Serral fights for his life vs Maru's Mech Terran. StarCraft 2
StarCraft 2 $40,000 Tournament 2024 - SC2 Master's Coliseum 7 - Terran vs Zerg - Serral takes on Maru's suprising Mech Terran in one of the most an incredibly dramatic series!
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StarCraft 2 $40,000 Tournament 2024 - SC2 Master's Coliseum 7 - Serral (Zerg) vs Maru (Terran) - Best of 5
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Serral pretty friggin good man. The fact that he can make winning look just almost inevitable against one of the best Terrans alive is incredible.
Yes, zerg is still OP
So far, I'm like 5 minutes in, you explain not just going on but specifically what the implications of the decisions is incredible commentary for someone who does play much starcraft, or any at this type of level. Thanks for the good content.
Serral can't keep getting away with it! (He can)
Serral fake base trade at about 14 30
Your comments are high quality, cultivated, with a certain discrete irony, and outright elegant. I enjoy watching your casts.
Winter slowly realizing that "Sorry, I blacked out for a moment" isn't a good line is my new favorite sub plot
LOL I've been wanting to comment this forever.. All of the alcoholics watching must cringe..
@@Joe-dq2wb I would love to see a venn diagram detailing the overlap between alcoholics and SC2 players
All i got out of that was the urge But I probably agree
@@timmeeyh6523 @williambarnes-carr2322 @Joe-dq2wb @maxbachvaroff1967 I'm so fcking lost with this comment and the 3 responses ... Why a sub-plot ? I kinda guess what you mean but .. Why you'd "want" to comment this, and not do it ? And why the alcoholics should cringe ??? And wtf a venn diagram as to do with any of it ? And the urge ? Urge of what ? Making venn diagram ? It was all very confusing to me, all i got out of it is, there is a sub-plot of an urge for a sc2 players / alcoholic venn diagram, and the alcoholics people are not happy about it.
@TonyTony__ winter said he "blacked out" when he went off in a tangent. the alcoholic comment was because alcohol can make yoi black out, but in a slightly different way than what winter meant because he isnt drinking. venn diagram comment was for comparing alcoholics and sc2 players. no idea what the urge comment is about. maybe winter's urge to say it?
The first game was so intense!!! I was leaning right into the screen and holding my breath. Amazing.
Serral is a monster. Looks like Maru got tilted after the first game.
Ye his patience ran out, gotta keep cool like the finnisher.
@@10manan Imagine getting so worked up over a guy who's better at the game than you
@@10mananbecause he’s stupid good? That’s just dumb lol
honestly he makes zerg getting nerfed. blizzard is dumb enough already, next they will remove infestor out of the game just like with bannelings @@10manan
@@khoavu9031 remember, Blizzard ain't patching the game anymore, it's the balance council, which is now tenuously rullwd by the Terran Cabal, who usurped the Zerg cabal who ruled the first Balance council.
22:10 "In case you're just catching up: there's your 12-year cliff notes" Thanks man. I actually am literally just catching up after like 11 years of ignoring SC lol.
That stat box at 1:03:17 450 zerglings lost, 95 banelings, and only 1 drone, 3 queens, and 5 hydralisks!! I think the thing that separates serral in zvt is just his ability to read a fight, pick out key targets, get in, get out, and go again. Maru utterly destroys most zergs when he goes bio because he can bait other zergs in to bad engagements by just having insanely deep, well positioned siege tank lines, so he can kill off a good chunk of the Zerg army every time while losing only the vanguard of his own. But serral never takes the bait, he just never loses more than he needs to, he pokes around, takes any initial favorable engagements, then gets out of there as soon as there’s nothing easy to pick off. Absolutely insane patience and just ability to read and react to defenses immediately. I don’t think anyone else is able to do this anywhere near as well as serral is. Edit: he got to 710 dead zerglings before he lost his sixth hydralisk. Against siege tanks. Absolutely ridiculous.
Keep Fighting. Keep Producing. That's the Power of the Supply Depot
22:40 to 24:00 was awesome to watch, that push was really strong. Definitely some high level gameplay from both of them.
And more Serral! By far the most fun to watch!
@@10manan If you dont like to watch , why are you here in the comment section. I guess youre mad you cant beat zerg becauseus you have no comprehension lol
@@10manandisgusting? He's the goat. There's no better player. You're just mad Because he's better than your favorite player lol
Thats why we have peak online of 1000 man in mp starcraft 2, less than aoe2 or aoe4 separetely median playercount. Only thing rly Serral good at is fidling, sc is too much about repetetive perfectionistic buttonpushig. But with some interface improvements, ability to preplan building timings, army production, upgrades (like in cnc), army stance(tight or wide, frontliners-backers, autostim, autoundigging, etc.) apm could be decreased about 2-3 times and allow to focus more on army micro. But sc stinks with pseudoelitism as any blizz game, so nothing would be done ever. I`m for being able to micromanage for better results if you can, especially at game start, but once it`s battle time, apm should be focused on unit management, as protos and terrans do it, not winning becuse you can creep whole map, cuz your units don`t need any micro except a-point @@finnngregory1825
nah Dark is fun to watch. Watching serral feels like watching alphastar
Watching Dark or Reynor is more entertaining but it doesn't change the fact Serral is the best most of the time.
Pretty spectacular that we get to witness this. 2 of likely the best to ever do it going head to head.
Nice match Serral just too good
Maru has been my favorite SC2 player to watch for probably the last 10 years... But Serral makes him look like he doesn't know what hes doing out there!
Zerg.
Banana
Zerg IMBA
In game 2 I agree. But did you actually watch game 1?! That was some insane skill from them both. Serral could have easily lost with one misstep.
Winning agaist serral is like finding a bug in a program :)
Except it's much harder ;)
So everyone beats Serral? I think that analogy is wrong.
Yes winning against zerg is like finding a bug in a program
Well then Clem must be a debugger then 😂
Never played StarCraft but really enjoy the commentary and watching. Thanks for all you do!
man, playing against bio is like Serral's bread and butter kind of battles! I think Maru was on the right track with the high tech army but he needed to get some hit squads together or something to stop production
main reason terrans lose is because their defences suck. A few banes come in and kill nearly a full mineral line. Or like 10 supply worth of lings will quickly take down a fortress.
@@GameFuMaster It's dangerous to say this, but I've always thought that banelings were kinda overpowered, doesn't take many to wipe out a lot, and they are still kinda tough, not like they can be one shot, and even at very low hp, they hit for as much as they always do... In fact, perhaps that's a change that should happen; The dmg output of banelings scaling with their remaining hp...
I think they're fine, it's just that Serral is so good at fighting against bio. They have plenty of things they can do to counter it.@@mBlackThunder
@@mBlackThunderyou know Terran has widow mines right?
@@AHAPPYBANNANA yeah, are you saying they are the same? Are you saying that it's just as easy to dodge a bunch of banelings as it is widow mines? One major difference between those two are one is static, you can move away. The other is not, yes you can move, but they keep coming... I honestly don't think they are even close to compareable 😊.
I am inexplicably drawn to the thumbs up button every time he begs for likes and subscribes.... It works people!
Gotta respect a man willing to beg
One of the few youtubers who i consistently like videos from
Same! I think it's because Jimmy tells me the exact number he needs every time. I'm a sucker for clarity like that.
Ya damn right! That and buying views
Like a dog
When the likes goal reaches 2000, I hope that SC2 is still alive. May this game be eternal in life.
I mean, the latest update throws a wrench at the meta. Making it essentially a new breath of life
SC2 dying? It’s better than chess! No. StarCraft isn’t going to die. It’s almost perfect. It will just be like space invaders, a perfect creation that transcends time.
There is a saying for guitar players: "Go slow to go fast". Serral exemplifies this
As a person who literally got into StarCraft because of Incontrol (RIP) and literally just watching KZhead casts because of his commentary, I miss him a lot. Outside of him you're definitely my favourite SC2 caster. Well done on the community you have built, keep going!!
I love how the upper right base in Game 1 sloooooooowly goes from a mining Terran base to a mining Zerg one, with patient and constant pressure applied by Serral. The scary thing is that Maru's mech army never leaves. It's simply forced out. Insane!
This video is almost a copy of the Serral vs HerO video I saw yesterday. Down to the drones attacking the Starpart... And them fighting over the final right side base... Crazy. The Spine crawlers and everything, broodlords xD.
Ravens saying "Nevermore" ? Winter is truly a man of culture.
Idra: "If I'm winning and then I want to loose, I build ultras"
Omfg, that first game ! I am blown away!
The first game was an absolute nail biter. Incredible performance taking starcraft 2 to its limits
Hey Winter, thanks for your great microphone etiquette
That first game had me on the edge of my seat the whole time. It's so crazy how good these players are!
what an insane first game. hope the rest lives up to that hype
I wish StarCraft 2 videos will never stop, thanks for the continuous content Winter
Serral is on a whole different level
Its crazy that they got to such an even theoretical end game
My favorite corner of KZhead is when Winter blacks out for a moment. 😅
The age of Maru is passed; the age of Clem has arrived.
You're making that judgment based on just one game?
@@mingdiprincess based on his performance over the last year
Your comment did not age well. Lol! Maru won his 8th GSL, the most in history - and perhaps ever. Clem's ZvT is second to none though, it's true. 😂
Is Clem the only Terran winning games without cheesing right now?
Serral is just in another level
Zerg op.
@@pegasisilver6249 lol. Maybe Maru shouldn't play braindead build orders against dark like he did in game 5. That was a free win for Dark. If other races keep throwing games away like this, of course Zerg wins.
Terran OP@@pegasisilver6249
Definitely this.@@wedgeantilles8575
"Serral who... sometimes looks like a mortician's accountant" Winter 2024
He doesnt even get to say two words before I smash that like button. Take THAT Winter.
Who knew being a starcraft 2 commentator would be so emotionally challenging!
Serral is the Tom Brady of SC2. Goat 🐐 🐐 !
Love those close games
been a while since I've seen a old school late game battle
that first game was incredible
38:12 why is there a soft honk in the background @winterrrr
the first zerg win on hard lead. does anyone know whose face is on serrals base picture? just irks me not knowing.
Even after beeing inactive for 6 years ... God only knows how much i love seeing a Terran struggling like a drowning animal because of the relentless attacks of the swarm
This was the game of all times or is it?.....Thanks Winter for casting these matches. You definitely made my day better as you do since I have subscribed. Thank you very much
This is my Game of the Year for sure!
Winter made a comment on another Serral match about what does the best player in the world practice to keep getting better or something to that effect. I think what Serral has that puts him so far ahead of other players is rythym and game sense. The rythym is the boring stuff Winter talks about. Creep spread, injects, overlord placement etc... That extra Queen energy efficiancy is something I think makes a big difference, when combined with all the other efficiant things he does. Game sense is what I think is really Serrals "X-factor". He is able to know what the other player "should" be doing and exactly when. It's why his Zerglings always find a way in. Its only something that really works against the best players because anything less will make mistakes that throw off that timing. Things like "He should be lowering the depot about this time to let an SCV through and speed is finishing up so i can get it in." This falls off later, somewhat, because little inefficiancies build up and the direction builds can go start to get to complex to be able to predict. Still he has that sense of what his opponent "should" be doing at every stage of the game. He also combines this with extremely diligent scouting. Single zerglings, overlords, creep etc... Its a tiny detail but his extra game sense also means his scouting is more effective because he is checking what his sense tells him to and its usually right. I can't state enough how exceptional this combo is because it's easy to overly rely on your game sense and not scout as effectively. A lot of pro players do this and they are usually right but sometimes they aren't quite on the money but Serral remains humble, for a lack of a better word, and double checks with very diligent scouting. I think he also just has an encyclopedic level knowledge of the range and size of abilties. I think his creep spread is probably just so that you can't really get more than 2 or 3 tumors in a single scan, when he has the time to take an extra millisecond to place them nicely. I think that's how the trademarked "Serralfestor" came in. He just knows how big the scan is and combined with that extra game sense can put them in that one spot that is just out of reach of where the enemy player is scanning. If I were to hazard a guess at what Serrals training regiment is, it would be something like just playing against a afk enemy and practicing that rythym to do the injects and creep spread and all the boring stuff. Just like playing an instrument he practices that chord progression over and over so it is just as natural as breathing. Kinda what happens when you see a band playing and the guitarist does some crazy dance or moves that seem impossible to do and nail that guitar solo. In reality they have just done it so many times that they would fall asleep playing if they didn't spice it up. I would also maybe hazard a guess that he has someone or multiple someones to practice against and, this may be off the walls and actually a stupid thing to do idk but its what I would do if I were the best, gives them some form of handicap. Like a custom map where the enemy units build slightly faster or get minerals and gas slightly faster. Things that don't effect what build order they play but just give them an edge on making it come online faster and more efficiantly. So they can kind of emulate a player on Serrals level and when Serral plays against a normal but better opponent it's like the weighted training clothes come off. By training in a way that semi replicates playing against a perfect human player that no human could naturally achieve it gives him an edge that keeps him at the top. Again this is probably a theory that makes me look like a tin foil hat wearing lunatic but it's just so crazy that it might just be GENIUS!!! I'M NOT CRAZY!!! YOU'RE CRAZY! ESPECIALLY YOU NAPPA!
I disagree with your "x-factor" comment, Serral's mechanics are close to second nature, and his playstyle evolves quickly, so can change his composition and what he does with it before you can do it again - "fool me once..." But he's a bit too careful sometimes, excellent at defense, he misses juicy opportunities by fractions that a player like Dark is actively hunting for, and will pounce on unhesitantly. He does have the sense to wait till he has way more units and economy than he needs to prong, and is more akin to his pushing a piano out a window onto your head. This game was pretty good, he's getting overseers and speed out, infestors infesting, good control of his muta, effective brood control, but not enough aa, bl running from vike, hydra, hello?
lets not forget that serral has super high (400 to 500 apm). in the pro scene, i firmly believe that zerg cannot dominate games without super high apm, which only top tier zerg players like serral, dark and reynor are able to pull off....
It’s amazing to see the difference it makes just seasoning your army with a few banshees can make! Their high dps firing from the back is amazing as a support unit! Not sure why they’re not used more they seem so cost effective when you just add a few!
I think most Terrans avoid then due to the gas cost, and they'd rather pump out Medivacs and Liberators which don't need a tech lab. That said, I agree having 2-3 is a great DPS addition. I too wish more Terrans did this.
10:43 the biles “almost” hit the tank?
I like Winter's witty casting
36:50 did that reaper just auto-heal?
Winter, can we have a few casts with SC1 music? Always thought it feels more starcrafty.
Cyclone damage and range is so emberrassing compared to it's old self it brings tears in my eyes.
Maru cloaks & croaks. GG. Insane tourney win for Serral!
I love when winter says: "one of the closest games I've ever seen"... meanwhile serral wins 3-0
I love the queens conversations! They are so awesome!
200k soon!
Describing serrals play at the beginning started to sound like fitter, happier, more productive.
Big ups
Does maru’s units gets 1+ Chariama and Amor? Or Armor?
Wow Serral really had his back against the wall....It was impressive how he completely dominated and Maru really had no chance at all. What exactly is Serral anyway?!?
Going to "mech" it happen after seeing a second factory, heard what you did there 😉
Those odd moments where you forget what you're saying or mess it up heavily are getting more frequent. Could be lack of sleep, could be something worth talking to a doctor about. Take care of yourself, Winter, we need you.
Lo de las cartas de verdad se aplica? 0:25
I think, someone who bet on an unbelievable 3-0 is lucky man. That's Korean SC2.
Maru is slacking, man.
In a situation like the first game I'd love to see Maru just lift all his building and fly them in to take aggro while he attacks, not like he'll have money to produce anything anyway
The fact that the infestor has been nerfed to hell and is still an incredible unit shows just how amazing of a unit it was when the game originally dropped.
You mean OP as Hell. The Winfestor used to be a meme, like the Archon toilet was. Now the infester is in the spot it always should have been. 😂
he cant snipe the banlings? i dont play terran i just played that starcraft masters thing. i mean i know its difficult. can they snipe a banling in one hit?
The Liberator. Watches.
Oh man. I don't know about you guys, but I feel like this could be... A GAME OF THE YEAR...
I love how we have all these titles and reverence for Serral, but for Maru its just "Oh, and the 7-time World Champion - ANYWAY". As if that is somehow less 😂
What a lol sers. Is it fair when terrain has a tech building forward spawn?
So don't put it in the wall.
The Liberator watches...
These lategame maru vs serral Games are ridiculous and have been for like a decade😂
I wanna take a moment to ONCE AGAIN drop a comment on maru's completely wasted barracks at this moment 11:16. On screen right now if I dropped a bunker in between the engi bay and the CC on the 3rd, and one in the wall, or just near the wall at the natural. This whole counter attack isn't doing anything especially with 6 marines in a plated bunker. He probably loses a lot less of his units on the front because he can manage that more "full time" 14:12 no he hasn't wheres the bunkers hes between the gas and the CC making it hard for bane run by.
Thank You Om nom nom
There is something wrong with the phrase "Serral gets an EMP off". Can't quite say what, though.
One thing I've never understood is why Planetaries are worth it when they die so fast... wouldn't it be better to have something that can just lift off and survive?
They defend themselves against harassment and light attacks, which is their selling point, and they can be helpful to fortify a location against all out attacks due to their spash damage. But against heavy attacks with little anti air, as zerg often mounts them in the late game, an orbital is preferable due to its ability to lift up and survive the attack, even if the army is not already stationed there.
@@escribendo6138 Yeah, I get that. So I guess what I'm really saying is I think Maru shouldn't have bothered with Planetaries as much as he did this game, especially where every little bit of resources ends up mattering.
@@NealX_Gaming Planetary are also supply, and can defend, there's no real bloodless way of dealing with them, they trade pretty cost effectively esp. w epair, even if the army is out of position. Presumably, Maru did not anticipate Serral drinking his milkshake.
Can someone please tell me why pro SC2 players just don't seem to repair units at all?
Ah Maru. He loses one close game, he's out. Doesnt matter if there's 5 games left to play, the guy just cannot keep composure after a hard loss ... gets tilted and falls apart.
insane
i think in this game i learned how to balance this game: add more cost to lair/(especially) hive, reduce damage by 50% for tanks but increase fire rate by 25%, reduce liberator dmg by 25%. protoss is fine.
I feel like siege tanks should get a late game tech, like hover mode. They're such a liability either because they become useless through blinding cloud, does FF through splash or gets neuroed and basically does full FF. They're also incredibly gas intensive.
Even in the early game, biles hard counter them... People who cry about the widow mine should realize why people use them that much, the tank is a win more unit, have plenty and you'll stay safe, have too few and the enemy army will cost effectively charge them and destroy them...
@@tobiasL1991 yep. Doesn't help that Ravagers aren't armored, so tanks deal less damage against them. They cost 25 gas cheaper than tanks, and require 3 tank shots to kill That's why Zerg can just ling only against marine tank, because the tanks are going to be helping you out with splash damage anyway.
they are just useless. They do nothing vs zerglings and banelings which is the whole point of the splash damage. They are only good vs roach/ravager but even then can get overun pretty easily,
@@yazzzlet3549 they require a lot of time to get value out of them, because of their slow firing speed. 13 range is also not that amazing due to this fact.
Have you ever played in a real game vs siege tanks ? if the terran isn't stupid, you first have to clear his bio before being able to reach his tanks, which is not easy at all to do ? On the other hand, mines are just way more random, and totally overpowered if you don't have 400 apm to counter them. Take time to clear them, or keep up the macro.
How didn’t “game of the year” get in this title
Thanks for your hard work in content and casting :) I started playing again just against Harder/Hardest AI, might start laddering again ❤
"Mech doesnt have anti air" Also thors 2 shot aoe muta
Zerg are over-powered!
The fact that a tank army can kill more of it's own forces than enemies, never made sense to me....!!!!!
ONG What a title :)))))) ty ty ty
wtf since when do infestors have emp?
So I know Apm isn't everything.. but I do need to improve mine... It's only like 70ish... And I'm hovering around High platinum for my first 5000 games as Terran and protoss ... Anyone know any techniques for improving it? Besides the Obvious... Practicing XD
Seems like I'm maintaining a 50 percent win rate... Often times the enemy is simply faster...often by a huge margin... Like 180+ apm
Torn between Terran Mech and Protoss 4 gate all ins
Play Osu
@@ghoraxe9000 Just follow winter's build guides to get to max supply at around 8-10 minutes as protoss or Terran and hope A moving works. It got me to low diamond but then micro became a factor and I can't do it 😢😅.
RIP 3-3 hellchads
mech it happen... lol
New idea for brood lords. If they dont attack for 300 seconds the little guys morph into a brand new free broodlord.
Yeah and new idea for widow mines three shots at a time targeting separate targets lmfao. Also they prioritize broodlords with two of the shots. And disruptor hits air units.
@Lordofhollows15 this is why I'm a Dev, and you're not lol
@@andrewjones198 probably why sc2 is still shit playing protoss right now 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
@@andrewjones198 fake dev
"fights for his life"
Zerg has always been OP in sc2 - all phases / expansions .