I randomly stumbled across LowKo's channel and I'm not even a SC player even though I own both. But this is one of the few games where I thoroughly enjoy watching Tournament games :)
Game one just shows how broken Mules are. You should not be able to lose 32 SCV in the early game and still make it to 11 minutes like it's nothing. Clem still had a chance in game one to win. That's CRAZY after losing 32 workers. Any other race that can to that?
dark was super all in there, 32 workers was good but not crazy. zvt all ins often seem to do a crazy amount of damage but thats just because zerg is able to commit the most to 2-3 base all ins
Yeah I mean I don’t like mules either but I feel this is a bad game for that example. Clem was basically forced into an all-in, but he still had three bases and was only down 15 workers near the end of dark’s attack. This still led to him attacking with two or three tanks and only marines against a basically maxed out dark that could’ve killed him at any point, but only didn’t because he wanted to play around with burrow.
A squad of marines walk into a bar. There is no counter. But in all seriousness, marines are supposed to be countered by banes and later ultras. Zerg has the tools, but it's never easy. It's the reason I always end up rooting for Zerg in every match-up. Their units are worse than the other two races and they're supposed to make up for it through overwhelming numbers.
@@ANTICARBONTAX in wings of liberty, infestors were overpowered in the hands of the best players. But you can't say that archon toilets, mothership cores, pre-nerf blue flame and pre-nerf widow mine weren't overpowered either. It's more than possible that the cause for Zerg wins is down to the players piloting the race. We've had plenty of amazing Terran and Protoss players over the years as well.
@SpiceCh My point is you can't complain that Terran , Especially protoss is doing better that precious that all of a sudden we need to "buff zerg" that's nonsense.
I still belive that ever since the latest patch, they really draged down a already weak zerg, and buffed a strong terran, and made protoss strong, and its not just a number sissue, its more of a, Zerg has lost any uniqueness they had, They used to be the Rush and win early game with early aggression only being stoped by wall offs, (which is still there) and now Reapers and Adept can harrash early with nothing much zerg can do outside of super duper good macro, and the other races actualy has late game units, while Swarmhosts and broodlords are very situational and lets not even talk about Ultras.....They Suck (even before the nerf) and yes our spellcasters can do some cool things, but nothing compared to ghosts and Templars, with their damage output, fuck we dont even have any good air, both options are super squishy, while both terran and protoss gets access to their flagships,, i could rant more, but i feel like this wall of text is too much already,
@@SBqwerty You mean how the terran Balance team and Protoss players did? The only reason we zerg dont get all this is just because we dont whine as loudly as the terrans.
Serral should learn from Dark's chaos, at least when going against Clem. It seems like Clem has Serral mostly marked and essentially counters his playstyle.
@@michawiercinski926 How isn't Clem's playstyle not countering Serrals? Like he might not have intended to counter Serral, his play style just so happens to do it. I could argue that it could be due to Zerg not having any late game units they could use. This coupled with both Terran and Protoss getting so good at playing defensively, they just have to wait till late game. Zerg can play a perfect early and mid game, but if it goes the distance they lose. Serral was able to make it work by capitalizing on early wins that would compound into lategame.
@kosmosXcannon what terran or protoss has beaten Serral lategame recently? Only Clem. And why other terrans don't copy Clem "playstyle" in order to beat Serral? Because they physically can't. It's about incredible pace and non stop multitasking agression.
@@michawiercinski926 So basically only another Serral type can beat Serral? Kind of hard to say who is better in a mirror match because they play different races. If both are good at making no mistakes in early, and mid game. The last variable would be late game. Where Zerg doesn't really have any late game army. At that point maybe it is a balancing issue between the races at the very high end. Where peak "textbook standard zerg" is bound to lose to peak "textbook standard terran". Only saying this because Serral doesn't really have this issue with anyone else.
A couple videos ago you said that the ghost change was sloppy and could have been done better, and I am compelled to disagree.The main problem of starcraft was a late game pro terran imbalance. the biggest limitng factor in late game is supply. The increase of the ghost from 2 supply to 3 supply allows the mass ghost strategies to be much less killler while at the same time, it doesnt mess with the ghost transiton in the mid game and fundementally doesnt change the unit thus solving the problem and not creating new problems. tysm for all your content not trying to be a hater at all, I just wanted to offer my thoughts on that topic
Love to see Dark put up a fight and even win the first 2! He's my favorite player for his creativity--and the wild ups and downs that are so fun in sports =) When I saw this video, I was afraid it would be a clean sweep because Clem good. I think if Dark reviews what he did and mixes it up a bit, he could take Clem. The counter attack play in the final map was brilliant, but he was running his drones around constantly not mining and has to find a way to defend a 4th and 5th. GGs!
“I’m pretty sure sure I is older than Clem” lowko why would you remind me of that fact my knees already tell me how old I am I don’t need you reminding me too
The win condition is destroying all of your opponent's buildings and structures. Most players tap out when they feel they are in an unrecoverable position though, so games rarely go that far. Doing so saves everyone involved a bunch of time, as watching a massive army scout a whole map for that last holdout building isn't very entertaining.
You see the Ravager count instant delete a tank. Seems good on paper, but it is this sort of approach that creates such fragile structure. One glance away and an army is obliterated. You can't realistically build strategies without a solid structure. Strategy is a "long" term plan. A game doesn't have the ability to be long without a solid structure. You can have an idea or a plan and still not really have a strategy. With that being said, I think the approach fits Darks playstyle perfectly. It's all risk reward.
i for my life cannot understand why Dark never made a single infestor, it's like a no brainer against marine&medivac, especially if you go banes what a shame
i am at the second game... i think clem maybe had to much of that good french wine for christmas .... now done i think if i were right he got sober very quick
That was your big mistake, being ex NAVY I have learnt alcohol is good for killing viruses. Drink more alcohol dilutes your blood so less viruses and of course to kill that hangover, keep drinking and DON’T sober up.
THESE S OBs CALL sERRAL THE BEST PLAYER OF ALL TIMES BLAH BLAH BLAH BUT THEY FORGET KOREA HAS BROUGHT MORE TOP PLAYERS THAN ANY COUNTRY SOME KOREAN PLAYERS IN START CRAFT 1 HAVE WOM MORE GAMES THAN SERRAL.
Lowko: Dark has to change his plan
Dark: I had a plan???
do i look like a guy with a plan?
does Dark look like he ever has a plan
He is the plan
Serral is the type of guy to invest in the S&P 500
Dark is the type of guy to invest in Gamestop
Dark is the dude who buys shorts on a leverage
GameStop outperformed the S&P500 last year. Dark made a killing if he invested in GameStop.
The good old all eggs in the same basket strategy@@SilkyJonson
@@SilkyJonson risk vs reward
Dark is a different breed, i love his adaptability to circumstances. He's Abathur IRL
NEVER stop saying anyways, it’s one of my favorite thing about your casts, I want it on some merch
45:43 Despite got bounced by the grenade, the drone still returned the minerals in the mid-air.😂
Lowko: I don't know how this series goes.
Game 1: Dark plays like an insane person
They call that "European"
The Serral Curse strikes again, Clem got too good at countering Finnish efficiency that he's not used to this level of Korean shenanigans
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I randomly stumbled across LowKo's channel and I'm not even a SC player even though I own both. But this is one of the few games where I thoroughly enjoy watching Tournament games :)
Thanks for the video, Lowko. First cast of 2025, what a hot start tot the year. You got to love it! ❤
52:42 French version of Avada Kedavra is Viva La Revolution
Feel great to watch your podcast at new year🤗
Game one just shows how broken Mules are. You should not be able to lose 32 SCV in the early game and still make it to 11 minutes like it's nothing. Clem still had a chance in game one to win. That's CRAZY after losing 32 workers. Any other race that can to that?
Sounds like you don't understand how mules work. Also you're complaining about a game he lost?
dark was super all in there, 32 workers was good but not crazy. zvt all ins often seem to do a crazy amount of damage but thats just because zerg is able to commit the most to 2-3 base all ins
No, Clem didn't have a chance to win game 1 after losing the SCVs. Unless Dark screwed up badly.
Yeah I mean I don’t like mules either but I feel this is a bad game for that example. Clem was basically forced into an all-in, but he still had three bases and was only down 15 workers near the end of dark’s attack. This still led to him attacking with two or three tanks and only marines against a basically maxed out dark that could’ve killed him at any point, but only didn’t because he wanted to play around with burrow.
Marines can go toe to toe with most units in the game I think hydras need a stat upgrade to keep up
A squad of marines walk into a bar.
There is no counter.
But in all seriousness, marines are supposed to be countered by banes and later ultras. Zerg has the tools, but it's never easy. It's the reason I always end up rooting for Zerg in every match-up. Their units are worse than the other two races and they're supposed to make up for it through overwhelming numbers.
Except Zerg have the majority of wins in large tournaments from the beginning.
@@ANTICARBONTAX in wings of liberty, infestors were overpowered in the hands of the best players. But you can't say that archon toilets, mothership cores, pre-nerf blue flame and pre-nerf widow mine weren't overpowered either.
It's more than possible that the cause for Zerg wins is down to the players piloting the race. We've had plenty of amazing Terran and Protoss players over the years as well.
@SpiceCh My point is you can't complain that Terran , Especially protoss is doing better that precious that all of a sudden we need to "buff zerg" that's nonsense.
@@ANTICARBONTAX in my defense, I did point out how you're supposed to beat them. Zerg is generally designed to lose on value and win on macro
great storytelling from lowko here.
Especially the clem's father sidestory. I really sympathized with the characters.
What a great belated Christmas present! Lowko you shouldn't have!
I still belive that ever since the latest patch, they really draged down a already weak zerg, and buffed a strong terran, and made protoss strong, and its not just a number sissue, its more of a, Zerg has lost any uniqueness they had, They used to be the Rush and win early game with early aggression only being stoped by wall offs, (which is still there) and now Reapers and Adept can harrash early with nothing much zerg can do outside of super duper good macro, and the other races actualy has late game units, while Swarmhosts and broodlords are very situational and lets not even talk about Ultras.....They Suck (even before the nerf) and yes our spellcasters can do some cool things, but nothing compared to ghosts and Templars, with their damage output, fuck we dont even have any good air, both options are super squishy, while both terran and protoss gets access to their flagships,, i could rant more, but i feel like this wall of text is too much already,
Let it out buddy
Sounds like a balance whine. Time to get back to practicing
@@SBqwerty time to abandon dead game and do something useful. of course there's no balance a long time ago
@@SBqwerty You mean how the terran Balance team and Protoss players did? The only reason we zerg dont get all this is just because we dont whine as loudly as the terrans.
@@benspooner8815 ty i needed to.
That transfuses on the nydus were so clean it made me slap my mother
Clem killed 2 of his own tanks. First kill here 36:29
38:20 ring around the vespine.
an honest man's word is as good as his bond. Thank you :)
Ok now I want to see Heromarine dancing skills.
My favorite Terran AND Zerg!? This is gonna be a banger 🎉
Happy New Year SC2 fans!
Nydus is the true universal skill check
Serral should learn from Dark's chaos, at least when going against Clem. It seems like Clem has Serral mostly marked and essentially counters his playstyle.
Clem isn't countering Serral's playstyle. They both play "textbook standard starcraft" . Clem is just outplaying Serral in that department.
@@michawiercinski926 How isn't Clem's playstyle not countering Serrals? Like he might not have intended to counter Serral, his play style just so happens to do it.
I could argue that it could be due to Zerg not having any late game units they could use. This coupled with both Terran and Protoss getting so good at playing defensively, they just have to wait till late game. Zerg can play a perfect early and mid game, but if it goes the distance they lose. Serral was able to make it work by capitalizing on early wins that would compound into lategame.
@kosmosXcannon what terran or protoss has beaten Serral lategame recently? Only Clem.
And why other terrans don't copy Clem "playstyle" in order to beat Serral? Because they physically can't. It's about incredible pace and non stop multitasking agression.
@@michawiercinski926 So basically only another Serral type can beat Serral? Kind of hard to say who is better in a mirror match because they play different races.
If both are good at making no mistakes in early, and mid game. The last variable would be late game. Where Zerg doesn't really have any late game army.
At that point maybe it is a balancing issue between the races at the very high end. Where peak "textbook standard zerg" is bound to lose to peak "textbook standard terran". Only saying this because Serral doesn't really have this issue with anyone else.
@kosmosXcannon personally I think peak Reynor has much higher chances vs Clem cause he can keep up the pace/APM.
Shrek reference made my whole night there mate!
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Dark looking like an absolute warlord.
A couple videos ago you said that the ghost change was sloppy and could have been done better, and I am compelled to disagree.The main problem of starcraft was a late game pro terran imbalance. the biggest limitng factor in late game is supply. The increase of the ghost from 2 supply to 3 supply allows the mass ghost strategies to be much less killler while at the same time, it doesnt mess with the ghost transiton in the mid game and fundementally doesnt change the unit thus solving the problem and not creating new problems. tysm for all your content not trying to be a hater at all, I just wanted to offer my thoughts on that topic
Lowko, Jan 03: This is definitely a game of the year.
lmao
it was so painful Lowko had to look away. 10 zerglings at 262 minerals vs 6 helions, a reaper, and scv, at 700 minerals and 50 gas. Ouchie.
“The best swordsman in the world doesn’t fear the 2nd best swordsmen in the world, he fears the unconventional swordsmen.”
Love to see Dark put up a fight and even win the first 2! He's my favorite player for his creativity--and the wild ups and downs that are so fun in sports =) When I saw this video, I was afraid it would be a clean sweep because Clem good. I think if Dark reviews what he did and mixes it up a bit, he could take Clem. The counter attack play in the final map was brilliant, but he was running his drones around constantly not mining and has to find a way to defend a 4th and 5th. GGs!
Clem: "He Can't Keep Getting Away With This!"
Ultimately, everytime I watch a lowko stream, my partner calls him ultimately-guy
Shrek reference caught me off guard, in the best way.
Time for me to get 10 minutes into the video right before I fall asleep for the night
Serral is a professional, Dark is a showman, Rougue is a strategist
Dark vs clem first game was amazing
Happy New Year everyone.
24:50 "Nice" moment! :D 😁😁
There's something satisfying about seeing clem get his azz handed to him after being a jerk 😂
shrek being older than 24 years blew my fkn mind
“I’m pretty sure sure I is older than Clem” lowko why would you remind me of that fact my knees already tell me how old I am I don’t need you reminding me too
I swear some of the top players stomped me 15 years ago. Im glad i was part of their stepping ladder. Lmfao
I've been watching sc2 a decade and TIL SCV is a space construction vehicle.
You should go with 'game of the month', and name the 'game of the year' between those at the end of the year.
Dare you say its the best SC2 game you have cast all year....
56 minute best of 7... im about to watch a zerg get obliterated again arent i
It's probably something like Kedavre Avádie.
for crhistmas we eat e sort of duck called chapon and foie gras for dessert we have some buche au chocolat and yes its pretty expesensive
definitely game of the year
Clem might be the best, but Dark is the most entertaining, the crowd favourite if you will
There's a Grand Finals every other day now lol
Clem: te daré 2 mapas de ventaja antes de ponerme serio
What ever happened to Hydra, he came in and really showed off some amazing zerg?
I dont get this game but i kinda love it what is the win condition how does he win mid battle??
The win condition is destroying all of your opponent's buildings and structures. Most players tap out when they feel they are in an unrecoverable position though, so games rarely go that far. Doing so saves everyone involved a bunch of time, as watching a massive army scout a whole map for that last holdout building isn't very entertaining.
Can anyone play in U.S.A servers? Gives me an error of connection with the server and can’t log in.
You see the Ravager count instant delete a tank. Seems good on paper, but it is this sort of approach that creates such fragile structure. One glance away and an army is obliterated. You can't realistically build strategies without a solid structure. Strategy is a "long" term plan. A game doesn't have the ability to be long without a solid structure. You can have an idea or a plan and still not really have a strategy.
With that being said, I think the approach fits Darks playstyle perfectly. It's all risk reward.
marine good unit.
Dark to start 2025 , is the best way to start 2025
Clem is the only Terrn who can kill Dark. Go Clem!
"Dark side of the game" 😅
I really hope you go to a tournament and one of the pros watched and calls you anyway haha
Dark is a real Zerg player
i for my life cannot understand why Dark never made a single infestor, it's like a no brainer against marine&medivac, especially if you go banes
what a shame
dark is dope, so impredictable!, serral goat! but he can imitate dark aggresiveness instead of defensive
Clem, the GOAT
The real issue is Terran is all their units are too fast. Make them 15% slower and the game will balance out for Zerg and Protoss.
No lol? They are not too fast?
If dark would just make 3 infestors.
Whenever I see Dark vs Clem I click
i am at the second game... i think clem maybe had to much of that good french wine for christmas .... now done i think if i were right he got sober very quick
Funny I say any ways too and my sister and wife always give a hard time. Lol
''anyways' counter: 23
Spoiler alert:
Protoss wins by chrono boosting a nuke from a Spawning Pool.
Abracadabra
That was your big mistake, being ex NAVY I have learnt alcohol is good for killing viruses. Drink more alcohol dilutes your blood so less viruses and of course to kill that hangover, keep drinking and DON’T sober up.
Can you comment some game in Dutch? im learning dutch and it would be fun
ogre onion jokes are always welcome
I think they are going to have to nerf Clem.
mengsk is the savior of the universe without him kerrigan would not have been zergified an therefore amon would have killed everything
18:03 ugg
Clemonion!!! 😂
Because your voice is too beautiful for this world. Of course it hates it.
Terran nerf when?
Terran nerf why?
Terran nerf how?
Terran nerf where?
Terran nerf who?
Terran nerf what?
Clem just totally bulldozed over Dark, nothing really exciting here.
Did we watch the same first two games?
@@SpiceCh people can take one or two maps from Clem, but lately not many can take a series from him.
Anyways
Clem is boring
I expect Clem to be #1 this year, replacing Serral, then play zerg to teach zerg main players how its done, just like what he did in protoss.
Clem gets obliterated by top 10 when he's playing Zerg so i doubt it's gonna happen
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THESE S OBs CALL sERRAL THE BEST PLAYER OF ALL TIMES BLAH BLAH BLAH BUT THEY FORGET KOREA HAS BROUGHT MORE TOP PLAYERS THAN ANY COUNTRY SOME KOREAN PLAYERS IN START CRAFT 1 HAVE WOM MORE GAMES THAN SERRAL.
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Pwnt
Balance council is shit
I'm afraid for sc3 if they do it dirty like they did d4. This might be the best sc for the next 20 years.
They're making sc3?
@genjiplayz590 no
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