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Waxangel

United States33564 Posts

November 20 2025 04:11 GMT

#26

On November 17 2025 04:28 Poopi wrote:
Only one terran qualified?
Maru actually tried? :o

one good performance doesn't wash away how bad he's been in the last couple of months, but I'm always hopeful that great players can recover their form

MJG

United Kingdom1401 Posts

November 20 2025 08:58 GMT

#27

Reynor playing a Swarm Host strategy in his second game vs. Classic.

The unit makes me sick given what it did to SC2 viewership during HotS.

But I can't deny that he played the strategy really well.

Die4Ever

United States17725 Posts

November 20 2025 09:08 GMT

#28

Classic lost SO MANY high templar to banelings, ugh

Die4Ever

United States17725 Posts

November 20 2025 09:11 GMT

#29

alright, Classic, get out of the game lol

MJG

United Kingdom1401 Posts

November 20 2025 09:39 GMT

#30

Protoss, as always, far too reliant on gimmicks and timings.

Vindicare605

United States16121 Posts

November 20 2025 09:41 GMT

#31

Classic making the decision to do a follow up attack after the Glaive Adepts were stopped was a bad choice. Reynor already had Hydralisks available, he was super all in with a bad unit comp.

Everything that happened after that didn't matter. Reynor won the match on defense. Classic probably still doesn't win if he tries to turtle to late game, but he had a better chance winning that way than doing what he did.

Die4Ever

United States17725 Posts

November 20 2025 10:12 GMT

#32

Maru, you seriously trusted one single cyclone to kill the nydus that was almost done? lol if he had just pulled a few SCVs it would've died

Vindicare605

United States16121 Posts

November 20 2025 10:26 GMT

#33

LMAO how the fuck does maru win games like that?

Die4Ever

United States17725 Posts

November 20 2025 10:31 GMT

#34

On November 20 2025 19:26 Vindicare605 wrote:
LMAO how the fuck does maru win games like that?

yea that was kind of insane lol I thought he was dead with the first nydus in the main

Vindicare605

United States16121 Posts

November 20 2025 10:39 GMT

#35

On November 20 2025 19:31 Die4Ever wrote:

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yea that was kind of insane lol I thought he was dead with the first nydus in the main

Shin had basically mined him out of all of his bases. He somehow got a 4th base up and then somehow managed to sneak his army past Shin to his 4th and 5th bases. He knocked those out before the main army could even come home.

MJG

United Kingdom1401 Posts

November 20 2025 10:56 GMT

#36

Maru's hold of the Ravager/Ling timing in Game 3 is insane.

CicadaSC

United States1867 Posts

November 20 2025 10:59 GMT

#37

maru looking so good. Shin is no slouch but maru making him look like he has no business in his game. The record shows maru always dominates but it is still jarring for me to see him disable shin like this. IS MARU BACK???

Vindicare605

United States16121 Posts

November 20 2025 11:00 GMT

#38

Shin will continue to check under his bed for Maru before he goes to sleep every night.

CicadaSC

United States1867 Posts

November 20 2025 11:01 GMT

#39

also loving sortofs analysis. he was so on point that game, you see 100 supply for shin vs 60 and might think shin has a large enough edge but nope.

MJG

United Kingdom1401 Posts

November 20 2025 11:11 GMT

#40

On November 20 2025 20:01 CicadaSC wrote:
also loving sortofs analysis. he was so on point that game, you see 100 supply for shin vs 60 and might think shin has a large enough edge but nope.

Bringing SortOf into the casting booth was an amazing idea.