Spawning in close positions on Fighting Spirit, Last opened up with 1 rax FE while GuemChi opted for an expansion on the back of 1 gateway. The game was pretty standard as GuemChi grabbed his third. Last being active with his vultures managed to catch the transferring probes, netting a total of 7 probes and expanded, grabbing his own third and defending it soon after. With a three base economy, Last added more factories and went on the offensive, leap-frogging tanks until he separated GuemChi's army from his expansion. With not much resistance, Last razed GuemChi's expansion and took down his third using a small tank force while GuemChi attacked Last's third with a small zealot force which failed. When his fourth nexus came under attack, GuemChi gg'd and Team Flash was up 1-0.


Aside from the beginning of the game where Rain killed two drones with a lone zealot, this game was all Soulkey. Soulkey opened with an expansion pool build while Rain went for a 2 gate but didn't produce much zealots. After mustering a small army, Rain tried to move out but Soulkey was ready and ran into his main with some zerglings. Using them, he denied the back expansion several times, sniped probes etc... while he grabbed a third and got a hydra den. Rain eventually stabilized and went for an attack on Soulkey's expansion but Soulkey defended. Up against hydras streaming towards his base and with several zerglings sniping his probes in his main, Rain conceded. Series was now tied 1-1!


Arguably, one of the best 2v2 games of ATB, this game showed off the calm demeanor and confident play of PianO. A combined attack by Flash and Last saw Soulkey down to only 2 drones. This prompted PianO to pick things up, helping to defend Soulkey's base as he worked on his economy while Last teched to mutalisks and Flash worked on getting reavers (note: Flash made several cannons at Last's base and his for defense). As the game progressed, a large engagement took place in the center of the map with PianO's mnm and Soulkey's zerglings up against Flash's goons/reavers and Last's mutalisks (gif). The end result was a favourable engagement for Team GuemChi with some spectacular splits from PianO. The next push with tanks sealed the win!



With Team GuemChi up 2-1 in the series, PianO decided to go for a proxy rax behind Flash's mineral only expansion. Unfortunately for him, Flash defended pretty well and took an earlier expansion to get a better economy. Everything seemed bad for PianO but he did manage a vulture runby sniping SCVs at Flash's main and expansion. Still, Flash was unfazed as he went for his tried and true goliath drops to snipe workers. As the game continued, Flash started expanding all over while he defended against PianO's drops, took (mostly) better engagements and sniped dropships using a small wraith/valkyrie squad. Despite his best efforts, PianO found himself in the worst spot possible against the worst opponent, especially as he lost his expansion. His solution was a last ditch all-in attack using workers which failed. The series was now tied 2-2! Ace match time!


As many anticipated, the ace match pitted Soulkey who has carried Team GuemChi throughout ATB against Flash, the undisputed GOAT. Things looked grim early on for Soulkey despite a nice zergling attack, however, he managed to establish his third. As the game progressed, Flash took control, going up to 6 mining base, transitioning to mech and being aggressive while Soulkey was on 4-5 mining bases. It seemed like this would be just another game where Flash trumps his opponent but looks can be deceiving. Soulkey fought back with multi-pronged attacks, drops, constant aggression and some of the best ling micro in a late game ZvT to take quite the thriller. Words won't do this game justice, go watch it!


With this last win, victory was secured for Team GuemChi. Considered one of the underdogs, they have beaten Team Bisu and now Team Flash to take first place. Team GuemChi (GuemChi, Soulkey, PianO) are your Afreeca Team Battle Champions!