{"id":2024,"date":"2019-12-03T12:13:09","date_gmt":"2019-12-03T12:13:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ginx.tv\/krieg-conundrum-rise-fall-sg553"},"modified":"2024-07-21T09:15:17","modified_gmt":"2024-07-21T09:15:17","slug":"krieg-conundrum-rise-fall-sg553","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ginx.tv\/en\/cs-go\/krieg-conundrum-rise-fall-sg553","title":{"rendered":"The Krieg conundrum, or the rise and fall of the SG553"},"content":{"rendered":"

When Valve embarked on a quest to increase the viability of CS:GO<\/a>’s scoped rifles last October, no one would have expected the incredible impact they’d end up having on the gameplay in the professional scene.<\/p>\n

Like so many things in life, it makes sense in retrospect: one-hit headshot kills coupled with the ability to engage at range and do a better job holding corners is a heck of a thing.<\/p>\n

Now it’s all gone full circle, with the Krieg returned to its original $3000 price tag while being overshadowed by the new Operation Shattered Web<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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The Counter-Strike orthodoxy was that the weapon meta was solved long ago: the AK-47’s one-shot kill potential on helmeted enemies made it by far the best option, especially at the $2700 price tag, and whatever supposed benefits the AUG and the Krieg carried over their counterparts in CS:GO didn’t warrant the extra cost instead of a smoke grenade, a flashbang or some extra savings for a future buy.<\/p>\n

With such a high price to pay (both literally and figuratively in terms of practice and experimentation), these weapons were almost never seen in competitive play.<\/p>\n

However, as the price reduction made these experiments viable, the community discovered how useful the scope is and how much the SG’s first-shot accuracy matters. Now that its price is back to the “original” $3000, it will be fascinating to see how often we’ll see it in relation to the AK-47.<\/p>\n

The AUG didn’t even last this long, though the comparatively higher cost of the M4, its CT rifle counterpart perhaps made the differences all the more obvious.<\/p>\n

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