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SKT's  Classic continued his breakout run through Code S, defeating last remaining Terran  JinAir_Maru to secure the first spot in the grand finals. Relatively untested in PvT, Classic had initially seemed the underdog against TvP master Maru. However, solid all-around play allowed Classic to come through with the 4-2 victory.
Classic got off to a strong start by taking game one on Frost, overpowering Maru in an exciting, late-game slugfest. Maru was quick to recover a point, however, punishing Classic for attempting to put together a Phoenix-Colossus composition with a well-timed attack on Merry-Go-Round.
Surprisingly, Classic only dipped into his famous bag of tricks in game three, executing a proxy-gate to delay Maru's expansion. Despite Classic's aggressive opener, the game manage to reach the later phases, with Classic again overpowering Maru with a deathball army. However, Classic would not keep his lead for long, with yet another failed attempt at Phoenix-Colossus allowing Maru to tie up the series in game four.
Classic finally got the Phoenix-Colossus composition to work in game five, thanks to the vast distances between bases on Alterzim Stronghold. One could see what Classic had tried to achieve in previous games, with phoenixes picking apart Maru's drops and straggling units after they hit critical mass.
The series ended in game six on King Sejong Station, with Classic opening up with some blink stalker pressure before transitioning into a standard macro game. Maru did his best to try and take Classic off balance with drops, but it was to no avail as the SKT Protoss survived to trample Maru in the late game once more.
Classic now awaits the winner of  TRUE vs soO in the Code S grand finals.
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Well done, Classic. By all reason this should be soO's season to win - finally - but doubt TRUE at your peril. Two excellent players of ZvZ will make this an entertaining semi and I reckon we will get that Jin Air vs SKT final, just not the one everyone expected 
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On June 19 2014 14:10 FlyingSheeP wrote:
Protossed.
as expected
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Isn't this like the 3rd time soo will have made the finals? Crazy if so...
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On June 19 2014 14:24 ElMeanYo wrote:
Isn't this like the 3rd time soo will have made the finals? Crazy if so...
Basically, if you don't count the Global Championship. It would be funny if he got a 3rd silver hehehe. Kong too strong.
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On June 19 2014 14:24 ElMeanYo wrote:
Isn't this like the 3rd time soo will have made the finals? Crazy if so...
If he makes it... TRUE has strong ZvZ and defeated soO the last time, and only time for that matter they met. While it would be awesome to have soO get into the final and surpass Jaedong as master of silver, games between teammates are often disappointing, so game wise Classic vs TRUE might be better.
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if it's soO vs classic for finals i hope soO loses... all the zerg tears were yummy the last 2 times :D
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And thus my absolute hatred for Alterzim Stronghold continues.
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United States97277 Posts
so disappointed Maru didn't make it to the final to help his chances of making Blizzcon. going to need a good run next season
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On June 19 2014 14:45 Shellshock wrote:
so disappointed Maru didn't make it to the final to help his chances of making Blizzcon. going to need a good run next season
It's going to be really silly when WCS Korea is only going to be able to send a couple players to Blizzcon while the majority of the players make it through racking up foreign tournament kills.
I'm worried we're going to get another repeat of 2012 where the Korean reps just stomp through everyone. I hope that doesn't happen.
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On June 19 2014 14:47 Vindicare605 wrote:Show nested quote +On June 19 2014 14:45 Shellshock wrote:
so disappointed Maru didn't make it to the final to help his chances of making Blizzcon. going to need a good run next season It's going to be really silly when WCS Korea is only going to be able to send a couple players to Blizzcon while the majority of the players make it through racking up foreign tournament kills. I'm worried we're going to get another repeat of 2012 where the Korean reps just stomp through everyone. I hope that doesn't happen.
Following up on Shellbot's comment, wouldn't it be a travesty if Blizzcon was without Maru, soO and Soulkey? The most consistent terran and zergs from the hardest region having to miss out... urgh...
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On June 19 2014 14:34 ZigguratOfUr wrote:Show nested quote +On June 19 2014 14:24 ElMeanYo wrote:
Isn't this like the 3rd time soo will have made the finals? Crazy if so... If he makes it... TRUE has strong ZvZ and defeated soO the last time, and only time for that matter they met. While it would be awesome to have soO get into the final and surpass Jaedong as master of silver, games between teammates are often disappointing, so game wise Classic vs TRUE might be better.
While TRUE did beat soO last time, it didn't really feel like the sort of series to me where he would have come out on top if it had been a bo7. The other thing to take into consideration is that soO's ro8 performance was just about the best ZvZ ever seen in sc2.
Regardless of who wins, both the coming semi finals match and finals should be extremely fun to watch.
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These games were sad for the terran race 
gg classic
Why did Maru stop to use mines ? They are still strong against mass chargelot no ?
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So Sad. Hope crushed. Despair overflowing.
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On June 19 2014 15:44 Insoleet wrote:These games were sad for the terran race gg classic Why did Maru stop to use mines ? They are still strong against mass chargelot no ?
Classic opened Collosus all games.
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France9034 Posts
Meh, there goes the chance of seeing a KR premier tournament won by a Terran. C'mon, it's been 2 years and a half for GSL, close to one year for OSL...
Props to Classic though, Maru is no joke in TvP.
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Where can replays or VODs be watched without spending 20$ to subscribe to the TwitchTv version?
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Let's remember that maru is at 1-5 this round in proleague, so he hasn't been at his top lately (too much energy spent on his match against Soulkey?)
Although as the noob terran I am, I would very much like to see waystation far spawns and alterzim removed from the map pool of important tournaments, it doesn't seem very fair for T...
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