my life would i missed the 4 year reign of Astralis. At first it was boring, the team was on every finals and beating every prime team. But today seeing this is nostalgic.

[@JM-ic9yx]

Love the analysis, your videos were really helpful when I started playing cs and I continue to enjoy them

[@medalzz]

Coldzera made the mistake of planting to an angle that wasn't covered by Fallen imo.

[@sk8rissk8in]

my guess is he didnt want to plant in an area magisk could take both fallen and cold out if he pushed while cold was planting.

[@mukeka1337]

That is incorrect. Fallen made the mistake of covering the wrong angle. Cold should have planted behind fountain because Felps had ruins and Fallen should have covered CT. But hindsight is always 20/20.

[@KeiwaM]

@@mukeka1337 But when Felps has ruins, why would FalleN watch CT, knowing there is a threat from Banana with an AK? In this case, you have to prioritize, the likelyhood of someone walking through a smoke is low and mibr simply wasn't expecting a peak over the smoke like that.

[@ShaDe2301]

@@mukeka1337 I'm a noob here but maybe plant closer to coffins? Covered from CT, covered by fallen and also covered by the other guy

[@jundi4865]

@@ShaDe2301 and then magisk can kill him, with few bullets, and give astralis information where the rest of enemy are

[@mrglazz6831]

never bored watching this from time to time... love this teamplay from astralis

[@fahrudinomerbasic5831]

Astralis watching: Yeah.. Thas was totally the plan

[@zachariaskontogiannis5656]

CS at it's finest. Thank you Astralis ❤️

[@dienzer9098]

The amount of planning goes into every desicion in this game, is unparalleled

[@hectichemroid5863]

I really enjoy your content aye. The way you analyse plays is pure genius. Might be simple for you but for a silver III, it helps me understand how to make plays and what not.

[@TR-qf2gt]

definitely

[@gaithzabian9491]

Astralis gonna be in future a great heists planners 😂😂 for real.

[@RealityCheck6969]

It is so nice that someone explains what is happening. Whenever I watch these pro plays the camera is moving to quickly, everything is happening to quickly and I don't understand anything of what is happening.

[@sebastiangallegoceba]

I love these NFL Films style of watching “tape” it teaches good game sense.

[@vividxjn]

This is awesome content dude! Please make more like this!

[@greetingsfrompaul]

Now this is what I call game sense

[@Chiaros]

I like how you made a compromise between your call-out for "connector" and the general "construction" by just calling it "con" :D

[@HuzairiHalim]

We need more videos like this explaining how they win a round.

[@ianmurphy4638]

“a calculated lucky guess”

[@seifyk]

Mibr spent a long time taking B against a known eco there. Astralis did well, but to say Mibr did nothing wrong is a big stretch.

[@travischin2956]

they might have been expecting a stack at b since they only got info quite late in the round at a

[@ajayjha5899]

Beautifully explained

[@k.esha.v]

Great analysis. Astralis is simply the best team that has ever been in the pro scene of csgo.

[@sjonks7256]

Marcus Fanning You sound like a biased envy fanboy. If you can’t appreciate what Astralis is doing, then you’re delusional.

[@aidantruax9716]

@Marcus Fanning They are the best TEAM in the world, but not the best players. Their team play is what makes them devastating to play against, the plays they do revolve around every player doing the right thing, not every player having the best aim.

[@jaysunzow]

Marcus Fanning device dupreeh and magisk r easily better right now than shox kenny and nbk where back then this astralis would curb stomp every single team thrown at them theres a reason that the astralis/tsm/dignitas core have been to the quarters or better of every single major except one where tf are any of the french players now

[@gnolihz]

I cant even remember when envyus dominate cs go pro scene 🤣

[@TR-qf2gt]

@Marcus Fanning the thing is, Astralis aren't passive. they're aggressive only when they need/have to. if you're looking for highlight reels, watch replay VODs or watch FPL. if you want wins, watch Astralis.

[@r0z3d]

I never appreciated this round that much till I saw this video. Thanks Elmapuddy for your content - its truly appreciated and is of extremely high standard. My hat off,

[@MRjohnRAMBO1100]

Very nice analysis of stellar strategy Shows how all those practice comes into place, when facing an unlikely situation, the routine and discipline into execution is assisted by the momentum of fortune. Too bad you can't really pull this off without 4 mates working perfectly together and trusting each other

[@_KBM]

The way Astralis play and the way you analyze is totally God level

[@JackHawkin5]

Awesome analysis, I loved the insights you made and the way you did it from either perspective for each individual play. I would have loved to see the entire round played out in realtime at the end though!

[@nartouthere]

i miss your videos, come back elma

[@mazplus7382]

Just play the full clip first without any pauses then start explaining after

[@metafelle]

he was analyzing it, not showing us the clip, if you're watching these analyze-type videos you should watch the full match first.

[@chellinhu]

Felps threw the round by ignoring his teammate planting the bomb desperately with 8 seconds on the round

[@jojiriver627]

The mind behind the Strat was too damn genius

[@UncleBenjs]

Mate I love your videos, probably the most valuable csgo content on youtube. You could really charge for this kind of info and breakdowns.

[@ruiqem]

It's ludicrous that majority criticize the major as boring when their own matches are worse.

[@dorukayhanwastaken]

@@leolego2 Twitch chat relentlessly yeeting shit at every loss by any team as if their Gold Nova brains can understand what pros are thinking.

[@flickerduck3495]

@@dorukayhanwastaken until now the chat still not growing up

[@ArtFiendz]

such an insane round. i enjoyed your breakdown.

[@LucasONeill-mj3rz]

You were in my recommended, I like Astralis so I decided to watch this, I'm now subscribed and am going to watch more of your videos

[@TheDz1991]

First video I've watched of yours, well put together and excellent commentary.

[@_nag]

Your explanation is insanely good

[@J_vb]

Thx yt recommendations for bringing me here ❤ Loved the analysis, well done!

[@angeleyes4459]

*EZ LIKES*

[@mansisarwankar5111]

Lamo 🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@elliottcharlesreed]

My friends shoulda rushed B men

[@elliottcharlesreed]

And they were missing avP

[@lexloser3838]

i kinda agree with that, i think a bunch of silvers with p90s would easily win this round

[@ozzy_6779]

@@lexloser3838 pretty much lol...pro teams over think eco rounds sometimes and go too slow and end up getting picked one by one.

[@disgruntledtraveler]

What a great breakdown. Very well explained m8 good on you for that.

[@nathan8142]

Now THIS is the type of content the Cs community needs

[@imjuandering779]

This era of dominance will certainly end we all know that but the history Astralis made already and still making will always be remembered.

[@N0N5T0P]

Taco had the right idea by shuffling away the AK, but he stopped too early. There was enough time to throw it over the edge of the map.

[@baconpancakez]

Can't believe you made an 8 minute video making a demo on 1 round. Impressive

[@MisterChappy]

love how you carry us gently through the video with that lovely voice of yours. cheers.

[@gcampos77]

Gayyyy

[@MisterChappy]

grow up

[@gcampos77]

@@MisterChappy you cant just tell someone to grow up mate. Thats not how it works. Simple biology

[@gcampos77]

@@MisterChappy and still gayyyyy

[@swapode]

I think one aspect that might be interesting to look into is the death of gla1ve in this round. While he didn't certainly want to die instantly, I don't think it was an accident either. He saw two players at the banana entrance and could fully concentrate on putting the mental image together and orchestrate the next actions. In a sense the information was worth more than being alive.

[@BaconMags]

swapode you could say the same about Xyp3x at the end of the round :)

[@swapode]

​@@BaconMags Yeah, but I think that was covered pretty well. And gla1ve is the IGL, being dead might give him more mental capacity to focus on the strategy.

[@BaconMags]

Ah right I see what you mean :) you’re right

[@MM-tm5ev]

You can appreciate the strategy of theirs that they are not just playing they want to win

[@wdupcake]

100% agree with ur analysis 100% dead on. Love your work.

[@Pe_Ter]

Very nice quality video and very nice analysis.

[@ryanokura6069]

Dupreeh’s casehardend talon looks weird

[@forsaturn4629]

God: How much skills do you want? Astralis: yes

[@teme9132]

stfu

[@surajkushwah3221]

ME silver watching this intensely like ...hmmmm

[@kishyyy4858]

Probably one of the smartest plays in CS

[@foureyed1817]

This type videos is amazing, I really hope there will be more of these.

[@MargaretSpintz]

great analysis! would have never seen all these subtleties.

[@Ghanemq8]

really felt like a chess move, a queen sacrifice to get the bomb planter, and winning by having a single defenceless pawn alive.

[@mukuldev5162]

I love these elaborative videos, keep making such videos 🖤

[@lind3m4nn37]

Astralis is just on another level

[@JustusS2036]

Awesome analysis!

[@lukazmak1957]

It is funny that in 99% silvers would win this round (as MIBR). Sometimes you can just rush and overrun them when you know the other side is on full eco and you are fully equiped.

[@jmj7543]

But with this high level of cs with good communocation MIBR knows that astralis will play with usp or with light guns such as pistols so it's possible that they will like stack b or a site. And every ak or good gun that MIBR loses is heartbreking bc with the new meta and new money system loser team gets money much as loser team. Hope my english wasn't too bad.

[@dashengel2324]

just wanna say this was a great video 👏🏻

[@tryhardfruite365]

i felt like i was taking an lecture from a professor

[@Shrikyun]

for a second there, this round became closer to a chess round rather than a csgo round

[@JEYPICK]

Nice round

[@marrrrrk]

Hey Chris, I think you did a particularly good job on this vid. I've been watching your content for quite some time, and while the raw information is always on point, sometimes your narrative structure and editing can be a bit jumbled and confusing (the foibles of the demo viewer notwithstanding). This piece is very well thought out and put together in a way that it both conveys the story of the round and the tactics behind it, and is also easy to follow and digest. Nice work.

[@DanielStarnowski]

One thing - Device in the end is NOT running to CT resp to hide. He has 0 bullets - so he is running to the resp position to take Dupreeh's USP ;).

[@klemenpodgorsek7220]

Awesome breakdown!!

[@abdenacerfodil2546]

Now i realised that their is a big gap for the road to be pro . And not rushing with p90 will solve everything.

[@NapalmNarcissus]

Astralis planning every match like a bank robbery and coming away with all the fucking cash

[@dr0ne]

The big mistake was of MIBR, if they rushed b when they killed the first player, could won the round. Bads calls and much respect to Astralis

[@SunsetSounds23]

Somewhere in between, TACO had 69420 kills on his AK-47 very nice!

[@mallock8529]

MIBR be like: we did the best we could with the knowledge we had.

[@kingpisang7855]

Thanks bro. This is so cool

[@svensvensson6705]

Astralis after watching this. Yeah that's actually what thought when we won that round.

[@namhel]

Really nice video!

[@cl8804]

I think Ts should have left a player on Banana, to deny the AK and hold off the entry

[@tah3460]

That's very dangerous when you know the banana flank is so far away. Then you have a 2v2 on site and 1v1 on banana. If they push, then they have 3vs2 and CTs have to retake. So T's have both weapon and defense advantage. Bad plant / bad cover imo. Always be careful against eco's. What you don't have in firepower usually is made up for in risktaking. Pushing through smokes is common and they should've predicted as much.

[@francescomancetti8327]

T AH exactly. and then when one T plants the bomb, the other one would have to cover CT and construction by himself. playing 3 B got them construction control but i'm surprised fallen didnt plant behind the fountain to get a bit more cover, even if he would have go down, maybe he would have had the time to plant

[@ozzy_6779]

@@tah3460 cold picked the worst spot to plant

[@manuelgogeissl]

When mibr plant on the default spot directly in the corner at coffins they get the plant through and win the round. Such mistakes have to be punished.

[@OBillybob94]

Mibr lost for themselves. They made it easy for Astralis. And it was not the first time they lost for an eco usp round. It happens all the time with them. I do not know why, but it is happening with frequence.

[@TheTinnin]

So I wanted to take you guys back to the maaayja

[@redlxrd]

How Astralis won a full eco'd round cause its their own map baby I have never seen any team so strong on inferno

[@gavin4056]

this was a really good video :)

[@jairuslol]

the fan faction of this round explanation is ridonculous :DDDD dude I know you gotta make "content" but I mean LMAO