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KalWarkov
Profile Blog Joined December 2011
Germany4126 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-06-23 16:34:11
June 23 2012 16:33 GMT
#161
On June 24 2012 01:31 Andr3 wrote:
Carriers, why no carriers Nightend? It's awesome vs endgame Z, HTs+carriers :[
SlayerSCrank used it nicely in his games..

Well played between Bigs&Nightend though!


carriers?

LOL. ever fought against queen corrupter infestor spore crawler with carriers? there is no way, NO way to beat the Z combo if he has only 40 drones and stays passive oO

€: ty grubby.
DiaBoLuS ** Sc2 - Protoss: 16x GM | Dota2 - Offlane Immortal | Wc3 - Undead decent level | Diablo nerd | Chess / Magnus fanboy | BVB | Agnostic***
Swords
Profile Blog Joined May 2012
6038 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-06-23 16:35:08
June 23 2012 16:34 GMT
#162
On June 24 2012 01:30 KalWarkov wrote:
This is why no protoss ever wants to play a standard PvZ lategame. you cannot beat spine spore queen corrupter infestor broodlord. there is no way to even trade with half the effeciency of the zerg.


Watching that though, Nightend didn't abuse the lack of mobility that Zerg army had at all. He waited until way to late to sacrifice probes. He built a warp prism and didn't do anything with it. He didn't add on 15 more gateways and then send groups of blink stalkers around to cripple Bigs's production. He just sat there and let bigs get in the best position possible so that no vortex could really cause damage and so that his engage would have to come in contact with spines. That Zerg army is incredibly hard to defeat, but it's impossible if you just sit there and let the Zerg get in the best position humanly possible.
KalWarkov
Profile Blog Joined December 2011
Germany4126 Posts
June 23 2012 16:35 GMT
#163
On June 24 2012 01:34 Swords wrote:
Show nested quote +
On June 24 2012 01:30 KalWarkov wrote:
This is why no protoss ever wants to play a standard PvZ lategame. you cannot beat spine spore queen corrupter infestor broodlord. there is no way to even trade with half the effeciency of the zerg.


Watching that though, Nightend didn't abuse the lack of mobility that Zerg army had at all. He waited until way to late to sacrifice probes. He built a warp prism and didn't do anything with it. He add on 15 more gateways and then send groups of blink stalkers around to cripple Bigs's production. He just sat there and let bigs get in the best position possible so that no vortex could really cause damage and so that his engage would have to come in contact with spines. That Zerg army is incredibly hard to defeat, but it's impossible if you just sit there and let the Zerg get in the best position humanly possible.


true, but its kind of hard on daybreak to do so. he chills on his xel naga and the only vulnerable bases are the top "4th" and the mainbase.

smart zergs put 4 spores and 10 spines at each of those and u cant do anything basically. no way to blink in on daybreak either. you can do stuff like that on antiga, agreed.
DiaBoLuS ** Sc2 - Protoss: 16x GM | Dota2 - Offlane Immortal | Wc3 - Undead decent level | Diablo nerd | Chess / Magnus fanboy | BVB | Agnostic***
BlackAut
Profile Joined March 2011
Austria58 Posts
June 23 2012 16:37 GMT
#164
seeing Nightend giving an interview on take.tv and playing vs bigs at ESL.tv. - What kind of sorcery is this?

Gotta say Bigs really played very patient but that was the way to go this game, nice job.

Also, go Monchi!
Swords
Profile Blog Joined May 2012
6038 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-06-23 16:40:58
June 23 2012 16:39 GMT
#165
On June 24 2012 01:35 KalWarkov wrote:
Show nested quote +
On June 24 2012 01:34 Swords wrote:
On June 24 2012 01:30 KalWarkov wrote:
This is why no protoss ever wants to play a standard PvZ lategame. you cannot beat spine spore queen corrupter infestor broodlord. there is no way to even trade with half the effeciency of the zerg.


Watching that though, Nightend didn't abuse the lack of mobility that Zerg army had at all. He waited until way to late to sacrifice probes. He built a warp prism and didn't do anything with it. He add on 15 more gateways and then send groups of blink stalkers around to cripple Bigs's production. He just sat there and let bigs get in the best position possible so that no vortex could really cause damage and so that his engage would have to come in contact with spines. That Zerg army is incredibly hard to defeat, but it's impossible if you just sit there and let the Zerg get in the best position humanly possible.


true, but its kind of hard on daybreak to do so. he chills on his xel naga and the only vulnerable bases are the top "4th" and the mainbase.

smart zergs put 4 spores and 10 spines at each of those and u cant do anything basically. no way to blink in on daybreak either. you can do stuff like that on antiga, agreed.


30 Blink stalkers that you can immediately remake with your 30 warpgates can definitely do plenty of damage in that scenario. Even a mix of Zealots and DTs warped in and then targeting the spores could've done damage. Nightend destroyed the 4th used recall, and then basically invited the Zerg to do whatever he pleased.

Note: I'm not trying to say it was going to be easy for Nightend to execute this or for him to win even with that pressure. That being said I think he has to try in that situation instead of just sitting around.
Andre
Profile Blog Joined August 2009
Slovenia3523 Posts
June 23 2012 16:41 GMT
#166
On June 24 2012 01:33 KalWarkov wrote:
Show nested quote +
On June 24 2012 01:31 Andr3 wrote:
Carriers, why no carriers Nightend? It's awesome vs endgame Z, HTs+carriers :[
SlayerSCrank used it nicely in his games..

Well played between Bigs&Nightend though!


carriers?

LOL. ever fought against queen corrupter infestor spore crawler with carriers? there is no way, NO way to beat the Z combo if he has only 40 drones and stays passive oO

€: ty grubby.

No way? Queens? Spore crawlers? If Nightend made a switch during the passive phase Bigs wouldn't been able to prepare like that. Carriers are awesome, you can snipe infestors with them and with HT support it makes it even harder for him to fungal while he has to split unless he gets eaten by storm/vortex which in turn makes your carriers more effective because you can manuever around and try to snipe..

As I said Crank used them adequately in his games, and he stated that protosses should invest more into carriers, and I agree with him. Carriers underused!
You must gather your party before venturing forth.
FeyFey
Profile Joined September 2010
Germany10114 Posts
June 23 2012 16:42 GMT
#167
On June 24 2012 01:30 KalWarkov wrote:
Show nested quote +
On June 24 2012 01:30 Al Bundy wrote:
Nightend had 15k minerals, 3k gas, while the zerg was at about 4-5k minerals.

Why didn't he make like 30 gateways, push, then remax then push again, rince & repeat


because he wouldve killed 20 supply and lost 100.


or he would have stayed at 170 supply and delayed the push, just like he did. While 2 speed prism float the zerg bases with 13 zealots constantly. Like a toss should do in this situation, if they overcommit on infestors. Later on you speed in from two sides and drop hts and feedback. You will most likey get 10+ infestors that way, unless you drop in the spines. And those suicide prisms really do well in wearing down the zerg if they have no bases left. Zerg deathball is just to slow to win against a toss on a big map.
DonGrisu
Profile Joined April 2012
Austria697 Posts
June 23 2012 16:46 GMT
#168
just wow nightend... 2month in fnatic house like 100%better...
Fnatic 4 Ever...!!
-Kira
Profile Blog Joined March 2012
352 Posts
June 23 2012 17:02 GMT
#169
No air, no warp prism zealot/dt harass, Nightend playing so 2011. And as much as i love Grubby he's whining too much today lol ^^
TT1
Profile Blog Joined December 2008
Canada10045 Posts
June 23 2012 17:03 GMT
#170
sexy eye roll by nigthend
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Schelim
Profile Blog Joined January 2011
Austria11528 Posts
June 23 2012 17:03 GMT
#171
dat bigs
TY <3 Cure <3 Inno <3 Special <3
KalWarkov
Profile Blog Joined December 2011
Germany4126 Posts
June 23 2012 17:04 GMT
#172
On June 24 2012 02:02 -Kira wrote:
No air, no warp prism zealot/dt harass, Nightend playing so 2011. And as much as i love Grubby he's whining too much today lol ^^


u rly know ur stuff. LOL

what are u gonna harass? Z just sits on his 3 base and takes the middle, camping on the xel naga. nightend has 3 base and cant ever take a 4th. u gonna sacrifice prism and warpins to harass to exactly do what?
also, some spine/spore simply denie it.

grubby doesnt whine, grubby knows how broken ZvP is on most maps in lategame.
DiaBoLuS ** Sc2 - Protoss: 16x GM | Dota2 - Offlane Immortal | Wc3 - Undead decent level | Diablo nerd | Chess / Magnus fanboy | BVB | Agnostic***
Aando
Profile Joined August 2011
1304 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-06-23 17:06:07
June 23 2012 17:05 GMT
#173
Fantastic game! Really showed of both players multitasking, macro and micro. This is esports! ZvP ftw.
EscPlan9
Profile Blog Joined December 2006
United States2777 Posts
June 23 2012 17:06 GMT
#174
On June 24 2012 02:04 KalWarkov wrote:
Show nested quote +
On June 24 2012 02:02 -Kira wrote:
No air, no warp prism zealot/dt harass, Nightend playing so 2011. And as much as i love Grubby he's whining too much today lol ^^


u rly know ur stuff. LOL

what are u gonna harass? Z just sits on his 3 base and takes the middle, camping on the xel naga. nightend has 3 base and cant ever take a 4th. u gonna sacrifice prism and warpins to harass to exactly do what?
also, some spine/spore simply denie it.

grubby doesnt whine, grubby knows how broken ZvP is on most maps in lategame.


Get a damn mothership.
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theBALLS
Profile Blog Joined July 2011
Singapore2935 Posts
June 23 2012 17:06 GMT
#175
It's really hard for toss to deal with a Zerg army like that. However he should have tried to -

1) Make MANY stargates with bank (not enough money in antiga, but he should have done so on daybreak)
2) Air upgrades
3) Make many carriers + voids
4) Archons
5) HT

That's the only only way he could have stood a chance
If you lose the stick, you'll always have theBALLS.
SiroKO
Profile Joined February 2012
France721 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-06-23 17:08:26
June 23 2012 17:08 GMT
#176
It's good we hear real pro opinions on balance lately.

Hearing those over-hyped pretentious and obnoxious, medium-high master at very best, GSL casters got on my nerves lately.
Our envy always last longer than the happiness of those we envy
-Kira
Profile Blog Joined March 2012
352 Posts
June 23 2012 17:10 GMT
#177
On June 24 2012 02:04 KalWarkov wrote:
Show nested quote +
On June 24 2012 02:02 -Kira wrote:
No air, no warp prism zealot/dt harass, Nightend playing so 2011. And as much as i love Grubby he's whining too much today lol ^^


u rly know ur stuff. LOL

what are u gonna harass? Z just sits on his 3 base and takes the middle, camping on the xel naga. nightend has 3 base and cant ever take a 4th. u gonna sacrifice prism and warpins to harass to exactly do what?
also, some spine/spore simply denie it.

grubby doesnt whine, grubby knows how broken ZvP is on most maps in lategame.



He had no spines or spores in his bases so you kill hatches, drones, tech and if he moves army out of position you can snipe opposite bases or spine walls when they are unprotected. Bigs had 5 bases not 3.

Imagine warp prism in the main, warp prism in the 3rd and stalkers sniping north bases. It was all unprotected.
But yea, keep mocking people on forums like a dick instead of being constructive and blame everything on imbalance instead of looking for solutions.
Al Bundy
Profile Joined April 2010
7257 Posts
June 23 2012 17:12 GMT
#178
All these guys complaining about the PvZ matchup... As a Protoss player myself I gotta say that your lack of faith disturbs me.
o choro é livre
SiroKO
Profile Joined February 2012
France721 Posts
June 23 2012 17:16 GMT
#179
On June 24 2012 02:10 -Kira wrote:
Show nested quote +
On June 24 2012 02:04 KalWarkov wrote:
On June 24 2012 02:02 -Kira wrote:
No air, no warp prism zealot/dt harass, Nightend playing so 2011. And as much as i love Grubby he's whining too much today lol ^^


u rly know ur stuff. LOL

what are u gonna harass? Z just sits on his 3 base and takes the middle, camping on the xel naga. nightend has 3 base and cant ever take a 4th. u gonna sacrifice prism and warpins to harass to exactly do what?
also, some spine/spore simply denie it.

grubby doesnt whine, grubby knows how broken ZvP is on most maps in lategame.



He had no spines or spores in his bases so you kill hatches, drones, tech and if he moves army out of position you can snipe opposite bases or spine walls when they are unprotected. Bigs had 5 bases not 3.

Imagine warp prism in the main, warp prism in the 3rd and stalkers sniping north bases. It was all unprotected.
But yea, keep mocking people on forums like a dick instead of being constructive and blame everything on imbalance instead of looking for solutions.


In your league of play, I can imagine the Zerg not retreating/burrowing his drones nor transfusing the spire nor coming back fast enough with a few infestors/roaches.
Sadly, this is not the case of top foreign Zerg.

Grubby knows that on some maps, lategame PvT is imbalanced, and that Protoss has to rely on gimmicky timings.
He knew right at the beginning that NightEnd had no chance of winning since he did no midgame damage.
Our envy always last longer than the happiness of those we envy
legaton
Profile Joined December 2010
France1763 Posts
June 23 2012 17:20 GMT
#180
Wow, i just read the liquipedia page on Kaeleris, did he wrote it himself? It was just like reading an ad.

Too bad Nightend lost, i hope he will win one the spot. He's a super nice guy.
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