The IdrA Fan Club - Page 1393

Game 1 - terminus: SjoW opens fast CC, capitalizing on IdrAs tendency for 15 hatch and doesn't get punished for it. He goes into heavy mech from then on, deflecting muta harass off three bases from IdrA and setting up a heavily defended position in the centre (two PF + turrets guarding his fourth). IdrA doesn't manage to keep his outlying 4-5-6 bases alive and can't make a dent in the centre position - 1-0 in favour of SjoW.

Game 2 - Tal'darim: SjoW spawns top left, IdrA bottom left, making it hard for idra to take a decent third. Identical opening to the first game, with IdrA teching to mutas before a third this time. It does not look so good for IdrA has SjoW takes his third at the same time as IdrA but IdrA spots a weakness in SjoWs defence, penetrating the first wall with ling/bling/muta before it can be completed and before siege is finished researching. SjoW does not fend it off well enough and is forced to GG - 1-1.

Game 3 - Shattered Temple, cross spawns: SjoW goes for a more standard opening and IdrA for the usual 15 hatch into muta. Things are looking dire initially for idra as sjow gears up for a potent marine/tank push but SjoW makes a critical error of judgement, committing before combat shield and siege finishes, allowing IdrA to easily destroy the push and putting IdrA irreversibly ahead. SjoW puts up a decent fight, sieging IdrAs natural with marine/tank. IdrA gets unlucky with his tank snipes, leaving several in deep red but the supply difference is too much to recover from and IdrA eventually just overruns SjoWs forces and denies the third - 2-1 IdrAs favour.

Game 4 - Antiga, cross spawns: Show opens BF hellion, IdrA 15 hatch. IdrA manages to get a ling surround on a few hellions before mutas are out, allowing him to take his third and taking some pressure off. SjoW gears up for heavy mech play off three bases, producing three thors at a time. IdrA has got mutalisks out but is not getting very good damage done and loses a good few in attempts. As SjoW takes the gold with a PF IdrA gears up for roach drops and muta harass. IdrA drops sjows main, killing several thors and destroying the mining there, but sjow manages to get a few tanks in good position if a bit late and avoids taking critical damage to his propduction facilities. In a series of multi-pronged attack IdrA manages to take out a researching armoury and a full 7 siege tanks with mutalisks and roaches respectively. SjoW manages to deny the mutalisks harass at his third with a ton of vikings, destroying the mutalisks count.
With thor production halted IdrA goes back to muta production as another smaller roach drop sees SjoW opt for the death push.
IdrA catches SjoWs army at the center with the bulk of his roaches, however a clutch viking landing from sjow allows him to tank the damage. However, with no vikings left in the air and only two thors, SjoW only manages to take out the right flank bases of IdrA before muta/ling swoop in for the kill. 3-1 IdrA.