CSGO star Tarik weighs in on \u201coverpowered\u201d Krieg meta Counter-Strike: Global Offensive is in the middle of a power struggle with the prominence of the SG 553, more commonly known as the Krieg, and Evil Geniuses superstar Tarik \u2018tarik\u2019 Celik thinks it\u2019s time to adapt. The T-sided rifle has been at the center of mixed opinions since its rise in popularity across the casual and competitive CSGO scene. It\u2019s short-to-long range capabilities, along with its single shot to the head kill potential, has made it extremely useful to buy into. Though it might be a bit too effective seeing as a ton of pros have been calling for a nerf to the scoped rifle \u2013 splitting public perception on the weapon\u2019s need for an update. In an interview with VPGAME (published by VPESPORTS), the 2018 Boston Major MVP gave his thoughts on the Krieg, saying that it\u2019s influence on the meta is just something people are going to have to get used to. \u201cIn my opinion, it\u2019s the meta right now so everyone has to adjust and everyone has an equal chance to use whatever is available,\u201d Tarik told VPGAME. The EG star said that teams need to \u201cplay with what you\u2019re given\u201d and the rifle\u2019s uptick in use simply means more people need to adapt to the playfield. Pros were reluctant to try out the rifle back when an October 2018 update made slight adjustments and gave it a reduced cost to rival the AK-47. But the weapons slow rise has been highlighted by the gun\u2019s scoping ability and instant kill pressure that it puts on the other team. Players like Gabriel \u2018FalleN\u2019 Toledo, Richard \u2018shox\u2019 Papillon, Jonathan \u2018EliGE\u2019 Jablonowski and more have expressed the need for a nerf to the weapon in some capacity. With that in mind, Tarik suggested putting a slightly higher price point for the weapon to at least give the T-side something to mull over instead of having two one-shot headshot weapons readily available in their starting arsenal. \u201cI think the common thing in the community right now is everyone is saying it\u2019s a little overpowered and it probably is the case,\u201d he said. \u201cSo maybe increasing the money on it would probably help.\u201d Putting a bigger dent in the T-side economy could be an even trade-off for a rifle that\u2019s been dominating the CSGO landscape, but it remains to be seen what Valve decide to do about the Krieg, and whether the \u2018over-powered\u2019 weapon will receive a nerf.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
CSGO star Tarik weighs in on \u201coverpowered\u201d Krieg meta Counter-Strike: Global Offensive is in the middle of a power struggle with the prominence of the SG 553, more commonly known as the Krieg, and Evil Geniuses superstar Tarik \u2018tarik\u2019 Celik thinks it\u2019s time to adapt. The T-sided rifle has been at the center of mixed […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-37905","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37905","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=37905"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37905\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=37905"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=37905"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=37905"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}