He plays really well in general, but boy does he make tactical mistakes. Like in game 3, splits the zealots like a master, but immediately sends them into the banelings and loses them all. Same game, he puts down good stasis wards, but goes far into the creep and gives Dark a chance to surround him on the retreat. The wall was also left empty. But it also worked kind of in his favour for a little bit, cause there was one lurker that attacked his army and he immediately backed off, which was good cause it was the same moment Dark attacked his base. So it meant herO could actually defend. Basically, great at playing, but he can seemingly only focus on one thing at a time, be it tactics, macro or micro. When he excels at one, he fails pretty badly at the others
You mentioned that Dark had his first child not long ago. I am pretty sure new parents don't have to start military service, so they can support the mother in the most crucial period.
@@jeremyduke4938 Nah, Serral is undeniably an incredible player, but Dark's approach is radically different I would argue. Less technically proficient, I agree, but seemingly unparalleled at reading situations moment-by-moment and leveraging small gaps in his opponents.
@@jeremyduke4938 idk, dark's style is very different from serral. Serral is very precise, build oriented, while dark is much more based on improvisation and clever tactics, it's really cool how there can be so much variation in playstyle when it comes to the too players
@@bricelory9534 Yeah i think reading situations is the real strength of Dark. And that kinda both macro and micro wise, he always knows how much Zerglings for he example he needs to send in to pull the widow mine shot to the terran army and still get away with net benefit. Other players may do that when they see it already aiming, but i think Dark is the only one actively hunting armies just for that friendly fire, and he always uses the perfect amount.
hope we will see some major buffs to corruptors. Zerg is really lacking some anti air. but in general some better late game play for Zergs. if not i see zerg players just rushing to end games fast or lose.
I'm all for seeing if an additional +1 range to air for Hydra would make them more viable anti air options. I agree they have the worst tier 3. Broodlords need a tweak.
@@RndmBad think it would be strange if they could mutate into Corruptors, it would be a mineral sink. broodlords are anti ground, but could get a short range anti air attack, weak damage ofc but could help a bit. but i could see the Swarmhost get an upgrade a kin to like in the campaign where they shoot attacking both ground and air.
@@NecroGoblin-yl2fx Y'all are high with these suggestions and I main zerg lmao. Zerg would be too powerful if they did most of that stuff, or just outright weird. I agree with you that if the balance council doesn't take note of zerg's late game weakness, no match against zerg is gonna go past the 30 minute mark.
There's an agreement that if war breaks out on the Korean Peninsula, Dark is promoted straight to general- he's already got years of experience successfully commanding armies at the highest level
Got my youtube recap today. Apparently I'm in your top 0.5 percent of frequent viewers or something 🎉 think that deserves a like button mash. Never played starcraft, cant remember how I found this channel, but godamn I'm glad I did... You're awesome dude
Just a suggestion for map creators, could we have a patch of map (sth like 7x7) with tall grass where units loose their range considerably and units like zealots become much stronger. Perhaps the idea has been out there before. Might increase battle and strat variety in the future.
Some people think that protoss needs a buff, personal I think that they just need to stop using the all army hotkey and missrallying units. The best zergs and terrans never do that kind of thing.
HI LOWKOOOO!!!! If you want a great mod to try out, its acrually a minecraft one, called The Reign of Nether. While the only single player level is the tutorial, there is multiplayer aswell. Obviously its not as smooth or complicated as sc2, but its still pretty amazing!
That's just because Zest is in the military. Zest is the king of throws. Then again, hero has that match against Serral that he just threw away an absolute win.
Now that you've mentioned it, I honestly want to see what it would sound like if an AI trained on your videos, and then tried to be you while being shown a game of SC2. I'm genuinely curious, would it sound ok...ish? Would it be absolutely cursed? Would it be so close that some people couldn't tell it apart? I think that could be fun to play around with.
Korea does have laws allowing individuals of cultural significance to delay mandatory service, but I've never heard of anyone forgoing it outright. This law was passed when K-Pop groups were at risk of losing key members, but maybe Dark decided pro gamers are on the same level as BTS.
I think it's time to take the bandaid off, in my opinion it's clear goblin is way better than Hero, the fight in 30:00 makes it pretty clear Hero has no what it takes to pile on the pressure, unlike maxpax and goblin can. I know they both have very different playstyles but I can see Goblin performing just aswell if not better than Hero with his playstyle, and despite me being a semi-recent starcraft 2 viewer, I don't remember a single game that Lowko didn't point out a shit ton of mistakes Hero made, unlike the two previous videos from goblin. Of course Hero is a top tier player nonetheless, but I just can't rank him up there with the true elite, which in my mind ranking goblin is approaching quickly, we gotta see a few more games from him against elite to get a accurate guess. (this is all just my opinion :) )
herO may have an ugly playstyle but he gets the best protoss tournament results. Thats how the players are evaluated. Results in tournaments. With unfortunately a massive skew towards offline tournaments. I would never expect Goblin or even Maxpax to replicate what herO did last offline tournament. If we got a maxpax debut in next offline tournament and Goblin played, i would still expect herO and Showtime to have the 2 best protoss results.
Hello Lowko, my name is comment section and welcome back to another video where you left out my favorite part. What I've got for you today is this pointless comment between the bronze league commenter Nate facing off against the top European caster, currently ranked number 1 on TH-cam-olek. 😜
ok, lowko you tell me sc2 i tell u military service is a secret info if your opponent is yoursekf to a degree. its that blank. "they" can't know. edit f2 attack is nono f2 select attack gogo dont hate f2 it's not f2's fault
It's honestly pretty sad. Yes I see the points made about having off days and stuff but part of competing professionally in anything is to try and mitigate that as much as possible, squeezing everything out of yourself for the best results. We see this from top level zergs and terrans but like Lowko said here; when the arguably best protoss on the planet consistently makes what can only be referred to as lazy mistakes... It's saddening.
Too bad, how sad to see protoss suffer like that, not being able to win in any way and all the units look like counters, zerg anti ground baneling, anti air corruptor, they can move and regenerate invisible haha, not to mention their visibility over almost the entire map, and why viper abduct moterboard?
2nd game.. hero just had a horrible showing this video. Not all of lowko's titles are the winning strategy. I'd like to say that the cannon rush was the worst part of hero's gameplay this set... But good God I can't see why we have such high hopes for this player sometimes....
Your too old to use this Clutch saying kids say. So many words your using, your too old man! And I am over 10 years older than you, you don't even know what a clutch is.
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I have never played this games. Never been a gamer at all. Just stumbled over this channel. Somehow it helps me sleep!
Yeah Lowko has good voice, very good to sleep
I thought I was the only one in this situation, I love hearing lowko when I go to sleep
Sleeptube
This is what gets me to sleep, too. Thank you, Lowko.
I found it when I had a spinal injury and watch pretty much daily now six years later.
I swear sometimes its like herO lets his cousin play on his account, his highs are high but lows are downright confusing
Hero on good day: as good as, sometimes even better than Maxpax
Hero on bad day: plays like generic low GM toss.
I don't recall a game where hero didn't commit like 3-4 major tactical mistakes. I think he always played really slopply
Yeah that was definitely painful...
He plays really well in general, but boy does he make tactical mistakes. Like in game 3, splits the zealots like a master, but immediately sends them into the banelings and loses them all. Same game, he puts down good stasis wards, but goes far into the creep and gives Dark a chance to surround him on the retreat. The wall was also left empty.
But it also worked kind of in his favour for a little bit, cause there was one lurker that attacked his army and he immediately backed off, which was good cause it was the same moment Dark attacked his base. So it meant herO could actually defend.
Basically, great at playing, but he can seemingly only focus on one thing at a time, be it tactics, macro or micro. When he excels at one, he fails pretty badly at the others
@@allhailderpfestor4839 I think that's overestimating HerO's lows.
This is your Observer: 36:50
This is your Observer on F2: 36:53
Don't do F2.
"F2 : Not Even Once."
As a toss main, unbinding F2 was the best decision I ever made.
Lowko: laughs at Zealot charging on Baneling
that one Zealot from LotV intro: *angry Protoss noises
My life for Aiur moments.
You mentioned that Dark had his first child not long ago. I am pretty sure new parents don't have to start military service, so they can support the mother in the most crucial period.
The child is a few months old. The interview is 2 years old. It doesn't line up.
As a Protoss player, Hero is really playing with my emotions in this series. (as usual)
Haha! That was a nailbiter last game! Thanks for all the casts!
34:57 *switches the camera* "Just a little bit of explosion"
*7 dead probes pops up*
I forgot how much of a boss Dark is. I look forward to seeing how he handles the new patch.
He still feels like a bargain bin serral.
@@jeremyduke4938 serral is a boring version of dark
@@jeremyduke4938 Nah, Serral is undeniably an incredible player, but Dark's approach is radically different I would argue. Less technically proficient, I agree, but seemingly unparalleled at reading situations moment-by-moment and leveraging small gaps in his opponents.
@@jeremyduke4938 idk, dark's style is very different from serral. Serral is very precise, build oriented, while dark is much more based on improvisation and clever tactics, it's really cool how there can be so much variation in playstyle when it comes to the too players
@@bricelory9534 Yeah i think reading situations is the real strength of Dark. And that kinda both macro and micro wise, he always knows how much Zerglings for he example he needs to send in to pull the widow mine shot to the terran army and still get away with net benefit. Other players may do that when they see it already aiming, but i think Dark is the only one actively hunting armies just for that friendly fire, and he always uses the perfect amount.
34:31 Build that wall and make Dark pay for it.
29:29 imagine making colosus at this point...with 1 observer. after such an amzing opening w 11 drone kills it would have been gg almost inevitably
Thanks for the video, Lowko. This was a fun series to watch. Appreciate it! ❤
hope we will see some major buffs to corruptors.
Zerg is really lacking some anti air.
but in general some better late game play for Zergs.
if not i see zerg players just rushing to end games fast or lose.
I'm all for seeing if an additional +1 range to air for Hydra would make them more viable anti air options.
I agree they have the worst tier 3. Broodlords need a tweak.
@@bricelory9534 Broodlords seem like such an easy fix to me. Allow them to mutate back into Corruptors.
@@RndmBad think it would be strange if they could mutate into Corruptors, it would be a mineral sink.
broodlords are anti ground, but could get a short range anti air attack, weak damage ofc but could help a bit.
but i could see the Swarmhost get an upgrade a kin to like in the campaign where they shoot attacking both ground and air.
@@NecroGoblin-yl2fx Y'all are high with these suggestions and I main zerg lmao. Zerg would be too powerful if they did most of that stuff, or just outright weird. I agree with you that if the balance council doesn't take note of zerg's late game weakness, no match against zerg is gonna go past the 30 minute mark.
Dark's flanks were fantastic in this series. It's something we should see every game but rarely do, even at the pro level. It makes a huge difference.
Keep the vids coming Lowko. LOVING IT
Great cast!!
There's an agreement that if war breaks out on the Korean Peninsula, Dark is promoted straight to general- he's already got years of experience successfully commanding armies at the highest level
Got my youtube recap today. Apparently I'm in your top 0.5 percent of frequent viewers or something 🎉 think that deserves a like button mash. Never played starcraft, cant remember how I found this channel, but godamn I'm glad I did... You're awesome dude
No intro song. Maybe next time 😢
He must rest his voice
I choose to believe
Hero had 1 probe and a dream that turned into a nightmare
I love rushes! Thank you
Im sure that dark waited until hero sees the bottom base and only then moved thise lurkers 😂 savage move.
Lowko AI: These units here, they don't mess around.
great games! great series!
The perfect video to watch for my pre-work burger prep!
Woohoo! The classic match!😅🎉
Honestly the singing it why I clicked like! You sound pretty good Lowko! We need a complete Bohemian Rhapsody parody about the Mothership.
😂😂😂
If Hero could tighten up his play in a few areas he would be such a force to be reckoned with.
Game 3 was justice. Both players absolutely earned that outcome lmao.
gobo is playing so much better Protoss than hero. You should cast some of his games! He and Shin have been surprising me a lot
Rivals for life: Dark&Hero, Reynor&Clem aaaand Serral&…well…Everyone!
If only Hero would put one of those stasis wards in his wall-off and use his opponent's zerglings to plug the wall
Hero playing the long con, trying to get protoss buffed
Just a suggestion for map creators, could we have a patch of map (sth like 7x7) with tall grass where units loose their range considerably and units like zealots become much stronger. Perhaps the idea has been out there before. Might increase battle and strat variety in the future.
Al ver este encuentro después de tantos del nuevo parche, me doy cuenta que el mayor impacto negativo del Zerg es el tremendo nerf de la Queen.
No es bueno
I was hoping to see those infestors clear the carriers at the end of the last game
That last game was torture
Never give up, never surrender.
Would it make sense to give the hydras the dash ability as a default? Then change the hive tech into a faster dash/longer duration upgrade instead
I am seriously a fan of trying all army hotkey delete for at least a patch
Some people think that protoss needs a buff, personal I think that they just need to stop using the all army hotkey and missrallying units. The best zergs and terrans never do that kind of thing.
HI LOWKOOOO!!!! If you want a great mod to try out, its acrually a minecraft one, called The Reign of Nether. While the only single player level is the tutorial, there is multiplayer aswell. Obviously its not as smooth or complicated as sc2, but its still pretty amazing!
How would I have possibly known what to look at without the arrow pointing to the forge??? Thank you for the map!
12:14 did lowko mean to say "characteristic"?
Best of Lowko Singing - when is it coming?
Hero is the best player in the world at looking as the best pro player ever one day, and one of the worst right the next day.
That's just because Zest is in the military. Zest is the king of throws. Then again, hero has that match against Serral that he just threw away an absolute win.
i wouldn't mind seeing some mirror matches every once in while, some zvz or pvp
Yay Zerg games
Now that you've mentioned it, I honestly want to see what it would sound like if an AI trained on your videos, and then tried to be you while being shown a game of SC2. I'm genuinely curious, would it sound ok...ish? Would it be absolutely cursed? Would it be so close that some people couldn't tell it apart? I think that could be fun to play around with.
PTR: Hide yo kids, hide yo wife. Yo mom's safe though
So, zerglings have these pointy/sharp appendages. Why do they sound like they’re slapping their enemies with slabs of choice cut wagyu?
herOhnO
Korea does have laws allowing individuals of cultural significance to delay mandatory service, but I've never heard of anyone forgoing it outright. This law was passed when K-Pop groups were at risk of losing key members, but maybe Dark decided pro gamers are on the same level as BTS.
i mean, dark could just do his military service rigth now. but hes a drone pilot and he just multitask it while hes playing.....
This game has a lot of examples why Protoss doesn't win at the very, very top level of play. Those donations were inexcusable.
I want to see tempest oracle revelation harass on worker line
Even the bots speaking german now 😱
Weil Deutsch so eine schöne Sprache ist 😆
I think it's time to take the bandaid off, in my opinion it's clear goblin is way better than Hero, the fight in 30:00 makes it pretty clear Hero has no what it takes to pile on the pressure, unlike maxpax and goblin can. I know they both have very different playstyles but I can see Goblin performing just aswell if not better than Hero with his playstyle, and despite me being a semi-recent starcraft 2 viewer, I don't remember a single game that Lowko didn't point out a shit ton of mistakes Hero made, unlike the two previous videos from goblin.
Of course Hero is a top tier player nonetheless, but I just can't rank him up there with the true elite, which in my mind ranking goblin is approaching quickly, we gotta see a few more games from him against elite to get a accurate guess. (this is all just my opinion :) )
herO may have an ugly playstyle but he gets the best protoss tournament results. Thats how the players are evaluated. Results in tournaments. With unfortunately a massive skew towards offline tournaments. I would never expect Goblin or even Maxpax to replicate what herO did last offline tournament. If we got a maxpax debut in next offline tournament and Goblin played, i would still expect herO and Showtime to have the 2 best protoss results.
today is just Toss getting wrecked. protoss lows make you question what the overall quality of player they have even is sometimes...
Ok, I think I get it now... No crack and no F2.
Hello Lowko, my name is comment section and welcome back to another video where you left out my favorite part.
What I've got for you today is this pointless comment between the bronze league commenter Nate facing off against the top European caster, currently ranked number 1 on TH-cam-olek. 😜
Wait shield battery over charge?! I thought this was a new game haha 😂 threw me off
How come I can't choose the video quality
ok, lowko you tell me sc2 i tell u military service is a secret info if your opponent is yoursekf to a degree. its that blank. "they" can't know.
edit f2 attack is nono f2 select attack gogo dont hate f2 it's not f2's fault
What happened to scarlet? :(
It's honestly pretty sad. Yes I see the points made about having off days and stuff but part of competing professionally in anything is to try and mitigate that as much as possible, squeezing everything out of yourself for the best results. We see this from top level zergs and terrans but like Lowko said here; when the arguably best protoss on the planet consistently makes what can only be referred to as lazy mistakes... It's saddening.
Última partida fue gritos de llorón zerg ya muerto, lástima que hero cayó en la trampa...
Damn it makes me sad to see Hero play so bad. :(
Hey Lowko! You were my top creator in YT 2024. Would be interesting if you can share yours in a video :)
Yet another series without Ghosts. They need a buff to remain relevant.
Not gonna lie, i missed Dark
Could be that having children frees him of that?
Dark seriously outplayed Hero here. I guess more accurately, Hero underplayed. No where near his best today.
Too bad, how sad to see protoss suffer like that, not being able to win in any way and all the units look like counters, zerg anti ground baneling, anti air corruptor, they can move and regenerate invisible haha, not to mention their visibility over almost the entire map, and why viper abduct moterboard?
Mamaaaaaa....just kill the Zerg ;) made my day
Hero is a pro?
Lowko just so you know im not liking your videos if there are no cat sneakpeaks😂
Good to know even pros lose to stupid hidden base that isn’t even hidden but you just didn’t scout like me 🤦
😶🌫️
Why do you think we don't enjoy your singing?
Said it before: hero just isn't the same player he used to be. poor control, questionable decisionmaking, slow response times...
at least in PvZ terran can't win and the comments aren't just screams for ghost nerfs 😆
Where photo cannon rush?
Misleading title
2nd game.. hero just had a horrible showing this video. Not all of lowko's titles are the winning strategy. I'd like to say that the cannon rush was the worst part of hero's gameplay this set... But good God I can't see why we have such high hopes for this player sometimes....
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hero? more like zero
first
zerg still op got it boring
Note for the observer: If you're going to pull up units lost, please leave it up for long enough for me to read it, thanks.
Lowko's "momma" is getting old.....
Your too old to use this Clutch saying kids say. So many words your using, your too old man! And I am over 10 years older than you, you don't even know what a clutch is.
sloppy is hero's nick name