@Harstem I have the ultimate probe rush build. When the game starts, immediately chronoboost and make workers. Other than this, the build starts out normal, with normal timing on the first pylon at the top of the ramp. But when the probe that makes it returns to the mineral line, have him make an assimilator. Then stack seven probes with the assimilator trick to make a super-probe and send them to your opponents base while still stacked by clicking on your enemies mineral line. Cancel the assimilator and with one of the probes still mining, make a forge at the ramp, then send him back to work. You need to continue making probes at home. Make sure you have one probe inside of your super probe bound to it’s own hotkey, and when all seven arrive, divert one away without you opponent seeing so he can begin cannon-rushing. When the remaining six make it to his mineral line and you start to attack, he will always freak out and over-commit with worker pulls. You use those six to keep him from mining as much as possible, but also to serve as the perfect distraction for your cannon-rush. Make sure to lose zero probes. When the time comes, teleport the six back home and maintain the cannon-rush. This strategy is especially good versus Zerg, as you will either use the one diverted probe to either cannon his natural if there’s no overlord there, or you can divert him away from the others at the top of the ramp since Zergs do not build anything there. This strategy is a spectacle to behold and tends to induce juicy rage!!!
This is a really bad strategy. You waste a ton of time to get your "super probe" going and barely have any money for a cannonrush. The cannonrush just gets held by lings and you die to the counter. There are also no zergs who don't have an overlord on their natural at any mmr he is playing at. Pretty much even every diamond zerg knows how to do that.
This actually works also against Terran/toss but the split off happens in dead space between ramp and nexus/rax and cc. Against Zerg, it’s best to do only a 2 probe stack and to send the first to build a nexus off in the main base. This is made popular by Florencio and is a joy to behold
Honestly, in our game (2nd one), I was busy all game thinking „my opponent is freaking harstem, how do I close out a game against someone like that“, that I didn’t actually play the game properly at all, just didn’t react to what I scouted for no reason
Florencio is a moron, and his "builds" only work in low ranks and depend a lot on luck. Doing the probe stack takes time, and the longer he takes to get going, the worse it is for him. Florencio's probe stack is dumb, and it simply relies on people freaking out and/or taking too long to react so his less probes can do enough damage to even the score or give him an advantage.
"YAAA WE GOT A WORKER KILL" *furiously clicks on floor instead of mineral patch* Freaking love this. Made me laugh ;D Anyways captain playing really well! Thanks for the awesome video 😉
23:10 you should always hand those extra minerals in if you happen to forget send the bois out at the start imo, as you'll be having lower income than normal, those 10 or so extra minerals might make a difference.
This might be too easy for you? Maybe you should make a rule where the probes you send out cannot return to your base, you have to fully commit them to attacking?
This Dakilah absolutely slaughtered a new 2,8k or smth Silver player at Basilisk BBB 25 years of Starcraft special edition. Now you know why he's called like that.
I think this strategy is so efficient because of the EMOTIONAL DAMAGE you do to your opponents. Good SC2 players are fairly robotic, just repeating the same thing over and over and over and over again until they can do it 2 seconds faster than the next guy. So when you throw out a nonsensical wrench like this to them, you throw them out of balance, and they tumble like toddlers.
I feel like the hard counter to this is walling the rusher's probes in and attacking/cornering them with a few extra probes. The rusher will lose all the probes and be irrecoverably behind
@Harstem I have the ultimate probe rush build. When the game starts, immediately chronoboost and make workers. Other than this, the build starts out normal, with normal timing on the first pylon at the top of the ramp. But when the probe that makes it returns to the mineral line, have him make an assimilator. Then stack seven probes with the assimilator trick to make a super-probe and send them to your opponents base while still stacked by clicking on your enemies mineral line. Cancel the assimilator and with one of the probes still mining, make a forge at the ramp, then send him back to work. You need to continue making probes at home. Make sure you have one probe inside of your super probe bound to it’s own hotkey, and when all seven arrive, divert one away without you opponent seeing so he can begin cannon-rushing. When the remaining six make it to his mineral line and you start to attack, he will always freak out and over-commit with worker pulls. You use those six to keep him from mining as much as possible, but also to serve as the perfect distraction for your cannon-rush. Make sure to lose zero probes. When the time comes, teleport the six back home and maintain the cannon-rush. This strategy is especially good versus Zerg, as you will either use the one diverted probe to either cannon his natural if there’s no overlord there, or you can divert him away from the others at the top of the ramp since Zergs do not build anything there. This strategy is a spectacle to behold and tends to induce juicy rage!!!
This is a really bad strategy. You waste a ton of time to get your "super probe" going and barely have any money for a cannonrush. The cannonrush just gets held by lings and you die to the counter. There are also no zergs who don't have an overlord on their natural at any mmr he is playing at. Pretty much even every diamond zerg knows how to do that.
This actually works also against Terran/toss but the split off happens in dead space between ramp and nexus/rax and cc. Against Zerg, it’s best to do only a 2 probe stack and to send the first to build a nexus off in the main base. This is made popular by Florencio and is a joy to behold
Stupid me trying to raise my mmr from 2800 while I am already a grandmaster theoretically. 😂
Lol, indeed
You were definitely on top of your game this video!
Honestly, in our game (2nd one), I was busy all game thinking „my opponent is freaking harstem, how do I close out a game against someone like that“, that I didn’t actually play the game properly at all, just didn’t react to what I scouted for no reason
Recommendation: use Florencio's probe stack for the extra element of surprise
Florencio is a moron, and his "builds" only work in low ranks and depend a lot on luck.
Doing the probe stack takes time, and the longer he takes to get going, the worse it is for him. Florencio's probe stack is dumb, and it simply relies on people freaking out and/or taking too long to react so his less probes can do enough damage to even the score or give him an advantage.
This series should be called playing from behind to grandmasters
"YAAA WE GOT A WORKER KILL" *furiously clicks on floor instead of mineral patch* Freaking love this. Made me laugh ;D
Anyways captain playing really well! Thanks for the awesome video 😉
i'm glad i spent my time watching this video
Love this format!
This is the best series. ❤
4 games! All PvP too.
You're a content MACHINE!
that one probe on the top mineral patch "don't worry about it I swear i'm mining"
edit: timestamp 18:00
In this episode of "Kevin beats lower MMR with a hand behind his back"...
Not even that, 6.6k who straight up 2v1 dia/M in another series, plays with a slightly later gateway and inconvenient income deficit for a minute
woah 3 likes before I got video up and I clicked it within half a sevond of it being notified to me.
23:10 you should always hand those extra minerals in if you happen to forget send the bois out at the start imo, as you'll be having lower income than normal, those 10 or so extra minerals might make a difference.
You'd start your next probe at 0:27 instead of 0:31 in-game time there for example.
It is even easier vs Elite AI since the AI seems to pull all workers to defend at all times...
31:05 if ai can send all workers across the map and kill other ai's then you're just not controlling your units well enough.
gorillas like banana
This might be too easy for you? Maybe you should make a rule where the probes you send out cannot return to your base, you have to fully commit them to attacking?
dam today is just protoss day huh?
This Dakilah absolutely slaughtered a new 2,8k or smth Silver player at Basilisk BBB 25 years of Starcraft special edition. Now you know why he's called like that.
11seconds since upload.. :)
did you inspire by Drkecho from your iodis video lmfao
I find attacking the pylon works better
How come it says 3 people left the game at 10:00?
Spectators, custom game.
was wondering the same thing. Guess he's playing pre arraged games?
what is the reason why you dont play on ladder?
Because that would be smurfing and he's not a uthermal.
I think this strategy is so efficient because of the EMOTIONAL DAMAGE you do to your opponents.
Good SC2 players are fairly robotic, just repeating the same thing over and over and over and over again until they can do it 2 seconds faster than the next guy. So when you throw out a nonsensical wrench like this to them, you throw them out of balance, and they tumble like toddlers.
Harstem, is the title right here?
i first turn on the video, first game in 5:50, and I see 8 stalkers. Are you doing like a 4gate to GM or something?
what do you expect to happen?
@@r4in407like probe rush or lose
I feel like the hard counter to this is walling the rusher's probes in and attacking/cornering them with a few extra probes.
The rusher will lose all the probes and be irrecoverably behind
Who the hell is MKLOL and why he keeps leaving your games?
early gang
Challenge Request: Only Army units you can build is Zealots and Phoenixs the entire game
#negativeIMBA
and maybe one warprism and that it :) (glhf)
He's already done that vs high GM players in BGMWSS.
Honestly you'd be ahead most of the time if you stopped greeding after getting a worker kill or two lol
Probe rush is booooooring