CSGO star s1mple explains why he\u2019s giving up the AWP StarLadder \/ ValveNatus Vincere star Oleksandr \u2018s1mple\u2019 Kostyliev has spoken to HLTV about why he\u2019s giving up the AWP and going back to rifling. If there is any player in the world that can easily swap between roles in Counter-Strike, it\u2019s s1mple. Named the best player in the world in 2018, the Ukranian superstar has always shone in bright lights, no matter the team he is on or the weapon in his hands. He\u2019s made a name for himself with his deadly precision with the AWP, but in an interview with HLTV on September 23, he\u2019s described how he\u2019s going to give it all up with the latest rendition of Na`Vi. The Ukranian superstar described the impact of Ladislav \u2018GuardiaN\u2019 Kov\u00e1cs\u2019 return to Na`Vi on the team structure. Read more: The s1mple question – The former AWPer left in 2017 amid rumors of infighting, which forced s1mple onto the AWP for the Ukranian squad. However, with GuardiaN back from his stint on FaZe Clan, s1mple was asked to swap back onto rifles \u2013 something he happily obliged in. \u201cWith our new coach, B1ad3, he asked me if I want to keep playing with the sniper and I told him, as I always say, if there was going to be a better sniper, a real sniper, of course I was going to give him the AWP,\u201d he said. GuardiaN is considered one of the best in the world in terms of wielding the green stick, having dominated the early days of CSGO on Na`Vi. A pure sniper at heart, he is a more than apt replacement for the Ukranian superstar. \u201c(GuardiaN) knows how to use this weapon, he has the most experience out of anyone,\u201d he said. \u201cSo he knows how to win and I\u2019m confident in his sniper skills.\u201d Rifles aren\u2019t new to s1mple. The talented player used to be chucked on the AK-47 and M4A4 on teams gone by, and the role gave him more freedom which he is looking forward to reclaiming. Read more: PashaBiceps overthrows analyst desk – \u201cI feel confident with rifles, I wanted this before, there is more freedom when you play as a rifler,\u201d he said. You can hide in a smoke, you can use all your nades, you can easily trade \u2013 I think it is going to work for our team. \u201cBefore, I practiced all the weapons, and even when I was the main AWP I was kind of a hybrid player. Now I\u2019m just going to focus on my positions.\u201d s1mple\u2019s role in Na`Vi will shift towards more of a secondary AWPer role, picking it up when the team requires another experienced hand on the gun. \u201cI\u2019m going to play as the secondary sniper so I\u2019m still going to pick it up sometimes,\u201d he said. Na`Vi\u2019s first major event with their new line up will be at DreamHack Masters Malm\u00f6, which starts on October 1.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
CSGO star s1mple explains why he\u2019s giving up the AWP StarLadder \/ ValveNatus Vincere star Oleksandr \u2018s1mple\u2019 Kostyliev has spoken to HLTV about why he\u2019s giving up the AWP and going back to rifling. If there is any player in the world that can easily swap between roles in Counter-Strike, it\u2019s s1mple. Named the best […]<\/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-38878","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38878","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=38878"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38878\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=38878"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=38878"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=38878"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}