I'd argue he would've been ready for mutas. Mutas would come a bit later than those lurkers would, and he would've had turrets and medics would be out instead of just spawning. 3 irradidates + turrets is more than enough to stop mutas.

endy

Switzerland8970 Posts

November 18 2010 10:51 GMT

#327

Reality would have beaten Hogil for sure if he had used a standard build. But this one was the shittiest in a while... I have no idea what is plan was

Really unlucky with liquibets recently, damn. I hope Bisu is gonna fix that !

Jackal03

Brazil7469 Posts

November 18 2010 10:52 GMT

#328

On November 18 2010 19:48 moopie wrote:

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He wasn't prepared for mutas either though... he would have lost either way. I have no idea what was going through his mind.

to me, 2 vessels ready to irradiate > mutas

he would've defended well against muta, and then he would've had an advantage to win

moopie

12605 Posts

November 18 2010 10:54 GMT

#329

On November 18 2010 19:52 Jackal03 wrote:

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to me, 2 vessels ready to irradiate > mutas

he would've defended well against muta, and then he would've had an advantage to win

2 iirads wouldn't have stopped Hogil because after the split he still has more than enough and Reality didn't have shit for a marine count (not to mention more mutas would be otw, and iirads would be out for a while). At best he would have turtled in the main with a lot of turrets, and then lost his back nat to mutas shortly after (while he starts to work on those eggs with the few marines he had and the late stim).

Womwomwom

5930 Posts

November 18 2010 10:59 GMT

#330

I don't think that build was effective against anything. It was basically a really shitty iloveoov fake mech without any of the raw grunt that build has to offer.

Seriously, Hogil could have run him over with pure zerglings thanks to the fact he had only a single barracks, no vultures, and no academy. Has nothing to pressure the zerg with, has nothing to defend besides some spells that can be dodged/split and a handful of marines that have none of the upgrades that make them good, and had no real way of defending his natural besides a billion turrets.

randombum

United States2378 Posts

November 18 2010 11:03 GMT

#331

I think he was planning for a much longer game. The earlier you start your vessal count the deadlier they will be if it goes late. Imagine zerg has first defiler, instead of having a vessal and another going you've got like 10.

Also the build would've been much better vs mutas. He would be stuck in his base for a while, but that would be just fine since building up energy is like free kills and eventually pure muta will not be able to handle more and more vessals + mnm.

swanized

Canada2480 Posts

November 18 2010 12:33 GMT

#332

On November 18 2010 19:51 endy wrote:
Reality would have beaten Hogil for sure if he had used a standard build. But this one was the shittiest in a while... I have no idea what is plan was

Really unlucky with liquibets recently, damn. I hope Bisu is gonna fix that !

Well HoGil actually can play well, he just forgets about that most of the time though