EPTTrendsetters for each race! - Page 4
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AustinCM
Canada275 Posts
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Juvant
United States723 Posts
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KimJongChill
United States6429 Posts
On July 10 2011 10:29 Juvant wrote: Can we prematurely add Puma to the list? Probably. It looks really strong, so I won't be laddering for a while, I guess.... | ||
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xbankx
703 Posts
On July 10 2011 10:21 AustinCM wrote: Sad that nobody mentioned IdrA, he basically pioneered the ZvT match up... No he didn't do anything to the ZvT matchup. His play is always just the standard in style buids. | ||
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sekritzzz
1515 Posts
On July 10 2011 10:21 AustinCM wrote: Sad that nobody mentioned IdrA, he basically pioneered the ZvT match up... Idra trend set 2 things. -QQ in every single possible LR thread -Creating no "known" zerg trend setter because its far easier to blame balance than invent builds. | ||
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Mordoc
United States162 Posts
Definitely agreed with MKP. In addition, I would say goody (for mech, even though he isn't an amazing player) and maybe TOP or sc. For Zerg, I would think Destiny Morrow Sen, among others. | ||
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HomicidaL
United States283 Posts
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PirateEd
United States61 Posts
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Cel.erity
United States4890 Posts
On July 10 2011 09:38 Offhand wrote: I agree with these. Although I don't know if showing you can play the game purely with infestors counts as being a trendsetter. It can't be considered trendsetting unless you show that it's viable at the highest levels of play. I was doing the VR/Stalker timing against walled Terrans on ladder before MC, but that was against scrubs. MC did it on the big stage and perfected it, so he is the trendsetter. You can't call someone like Destiny or Spanishiwa a trendsetter since they are not proving the strategy's viability in high-level tournaments. | ||
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DiaBoLuS
Germany1638 Posts
GoOdy: TvT mech style with blueflamehellion harass and hellion as tanking unit in that mix. Influencing korean TvT style indirectly, since NaDa got to see it in his game vs Strelok @ NASL. | ||
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Drium
United States888 Posts
Also Trickster with the 2 pylon ramp block vs zerg. Both these strategies were so powerful and popular that the game had to be changed around them. Trickster was also the 1st toss I saw doing 2 base colossus all ins, which eventually grew into 2 base voidray/colossus, though It wouldn't surprise me if other players were doing this before him. | ||
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eohs
United States677 Posts
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Gamegene
United States8308 Posts
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Yamulo
United States2096 Posts
On July 10 2011 09:05 Oreo7 wrote: oGs Protoss: -DT expand -1gate Stargate expo -6gates, both match ups -4gate cancel nexus -Void ray allin or void ray contain Genius cam up with most collosi timings, Nani perfected some, and MC did warpgate timings basically. 100% agree, I really love ogs/huk protoss  To the op, there was a thing about MKP using only marine medivac marauder in tvt (gsl season 4), and the only person who was able to crack it was MVP who had a 97% win ratio in tvt at the time. | ||
Nagisama
Canada4481 Posts
On July 10 2011 10:35 sekritzzz wrote: Idra trend set 2 things. -QQ in every single possible LR thread -Creating no "known" zerg trend setter because its far easier to blame balance than invent builds. I thought it was Idra that set ling/muta/bling as standard for ZvT | ||
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t1mid
United States143 Posts
On July 10 2011 09:46 MechKing wrote: Spanishiwa for Zerg I agree, you hear "spanishiwa style" way too often for him not to be on this list. | ||
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Yamulo
United States2096 Posts
On July 10 2011 10:57 Drium wrote: Lzgamer invented the 5 rax reaper build, which was probably the most popular build in any matchup ever until it was nerfed. I am fairly sure that was morrow | ||
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Gamegene
United States8308 Posts
On July 10 2011 11:01 Nagisama wrote: I thought it was Idra that set ling/muta/bling as standard for ZvT Not sure if that's true; what I do know is that IdrA was pretty much the only player early in the beta who played macro zerg style (which is the golden standard for Zerg in general). | ||
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Drium
United States888 Posts
It wasn't. LZ showed it in a match with machine(iirc) that was broadcast at the king of the beta tournament. | ||
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DiaBoLuS
Germany1638 Posts
On July 10 2011 10:57 Drium wrote: Lzgamer invented the 5 rax reaper build, which was probably the most popular build in any matchup ever until it was nerfed. Also Trickster with the 2 pylon ramp block vs zerg. Both these strategies were so powerful and popular that the game had to be changed around them. Trickster was also the 1st toss I saw doing 2 base colossus all ins, which eventually grew into 2 base voidray/colossus, though It wouldn't surprise me if other players were doing this before him. LZgamer invented it? lol? | ||
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