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BerserkSword
Profile Joined December 2018
United States2123 Posts
May 22 2019 13:48 GMT
#221
The interesting thing is that we saw this powerful midgame PvZ play really started to emerge after the carrier, tempest, and high templar got nerfed really hard.

I don't blame protoss players for trying to end the game early when there is pretty much nothing they can do against late game infestor compositions now that carriers are garbage, tempests go down like flies, and feedback got nerfed in half. Protoss even loses out against late game Terran with the buffed BC and Thor that slaughter skytoss.
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Xain0n
Profile Joined November 2018
Italy3963 Posts
May 22 2019 13:51 GMT
#222
On May 22 2019 22:48 BerserkSword wrote:
The interesting thing is that we saw this powerful midgame PvZ play really started to emerge after the carrier, tempest, and high templar got nerfed really hard.

I don't blame protoss players for trying to end the game early when there is pretty much nothing they can do against late game infestor compositions now that carriers are garbage, tempests go down like flies, and feedback got nerfed in half. Protoss even loses out against late game Terran with the buffed BC and Thor that slaughter skytoss.


Make Carriers great again and nerf Warp Prism's range.

renaissanceMAN
Profile Joined March 2011
United States1840 Posts
May 22 2019 13:54 GMT
#223
On May 22 2019 22:48 BerserkSword wrote:
The interesting thing is that we saw this powerful midgame PvZ play really started to emerge after the carrier, tempest, and high templar got nerfed really hard.

I don't blame protoss players for trying to end the game early when there is pretty much nothing they can do against late game infestor compositions now that carriers are garbage, tempests go down like flies, and feedback got nerfed in half. Protoss even loses out against late game Terran with the buffed BC and Thor that slaughter skytoss.


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where is this happening cause I want to watch these games to know how a terran can even make it to that point

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WombaT
Profile Blog Joined May 2010
Northern Ireland26224 Posts
May 22 2019 13:54 GMT
#224
On May 22 2019 22:46 renaissanceMAN wrote:
Show nested quote +
On May 22 2019 22:36 Wombat_NI wrote:
On May 22 2019 22:18 La1 wrote:
Would love to see an all protoss Ro8 lol

would be hilarious.
I feel protoss at the moment are just ahead of the meta in both match ups so can't wait to see if anybody has any answers!

I also feel we have got to a place where people can do a lot of damage to people very early and very quickly which can decide games. Protoss players have had to deal with imminent death for years so i feel they are better prepped for it.
I've lost count of times i've seen 4 hellions roast 15 drones

Regardless of meta I still think warp prism’s pickup range is too generous. It can still be a potent weapon but harder to use, if there’s one change I think can 100% be justified purely on an abstract level without even really watching games.

In other areas, let’s see how it settles, especially given Terran are developing some interesting styles that look viable in BoX series, if not necessarily for every game.

Tbh Protoss have got so good at mitigating widow mines, and not just that but intercepting medivacs that I’m surprised Terrans use them so frequently. Not medivacs dropping mines in general, but that initial drop they do.



you'd be surprised how well it still works in diamond league!

Judging from my own ladder experiences I’m surprised it doesn’t work every game haha, those pro players are wizards
'You'll always be the cuddly marsupial of my heart, despite the inherent flaws of your ancestry' - Squat
WombaT
Profile Blog Joined May 2010
Northern Ireland26224 Posts
Last Edited: 2019-05-22 13:58:42
May 22 2019 13:57 GMT
#225
On May 22 2019 22:54 renaissanceMAN wrote:
Show nested quote +
On May 22 2019 22:48 BerserkSword wrote:
The interesting thing is that we saw this powerful midgame PvZ play really started to emerge after the carrier, tempest, and high templar got nerfed really hard.

I don't blame protoss players for trying to end the game early when there is pretty much nothing they can do against late game infestor compositions now that carriers are garbage, tempests go down like flies, and feedback got nerfed in half. Protoss even loses out against late game Terran with the buffed BC and Thor that slaughter skytoss.

+ Show Spoiler +

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where is this happening cause I want to watch these games to know how a terran can even make it to that point

Gumiho beat Classic with that composition in Super Tournament I’m pretty sure.
'You'll always be the cuddly marsupial of my heart, despite the inherent flaws of your ancestry' - Squat
J. Corsair
Profile Joined June 2014
United States470 Posts
May 22 2019 14:09 GMT
#226
why anybody would play zero or terrain right now when they could just play protons i don't understand. Very disappointing that the balance team hasn't made a peep on the subject.
“...it is human nature, I suppose, to be futile and ridiculous.” - Scaramouche
WombaT
Profile Blog Joined May 2010
Northern Ireland26224 Posts
May 22 2019 14:16 GMT
#227
On May 22 2019 23:09 J. Corsair wrote:
why anybody would play zero or terrain right now when they could just play protons i don't understand. Very disappointing that the balance team hasn't made a peep on the subject.

If they wanted to win the last WESG, IEM Katowice, GAL or 6 or 7 WCS tournaments? I don’t know ask them?
'You'll always be the cuddly marsupial of my heart, despite the inherent flaws of your ancestry' - Squat
BerserkSword
Profile Joined December 2018
United States2123 Posts
Last Edited: 2019-05-22 14:31:06
May 22 2019 14:30 GMT
#228
On May 22 2019 22:54 renaissanceMAN wrote:
Show nested quote +
On May 22 2019 22:48 BerserkSword wrote:
The interesting thing is that we saw this powerful midgame PvZ play really started to emerge after the carrier, tempest, and high templar got nerfed really hard.

I don't blame protoss players for trying to end the game early when there is pretty much nothing they can do against late game infestor compositions now that carriers are garbage, tempests go down like flies, and feedback got nerfed in half. Protoss even loses out against late game Terran with the buffed BC and Thor that slaughter skytoss.


[image loading]

where is this happening cause I want to watch these games to know how a terran can even make it to that point


Maru vs Dear code S 1
Maru vs Classic code S 1
Maru vs stats super tournament
Gumiho vs Zest super tournament
Gumiho vs Classic super tournament

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Nakajin
Profile Blog Joined September 2014
Canada8989 Posts
Last Edited: 2019-05-22 14:32:00
May 22 2019 14:31 GMT
#229
On May 22 2019 23:16 Wombat_NI wrote:
Show nested quote +
On May 22 2019 23:09 J. Corsair wrote:
why anybody would play zero or terrain right now when they could just play protons i don't understand. Very disappointing that the balance team hasn't made a peep on the subject.

If they wanted to win the last WESG, IEM Katowice, GAL or 6 or 7 WCS tournaments? I don’t know ask them?


I can't for the life of me figure out what GAL is and it's driving me crazy
Oh god it's GSL I'm a fucking idiot
Writerhttp://i.imgur.com/9p6ufcB.jpg
WombaT
Profile Blog Joined May 2010
Northern Ireland26224 Posts
May 22 2019 14:35 GMT
#230
On May 22 2019 23:31 Nakajin wrote:
Show nested quote +
On May 22 2019 23:16 Wombat_NI wrote:
On May 22 2019 23:09 J. Corsair wrote:
why anybody would play zero or terrain right now when they could just play protons i don't understand. Very disappointing that the balance team hasn't made a peep on the subject.

If they wanted to win the last WESG, IEM Katowice, GAL or 6 or 7 WCS tournaments? I don’t know ask them?


I can't for the life of me figure out what GAL is and it's driving me crazy
Oh god it's GSL I'm a fucking idiot

No it’s GAL, I forgot about GSL somehow but that too :p
'You'll always be the cuddly marsupial of my heart, despite the inherent flaws of your ancestry' - Squat
Nakajin
Profile Blog Joined September 2014
Canada8989 Posts
Last Edited: 2019-05-22 15:15:08
May 22 2019 15:12 GMT
#231
On May 22 2019 23:35 Wombat_NI wrote:
Show nested quote +
On May 22 2019 23:31 Nakajin wrote:
On May 22 2019 23:16 Wombat_NI wrote:
On May 22 2019 23:09 J. Corsair wrote:
why anybody would play zero or terrain right now when they could just play protons i don't understand. Very disappointing that the balance team hasn't made a peep on the subject.

If they wanted to win the last WESG, IEM Katowice, GAL or 6 or 7 WCS tournaments? I don’t know ask them?


I can't for the life of me figure out what GAL is and it's driving me crazy
Oh god it's GSL I'm a fucking idiot

No it’s GAL, I forgot about GSL somehow but that too :p


Oh for fuck sake, then what's GAL?
Global....A?...League
Golden...A...League?
GSL-Against...L?

I mean I feel like it should be Blizzcon or HSC but I can't make the letter to work
Writerhttp://i.imgur.com/9p6ufcB.jpg
Clazziquai10
Profile Blog Joined August 2011
Singapore1949 Posts
May 22 2019 15:19 GMT
#232
What if we have 8 protoss in the RO8?
M2
Profile Joined December 2002
Bulgaria4132 Posts
May 22 2019 15:31 GMT
#233
On May 23 2019 00:19 Clazziquai10 wrote:
What if we have 8 protoss in the RO8?

It will be a bit strange, usually there are always one or two surprises, but hey sometimes everything might go as expected and we'll get the favorites, hence, 8 protosses
Knife kitty, night kitty, put you on a slab. Stealthy kitty, hunter kitty, stab stab stab :-)
deacon.frost
Profile Joined February 2013
Czech Republic12129 Posts
Last Edited: 2019-05-22 15:40:06
May 22 2019 15:35 GMT
#234
On May 22 2019 23:16 Wombat_NI wrote:
Show nested quote +
On May 22 2019 23:09 J. Corsair wrote:
why anybody would play zero or terrain right now when they could just play protons i don't understand. Very disappointing that the balance team hasn't made a peep on the subject.

If they wanted to win the last WESG, IEM Katowice, GAL or 6 or 7 WCS tournaments? I don’t know ask them?

At the same we have GSL Code S Season 2 with 8 P in RO16, we had IEM with 6 Protosses at RO12, 5 Zergs and 1 Terran. We had GSL Protoss Tournament. We have under-representation of Zerg in RO16 of Code S for several seasons now. We just got rid off a map pool that was so Terran punishing it wasn't even funny and we can't say how will be the new one(and with the speed of Blizzard this won't be noticed until Blizzcon is over).

While this whine isn't exactly right, you have much better chances to get monies as Protoss opposed to Zerg or Terran. Especially Terran if we count in the ZP WCS.

On May 23 2019 00:12 Nakajin wrote:
Show nested quote +
On May 22 2019 23:35 Wombat_NI wrote:
On May 22 2019 23:31 Nakajin wrote:
On May 22 2019 23:16 Wombat_NI wrote:
On May 22 2019 23:09 J. Corsair wrote:
why anybody would play zero or terrain right now when they could just play protons i don't understand. Very disappointing that the balance team hasn't made a peep on the subject.

If they wanted to win the last WESG, IEM Katowice, GAL or 6 or 7 WCS tournaments? I don’t know ask them?


I can't for the life of me figure out what GAL is and it's driving me crazy
Oh god it's GSL I'm a fucking idiot

No it’s GAL, I forgot about GSL somehow but that too :p


Oh for fuck sake, then what's GAL?
Global....A?...League
Golden...A...League?
GSL-Against...L?

I mean I feel like it should be Blizzcon or HSC but I can't make the letter to work

Guys against Ladies!
Give all love!
Global alien league!
Golden armada leader!

So many possibilities
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seemsgood
Profile Joined January 2016
5527 Posts
Last Edited: 2019-05-22 17:31:13
May 22 2019 17:30 GMT
#235
On May 22 2019 22:48 BerserkSword wrote:
The interesting thing is that we saw this powerful midgame PvZ play really started to emerge after the carrier, tempest, and high templar got nerfed really hard.

I don't blame protoss players for trying to end the game early when there is pretty much nothing they can do against late game infestor compositions now that carriers are garbage, tempests go down like flies, and feedback got nerfed in half. Protoss even loses out against late game Terran with the buffed BC and Thor that slaughter skytoss.

Apple is apple and orange is orange
I do say we nerf protoss first then process into addressing it's late game
Pro players must play alot of late game vs zerg and Terran like about 2-3 tournaments with a decent amount of late game using Stargate tech before concluding anything because honestly reading your whine post about toss late game time and time again is annoying as fuck and why you still havent gotten nuked for doing that is beyond me.
it is tenfond worse than zerg n terran full force whines combined

If protoss late is too weak then buff it but protoss players gotta prove it first
By stop carting zerg and Terran with templarnrobot tech first ofc
Moonerz
Profile Joined March 2014
United States459 Posts
May 22 2019 17:45 GMT
#236
Can't say im shocked with how this group played out. I feel like Fantasy played pretty well overall, would have loved to see him advance.

So far Super Tournament 2.0 is on the way!
raff100
Profile Joined April 2011
498 Posts
May 22 2019 18:58 GMT
#237
A new player in the ro8 is always a good thing for Starcraft 2
Xain0n
Profile Joined November 2018
Italy3963 Posts
May 22 2019 20:08 GMT
#238
On May 23 2019 02:30 seemsgood wrote:
Show nested quote +
On May 22 2019 22:48 BerserkSword wrote:
The interesting thing is that we saw this powerful midgame PvZ play really started to emerge after the carrier, tempest, and high templar got nerfed really hard.

I don't blame protoss players for trying to end the game early when there is pretty much nothing they can do against late game infestor compositions now that carriers are garbage, tempests go down like flies, and feedback got nerfed in half. Protoss even loses out against late game Terran with the buffed BC and Thor that slaughter skytoss.

Apple is apple and orange is orange
I do say we nerf protoss first then process into addressing it's late game
Pro players must play alot of late game vs zerg and Terran like about 2-3 tournaments with a decent amount of late game using Stargate tech before concluding anything because honestly reading your whine post about toss late game time and time again is annoying as fuck and why you still havent gotten nuked for doing that is beyond me.
it is tenfond worse than zerg n terran full force whines combined

If protoss late is too weak then buff it but protoss players gotta prove it first
By stop carting zerg and Terran with templarnrobot tech first ofc


It's funny how when Terran were dismantling Protoss with midrange pushes the main problem still was how weak Terran lategame was.
WombaT
Profile Blog Joined May 2010
Northern Ireland26224 Posts
May 22 2019 20:14 GMT
#239
On May 23 2019 02:30 seemsgood wrote:
Show nested quote +
On May 22 2019 22:48 BerserkSword wrote:
The interesting thing is that we saw this powerful midgame PvZ play really started to emerge after the carrier, tempest, and high templar got nerfed really hard.

I don't blame protoss players for trying to end the game early when there is pretty much nothing they can do against late game infestor compositions now that carriers are garbage, tempests go down like flies, and feedback got nerfed in half. Protoss even loses out against late game Terran with the buffed BC and Thor that slaughter skytoss.

Apple is apple and orange is orange
I do say we nerf protoss first then process into addressing it's late game
Pro players must play alot of late game vs zerg and Terran like about 2-3 tournaments with a decent amount of late game using Stargate tech before concluding anything because honestly reading your whine post about toss late game time and time again is annoying as fuck and why you still havent gotten nuked for doing that is beyond me.
it is tenfond worse than zerg n terran full force whines combined

If protoss late is too weak then buff it but protoss players gotta prove it first
By stop carting zerg and Terran with templarnrobot tech first ofc

It’s nowhere near that because it’s actually kinda obviously true. Terran one is debatable I guess, Zerg definitely seems to be the case.

Vs other whine which is literally any time a Protoss wins a match regardless of how many mistakes their opponent made or how well the Protoss played, that don’t make any kind of sensible suggestions that consider the big knock-on effects those changes could all potentially have.

Templar feedback was a relatively big nerf, Carrier was pretty big. In combination when they’re both big components of Protoss lategame vZ, seems pretty sensible that maybe that’s not an area Protoss want to try to go up against Zerg in.

That top Protoss players seem to have accepted this and ground out fiendish and ever more refined timing attacks seems very much a tactic acceptance of this and a necessity breeds invention kind of scenario.

It’s nowhere near as extreme no, Protoss relied on timing attacks for ages once BL/Infestor matured.



'You'll always be the cuddly marsupial of my heart, despite the inherent flaws of your ancestry' - Squat
mpmaley86
Profile Joined May 2019
115 Posts
May 22 2019 21:58 GMT
#240
Long time lurker (basically forever) but as I get older I need a place to talk SC2 because my love for it is growing. Catching up on group A now! Just felt like posting :3
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