EPTProtoss eventually topping a big event and herO winning his first code S title is exactly what I wanted to see.
[GSL 2022] Code S - Grand Finals (Season 2) - Page 12
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Xain0n
Italy3963 Posts
Protoss eventually topping a big event and herO winning his first code S title is exactly what I wanted to see. | ||
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Harris1st
Germany7021 Posts
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WombaT
Northern Ireland26224 Posts
For better or worse it did seem Maru showed up without a huge amount up his sleeve in terms of sneaky prep. Just play solid isn’t a bad plan if you’re well, Maru but that didn’t seem to cut the mustard today. Biased fanboy in me hopes that despite failing to break that GSL curse, people don’t sleep on how good Trap was there for the last few years. | ||
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swarminfestor
Malaysia2449 Posts
On July 29 2022 22:34 tigera6 wrote: Might sound crazy, but I think the counter to this is Banshee. Instead of gettting 10 tanks and 6-7 libs, get 7-8 Banshee out with speed and cloak that can both harrass and support the Bio units very well. But yeah, I just speaking out of my ass and somebody need to put that into the work. Banshees are okay, but I still think having more Libs are more beneficial in long run. Knowing herO as masterclass in microing spellcasters, he will tag Banshees using Oracles or feedbacks using HT to forbid Cloak thus reducing Banshee's health. That's how he did to Maru's Ghosts or Ravens a couple of times today to render them mostly ineffective, not often as other Protoss players did if I can recall. | ||
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Poaktree
165 Posts
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[PkF] Wire
France24238 Posts
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tigera6
3446 Posts
On July 29 2022 22:48 swarminfestor wrote: Banshees are okay, but I still think having more Libs are more beneficial in long run. Knowing herO as masterclass in microing spellcasters, he will tag Banshees using Oracles or feedbacks using HT to forbid Cloak thus reducing Banshee's health. That's how he did to Maru's Ghosts or Ravens a couple of times today to render them mostly ineffective, not often as other Protoss players did if I can recall. The problem with Libs is that they are immobile just like tanks, and against the Protoss with supreme micro like herO they are dead weight without the Bio Support. Maru literally cant move out of his base because the Tanks and Libs are useless in the middle of the map, getting baited and out-positioned easily. You need units that can deal damage and can be mobile enough to pull back or move elsewhere, Banshee and BC with teleport fits this well. Even if they dont deal damage, they can run, Libs and Tanks cant. | ||
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Moonerz
United States459 Posts
The crowd size, crowd hype, all the cool little drawings and cheers, really felt like the clock had been turned back. Great games by herO really awesome to see a toss champ. Man that was just amazing to see all of that in 2022. | ||
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Gescom
Canada3505 Posts
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Fanatic-Templar
Canada5819 Posts
I don't know if it's that joy that's biasing my judgement, but it felt like a great finals despite 4-1 scoreline too. | ||
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Husyelt
United States837 Posts
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M3t4PhYzX
Poland4228 Posts
great story  GGs! | ||
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Elentos
55561 Posts
On July 30 2022 00:26 M3t4PhYzX wrote: Oldest GSL winner for sure, right? great story GGs! Actually older than Nestea was the last time he won GSL. So yeah, herO has put up another record. | ||
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Topin
Peru10099 Posts
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renaissanceMAN
United States1840 Posts
happy that hero/protoss finally got a GSL championship for the first time in 5 years but really starting to think Maru's got a problem in big games. | ||
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Durnuu
13322 Posts
On July 30 2022 01:22 renaissanceMAN wrote: so fucking annoyed happy that hero/protoss finally got a GSL championship for the first time in 5 years but really starting to think Maru's got a problem in big games. Yeah man I'm sure the guy with the most starleague wins in the korean sc2 scene has issues with big games. | ||
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dysenterymd
1250 Posts
On July 30 2022 01:59 Durnuu wrote: Yeah man I'm sure the guy with the most starleague wins in the korean sc2 scene has issues with big games. Maru's lost some big finals in the past few years, but it's basically always been a combination of his opponent being really good and or preparing super well. Maru honestly seems to have more "mentality" issues in earlier rounds where he occasionally goes for bizarre builds against worse opponents/has whack vetos. | ||
BisuDagger
Bisutopia19300 Posts
On July 30 2022 01:59 Durnuu wrote: Yeah man I'm sure the guy with the most starleague wins in the korean sc2 scene has issues with big games. I'd argue Bisu, the greatest Protoss from SC1, has the same issue. Won 3 MSL, multiple proleagues, and still seems like he has issues in the big moments over the past 12 years of his career. It doesn't take away from the players skill level or talents. | ||
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Charoisaur
Germany16021 Posts
On July 30 2022 01:22 renaissanceMAN wrote: so fucking annoyed happy that hero/protoss finally got a GSL championship for the first time in 5 years but really starting to think Maru's got a problem in big games. There have been times where I felt Maru choked (mainly his finals against Rogue, but also the few games where he lost due to an incomplete wall) but today I think he played pretty well and did the best he could do - herO was just on fire today. | ||
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Elentos
55561 Posts
Now compare that to the last 3 finals, though especially the ones against Rogue and herO. Maru had basically no initiative. His opponents dictated the flow of those matches and read him like a book. On July 29 2022 22:41 WombaT wrote: Biased fanboy in me hopes that despite failing to break that GSL curse, people don’t sleep on how good Trap was there for the last few years. Trap was really good but honestly herO this season was just different. He had a certain flair or aura that the last Protoss GSL finalists all didn't really have. It was just very believable that he would win GSL this season from the start and I never got that feeling with Trap. | ||
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