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ByuN wins WCS Finals over Dark 4-2

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ByuN wins WCS Finals over Dark 4-2

Text byTL.net ESPORTS
November 6th, 2016 00:25 GMT

Byun Completes Fairy Tale Story - From Missing to Undisputed Best in a Year
Clinches Title with 4-2 Victory over Dark in WCS Grand Final


(T)ByuN entered WCS 2016 as one of the firm favorites to take the title, but after a surprise loss to (P)ShoWTimE in the group stage doubt began to surface about whether he would go the distance. He put any doubts to rest after his impressive 3-1 victory over (T)TY and reaffirmed to the world that he was the best Terran player in the world. A clean series against (P)Stats in the semifinal vaulted him into the final where he would meet (Z)Dark.

Dark was the other player tipped to win the whole thing early on in the tournament. Unlike Byun, there were never any questions as to his form as he breezed through his group and dispatched non-Korean prodigy (P)Neeb 3-0 in his quarterfinal. A master class of ZvZ prowess was displayed in his semifinal against (Z)Elazer and he easily booked his spot in this years WCS Grand Final.

Dark and Byun wrote a new chapter in the history of great ZvT series in their final and treated SC2 fans to a final that will be remembered for years to come.

Game one opened up on Galatic Process with Byun pressuring early with 2rax reaper. The game mostly stabilized and both players worked their way up to three bases. Byun's plan was to attack with a marine-tank-medivac push off of three bases and hit Dark while he was still trying to get his fourth base saturated. With Byun's trademark micro and excellent utilisation of the terrain around the third-fourth base, Dark took major losses from his he was never able to recover from.

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Excellent control paved the way to victory in game 1 for Byun


Game two was on New Gettysburg and after some brief cloaked banshee harass the game started to look similar to game one. Byun moved out again with a marine-tank-medivac push and was able to deny Dark's fourth base. But Dark didn't trade his army this time, and took a fifth while stalling for ultralisks. Byun waited until 2-2 before going for the death push but Dark was in time with ultralisks. With Byun's advance successfully repelled the game was squarely in Dark's favor. Players traded blows for a while before Dark's superior economy overran Byun and levelled the series 1-1.

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Dark held on long enough for ultras then never looked back


Frozen Temple would be the stage for game 3. Byun opened with three rax reaper pressure and looked to gain an edge early on. Dark pivoted from his earlier macro oriented gameplan and looked to a timing attack to score him a second map win. Dark's keen sense for executing timing attacks had thus far in the tournament been unanswered by his opposition, but Byun is no ordinary opponent. Byun masterfully dealt with Dark's ravager timing attack and scored a quick win putting him ahead 2-1.

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Byun chases down the last remnants of Dark's ravager timing attack


The traditionally Zerg favored Apotheosis would be the map for game 4. This time Byun treated us to a hellion opening which dealt a severe blow to Dark's economy. While Dark tried to hang on using the gold base, he was always one step behind. Byun took the early game advantage and never let it go and went up 3-1. At this point it seemed like Dark would need to pull out something special to win the series. But being a former champion, Dark dug deep and pulled out something spectacular in game 5.

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Hellions made a lone appearance in the finals, but paid dividends for Byun when they did


King Sejong Station would be the site of a fantastic game. Byun resorted to the strategy from games 1 and 3; the marine tank push was unable to deal the killing blow but neither Byun or Dark gained an edge after the push was deflected. The game progressed to late game armies and Byun started to get an edge as he placed pressure on Dark's recent expansions. Importantly, Dark never let Byun have uncontested air superiority and was able to keep Byuns medivacs and liberators in check. This meant Dark was able to weather the storm Byun threw at him until Byun ran out of money and was forced to concede. It was an incredible hold by Dark and showed his championship class.

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Scrappy engagements characterised the lategame slugfest between Dark and Byun in game 5



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Yes, the game really was that good


Game 6 on Frost would be the last game of the series as Byun dealt a significant early blow with 3rax reaper. It was extremely unlucky for Dark who saw Byun building a barracks on top of his ramp as if it were a fast expansion and assumed that this is what was happening. Actually Byun had built two additional barracks at his natural which were missed by the overlord. Dark did his best to come back in the game, but Byun's marine-tank-medivac push gained him an insurmountable lead. The killing blow was seemingly endless multipronged attacks which Dark never had the units to defend from.

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Reapers did a lot of work for Byun this series, so it was fitting that they closed it out


An incredible performance from both players, but Byun emerged as your world champion for 2016.



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critique
Profile Blog Joined March 2011
United States135 Posts
November 06 2016 00:27 GMT
#2
Congrats ByuN!
gab12
Profile Joined June 2016
Poland147 Posts
November 06 2016 00:27 GMT
#3
BYUN IS THE GOD
PuddleZerg
Profile Joined August 2015
United States82 Posts
November 06 2016 00:27 GMT
#4
Nice
"Weapons grade autism" - Destiny
SpunXtain20
Profile Joined January 2014
Australia554 Posts
November 06 2016 00:27 GMT
#5
Tell me where to watch the final somewhere i missed it.
*Hugs all* | I came here to drink milk and kick asses, and I've just finished my milk.
SpunXtain20
Profile Joined January 2014
Australia554 Posts
November 06 2016 00:28 GMT
#6
Additionally go Byun
*Hugs all* | I came here to drink milk and kick asses, and I've just finished my milk.
kugel
Profile Joined June 2011
Germany116 Posts
November 06 2016 00:28 GMT
#7
ohhhh yeah, screwd my liquibet but hell yeah he deserves it soooo much
SpunXtain20
Profile Joined January 2014
Australia554 Posts
November 06 2016 00:28 GMT
#8
Dark is unsuccessful
*Hugs all* | I came here to drink milk and kick asses, and I've just finished my milk.
D-light
Profile Joined April 2012
Finland7364 Posts
November 06 2016 00:29 GMT
#9
Underwhelming semis, and an ok finals with a good game five.

Good for Byun even with the whole obsession of him showing so much emotion is a bit weird.
why even
BartCraft
Profile Joined March 2015
Netherlands45 Posts
November 06 2016 00:29 GMT
#10
Congrats ByuN! Holy shit the final was amazing! In love with sc2!! This is going to be a sweet memory! BYUN HYPE!
IArako
Profile Joined June 2015
Germany195 Posts
November 06 2016 00:30 GMT
#11
Best possible outcome for the two best players in the world gratz and awesome games
Special Tactics
Firkraag8
Profile Joined August 2010
Sweden1006 Posts
November 06 2016 00:30 GMT
#12
That was amazing, this top 16 has really re-kindled my interest in Sc2. So many great stories, and ByuN winning was great. First Terran winner since WCS started am I correct?
Too weird to live, too rare to die.
Chaggi
Profile Joined August 2010
Korea (South)1936 Posts
November 06 2016 00:30 GMT
#13
Game 5 was amazing
ArtyK
Profile Joined June 2011
France3143 Posts
November 06 2016 00:30 GMT
#14
Possibly first player ever to follow up his GSL win by a world championship?

In any case, deserved victory for the best player in the world!
Sup dood ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ KiWiKaKi | SLush | uThermal | PtitDrogo | SortOf | Clem ~ "I told my mom she should vote for me in Nation Wars, she said 'I dunno, I kinda want Finland to win'" – Luolis ~ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m_NScWV9h8k#t=1h01m
TL+ Member
Blargh
Profile Joined September 2010
United States2102 Posts
November 06 2016 00:31 GMT
#15
Bae Byun <3
Kashim
Profile Joined December 2013
Poland1201 Posts
November 06 2016 00:31 GMT
#16
Congrats ByuN!
SC2 LP Staff, Aligulac Editor, Tournament Organiser and Admin @KashimSC2
DeusRyunoske
Profile Joined September 2011
United States5 Posts
November 06 2016 00:32 GMT
#17
Is Byun the first Terran to win a Blizzcon in SC2?
"I wanna Nydus all over your main"
ArtyK
Profile Joined June 2011
France3143 Posts
November 06 2016 00:32 GMT
#18
On November 06 2016 09:32 DeusRyunoske wrote:
Is Byun the first Terran to win a Blizzcon in SC2?


Mvp won in 2011 before the wcs times
Sup dood ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ KiWiKaKi | SLush | uThermal | PtitDrogo | SortOf | Clem ~ "I told my mom she should vote for me in Nation Wars, she said 'I dunno, I kinda want Finland to win'" – Luolis ~ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m_NScWV9h8k#t=1h01m
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SpunXtain20
Profile Joined January 2014
Australia554 Posts
November 06 2016 00:33 GMT
#19
A fitting swansong game for SC2 as it reaches its twilight and BW again becomes the biggest game in Korea.

User was warned for this post
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Kazi25
Profile Joined July 2016
Philippines236 Posts
November 06 2016 00:33 GMT
#20
Grats to ByuN!
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