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MiniFotToss
Profile Joined December 2013
China2430 Posts
June 30 2015 10:44 GMT
#361
On June 30 2015 19:42 MarianoSC2 wrote:
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On June 30 2015 19:38 MiniFotToss wrote:
On June 30 2015 19:36 MarianoSC2 wrote:
Maru is a GOD against Terran and absolutely amazing against most Protoss if they dont have enough time to prepare.
Only Life can beat him I think

Rain and herO made it look easy against him...
also Maru is a GOD against terran????

TvT is Marus best matchup by far. He almost always 2:0 every Terran he goes head to head with. Absolute GOD.

Oh, i thought were gonna say Maru is a GOD for Terran
Soularion
Profile Blog Joined January 2014
Canada2764 Posts
June 30 2015 10:44 GMT
#362
On June 30 2015 19:43 [PkF] Wire wrote:
Show nested quote +
On June 30 2015 19:41 Soularion wrote:
I think in general the correct answer to maru's style is just to play defensively with the fairly standard unit composition, and continue to weather the storm while getting zealot (or DT) harass on the back of it. Or, just hit a huge timing.

I don't even think you particularly need to harass. Have cannons and units in each base, play hugely defensive while relying on 5-6 colossi to hold any frontal push. DTs can be a great tool, especially if you have to basetrade.

Yeah, I don't think it's necessary. I just think Maru in particular has shown a good weakness to harass in the past - he's routinely lost mineral lines to baneling runbys, for example, so I think some light DT play could prove to be very, very effective at hitting him in a weak point. Not required, but effective.
Writermaru pls
[PkF] Wire
Profile Joined March 2013
France24239 Posts
Last Edited: 2015-06-30 10:45:38
June 30 2015 10:44 GMT
#363
On June 30 2015 19:43 Makro wrote:
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On June 30 2015 19:38 Boanerges wrote:
Get rekt! Zest 2 levels below Maru!

well isn't that a bit exagerated ?

Overall yeah, in PvT I think it's fair. Zest PvT has always been his weakness, he got around it sometimes but it got exposed numerous times in his career (vs Cure, vs Flash in IEM, not to mention TANTANG...).
RaFox17
Profile Joined May 2013
Finland4581 Posts
June 30 2015 10:45 GMT
#364
LIFEEEE!! Feels like ages since i last saw Life play.
bo1b
Profile Blog Joined August 2012
Australia12814 Posts
June 30 2015 10:45 GMT
#365
no gl hf or gg from any of them, this is personal
Olli
Profile Blog Joined February 2012
Austria24422 Posts
June 30 2015 10:45 GMT
#366
On June 30 2015 19:41 Soularion wrote:
I think in general the correct answer to maru's style is just to play defensively with the fairly standard unit composition, and continue to weather the storm while getting zealot (or DT) harass on the back of it. Or, just hit a huge timing.


There is no timing, terran just basetrades and wins. You have to survive and turtle like crazy until you have storm/colossus and are secured at every base. Then you attack. If at all possible, counter harass works wonders (but it's barely ever possible)
Administrator"Declaring anything a disaster because aLive popped up out of nowhere is just downright silly."
Ej_
Profile Blog Joined January 2013
47656 Posts
Last Edited: 2015-06-30 10:46:01
June 30 2015 10:45 GMT
#367
close spawns .-.

Life can hope Maru wants to save 100 minerals again
"Technically the dictionary has zero authority on the meaning or words" - Rodya
Snorkels
Profile Joined May 2011
United States1015 Posts
June 30 2015 10:45 GMT
#368
On June 30 2015 19:37 bo1b wrote:
Jesus I hope jinair wins and they turn that prize money into a better uniform

the fake-tie is cheeky, I've always liked it a bit
Scarecrow
Profile Blog Joined July 2009
Korea (South)9175 Posts
June 30 2015 10:45 GMT
#369
On June 30 2015 19:43 [PkF] Wire wrote:
Show nested quote +
On June 30 2015 19:41 Soularion wrote:
I think in general the correct answer to maru's style is just to play defensively with the fairly standard unit composition, and continue to weather the storm while getting zealot (or DT) harass on the back of it. Or, just hit a huge timing.

I don't even think you particularly need to harass. Have cannons and units in each base, play hugely defensive while relying on 5-6 colossi to hold any frontal push. DTs can be a great tool, especially if you have to basetrade.

Please stop theorycrafting. That doesn't work. You need mobility (phoenixes or blink stalkers), not money wasted on cannons and small pieces of protoss army spread out to die.
Yhamm is the god of predictions
dazed25
Profile Joined August 2014
3566 Posts
June 30 2015 10:45 GMT
#370
On June 30 2015 19:44 [PkF] Wire wrote:
Show nested quote +
On June 30 2015 19:43 Makro wrote:
On June 30 2015 19:38 Boanerges wrote:
Get rekt! Zest 2 levels below Maru!

well isn't that a bit exagerated ?

Overall yeah, in PvT I think it's fair. Zest PvT has always been his weakness, he got around it sometimes but it got exposed numerous times in his career (vs Cure, vs Flash in IEM...).


got 3-0ed by taeja as well. it's why i think that if he somehow fixes that matchup he would be unstoppable. he's a god in PvP (barring his creator kryptonite) and PvZ.
Zest, Rain, Life, Stats, Flash, PartinG, herO
opisska
Profile Blog Joined February 2011
Poland8852 Posts
June 30 2015 10:47 GMT
#371
So I went to TLPD to check the record, very surprised that they played so few games against each other, only 9:6 in maps for Life in HoTS and NO games in the WoL Korean database whatsoever?!
"Jeez, that's far from ideal." - Serral, the king of mild trashtalk
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Soularion
Profile Blog Joined January 2014
Canada2764 Posts
June 30 2015 10:47 GMT
#372
On June 30 2015 19:45 DarkLordOlli wrote:
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On June 30 2015 19:41 Soularion wrote:
I think in general the correct answer to maru's style is just to play defensively with the fairly standard unit composition, and continue to weather the storm while getting zealot (or DT) harass on the back of it. Or, just hit a huge timing.


There is no timing, terran just basetrades and wins. You have to survive and turtle like crazy until you have storm/colossus and are secured at every base. Then you attack. If at all possible, counter harass works wonders (but it's barely ever possible)

Can you link me a game where a terran successfully basetraded a top-tier protoss? I mean, the one game where a timing was hit that I watched - herO vs Maru - was incredibly close and only ended up a loss because Maru played beyond godlike. Really, I think all you need is either a strong upgrade timing (herO ended up fighting with 2/2 vs 2/2- if you can get 2/2 while terran is at 1/1 for a significant amount of time, this definitely works) or a storm/colo timing or harass damage. There's options.
Writermaru pls
Lorning *
Profile Blog Joined April 2011
Belgica34432 Posts
June 30 2015 10:47 GMT
#373
Maru my man
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Ej_
Profile Blog Joined January 2013
47656 Posts
June 30 2015 10:47 GMT
#374
Life held once vs INnoVation with 3hatch, it was cross Frost though.
"Technically the dictionary has zero authority on the meaning or words" - Rodya
sharkie
Profile Blog Joined April 2012
Austria18777 Posts
June 30 2015 10:48 GMT
#375
On June 30 2015 19:45 dazed25 wrote:
Show nested quote +
On June 30 2015 19:44 [PkF] Wire wrote:
On June 30 2015 19:43 Makro wrote:
On June 30 2015 19:38 Boanerges wrote:
Get rekt! Zest 2 levels below Maru!

well isn't that a bit exagerated ?

Overall yeah, in PvT I think it's fair. Zest PvT has always been his weakness, he got around it sometimes but it got exposed numerous times in his career (vs Cure, vs Flash in IEM...).


got 3-0ed by taeja as well. it's why i think that if he somehow fixes that matchup he would be unstoppable. he's a god in PvP (barring his creator kryptonite) and PvZ.


that's like asking of herO to fix his PvP lol
MarianoSC2
Profile Joined June 2015
Slovakia1855 Posts
June 30 2015 10:48 GMT
#376
On June 30 2015 19:41 Soularion wrote:
Show nested quote +
On June 30 2015 19:40 MarianoSC2 wrote:
On June 30 2015 19:37 sharkie wrote:
On June 30 2015 19:37 Soularion wrote:
On June 30 2015 19:36 graNite wrote:
I dont get why they are so Stalker heavy against someone how has only marauders every game...

What else do you get? If you go zealots, Maru will just drop on your army and make colo pretty useless.


double robo colossus and immortals maybe?


That would mean certain death in early game or gas starved in mid.

Only way to play against Maru is either Rain style = perfect defence or cheese = Parting.
Toss have to prepare builds to catch Maru off guard. Use phoenixes to counter drops in early game and then defend well enough to eventually kill him with deathball

To be fair, it's pretty hard to kill Maru with deathball pre-storm. Watch herO vs Maru (SSL) g1 for an example of this.


Yeah thats why I said you need perfect defence to counter drop and Marauder play. Force him to late game, force him to Vikings and kill him with Storm deathball. = Rain style

Or extreme cheese allins when hes unprepared = Parting.

He just crushes everyone else
Top 11: Rogue, Maru, Inno, Zest, Life, sOs, Stats, Dark, soO, Mvp, Classic/Trap/MC/Rain
deacon.frost
Profile Joined February 2013
Czech Republic12134 Posts
Last Edited: 2015-06-30 10:49:41
June 30 2015 10:48 GMT
#377
On June 30 2015 19:42 MiniFotToss wrote:
Show nested quote +
On June 30 2015 19:38 [PkF] Wire wrote:
On June 30 2015 19:36 Inflicted wrote:
On June 30 2015 19:36 graNite wrote:
I dont get why they are so Stalker heavy against someone how has only marauders every game...


If you don't have stalkers, you'd probably get dropped all over Collosi

It's still a mistake IMO. Against that style (no vikings) if you get 0 stalkers, chargelots and cannons in each base and can make some archons, you'll win. It's not easy, but Zest definitely wildly overmade stalkers.

play one game like that and see how hard it is to defend EVERYWHERE in your base.
Are you gonna put fking cannons everywhere in your base whie trying to replace charelots, cannons, getting archons AND colossus, on how many bases???????

Cannons don't work man. You cannot warp over cannons but terran can unload over cannons or speed over them. Cannons are just detectors for mines, since observers like to die to splash from sacrificial probe
Edit> Also observers cost robo time and gas. Robo is so damn expensive ><

On June 30 2015 19:43 Pandemona wrote:
Wait...MARU FKN TAYLOR SWIFT xD

What's wrong with Taylor Swift? I honestly don't know who is she, so... (or soO? :D)
I imagine France should be able to take this unless Lilbow is busy practicing for Starcraft III. | KadaverBB is my fairy ban mother.
Ej_
Profile Blog Joined January 2013
47656 Posts
June 30 2015 10:48 GMT
#378
2 drones lost? I'll take that
"Technically the dictionary has zero authority on the meaning or words" - Rodya
bo1b
Profile Blog Joined August 2012
Australia12814 Posts
June 30 2015 10:49 GMT
#379
On June 30 2015 19:45 Snorkels wrote:
Show nested quote +
On June 30 2015 19:37 bo1b wrote:
Jesus I hope jinair wins and they turn that prize money into a better uniform

the fake-tie is cheeky, I've always liked it a bit

Anyone who proudly mains protoss is expected to have shocking fashion taste
BlackCompany
Profile Joined August 2012
Germany8388 Posts
June 30 2015 10:49 GMT
#380
How the fuck did he let the reaper get away
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