Well, he did win vs ByuN after all. I really thought he would close out the series sooner. Several games herO should've won but then somehow he let ByuN crawl back. I guess those two have to go to last game regardless

Elentos

55578 Posts

May 13 2017 17:25 GMT

#922

It was so close because herO just refuses to ever stop attacking. Even if he's on 3 bases to 2 and there's no reason to commit his entire army. Living the dangerous life.

[16thSq] Kuro

1221 Posts

May 16 2017 06:15 GMT

#923

On May 14 2017 02:25 Elentos wrote:
It was so close because herO just refuses to ever stop attacking. Even if he's on 3 bases to 2 and there's no reason to commit his entire army. Living the dangerous life.

He's always been like this, hasn't he?

Being aggressive is just his thing.

Vutalisk

United States680 Posts

May 16 2017 14:45 GMT

#924

On May 16 2017 15:15 [16thSq] Kuro wrote:

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He's always been like this, hasn't he?

Being aggressive is just his thing.

Yah but sometimes I feel like he throws away games just being too aggressive for no reason. He knows very well that he is ahead in some games and just need bring a good portion of his army to attack and leave few behind to defend. Instead of going YOLO while you are ahead and get counterattacked and die. Being patient comes along way especially in longer matches like Bo5 and Bo7.

I feel like herO plays godly when he plays aggressive harass + macro. He can win anything with that style.

AshC

United States328 Posts

May 17 2017 19:07 GMT

#925

Well, herO is always a mastermind at group selection. Now, with sOs is gone, Classic is the one he wanted to avoid. Immediately, tricked aLive into picking Classic. Also, Classic is in group B and even if he makes out of that group, they won't face each other until semi. What a brilliant strategy! Kudos to herO for being so damn clever.

sc2Law

Australia61 Posts

May 20 2017 15:55 GMT

#926

herO beat Classic 3-2 in SSL Challenge and is still undefeated :D

AshC

United States328 Posts

May 20 2017 20:51 GMT

#927

herO did it again. Classic vs herO is always a fun one to watch as those two can be very cheesy. I hope herO feel that he got revenge after this win given he lost to Classic twice at BlizzCon.

Keep up the good work herO!

Elentos

55578 Posts

May 20 2017 20:58 GMT

#928

herO holds all the cards now in SSL Challenge (head-to-head over Classic and ByuN, better map score than TY). Beating Dear is pretty much the final step to making Premier for him. Let's see if he can make use of that advantage.

AshC

United States328 Posts

May 20 2017 23:56 GMT

#929

On May 21 2017 05:58 Elentos wrote:
herO holds all the cards now in SSL Challenge (head-to-head over Classic and ByuN, better map score than TY). Beating Dear is pretty much the final step to making Premier for him. Let's see if he can make use of that advantage.

Well, he better wins over Dear as they will meet in GSL group as well. The issue is he will meet Dear at SSL first. I wonder if herO reveals too much of his builds at SSL, then Dear may hard-counter him at GSL. Will see what happens.

Vutalisk

United States680 Posts

May 23 2017 14:59 GMT

#930

Disappointed with herO's games today at Olimoleague. He got into the final and all but it doesn't look like he wanted to play today at all. All kinds of cheese and all-in. Barely any standard/macro games. Sloppy controls, poor scouting, poor reading on the games. I don't even understand why. Maybe he wants to try out some builds or simply wants to get this over with and get back to practices. I hope this is not his form coming to GSL/SSL this week and next week.

MarianoSC2

Slovakia1855 Posts

May 23 2017 15:04 GMT

#931

On May 23 2017 23:59 Vutalisk wrote:
Disappointed with herO's games today at Olimoleague. He got into the final and all but it doesn't look like he wanted to play today at all. All kinds of cheese and all-in. Barely any standard/macro games. Sloppy controls, poor scouting, poor reading on the games. I don't even understand why. Maybe he wants to try out some builds or simply wants to get this over with and get back to practices. I hope this is not his form coming to GSL/SSL this week and next week.

I dont know if its just bad luck but I always see hero play just like this... Just allins and cheese. Vs Terran its the most brutal, he just does random allin every game and even though he plays sloppy, he still wins most of the time because its very hard for T to scout what hero is doing (he has such a variety of cheeses in his arsenal). Its horrific to watch but it seems to be working out for him Terran very rarely beats him

Vutalisk

United States680 Posts

May 23 2017 15:42 GMT

#932

On May 24 2017 00:04 MarianoSC2 wrote:

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Don't get me wrong. I very much enjoy his cheese because as you said it, herO's cheese is not standard cheese. He has like gazillions cheese builds. Still it is sometimes too much. He basically cheese and all-in every game today with except of 2 games which he lost. That's what worries me. Cheese all he wants, macro is needed for Bo5/Bo7. If herO can't macro and win vs T, he will never win anything ever.

sc2Law

Australia61 Posts

May 27 2017 11:06 GMT

#933

herO plays in SSL vs Dear in 4 hours! If he wins and both ByuN/TY lose tonight he will be locked in for Premier next season

sc2Law

Australia61 Posts

May 27 2017 13:59 GMT

#934

Damn, Dear looked really prepared and his timing attacks were insane tonight

AshC

United States328 Posts

May 27 2017 17:53 GMT

#935

WTF, herO. Stop the obsession with early disruptors when your opponent goes blink everytime (He was trying to channel MCanning or something). He would defend his base if he got the extra two immortals instead of the stupid disruptors. The disruptors only work defensively when you have 3+ so you can shot once at the time to zone the blink stalkers out. Dear even figures out that herO loves disruptors so he got glaves and adepts to shade all over the place.

herO better get it together as he will face Dear again at GSL.

AshC

United States328 Posts

May 31 2017 08:58 GMT

#936

Go herO go!

sharkie

Austria18648 Posts

May 31 2017 23:44 GMT

#937

disappointing...

Protossking

Australia103 Posts

June 01 2017 10:49 GMT

#938

That hurt to watch

Should stop trying the chargelot all in builds...

Last game bo loss

AshC

United States328 Posts

June 01 2017 16:02 GMT

#939

Really sad to see herO exit so early given he should've beat ByuN 2-0 and advanced in first place if he didn't mis-time the attack with charged zealots in the first game.

I hope he won't feel too bad about this. Mistakes do happen even to the best like herO.

I always love herO's hyper aggression but I feel like sometimes it becomes too predictable for him to do fancy stuff like all-in and weird tech. I hope to see more macro/harass style from herO like what he does in PvP. He is an amazing macro player. Let show some of that.

AshC

United States328 Posts

June 03 2017 09:23 GMT

#940

I hope herO can keep it together today at SSL and wins over TY (hopefully 3-1 or 3-0). Maybe Dear can win over ByuN or loses closely at 2-3. So, herO can advance to Premier. Otherwise, facing Dark, Maru and Classic on Fast Lane Day 1 is very tough...