Yeah, it's a really agressive build, if you don't do damage you give up map control the second medivacs are out, and that lets the terran secure a free third and pressure like crazy. If he were to have added another gate to the push I really feel that Polt wouldn't have been able to hold like that without his units in bunkers. Upgrades are really all you have going for you if you don't pull ahead economically after the attack.

Bagration

United States18282 Posts

March 15 2012 01:28 GMT

#109

Squirtle barely held that...a few more seconds and the nexus would have fallen and that would have really screwed Squirtle over. Great hold though

Folstag

20 Posts

March 15 2012 01:34 GMT

#110

So confused how is polt ahead in supply. It's not like he macroed better because he was supply blocked for a good 30 seconds. Squirtle must have stopped producing probes or something.

CosmicSpiral

United States15275 Posts

March 15 2012 01:35 GMT

#111

On March 15 2012 10:34 Folstag wrote:
So confused how is polt ahead in supply. It's not like he macroed better because he was supply blocked for a good 30 seconds. Squirtle must have stopped producing probes or something.

Because he...macroed better?

catplanetcatplanet

3836 Posts

March 15 2012 01:37 GMT

#112

Because Polt Optimacro.

Bagration

United States18282 Posts

March 15 2012 01:38 GMT

#113

Squirtle really needs to stop going up to 200/200. No way to defend against drops that way.

Tewks44

United States2032 Posts

March 15 2012 01:39 GMT

#114

I know seeing Polt's aggression getting denied makes you think "ok, now squirtle is ahead" but squirtle baaaarly held, so he didn't have a big army lead afterwards, and Polt had a second base when Squirtle did, so squirtle couldn't really get a significant worker lead.

zefreak

United States2731 Posts

March 15 2012 01:39 GMT

#115

This is going to be a good series, enjoyable last game

Badfatpanda

United States9719 Posts

March 15 2012 01:39 GMT

#116

Yeah, if you lose your initial pressure terran should just gg on that map once toss gets a third, so fucking hard to engage their, it's like entombed with more chokes >.>

13JackaL

United States577 Posts

March 15 2012 01:40 GMT

#117

good series. polt's ghost were a tad late though in that last game.

Fionn

United States23455 Posts

March 15 2012 01:40 GMT

#118

Polt lost the game when he ran 20+ of his bio units into archons when he was up at the time by 30~ supply and pressuring Squirtle. Good game.

Hall0wed

United States8486 Posts

March 15 2012 01:40 GMT

#119

Its called teching, Squirtle played that entire called purely for the late game, relying on his control to allow him to make expand and then defense it the whole time. =D

Really rough being forced to watch an observer other than ST_Legend though. >_< I actually have to pay attention and watch the mini-map quite closely at times.

nokz88

Brazil1253 Posts

March 15 2012 01:41 GMT

#120

I'm getting more and more convinced that Terrans need to incorporate BFH lategame against Protoss... upgraded chargelots are close to imbalanced in this matchup.