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JJH777
Profile Joined January 2011
United States4406 Posts
June 23 2021 17:24 GMT
#141
On June 23 2021 22:34 tigera6 wrote:
Show nested quote +
On June 23 2021 21:29 swarminfestor wrote:
On June 23 2021 21:16 MarianoSC2 wrote:
Maru losing to Solar should be a wake up call for him to rethink his TvZ playstyle and strategies. To be honest Marus TvZ has been looking quite week for a long time now, but still it was good enough to bop players on the level of Solar. Now it seems he is completely figured out.


Just now I saw someone posted that Maru was practising using Protoss in the ladder. Could this affect his TvZ style?

Maybe a lack of Zerg practice partner in team NV could lead to his weak TvZ playstyle currently. Maru was so good in TvZ last time because Rogue was in his the team before so that they can practise together.

I heard from Lambo in one of the stream that Maru actually had to practice against some EU Zerg in preparation against Rogue in the previous GSL Finals. Dont know who that was, but obviously no Roach all-in pressure was being practiced.
As for Maru recent TvZ style, it seems like everything are all over the place. Game 1 was a pressure push, game 3 was mech, game 4 was mass widow mines dropping. But Maru didnt execute any of the strategy well, seems like he just want to try something DIFFERENT rather than trying to do it BETTER. I would say just pick a style, stick with it and get better.
Btw the Terran dynamic is kinda weird, because on one hand we have Clem who hope that Zerg would beat up all the other Toss and Terrans before he demolish them later. On the other hand, we have Maru who hope that other Toss and Terran would beat all the Zerg and he can win by beating them.


Solar has a good record against Clem. Even only counting matches after Clem won his first DH EU.
Poopi
Profile Blog Joined November 2010
France12839 Posts
June 23 2021 17:39 GMT
#142
I wouldn’t worry too much for Maru’s TvZ, and he can probably still practice with Rogue if it’s not to play against each other.
He always had troubles versus Solar, even the bo3 he won 2-0 with the infamous nuke at IEM Katowice.
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Die4Ever
Profile Joined August 2010
United States17671 Posts
Last Edited: 2021-06-23 17:48:04
June 23 2021 17:47 GMT
#143
On June 24 2021 02:39 Poopi wrote:
I wouldn’t worry too much for Maru’s TvZ, and he can probably still practice with Rogue if it’s not to play against each other.
He always had troubles versus Solar, even the bo3 he won 2-0 with the infamous nuke at IEM Katowice.

Maru did pick Ragnarok in the GSL group selections, so he must be feeling generally good about his TvZ
seems like Solar has really stepped it up lately
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tigera6
Profile Joined March 2021
3395 Posts
Last Edited: 2021-06-24 04:22:24
June 24 2021 04:22 GMT
#144
On June 24 2021 02:47 Die4Ever wrote:
Show nested quote +
On June 24 2021 02:39 Poopi wrote:
I wouldn’t worry too much for Maru’s TvZ, and he can probably still practice with Rogue if it’s not to play against each other.
He always had troubles versus Solar, even the bo3 he won 2-0 with the infamous nuke at IEM Katowice.

Maru did pick Ragnarok in the GSL group selections, so he must be feeling generally good about his TvZ
seems like Solar has really stepped it up lately

Solar has always been a very good player, I think he had beaten all of the top tier players like Rogue, Maru, Reynor, Clem, Serral and Trap a couple times within last year. He just need to string all that performance together in order to win premiere title.
As for Maru TvZ, its certainly not bad, but comparing to his TvP and TvT is certainly a glaring weakness, which is head-scratching because TvZ used to be his best matchup.
parksonsc
Profile Joined May 2019
175 Posts
June 24 2021 04:29 GMT
#145
People still underestimate Solar but to me his ZvT is tier 1. Dont forget he 3-0 Clem when Clem was already on the treak of beating Serral and Reynor.
buzz_bender
Profile Joined August 2019
445 Posts
June 24 2021 04:43 GMT
#146
On June 24 2021 13:29 parksonsc wrote:
Dont forget he 3-0 Clem when Clem was already on the treak of beating Serral and Reynor.


Really? When did that happen?

Solar has always been an excellent player, but somehow he hits the ceiling of Ro8, and could not get past that in major tournaments.

I'm quite interested to see how Maru's TvZ will be like next week, particularly when he has a chance to play against Reynor. He did so well against Reynor in Katowice, but crashed and burned in the last 3 games.
sneakyfox
Profile Joined January 2017
8216 Posts
Last Edited: 2021-06-24 12:35:13
June 24 2021 12:34 GMT
#147
Reynor + Rotterdam (Reynordam?) cast for the finals, noice

Also, Solar wins Next and Trap wins TSL?
"I saw what sneakyfox wrote on TL.net and it made me furious" - PartinG
darklycid
Profile Joined May 2014
3486 Posts
June 24 2021 13:54 GMT
#148
Idk felt like solar threw this hard with this fight at the end.
Nakajin
Profile Blog Joined September 2014
Canada8989 Posts
June 24 2021 14:06 GMT
#149
On June 24 2021 22:54 darklycid wrote:
Idk felt like solar threw this hard with this fight at the end.


I think if he dosen't get supply block into oblivion he crush Trap, his corruptor reinforcement were to late.
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TheCheapSkate
Profile Joined August 2011
Slovenia316 Posts
June 24 2021 14:24 GMT
#150
Super smart game 7 by Trap
darklycid
Profile Joined May 2014
3486 Posts
June 24 2021 14:34 GMT
#151
Trap remians the king of these "smaller" Premier events, stil missing a big title tho.
Pandain
Profile Blog Joined May 2010
United States12989 Posts
June 24 2021 14:35 GMT
#152
This is an age of parity but trap is the king of it
swarminfestor
Profile Joined September 2017
Malaysia2449 Posts
Last Edited: 2021-06-24 15:00:32
June 24 2021 15:00 GMT
#153
On June 24 2021 23:34 darklycid wrote:
Trap remians the king of these "smaller" Premier events, stil missing a big title tho.


Maybe he can win the Code S title for the first time if Rogue doesn't perform well at Bo5 later and Maru is the only one left in the final.
Rogue & Maru fan boy. ^^
MarianoSC2
Profile Joined June 2015
Slovakia1855 Posts
June 24 2021 15:16 GMT
#154
Trap is on an absolute roll. I think he can grab the TSL7 as well, at least I would consider him the strongest favorite.

And he really deserves a starleague level win at this point.
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