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Asha
Profile Blog Joined November 2010
United Kingdom38257 Posts
Last Edited: 2025-07-23 11:00:27
July 23 2025 10:59 GMT
#101
On July 23 2025 19:57 MJG wrote:
Zoun's Disruptor usage has been pretty terrible.

He's hitting his own units a lot.


It just feels like a terrible comp choice against a guy who really wants to play multi prong bio and kite you rather than finding big exchanges.
MJG
Profile Joined May 2018
United Kingdom1451 Posts
July 23 2025 11:08 GMT
#102
Holy shit, those Storms.
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Poopi
Profile Blog Joined November 2010
France12925 Posts
July 23 2025 11:09 GMT
#103
Sad matchup, nice try ByuN
WriterMaru
MJG
Profile Joined May 2018
United Kingdom1451 Posts
July 23 2025 11:11 GMT
#104
I bet ByuN is ruing not building a ByuNker in that first game.
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CicadaSC
Profile Joined January 2018
United States1922 Posts
July 23 2025 11:12 GMT
#105
early mid game storms seem really strong, i almost never see this strategy lose. (no ban pls this is a reference to the proxy rax meme zergs say)
Remember that we all come from a place of passion!!
tigera6
Profile Joined March 2021
3489 Posts
July 23 2025 11:14 GMT
#106
I feel like the moment Terran see Storm on the way, just turtling home until you got mass Ghost out, unless you can dodge like Clem.
CicadaSC
Profile Joined January 2018
United States1922 Posts
July 23 2025 11:15 GMT
#107
one thing i just picked up on, the build from zoun game 2 and game 5 were actually all in despite having storm. both games 3 base no 4th and no upgrades vs 1 1. i think this build is always meant to yeet itself and end the game from zoun
Remember that we all come from a place of passion!!
darklycid
Profile Joined May 2014
3547 Posts
July 23 2025 11:15 GMT
#108
Yes it feels Like this Storm Meta basically hard counters byuns way of playing because the Storm + GW armies feast on smaller size Bio forces.
Sameday
Profile Joined September 2024
9 Posts
July 23 2025 11:18 GMT
#109
If ByuN could remove his unbelievably bad midgame decisions, he'd be so much better. Zoun not upgrading at all, clearly baiting, and all Byun needed to do was get +2 damage, stay within 1 base, and it's like an 85% win unless he eats 3 storms while defending. Instead he tries some fancy cat crap dropping and frontlining a top level Protoss who is literally sitting there waiting for it. And silly stuff like 3 rax across the map.. even if he denies a Nexus with that, any Protoss who is mildly calm will realize they have a tech lead and just get their Storm/Colossus and take a 3rd and 4th at the same time.

Obviously it's easy for me to be an armchair judge when the players are drooling for the huge prizepool.
It makes it hard to be a ByuN fan when the decision making is so bad. Glad he's out early, though, Zoun was being 'friendly' by forgetting that high templars existed in 2 of the games.

Hopefully Showtime gets knocked out quickly as well. The King of Snooze games.
SHODAN
Profile Joined November 2011
United Kingdom1158 Posts
Last Edited: 2025-07-23 11:19:57
July 23 2025 11:19 GMT
#110
On July 23 2025 20:14 tigera6 wrote:
I feel like the moment Terran see Storm on the way, just turtling home until you got mass Ghost out, unless you can dodge like Clem.


turtling against storm is generally not a good idea because you need space to kite and split. you risk getting boxed into a tight space. you don't want storms anywhere near your SCVs and you don't want to fight vs storm with too many body-blockers around, like a big fat command center on the ground. that's why terrans lift their CC - not because they're trying to evacuate, but because they need more room to split

maybe with tanks / mines you can sit back and turtle for a bit, but not with pure bio. with pure bio it's generally preferable to meet toss in the middle of the map
darklycid
Profile Joined May 2014
3547 Posts
July 23 2025 11:19 GMT
#111
On July 23 2025 20:19 SHODAN wrote:
Show nested quote +
On July 23 2025 20:14 tigera6 wrote:
I feel like the moment Terran see Storm on the way, just turtling home until you got mass Ghost out, unless you can dodge like Clem.


turtling against storm is generally not a good idea because you need space to kite and split. you risk getting boxed into a tight space. you don't want storms anywhere near your SCVs and you don't want to fight vs storm with too many body-blockers around, like a big fat command center on the ground. that's why terrans lift their CC - not because they're trying to evacuate, but because they need more room to split

maybe with tanks / mines you can sit back and turtle for a bit, but not with pure bio

But fighting smaller scale on the map doesnt feel Like its very good either.
Poopi
Profile Blog Joined November 2010
France12925 Posts
July 23 2025 11:20 GMT
#112
On July 23 2025 20:14 tigera6 wrote:
I feel like the moment Terran see Storm on the way, just turtling home until you got mass Ghost out, unless you can dodge like Clem.

You can’t turtle vs protoss their economy grows really fast then you are overrun by AoE
WriterMaru
darklycid
Profile Joined May 2014
3547 Posts
July 23 2025 11:21 GMT
#113
On July 23 2025 20:20 Poopi wrote:
Show nested quote +
On July 23 2025 20:14 tigera6 wrote:
I feel like the moment Terran see Storm on the way, just turtling home until you got mass Ghost out, unless you can dodge like Clem.

You can’t turtle vs protoss their economy grows really fast then you are overrun by AoE

Eh the current storm builds are kinda saccing Eco/Upgrades for more Units.
SHODAN
Profile Joined November 2011
United Kingdom1158 Posts
July 23 2025 11:22 GMT
#114
On July 23 2025 20:19 darklycid wrote:
Show nested quote +
On July 23 2025 20:19 SHODAN wrote:
On July 23 2025 20:14 tigera6 wrote:
I feel like the moment Terran see Storm on the way, just turtling home until you got mass Ghost out, unless you can dodge like Clem.


turtling against storm is generally not a good idea because you need space to kite and split. you risk getting boxed into a tight space. you don't want storms anywhere near your SCVs and you don't want to fight vs storm with too many body-blockers around, like a big fat command center on the ground. that's why terrans lift their CC - not because they're trying to evacuate, but because they need more room to split

maybe with tanks / mines you can sit back and turtle for a bit, but not with pure bio

But fighting smaller scale on the map doesnt feel Like its very good either.


yeah, well... that's TvP I don't blame Byun for trying to dive on the warp prism. if he had a few extra marines, maybe he would have got it
MJG
Profile Joined May 2018
United Kingdom1451 Posts
July 23 2025 11:25 GMT
#115
Playing pure Marine/Marauder with delayed Medivacs just feels like a poor choice in the current meta.
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darklycid
Profile Joined May 2014
3547 Posts
July 23 2025 11:27 GMT
#116
On July 23 2025 20:22 SHODAN wrote:
Show nested quote +
On July 23 2025 20:19 darklycid wrote:
On July 23 2025 20:19 SHODAN wrote:
On July 23 2025 20:14 tigera6 wrote:
I feel like the moment Terran see Storm on the way, just turtling home until you got mass Ghost out, unless you can dodge like Clem.


turtling against storm is generally not a good idea because you need space to kite and split. you risk getting boxed into a tight space. you don't want storms anywhere near your SCVs and you don't want to fight vs storm with too many body-blockers around, like a big fat command center on the ground. that's why terrans lift their CC - not because they're trying to evacuate, but because they need more room to split

maybe with tanks / mines you can sit back and turtle for a bit, but not with pure bio

But fighting smaller scale on the map doesnt feel Like its very good either.


yeah, well... that's TvP I don't blame Byun for trying to dive on the warp prism. if he had a few extra marines, maybe he would have got it

Nah thats more a specific about the current storm builds imo.
WombaT
Profile Blog Joined May 2010
Northern Ireland26913 Posts
July 23 2025 11:37 GMT
#117
On July 23 2025 20:21 darklycid wrote:
Show nested quote +
On July 23 2025 20:20 Poopi wrote:
On July 23 2025 20:14 tigera6 wrote:
I feel like the moment Terran see Storm on the way, just turtling home until you got mass Ghost out, unless you can dodge like Clem.

You can’t turtle vs protoss their economy grows really fast then you are overrun by AoE

Eh the current storm builds are kinda saccing Eco/Upgrades for more Units.

At least how Zoun played some of these games, I missed the start of the series mind, but last game I mean he’s cutting forge(s) and secondary splash to go big on gatewayman

As a general rule of thumb you probably don’t want to be roaming around out the map versus someone cutting corners to pummel you with a timing. I guess the tricky part in TvP is if you’re too passive Toss can put on the eco afterburners

On the flipside Byun is a few extra marines boxed and prism sniped away from winning not just that game, but the series. Fine margins in this game StarCraft eh?
'You'll always be the cuddly marsupial of my heart, despite the inherent flaws of your ancestry' - Squat
CicadaSC
Profile Joined January 2018
United States1922 Posts
July 23 2025 11:50 GMT
#118
MY GOAT.
Remember that we all come from a place of passion!!
WombaT
Profile Blog Joined May 2010
Northern Ireland26913 Posts
July 23 2025 11:50 GMT
#119
Cheeky from Rogue, that set 1 wasn’t remotely close but Rogue did throw out a gamble. Wonder if it’ll be closer with a more normal start
'You'll always be the cuddly marsupial of my heart, despite the inherent flaws of your ancestry' - Squat
MJG
Profile Joined May 2018
United Kingdom1451 Posts
July 23 2025 11:51 GMT
#120
On July 23 2025 20:50 WombaT wrote:
Cheeky from Rogue, that set 1 wasn’t remotely close but Rogue did throw out a gamble. Wonder if it’ll be closer with a more normal start

If you want to see a cheeky gamble, you should go back and watch Game 1 of ByuN and Zoun lmao.
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