While it's good to see the highest tier of play, it js also really nice seeing you cast more of the "normal"(?) tier of pro play as well. Thanks for casting this! Like don't get me wrong, they're both obviously very good, just not the Serral, Clem, Dark, MaxPax, Hero, etc.
Omg that move towards the end was such a play - he had so many high templars with energy and completely shredded those ravagers trying to come up the ramp.
@@kevintalaueCR id love that idea if it were a compilation. I know esports storyteller does some really awesome compilations involving old games. Actually watching the full games seems a little much since the pace is slower and the meta is outdated, so i enjoy how he does it. And while we're on the topic of historical rematches, what about Scarlett and Bomber? That'd be fun to see again. Or Jaedong and Polt
In my humble amateur mind, I think the voidray first is something Hero has been doing a lot the last couple of months. I believe it is to try and counter Serral, who has an amazing ability to be able to scout what his opponent is doing better than any other player, and then always be ready to smash whatever the opponent is doing. Game 1 here, DRG is basically playing blind the whole game. 6 adepts shows up, does not have enough lings, builds 24 lings, no followup, basically could have been at least 6 drones instead. All game, trap is on the edge of the creep, poking, DRG has no idea if a +1/blink timing is coming, or whatever it is, as he is blind. He is always overreacting a bit to late and never getting the droneadvantage that we usually see zerg being able to get.
holy cow lowko, i didnt realize u already have 500k subscriber, its 3 digits of K follower, its hard to believe i followed u since u were only 1 digit follower. almost everynight watch ur vid before sleep since then.
I'm curious about Mirror Matches and thought you should do one a month and call it Mirror Monthly, and just make the sound *mmm* like MM for short 😅! Sorry lil high.
I really for the life of me understand how a 2 year required military service is helpful to anyone unless its just grunt work like cooking or basic manual labor.
South Korea is still at a state of war with the North. Given that the North has a massive land army (starved and poorly trained but still massive) South Korea needs a civilian population that is at the very least competent with Military affairs. Given the increasingly militant behaviour of China as well, it is a matter of national security at this point.
totally balanced: pop out a bunch of units far out of vision of anything, spawn a bunch of free units that fly, one-shot a nexus, hide in an invincible tunnel network, repeat
@@Hisu0 and you mostly can't afford them because swarm hosts are expensive. And take time. And larva. And god forbid the opponent managed to have completed their transition to sky-toss by the time your swarm hosts are done.
@@polyacov_yury If you see your enemy going skytoss, you build a forest of spores and prepare a few vipers to draw anything they got into said forest with impunity. Given that skytoss takes about a century to build, you always have time to prepare. Meanwhile, no one prevents you from popping out with a whole herd of instant deletion every 40 seconds for the cost of three drones, on the location of your choosing. Also, queens have larva inject, and hatcheries cost less than a single carrier.
So I've been thinking about Ultralisks lately, and how they're kind of bad as the game goes on in most cases. What if they came with one more base armour, but Chitinous Plating instead of just giving +2 more armour, instead it reduced bonus and spell damage by, I dunno, 25/33/50%? Would that be too OP? At least Ghosts and Siege Tanks wouldn't annihilate them instantly that way, though technically it would make them a bit weaker to stuff like Marines. What do you think, Lowko?
Typically Ultras only ever make it to +2 carapace, but always want to engage with Plating, so usually have 6 armor. Having one more base armor, +2 but no bonus from Plating means they would engage with 5 armor, getting wrecked by Mauraders. Terran wouldn't need Ghosts. Siege tanks don't annihilate Ultras anyway... not sure what you mean... but they would counter them harder with this change because tanks don't do spell damage. All Protoss units would also fare much better, so this would be a massive Ultra nerf.
Protoss is too weak in high end player level, even MaxPax the best Protoss in the world right now with 6900-7000 mmr still stand no chance against Clem or Serral, in very last tournament rounds there are always be ZvT no Protoss show up
A Zerg who choose to make Swarm Hosts has clearly a death wish and wants to lose the game asap. Swarm Hosts, Mutas or Ultras are pointless in the current matchup.
Ye nothing special here, the good old a-move protoss army that you deal with or you dont. The one shot most protoss have after doing nothing for 20 minutes. Bores the fuck out of me
A non-Hero Protoss is the hero that we need right now…
I mean Hero or herO?
Is MaxPax a joke to you?
@@kellyeaton7252 maxpax doesn't compete
trap, stats, zest, sOs, take us back to the golden age of protoss
all we need is has to return
Neeb?
mc
@@Galahad54 didn't neeb retire?
Yep. Do not forget about Rain.
34:25 "can I pet my own brain?" had me rolling
While it's good to see the highest tier of play, it js also really nice seeing you cast more of the "normal"(?) tier of pro play as well. Thanks for casting this!
Like don't get me wrong, they're both obviously very good, just not the Serral, Clem, Dark, MaxPax, Hero, etc.
Gateway allowing a smooth transition into hitting the like button. My favourite build order.
32:05 storming your own zealots is a play, but definitely not as good as storming your own marines.
Storming your own Marines would be reaaaaally stupid
@@LowkoTV not to be confused with STIMMING your own Marines which would be, probably quite a good idea 😆
i heard its a good strat in broodwar, if you wanted to make the game more challenging
@@italicxd Not as good as stimming your zealots. Now that would be something.
"Playing a bit of whack-a-mole with the worm - that's what she said" was crazy hahahaha
Thanks for the video, Lowko. It’s refreshing to see promising talent still keeping the StarCraft scene interesting. ❤
Omg that move towards the end was such a play - he had so many high templars with energy and completely shredded those ravagers trying to come up the ramp.
I had goosebumps when I heard Trap vs DRG. what year is it, 2013?
I’m trying to imagine your reaction if it was idra vs huk
@@kevintalaueCR if it was idra vs huk this video would get multiple views from me because id keep stopping it to explain why this match is so hype 🤣
@@Overgis4058 ahahah same here. I’ve often contemplated suggesting to Lowkow or Winter to do a cast of old SC2 games from that era.
@@kevintalaueCR id love that idea if it were a compilation. I know esports storyteller does some really awesome compilations involving old games. Actually watching the full games seems a little much since the pace is slower and the meta is outdated, so i enjoy how he does it.
And while we're on the topic of historical rematches, what about Scarlett and Bomber? That'd be fun to see again. Or Jaedong and Polt
@@Overgis4058 squirtle and mvp the iconic archon toilet too! Ahaha nostalgia at its best
I love the like button reminders, somehow you do it with flair! I'm always laughing when I smash it.
In my humble amateur mind, I think the voidray first is something Hero has been doing a lot the last couple of months. I believe it is to try and counter Serral, who has an amazing ability to be able to scout what his opponent is doing better than any other player, and then always be ready to smash whatever the opponent is doing.
Game 1 here, DRG is basically playing blind the whole game. 6 adepts shows up, does not have enough lings, builds 24 lings, no followup, basically could have been at least 6 drones instead. All game, trap is on the edge of the creep, poking, DRG has no idea if a +1/blink timing is coming, or whatever it is, as he is blind. He is always overreacting a bit to late and never getting the droneadvantage that we usually see zerg being able to get.
The day Lowko uploads a new Starcraft 2 video is a good day.
That ending with the protoss army being hit in two fronts was wild. Epic play fr
26:57 This is what SC is all about, to appear smarter then you actually are!!! Brutallll!!!!! But true :)
lowko seems to be very happy to make more trap puns, very silly ^^
Great commentary, thanks!
The last PROTOSS WCS winner in 2015 (!) is SOS! We want him back and the protoss era! fuck aliens and humans!
Hate to break it to you but Protoss are also aliens
Hate to break it to you but in the eyes of Protoss both Terran and Zerg are aliens
@@Jabawalk hate break it to you guys but I dont care! I love protoss!
Zest!
holy cow lowko, i didnt realize u already have 500k subscriber, its 3 digits of K follower, its hard to believe i followed u since u were only 1 digit follower. almost everynight watch ur vid before sleep since then.
great series!
I live on StarCraft St!
I live on StarCraft 2 St!
It's great to see Trap back. But what happened to Goblin? He was my favorite Protoss, cause he was basically the Gumiho of Protoss. :d
Lowko got the number "7" on the brain today :)
You should cast more mirror marches.
w lowko me and my dad love watching your vids
its an old meme, but it checks out
Fun fact: when you say 'thank you' to your brain, it is in fact your brain who is thanking himself, which is very egocentric of him...
DRG, who in the same era as Idra, TLO, Stepheno, still playing SC in 2024,
Turns out the problem with the meta is actually military service.
Your move, Balance Council, your move. 😂
More mirror match ups!!!
I'm curious about Mirror Matches and thought you should do one a month and call it Mirror Monthly, and just make the sound *mmm* like MM for short 😅! Sorry lil high.
ITS A TRAP!
ROCK AND STONE ⛏️
ROCK AND STONE BROTHER
@@RockChaKa Did I hear a rock and stone??
feel bad for the zerg
Ngl that ending was kinda worrisome then a few seconds go by and then suddenly he won 😅
I really for the life of me understand how a 2 year required military service is helpful to anyone unless its just grunt work like cooking or basic manual labor.
South Korea is still at a state of war with the North. Given that the North has a massive land army (starved and poorly trained but still massive) South Korea needs a civilian population that is at the very least competent with Military affairs. Given the increasingly militant behaviour of China as well, it is a matter of national security at this point.
Voids not used much in this matchup I think Queens could use -1 air range nerf
Still waiting for Has to make a comeback :D
Let's go protoss
totally balanced: pop out a bunch of units far out of vision of anything, spawn a bunch of free units that fly, one-shot a nexus, hide in an invincible tunnel network, repeat
And have your butt naked because all the supply is taken up by swarm hosts and drones.
Which was exactly showcased in the third game, actually.
@@polyacov_yury
Spines and spores take zero supply and cost only slightly more than a zealot. And unlike photon cannons, they can be repositioned.
@@Hisu0 and you mostly can't afford them because swarm hosts are expensive. And take time. And larva. And god forbid the opponent managed to have completed their transition to sky-toss by the time your swarm hosts are done.
@@polyacov_yury If you see your enemy going skytoss, you build a forest of spores and prepare a few vipers to draw anything they got into said forest with impunity. Given that skytoss takes about a century to build, you always have time to prepare. Meanwhile, no one prevents you from popping out with a whole herd of instant deletion every 40 seconds for the cost of three drones, on the location of your choosing. Also, queens have larva inject, and hatcheries cost less than a single carrier.
@@Hisu0 and the toss sees your crawler forest and does a warp-in.
Bro this guys be around forever? How is he a new hope?
talk about click bait bud.
honestly in the next balance patch I would love to see a muta buff
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So I've been thinking about Ultralisks lately, and how they're kind of bad as the game goes on in most cases. What if they came with one more base armour, but Chitinous Plating instead of just giving +2 more armour, instead it reduced bonus and spell damage by, I dunno, 25/33/50%? Would that be too OP? At least Ghosts and Siege Tanks wouldn't annihilate them instantly that way, though technically it would make them a bit weaker to stuff like Marines. What do you think, Lowko?
Typically Ultras only ever make it to +2 carapace, but always want to engage with Plating, so usually have 6 armor. Having one more base armor, +2 but no bonus from Plating means they would engage with 5 armor, getting wrecked by Mauraders. Terran wouldn't need Ghosts. Siege tanks don't annihilate Ultras anyway... not sure what you mean... but they would counter them harder with this change because tanks don't do spell damage. All Protoss units would also fare much better, so this would be a massive Ultra nerf.
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Protoss is too weak in high end player level, even MaxPax the best Protoss in the world right now with 6900-7000 mmr still stand no chance against Clem or Serral, in very last tournament rounds there are always be ZvT no Protoss show up
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This was a pretty bad series, lots of mistakes.
very weird to see pro players play like this!! specially seeing DRG eating up those storms completely
Toss need unit to repair health. It's always their weakness
Yep something like sentry shield regeneration, but there is possibility that that would be broken
Why?
A Zerg who choose to make Swarm Hosts has clearly a death wish and wants to lose the game asap. Swarm Hosts, Mutas or Ultras are pointless in the current matchup.
we all lost THE GAME
psionic storm should really be removed in protos. that is too op against zerg. what? no one has played sc1? that was so op then. and still op now.
Ye nothing special here, the good old a-move protoss army that you deal with or you dont. The one shot most protoss have after doing nothing for 20 minutes. Bores the fuck out of me
hes not exactly playing against serral here....