Rarely do this, but this video is worth it! That's the best game I've seen so far this year! Thanks for the cast, I'm so happy I found this channel, now I binge watch all the old ones too LOL.
My favourite EPIC grand Finals I've ever watched was Maru v Serral, King of Battles 2 (2021) Bo7. When Maru played Spooky Mech like a _total boss man_ .
@@andygotti-lt4ew Yup! You're right. Energy maintenance and mental capacity is that "5th resource" of SC2, especially in a BO7. Not everyone can perform this way for 2 hours. Epic matches overall though. GG WP
That was awesome! As a Gumiho fan, I'm incredibly biased, but this is certainly the best finals I've seen in 2024! SPOILER Gumiho doing a near reverse sweep after being 3-1 down was just amazing! Wish he went mech and/or Battlecruisers at least once in a best of 7, but it was still really cool to watch!
Maybe you are like me, you know about this game. You even play and did not know the result before watching the game. Maybe, like me, you appreciate not having the result spoiled through the intro.
Never really played Protoss, but one thing I almost never see is the use of hallucinated units. I would love to see Protoss with 4 Sentries and like 4 hallucinated disruptors with or without real disruptors, I think it would be interesting to see how terran dealt with trying to figure out with balls were real and which one were fake, and they may be less inclined to stim in and focus down a disruptor just to find it was a hallucination. Imagine 3 colossi, with 3 hallucinated colossi, and trying to make the vikings figure out which one is the real one, how hard would it be for them to try and target the real ones? Or some fake immortals mixed in with real units. Another trick might be if you have your army split, and you hallucinate one to trick them into thinking the bigger force was somewhere else. Draw vikings away from real colossi, or draw tank fire on fake immortals. Fake phoenix mixed with real ones so they are harder to figure out which ones to target down. Hallucinated Dark Templar mixed in with real ones. Make them waste their scans on fake DTs, and question which ones might be real or not, if they dont use scans then you can use them for vision. You get guardian shield and forcefield as a bonus if you end up having to use them before you can use stage an attack with or set up a false army.
It's a cool idea in theory, but Terrans are constantly scanning. That's the thing. They never engage without it. So many Protoss players consider hallucinations during combat to be less beneficial than the shields.
Showtimes mass gate strat works.... but just not for him. He could throw a whole army away at the frotn and build entire army on terran production. Instead he uses it as a reinforce but always takes bad fights because he is not decisive enough.
No offense to Serral, I love the guy, he is the GOAT, but actually it was bit refreashing to watch a tournamnet without him. the second line having a much bigger chance, matches we rarely see being shown.
Just wanted to chime in from Finland about drinking while you're doing your service. Now I did my service ages ago so things may have changed but most weekends are free and usually the drinking started on the bus from the base back home 😂 I kinda doubt Serral would do that, he doesn't strike me as a heavy drinker (you can correct me if I'm wrong), but for a lot of people military service is a time with heavy drinking 😄 I've known people to start on the bus home on Friday and only stop on the bus back to base on Sunday 😅
haha fair call! I was thinking if he's getting special time away from base on thursday onwards for a pro event they might want it to be a bit more "professional" than HSC is all :D
Dude! Not overstatement. 9pm started (japanT), 7am finals start, I'm like gotta sleep . . . NOT HAPPENED- was so pumped stayed for post interview. 9am, dead, gotta gota work. Nothing can prep u 4 this insanity! (Looking forward 2 Pigcast insights❤) Semi-[non]spoiler: ! ! ! ! ! You won't believe it😮
ShowTime's lack of diversity / creativity / aggressiveness were highlighted. I know ShowTime would easily destroy me, but in a Bo7 players should be able to use more than ~25% of a race's arsenal.
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Rarely do this, but this video is worth it! That's the best game I've seen so far this year! Thanks for the cast, I'm so happy I found this channel, now I binge watch all the old ones too LOL.
Damn Eddy thanks so much for the support dude. Welcome to the channel mate!
Thank you for not click baiting with the title. It was a really good matchup!
Absolute thriller! One of the closest and most intense match! Thanks for the cast and commentary
Such a great game. Thanks for casting!
My favourite EPIC grand Finals I've ever watched was Maru v Serral, King of Battles 2 (2021) Bo7. When Maru played Spooky Mech like a _total boss man_ .
This was great. Love seeing the Gumigod and Showtime in action.
Considering how showtime played in game 5, he truly deserved it.
Guy really has done about everything he could have done wrong and beyond.
They get pretty tired after non-stop concentration and stress for 4 games before
@@ZC.Andrew I am fully aware, regardless. Showtime got over his head and wanted to do macro+micro and neglecting all of it.
@@andygotti-lt4ew Yup! You're right. Energy maintenance and mental capacity is that "5th resource" of SC2, especially in a BO7. Not everyone can perform this way for 2 hours. Epic matches overall though. GG WP
That was awesome! As a Gumiho fan, I'm incredibly biased, but this is certainly the best finals I've seen in 2024!
SPOILER
Gumiho doing a near reverse sweep after being 3-1 down was just amazing! Wish he went mech and/or Battlecruisers at least once in a best of 7, but it was still really cool to watch!
Just when I was asking for it!!
Love ya PiG
INnovation vs Serral the wesg 2018 final was such a great one
Bro, castingwise… u are my GOAT but Even for me this one was one of the tops!
Ended with a whimper from Showtime.
That was an awesome finals matchup!
Sick play Gummi. Keep it up!
Best SC2 caster. I prefer you over other bigger SC2 casting channels.
That series was sick
Maybe you are like me, you know about this game. You even play and did not know the result before watching the game. Maybe, like me, you appreciate not having the result spoiled through the intro.
Never really played Protoss, but one thing I almost never see is the use of hallucinated units. I would love to see Protoss with 4 Sentries and like 4 hallucinated disruptors with or without real disruptors, I think it would be interesting to see how terran dealt with trying to figure out with balls were real and which one were fake, and they may be less inclined to stim in and focus down a disruptor just to find it was a hallucination.
Imagine 3 colossi, with 3 hallucinated colossi, and trying to make the vikings figure out which one is the real one, how hard would it be for them to try and target the real ones? Or some fake immortals mixed in with real units.
Another trick might be if you have your army split, and you hallucinate one to trick them into thinking the bigger force was somewhere else. Draw vikings away from real colossi, or draw tank fire on fake immortals. Fake phoenix mixed with real ones so they are harder to figure out which ones to target down.
Hallucinated Dark Templar mixed in with real ones. Make them waste their scans on fake DTs, and question which ones might be real or not, if they dont use scans then you can use them for vision.
You get guardian shield and forcefield as a bonus if you end up having to use them before you can use stage an attack with or set up a false army.
But Idra no longer plays Starcraft...
this the type of strategy that seems fancy on paper and just end up not being worth the effort.
It's a cool idea in theory, but Terrans are constantly scanning. That's the thing. They never engage without it. So many Protoss players consider hallucinations during combat to be less beneficial than the shields.
PROBES! BEATING MARINE!
IAM JACKS PURE UNADULTERATED RAGE!
Absolute banger!
Showtimes mass gate strat works.... but just not for him.
He could throw a whole army away at the frotn and build entire army on terran production.
Instead he uses it as a reinforce but always takes bad fights because he is not decisive enough.
Holy F that was INSANE!!!! Gumiho wtf?!
Game 5 was a banger!!!
No offense to Serral, I love the guy, he is the GOAT, but actually it was bit refreashing to watch a tournamnet without him. the second line having a much bigger chance, matches we rarely see being shown.
SickSeries!
Wonderfull games !!
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Of Starcraft
Sweet mother of army supply gumiho xD
Just wanted to chime in from Finland about drinking while you're doing your service. Now I did my service ages ago so things may have changed but most weekends are free and usually the drinking started on the bus from the base back home 😂 I kinda doubt Serral would do that, he doesn't strike me as a heavy drinker (you can correct me if I'm wrong), but for a lot of people military service is a time with heavy drinking 😄 I've known people to start on the bus home on Friday and only stop on the bus back to base on Sunday 😅
haha fair call! I was thinking if he's getting special time away from base on thursday onwards for a pro event they might want it to be a bit more "professional" than HSC is all :D
Disrupters lose aggro when they are recharging?
I think it's the same aggro as otherwise, just lots of good focus fire from gumiho
@@PiGCasts ty pig! You da bomb
@@Dadbod007 thnx mate
terran so op
Nice match and i would say Showtime deserve to lose and Gumiho deserve to win.
ohmygod gumiphooooooooooooooooooooo
Thats a bold title .... click.
Dude! Not overstatement. 9pm started (japanT), 7am finals start, I'm like gotta sleep . . . NOT HAPPENED- was so pumped stayed for post interview. 9am, dead, gotta gota work. Nothing can prep u 4 this insanity! (Looking forward 2 Pigcast insights❤)
Semi-[non]spoiler:
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You won't believe it😮
@@MatthewEverettGates right
Glad ShowTime got sooo sanctioned for his idiotic “I don’t need Stargates” attitude … Great punish by Gumiho
ShowTime's lack of diversity / creativity / aggressiveness were highlighted. I know ShowTime would easily destroy me, but in a Bo7 players should be able to use more than ~25% of a race's arsenal.
GAME 5
Woopwoop!
Showtime its time to shine!🤘
well first 2 games are crap, hope there more "BEST FINALS" as you say
oh I get it