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ibo422
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PhoenixVoid
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CosmicSpiral
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Toadvine
Poland2234 Posts
On July 01 2012 04:52 CosmicSpiral wrote: Every time I think 2 rax is dead in TvP, Polt proves me wrong. It is kind of dead. That was not a normal 2 rax, but a kind of weird gimmicky build focused on exploiting his opponent not expecting such an early Stim. If MaNa knew Polt had stim with that army, he'd have Forcefielded differently and not taken any real damage. | ||
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CosmicSpiral
United States15275 Posts
On July 01 2012 04:56 Toadvine wrote: It is kind of dead. That was not a normal 2 rax, but a kind of weird gimmicky build focused on exploiting his opponent not expecting such an early Stim. If MaNa knew Polt had stim with that army, he'd have Forcefielded differently and not taken any real damage. Eh a gimmick 2 rax is still a 2 rax. | ||
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PhoenixVoid
Canada32746 Posts
On July 01 2012 04:52 CosmicSpiral wrote: Every time I think 2 rax is dead in TvP, Polt proves me wrong. I do suppose the Polt 2 Rax is basically dead, because very few players beyond Polt and Heart actually use it. I think the main reason it was so effective was because MaNa didn't see it coming, and 2 Rax has the potential to always kill a FE'ing Protoss, which MaNa was doing. | ||
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Silvanel
Poland4739 Posts
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ELA
Denmark4608 Posts
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ibo422
Belgium2844 Posts
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Toadvine
Poland2234 Posts
On July 01 2012 04:58 PhoenixVoid wrote: I do suppose the Polt 2 Rax is basically dead, because very few players beyond Polt and Heart actually use it. I think the main reason it was so effective was because MaNa didn't see it coming, and 2 Rax has the potential to always kill a FE'ing Protoss, which MaNa was doing. He did see it coming, and reacted very well. Just didn't know Polt had a very early Stim. Splitting the army the way he did with his FFs works very well against stimless bio, but with stim, they just roll over Stalkers and Sentries with superior dps. It's a very clever build by Polt, especially on cross-positions EV, but it's a one shot kind of thing, will never work against an opponent who knows it could be coming. Edit: And as I type this, Polt does it again. Guess we're gonna find out if it's actually viable now. | ||
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PhoenixVoid
Canada32746 Posts
On July 01 2012 05:02 Toadvine wrote: He did see it coming, and reacted very well. Just didn't know Polt had a very early Stim. Splitting the army the way he did with his FFs works very well against stimless bio, but with stim, they just roll over Stalkers and Sentries with superior dps. It's a very clever build by Polt, especially on cross-positions EV, but it's a one shot kind of thing, will never work against an opponent who knows it could be coming. Yeah, I think that is the reason why most Terrans basically stopped using 2 Rax, because it is almost one of those situational builds that work on the Protoss making a mistake. | ||
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Badfatpanda
United States9719 Posts
 Shame, his PvT is so much better than this. At least TheStC and TaeJa will be a good series! | ||
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BlazeFury01
United States1460 Posts
On July 01 2012 05:05 Badfatpanda wrote: Ouch MaNa, those ffs were so bad Shame, his PvT is so much better than this. At least TheStC and TaeJa will be a good series!Mana is not in a bad position as it may seem. Mana did pull all of his probe before he lost his nexus while Polt lost a lot of SCV and mining time. | ||
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ELA
Denmark4608 Posts
Sad that MaNa is out, still a very good showing! WP man, you'll come back to dominate Im sure | ||
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Starstuff
Croatia60 Posts
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PhoenixVoid
Canada32746 Posts
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BlazeFury01
United States1460 Posts
On July 01 2012 05:07 Starstuff wrote: Really bad by Mana. I can't understand why he didn't hold the ramp with ffs. Theres be no way Polt would be able to go trough. I was thinking that too lmao. He was planning on using guardian shield rather then ffs. | ||
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CosmicSpiral
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ragnorr
Denmark6097 Posts
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CrazyBirdman
Germany3509 Posts
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