Best Brood War Comebacks - Page 6

sAviOr is way behind from the moment he does nothing with his mutas

I feel the above statement is blasphemy against everything that Savior stood for. Because it misses the core of his build stood for: which is delay the terran push. And Savior not only managed to do that, he did more than that. Now I only saw the game once, so I might be wrong on the details, but I saw that Savior overall made about a control group of mutas, maybe a couple more for the ones he lost. He picked off some marines. He picked off some workers. Maybe 10 of each? Maybe a little less, not that it's important either way. He also picked off a depot for good measure. OTOH, Iris made quite a few turrets. More turrets than terrans normally make against a zerg that never had more than a control group of mutas. What's more is that savior didn't even make lings. Normally you need a group of lings for surrounds if the terran poke his head out. But because the map was so muta friendly, savior didn't have to make lings for almost the entire game(except as defiler food).

Now let's look at the tech timing. Modern TvZ is generally built around the 3-tank, 1-SV push that aims to give terran map control before defiler comes out. If defiler's late, terran generally wins. If defiler's on time, terran sits in front of the base to keep zerg in his base. What about that game? Iris didn't make tanks because he went pure SK terran. Even so, his first mnm group with I believe one SV reached Savior's base AFTER swarm came out. Although somehow savior screwed up and had no lurkers under those swarm.

I don't know how you can say those mutas didn't do anything. It did everything Savior's mutas are designed to do. If it weren't for the one-base muta timing, you can use that game as a textbook on how ZvT should be played in the early game. Savior went 3-base very early, didn't waste larva on lings, didn't even have to make extra lurkers to defend the 3rd due to the map, and was able to tech to defilers without any hinderance from terran. Iris played very timid and allowed Savior to develop quickly and easily. Before Savior's mind fart where he somehow forgot to put lurkers in position under swarm, I thought Savior was massively ahead at that point in the game.

1. Iris' 3rd didn't last long. And when Savior dropped it, he also dropped the CC which really hurt Iris' economy.
2. Iris never scouted savior's 4th. It was an extra base savior had the entire time. Hidden expos(although it wasn't hidden so much as Iris never bothered to scout) change the game beyond providing extra economy. They also prevent players from making the correct decisions. Iris' pressure was indeed correct facing 3 bases. But not correct when facing 4. He kept thinking Savior should not have enough units and/or economy to keep defending, but he was wrong. Horribly wrong the entire time.
3. Iris' vessel play was horrible in that game. They barely did anything, especially when it comes to limiting defilers. And once there was plague, they were useless because savior went hydra/lurker.
4. Iris' play, while it looks awesome, was not very cost-effective. MnM loses to hive-tech zerg in terms of attrition. Vessels are the key to SK terran because it's the only way to effectively kill high gas units like lurkers and defilers.
5. Drops for the most part didn't do much damage. Not sure why Iris went for them. Given how close together the 3 zerg bases are, it's pretty easy to divert forces among the bases to fend off harass.
6. Iris never expanded. Well, he's berserker and that's always been his style, so I don't fault him. But he never utilized his aggression as a way to expand. If he had another expansion somewhere far, where savior couldn't drop easily, he probably would've won.

Game 4 @ New Sniper Ridge