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.
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.
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
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.
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.
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