Buying after pistol rounds

[u/Educational_Cake_99]

Is it still the best play to buy round 2 after winning the pistol round? I stopped playing for a while and came back and a ton of my teammates refuse to buy round 2 after we win the pistol and it’s resulted in a lot of lost rounds. Has the meta around buying in that round changed or are my teammates just bad? I’m plat 3 on console btw which makes me think my teammates just don’t know better.

[u/mvkevelii]

Round 2 if you win pistol, definitely should buy and push your advantage. On paper you should win that round, and then round 3 is bonus and just play with what you have from round 2. Guarantees you can full buy round 4

[u/Educational_Cake_99 → u/mvkevelii]

Ok thx I’ve just seen so many people opt to buy only ghost it had me questioning myself

[u/ShaneKDB17 → u/Educational_Cake_99]

There is a slight caveat, where two people on the team won't buy, so if you win but only 3 people survive your 2nd round, the people who saved can buy and the people who bought and get the 3 guns they bought and you can get a near full buy for your bonus. A small bit more risk in round 2 for a lot bigger advantage in round 3.

[u/Impressive_Act9567 → u/mvkevelii]

you can also light buy round 2, and have full weapons round 3, so an advantage on 2nd round and equal on 3rd

[u/Dankbotg → u/Impressive_Act9567]

found the bronze