Maru playing terrible today. His reaction speed to runbys are slow. Even when it finally started to click for him in game 5, Shin was telegraphing his nidus spam and Maru refused to use his bank to make a few turrets around the main and expansion. He was definitely off today, you saw it in game 1 when he lost that 3rd CC die to lings rather than lifting it off.

Grats to Shin, rooting for hero to crush him though.

Wintex

Norway16848 Posts

May 17 2026 11:06 GMT

#42

this game is sick

DarkPlasmaBall

United States46212 Posts

May 17 2026 11:08 GMT

#43

Extremely well-deserved wins by both herO and Shin!

Poopi

France13000 Posts

May 17 2026 11:11 GMT

#44

Congrats SHIN! Nice try Maru

GoloSC2

713 Posts

May 17 2026 11:12 GMT

#45

great game!

FataLe

New Zealand4553 Posts

May 17 2026 11:12 GMT

#46

34th times the charm!
Shin beating his own destiny!

What an amazing final game!!

Garnet

Vietnam9049 Posts

May 17 2026 11:13 GMT

#47

SHIN finally did it. Took way too long but he did it. That game 5 was one of the best games of SC2 ever.

Wintex

Norway16848 Posts

May 17 2026 11:14 GMT

#48

Getting behind early really made it difficult for Maru to respond aggressively the whole game, the few moments he did stretched him thin and it actually looked like when he broke that base in the top middle he got some momentum, but so many bases were denied by Shin and the production getting griefed was too much.

DarkPlasmaBall

United States46212 Posts

May 17 2026 11:29 GMT

#49

I'm super excited for a PvZ finals

Wintex

Norway16848 Posts

May 17 2026 11:29 GMT

#50

I guess I'm still used to old tl with loads of comments when I watch sc but, let's yap

Poll: For the live guys, who are you cheering for?

(Vote): herO
(Vote): Shin

I think herO, he won't let shin get into that flow state zerg
edit:I would actually prefer Shin to win, new champions are fun

FataLe

New Zealand4553 Posts

May 17 2026 11:34 GMT

#51

I'm a die hard Protoss fan, but I want Shin to win. He's been playing so well recently and isn't some cheesy zerg anymore.

DarkPlasmaBall

United States46212 Posts

May 17 2026 11:51 GMT

#52

Before seeing Maru vs. Shin, I would have easily picked herO as my preferred winner of the finals... Protoss + I like his playstyle. After watching Maru vs. Shin... uh... can I root for both herO and Shin? I'd be super happy for Shin if he won.

Elentos

55586 Posts

May 17 2026 11:59 GMT

#53

Of course, herO had an army that Shin could never have beaten as long as herO takes a half-decent fight and so what herO does is he blindly blinks forward on creep into a hydra surround.

FataLe

New Zealand4553 Posts

May 17 2026 12:07 GMT

#54

On May 17 2026 20:59 Elentos wrote:
Of course, herO had an army that Shin could never have beaten as long as herO takes a half-decent fight and so what herO does is he blindly blinks forward on creep into a hydra surround.

vintage herO