• Log InLog In
  • Register
Liquid`
Team Liquid Liquipedia
EDT 12:34
CEST 18:34
KST 01:34
  • Home
  • Forum
  • Calendar
  • Streams
  • Liquipedia
  • Features
  • Store
  • EPT
  • TL+
  • StarCraft 2
  • Brood War
  • Smash
  • Heroes
  • Counter-Strike
  • Overwatch
  • Liquibet
  • Fantasy StarCraft
  • TLPD
  • StarCraft 2
  • Brood War
  • Blogs
Forum Sidebar
Events/Features
News
Featured News
Power Rank - Esports World Cup 202560RSL Season 1 - Final Week9[ASL19] Finals Recap: Standing Tall15HomeStory Cup 27 - Info & Preview18Classic wins Code S Season 2 (2025)16
Community News
BSL Team Wars - Bonyth, Dewalt, Hawk & Sziky teams10Weekly Cups (July 14-20): Final Check-up0Esports World Cup 2025 - Brackets Revealed19Weekly Cups (July 7-13): Classic continues to roll8Team TLMC #5 - Submission re-extension4
StarCraft 2
General
Power Rank - Esports World Cup 2025 The GOAT ranking of GOAT rankings What tournaments are world championships? RSL Revival patreon money discussion thread Jim claims he and Firefly were involved in match-fixing
Tourneys
Esports World Cup 2025 Sparkling Tuna Cup - Weekly Open Tournament FEL Cracov 2025 (July 27) - $8000 live event Master Swan Open (Global Bronze-Master 2) Sea Duckling Open (Global, Bronze-Diamond)
Strategy
How did i lose this ZvP, whats the proper response
Custom Maps
External Content
Mutation #239 Bad Weather Mutation # 483 Kill Bot Wars Mutation # 482 Wheel of Misfortune Mutation # 481 Fear and Lava
Brood War
General
BW General Discussion Dewalt's Show Matches in China [Update] ShieldBattery: 2025 Redesign Ginuda's JaeDong Interview Series BSL Team Wars - Bonyth, Dewalt, Hawk & Sziky teams
Tourneys
[Megathread] Daily Proleagues CSL Xiamen International Invitational [CSLPRO] It's CSLAN Season! - Last Chance [BSL 2v2] ProLeague Season 3 - Friday 21:00 CET
Strategy
Does 1 second matter in StarCraft? [G] Mineral Boosting Simple Questions, Simple Answers
Other Games
General Games
Stormgate/Frost Giant Megathread Nintendo Switch Thread [MMORPG] Tree of Savior (Successor of Ragnarok) Path of Exile CCLP - Command & Conquer League Project
Dota 2
Official 'what is Dota anymore' discussion
League of Legends
Heroes of the Storm
Simple Questions, Simple Answers Heroes of the Storm 2.0
Hearthstone
Heroes of StarCraft mini-set
TL Mafia
TL Mafia Community Thread Vanilla Mini Mafia
Community
General
Russo-Ukrainian War Thread US Politics Mega-thread Things Aren’t Peaceful in Palestine Post Pic of your Favorite Food! The Games Industry And ATVI
Fan Clubs
SKT1 Classic Fan Club!
Media & Entertainment
[\m/] Heavy Metal Thread Anime Discussion Thread Movie Discussion! [Manga] One Piece Korean Music Discussion
Sports
Formula 1 Discussion 2024 - 2025 Football Thread TeamLiquid Health and Fitness Initiative For 2023 NBA General Discussion
World Cup 2022
Tech Support
Installation of Windows 10 suck at "just a moment" Computer Build, Upgrade & Buying Resource Thread
TL Community
The Automated Ban List
Blogs
Ping To Win? Pings And Their…
TrAiDoS
momentary artworks from des…
tankgirl
from making sc maps to makin…
Husyelt
StarCraft improvement
iopq
Socialism Anyone?
GreenHorizons
Eight Anniversary as a TL…
Mizenhauer
Customize Sidebar...

Website Feedback

Closed Threads



Active: 952 users

The Best Games of May 2018

Forum Index > SC2 General
22 CommentsPost a Reply
1 2 Next All

The Best Games of May 2018

Text byTL.net ESPORTS
June 9th, 2018 07:07 GMT

Best Games of May 2018

Compiled and written by Ej, Elentos, and Durn

TeamLiquid's resurrected Best Games of the Month series continues! StarCraft II's most obsessive and dedicated fans have compiled another list of the best, must-watch games from the previous month. April's list was dominated by Ravens, but a mid-month balance patch has changed the StarCraft landscape. See how players adapted, from GSL Code S to the shadowy corners of online tournaments.

The Best Games of May 2018


(Wiki)Dark vs (Wiki)GuMiho on (Wiki)Lost and Found - VOD
Ballistix Brawl: Season 3 Week 6 - Semifinals


[image loading]

Probably not the best position to attack with ultralisks.


What better way to start off a list of best games than with Dark versus GuMiho? They are two of the most entertaining players in the world, and TvZ is match-up where they've shown some of their best games. GuMiho's plays excellent defense against Dark's Swarm Hosts, trading his siege tanks away to instead remax on Hellions and Cyclones. Dark, in turn, switches to Ultralisks. Wait, Ultralisks vs Mech? Things were sure to get crazy. And with both maxed out armies passing each other in the night, the game indeed spiraled into utter chaos.

(Wiki)Rogue vs (Wiki)Zest on (Wiki)Acid Plant - VOD
Ballistix Brawl: Season 3 Week 7 - Semifinals


[image loading]

The Birds - 1963, colorized


Word of Zest's success in online cups had been circling for quite a while before his GSL RO16 group. And while he did advanced to RO8, he didn't show us this fabled "online Zest" we were supposed to be impressed by. Well, why not take a look at one of those online game and see exactly what the difference is?

Contrary to his reputation for dismal ZvP in 2018, Zest actually has a 60% win-rate in ZvP over the last month. There's definitely still some brilliance left in the former GSL champion, even if it mostly shows up online. In this game versus Rogue, Zest faces infinite waves of Locusts in the mid-game. He does his best to avoid direct engagements and changes the tides of the war with a single Warp Prism and smart maneuvers. Unable to close out the game with roach/swarm host, Rogue is forced to wrestle with Zest in a 40 minute brawl, a kind of fight where Zest fancies his chances against the reigning BlizzCon champion.

(Wiki)Dark vs (Wiki)Classic on (Wiki)Lost and Found - VOD
2018 GSL Season 2 Code S - Ro16 Group C


[image loading]

Oh no, the Roaches allowed themselves to surround the immortals!


Oh Dark, you did it again. God knows how Dark reached the conclusion that Classic was his ideal first opponent in the RO16, even if PvZ is his weakest match-up. In any case, we saw another GSL where Park Ryung Woo created a group of death that he failed to advance from. Bombing out 0-4 in what was supposed to be his match up, Dark at least left us with one really good game. Classic flawlessly held off what had looked like an all-in move, leaving him to deal with what should have been routine clean-up. However, Dark was desperate to stay alive, and switched between every unit available to Zerg to try claw his way back into the game...

(Wiki)Dear vs (Wiki)Bunny on (Wiki)Neon Violet Square - VOD
2018 GSL Season 2 Code S - Ro32 Group F


[image loading]

I couldn't pick one moment out of this game, so here's 2 leftover Archons shredding entire air army of Bunny


One of the greatest questions in Starcraft is 'can a game where neither player plays well be good?' This has boggled the minds of the viewers for a long time. The TeamLiquid.net community has spent years building up a culture of admiring the players as flawless heroes and brilliant generals, appreciating masterworks of strategy and execution. But have we lost our sense of fun? Are we too elitist to enjoy sheer carnage, a brawl between intoxicated brutes? I suppose it depends on who you ask.

But I can guarantee you that I loved every second of Dear versus Bunny, where leads were thrown left and right, deadly haymakers were taken on the chin, and where everything ended in an exhilarating, 10-minute, late-game finale in Terran vs Protoss. And I think that you will enjoy it, too.

(Wiki)Dark vs (Wiki)Rogue on (Wiki)Catalyst - VOD
Kung Fu Cup Weekly #7 - Finals


[image loading]

This is the base of the blue Zerg


Here we go again! Dark and Rogue make the list again after headlining the proceedings back in March. But this is time, it's not because of their entertaining strategies or great tactical sense. It's because we couldn't believe it wasn't foreigners playing.

Dark decides to open 12pool/14gas which surely should be a build order win and a quick victory against Rogue's hatch/gas/pool. But wait, he fails to kill the Hatchery, the Spine Crawler finishes, and Dark is cooked. Or is he? The blue Zerg goes for a follow up attack, and with no transfuse energy on Rogue's queens... he decides to run his speedlings up the ramp and spare the 2nd base! What. This only begins the series of inexplicabale decisions and blunders by both players that keeps your eyes glued to the screen and your forehead to the table.

The Has vs Happy Award for Series That Confused Thousands of People At Once


(Wiki)SpeCial vs (Wiki)domickc - the series - VOD
Ballistix Brawl: Season 3 Week 5 - Ro16


[image loading]

When you don't have any orbitals left and hear a scythe swing.


We do not usually feature full series, but an exception was almost mandatory for domickc vs SpeCial. "Who is that?" you ask, "taking on that Blizzcon semifinalist?" and consult your premier sources of information. Aligulac favors SpeCial 88% to 12 in a best of 3. But if we're honest, even 12% to win 1 single game for domickc is a joke. If SpeCial were to drop a map, it could only be via something from the mustiest pages of the Great Book of Protoss Bulls***. And even if one game went wrong, surely there's no way another would, SpeCial could just laugh it off. But of course, if things went as expected, this series wouldn't be worth mentioning. Watch domickc and SpeCial derail the status quo, then re-establish only to derail it further. No holds are barred, no workers are safe, no sacrifice is too great.

More recommended games from May 2018

We featured the absolute best games above, but there were plenty of other great games from May. Thanks for reading, and we hope you enjoy these games. Check back next month for all of the best games from June!

(T)INnoVation vs (Z)Dark - VOD
(P)Neeb vs (T)MaSa - Youtube VOD - Twitch VOD
(T)MaSa vs (Z)Scarlett - YouTube VOD - Twitch VOD
(T)Cure vs (Z)Dark - VOD
(Z)Rogue vs (Z)Dark - VOD
(P)Trap vs (T)TY - VOD
(P)Dear vs - (T)INnoVation - VOD

Best Games: April


Best Games: March


Check out the master list for ALL of the best games from 2018 - Soon™ to be updated to include January and February





Credits and acknowledgements
Writers: Ej, Elentos, Durn
List committee: Ej, Elentos, Durn, Wax
Editor: Wax
Photos: Carlton Beener, via Blizzard
Facebook Twitter Reddit
TL+ Member
Lambertus
Profile Joined February 2010
South Africa975 Posts
June 09 2018 09:13 GMT
#2
Hi Guys,

I just wanted to say thank you for your Lists and also I really like the entertainment and loooove your "comic/cartoon"-titles! As somebody who cant watch a lot SC2 at the moment you are providing me a very valuable service.

Keep it up as long as you can!
The only known Reverend on TL playing SC2 and BW (http://www.teamliquid.net/forum/viewmessage.php?topic_id=409226)
Ej_
Profile Blog Joined January 2013
47656 Posts
June 09 2018 09:39 GMT
#3
Thanks, glad you enjoy it.
"Technically the dictionary has zero authority on the meaning or words" - Rodya
neutralrobot
Profile Joined July 2011
Australia1025 Posts
June 09 2018 12:25 GMT
#4
I'm glad this keeps going. Thanks, much appreciated! Lots of games I would never have watched or heard of on here.
Maru | Life | PartinG || I guess I like aggressive control freaks... || Reynor will one day reign supreme || *reyn supreme
RealityTheGreat
Profile Joined January 2018
China564 Posts
June 09 2018 13:25 GMT
#5
Dear vs Rogue???
www.youtube.com
It is a comeback over 100 vbattle population!
Betrayed, forgotten, abandoned.
Mun_Su
Profile Joined December 2012
France2063 Posts
June 09 2018 13:55 GMT
#6
thanks again guys for doing this. I haven't seen half these games
INno <3 - TY - Maru - Taeja - Rain <3 - Classic <3 - Stephano <3 - soO <3 - Soulkey - Dark - SERRAL =O / END REGION LOCK
DieuCure
Profile Joined January 2017
France3713 Posts
June 09 2018 14:45 GMT
#7
Nice, the best player is in, gj.
TL+ Member
yubo56
Profile Joined May 2014
687 Posts
June 09 2018 15:20 GMT
#8
So many dark games :D
Jung Yoon Jong fighting, even after retirement! Feel better soon.
Oalfredo77
Profile Joined July 2016
35 Posts
June 09 2018 16:23 GMT
#9
The way you guys put it, Special Vs "the other one" is a mandatory series to watch.
Nakajin
Profile Blog Joined September 2014
Canada8989 Posts
June 09 2018 16:39 GMT
#10
Thanks guys super happy TL best games are back!
Writerhttp://i.imgur.com/9p6ufcB.jpg
Fango
Profile Joined July 2016
United Kingdom8987 Posts
June 09 2018 17:29 GMT
#11
That SpeCial vs Domickc series really is something.
Zest, sOs, PartinG, Dark, and Maru are the real champs. ROOT_herO is overrated. Snute, Serral, and Scarlett are the foreigner GOATs
Liquid`Snute
Profile Blog Joined July 2010
Norway839 Posts
June 09 2018 17:43 GMT
#12
hahaha that banner :')
Team Liquid
nimbim
Profile Blog Joined June 2009
Germany984 Posts
June 09 2018 17:58 GMT
#13
This is great all around, thanks.
Bijan
Profile Joined October 2010
United States286 Posts
June 09 2018 18:00 GMT
#14
Great post! I'm very grateful for the work people put into this community with content like this. Thank you!
romson87
Profile Joined May 2016
Poland487 Posts
June 09 2018 18:28 GMT
#15
Nice one as usual, thanks to all involved.
TL+ Member
Mahanaim
Profile Joined December 2012
Korea (South)1002 Posts
June 10 2018 01:28 GMT
#16
thank you!
Celebrating Starcraft since... a long time ago.
Gofarman
Profile Joined June 2010
Canada645 Posts
June 10 2018 04:09 GMT
#17
Is there english commentary of all the games?
Aelendis
Profile Joined February 2011
Belgium892 Posts
June 10 2018 12:20 GMT
#18
Thank you for this list! Now I know what to do with my sunday.
Ej_
Profile Blog Joined January 2013
47656 Posts
Last Edited: 2018-06-10 12:36:01
June 10 2018 12:34 GMT
#19
On June 10 2018 13:09 Gofarman wrote:
Is there english commentary of all the games?

There should be Ballistix Brawl VODs on the Ballistix twitch channel, but frankly, Crank is the best streamer when it comes to recording quality and upload time, so I always link games from his channel
As for Kung Fu Cup, I have no idea. They often don't have an English live stream at all.
"Technically the dictionary has zero authority on the meaning or words" - Rodya
RealityTheGreat
Profile Joined January 2018
China564 Posts
June 10 2018 13:40 GMT
#20
On June 10 2018 21:34 Ej_ wrote:
Show nested quote +
On June 10 2018 13:09 Gofarman wrote:
Is there english commentary of all the games?

There should be Ballistix Brawl VODs on the Ballistix twitch channel, but frankly, Crank is the best streamer when it comes to recording quality and upload time, so I always link games from his channel
As for Kung Fu Cup, I have no idea. They often don't have an English live stream at all.

My big bro F91 don't know English,but he said the calculation.
Betrayed, forgotten, abandoned.
1 2 Next All
Please log in or register to reply.
Live Events Refresh
OSC
14:00
King of the Hill #219
davetesta18
Liquipedia
Esports World Cup
11:00
2025 - Final Day
Serral vs ClassicLIVE!
EWC_Arena20833
ComeBackTV 4680
TaKeTV 946
JimRising 742
Hui .723
3DClanTV 476
Fuzer 312
EnkiAlexander 288
Rex260
CranKy Ducklings147
Reynor137
SpeCial79
LiquipediaDiscussion
[ Submit Event ]
Live Streams
Refresh
StarCraft 2
EWC_Arena20833
JimRising 742
Hui .723
Fuzer 312
Rex 260
UpATreeSC 138
Reynor 137
SpeCial 79
StarCraft: Brood War
Bisu 4269
Shuttle 2573
Larva 913
Mini 749
actioN 470
EffOrt 386
Soma 296
ggaemo 241
TY 129
Rush 128
[ Show more ]
Snow 90
JYJ85
sorry 73
Hyun 67
Shine 47
Aegong 31
JulyZerg 16
zelot 15
Terrorterran 13
Sacsri 12
soO 9
yabsab 4
NaDa 1
sas.Sziky 0
Dota 2
Gorgc7448
syndereN500
420jenkins420
XaKoH 375
XcaliburYe292
Counter-Strike
fl0m4139
sgares426
oskar176
Other Games
gofns8979
singsing1829
FrodaN1790
ScreaM1448
Beastyqt713
KnowMe129
ArmadaUGS119
Organizations
StarCraft 2
Blizzard YouTube
StarCraft: Brood War
BSLTrovo
sctven
[ Show 15 non-featured ]
StarCraft 2
• AfreecaTV YouTube
• sooper7s
• intothetv
• Migwel
• Kozan
• IndyKCrew
• LaughNgamezSOOP
StarCraft: Brood War
• Michael_bg 3
• FirePhoenix2
• STPLYoutube
• ZZZeroYoutube
• BSLYoutube
Dota 2
• WagamamaTV512
League of Legends
• Nemesis5334
Other Games
• Shiphtur344
Upcoming Events
CranKy Ducklings
17h 26m
BSL20 Non-Korean Champi…
21h 26m
CSO Cup
23h 26m
BSL20 Non-Korean Champi…
1d 1h
Bonyth vs Sziky
Dewalt vs Hawk
Hawk vs QiaoGege
Sziky vs Dewalt
Mihu vs Bonyth
Zhanhun vs QiaoGege
QiaoGege vs Fengzi
FEL
1d 16h
BSL20 Non-Korean Champi…
1d 21h
BSL20 Non-Korean Champi…
2 days
Bonyth vs Zhanhun
Dewalt vs Mihu
Hawk vs Sziky
Sziky vs QiaoGege
Mihu vs Hawk
Zhanhun vs Dewalt
Fengzi vs Bonyth
Sparkling Tuna Cup
3 days
Online Event
4 days
uThermal 2v2 Circuit
4 days
[ Show More ]
The PondCast
5 days
Replay Cast
6 days
Liquipedia Results

Completed

CSL Xiamen Invitational
Championship of Russia 2025
Murky Cup #2

Ongoing

Copa Latinoamericana 4
Jiahua Invitational
BSL20 Non-Korean Championship
Esports World Cup 2025
CC Div. A S7
Underdog Cup #2
IEM Cologne 2025
FISSURE Playground #1
BLAST.tv Austin Major 2025
ESL Impact League Season 7
IEM Dallas 2025
PGL Astana 2025
Asian Champions League '25

Upcoming

CSLPRO Last Chance 2025
ASL Season 20: Qualifier #1
ASL Season 20: Qualifier #2
ASL Season 20
CSLPRO Chat StarLAN 3
BSL Season 21
RSL Revival: Season 2
Maestros of the Game
SEL Season 2 Championship
uThermal 2v2 Main Event
FEL Cracov 2025
HCC Europe
ESL Pro League S22
StarSeries Fall 2025
FISSURE Playground #2
BLAST Open Fall 2025
BLAST Open Fall Qual
Esports World Cup 2025
BLAST Bounty Fall 2025
BLAST Bounty Fall Qual
TLPD

1. ByuN
2. TY
3. Dark
4. Solar
5. Stats
6. Nerchio
7. sOs
8. soO
9. INnoVation
10. Elazer
1. Rain
2. Flash
3. EffOrt
4. Last
5. Bisu
6. Soulkey
7. Mini
8. Sharp
Sidebar Settings...

Advertising | Privacy Policy | Terms Of Use | Contact Us

Original banner artwork: Jim Warren
The contents of this webpage are copyright © 2025 TLnet. All Rights Reserved.