The Code S Grand Finals are all set, as Maru took a very convincing 4-1 over Classic to secure his second GSL final in a row. The series began with a slugfest of mass widow mine drops against lethal oracle harassment, with Classic coming out on top. That was the only game he would take in the series, though, as Maru looked stronger at every stage of the remaining games while Classic made uncharacteristic mistakes.
GSL Code S concludes on Saturday, Jun 23 8:00am GMT (GMT+00:00) with the Grand Finals between Maru and Zest.
While Classic did make some mistakes (so did Maru) I feel Classic played well with few mistakes. Maru played out of his mind though, the way he flawlessly controlled an army of MMM, ghost and liberators with beatiful splits and concaves to boot looked almost impossible to pull off. Classics strategy of going templars every game was questionable but I wonder what mistakes you allude to besides his Oracles getting caught a few times but only once sloppily.
Edit: Just personal opinion and genuinely curious.
On June 16 2018 19:44 DubiousC2 wrote: Why do people keep defending Classic? He played horribly.
I think it would be rather unfair to call his overall play horrible. He made more mistakes then before, sure, but I think his loss to Maru in game 3 really tilted him, the failed cheese and all. Maru just made less mistakes and his mistakes were less impactful then Classics.
On June 16 2018 19:15 Shuffleblade wrote: While Classic did make some mistakes (so did Maru) I feel Classic played well with few mistakes. Maru played out of his mind though, the way he flawlessly controlled an army of MMM, ghost and liberators with beatiful splits and concaves to boot looked almost impossible to pull off. Classics strategy of going templars every game was questionable but I wonder what mistakes you allude to besides his Oracles getting caught a few times but only once sloppily.
Edit: Just personal opinion and genuinely curious.
Well the attack on Acid Plant was very sloppy. First he did some weird hold position micro while eating liberator shots then when he wanted to charge in his Zealots were stuck behind the stalkers and he also got clumps of templars EMP'ed. Maru microed well but that engagement should've gone way better for Classic
On June 16 2018 22:08 KappaKingPrime wrote: Didn't expect such slaughter, Maru is GOD! That being said, it's going to be another one sided finals.
Maru is definitely favoured on paper but Zest is one of those players you can never count out when you give him time to prepare. Also he's generally really strong in finals with his only loss there to Flash at IEM Toronto.
On June 16 2018 22:08 KappaKingPrime wrote: Didn't expect such slaughter, Maru is GOD! That being said, it's going to be another one sided finals.
Maru is definitely favoured on paper but Zest is one of those players you can never count out when you give him time to prepare. Also he's generally really strong in finals with his only loss there to Flash at IEM Toronto.
I think he also matches up better stylistically against Maru than Classic does. Plays very different openers, with a few quite nasty all-ins of his own creation mixed in. Robo first, phoenix/charge for example are styles that Zest mixes in that I think could do very well against Maru. Also something like his immortal/prism all in.
On June 16 2018 19:15 Shuffleblade wrote: While Classic did make some mistakes (so did Maru) I feel Classic played well with few mistakes. Maru played out of his mind though, the way he flawlessly controlled an army of MMM, ghost and liberators with beatiful splits and concaves to boot looked almost impossible to pull off. Classics strategy of going templars every game was questionable but I wonder what mistakes you allude to besides his Oracles getting caught a few times but only once sloppily.
Edit: Just personal opinion and genuinely curious.
Yeah, honestly Classic played really well and Maru just played better. I think he did screw up game two though.
Maru is the first player since Mvp in 2011 to make it to the finals as the reigning champion. Thus far only NesTea has won back to back Code S championships, but after last night I really think Maru is going to join him with that record.
EPT
Maru took a very convincing 4-1 over 
Classic to secure his second GSL final in a row. The series began with a slugfest of mass widow mine drops against lethal oracle harassment, with Classic coming out on top. That was the only game he would take in the series, though, as Maru looked stronger at every stage of the remaining games while Classic made uncharacteristic mistakes. 
