Opinions on the AWP seem to be constantly divided. For many, it’s an OP gun with too high of a one-shot capability. For others, it’s severely underpowered in CS2, nerfed by the apparent peeker’s advantage and the general strength of riflers.

But, in KingT’s words, to put the debate to rest:

Now, this general idea of the AWP being bad is something that hasn’t been helped by the introduction of rating 3.0. But KingT is right, AWPing is still good in CS2 - and if you don’t think so, please refer yourself to the likes of ZywOo, molodoy, m0NESY, sh1ro, s1mple, gr1ks, and-

Well, you get the point.

The fact is, there are still dominating AWPers in more games than not. The problem is, there are also a tonne of bad AWPers who are embarrassing themselves in more games than not.

You already know where this is going.

ultimate: your time has come. And to be clear, I mean to get beaten by my hate-hammer (is that a euphemism?) AND your time on this Liquid team.

Of course, ultimate is not the only offender of criminal AWPing. Nor are Liquid the only team that would benefit from a new AWPer, because both FaZe and G2’s are useless, too. Except in the case of FaZe, they’re a fair few extra percentages away from being a good team.

So, yeah, SunPayus - your head is on the chopping block too.

I can’t say this plainly enough: both Liquid and G2 need new AWPers, because both teams are capable of becoming consistent playoff teams. Their performances so far in 2026 are more than enough evidence for this, but also enough to show that they can’t do it while still fielding their whiff-heavy AWPers.

It’s not even like there aren’t any better AWPers out there, either - try has just signed for Passion UA, ffs. But even with the Argentinian once again off the market, there are other options. G2 even has one on their payroll, albeit out on loan at MIBR.

gr1ks, kl1m - even degster, in the context of Liquid - would all be better than the snipers currently wearing these two famous jerseys. None of them have the sheer lack of accuracy of average-game SunPayus, and they’re all also far smarter players than ultimate.

Now, I’m not really advocating for degster - seriously, he’s the most stop-gap fix imaginable - but considering Passion UA (yeah) have just signed try, and Astralis have visibly improved from having phzy on the server, what kind of hubris is it preventing G2 and Liquid from making these guaranteed hit moves?

Especially G2, who - for the sake of emphasis - already has one of the biggest AWPing prodigies out there signed to their organisation.

Sort it out, lads, and I bet the improvement will blow you away. The consistency and firepower are there elsewhere - you just need your molodoy. And he’s more obvious than you seem to think.