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Ej_
47656 Posts
On April 06 2020 00:11 arbiter_md wrote: Preparation. Light came prepared only for the 4-th map. Stork prepared em all with unexpected builds. I am sure Light didn't practice for this and that's how he won. | ||
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konadora
Singapore66364 Posts
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mishimaBeef
Canada2259 Posts
i think straight up arbiter approaches hoping to land stasis is some of the most overrated shit ever have the arbiter approach from a side angle, then recall a round of zealots from your natural as a flank, you don't even have to command them to attack move because the enemy will aggro them into auto attack-moving i mean, you're on the map with 200/200 but the gateways are still producing this last round that you recall into battle | ||
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KobraKay
Portugal4385 Posts
On April 06 2020 00:11 arbiter_md wrote: Preparation. Light came prepared only for the 4-th map. Stork prepared em all with unexpected builds. Making carriers? lol unexpected? | ||
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Shady Sands
United States4021 Posts
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jomjom
9 Posts
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Xxio
Canada5565 Posts
 Love the unusual strats. | ||
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JoinTheRain
Bulgaria409 Posts
On April 05 2020 21:24 CruelZeratul wrote: I have a question about TvP. I'm no BW expert so this is not trolling. I always ask myself why people go for Arbiters over Templar That's a good question. I am no pro but I think it is just too difficult to do it again and again with a high success rate. You have to micro zealots into tanks, aim dragoons on tanks, then drop hts and storm. It all has to be conducted to happen in a tiny time frame and be entirely coherent. Honestly, I have only seen jangbi do it consistently and it seemed like the most imbalanced thing in the entire game, even more ridiculous than 3/3 adrenalings on gateways. So beautiful yet so amazingly hard to do. | ||
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Lazyer
United States399 Posts
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kidcrash
United States624 Posts
Edit: also not shuttling units to save his 3rd in game 1 seemed really lazy | ||
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oshibori_probe
United States2937 Posts
It struck me as a move you'd see on a map like 815 that was strikingly inferior and much more apm intensive than just opening up a pathway to the center where he can have a better way of dealing with basically anything light could be doing. Yes, stork didn't know what Light was doing but I can't think of a single scenario where you'd want your army in the center without a retreat path. Is it even that much faster for an attack than having your goons and reaver kill the neutral buildings? | ||
GTR
51691 Posts
On April 06 2020 06:15 JoinTheRain wrote: That's a good question. I am no pro but I think it is just too difficult to do it again and again with a high success rate. You have to micro zealots into tanks, aim dragoons on tanks, then drop hts and storm. It all has to be conducted to happen in a tiny time frame and be entirely coherent. Honestly, I have only seen jangbi do it consistently and it seemed like the most imbalanced thing in the entire game, even more ridiculous than 3/3 adrenalings on gateways. So beautiful yet so amazingly hard to do. jangbi is the only progamer in history to make girls actually orgasm while storming tanks | ||
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mishimaBeef
Canada2259 Posts
that being said jangbi was one of the best and his early game timings and execution were absolutely deadly, i remember watching his streams after he returned from military before he retired but yeah storming a large mech army seems incredibly difficult especially if they are target firing to me storm was always a move used to stop them from quickly a-moving unsieged tanks across tight areas or holding ramps from the same | ||
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whylessness
United States376 Posts
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Djabanete
United States2786 Posts
Light was really impressive in games 4 and 5. His mentality was rock-solid, and he showed creativity in his approach to both games. His strategy on Inner Coven clearly was more than Stork was ready to handle. Stork either didn't know about those greedy, greedy bases or didn't know how to touch them. And in game 5 the greed paid off again --- Light expanded to his third and fourth at the same time. This is how Bo5 series are won: keep a strong attitude and bring something special that the opponent isn't ready for. I was cheering for Stork (and that game 3... wow) but today Light played like a champ. I would feel fine saying Light is the favorite to win the tournament based on his mentality, preparation, and skills, but... there's Flash. Edit: I have never seen a Protoss be *as* ready to trade bases while playing fast carriers as Stork was. My impression was that Light did not expect Stork to take game 3, and that Stork pushed new limits in terms of carrier tactics. Stork went into game 3 *planning* to sacrifice his natural! It's not like he could possibly have expected Light not to push, right? So he must have intended all along to lose his natural to the push, and just make up the deficit by counterattacking and then pincering the push. And then he sacrificed his natural again later for the win. Usually players use their carriers to *defend* against the push and then rebound if they succeed in the defense. But they often don't succeed in the defense, and then it's game over. Stork aimed to take the game to a different place, and he was clearly planning to win much of the Bo5 playing his carriers in this aggressive, base-trading way. | ||
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outscar
2832 Posts
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TaardadAiel
Bulgaria750 Posts
On April 06 2020 19:29 outscar wrote: My God, games were so fucking weird but not really good, I fell asleep already halfway through. Light didn't play convincingly, seems like his TvP is still trashy although last game was solid. Loved Stork's bravery but he needed to stick with carriers on 5th game too because he's the Son of Carriers. I felt G1 was really solid from Light and G4 looked like he was well prepared. Care to elaborate? | ||
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Dangermousecatdog
United Kingdom7084 Posts
On April 05 2020 21:30 CruelZeratul wrote: Templars in Shuttles can't really be EMPed. You answered your own question by adding shuttles into the mix there. You might as well ask why protoss don't zealot bomb every engagement. | ||
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Barneyk
Sweden317 Posts
Inner Coven is a weird map and Lights strategy on it was just, wow. Getting that many bases up and keeping the protoss sort of contained was a great strategy that is really hard to counter on the fly. | ||
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Djabanete
United States2786 Posts
It's not like Light doesn't know what he's doing in TvP. Seemed to me like he knew what he was doing every single game. | ||
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