@@ZafrasF Exactly. But why stop there? Instead of crying about balance, they should just remove Terran and Protoss from the game, so that Zerg wins every match.
Speechless. Clems record for the tournament 3:0 against Classic 3:2 against Reynor 3:0 against Serral 4:0 against Hero 5:0 against Serral Never seen Serral gets demolished like this
@@jamesanthony5066Yes and I did notice Serral make a bunch of small uncharacteristic mistakes throughout the tournament probably because of that. But even in full form Serral may not have won this one
Easy, At the highest level of play (at Maru and Clem's level), Terran is the master/OP race if one can utilize all of the small advantages that Terran has. In the beginning, middle, and endgame, Terran can be OP compared to especially Zerg and Protoss. For example: - In the beginning, reapers can travel faster and can heal and can be even used for cheese. Widow mine can annihilate both air and land units easily with splash damage. - Next, ravens and all air harrassment can be deployed. For the land units, only - Terrans' missile turrets are the best in terms of scanning area and damage per second. - Terran's tanks are the most profitable land units in the beginning to destroy buildings and units (splash) - Terran's air units can standby and harrass as much as possible without any repercussions from other races in the beginning. Once the harrassment done, Terran can put pressure at all time until the end. - especially the medivac (heal) + marine (stimpack) + marauders (slow) - These combinations can annihilate anything - Terran's miner is one of the most resource-gained/second - the mule - Terran's ghosts are very OP. It can snipe, hide, emp, and nuke. With protection from other units, it's almost impossible to counter ghosts. The reason? other races need something to scan the hidden units and those scanners can be easily found by 'scan' and destroyed accordingly. - Terran's buildings can attack and can be transported to any other area easily. Other races? Not so much. - In the endgame, ghosts, unlimited scans, along with air superiority and land superiority can squash any other races with ease. Terran is the hardest and most difficult and complex race to play, but also the most lucrative ones and the return of investment is the biggest. The variations are limitless with Terran, you can combine any units with ease, mostly with bio and mech. All the compositions, if you can really utilize them, are very OP. It can heal, repair, long-range, nuke anything, hidden units both air and land, and can counter any other race units. Not to mention the mule is one of the most profitable miners for terrans. All in all Terran >>> Protoss >> Zerg.
I'm a Serral fan and have been following him play in most big tournaments for past 6 or so years. I have never seen him this frustrated and helpless in a series before. This was one of those series where it must've felt like no matter what you do your opponent always is one step ahead. Clem played insanely well. Super on point with both micro and macro. Well deserved win. Still sad for Serral but even the GOAT can't win every time.
Clem makes this match up look impossible. It doesn't feel like something you can decision yourself out of like serral usually does. It just seems like Zerg doesn't have the micro capability to beat Terran at this level. But damn is Clem insane, he micros on 2/3 fronts better than most pros micro on one.
Been a Serral and dark fan for years, and seeing this game can still produce a crazy player like clem this is incredible. STARCRAFT 2 is a beautiful game
But if you watch clem pressing his keyboard, it doesnt look like he was pressing too much or clicking too much, at the end of round 3 when he was microing both armies at the same time, youll see that he was not that pressing or clicking much
@@alucardlord4876 if you watch some of his live streams you’ll see that he is incredibly efficient with his clicks. There is no spamming even though he is 400 apm. Every click has a purpose and is never repeated.
I haven't been following SC2 tournaments recently so I didn't even realize this is effectively the Blizzcon with a 400k?!? prize pool. What a time for Clem to go into the zone. Major props to him, I was blown away by his speed years ago and it's finally paid off in such a high stakes tournament. Well deserved. 2nd game with two cancels on the 4th is unheard of for Serral but he almost came back thanks to that counter on the third - Clem was quite prepared as well with hellions and reinforcement marines there but the units were clumped so that was a pretty quick -12 scvs. Clem also made quite a few micro mistakes like not picking up all his ghosts when caught on the map. Serral's creep spread on this game wasn't amazing though, probably due to Clem's non stop pressure - would have still expected more creep on the top side though since a lot of the skirmishes were on the bottom but maybe he lost the creep spreading queens. And Zerg without maphack and speed boost is really very fallible. 5:27 Now that usually never happens 24:24 Cute bane snipe 25:57 Pretty big mistake leaving at least 4 ghosts behind there 27:33 Nice scan. Was wondering how Clem knew - Serral moved it down into turret vision a few seconds earlier and Clem saw that. 27:55 Cute ghost save 28:12 Nice widow mine unburrow 36:02 Very cute reaper save 37:16, 37:26 Wow, I heard Serral had a fever? Anyway, very uncharacteristic for these things to happen to him 38:03 After seeing Maru just roll over and die to these timings, I'm surprised at how cleanly Clem held that. I wonder if diving in with all those roaches and getting surrounded by scvs and marines before reinforcements could arrive was a bad idea... Maybe losing the overlord at 37:59 meant Serral didn't have vision of high ground to know tanks weren't there at the time and he could just take a more direct path up without trapping himself. 40:45 Yeah, it's really not Serral's day today 41:20 Serral so tilted he cancelled the hatch accidentally after the first cancel 42:46 Very cute drone snipe 43:42 That's insane, I was preoccupied watching Clem defending, sieging/unsieging and counter pushing on the main screen and was shocked to see him also microing aggressively and sniping a viper on the other side of the map. 51:19 Finally, a drone not getting interrupted as it tries to morph into an expo. Must be a sign for Serral's comeback. 51:29 Artosis makes a good point that 2 of the games were roach timings and the third game had interrupted expos. But to be fair to Serral, he chose to do roach timings on maps with really good tank positions/short pushes 54:46 Am I tripping or did Serral accidentally cancel the hatch 2 times again? 55:30 Wow, starting hive at 6:34 1:00:11 Uncharacteristic of Clem - he didn't notice that his 2nd engineering bay wasn't researching +3 armor 1:01:45 Game looking a lot more like Serral's bread and butter. Creep covering half the map or more, burrowed infestor traps and taking the opponents bases as well 1:02:05 Massive catch by Serral there 1:02:50 Love to see theoretically correct play - mine the risky bases first while you still have map control 1:03:34 Signs of Clem slipping a bit after all the cute stuff above - he didn't kill that drone! 1:04:49 Love to see more theoretically correct play, put a nydus there so you have a retreat path for drones now that the sensor tower spots it 1:08:02 Feels like it's been ages since I've seen a cat and mouse game with ghosts trying to hunt down infestors to EMP 1:08:44 I'm not sure how to even read that engagement. Seemed like only 3-4 snipes actually went off 1:10:00 LMAO, Artosis is right, that doesn't make sense. It's surprising that Clem was able to pick off the right side bases so effectively. That position with turrets and a PF in the middle of the map might have been pretty damn smart, it really neutralized Serral's army movement speed advantage between the left and right sides of the map pre brood lord. The high ground in middle and choky ramps all over the place really make it tough for Zerg so sure, if you can hold that position, why not. 1:14:40 That was a master class by Clem. Sure the map helped him but still, not many Terrans could have done that to Serral. GGing with 8k/3.3k in the bank because you were methodically pushed all the way to your fourth and reinforcement lines were cut in half with no creep spread left. Seriously impressed cause that is such a rare phenomenon - the equivalent of killing a Terran with a massive bank because you effectively camped their production. 1:23:40 Not sure if Serral slipped up on macro or not but it's weird seeing Serral down so much supply in a ZvT push like this. Even after he cleans it up, he's still down on supply. In fact, Clem manages to maintain a supply lead (even if a good chunk of it is in production) after each skirmish for the next 4-5 minutes. That seems really unusual. 1:27:03 Omg, I didn't even notice a widow mine was there. That was disgustingly good for Clem. Serral usually notices and reacts like a god to mines so it's uncharacteristic this happened, especially since the lings had vision and clumped to attack the mine. 1:27:30 If Serral wasn't tilted by now, I'm tilted for him. I just noticed that his cam has been frozen for a while now 1:27:56 Okay, that plus the parasitic bomb killing a full medivac in the earlier engagement helps make up for some of the mine shots 1:28:09 I'm so used to Serral splitting like a god vs mines that seeing mine shots like this and in the fight a few seconds from now confuse me 1:29:26 I don't think I ever see Serral accidentally select a drone into his main army 1:30:18 Omg, I thought Serral was about to have revenge for those 2 sniped vipers by fungalling that entire army. How on earth did Clem know to scan himself? Maybe he knew cause Serral was posturing to attack him and that only makes sense if an infestor was there? I would have looked at it and assumed Serral was just setting up a concave to defend his top base though... 1:30:56 Not every day you see Terran with a larger bank than the Zerg in a game like this
Me before I started the replay: "I don't know if I can stomach watching Serral stomp Terran in another final." Me after it's over: "The bad man can't hurt you anymore!"
Clem playing on another level, no macro missed, defending run bys and always attacking and maximizing damage. Usually Serral can do things to tax the APM of other players but this time Clem was like a wall. The last game was just resignation.
I feel like most of the games showed resignatiion from Serral. Not able to bring his a-game during the whole tournament, the 3-0 in the group stage was probably on his mind from the get-go. He tapped out very early each game (that's kind of a gimmcik for him) as if the whole series was already played out in his head. Seeing him struggle against hero, even if he 4-0 Dark, you knew statistically that Clem who destroyed every opponent he had in this championship would be unmatched.
@@TheElinorafor me it’s more likely that Clem is a gifted child who has played Sc2 all his life. For many years he practiced a difficult playstyle to master and yesterday, we witnessed him achieve his peak. Confidence has a big role in this, with age he finally became confident. Before he was still too shaky
If I was a superstitious person, I would say it's only natural for The Kid to eventually catch up with The G.O.A.T. Despite what the score suggests, every match was a banger.
Would Clem being able to do the same, if infesters would have the not nerfed range and damage? What about the nerfed bainlings so the gap cannot be closed and marines can target them done? What about unlimited scans for terrans and zerg is running into supply blocks, if overlords are lost. And on top of everything terran upgrades complete now faster. Terran got buffed constantly and Zerg got nerfed. Finally it shows and Dark and Serral get pushed back.
@@aquaden8344 true. They cant nerf terran directly. Everytime they nerf something, they say "oh let me buff something so they dont get mad", while with zerg they have no problem at all just nerfing them. A clear example is when they buffed the upgrade time for the terrans I'm saying this and I'm not even a zerg player, but I just dont think this game is really balanced when it comes to the terran race
Why talking about terran nerf? Maybe you forgetting that we have 2 zergs, 1 protoss and 1 terran in final 4 More terrans in knockout bracket? Its because there's more terran who participated than toss and zerg
Serral might be the GOAT but I think it's undeniable that this version of Clem in this grand final is the highest ceiling that any sc2 player has ever reached so far. Everything he did was damn near perfect.
@@hasinurrahman6317 Serral was literally subpar for 6 years, barely made top 24. then suddenly half the korean playerbase quit and then he starts winning and then every westerner is like GOAT BABY GOAT bruh this guy literally got pile drived for 5 years barely making it to top 8 in WILDCARD tournaments. look at the facts seriously.
@@mis8866 Game was a big pile of Wank for its first 8 years or so with godawful balance and pisspoor maps . Only in the last 4 years or so has the game been at a functionally playable level , ever since Infested terrans were removed onwards.
The way Clem play is nothing short of amazing. Never seen Serral so frustrated in his gameplay before. Also Clem play of minimizing loss, making a ton of siege tanks to defend his base and ghosts just spamming snipes on everything moving is something to learn by all other Terran players.
Clem is excellent at managing multiple armies. He transfers the first army into a drop while simultaneously trading with another army. Then, he transfers the second army into another drop, and so on. It feels like he can constantly have three drops on the map and a main army moving at the same time. When he adds Liberators or Banshees to the mix, it's mind-blowing. He perfectly capitalizes on his opponent's mistakes or lack of preparation, constantly harassing them while macroing for his next army to trade and drop. You often see him with a Medivac carrying just one or two Marines or Marauders, but he continues to use them efficiently.
I always knew Clem would win, he's unlike any other SC2 players and every matchup he gives it his all. He struggled a lot in Dallas, and then lost against GumiHo in another tourney after that, he went to Korea and played well and now for him to come to EWC and prove to the world he is the best just means that he knew he always had what it takes! Well deserved win to our Terran champion!
@@Realradya it’s not cope. Harstem has said ghost are op, winter has said ghost are op, raynor has said it, pig has said it.. even uthermal the Terran simp has said ghost are too strong. How are you so stupid that you think 1 unit that can 1 shot nearly every unit Zerg has and trades 100 times more cost effectively than any other unit in the game and has no real direct counter isn’t op? But I’m sure you’re right and the pros and the pro casters are all wrong..
@@mikeiscoo2 Man you sound like a low level scrub.. Clem is on another level, zerg has been doing extremely well in major tournaments in the last 5 years or more and protoss often beats the best terran players just to lose to zerg. I wish terran would ever be OP but I agree players like Clem make the race seem insane.
The best casting duo of all time huh? They sure did a shit job here. They only noticed that the game is over in game one after the GG had happened. They constatntly keep ignoring the key moments in games, even though the observer is trying his heart out to compensate. Tastless never gives any deep insights into the games, just describes what is happening on screen, as if he was commentating for blind people and Artosis was about as excited and hyped to cast this event as a sleeping sloth. Any other duo at the event would have done a thousand times better.
@@Chuck4230 They are just having fun at this point. They don't try hard to give any deep insights anymore. But they are the best casterduo of all time imo
clem really hit serral with 8 consecutive wins this entire world cup. clem without server delay/lag is a fckin menace! that two pronged attack at 44:00 with full micro on both armies at the same time is just absurd! --- do mind, this is AGAINST SERRAL, the GOAT!
@@JesseHermanni lol. you mean to tell me Serral beat the shiiit out of Maru in a dominating fashion but couldnt get at least 1 win against Clem because of those reasons? both terrans used the same team comp against Serral 🤦 give credit where credit is due. Terrans got bounced on Day 3 except clem (and A LOT of terran joined the tournament compared to other race). He's literally the only terran left. gtfo
Some things the commentators have missed in the fourth game: -Clem established a stronghold in the middle with turrets and planetary as soon as it was clear that they would be go into the late game. He allowed Serral to get the bases on the edges but having this stronghold in the middle allowed him to restrict Serral rotation and to trade extremely efficiently while making it hard for Serral to run by. -Clem kept sniping the overseers which eventually led Serral to be supply blocked just when he was using his huge bank to remax at the end while trying to get rid of this middle position. This made his second wave of units much weaker and, even if he eventually noticed, it lost him the game.
All I ever wanted from SC2 in the last 10+ years was to see a Protoss player be rewarded for playing well like Clem here today. Happy for Clem, hopefully Serral will get back into form. Hopefully Protoss will be buffed so it's possible to do something like what these guys have done many times, win without requiring enemy mistakes. Maxpax, Trap, herO have suffered for too long.
Spoiler Congratulations to Clem! In ESL Masters 2023 Winter fashion he defeated the top Zergs again! His consistent pressure, multitasking, and macroing perfectly behind it all was one of the most amazing and inspiring things I've ever seen. A 92 on his player card looks like a big understatement now. The top Terrans better get their wins in while they can. By next year I expect him to be just as good in TvT as he is in the other matchups!
@@blaurvedrur I would've liked to see that match too. With the way Clem was playing I would've given him the edge. Still would've been fun though as I find Clem, Dark, and HerO to be the most entertaining to watch for their respective races.
@@write-only i think it will be more or less the same result with less time. Serral beats everybody by using his marco and his overall strategy used while his micro and speed maybe better but not by much in comparison with other player. Meanwile, Clem in this EWC is winning by being faster and so far ahead everyone with micro and multitasking skill. He didnt really care what your strategy is but imposing his right from the get go. He found his way and it is very hard to counter since u have to be faster and more precise than him basically.
This was a super-human performance. Just flawless gameplay from beginning to end, with twice the awareness and micro of Serral (the final boss). Just unbelievable what we just witnessed! So proud of Clem.
I've been following Clem's games during these series and I've noticed that he's several steps ahead for several reasons: -He mainly focuses on attacking the opponent's economy, he doesn't seek out confrontations, his focus is always on killing works units, and this makes a lot of sense since army vs army, unless the opponent makes a mistake, there will usually be casualties on both sides. -He's just everywhere, waiting to sneak attack your bases. When the opponent thinks the real threat is his army, in reality, is just a distraction. The army only comes into action when it can take objectives. 99% of his rivals focus on attacking his army, which is the reason for his defeats. A clear example was Hero, despite winning some fights, Clem was constantly damaging his economy, which at the end of the day, ends up making the difference. -If you add to this a god-level multitasking and reaction speed, Clem was simply too overwhelming for anyone.
I totally agree with your point. If other top players figured out how to breakdown this pattern, they will find out that Clem should be a normal top player.
I mean Serral plays that same style. If you watched him vs Maru it was the same thing, Terran units controlled at that level are just better though. I'm not saying Serral could play Terran that well either but it just seems like Terran has the highest ceiling of all the races and I wouldn't be surprised if this is the start of a long string of Terran dominance at the pro level
@@lingzaiyue I don't know if a normal player, Clem is still extraordinarily efficient in all facets. I think a new meta has been born in which pro players should study and try to counter, since it seems that none of them were prepared and that could reduce Clem's advantage. But until that happens, it could take some time.
Kudos to Clem, shows what great play and patient means. Hero throws units and being too aggressive from time to time. Serral is still a mountain to climb for other players. Look at game time 1:10:01 to 1:12:16, how many scans being throw on the field? Scouting wins games, when you knows how big and where the enemies are, you are better to know what to do. Some Orbital Commands are on the map, not for mining but purely for mules, scans and tanking. Scans reveal the map, and they also oppress your opponent ability to scout you. See the reveal and snipes on Overseers, (150mineral, 50gas), and zerg has no more cloak detection to engage. This is a great example of how the basic core ability being impactful and shape the mid to late game.
Clem plays terran the way it should be played. Offensive in your face , high octane, high momentum. Compared to other terrans that like to turtle and take it slow.
@@orangepearlf40 agreed... it's a style that clearly showed how to take the best zerg and player in sc2 down. Clem is playing like no other terrain right now.
@@orangepearlf40 agreed! imo, terran cant turtle up vs. zergs because banelings can easily take care of any form of defensive tactics ---- while being followed by actual late game zerg units and can rebuild all those lost units back up in a snap with the amount of larvas at the late game.
Clem's level here is absolutely crazy. Serral, yet again, made beating Maru look straightforward this tournament, so to see him demolished so thoroughly is just astonishing. GG to everyone, amazing games and casting this tournament.
I am watching Clem from his early tournaments. He was just a kid back then. Awesome to see him perform better each year all the way to the top. Both players are always a pleasure to watch.
Maru popularized defensive Terran playstyle, Clem popularized offensive Terran playstyle. Especially in this meta, it seems Clem's playstyle is more viable. I wonder if Maru will make adjustments to his game after seeing Clem exposing Serral's weakness.
Same, Maru is my GOAT. But I think Maru should rest for a while, his mechanics maybe getting a bit slow considering he's played this game from the beginning. This is the time of Clem.
@@kaif7312Nothing to so with age. Maru was hellishly fast but, as weird as it sounds, it was never like this. Like these levels of speed he never actually reached.
@@Myrht781 doubtful if he can even put up his usual play vs. Clem in an offline tournament. 1. no off-tourney experience --- huge pressure 2. no server lag/delays --- different breed of animals unleashed
What a fantastic battle! Serral tries his best but couldn't get it against Clem's peak terran. This particular match up shows SC2 is the best RTS in the world.
#WinterStarcraft is going to have to give us one hell of a bronze league heros galore to un-spoil the 3-0, 4-0, 4-0 and 5-0 series when he gets around to cast them! Aaaand I hope he casts that wonderfully chaotic showtime match!
I hope he casts everything. Honestly it is a bit of a shame that he is not casting these events, he is by far the best, most creative, most fun to hear without ever being obnoxious.
And for the record, yes, I do feel cheated out of potentially 10 maps today! But the skill of the top 4 players were just too far apart today. Clem playing probably his best ever, Serral tricking Dark into playing right into his hands, and Hero just unable to really surprise Clem ever... I really would have wished for a nail-biting game 7 in hopefully both semis, and the first games 8 and 9 I would have ever witnessed. The casters and the production value at peak level, I was really hungry for more!
Clem is the King of SC2, period. What an unimaginable win for him, showed his dominance in front of all the ppl around the world! 5-0 Serral just insane!!!
This was the perfect micro/macro balance achieved by a Terran throughout a whole tournament ever. HUGE respect to Clem as this was the most impressive SC2 performance that I have ever seen.
When you saw Serral helpless face it was as if he didnt understand what Clem was doing and how counter this monster who is in 3 place at the same time!. It is the Serral Terminator.
@@OnigoroshiZero Korea is still the best SC2 country by a large margin, it just happens that the very top 2 players aren't Korean. It's like saying USA aren't best at basketball because Jokic isn't american, or Japan aren't the best at Sumo because their GOAT is Mongolian
Finally it's not Serral winning another tournament!!! It's time like this that we need to see some new faces winning the finals instead of keep on having Serral dominate all the live tournaments!!!
I think Serral is still the GOAT... But Clem is the GOAT SLAYER !!! In France, we name Serral "le Dieu Empereur" (the God Emperor") but Clem is our Kratoss, a Godslayer !
@@rocobrasaureSerral still is! One game doesn't change anything. Let's start talking about that title when Clem has the same number of tournament wins as Serral
At the highest level of play (at Maru and Clem's level), Terran is the master/OP race if one can utilize all of the small advantages that Terran has. In the beginning, middle, and endgame, Terran can be OP compared to especially Zerg and Protoss. For example: - In the beginning, reapers can travel faster and can heal and can be even used for cheese. Widow mine can annihilate both air and land units easily with splash damage. - Next, ravens and all air harrassment can be deployed. For the land units, only - Terrans' missile turrets are the best in terms of scanning area and damage per second. - Terran's tanks are the most profitable land units in the beginning to destroy buildings and units (splash) - Terran's air units can standby and harrass as much as possible without any repercussions from other races in the beginning. Once the harrassment done, Terran can put pressure at all time until the end. - especially the medivac (heal) + marine (stimpack) + marauders (slow) - These combinations can annihilate anything - Terran's miner is one of the most resource-gained/second - the mule - Terran's ghosts are very OP. It can snipe, hide, emp, and nuke. With protection from other units, it's almost impossible to counter ghosts. The reason? other races need something to scan the hidden units and those scanners can be easily found by 'scan' and destroyed accordingly. - Terran's buildings can attack and can be transported to any other area easily. Other races? Not so much. - In the endgame, ghosts, unlimited scans, along with air superiority and land superiority can squash any other races with ease. Terran is the hardest and most difficult and complex race to play, but also the most lucrative ones and the return of investment is the biggest. The variations are limitless with Terran, you can combine any units with ease, mostly with bio and mech. All the compositions, if you can really utilize them, are very OP. It can heal, repair, long-range, nuke anything, hidden units both air and land, and can counter any other race units. Not to mention the mule is one of the most profitable miners for terrans. All in all Terran >>> Protoss >> Zerg.
Absolutely unthinkable. Hate to admit it but yea Serral has just been on another level for so long... To see him get pulled apart and game after game (and no cheesing) just never be able to gain any traction was absolutely nothing short of masterful from Clem. I gotta pay more attention to this guy, real potential for a new goat in sc2
Just shows the Korean style (Maru) vs the non-Korean style (Clem) is a HUGE factor. Korean players need to adapt their style if they ever want to compete with non-Koreans
Maru popularized defensive Terran style. It worked for the most part until Serral came into play. The meta also changed a few times after that and Mary's playstyle doesn't seem as effective anymore. Clem's playstyle seems to be more viable in this meta. And after exposing Serral's weakness with offensive Terran playstyle, I think more Terran players will try to adjust their game more. Serral has always been a greedy player by delaying ling speed and some times even lings. This is how he gets ahead and build his unstoppable momentum. Clem came into this tournament with extremely strong reaper micro, oftentimes punishing Serral by picking off a drone or two, or even denying his 3rd expansion a few times. Not to mention keeping the reaper alive and active for so long gives him good scouting information. I'm sure after this, more Terran players will practice their reaper micro. And Zerg players will have to adapt and go for earlier lings or ling speed.
@@skychaos87 You are not wrong, but he canceled/killed a lot of hatchery because Serral was sloppy (especially the one he killed 2 drones then canceled with 2 hellions...). He was on tilt from the beginning of this series and it showed. Also, I think Clem just made a great adaptation with his no-banshee build on 2 of those games. Basically, Serral tried 3 times his roach push, and it SUCKED 3 times (even the game against the banshee), its as if he was just wanting to prove himself this build was working or smth.
At this point, I think MaxPax is Clem's protoss account and he just plays Terran on his right hand and protoss with the left on all of those ESL finals.
@@Stoeff1987it’s very bizarre, one starts to wonder whether he has something to hide? I mean there are good reasons to stay out of the spotlight but when you’re in the top players in the world really feels like it would be worth it
Anyone have any idea what serral could have done differently here to win? In most games where serral dominates I feel like he wins because of strategy and not raw mechanical skill. Like in the 4-0 against dark, serral constantly knew that dark would counter attack and therefore deliberately massed units after his push failed. I can at least see a strategy that dark could have used to bring it back, or build orders he could use to win. But in this case I dont see what he could have done. He is the fastest zerg in the game except for reynor, the best spell caster usage, and he had units in all the right places for all of clems attacks. He tried rushes, late game, mid game and just got nothing done while Clem maintained a 2x cost efficiency. I don't want to say that terran is imba, but when a player is as fast as clem what strategy can a zerg possibly use to win?
I remember at Katowice when Serral beat Clem, he was attacking front on and using lots of nydus worms with lurkers on surrounding bases. Wondered why never really saw that today
You are spot on. Clem`s victory seem to be of pure mechanical origin. He`s actually playing not a strategy but some crazy fast shooter game. Joona just before the final said he would be ok if he survives starting 6 minutes and then you see him struggling in the lategame, being literraly clueless - it`s painful to watch. Lets hope he won`t brake down and will get stronger.
I have been Serral's fan for so many years since his breakout year but for this tournament, I chose Maru or Clem to win. No offense but I don't not like Serral's attitude after every win. Except for the final, he never shakes hands with his opponents after the game. It's a basic courtesy/manner. Very rude IMO. Clem on the other hand, always been humble and respectful towards his opponents. Truly deserved to be the World Champion.
Now Serral knows how it usually feels to play against Serral
XD soo true
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Idk, there were times when Serral got kind of close.
I think we should nerf Protoss just to be safe.
Serral has won the most tournaments out of any SC player. I think you're right. They should.
Yeah, nerf Protoss and Terran. Just to be even safer. I mean if Zerg can't be the best why even watch SC in the first place.
@@ZafrasF Exactly. But why stop there? Instead of crying about balance, they should just remove Terran and Protoss from the game, so that Zerg wins every match.
Lol I support this
Zerg already op bro serral can’t catch up clem fast gameplay
Speechless. Clems record for the tournament
3:0 against Classic
3:2 against Reynor
3:0 against Serral
4:0 against Hero
5:0 against Serral
Never seen Serral gets demolished like this
Clem did to the competition what serral often does, only he did it to serral too ^^
Isn't serral in the military right now, and can only play for a bit of time each day?
@@jamesanthony5066Yes and I did notice Serral make a bunch of small uncharacteristic mistakes throughout the tournament probably because of that.
But even in full form Serral may not have won this one
He got a permission to practice for the last month. So he got time to prepare this tournament.@@jamesanthony5066
That made raynor second best😂
5-0 AGAINST SERRAL?! GIve this man 2 trophies! WHAT A LEGEND!
8-0
@@aaronbuffalo7769wild !
not just that, he somehow made it look easy...
Easy, At the highest level of play (at Maru and Clem's level), Terran is the master/OP race if one can utilize all of the small advantages that Terran has. In the beginning, middle, and endgame, Terran can be OP compared to especially Zerg and Protoss.
For example:
- In the beginning, reapers can travel faster and can heal and can be even used for cheese. Widow mine can annihilate both air and land units easily with splash damage.
- Next, ravens and all air harrassment can be deployed. For the land units, only
- Terrans' missile turrets are the best in terms of scanning area and damage per second.
- Terran's tanks are the most profitable land units in the beginning to destroy buildings and units (splash)
- Terran's air units can standby and harrass as much as possible without any repercussions from other races in the beginning. Once the harrassment done, Terran can put pressure at all time until the end. - especially the medivac (heal) + marine (stimpack) + marauders (slow) - These combinations can annihilate anything
- Terran's miner is one of the most resource-gained/second - the mule
- Terran's ghosts are very OP. It can snipe, hide, emp, and nuke. With protection from other units, it's almost impossible to counter ghosts. The reason? other races need something to scan the hidden units and those scanners can be easily found by 'scan' and destroyed accordingly.
- Terran's buildings can attack and can be transported to any other area easily. Other races? Not so much.
- In the endgame, ghosts, unlimited scans, along with air superiority and land superiority can squash any other races with ease.
Terran is the hardest and most difficult and complex race to play, but also the most lucrative ones and the return of investment is the biggest. The variations are limitless with Terran, you can combine any units with ease, mostly with bio and mech. All the compositions, if you can really utilize them, are very OP. It can heal, repair, long-range, nuke anything, hidden units both air and land, and can counter any other race units. Not to mention the mule is one of the most profitable miners for terrans.
All in all Terran >>> Protoss >> Zerg.
8/0 vs Serral is ultimate achievement in Star Craft 2. No one ever reaches that in one tournament or two consecutive tournaments.
I'm a Serral fan and have been following him play in most big tournaments for past 6 or so years. I have never seen him this frustrated and helpless in a series before. This was one of those series where it must've felt like no matter what you do your opponent always is one step ahead. Clem played insanely well. Super on point with both micro and macro. Well deserved win. Still sad for Serral but even the GOAT can't win every time.
He looked flustered in all of his matches this turny to me. His play kept up though, just not perfect enough to beat out clem
True. Looks like clem is the anti serral. The "maru" we have been lookin for hehe.
Hahah take that you Serral fanboy. This was Soo satisfying to watch
He deserves it. All these years, Zerg is over balanced around him. Now, let him enjoy the pain like a normal zerg player on the ladder.
Clem makes this match up look impossible. It doesn't feel like something you can decision yourself out of like serral usually does. It just seems like Zerg doesn't have the micro capability to beat Terran at this level.
But damn is Clem insane, he micros on 2/3 fronts better than most pros micro on one.
Been a Serral and dark fan for years, and seeing this game can still produce a crazy player like clem this is incredible. STARCRAFT 2 is a beautiful game
Well reynor despite his loss can be proud to be the only player who was able to take a map from Clem.
reynor is the only who can keep up with the speed of clem
But if you watch clem pressing his keyboard, it doesnt look like he was pressing too much or clicking too much, at the end of round 3 when he was microing both armies at the same time, youll see that he was not that pressing or clicking much
@@alucardlord4876He makes it look smooth and he's efficient and precise. But watch the screen at the same time and you'll see it's absolute hell.
@@alucardlord4876 if you watch some of his live streams you’ll see that he is incredibly efficient with his clicks. There is no spamming even though he is 400 apm. Every click has a purpose and is never repeated.
@@alucardlord4876 I THInk he did the Shift A-Click click, then control group to other medvac then micro that, so the first will keep engaging the army
Man... Clem was absolutely perfect.
Serral just got wrecked. You can see the pain in his eyes.
I haven't been following SC2 tournaments recently so I didn't even realize this is effectively the Blizzcon with a 400k?!? prize pool. What a time for Clem to go into the zone. Major props to him, I was blown away by his speed years ago and it's finally paid off in such a high stakes tournament. Well deserved.
2nd game with two cancels on the 4th is unheard of for Serral but he almost came back thanks to that counter on the third - Clem was quite prepared as well with hellions and reinforcement marines there but the units were clumped so that was a pretty quick -12 scvs. Clem also made quite a few micro mistakes like not picking up all his ghosts when caught on the map. Serral's creep spread on this game wasn't amazing though, probably due to Clem's non stop pressure - would have still expected more creep on the top side though since a lot of the skirmishes were on the bottom but maybe he lost the creep spreading queens. And Zerg without maphack and speed boost is really very fallible.
5:27 Now that usually never happens
24:24 Cute bane snipe
25:57 Pretty big mistake leaving at least 4 ghosts behind there
27:33 Nice scan. Was wondering how Clem knew - Serral moved it down into turret vision a few seconds earlier and Clem saw that.
27:55 Cute ghost save
28:12 Nice widow mine unburrow
36:02 Very cute reaper save
37:16, 37:26 Wow, I heard Serral had a fever? Anyway, very uncharacteristic for these things to happen to him
38:03 After seeing Maru just roll over and die to these timings, I'm surprised at how cleanly Clem held that. I wonder if diving in with all those roaches and getting surrounded by scvs and marines before reinforcements could arrive was a bad idea... Maybe losing the overlord at 37:59 meant Serral didn't have vision of high ground to know tanks weren't there at the time and he could just take a more direct path up without trapping himself.
40:45 Yeah, it's really not Serral's day today
41:20 Serral so tilted he cancelled the hatch accidentally after the first cancel
42:46 Very cute drone snipe
43:42 That's insane, I was preoccupied watching Clem defending, sieging/unsieging and counter pushing on the main screen and was shocked to see him also microing aggressively and sniping a viper on the other side of the map.
51:19 Finally, a drone not getting interrupted as it tries to morph into an expo. Must be a sign for Serral's comeback.
51:29 Artosis makes a good point that 2 of the games were roach timings and the third game had interrupted expos. But to be fair to Serral, he chose to do roach timings on maps with really good tank positions/short pushes
54:46 Am I tripping or did Serral accidentally cancel the hatch 2 times again?
55:30 Wow, starting hive at 6:34
1:00:11 Uncharacteristic of Clem - he didn't notice that his 2nd engineering bay wasn't researching +3 armor
1:01:45 Game looking a lot more like Serral's bread and butter. Creep covering half the map or more, burrowed infestor traps and taking the opponents bases as well
1:02:05 Massive catch by Serral there
1:02:50 Love to see theoretically correct play - mine the risky bases first while you still have map control
1:03:34 Signs of Clem slipping a bit after all the cute stuff above - he didn't kill that drone!
1:04:49 Love to see more theoretically correct play, put a nydus there so you have a retreat path for drones now that the sensor tower spots it
1:08:02 Feels like it's been ages since I've seen a cat and mouse game with ghosts trying to hunt down infestors to EMP
1:08:44 I'm not sure how to even read that engagement. Seemed like only 3-4 snipes actually went off
1:10:00 LMAO, Artosis is right, that doesn't make sense. It's surprising that Clem was able to pick off the right side bases so effectively. That position with turrets and a PF in the middle of the map might have been pretty damn smart, it really neutralized Serral's army movement speed advantage between the left and right sides of the map pre brood lord. The high ground in middle and choky ramps all over the place really make it tough for Zerg so sure, if you can hold that position, why not.
1:14:40 That was a master class by Clem. Sure the map helped him but still, not many Terrans could have done that to Serral. GGing with 8k/3.3k in the bank because you were methodically pushed all the way to your fourth and reinforcement lines were cut in half with no creep spread left. Seriously impressed cause that is such a rare phenomenon - the equivalent of killing a Terran with a massive bank because you effectively camped their production.
1:23:40 Not sure if Serral slipped up on macro or not but it's weird seeing Serral down so much supply in a ZvT push like this. Even after he cleans it up, he's still down on supply. In fact, Clem manages to maintain a supply lead (even if a good chunk of it is in production) after each skirmish for the next 4-5 minutes. That seems really unusual.
1:27:03 Omg, I didn't even notice a widow mine was there. That was disgustingly good for Clem. Serral usually notices and reacts like a god to mines so it's uncharacteristic this happened, especially since the lings had vision and clumped to attack the mine.
1:27:30 If Serral wasn't tilted by now, I'm tilted for him. I just noticed that his cam has been frozen for a while now
1:27:56 Okay, that plus the parasitic bomb killing a full medivac in the earlier engagement helps make up for some of the mine shots
1:28:09 I'm so used to Serral splitting like a god vs mines that seeing mine shots like this and in the fight a few seconds from now confuse me
1:29:26 I don't think I ever see Serral accidentally select a drone into his main army
1:30:18 Omg, I thought Serral was about to have revenge for those 2 sniped vipers by fungalling that entire army. How on earth did Clem know to scan himself? Maybe he knew cause Serral was posturing to attack him and that only makes sense if an infestor was there? I would have looked at it and assumed Serral was just setting up a concave to defend his top base though...
1:30:56 Not every day you see Terran with a larger bank than the Zerg in a game like this
Me before I started the replay: "I don't know if I can stomach watching Serral stomp Terran in another final."
Me after it's over: "The bad man can't hurt you anymore!"
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Lol, Serral can bleed, a lot! Got 8-0 from Clem.
Other top tier Terran will see what Clem did here and will replicate it. This is the end of Serral's dominance.
Clem playing on another level, no macro missed, defending run bys and always attacking and maximizing damage. Usually Serral can do things to tax the APM of other players but this time Clem was like a wall. The last game was just resignation.
I feel like most of the games showed resignatiion from Serral. Not able to bring his a-game during the whole tournament, the 3-0 in the group stage was probably on his mind from the get-go. He tapped out very early each game (that's kind of a gimmcik for him) as if the whole series was already played out in his head. Seeing him struggle against hero, even if he 4-0 Dark, you knew statistically that Clem who destroyed every opponent he had in this championship would be unmatched.
i truly believe clem uses some kind of drugs
@@TheElinorafor me it’s more likely that Clem is a gifted child who has played Sc2 all his life. For many years he practiced a difficult playstyle to master and yesterday, we witnessed him achieve his peak. Confidence has a big role in this, with age he finally became confident. Before he was still too shaky
imagine controlling a single fucking marine and medivac just to do damage on a building hatchery
@@Okoshooooooooooo i would rather believe in drugs since noone checks for it
Whenever Tasteless does the intros I get chills... Tastosis is back baybeeee!!!! So much love for the best casting duo ever!!!
Serral is GOAT, but the peak Clem hit here is just absurd.
This could be the beginning of the new GOAT
It's a big deal when a Peak Clem double sweeps a GOAT.
@@fjoiewafno unlikely, considering the time that's left for this game
Wait till terran got nerf alot, that is when we can discuss clem being the goat
@@blaurvedrurStarCraft broodwar has still a scene so
Good for Clem. The kid is GIFTED and puts in the work to be the best.
If I was a superstitious person, I would say it's only natural for The Kid to eventually catch up with The G.O.A.T.
Despite what the score suggests, every match was a banger.
Would Clem being able to do the same, if infesters would have the not nerfed range and damage? What about the nerfed bainlings so the gap cannot be closed and marines can target them done? What about unlimited scans for terrans and zerg is running into supply blocks, if overlords are lost. And on top of everything terran upgrades complete now faster. Terran got buffed constantly and Zerg got nerfed. Finally it shows and Dark and Serral get pushed back.
@@aquaden8344 true. They cant nerf terran directly. Everytime they nerf something, they say "oh let me buff something so they dont get mad", while with zerg they have no problem at all just nerfing them. A clear example is when they buffed the upgrade time for the terrans
I'm saying this and I'm not even a zerg player, but I just dont think this game is really balanced when it comes to the terran race
Why talking about terran nerf?
Maybe you forgetting that we have 2 zergs, 1 protoss and 1 terran in final 4
More terrans in knockout bracket?
Its because there's more terran who participated than toss and zerg
@@aquaden8344 maru got 0/13 by serral just keep finding excuses
Serral might be the GOAT but I think it's undeniable that this version of Clem in this grand final is the highest ceiling that any sc2 player has ever reached so far. Everything he did was damn near perfect.
Not quite. Zerg has been nerfed to the ground.
Nah. Katowice Serral would've beaten this Clem.
hes nowhere near the goat LOL
@@hasinurrahman6317 Serral was literally subpar for 6 years, barely made top 24.
then suddenly half the korean playerbase quit and then he starts winning and then every westerner is like GOAT BABY GOAT
bruh this guy literally got pile drived for 5 years barely making it to top 8 in WILDCARD tournaments.
look at the facts seriously.
@@mis8866 Game was a big pile of Wank for its first 8 years or so with godawful balance and pisspoor maps . Only in the last 4 years or so has the game been at a functionally playable level , ever since Infested terrans were removed onwards.
Thanks to Esports for organising this tournament.
And respect to Clem a New King of the Terrans!
Thank you Clem, now everytime I am depressed I will come back and watch this 😅 God this was incredible
This is insane. Clem's skill level is unheard of. Amazing series, amazing video, thank you.
Clem created the new record of two 5:0 of final games.
its 8:0 in this tourney
Watching SC2 since Idra and Day9, i haven't seen such a dominant play - well played Clem. You make me watch Serral games again.
The way Clem play is nothing short of amazing. Never seen Serral so frustrated in his gameplay before.
Also Clem play of minimizing loss, making a ton of siege tanks to defend his base and ghosts just spamming snipes on everything moving is something to learn by all other Terran players.
This is literally peak esports in every way.
What the hell have i just watch?! What a skill by the love of GOD!
I never seen someone make it so hard for Serral omg
Clem is excellent at managing multiple armies. He transfers the first army into a drop while simultaneously trading with another army. Then, he transfers the second army into another drop, and so on. It feels like he can constantly have three drops on the map and a main army moving at the same time. When he adds Liberators or Banshees to the mix, it's mind-blowing. He perfectly capitalizes on his opponent's mistakes or lack of preparation, constantly harassing them while macroing for his next army to trade and drop. You often see him with a Medivac carrying just one or two Marines or Marauders, but he continues to use them efficiently.
I always knew Clem would win, he's unlike any other SC2 players and every matchup he gives it his all. He struggled a lot in Dallas, and then lost against GumiHo in another tourney after that, he went to Korea and played well and now for him to come to EWC and prove to the world he is the best just means that he knew he always had what it takes! Well deserved win to our Terran champion!
serral is an absolute machine and clem is just somehow on another level. This match up is so fun to watch.
No he’s not.. you just make ghost as Terran
cope
@@Realradya it’s not cope. Harstem has said ghost are op, winter has said ghost are op, raynor has said it, pig has said it.. even uthermal the Terran simp has said ghost are too strong. How are you so stupid that you think 1 unit that can 1 shot nearly every unit Zerg has and trades 100 times more cost effectively than any other unit in the game and has no real direct counter isn’t op? But I’m sure you’re right and the pros and the pro casters are all wrong..
@@Realradya Terran also has the strongest early game harass with the reaper. It costs them nothing to go into reaper and it can only benefit them
@@mikeiscoo2 Man you sound like a low level scrub.. Clem is on another level, zerg has been doing extremely well in major tournaments in the last 5 years or more and protoss often beats the best terran players just to lose to zerg. I wish terran would ever be OP but I agree players like Clem make the race seem insane.
They saved the best casting duo of all time for the final series. Reminds me of the good old days
The best casting duo of all time huh? They sure did a shit job here. They only noticed that the game is over in game one after the GG had happened. They constatntly keep ignoring the key moments in games, even though the observer is trying his heart out to compensate. Tastless never gives any deep insights into the games, just describes what is happening on screen, as if he was commentating for blind people and Artosis was about as excited and hyped to cast this event as a sleeping sloth. Any other duo at the event would have done a thousand times better.
They were rooting for Serral that’s why
@@Chuck4230 Stay mad then, I like them.
@@Chuck4230 Lul . we have a funny clown here
@@Chuck4230 They are just having fun at this point. They don't try hard to give any deep insights anymore. But they are the best casterduo of all time imo
clem really hit serral with 8 consecutive wins this entire world cup.
clem without server delay/lag is a fckin menace! that two pronged attack at 44:00 with full micro on both armies at the same time is just absurd! --- do mind, this is AGAINST SERRAL, the GOAT!
This gave me goosebumps
Two reasons: the army and the balance team :D
@@JesseHermanni You are platinum my guy
@@JesseHermanni lol. you mean to tell me Serral beat the shiiit out of Maru in a dominating fashion but couldnt get at least 1 win against Clem because of those reasons? both terrans used the same team comp against Serral 🤦
give credit where credit is due.
Terrans got bounced on Day 3 except clem (and A LOT of terran joined the tournament compared to other race). He's literally the only terran left. gtfo
@@loucahoornaert6013 you are 11. Aaand probably murican
Clem Al-Gaib ! This was insane
Some things the commentators have missed in the fourth game:
-Clem established a stronghold in the middle with turrets and planetary as soon as it was clear that they would be go into the late game. He allowed Serral to get the bases on the edges but having this stronghold in the middle allowed him to restrict Serral rotation and to trade extremely efficiently while making it hard for Serral to run by.
-Clem kept sniping the overseers which eventually led Serral to be supply blocked just when he was using his huge bank to remax at the end while trying to get rid of this middle position. This made his second wave of units much weaker and, even if he eventually noticed, it lost him the game.
All I ever wanted from SC2 in the last 10+ years was to see a Protoss player be rewarded for playing well like Clem here today. Happy for Clem, hopefully Serral will get back into form.
Hopefully Protoss will be buffed so it's possible to do something like what these guys have done many times, win without requiring enemy mistakes. Maxpax, Trap, herO have suffered for too long.
GG CLEM ! Thanks for making sc2 great again !
watching sc2 since day one and i truely never have seen such a dominant performance.
Serral被零封誰能想像！而且Clem再次用瘋狂犀利的微操去實現創意式戰略玩法的應用也是實至名歸的冠軍，因為正常來說在最高水準ESPORT裡根本不可能
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Congratulations to Clem! In ESL Masters 2023 Winter fashion he defeated the top Zergs again! His consistent pressure, multitasking, and macroing perfectly behind it all was one of the most amazing and inspiring things I've ever seen. A 92 on his player card looks like a big understatement now. The top Terrans better get their wins in while they can. By next year I expect him to be just as good in TvT as he is in the other matchups!
Was just a little bit disappointing not seeing him vs Dark, I mean, he seems to be the only zerg rn to know how to beat Clem.. or not.. we won't know
@@blaurvedrur I would've liked to see that match too. With the way Clem was playing I would've given him the edge. Still would've been fun though as I find Clem, Dark, and HerO to be the most entertaining to watch for their respective races.
@@write-only i think it will be more or less the same result with less time. Serral beats everybody by using his marco and his overall strategy used while his micro and speed maybe better but not by much in comparison with other player.
Meanwile, Clem in this EWC is winning by being faster and so far ahead everyone with micro and multitasking skill. He didnt really care what your strategy is but imposing his right from the get go. He found his way and it is very hard to counter since u have to be faster and more precise than him basically.
This was a super-human performance. Just flawless gameplay from beginning to end, with twice the awareness and micro of Serral (the final boss). Just unbelievable what we just witnessed! So proud of Clem.
I've been following Clem's games during these series and I've noticed that he's several steps ahead for several reasons:
-He mainly focuses on attacking the opponent's economy, he doesn't seek out confrontations, his focus is always on killing works units, and this makes a lot of sense since army vs army, unless the opponent makes a mistake, there will usually be casualties on both sides.
-He's just everywhere, waiting to sneak attack your bases. When the opponent thinks the real threat is his army, in reality, is just a distraction. The army only comes into action when it can take objectives. 99% of his rivals focus on attacking his army, which is the reason for his defeats. A clear example was Hero, despite winning some fights, Clem was constantly damaging his economy, which at the end of the day, ends up making the difference.
-If you add to this a god-level multitasking and reaction speed, Clem was simply too overwhelming for anyone.
Terran is so OP that, no matter how much you wound its economy, they can still kill you due to OP mules.
I totally agree with your point. If other top players figured out how to breakdown this pattern, they will find out that Clem should be a normal top player.
@@evelic Give me recall or creep over Mules
I mean Serral plays that same style. If you watched him vs Maru it was the same thing, Terran units controlled at that level are just better though. I'm not saying Serral could play Terran that well either but it just seems like Terran has the highest ceiling of all the races and I wouldn't be surprised if this is the start of a long string of Terran dominance at the pro level
@@lingzaiyue I don't know if a normal player, Clem is still extraordinarily efficient in all facets. I think a new meta has been born in which pro players should study and try to counter, since it seems that none of them were prepared and that could reduce Clem's advantage. But until that happens, it could take some time.
I really hope this revitalizes Starcraft esports.
Clem is insane. This is a whole new level of gameplay we’re seeing. I hope StarCraft sticks around for many more years.
Kudos to Clem, shows what great play and patient means.
Hero throws units and being too aggressive from time to time.
Serral is still a mountain to climb for other players.
Look at game time 1:10:01 to 1:12:16, how many scans being throw on the field?
Scouting wins games, when you knows how big and where the enemies are, you are better to know what to do.
Some Orbital Commands are on the map, not for mining but purely for mules, scans and tanking. Scans reveal the map, and they also oppress your opponent ability to scout you. See the reveal and snipes on Overseers, (150mineral, 50gas), and zerg has no more cloak detection to engage.
This is a great example of how the basic core ability being impactful and shape the mid to late game.
Amazing. Simply amazing. Best Terran ever. I'm proud to be a Terran! :D
Clem definitely won my repect to solidify his case as the best terrain in the world! Gg Goat Terrain
Clem plays terran the way it should be played. Offensive in your face , high octane, high momentum. Compared to other terrans that like to turtle and take it slow.
He wins the best PLAYER award, period. He proved it many times in this series.
@@orangepearlf40 agreed... it's a style that clearly showed how to take the best zerg and player in sc2 down. Clem is playing like no other terrain right now.
@@orangepearlf40 agreed! imo, terran cant turtle up vs. zergs because banelings can easily take care of any form of defensive tactics ---- while being followed by actual late game zerg units and can rebuild all those lost units back up in a snap with the amount of larvas at the late game.
Clem's level here is absolutely crazy. Serral, yet again, made beating Maru look straightforward this tournament, so to see him demolished so thoroughly is just astonishing. GG to everyone, amazing games and casting this tournament.
His first move that wasn't superhuman was when he didn't get his trophy off the table
I am watching Clem from his early tournaments. He was just a kid back then. Awesome to see him perform better each year all the way to the top. Both players are always a pleasure to watch.
Maru, you were my guy.. but Clem is my new favorite Terran.. The dominance over Serral is crazy
MARU： I will be back
Maru popularized defensive Terran playstyle, Clem popularized offensive Terran playstyle. Especially in this meta, it seems Clem's playstyle is more viable. I wonder if Maru will make adjustments to his game after seeing Clem exposing Serral's weakness.
Same, Maru is my GOAT. But I think Maru should rest for a while, his mechanics maybe getting a bit slow considering he's played this game from the beginning.
This is the time of Clem.
@@skychaos87 Remember Maru was a machine years ago. The tournament match with Life, he was forever multi-tasking, but now he just a bit old. Sad
@@kaif7312Nothing to so with age. Maru was hellishly fast but, as weird as it sounds, it was never like this. Like these levels of speed he never actually reached.
Alleeeeeeeeeeez laaaaaaaaaa!
Clem the new GOAT!
Le moment que nous attendions depuis des années. Trop fort Clément!
Bravo à toi!
Clem's focus fire is insane
So happy to hear Tastosis casting sc2!
deserved that 400k Clem !!!!!!!!!!!! Life changing monay
This is the 2nd most viewed video on this channel and likely will take the top spot shortly, SC2 is the king of esports confirmed.
It takes a genius on the level of Clem to overcome Zerg imbalance
Amazing to hear the voice of Tasteless and Artosis in SC2 game once again!!!
I feel like the secondary winner of this tournament was MaxPax. Everyone wanted him to be there and couldn't stop talking about him.
One of the few that can win Clem, such a shame he doesn't goes to lan events.
Why is he not able to assist?
@@evelic Anxiety I'm guessing.
@@Myrht781 doubtful if he can even put up his usual play vs. Clem in an offline tournament.
1. no off-tourney experience --- huge pressure
2. no server lag/delays --- different breed of animals unleashed
What a fantastic battle! Serral tries his best but couldn't get it against Clem's peak terran. This particular match up shows SC2 is the best RTS in the world.
The kid became king
Clem is the greatest player on Earth right now. It's a title well-earned. GG WP!
#WinterStarcraft is going to have to give us one hell of a bronze league heros galore to un-spoil the 3-0, 4-0, 4-0 and 5-0 series when he gets around to cast them!
Aaaand I hope he casts that wonderfully chaotic showtime match!
I hope he casts everything. Honestly it is a bit of a shame that he is not casting these events, he is by far the best, most creative, most fun to hear without ever being obnoxious.
And for the record, yes, I do feel cheated out of potentially 10 maps today! But the skill of the top 4 players were just too far apart today. Clem playing probably his best ever, Serral tricking Dark into playing right into his hands, and Hero just unable to really surprise Clem ever... I really would have wished for a nail-biting game 7 in hopefully both semis, and the first games 8 and 9 I would have ever witnessed. The casters and the production value at peak level, I was really hungry for more!
@@asbjrnfossmo1589 I wanted Clem to finally win something huge more than having tense games. Next time I'm up for that
"They name a spell after me: Fun-gal."
@@asbjrnfossmo1589 same can’t wait fir winter casting these game. Unfortunately his fun away of casting would not be appropriate for live tournaments.
Clem deserves 99 in speed, micro, attack and macro imo
Clem is the King of SC2, period. What an unimaginable win for him, showed his dominance in front of all the ppl around the world! 5-0 Serral just insane!!!
Lol, nice try, buttlicker
We have another gold médaille 🏅 with Clem 🇨🇵
Maaan, there's nothing quite like the Tastosis combo. Accept no substitutions!
They just have the best vibe together and are chill af after so many years casting sc2
No... they're terrible.
I am absolutely, sooooo happy Clem won!! I've been a huge fan and have been waiting for a day like this.
This was the perfect micro/macro balance achieved by a Terran throughout a whole tournament ever. HUGE respect to Clem as this was the most impressive SC2 performance that I have ever seen.
This is so sooo much more than just a chess master solving puzzles. I say that as someone who is better at chess than I am at SC2, despite my efforts.
Clem went to korea for brain surgery.
This Guy is crazy!!!! Really can't believe this. He is a machine
When you saw Serral helpless face it was as if he didnt understand what Clem was doing and how counter this monster who is in 3 place at the same time!. It is the Serral Terminator.
Serral went to military so serral gets beat no coincidence he loses all of a sudden to Clem and loses to Maru
@@AntonioLopez-kw3ev He won 0/13 against maru btw this is copium
@@loucahoornaert6013 facts got you delusional off that copium
Clem shocked the world with this performance in this tournament and made what most people believed to be the best StarCraft 2 player look helpless.
I guess going to Korea really leveled him up! That's is incredible
Playing against Serral did, Koreans are not the top dogs as both of them clearly showed in the entire tournament.
@@OnigoroshiZero very clearly yes!
I meant it expanded Clem's play style and grew his talents. Amazing games be played
@@OnigoroshiZero Korea is still the best SC2 country by a large margin, it just happens that the very top 2 players aren't Korean. It's like saying USA aren't best at basketball because Jokic isn't american, or Japan aren't the best at Sumo because their GOAT is Mongolian
@40:45 Artosis' laugh and then "yupp" xD xD Clem was savage on the drone snipes this game!
Finally it's not Serral winning another tournament!!! It's time like this that we need to see some new faces winning the finals instead of keep on having Serral dominate all the live tournaments!!!
It means 8:0 for Clem against Serral in this tournament, nice scalp. I seems that Clem elevated Terran to the next level.
This kid played perfectly. Amazing. I've never seen 5 near-flawless performances in a row.
Love how calm and confident Clem looks like.
Wow new GOAT CLEM, i nvr see serral get this destroyed before!
Wow watched Clem grow up and now hos the best, So happy for him
GOAT is such a throwaway term at this point
I think Serral is still the GOAT... But Clem is the GOAT SLAYER !!!
In France, we name Serral "le Dieu Empereur" (the God Emperor") but Clem is our Kratoss, a Godslayer !
Nice spoil ya cunt
@@rocobrasaure awesome
@@rocobrasaureSerral still is! One game doesn't change anything. Let's start talking about that title when Clem has the same number of tournament wins as Serral
At the highest level of play (at Maru and Clem's level), Terran is the master/OP race if one can utilize all of the small advantages that Terran has. In the beginning, middle, and endgame, Terran can be OP compared to especially Zerg and Protoss.
For example:
- In the beginning, reapers can travel faster and can heal and can be even used for cheese. Widow mine can annihilate both air and land units easily with splash damage.
- Next, ravens and all air harrassment can be deployed. For the land units, only
- Terrans' missile turrets are the best in terms of scanning area and damage per second.
- Terran's tanks are the most profitable land units in the beginning to destroy buildings and units (splash)
- Terran's air units can standby and harrass as much as possible without any repercussions from other races in the beginning. Once the harrassment done, Terran can put pressure at all time until the end. - especially the medivac (heal) + marine (stimpack) + marauders (slow) - These combinations can annihilate anything
- Terran's miner is one of the most resource-gained/second - the mule
- Terran's ghosts are very OP. It can snipe, hide, emp, and nuke. With protection from other units, it's almost impossible to counter ghosts. The reason? other races need something to scan the hidden units and those scanners can be easily found by 'scan' and destroyed accordingly.
- Terran's buildings can attack and can be transported to any other area easily. Other races? Not so much.
- In the endgame, ghosts, unlimited scans, along with air superiority and land superiority can squash any other races with ease.
Terran is the hardest and most difficult and complex race to play, but also the most lucrative ones and the return of investment is the biggest. The variations are limitless with Terran, you can combine any units with ease, mostly with bio and mech. All the compositions, if you can really utilize them, are very OP. It can heal, repair, long-range, nuke anything, hidden units both air and land, and can counter any other race units. Not to mention the mule is one of the most profitable miners for terrans.
All in all Terran >>> Protoss >> Zerg.
Love that Tartosis got this one to crown the series! 🤩
Absolutely unthinkable. Hate to admit it but yea Serral has just been on another level for so long... To see him get pulled apart and game after game (and no cheesing) just never be able to gain any traction was absolutely nothing short of masterful from Clem. I gotta pay more attention to this guy, real potential for a new goat in sc2
Clem and Raynor
Finally it's not Serral winning the finals!!! No longer want to see Serral wininng over & over again in all tournaments!!! Bye Serral!!!
Would have loved to see this in Katowice. Clem deserved that crowd. GG WP! You earned it!
Just shows the Korean style (Maru) vs the non-Korean style (Clem) is a HUGE factor. Korean players need to adapt their style if they ever want to compete with non-Koreans
Maru popularized defensive Terran style. It worked for the most part until Serral came into play. The meta also changed a few times after that and Mary's playstyle doesn't seem as effective anymore. Clem's playstyle seems to be more viable in this meta. And after exposing Serral's weakness with offensive Terran playstyle, I think more Terran players will try to adjust their game more.
Serral has always been a greedy player by delaying ling speed and some times even lings. This is how he gets ahead and build his unstoppable momentum. Clem came into this tournament with extremely strong reaper micro, oftentimes punishing Serral by picking off a drone or two, or even denying his 3rd expansion a few times. Not to mention keeping the reaper alive and active for so long gives him good scouting information.
I'm sure after this, more Terran players will practice their reaper micro. And Zerg players will have to adapt and go for earlier lings or ling speed.
@@skychaos87 You are not wrong, but he canceled/killed a lot of hatchery because Serral was sloppy (especially the one he killed 2 drones then canceled with 2 hellions...). He was on tilt from the beginning of this series and it showed. Also, I think Clem just made a great adaptation with his no-banshee build on 2 of those games.
Basically, Serral tried 3 times his roach push, and it SUCKED 3 times (even the game against the banshee), its as if he was just wanting to prove himself this build was working or smth.
He played so many incredible games, amazing performance. congrats to Clem.
Maru shedding tears somewhere.
Clem was in the pure flow state❤
2024 is really a year of the French. 👏👏
they do spend a lot of money to win in front of cameras.
@@Myrht781 We are drinking your salty tears with a lot of joy :)
@@loucahoornaert6013 You don't understand. I wasn't talking about the sc2 stage, more about the olympics.
Holy moly Clem, amazing. After years of watching "oh look, serral mopping the floor with everyone" finally somebody has done it!
Serral must be at military training telling the vets to ling run by, bane bust, corrosive bile the enemy … without a keyboard and mouse
Yeah, the strategy courses he got there these past months were less efficient than his own for this tournament.
Succeeding You, father.
Clem is insane 😮 did he even drop a game all tournament? We'll played. Sad for serral though, but still 2:nd and 150k $. Insane.. Gg 👀
He dropped 2 against Reynor
It almost hurt looking at serrals frustration
Crazy that maxpax goes toe to toe with Clem but skipped out on lan
he or his parents want him to stay anonymos. strange when there is 400K on the line
@@Stoeff1987 he probably would have gotten around 35-50 5th-8th first lan
At this point, I think MaxPax is Clem's protoss account and he just plays Terran on his right hand and protoss with the left on all of those ESL finals.
@@Stoeff1987it’s very bizarre, one starts to wonder whether he has something to hide? I mean there are good reasons to stay out of the spotlight but when you’re in the top players in the world really feels like it would be worth it
@@Myrht781what if maxpax is Clem's protoss, nad when the game is maxpax vs Clem, Clem asks someone to play maxpax's account? 🤔🤯🤣
love the commentators back from 2010 Tastossis I love you.
SPOILER BLOCK! 📱
8-0 for Clem against Serral during this competition ... this is INSANE
Anyone have any idea what serral could have done differently here to win? In most games where serral dominates I feel like he wins because of strategy and not raw mechanical skill. Like in the 4-0 against dark, serral constantly knew that dark would counter attack and therefore deliberately massed units after his push failed. I can at least see a strategy that dark could have used to bring it back, or build orders he could use to win.
But in this case I dont see what he could have done. He is the fastest zerg in the game except for reynor, the best spell caster usage, and he had units in all the right places for all of clems attacks. He tried rushes, late game, mid game and just got nothing done while Clem maintained a 2x cost efficiency. I don't want to say that terran is imba, but when a player is as fast as clem what strategy can a zerg possibly use to win?
when you play perfectly, you win, simple.
@@motan7864 Ok what could serral have done to win then? How could his play be more perfect?
Did mutas get nerfed or something or why didn't serral use them to shut down the medivacs which were all over the place giving him grief.
I remember at Katowice when Serral beat Clem, he was attacking front on and using lots of nydus worms with lurkers on surrounding bases. Wondered why never really saw that today
You are spot on. Clem`s victory seem to be of pure mechanical origin. He`s actually playing not a strategy but some crazy fast shooter game. Joona just before the final said he would be ok if he survives starting 6 minutes and then you see him struggling in the lategame, being literraly clueless - it`s painful to watch. Lets hope he won`t brake down and will get stronger.
Increíble serie de Clem.
Viva STARCRAFT 2 ❤❤❤
I have been Serral's fan for so many years since his breakout year but for this tournament, I chose Maru or Clem to win. No offense but I don't not like Serral's attitude after every win. Except for the final, he never shakes hands with his opponents after the game. It's a basic courtesy/manner. Very rude IMO. Clem on the other hand, always been humble and respectful towards his opponents. Truly deserved to be the World Champion.
... " I feel like I'm watching a Grand Master solving puzzles. " LOL! Art....