EPTEsports World Cup 2025 - Page 22
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Garnet
Vietnam9041 Posts
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Asha
United Kingdom38257 Posts
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TeamMamba
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Lexender
Mexico2656 Posts
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Nasigil1
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tigera6
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Poopi
France12911 Posts
On July 25 2025 00:34 TeamMamba wrote: Maru choking on the world stage as usual when he was the heavy favourite in this matchup I don’t think he was on this patch, all top terrans are relatively even in TvT nowadays, except for Clem who takes the easy option of playing PvT instead | ||
Waxangel
United States33592 Posts
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Brutaxilos
United States2633 Posts
On July 24 2025 23:06 Brutaxilos wrote: Not if Maru loses to Cure again like last year lol Heh. 3rd year in a row of Maru getting eliminated by TvTs.  | ||
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tigera6
3483 Posts
On July 25 2025 00:38 Brutaxilos wrote: Heh. 3rd year in a row of Maru getting eliminated by TvTs. Well, the patch did work, making sure Maru can die easier to early and mid-game so he cant reach lategame TvT. Having said that, Maru lack of awareness of a strong counter push and drop the early 4th CC in both game 3 and 4 were just bad. He was ahead both games and threw it away. | ||
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dysenterymd
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BisuDagger
Bisutopia19334 Posts
TL vs TL final or Protoss Champion As a long time SKT1 and Classic fan, I have no other choice but to cheer for him. But I've been a fan of cure since speed, so I do love seeing him do so well. | ||
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SHODAN
United Kingdom1153 Posts
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Argonauta
Spain4967 Posts
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Gilgamesh_
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WombaT
Northern Ireland26632 Posts
If anything, Maru showed some pretty clutch play in pulling the boys while down match point and behind in the last set. Unfortunately for him Cure pulled a similarly clutch kill move. Maru’s found basically every way to lose WCs, I think him losing to Oliveira was maybe the only real example of his play just falling apart in a choking fashion. He’s been hard-countered by a teammate’s series planning (sOs), been battered by the superior player at the time (Serral). He’s planned a series awfully, dismantling a player with incredible defensive macro games and then throwing out garbage builds (Reynor) Being clutch and a choker aren’t the only two options on the table. A clutch player will pull wins out of their arse, the choker will throw away advantageous positions under pressure all the time. The player who does neither, is neither. I don’t really think Maru is either. He’s capable of miraculous comebacks but to me that’s as much down to his sheer skill being better than most rather than iron will. But he’s won too much to be a real choker | ||
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Devangel
Russian Federation66 Posts
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kAra
Germany1415 Posts
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Gescom
Canada3510 Posts
On July 25 2025 00:51 WombaT wrote: Not every loss is a choke, fook sake! If anything, Maru showed some pretty clutch play in pulling the boys while down match point and behind in the last set. Unfortunately for him Cure pulled a similarly clutch kill move. Maru’s found basically every way to lose WCs, I think him losing to Oliveira was maybe the only real example of his play just falling apart in a choking fashion. He’s been hard-countered by a teammate’s series planning (sOs), been battered by the superior player at the time (Serral). He’s planned a series awfully, dismantling a player with incredible defensive macro games and then throwing out garbage builds (Reynor) Being clutch and a choker aren’t the only two options on the table. Hot/based take, but IMO Maru fans drastically overestimate his skill level (particularly in 2025) and think the only way he can lose is because he choked, not because he was outplayed by a 'superior player at the time'. | ||
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DarkPlasmaBall
United States45662 Posts
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