I feel like Cure on Deadwing was supposed to get Zest, and sOs Flash on Vaani but I'm not sure if Flash was supposed to get a Protoss or a Terran on Deadwing.

Soularion

Canada2764 Posts

May 11 2015 08:10 GMT

#56

To go a bit more indepth..

Cure vs Flash is basically a toss-up. They're both pretty good at TvT, but definitely not outstanding at the matchup. The least hype of the Jin Air vs KT TvTs :/

sOs vs Zest is literally a toss-up. They've been pretty close historically, plus sOs is super weird so it's basically 50-50. In a straight up game, Zest should win, but if shit gets weird then sOs could very easily take it.

Life vs Rogue is very interesting. Life's worst matchup right now is probably ZvZ, and I've always thought that Rogue has been pretty damn good at it. I could definitely see Rogue taking this one, but due to the natural weirdness of ZvZ it could go either way.

Stats vs Maru is the only obviously favored game here. By all accounts, Maru should be favored here. It's his best matchup, he's super in-form, he's beaten Stats a couple times recently. Stats could take it, though. Anything can happen in a Bo1.

Ace match is probably gonna be Maru for Jin Air - even if he loses to Stats, KT have never fielded Stats as ace. As a result, I think KT should field Life for ace. Zest just hasn't been good against Maru either, and again TvP would be suuuuper comfort for him. Of course, a sniper is possible.

OtherWorld

France17333 Posts

May 11 2015 08:27 GMT

#57

FlaSh definitely not outstanding at TvT? Yeah, nevermind the fact that he's at ~87% winrate (14/16, losses to Bomber and BrAvO) vs Korean Terrans in 2015...

Elentos

55594 Posts

May 11 2015 08:29 GMT

#58

On May 11 2015 17:27 OtherWorld wrote:
FlaSh definitely not outstanding at TvT? Yeah, nevermind the fact that he's at ~87% winrate (14/16, losses to Bomber and BrAvO) vs Korean Terrans in 2015...

To be fair, I think like 4 of those games were him bopping Miso.

But if there is any matchup Flash has shown true excellence in in the past, it has been TvT. I feel like the longer the game goes the more it will favour Flash, but Cure's pretty good so we'll see.

Soularion

Canada2764 Posts

May 11 2015 08:32 GMT

#59

On May 11 2015 17:27 OtherWorld wrote:
FlaSh definitely not outstanding at TvT? Yeah, nevermind the fact that he's at ~87% winrate (14/16, losses to Bomber and BrAvO) vs Korean Terrans in 2015...

If you boil that down to Korean Terrans that matter, here's his results in 2015 :
0-1 BrAvO (doesn't really matter, but since its a loss its more relevant)
0-1 Bomber
2-0 Cure

Everyone else is somewhere between 'completely fucking irrelevant' (Strength) and 'on the lower side' (KeeN - although I love him , Miso, and Korean-Bunny)

Here's Cure's results using the same method:
2-0 GuMi
0-2 INno
1-0 sKyHigh
0-1 YoDa
1-0 Dream
2-0 Sorry
2-0 Reality
1-2 FanTaSy
0-2 Flash

On May 11 2015 17:29 Elentos wrote:
But if there is any matchup Flash has shown true excellence in in the past, it has been TvT. I feel like the longer the game goes the more it will favour Flash, but Cure's pretty good so we'll see.

Yeah, this is a fair point. I do think Flash is favored in the late-game, but I'd equally favor Cure early game. Which is to say - not by an enormous amount, but by a decent amount.