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Gescom
Canada3511 Posts
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WombaT
Northern Ireland26913 Posts
On July 23 2025 00:24 Gescom wrote: I _really_ dislike the race switching in TvT. But for 200 grand, I'd bend as well. /sigh I’d disagree there. It’s hype as fuck to see a player with a legitimately monster, tournament level off-race that we’ve never really seen before in 15 years. I totally agree with Clem’s reason for playing PvT, TvT is just incredibly volatile in the early game and a bit too coinflippy. If Clem was dodging it because he was bad in the mid and late game I’d feel a bit differently | ||
Poopi
France12925 Posts
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WombaT
Northern Ireland26913 Posts
On July 23 2025 00:37 Poopi wrote: We have seen it before with Reynor PvZ though Not to this degree, Reynor showed some strong games for a few weeks, and then got hard countered and abandoned doing it. He had a pro level PvZ, but like a mid-tier one. Clem’s been doing it for much longer and may legitimately have one of the best PvTs going | ||
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tigera6
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Asha
United Kingdom38257 Posts
It hurts me every time I see a Robo at the front with a pylon that just dies in the middle of being needed. | ||
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tigera6
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jaormsby
United States1 Post
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WombaT
Northern Ireland26913 Posts
On July 23 2025 00:48 tigera6 wrote: Reynor played PvZ in a meta when its close to 50/50 whereas Clem play PvZ in a meta where it favor Protoss slightly. If it comes to it Clem will play PvT in the finals of a huge prize pool tournament, which isn’t a level of commitment Reynor ever put into his off race No shade on Reynor’s Toss but in 15 years of the game only Clem has ever rotated an off race into his locker that they trust to this degree. Not super relevant to top tier tournament play, but Clem has had spells as the highest ranked EU server Toss as well, playing all matchups. I don’t think anyone has ever done that in the history of the game either. I know Maru for one had a very highly ranked Toss account but I don’t think he ever got it to #1 Toss on his server. | ||
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fLyiNgDroNe
Belgium4100 Posts
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Poopi
France12925 Posts
On July 23 2025 00:48 tigera6 wrote: Reynor played PvZ in a meta when its close to 50/50 whereas Clem play PvZ in a meta where it favor Protoss slightly. PvT* but Yeah I agree, back then Protoss wasn’t as strong as it is now, imho Clem is not intrinsically better with his offrace than Reynor was, it’s just better meta atm A few patches ago he would still have to play TvT | ||
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tigera6
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dysenterymd
1250 Posts
On July 23 2025 01:47 tigera6 wrote: HM was so close to take game 2 if his control was just a little better. Idk if Serral felt that he was so favored against HM that he didn't have to scout, but he can't keep letting players get away with extreme greed against him. | ||
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SHODAN
United Kingdom1158 Posts
On July 23 2025 01:25 fLyiNgDroNe wrote: is everyone on location now? I mean couch and commentators all in Riyadh? I missed if they showed Tastosis or not on screen I think I saw Catz interview Tasteless on location earlier | ||
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[PkF] Wire
France24238 Posts
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Charoisaur
Germany16072 Posts
On July 23 2025 00:42 WombaT wrote: Not to this degree, Reynor showed some strong games for a few weeks, and then got hard countered and abandoned doing it. He had a pro level PvZ, but like a mid-tier one. Clem’s been doing it for much longer and may legitimately have one of the best PvTs going tbf Reynor got hard-countered by the likes of Serral and Dark. Clem isn't facing any Terrans on that level as it's only really him and Maru being S-tier right now | ||
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SHODAN
United Kingdom1158 Posts
On July 23 2025 00:33 WombaT wrote: I’d disagree there. It’s hype as fuck to see a player with a legitimately monster, tournament level off-race that we’ve never really seen before in 15 years. I totally agree with Clem’s reason for playing PvT, TvT is just incredibly volatile in the early game and a bit too coinflippy. If Clem was dodging it because he was bad in the mid and late game I’d feel a bit differently the reason he plays protoss is because of mid and late game TvT. Clem's skill-set does not give him an advantage in tank wars and mech vs mech. it's like playing a completely different RTS game compared to vZ and vP. early-game TvT is not particularly volatile or coin-flippy. yolo doom drops are manageable and are usually a sign of desperation. (early game*) raven vs raven comes down to skill, not luck. but yea, the positional tank and air control wars are probably not Clem's cup of tea | ||
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so0willprevail
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Gescom
Canada3511 Posts
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TeamMamba
220 Posts
On July 23 2025 00:24 Gescom wrote: I _really_ dislike the race switching in TvT. But for 200 grand, I'd bend as well. /sigh I’m okay with that. Anything to avoid a tvt bore fest Also clem’s pvt is pretty top tier | ||
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