[SWL] Samsung KHAN vs STX SouL

I don't know about you, but Winners League is a pretty welcome change of pace for me (and especially for KT/OZ fans, I imagine). Negative aspects include that the role of so called "lesser players" diminishes, but to see Jaedong happy again, I'll swallow that gladly.

STX and Samsung are pretty much the middle of the pack after two rounds of regular ProLeague, where STX-s diversity and depth shone, and Samsung struggled to find its place. Now things might be very, very different.

First off, lets view things from KHAN's perspective. Stork is performing amazingly and barely drops a game anymore (if we exclude that shameful loss to LuCifer). great is a ZvZ god with no weak Matchups and 2 great ones. TurN is performing less than before, but the Samsung Terrans can strike when noone expects it. Brave is overall solid, and a boss in PvP, which leads me to believe that KHAN has all their bases covered, now that they don't need to depend on JangBi/Chavi/Reality any longer to win games. On the other hand, Brave has won till now through well carried out buildorders and preparedness rather than the raw talent that gets allkills. It will be interesting to see if KHAN can fulfill its potential this time around.

STX is historically very different from KHAN, their Ace underperforming, their other Starplayer currently barely out of a slump but very shaky in ZvT, and the entire team is heavily reliant on the lineup depth rather than all-kill worthy talent. STX is called the Dark Horse of ProLeague for a reason, though, since the players are enormously varying in skill. Shuttle has shown some glimpses of his former PvT dominance (and still has great PvP), Trap has come out of nowhere to maul Turn earlier this season, and Bogus is pretty damn consistent for someone who had a horrible winrate last season. And need I remind you, Modesty can bring a mean game to the table if he encounters anyone weak to mutalisks?

In Total, the huge momentum of Great and Stork is going to be very hard to stop, but STX has the antidote in the form of snipers if used correctly. Today will hopefully answer what result Kal vs. Stork would have had, and it might showcase some great P and Z action from both teams. I'm hyped, you should be too.

Oh, and STX will win 4-3. At least I hope so.