Heir Apparent - Page 5

Very nice.

Screw the fact that he is the best ZvZ player I've ever seen, beating terran players with ease I've only seen in a couple of zerg players throughout all these years, hell, I you can even take away his recent triumph in the Starleague. What excites me most about Jaedong is his hardware.

Compare Savior for example. Savior gained his domination by creating his own unique paradigm, gaining map control with efficiency never seen before or since, but I've always felt that his micromanagement and macromanagement was never jaw droppingly great. His mutalisk raids simply bought time, his lurker count was always JUST right and you rarely saw him overpower his opponents with raw force. His relatively low APM was rarely exposed due to his efficiency and great multitasking skills. People used to say that Savior didn't utilize mutalisks to their limits or do stuff like that because he didn't need to. Well, it was true when his game plan was so far ahead of everyone, but gamers of today have Savior's number and we see him struggling to keep up.

I know some people saw a ray hope in Savior's closest struggle yet against Bisu this Starleague, but I personally gave up all hope. Savior simply couldn't keep up with Bisu's hardware. He had great starts in all three games: cutting Bisu's attempts to gain information with probes, tricking Bisu into making too much cannons, too little, or simply placing them in the wrong places. It wasn't his choice of build orders, his condition or the choices he made that cost him a place in the OSL semi-finals. He did almost everything he could and should have done. We saw 3 great games because of that. But that's it. This was as good as it got for Savior. In game 3, he failed to overpower Bisu after tricking him into building too much cannons, struggled with constant harassment and eventually got run over. He won the mind battles, but lost it with his gaming limitations.

Out of all the zergs I've seen, Jaedong has the best gaming ability (it's hard to define, but lets just say it's his gaming basics). What makes his mutalisks amazing is the fact that he can utilize them so well AND not lose control of other aspects of the game at the same time. Other zerg gamers can mimic his mutalisk raids, but fail to keep up with other tasks needed to win the game. Some, like Savior, don't bother to and concentrate more on overall game management.

You can say that mindless clicking can be attained through mass practice. I say otherwise. No zerg gamers of today, even with exhausting practice schedules manage to duplicate the intricate gaming skills that Jaedong displays.

Bisu's domination in ZvP won't last long. It was only a year ago when it was difficult to name a terran who had good odds in beating Savior. Nowdays Savior struggle against ANY half decent terrans (not that it's wrong, it's understandable that a zerg struggles with terrans, especially one that's fallen from grace). I'm not sure if Jaedong's the one to crumble Bisu's yet untainted domination against zergs. Maybe it's too early. But even now, if I had to pick just one zerg player capable of beating Bisu, it won't be Savior. It'll be Jaedong.