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AzAlexZ
Australia3302 Posts
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tigera6
2901 Posts
On June 23 2021 21:29 swarminfestor wrote: 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. | ||
swarminfestor
Malaysia2299 Posts
On June 23 2021 22:32 AzAlexZ wrote: yo that ending for Trap vs Cure was fireeeeeeee If Cure mad correct decision in the either last two games, he could win the series. | ||
swarminfestor
Malaysia2299 Posts
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swarminfestor
Malaysia2299 Posts
On June 23 2021 22:34 tigera6 wrote: 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. DRG and Armani were the only left in Korean scenes. Since Solar just denied to Ro8 by Maru that time and Dark was in the same team with Rogue, I don't think they will offer themselves to be his screen partner. The rumour that Eu Zerg to be his practice partners could be true. | ||
sneakyfox
8216 Posts
On June 23 2021 22:34 tigera6 wrote: 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. I feel like this is quite common actually. Top Terrans have often been good at different matchups and thus hoped to get completely different players in the draw. | ||
JJH777
United States4277 Posts
On June 23 2021 22:34 tigera6 wrote: 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
France12463 Posts
He always had troubles versus Solar, even the bo3 he won 2-0 with the infamous nuke at IEM Katowice. | ||
Die4Ever
United States17430 Posts
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 | ||
tigera6
2901 Posts
On June 24 2021 02:47 Die4Ever wrote: 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
173 Posts
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buzz_bender
441 Posts
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
8216 Posts
Also, Solar wins Next and Trap wins TSL? | ||
darklycid
3132 Posts
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Nakajin
Canada8759 Posts
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. | ||
TheCheapSkate
Slovenia315 Posts
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darklycid
3132 Posts
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Pandain
United States12859 Posts
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swarminfestor
Malaysia2299 Posts
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. | ||
MarianoSC2
Slovakia1855 Posts
And he really deserves a starleague level win at this point. | ||
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