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BigFan
Profile Blog Joined December 2010
TLADT24920 Posts
March 09 2013 10:23 GMT
#421
If First takes out violet then we have top 4 all LG-IM XD
Former BW EiC"Watch Bakemonogatari or I will kill you." -Toad, April 18th, 2017
Kasaraki
Profile Blog Joined May 2012
Denmark7115 Posts
March 09 2013 10:24 GMT
#422
Ooooh double pylon block. WIll he cancel?
Archybaldie
Profile Joined June 2011
United Kingdom818 Posts
Last Edited: 2013-03-09 10:25:58
March 09 2013 10:25 GMT
#423
Ive been wondering if vs a stargate opening you want to open with vipers but vs a robo opening you want to open with swarm hosts.

It may sound weird but ret's been punishing any robo opening with swarm hosts throughout the tournament. But the stargate openers seemed tricky.
I'm in the bubblewrap league ... i just keep getting popped
Big J
Profile Joined March 2011
Austria16289 Posts
March 09 2013 10:27 GMT
#424
On March 09 2013 19:25 Archybaldie wrote:
Ive been wondering if vs a stargate opening you want to open with vipers but vs a robo opening you want to open with swarm hosts.

It may sound weird but ret's been punishing any robo opening with swarm hosts throughout the tournament. But the stargate openers seemed tricky.


open with hive? I don't believe you can do that reasonable even from 2base.
ACrow
Profile Joined October 2011
Germany6583 Posts
March 09 2013 10:28 GMT
#425
IM Protosses so good.
Get off my lawn, young punks
Lukeeze[zR]
Profile Joined February 2006
Switzerland6838 Posts
March 09 2013 10:33 GMT
#426
LG-IM good unit.
Terran & Potato Salad.
ALPINA
Profile Joined May 2010
3791 Posts
March 09 2013 10:33 GMT
#427
when will zergs understand that it's so much more efficient to consume energy from different buildings..
You should never underestimate the predictability of stupidity
JJH777
Profile Joined January 2011
United States4408 Posts
March 09 2013 10:33 GMT
#428
On March 09 2013 19:21 Salteador Neo wrote:
Show nested quote +
On March 09 2013 19:15 Savant.GL wrote:
On March 09 2013 19:10 Salteador Neo wrote:
On March 09 2013 19:06 JJH777 wrote:
On March 09 2013 19:04 unteqair wrote:
I hope they give it a couple of months before nerfing things. If anything, I'd prefer more tools of attack given to races struggling with a matchup.


Yeah if it still seems imbalanced in a month or two then instead of nerfing voids they should just buff something zerg maybe hydras a little? Just a little more hp/damage would make a huge difference.


Specially after what happened with the infestor. All zergs cried it was useless and after the +20% (fungal) damage on armored it became the most OP unit ever? C'mon...

For now maybe zergs need to corrupt + focus the Collo down one by one, so Hydras have a fight chance against Voids.

I agree with Ret in that Voids are the big problem for zerg atm.


I think vipers are the key to this matchup now, maybe it is a better choice than massing corrupters , I know feedback is basically a direct counter but for a protoss to go void ray, templar , collosus on the 3 bases takes a while and I am sure there will be some good timing attacks designed around this idea.
I think as a zerg player we got lazy scouting protoss past the midgame, we need to know if they are transitioning hard to voids, or going mass collosus etc and then react accordingly


Now this is an interesting idea compared to the previous 2 posts by other users who simply QQed and contributed with nothing.

I don't have much experience with HotS yet but that's gonna change. The yoink ability seems really good against Collo, which I wish to see outside of just the obvious nasty timing pushes that are gonna pop around.


I guess you missed me saying "if it still seems imbalanced in a month or two". I'm not QQing at all. I don't think that match indicated any sort of balance. YongHwa is far better than Ret. He would have 3-0'd him in WoL and no one will say PvZ there is Protoss favored.
RiZu
Profile Joined February 2012
Singapore5715 Posts
March 09 2013 10:34 GMT
#429
On March 09 2013 19:33 Lukeeze[zR] wrote:
LG-IM good unit.

More like good race.
Thrillz
Profile Joined May 2012
4313 Posts
March 09 2013 10:34 GMT
#430
First shouldn't wait too long...
PresenceSc2
Profile Joined February 2011
Australia4032 Posts
March 09 2013 10:35 GMT
#431
My screens ATM

http://i.imgur.com/f5ELvEg.jpg

Too much esports
Stephano//HerO//TaeJa//Squirtle//Bomber
Archybaldie
Profile Joined June 2011
United Kingdom818 Posts
Last Edited: 2013-03-09 10:36:02
March 09 2013 10:35 GMT
#432
On March 09 2013 19:27 Big J wrote:
Show nested quote +
On March 09 2013 19:25 Archybaldie wrote:
Ive been wondering if vs a stargate opening you want to open with vipers but vs a robo opening you want to open with swarm hosts.

It may sound weird but ret's been punishing any robo opening with swarm hosts throughout the tournament. But the stargate openers seemed tricky.


open with hive? I don't believe you can do that reasonable even from 2base.


Opening probabaly wasnt exactly the correct term for me to use.

But i mean ... roach hydra seems to be the staple of the midgame at the moment ...

So compisitionally with roach/hydra/swarm host (possibly without the roaches) you can pressure a robo opening because when a protoss opens robo they have limited aggressive potential and have to play defensive (or all in) letting you position the swarm hosts to keep the protoss defensive (see ret's games from earlier in the tournament).

However with a stargate opening the zerg is forced into being the defensive one because of the phoenixes. This limits the positioning and aggressive potential of swarm hosts and lets the protoss get the colossus/voidray/etc numbers up. So the protoss can build up more comfortaly. Additionally the phoenix opener forces hydralisks which requires the zerg have a way to protect the hydralisks in the big engagement when the zerg has stabalized from the harassment. The viper is a great tool for defending a hydralisk. Mainly the "yoink" ability to pull and kill off the colossus. Then the Blinding cloud letting the hydras engage better.
I'm in the bubblewrap league ... i just keep getting popped
n0ise
Profile Joined April 2010
3452 Posts
March 09 2013 10:35 GMT
#433
such a fail to commit for that third but not take the free fourth
NeonFox
Profile Joined January 2011
2373 Posts
March 09 2013 10:36 GMT
#434
Lasers. Lasers everywhere.
Megabuster123
Profile Joined May 2011
Canada1837 Posts
March 09 2013 10:36 GMT
#435
Well. Violet did his best, but he's fucked.
Liquid`TLO
Profile Blog Joined March 2010
Germany767 Posts
Last Edited: 2013-03-09 10:36:52
March 09 2013 10:36 GMT
#436
On March 09 2013 19:33 ALPINA wrote:
when will zergs understand that it's so much more efficient to consume energy from different buildings..


because of the 0,27 hp/sec regeneration that you gain?

much more efficient, after 100 secs you'll have 27 more hp to consume

sorry for being cynical ;;

edit: consume on evos is freaking awesome, not complaining :D
Team Liquidalea iacta est
Kasaraki
Profile Blog Joined May 2012
Denmark7115 Posts
March 09 2013 10:36 GMT
#437
FIrst is too timid haha, but finally he will go for the counter attack.
Ysellian
Profile Joined December 2010
Netherlands9029 Posts
Last Edited: 2013-03-09 10:36:55
March 09 2013 10:36 GMT
#438
These games have been a huge buzzkill for zergs lol. I'm defnitely not getting Hots for a while

+ Show Spoiler +
(if ever)
Lysanias
Profile Joined March 2011
Netherlands8351 Posts
March 09 2013 10:36 GMT
#439
Many coloured lazorz into melting zerg.
MattBarry
Profile Joined March 2011
United States4006 Posts
March 09 2013 10:36 GMT
#440
I understand keeping the voidray count low is important, but not killing the collosus makes hydras COMPLETELY useless.
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