In CS:GO, the Zeus was always a bit of a meme.
Despite being a one-shot kill, the Zeus was inaccurate, slow and kind of a waste of money. People basically only used the Zeus when they felt like trolling their opponents. But CS2 has changed all of that. Buffs to the game’s silliest cheese gun have made it into an actual, viable weapon.
Certain players are proving that the Zeus might actually have a place in the meta, but is that actually a good thing? Did Valve accidentally make the dumbest gun in Counter-Strike too good?
Written by: Niall McCrossan (@niallmccrossan) and Dimitri Pascaluta (@Dpascaluta)
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30 Comments
I think it’s a good change, it’s less a meme and actually a viable choice to consider on an eco round
bad info bro, zeus was actually nerfed in range (which is the best buff it received) bad timing and investigation! i'm so sad tho
The thing that makes it so powerful is that it's easy to one hit kill without aiming for the head.
lmao the haircut thing at the end
From a non-CS player, how does the weapon work? To me it just seems like an insta-kill, or is it like a really inconsistent shotgun (kinda like the classic in val, but with higher damage)?
just copying val
Right now, I think its actually refreshing to see. Valve did the right thing about balancing, it saw something that people weren't using, that was considered unviable, and buffed it! The damage didn't really change, it just got a recharge time which lets you get off, realistically, one more shot with it–and a 100$ reward so its not just eating funds for no reason.
Anyone who talks about "ahh yeah but it one shots from so far! and/or then you get a free gun off it!"
It always did that damage, and from that range any good rifler will always win, its irrevalant when the majority of the zeus kills are from 10ft anyways or holding a corner close. Also, it does so inconsistently. Also, you could also get a free gun off it and try to turn a round around, that was the whole point of the Adren call for Liquid on Cobblestone.
Aaah
*Gun gets put in the game
*players dismiss it as it's not meta
*Valve buffs it, but plays still ignore it
*Years pass, and someone realizes it's actually very strong
*pros use, abuse, and demand a nerf
Thus, the cycle continues.
I am the Guy Who Doesn´t Know What He Is Talking about but I know when someone is! Aproved!
who thought that the meta in cs would finally be the zeus… i always thought it would be something like the m249
My guess is that valve is going to essentially Nerf the Zeus’ viability in pistol round by adjusting the price of the dualies to $350. A very common pistol round Strat in pro play is having four players buy kevlar and one player by two sets of dual berettas. They used to cost $400 so essentially meant that after buying all of that, nobody on the team could buy anything else besides like a decoy. However, with the dualies currently at $300, and the Zeus at $200, it means that you can get the four Kevlar, two sets of dualies, and a Zeus. Put together, that is kind of overpowered for pistol round. I’m sure they don’t want to hurt the popularity of the Zeus, so the likely way to Nerf this strat would be slightly increasing the price of the dualies so you can no longer get two sets and the Zeus with one player’s starting money.
why only ropz highlights? m0nesy did some skill zeus kills
2:14 doesn't that dude use radar hack
Buddies mustache upsets me
I comment to help statistics
Is fixt no more long range kills… last update -.-
I don't want to use it now that it's a actually good weapon. I had over 1K taser kills back in csgo and now ima retire back to just using the sawed-off and revolver without my dear comrade taser :C. Fuck the meta all hail office.
3:30 to seize everything you ever wanted…
zeus has always been good but the cs weapon meta has always been extremely stubborn. nobody realises how overpowered the aug still is because nobody uses it
You guys should make a video about the cheater problem in rainbow because its getting on csgo lvls
Most of the legit players are leaving which is making cheaters more prevalent
sometimes i eco in dust2 and inferno, a zeus is my first option, then a five-seven, and it work 6/10 my first kill for my team😂 at cs2 i call my teamate" f**k b, only 1 guy zeus in b, and we gonna 4zeus on a" 😂 when i see this video, i can say that is finally be used by pro like ropz make me proud about my opinion on zeus, thanks the score
Crutch weapons have always annoyed me
Mom's spaghetti
Takodachi detected. They're everywhere
And they already ruined it with the left hand update
No one plays on your clan. Tons of people no games.
Now watch cheaters spinbot with a Zeus
Recharge factor is pretty irrelevant tbh as it takes too long for recharge and you’ll use it on an eco then take their gun instead.
and now zeus kill reward is back