WGTCL: ToT 3-2 RoX. The review

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Rus_Brain

Russian Federation1894 Posts

May 11 2009 10:00 GMT

Only two days ago Russian powerhouse [image loading]

RoX.KIS and European one

Templars of Twilight ended their last match in WGT CL.
Templars won with 3:2 score, getting first spot in ladder, while RoX comes third.

Four teams who will play in play-off:
Templars Of Twilight
ESC.ICY-BOX
RoX.KiS
Los Reyes del Mambo

...but it is not the review of entire WGTCL. Only RoX.KIS vs ToT match. So let me begin...

ToT)Naugrim(, EAPM 144
RoX.KIS.BRAT_OK, EAPM 193
ColosseumII 2.0 - 25:10

Terrans wall-in, and zerg 12expo-pool. Brat-Ok showes good timing, killing sunken and cathing a scan-overlord.

Then we can't see any major battles up to 10:45 when Terran is out (tank and 1-1 for M&M). Muta is not effective since terran is turreted up well, have stim-range-1/1 rines and vessel.
Next we can see lots of fights here and there, and that is where we can find zerg is not that fast enough.

Drones are smoking, while terran is pumping up again and again...
When zerg has no money left on main, he is about to leave. GG

ToT)Naugrim(, EAPM 132
RoX.KIS.BRAT_OK, EAPM 145
God's Garden - 8:34

Nice fast game. Zerg starts as before, while terran is teching to fastdropship!
At 5:54 dropship is ready and Rines are waiting for dropping to mainbase.

Rines are dropped tw-three secs before muta comes into play, and that's enough time to BURN!!

Next drop ends this game.

GG

ToT)ret(, EAPM 172
RoX.KIS.ALF, EAPM 142
ColosseumII 2.0 - 16:03

Standart start from both. Mister Sunken tactics from zerg later on.

But ret showes very impressive control, striking zerg back.

GG

ToT)ret(, EAPM 180
RoX.KIS.ALF, EAPM 135
Blue Storm 1.2 - 14:45

Overpool-exp-lings from zerg, and FE from terran. But this wallin rocks!

Next terran try to break through zerg's the only sunken, but fails.

Some Jaedong muta from ALF, but 10:00 is the time when irradiation comes into play.

Minute after terran scans 10-o'clock exansion (where zerg actualy extracts his gas from) and kills it.

Half a minute later zerg lose all his lurkers and types out.
GG

ToT)ParanOid(, EAPM 158
RoX.KIS.DIMAGA, EAPM 143
ColosseumII 2.0 - 13:58

Both start the same overscan.

though BO is a bit diffirent. Paranoid expand after pool, while Dimaga is heading to fastmutal. At 5th minute paranoid attacks with speedlings and takes out a drone, which seems to be nice in that situation.
Dimaga's faster mutals could only take two drones, as Para's great eco makes possible to massspore the base.

So Dimaga knows he has a mapcontrol advantage, while he has less money. The desision is to expand and +1 armor for muta.
Next both are pumping muta, and Paranoid makes fasthivetech. Lucky for him, Dimaga was a bit scarry to attack, and by the time he made it, Polland player had enough to win.

GG

ToT)ParanOid(, EAPM 136
RoX.KIS.DIMAGA, EAPM 134
Destination 1.1 - 6:35

Mirror start

but Dimaga manages to change first two lings for a drone.
After spire done, Paranoid invest in +1 armor, which is to risky, tho

150 gass advantage was enough for Dimaga.

GG

ToT)ParanOid(, EAPM 154
RoX.KIS.DIMAGA, EAPM 145
Andromeda 1.0 - 8:51

Playes sees each other at 1:25 already

Dimaga's BO: 12 exp, while Para makes 12hatch at home.
Dimaga understand he will be attacked by waves of lings, so he makes teo sunks.
Good gas advantage makes the game more like muta-vs-scourge UMS, where Dimaga wins.

GG

ToT)XiaOzI( - Zerg, EAPM 141
RoX.KIS.Marwin - Terran, EAPM 194
Athena II 2.0 - 17:43

Marwin heads for fastwraight, while Xiaozi makes fasthydra without lair. Wraith gets only one overlord.

Next the game turns to standart bio vs muta-lura-ling, where Xiaozi showes great knowledge of the game, leaving as much forces as needed to hold terran, while attacking his natural

After terran loses everything he types out. GG

BEST GAME OF CLANWAR!

ToT)XiaOzI(, EAPM 125
RoX.KIS.Marwin, EAPM 192
ColosseumII 2.0 - 37:58

Marwin kills a neutral sunken with SCV to insure himself the Canadian won't make some 9pool-sunken push.

But Xiaozi wants fastmuta, and by the way, terran could only scan it (none of two scout SCVs came to zerg's main)
As the result muta is fst enough to break wallin

Next we can see minor fights, where Marwin shows his innattention, losing two-three-five rines here and there, while Xiaozi has a very low-limit force to hold terran for long enough time.
At 20th minuta terran at last kills zerg's first expo

but again, lose two vessels vs two scourges (though marines were only two steps away from vessels!).
At 21:11 terrans wants to kil another exp, but should have started with nydus. Ultra teleports right in time, and exp is saved.

Next Xiaozi showes great psychologilag pressing/map control attacking multiply fronts, making expos unSCV'ed and barracks lifted off.

Thou terran is not going to leave. He fights and kills Zerg's main at half an hour mark

Yet, that was very far from enough to kill the Zerg Swarm.

GG!

ToT)XiaOzI(, EAPM 109
ToT)Mondragon(, EAPM 119
RoX.KIS.DIMAGA, EAPM 192
RoX.KIS.BRAT_OK, EAPM 164
Gaia - 14:33

Two templar zergs start with sunkenpush vs his opponent

and that succeed

BRAT_OK, the only non-zerg playing could not do much to stop Templars. Drops, pushes... But all fails.

GG

ToT)XiaOzI(, EAPM 128
ToT)Mondragon(, EAPM 157
RoX.KIS.DIMAGA, EAPM 145
RoX.KIS.BRAT_OK, EAPM 189
ColosseumII 2.0 - 25:25

Templars start the same

But this time Dimaga somehow manages to break through the containment

and defend himself

Mondragon tries to break terran, but his push fails

When Xiaozi lose his expo, everyone understand who will win

GG

ToT)XiaOzI(, EAPM 105
ToT)Mondragon(, EAPM 103
RoX.KIS.DIMAGA, EAPM 113
RoX.KIS.BRAT_OK, EAPM 168
Vampire - 11:40

Again, templars start the same... But wait... Not the same, but all-in: 9pool first zerg, and 5pool the second one!