StarCraft 2: STRANGE GAMES - Scarlett's Ultralisk Rush vs Protoss? (Best-of-5)
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 26 ส.ค. 2024
- Best-of-5 series of professional StarCraft 2 between Scarlett (Zerg) and SKillous (Protoss). This Zerg versus Protoss is the Grand Finals of the ESL Open Cup 128 Americas.
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I love how ultralisk in lore are those titanic creature that brings fear and dread to the battlefield, but in game they are those expensive damage sponge that die easily
Sadly according to Blizzard they wouldn't be balanced if Z had an upgrade that would let Lings and Banes walk under ultras like Colossi.
IDK in my games ultralisks let all my creepy crawlies close in with minimum losses. They were so exceptional at tanking I would put as much armor on them and max the crap out of my lings. They're criminally underated in my opinion. You only need like 2 to survive out of 6 to have a destructive result.
@@hackersulamaster 6 costs like 3-4k in resources at that point max out on roach twice and do half assed roach micro with burrow
One pylon to rule them all
One pylon to bind them
One pylon to power them all
And for artosis to depower them
Honestly, if they give ultralisks the ability to walk over units like Collosus can, that'd make them a lot less derp. Lol
I seriously dont know why this isnt a thing. Theyve known that Ultralisks sucked for a long time, and its even stated that theyre supposed to be a sort of wall against attackers, so id go even further and make units below an Ultra unattackable, meaning any attack against them would instead hurt the Ultra.
Edit: by unattackable i mean that if a unit gets a-moved itll attack the ultra automatically and you cant select the units below the ultra manually, so effectively theyre in a sort of shelter, this would be very useful for protecting vulnerable units like hydras or lurkers, making the enemy, for example an airtoss army, actually have to deal with the ultras instead of being able to pretty much just completely ignore them, making ultras way way less useful than they would be otherwise.
Another thing this would help with is allowing the ultra to actually do damage, as it could just step over the zerglings that inevitably rush out front any time you move your army to attack units or buildings, so ultras would be an actual help against bio terran too instead of getting stuck and every single unit besides them getting killed and then getting picked off on the retreat
@@Jo-de3st heart of the swarm opening cutscene even showed them trampling people too.
it'd be pretty op though. ultras have their niche, and making them good at attacking would be a bit too much.
you'd have to double their cost. Any ability is fine for the right cost...
Ultras are now a flying unit smh
29:06 chronos an empty stargate, then starts up a Carrier in the other slower stargate
It happens when you’re moving quickly and using hotkeys. Nice catch tho!
@@LowkoTV im just happy to know even the best of the best make mistakes makes me feel better about mine
@@lanceschulz1182 well i mean it's very small mistakes, nothing relevent. Meanwhile they have a perfect macro while attacking/defending, microing ... at some point, when you reach a good level, it's not really about mistakes but raising your APM
@@Prussiane well good thing like 99% of players will never have to worry about getting this good ill enjoy my gold tier games lol
@@LowkoTV lowko you re-uploaded this one, i have watch it months ago.
"First of your units have to walk over the sandpaper, so that seems a little bit rough" - Lowko, known for bad puns
Can't belive Scarlett is only rank 32. I love how she always puts on a show with fun units, even when it's not mathematically the best choice
facts
well you just described why she is 32, at those level it's about optimisation, even the smaller ones to be the best
He*
@@melian6780 Relax, it's just a pronoun lol.
@@tomfrost1713
Melian is correct thou… scarlett a He
The life of an Ultralisk.
"Ah, it's good to be morphed. I'm big, I'm strong, I've got nasty weapons, I'm well armoured. What's not to love?"
"To War you brutes."
"We shall obey my queen."
"But, whatever you do, DO NOT step on the zerglings!"
"Charge...Oh, there's a zergling, better be careful and there's another zergling but the enemy is so close, If I can just reach one of my giant blades just a little further, Oh no wait, another zergling just ran in. I'm really trying here my Queen but I just keep getting shot while trying to tiptoe around the zerglings. And I'm dead."
Player bank reduces.
"Ah, it's good to be morphed. I'm big, I'm strong, I've got nasty weapons, I'm well armoured. What's not to love?"
Why they dont give the ultras push priority/walkover/burrow or hell, 2 range, is beyond me.
Ultralisks should be able to step over zerglings like how Colossi and Aberrations do it.
@Lowko Sapphire is actually a transparent, colourless gem (Al2O3). The blue colour comes through an impurity cause by traces of Cobalt. Since the Sapphire appears in many different colours (e.g. the Ruby is also a Sapphire (impurity caused by Chrome)) the maps different teints fit the Sapphire quite nicely.
Breaking news! Ultralisk is actually useful?
49:14 Lacrosse actually, even most Canadians forget. XD
Had to look up what lacrosse even is… but hey! The more you know
@@LowkoTV Brutal is what it is. like Rugby with sticks. like ZvZ muta/ling/bane battles on grass. XD
@@LowkoTV seconded... Lacrosse is brutal. Lowko, I stumbled into your casts recently and they have quickly become one of my favorite things to watch. A+ work here, as usual.
Canada's national sport is actually apologising.
@@SomeUnsoberIdiot sorry to tell you but when a Canadian apologizes he's actually being passive aggressive. Sorry about that buddy. It'll never happen again.
Aggressiveness, violence and speed. I am proud of my Canadian sister. A real beast when she's at war. C'était beau à voir.👍
Isn't it a man?
@@vk6832 Starcraft 2 is a game, so it's neither a man nor a woman.
@@vk6832 what?! No. She is a woman. I don't know if she identifie herself as a man or a 1969 mustang sorry.
@@vk6832 it?
@@zealottk I suspect v K isn't a native English speaker.
What a series! 👏 Such a pleasure to watch the Queen of Blades do her thing. I'd love to see more games from her if you have them. Keep it up Lowko!
Sweeeeet! More Scarlett!!! Scarlett has always been known for her creep spread but the last little while Scarlett has really been picking it up.
*His
@@zenmaster8826 not correct, her
@@zealottk ‘him’ is the correct one.. scarlett a boy
@@zenmaster8826 please refer to the link above and the wiki page. All answers are there. Have a good day
@@zealottk They've made dozens of comment about it, they're just phobic because they have nothing better in their life to occupy their time.
sapphires actually come in lots of different colours. red rubies are actually a type of sapphire and you can also get pink, yellow, purple and orange sapphires on top of the usual blue
Can confirm, it is freezing in australia atm, we just had massive floods again, so the ground is freezing.
So forcing transitions by transitioning yourself is a form of attrition, therefore to the zerg's advantage is what i got from this first match
When you think about it, it might even be more efficient than trading units
“SKillous is playing Simcity!” 😂 Loved that line
I can't believe you called this 'Strange games' when strange didn't play in these games. Wow lowko.
No matter if Scarlett wins or looses, she is still one of the best players to watch. From a Canadian Fan!
As a Korean fan Scarlett, Serral and Parting are my top 3 fav to watch.
*he
@@sivasankar2784 Hey, gonna give you the benefit of the doubt, but Scarlett uses she/her pronouns so saying she is correct :)
@@josephpincus1092 no. I like him and wish him the best, but he's still a guy. Taking drugs and being cute doesn't change that.
@@SomeUnsoberIdiot It's respect to call what ever she want to be called. It has nothing to do with drug or cute
Ultralisk gambit was super spicy. Which brings me up to say, remove stalkers and give protoss high archons with blink. CHOO CHOO
25:12 Lowko "when i think of saphire, i think of blue" .. well yeah, maybe the map is named after all those mineral-like looking blue crystals :D love the lowko blindness
This Protoss style is actually quite refreshing to see. Skillous makes that ground army work with solid fundamentals and macro play. I've always been a big critic of the boring mass air strategy that was so dominant before, but this style makes me want to watch more Protoss games.
I love Scarlett's games. Always a little crazy, but supremely fun.
Very ballsy play. A take charge masculine style of play.
@@markd9318 Nah, not really.
@@markd9318 😂
@@markd9318 fellas is it a male trait to play the game?
@@fumu776 It's a gamer trait.
i been fan and watched your videos for years but finally made a TH-cam account better late then never.
this match shows true ground superiority as zerg, very well played
Thanks! Your videos of SC2 are very relaxing and entertaining. It truly is a great game, it will never get old. ✌
Ultralisks... "If they were a little bit smaller, it would probably be better." @LowkoTV is a fortune teller!
Can’t believe scarlet is playing Zerg in the finals when she mains Protoss /j
Man, Scarlett is a monster! Like SKillous is great, obviously, but she almost made him look a league under her in many of these matches... Phenomenal macro pressure and build plays.
Thank you for really good and consistrnt content.
I Enjoy all the explanations of small and big issues in the game.
I dont play the game anymore because of gamerrage on the ladder. But I do look at atleast one game almost everyday.
Keep it up man
@14:20 Lowko acknowledged those of us “Down Under” Aussie Aussie Aussie!!
I think the second map 'Cosmic Sapphire' is suppose to resemble a geode. Not sure sapphires can even be found in geodes, but I'm not a geologist.
I like Scarlett's games. 9/10 she brings in the fun and excitement!
*He
@@zenmaster8826 she is a girl.
He is a dude
@@vinimtlegal7802 You are a child.
@@johnnyxp64 would you do " it"?
I can’t believe this game is still going.
49:13 The national Canadian sport is actually Lacrosse. Hockey is Canadian national WINTER sport!
Canada's national sport is apologising.
Canada's national sport is Lacrosse :)
i love how most of the lowko cast is map commentary loool
28:45 32 drones down in 23 seconds, ouch!
26:45 it's course, it's rough, it gets everywhere....
i love it how lowko tries to not go on a huge aesthetics rant, but then proceeds on an even larger aesthetics rant :D
Hatchery can make it all. Forcing your opponent to react to you is sound strategy.
"if they were a little bit smaller they would be better" Lowko low-key (😉) predicted it
Lowko says "temperatures in Australia" are "relatively warm". It's negative temps as I watch this. Australia isn't all deserts and tropical reefs. Shit gets cold sometimes too.
Lowko such a fluent voice
If ultras got the ability to walk over zerglings, would that make them too good?
Probably yeah
@@LowkoTV Follow up question. Have you considered / tried to get these players on your show to analyze their own games with you and go through their moment to moment game plans? Especially for unorthodox games that would be fun.
Just make them more spenny to balance them. But at least they'd be useful.
You know that when you say "on data-c" it sounds like "under the see" right? Genius creativity.
this happened at 20/6/2022 - do they release it so late or are there some restrictions that you are not allowed to release it sooner?
by the way a superb game! Scarlett should be ranked much higher...
2-3 weeks isn’t a very long time in the current meta
Hey lowko can you please cast viewer submitted games everyweek? I always enjoy those games because they tend to be the most craziest games and it is very hard to predict who will win.
Sandpaper, it's a beach! (A cold Australia, at 14'c! )
Hi Lowko!!! Big fan here from Brazil
I was put next to herO at DH Valencia.
We greed each other, and he asked if I know him.
I obviously told him that his a legend and I´m a fan, and his heavy stalker approach costs me lots of MMR points :(.
Then he smiled with that evil Protoss smile.
I miss the early days of SC2 when they featured “Jungle” maps where they were green with vegetation
i like the screen "rectangle" of the players on the map
Expect nothing less from The Creep Queen! : D
Rushing Ultras takes some balls
I love how you described the map on game 2, maybe a bit quicker next time? I don't play, I just watch games and I like to know the characteristics of every map. Nice job and nice video!
New maps *and* a new players? wow
Lowko you say "anyhow" almost every 30 sec. Anyhow i still like your casting.
Also, the 2nd map is littered with blue crystals (not the minerals), and you say that you don't understand why it is called Saphire as there is nothing blue.
13:00 new patch?
I was rooting for Skillous, but he just felt like the underdog the whole time pretty much😪
Lowko , your skills in Videoing is amazing. Your knowhow is the limit. May put a leg into a bigger game cause you totaly earned to be one of the biggest at all. Thx anyway to feed this comunity with excellent highest quality content. Please take it as an fantastic compliment cause it is meant that way.
>map is called Cosmic Sapphire but sapphire associated with blue
*proceed to ignore blue crystalls chunks everywhere at map
Technically lacrosse is Canada's national sport, and hockey is Canada's national winter sport... but really hockey is the sport that most Canadians identify with.
Canada's national sport is apologising.
@@SomeUnsoberIdiot Well I don't know about that. I'm Canadian so maby I don't have a good perspective. So sorry if I offended you.
Dude please, drop the jokes, the Harry Potter, the Sim City and so forth.
Ultralisks need the Colossus' passive walk without the ability to climb terrain.
14:13
I'm in Melbourne and I made a noise.
I like how people say "new maps" while they are obviously the same old map layouts with a different skin XD
I think the ultralisk switch into BL might be an anti-skillous move. Because if the protoss players did respond not with Immortals but with voidrays, both Ultralisks and BL would be kinda suicidal. ^^
Hey Lowko, been watching for a while. Have you ever considered uploading casts that cover 2 matches instead of 1, and making sure to end the vid on a match that goes to sudden death? That would help to keep the progress bar from being a spoiler for matches that don't go to the final game - and I always find that I'm ready for another match after watching the first one, anyway!
Keep up the great work!
The 3rd base is the best for mining the Gas Face
Lowko be like "This map is called Sapphire yet has no blue" while panning around the map full of blue crystals 25:00
Said he likes it though lol, me too
does anyone how much break time the players get in between games?
What happened when an Adepts shade and an ally medivac carry the Adept?
A. The Adept will shade along with the medivac.
B. The Adept will shade normally.
C. The shade will be cancelled
Medivacs can't carry allied units, so in effect B will happen.
@@hivetech4903 what about it's your own unit? Using neural parasite on a scv and a probe and making a starport and gateway to make a medivac and adept?
When Lowko said "69 is NICE" probe..... I would say "69" ahahha nice one Lowko
15:27 the creep spread is very good, almost like he heard the comment and picked up
hey lowko, can you post the grandfinals of dreamhack dark vs maru?
Lowko: Why is this map called cosmic sapphire? I think of blue when I hear the word sapphire, there's no blue (while hovering over the blue glittering sapphires that are all over the map)
It may not be the national sport or anything but, Canadians play a LOT of basketball. LoL, at least, in the city. :)
"Mass Tempests will not win you a game"
Me: You've forgotten the AI, Lowko, I've just massed, and won, tempests through Very Hard AI :D
Moondance made me swear. Burnt my eyes a bit. Haha! Damn that map
Ultra's look so cool, its so strange that they are so weak, think this needs to be buffed?
Nope ultras were op as hell when legacyfirst dropped when they had 9 armor zergs were rushing 2 base hive every game
"Anyhow." 🤣
14:11
So wise
Ah yes, the Crescent Moon. The super secret Protoss stratagem only known to a select few players like SKillous and... uh... mrowsudyN
It is easy to fix Ultralisks or at least put a bandage on them. All we need is actually some effort in trying to balance game. All Blizzard needs to do or in this case community is to allow Ultralisks to walk over smaller units. Ultralisks should be given movement priority which would make them walk normally and other zerg units derp around them. I think this game already has all of this programmed in and some units does feature such movement.
Fun fact, Canada's national sport is Lacrosse, not hockey :)
Wrong. It's apologising.
Nice idea to skip the first 2 minutes, I definitely endorse it.
When I watch the sc2 cinematics I feel like the ultra should be the same as the colossus where it has the "towering" effect because it literally does...over every other ground zerg unit...I know the lurker is supposed to be decent size too but I strongly feel that the ultra should be towering.
Should be storms & all in for the Protos in the heat walls👍🙂
7:30 warp prism...
Love Scarlett, her Zerg is still the most fun to watch.
sapphires come in all colours. It's a kind of rock. Rubies are red sapphires. Emeralds are Green sapphires.
Am I dreaming? I kind of zoned out but then I hear "...won the ESL cup for North America."
5th hatchery quite comfortably...Been harrassesd enough times that I'd have quit already
Do people not use phoenix against ultra anymore?
All zerg units according to Lowko: “I don't like sand. It's coarse and rough and irritating and it gets everywhere.”
Great matches.
what type of tournament is this ? where can someone get into it ?
ESL open cup
@@LowkoTV Can anyone enter?no matter if they are in a pro sc2 team or solo players ?
@@practicaltheory6604 you have to be a trans
@@chrisgriffin6489 No, cis people can enter as well.
Anyone can tell me how can i watch progames recordings from tournaments?
I've understood there is a internet site where you can watch replays and maybe they also have tournament replays? I'm looking to watch some Serral or Dark games to educate myself.
I feel I'm at the point in the game where it's not enough anymore to just wing it and i really need to get some timings down. Something like timing for 3rd and 4th. Timing for evo chambers and hydra den. Timing for hive and lurkers and +3/+3. I'm not even certain when i should have the spire down when playing muta/ling/bane. It just feels like any guides are very outdated.
I think they should make Ultras negate zergling hitboxes.