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The Best Games of June 2018

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The Best Games of June 2018

Text byTL.net ESPORTS
July 7th, 2018 22:30 GMT

Best Games of June 2018

Compiled and written by Ej, Elentos, and Durn

The June edition of TeamLiquid's Best Games of the Month series arrives later than usual to the disappointment and outrage of our adoring fans. But it's well worth the wait as the world's most degenerate StarCraft II's junkies have brought you a definitive list of the best games from the previous month. No stone has been left unturned in their search for the sweetest, most delectable morsels of StarCraft II esports. Ahhh, that's the stuff.

The Best Games of June 2018


(Wiki)Dark vs (Wiki)Zest on (Wiki)Acid Plant - VOD
Anonymous Tournament #1 - Ro8


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SPLIT SCREEN!!!

Despite his rather poor performance in the matchup at HSC, Zest's widely derided PvZ makes another appearance on the list. In this game on Acid Plant, Player C dusts off the DT drop opening, quickly revealing himself to be either Zest or a master league player. And while Dark's name remained obscured until after the tournament, his aggressive, counter-attack focused style was no-less entertaining than it is in regular tournaments. With both players dragging each other through the mud, it became a spectacle worthy of their reputations. Mock Zest's PvZ all you want—online-Zest is the real deal.

(Wiki)GuMiho vs (Wiki)sOs on (Wiki)Eastwatch - VOD
2018 GSL Season 2 - Ro16 - Group D


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Mr. Chae, I don't feel so good.

Despite having a so-so year in live tournaments, GuMiho is featured on our list for the third month in a row. This time, it's in a match against a man who can match his insanity. Having scouted GuMiho's proxies, sOs opted for 3-gate Stargate off 1 base. This allowed sOs to defend and counter attack, locking the Terran down in their base while sOs was free to take a gold expansion. But if the game had ended there, it wouldn't be on this list. Nor would it have been the GuMiho vs sOs craziness that we expect. Instead, everything went downhill, sideways and inside-out for both players as they sought the favor of the chaos gods in this struggle to the death.

(Wiki)Maru vs (Wiki)Rogue on (Wiki)Backwater - VOD
2018 GSL Season 2 - Ro8


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It's like we had a time machine that takes us 3 years back.

We love to show the breadth of our hipster knowledge, but this list wouldn't be complete without the best Zerg and Terran players in the world duking it out in the most prestigious, high-profile tournament in the world. In a way, this was the hardest of Maru's victories in his GSL championship run. While Classic and Zest looked hopeless against the reigning champion, Jin Air teammate Rogue put up a hell of a fight.

On Backwater, where the map layout made it impossible for Maru to kill Rogue with a tank timing, there was no way to avoid playing macro. Rogue, seemingly contained on his three bases, was actually fully unleashed. With Ling counters catching siege tanks in the middle of the map and the Muta flock terrorizing stray Marine packs, the Jin Air Zerg was free to take his 4th base on Maru's side of the map and snatch all map control the Terran had left. Forced to turtle, Maru laid back and went for Ravens. However, with the nerf to Anti-Armor Missiles, Maru would have to fight harder than he ever had in 2018...

(Wiki)Creator vs (Wiki)INnoVation on (Wiki)Acid Plant - VOD
WardiTV Invitational 4 - Ro16 - Group A


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Wait a minute, how can his Corsairs lift my units?!

Following Maru's and Rogue's recent success, the Jin Air house received a lot of praise, with fans citing the last vestige of KeSPA in SC2 as the reason for its players excellence. Well, what about Creator? Not so much. He qualifies for about 1 Code S season every year and doesn't do anything noteworthy besides that. Fortunately enough for us, he was invited to this tournament, where INnoVation could proxy Reaper him. Only to followup with 3 Command centers and 2 Armories. It turned out to be a rather mech and forth game.

(Wiki)herO vs (Wiki)Losira on (Wiki)Catalyst - VOD
WardiTV Invitational 4 - Ro16 - Group C


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No, that's not a spore crawler morphing there.

If you were to describe either Losira or herO, you certainly wouldn't use words like consistency, macro or standard. Rather, wild, unpredictable, cheesy or didn't make Code S. And their tendencies show very well in this game. Not fancying his chances in a normal game vs herO, Losira proxied a Spire on 2 bases. Of course, he was immediately scouted by 2 Oracles flying out of his main. Oh boy. Pinned against the wall, and seemingly dead, Losira saw his chance for survival in a quick switch to Hydralisks. herO, typically the trickster, ended up being more confused than he had ever confused anyone else before.

The "Blizzard" Award for the Game We Included to Fill the Foreigner Quota

(Wiki)MaNa vs (Wiki)SpeCial on (Wiki)16-bit - VOD
2018 WCS Austin - Ro4


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This is the highest resolution screencap I could get out of a WCS VOD. Sorry.

On MaNa's miraculous path to his first premier tournament finals in 3 years, SpeCial was the first big obstacle. While the Polish Protoss ultimately won 3-1, the score didn't really reflect how close the series was, with the 16-bit game ruining the Dreamhack schedule, as is tradition. In this game, very similar to Bunny vs Dear that we covered last month, both players initially just idled on their 3 bases, building up their economies and armies. So they could destroy them 2 minutes later. Perhaps the game that captured the WCS spirit the best, it was truly a blood bath, with Marauders killing Nexuses, Widow Mines killing Zealots and Medivacs, and Disruptors killing everything on both sides. Forget the World Cup: With constant swings of 30 supply for both players, fans from Poland and Mexico were on the edge of their seats for latter portion of the match, uncertain of the victor until the very last minute.

More recommended games from June 2018

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

(T)Maru vs (Z)Rogue on (Wiki)Eastwatch - VOD
(Z)Rogue vs (Z)Impact on (Wiki)Redshift - VOD
(Z)Stephano vs (P)PartinG on (Wiki)Catalyst - VOD
(P)Zest vs (T)TY on (Wiki)Dreamcatcher - VOD
(Z)Dark vs (P)herO on (Wiki)Catalyst - VOD
(T)Spear vs Boris on (Wiki)Lost and Found - VOD


Best Games: May

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
List committee: Ej, Elentos, Durn
Editor: Wax
Photos: Kevin Chang
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kosko_ss
Profile Joined March 2018
12 Posts
July 07 2018 23:21 GMT
#2
Good list
Theoutsider95
Profile Joined March 2017
10 Posts
July 07 2018 23:25 GMT
#3
good read thank you, loved it.
Nakajin
Profile Blog Joined September 2014
Canada8989 Posts
July 08 2018 01:40 GMT
#4
Nice! Thanks
Writerhttp://i.imgur.com/9p6ufcB.jpg
Wolf
Profile Blog Joined April 2010
Korea (South)3290 Posts
July 08 2018 03:36 GMT
#5
Please keep the typo in the title.
Commentatorhttp://twitter.com/proxywolf
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Argonauta
Profile Joined July 2016
Spain4948 Posts
July 08 2018 09:51 GMT
#6
The head image always crack me up
Rogue | Maru | Scarlett | Trap
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RealityTheGreat
Profile Joined January 2018
China564 Posts
July 08 2018 10:21 GMT
#7
I an waiting foe the best games of July.
Why not write "the best games of 2011 2016 2017"???
Betrayed, forgotten, abandoned.
Ej_
Profile Blog Joined January 2013
47656 Posts
July 08 2018 10:27 GMT
#8
On July 08 2018 19:21 RealityTheGreat wrote:
Why not write "the best games of 2011 2016 2017"???

Go ahead and do it, pal.
"Technically the dictionary has zero authority on the meaning or words" - Rodya
RealityTheGreat
Profile Joined January 2018
China564 Posts
July 08 2018 11:10 GMT
#9
On July 08 2018 19:27 Ej_ wrote:
Show nested quote +
On July 08 2018 19:21 RealityTheGreat wrote:
Why not write "the best games of 2011 2016 2017"???

Go ahead and do it, pal.

Although there are too much fxcking games in 11 16 17,but there are still some great games.
I just want to know where is stuchiu now.
2017 Has award:
Oracles vs Hydralisks
Dark vs Innovation GSL S3 Final,crazy basetrade
soO vs Rogue,WCS Final,Mech Depot,the empty nydus couldn't fool soO,Rogue fooled himself
sOs vs Bunny,the most stupid BO3 in 2017
Innovation vs Dark,IEM Geyyongggi,it was a traffic accident

2016 Has Award:
Has vs Happy,Athena's exclaimation vs Zeus's fury(According to(Wiki)F91)
Polt vs Strange,game tied before toss won
Has vs Violet,IEM Shanghai,maybe it is the first mass oracle vs Z
Afreeca vs MVP,SPL,sad Stork
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RealityTheGreat
Profile Joined January 2018
China564 Posts
July 08 2018 11:11 GMT
#10
Some (stupid) Chinese translation for this article
tieba.baidu.com
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RealityTheGreat
Profile Joined January 2018
China564 Posts
Last Edited: 2018-07-08 11:22:05
July 08 2018 11:20 GMT
#11
Another recommend game

Happy Starcraft2,game started at 34:00
This is a game on Starcraft of China,a program which select new blood for GPL
But the game was too stupid
Happy Protoss Zirui Zhang:Thor is too week,if I have enough oracles,I can even destroy your battle cruisier
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Ingebrigtsen
Profile Blog Joined December 2010
Norway343 Posts
July 08 2018 11:48 GMT
#12
No uThermal cannon rushes
"These animals should be rewarded for not being people... I hate people"
RealityTheGreat
Profile Joined January 2018
China564 Posts
Last Edited: 2018-07-10 01:18:50
July 08 2018 12:18 GMT
#13
I want to see uThermal's cannonrush on this list.
He told us again that if you want to win Zerg,just play Protoss.(Scarlett told us first)
Betrayed, forgotten, abandoned.
ZigguratOfUr
Profile Blog Joined April 2012
Iraq16955 Posts
July 08 2018 17:20 GMT
#14
On July 08 2018 20:48 Ingebrigtsen wrote:
No uThermal cannon rushes


And no Has PvT cannon rushes from the cellphone cam POV.
Kurao
Profile Joined April 2018
215 Posts
July 08 2018 18:57 GMT
#15
Excellent list! The MajOr vs MaNa was especially hype in my opinion, even though objectively I think the Rogue vs Maru game on Backwater is some of the best quality Starcraft we've witnessed in a while. Truly a clash of titans.
Rob-Zero
Profile Joined January 2011
Germany459 Posts
July 08 2018 19:41 GMT
#16
While I`m watching Spear vs. Boris I´m asking myself again: what´s Blizzards problem with the Battlecruiser ? What is their problem with making it viable ? Maybe I´m wrong, but i have the feeling it has been useless for pretty much all of Sc2, maybe it had some value in WoL and i can´t remember ? But still, it is as far as i know the only unit nowadays you don´t see in pro matches. When i think of units that are used rarely I think of Swarmhosts, Thors, maybe Voidrays, but they have all their niché in some tactics and if you follow Sc2 you will see all of them quite a lot in modern pro games. Except the BC. Why is that? Why is it so hard to find a place for them ?
It´s not like im complaining about balance or something, i´m just asking myself why it is the most rarely used unit, by far?
Dark Age of Camelot - I miss you
Vari
Profile Joined September 2010
United States532 Posts
July 09 2018 02:01 GMT
#17
main page seems to link to the May article rather than June, had to go through the forum directly to the thread.
Stroke Me Lady Fame
Waxangel
Profile Blog Joined September 2002
United States33388 Posts
July 09 2018 14:36 GMT
#18
On July 09 2018 11:01 Vari wrote:
main page seems to link to the May article rather than June, had to go through the forum directly to the thread.


Whoops, thanks pointing it out.

You can click the front page image to go to the article as well, by the way!
AdministratorHey HP can you redo everything youve ever done because i have a small complaint?
Fugue
Profile Blog Joined August 2010
Australia253 Posts
July 11 2018 07:28 GMT
#19
Was Losira's proxy spire supposed to be his main strategy, as the write up suggests? Watching the game, I can't help but feel like it was always a fake out. The placement seems unnecessarily risky if he was trying to get away with it. He starts the double hydra den after the Oracle harass but before the spire is done. He still lets the spire finish and even starts +1 air attacks on it, while getting his hydra tech. It read to me like he was banking on hero going phoenix to counter and it worked.

Great game though. I love these posts.
Ej_
Profile Blog Joined January 2013
47656 Posts
July 14 2018 08:36 GMT
#20
On July 11 2018 16:28 Fugue wrote:
Was Losira's proxy spire supposed to be his main strategy, as the write up suggests? Watching the game, I can't help but feel like it was always a fake out. The placement seems unnecessarily risky if he was trying to get away with it. He starts the double hydra den after the Oracle harass but before the spire is done. He still lets the spire finish and even starts +1 air attacks on it, while getting his hydra tech. It read to me like he was banking on hero going phoenix to counter and it worked.

Great game though. I love these posts.

I will be honest, I was equally lost when he didn't cancel the building first, but it makes very little sense to me to proxy it then instead of putting it somewhere in his main where Protoss is guaranteed to scout it. Maybe it was just the most elaborate mind game of all times though.
"Technically the dictionary has zero authority on the meaning or words" - Rodya
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