Q: You two wins in a day helped your team to win. A: I am very happy to advance. We still got time to prepare, we must strive to win.
Q: You chose Swarm Hosts in the first game. A: I knew Hush would go for Phoenixes. I played exactly the same way that I practised. A hatch-first opening was recommended by Symbol, who said this opening could interfere Protoss's scout.
Q: You made mistakes with Banelings in the third game. A: I was targeting his workers but got a slippery hand. I did not click on key X. I did get nervous there. Later I regretted that I did not go for macro.
Q: Who do you want to face against next? A: Either INnoVation or Classic. I don't want a mirror match.
Q: How about you going first in the Final? A: It is going to be difficult. Maru would get a all-kill if he go first.
Q: Any other words about the Final? A: I will prepare it seriously. I believe Maru would be wonderful. I should get one kill if I were to be sent on.
Q: Final thought? A: We had less than a day to prepare for this match. The coaching team, Symbol, and Pigbaby helped me a lot. I am very thankful to them.
Funny how much confidence he has in Maru. I would not consider Maru to be that good right now, though he looked pretty great last night. His matches in NSSL were... Okay.
I think Innovation, Dark, and Dream are all totally capable of taking out Maru. But Maru should not be sent out first. Cure is a much safer pick. They can save Maru till later since there is a 2nd Catallena.
On February 11 2015 06:30 Blargh wrote: Funny how much confidence he has in Maru. I would not consider Maru to be that good right now, though he looked pretty great last night. His matches in NSSL were... Okay.
I think Innovation, Dark, and Dream are all totally capable of taking out Maru. But Maru should not be sent out first. Cure is a much safer pick. They can save Maru till later since there is a 2nd Catallena.
I think Maru's TvP and TvZ look pretty good lately. Not too high on his TvT though from the little I've seen
On February 11 2015 06:30 Blargh wrote: Funny how much confidence he has in Maru. I would not consider Maru to be that good right now, though he looked pretty great last night. His matches in NSSL were... Okay.
I think Innovation, Dark, and Dream are all totally capable of taking out Maru. But Maru should not be sent out first. Cure is a much safer pick. They can save Maru till later since there is a 2nd Catallena.
I think Maru's TvP and TvZ look pretty good lately. Not too high on his TvT though from the little I've seen
better than dream's and maybe even inno's id argue
On February 11 2015 06:30 Blargh wrote: Funny how much confidence he has in Maru. I would not consider Maru to be that good right now, though he looked pretty great last night. His matches in NSSL were... Okay.
I think Innovation, Dark, and Dream are all totally capable of taking out Maru. But Maru should not be sent out first. Cure is a much safer pick. They can save Maru till later since there is a 2nd Catallena.
I think Maru's TvP and TvZ look pretty good lately. Not too high on his TvT though from the little I've seen
Yeah, his TvT's pretty inconsistent. Still, I'd give him a pretty fair to strong favourite on paper (because in reality soO seems to have his number) against Classic/Dark/soO, and vs Dream/INno would be fairly coin-flippy. Would like to see a Maru all-kill but it probably won't happen - it's too risky.
On February 11 2015 06:30 Blargh wrote: Funny how much confidence he has in Maru. I would not consider Maru to be that good right now, though he looked pretty great last night. His matches in NSSL were... Okay.
I think Innovation, Dark, and Dream are all totally capable of taking out Maru. But Maru should not be sent out first. Cure is a much safer pick. They can save Maru till later since there is a 2nd Catallena.
I think Maru's TvP and TvZ look pretty good lately. Not too high on his TvT though from the little I've seen
better than dream's and maybe even inno's id argue
I'd argue that Dreams TvT is actually pretty top notch right now looking at recent results, I think Marus is probably just as good, I'd consider both of them top tier in TvT.
I'm kind of curious what Marus weaker matchup is at the moment, his TvT and TvZ have been looking really strong but I don't think I've seen that many TvPs from him lately. I'm wondering if he is the P killer still like he used to be. Looking at Maru he seems to be very stable in all matchups if you believe he hasn't totally taken a nosedive in his TvP skills.
In my mind Maru is probably favored against everyone on the SKT lineup, I do think both Dark and Dream is just a tiny notch below though and could totally take him out. Inno is a great player and his proleague record is beast but to be honest I haven't seen him go toe to toe with the big boys yet, he's not in SSL and in GSL he beat Super and Solar (wow) and in SPL the only noteworthy wins he has is against TY and sOs. He is overhyped at the moment I think Dream has shown more metal recently.
On February 11 2015 06:30 Blargh wrote: Funny how much confidence he has in Maru. I would not consider Maru to be that good right now, though he looked pretty great last night. His matches in NSSL were... Okay.
I think Innovation, Dark, and Dream are all totally capable of taking out Maru. But Maru should not be sent out first. Cure is a much safer pick. They can save Maru till later since there is a 2nd Catallena.
I think Maru's TvP and TvZ look pretty good lately. Not too high on his TvT though from the little I've seen
Yeah, his TvT's pretty inconsistent. Still, I'd give him a pretty fair to strong favourite on paper (because in reality soO seems to have his number) against Classic/Dark/soO, and vs Dream/INno would be fairly coin-flippy. Would like to see a Maru all-kill but it probably won't happen - it's too risky.
Maybe I've missed looking at smaller tournaments or qualifiers but in major events and SPL Maru has only lost one TvT recently and that was to Dream 2-1. He has on the other hand defeated, MKP, Hack, Bbyong and TY.
His results are pretty strong, I do agree that he felt kind of hit or miss in his series against Dream but that was one series.
On February 11 2015 06:30 Blargh wrote: Funny how much confidence he has in Maru. I would not consider Maru to be that good right now, though he looked pretty great last night. His matches in NSSL were... Okay.
I think Innovation, Dark, and Dream are all totally capable of taking out Maru. But Maru should not be sent out first. Cure is a much safer pick. They can save Maru till later since there is a 2nd Catallena.
I think Maru's TvP and TvZ look pretty good lately. Not too high on his TvT though from the little I've seen
Yeah, his TvT's pretty inconsistent. Still, I'd give him a pretty fair to strong favourite on paper (because in reality soO seems to have his number) against Classic/Dark/soO, and vs Dream/INno would be fairly coin-flippy. Would like to see a Maru all-kill but it probably won't happen - it's too risky.
Maybe I've missed looking at smaller tournaments or qualifiers but in major events and SPL Maru has only lost one TvT recently and that was to Dream 2-1. He has on the other hand defeated, MKP, Hack, Bbyong and TY.
His results are pretty strong, I do agree that he felt kind of hit or miss in his series against Dream but that was one series.
I missed a lot of his FPL matches so I'll admit I'm not 100% up to date on everything. Based on some of his offline performances at the end of the year he was just cheesing in most of his TvTs and then I caught the dream series which was kind of meh from both players. Should definitely be an interesting proleague round final
I'd rate Maru's TvT as strong though I do think it's the worst of his three matchups. He didn't look great against Dream recently but as he himself admitted he made a tiny micro mistake in game 3 and lose his early reaper and got flustered. He looked great crushing TY 2-0 right afterwards.
On February 11 2015 06:30 Blargh wrote: Funny how much confidence he has in Maru. I would not consider Maru to be that good right now, though he looked pretty great last night. His matches in NSSL were... Okay.
I think Innovation, Dark, and Dream are all totally capable of taking out Maru. But Maru should not be sent out first. Cure is a much safer pick. They can save Maru till later since there is a 2nd Catallena.
Capable of taking him out they may be but I think only INnoVation and Dark are on his level. I think Dream just got lucky a bit.
On February 11 2015 06:30 Blargh wrote: Funny how much confidence he has in Maru. I would not consider Maru to be that good right now, though he looked pretty great last night. His matches in NSSL were... Okay.
I think Innovation, Dark, and Dream are all totally capable of taking out Maru. But Maru should not be sent out first. Cure is a much safer pick. They can save Maru till later since there is a 2nd Catallena.
Capable of taking him out they may be but I think only INnoVation and Dark are on his level. I think Dream just got lucky a bit.
Maru played that pretty poorly against Dream's 5000 doom drops. Dark I could see beating him, although he's probably slightly discouraged after the SSL group - in fact, his TvZ didn't look as great as it did in the beginning of the season (I guess the Corruptor phase is done?) at all, he could have lost both games against TY, he lost to Dream and was crushed by Maru. Inno is hard to say. TY said his TvT is the best right now alongside Flash's, but in a best of 1, a lot can happen. So even if they are on the same level, that doesn't mean anything in TvT as it works right now, does it?
That said, I could totally see SKT going for/preparing a snipe play on Maru if they can force him to come out early.
On February 11 2015 09:22 Jer99 wrote: i think innovation is going to demolish rogue
and probably the rest of Jin Air.
Sure he CAN lose to a lot of players, but on paper if you look at his 3 match ups and his insane history when it comes to team leagues, I don't think anyone in SPL except herO is favored against him.
Add Taeja in there too when he decides to give a crap about SPL :p
On February 11 2015 09:22 Jer99 wrote: i think innovation is going to demolish rogue
and probably the rest of Jin Air.
Sure he CAN lose to a lot of players, but on paper if you look at his 3 match ups and his insane history when it comes to team leagues, I don't think anyone in SPL except herO is favored against him.
Add Taeja in there too when he decides to give a crap about SPL :p
Flash if he decides to get his shit together some time this year would probably be on equal footing.
On February 11 2015 06:30 Blargh wrote: Funny how much confidence he has in Maru. I would not consider Maru to be that good right now, though he looked pretty great last night. His matches in NSSL were... Okay.
I think Innovation, Dark, and Dream are all totally capable of taking out Maru. But Maru should not be sent out first. Cure is a much safer pick. They can save Maru till later since there is a 2nd Catallena.
I think Maru's TvP and TvZ look pretty good lately. Not too high on his TvT though from the little I've seen
better than dream's and maybe even inno's id argue
I'd argue that Dreams TvT is actually pretty top notch right now looking at recent results, I think Marus is probably just as good, I'd consider both of them top tier in TvT.
I'm kind of curious what Marus weaker matchup is at the moment, his TvT and TvZ have been looking really strong but I don't think I've seen that many TvPs from him lately. I'm wondering if he is the P killer still like he used to be. Looking at Maru he seems to be very stable in all matchups if you believe he hasn't totally taken a nosedive in his TvP skills.
In my mind Maru is probably favored against everyone on the SKT lineup, I do think both Dark and Dream is just a tiny notch below though and could totally take him out. Inno is a great player and his proleague record is beast but to be honest I haven't seen him go toe to toe with the big boys yet, he's not in SSL and in GSL he beat Super and Solar (wow) and in SPL the only noteworthy wins he has is against TY and sOs. He is overhyped at the moment I think Dream has shown more metal recently.
On February 11 2015 06:30 Blargh wrote: Funny how much confidence he has in Maru. I would not consider Maru to be that good right now, though he looked pretty great last night. His matches in NSSL were... Okay.
I think Innovation, Dark, and Dream are all totally capable of taking out Maru. But Maru should not be sent out first. Cure is a much safer pick. They can save Maru till later since there is a 2nd Catallena.
I think Maru's TvP and TvZ look pretty good lately. Not too high on his TvT though from the little I've seen
better than dream's and maybe even inno's id argue
I'd argue that Dreams TvT is actually pretty top notch right now looking at recent results, I think Marus is probably just as good, I'd consider both of them top tier in TvT.
I'm kind of curious what Marus weaker matchup is at the moment, his TvT and TvZ have been looking really strong but I don't think I've seen that many TvPs from him lately. I'm wondering if he is the P killer still like he used to be. Looking at Maru he seems to be very stable in all matchups if you believe he hasn't totally taken a nosedive in his TvP skills.
In my mind Maru is probably favored against everyone on the SKT lineup, I do think both Dark and Dream is just a tiny notch below though and could totally take him out. Inno is a great player and his proleague record is beast but to be honest I haven't seen him go toe to toe with the big boys yet, he's not in SSL and in GSL he beat Super and Solar (wow) and in SPL the only noteworthy wins he has is against TY and sOs. He is overhyped at the moment I think Dream has shown more metal recently.
I'm definitely hyped to see what will happen with Inno this weekend. I hope we get to see him and I hope Rogue can smash his undefeated record into the dirt, twice if necessary!
S-tier Protoss: Rain, herO, sOs, Zest, A-tier Protoss: Parting, Classic, MC B-tier Protoss: Hush, Sora
God-tier Zerg: Life S-tier Zerg: Rogue, Soo, Dark A-tier Zerg: Byul, Leenock B-tier Zerg: Departure, Losira
Yes, only Life is a God-tier player because without a doubt he is the best starcraft 2 player currently. I bet you he is going to win the most tournaments this year. I will take up any bets.
Cure is the safe lead for Jinair. Catellena, plus he's solid in all 3 matchups and since SKT won't lead Innovation, he should be in decent shape against Classic if they go that way, which potentially gets rid of the Protoss threat on SKT's side. If they use soO that gets rid of the potential meta-snipe on Maru with their history and Cure should have an edge on Catellena and with soO's form. If they lead with Dark, it's a coinflip using one of SKT's two best players, and JinAir can then choose the right player for the second map snipe on him. Also leaves one of each of the three races for JinAir to fire in remaining matches.It'd be pretty boss if they sent out Maru first to try and all-kill, but it's probably not the right play objectively. Wrong map for Rogue, it would risk coming up against Dream's hugely underrated TvZ on a great terran map.
It's a lot tougher working out who SKT should lead with. Dream's TvT, while improving, still isn't quite as good as Cure's, although if Jinair lead with Rogue it'd be the right choice. The zergs are out due to the map and that leaves Classic, but if they use Classic then they have to rest one of soo/dark/dream assuming they're using Innovation as their ace which let's face it they will be.
At the end of the day I think this is going to come down to Maru vs Innovation in map 7, but anything is possible. I'm going to go with Jinair win 4-3 in a minor upset. I wouldn't be at all surprised if this is the final as well at the end of this proleague season although in 3 rounds a lot can change.
On February 11 2015 12:58 ukiya2004 wrote: Maru is currently the top Terran in the world for sure. The only other Terran that is in the same class as him is Innovation.
I compiled a list of tiers currently in the Korean scene. I don't even watch Europe and America scene anymore. Waste of my time.
S-tier Protoss: Rain, herO, sOs, Zest, A-tier Protoss: Parting, Classic, MC B-tier Protoss: Hush, Sora
God-tier Zerg: Life S-tier Zerg: Rogue, Soo, Dark A-tier Zerg: Byul, Leenock B-tier Zerg: Departure, Losira
Yes, only Life is a God-tier player because without a doubt he is the best starcraft 2 player currently. I bet you he is going to win the most tournaments this year. I will take up any bets.
Dude your list is painfully inaccurate in my opinion, looks like its from last year. Marineking and Flash are both doing horrendous at the moment, TY is doing a lot better than those players not to mention Cure, Skyhigh monstered it up a few months ago but has also not shown anytning in recent 1-2 months.
sOs has done absolutely nothing recently, he hasn't even qualified fr SSL or GSL and he has been losing in SPL. You say you don't watch the foreigen scene, but do you even watch the korean one? Stats, Dear and Super does better than him at the momentl.
Your zerg lineup I can kind of agree with barring soO (has done what recently?) and Departure.
EPT
Hush would go for Phoenixes. I played exactly the same way that I practised. A hatch-first opening was recommended by 
Symbol, who said this opening could interfere Protoss's scout.![[image loading]](http://img6.cache.netease.com/game/2015/2/10/20150210231053d9e13.jpg)
INnoVation or 
