Team Liquid are back after a decent run at the Major. Overall they have been a consistent team with potential to be a great contender for the upcoming tournaments.

Mirage

T- SIDE

Pistols:

Team Liquid run pretty simple pistols to either bombsites with a small amount of nades relying on their aim to get the round.

Gunrounds:

Liquid have a pretty straight forward approach to their Mirage T Side.

Their gunrounds got a similar start comparing to their anti-force rounds with 2 players taking care of any aggressive pushes in both ends of the map. NAF takes care of A and Twistzz takes care of B, these 2 players will gather info until the final call is made, after the other trio takes over mid.

The mid take over will be done between 1.40 and 1.10, depending if the enemy team is aggressive on mid.

Usually their first Gunround is a rush short with a smoke to cross without getting picked from Connector or Window. This is used as a first step to win ladder room and wait until NAF backs off from A and meet twistzz on B apps.

Liquid will use A to mix things up, an execution towards the A site will be the second strat in their pocket if they feel that they aren’t being successful on B.

Bombsite A will also be exploited mostly when their enemy team is low on economy or on a force buy.

Note: If Liquid lose an entry early in the round, they will most likely rotate to B apps and execute.

Note: While on force rounds expect them to run similar rounds to a pistol, with a rush B or a fast execute A. If they are on a full eco will stay between top mid and T-spawn.

Note2: If NAF continues to lurk on A while Liquid stay in mid it will be a wrap around towards the A site.

CT- SIDE

Pistols

Shows some previous study about the enemy team, so they will adapt considering what they know.

Force-buy:

Most likely a stack towards the A bombsite .

Gunrounds:

Possible positions of each player.

A- Elige (connector,window) , nitr0 (Shadow, ticket, window, connector), Twistz (Connector, shadow, ticket)

B- Taco ( B apps, Van, bench), NAF ( Ladder Room, Short, Backsite B)

Setup without an AWP:

If nitr0 finds himself with an SMG he will play close to palace or A Ramp, while twist plays ticket spotting for connector and finally elige will worry the most about boost on window and might help with connector

If nitr0 has a rifle he will start on window early round but quickly rotates either to ticket or B depending on the info they have. Elige maintains his position on connector and twistz stays ticket and Liquid might double the amount of players near the CT Area.

Setup with an awp:

The two most likely positions for nitr0 will be window and ticket. He follows the same path as if he had a rifle with an early rotation to B if NAF has the control of ladder room and TACO needs help. Now if nitr0 starts on Ticket booth and twistz takes a more forward position on the A site, either close to ramp or shadow. This is a pretty good tell if you have the awper on A since twistz rarely plays solo A outside ticketbooth.

Note1 : On a double Awp setup Taco picks it up and will play solo B as Liquid will pressure palace with NAF.

Note2: If nitr0 has a good spawn will take the chance and jump from window to short for an early entry with the awp.