[IEM XII] Katowice World Championship - Group Stage Day 2…

On February 28 2018 05:45 Vindicare605 wrote:
So let's see.

My picks:

Group A:

Maru/TY/Gumiho. Dear didn't look good in his last GSL group, Showtime and Special are outclassed in this group IMO. Tough draw for them, getting 3 of the 4 horsemen in their group.

Group B:

Dark/Innovation/Hurricane or Solar.

Group C:

Zest/Rogue/Impact

Zest and Rogue have pedigree. Impact looked outrageously strong when he qualified over all of the other contestants in the Korean qualifiers.

Group D:

sOs/Classic/Trap

The Protoss players in this group are just stronger than the opposition, however Elazer can be a definite dark horse. He looked really good at Pyeongchang, maybe can show some more of that form.

On March 03 2018 03:56 Vindicare605 wrote:


So far I've gotten 2/3 in every group. Zest and Innovation are in true and proper slumps now I did NOT expect that to happen and Dear got his mojo back from his ousting at the GSL which is another surprise.

I fully expect Group D to end up with 3 Protoss advancing. Trap is 0-2 right now but that doesn't surprise me considering the two matches he lost were to the other 2 Protoss in the group.

On March 03 2018 03:57 Durnuu wrote:

Zest has been in a slump for a year and a half now.

On March 03 2018 03:58 Vindicare605 wrote:


He's still managed to get to the Ro8 in GSL. I honestly can't predict him right now. He looks SO weak vs Zerg in the last few tournaments but he's still good vs Terran and Protoss unless it's Neeb apparently.

On March 03 2018 04:12 Vindicare605 wrote:
sOs doesn't respect Elazer to even do anything weird against him lol, just beats him with straight up meta macro game.

On March 03 2018 04:12 Vindicare605 wrote:
sOs doesn't respect Elazer to even do anything weird against him lol, just beats him with straight up meta macro game.

On March 03 2018 04:13 Ej_ wrote:

2 base glaives isn't "straight up meta macro game"

On March 03 2018 04:16 Vindicare605 wrote:


For sOs it's pretty damn normal, he just used the Glaives for minor harassment and to keep Elazer from Zergling all inning him. He beat him with Immortal/Archon/Storm/Zealot which is about as meta as it gets.

On March 03 2018 04:18 Fanatic-Templar wrote:
Are 2-base all-ins the current fad in TvP these days?

On March 03 2018 04:18 Fanatic-Templar wrote:
Are 2-base all-ins the current fad in TvP these days?