• Log InLog In
  • Register
Liquid`
TeamLiquid Liquipedia LiquidDota LiquidLegends
EST 09:41
CET 15:41
KST 23:41
  • Home
  • Forum
  • Calendar
  • Streams
  • Liquipedia
  • Features
  • Store
  • WCS
  • 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
Foregone Conclusion? Finland wins NationWars 201946NationWars 2019: RO4 & Finals Preview13NationWars: Italy, Finland, Korea, France to semis14NationWars 2019: Quarterfinals Preview8[HotS] New Year, New Faces1
Community News
Creator re-signs with JinAir42Mkers: Payment Withhold Dispute160Liquibet SC2 Season 22 Begins2Toodming joins Chivo14Cure joins DPGaming16
StarCraft 2
General
Creator re-signs with JinAir 4.11.0 Patch - Major balance changes, Mengsk Commander Foregone Conclusion? Finland wins NationWars 2019 SC2 Power Rank: September 2019 What happened to 609 productions?
Tourneys
WESG 2019 Qualifiers [Nationwars 2019] Semi Finals + Grand Final Kung Fu Cup 2020 Alpha X Younglings Tourney Kashynical Open Cup 2
Strategy
Simple Questions Simple Answers Dealing with WM harass as Protoss [D] Terran Base-Order [G] TheCore - Advanced Keyboard Layout
Custom Maps
[A] MagiCraft [UMS] Photon Cycles Work In Progress Melee Maps [M] (4) Autumn Fields
External Content
Mutation Week 188 Equivalent Exchange Ranks/Tiers Mutation #188 Equivalent Exchange Mutation Week 187 Onslaught Ranks/Tiers Mutation #187 Onslaught
Brood War
General
Patch 1.23.2 Hello to foreign StarCraft fans. BW General Discussion Mac mouse issues solution BSL Season 8 Announcement
Tourneys
Nation Wars Week 6 Small VOD Thread 2.0 [KCM Race Survival] Season 12 NA Autumn Starleague - Qualifiers, Dates, & More!
Strategy
Simple Questions, Simple Answers 2vs2 strategies for (almost) all MUs Collection of tricks? cadenzie muta micro tutorial 2019
Other Games
Heroes of the Storm
Patch notes HotS: WP and Funny Moments Deathwing is the next new hero [HotS] New Year, New Faces QQ/Rage Thread.
General Games
World of Warcraft Classic Path of Exile Final Fantasy XIV Tekken 7 - PC/PS4/Xone, June 2nd 2017 Pokémon Go!
TL Mafia
TL Mafia Community Thread Liquid Arcanon News [0]Paper TL Mafia Plays: Diplomacy
Hearthstone
LiquidHearth.com closing on April 10th
LoL General
LoL Tournaments
LoL Strategy
Community
General
US Politics Mega-thread UK Politics Mega-thread Ask and answer stupid questions here! If you're seeing this topic then another mass shooting happened and people disagree on what to do Trading/Investing Thread
Fan Clubs
Serral Fan Club The Scarlett Fan Club The Polt Fan Club
Media & Entertainment
Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker SPOILERS ALLOWED Korean Music Discussion Anime Discussion Thread Movie Discussion! Series you have seen recently...
Sports
2019 - 2020 Football Thread Running of the bulls is most dangerous sports Major League Baseball 2015 TL Fantasy Football '19 2019 NFL and CFB Season
Tech Support
Simple Questions Simple Answers Computer Build, Upgrade & Buying Resource Thread PC crashes when loading a "heavy" game.
TL Community
Recent Gifted Posts [Interview] NrGdde The Automated Ban List
Blogs
Assess.
coffeesession
Zula the Christmas zealot…
misterG420
SIAN #003: PvP - Not Enough…
NeoBlade
TvP Guide
Archangelsc2l
Dialysis
Jockmcplop
Last news
c0mp1exx
Customize Sidebar...

Website Feedback

Closed Threads



Active: 694 users

Reynor defeats Serral 4-2 to win WCS Summer 2019

Forum Index > SC2 General
65 CommentsPost a Reply
1 2 3 4 Next All
TL.net ESPORTS
Profile Joined July 2011
1 Post
Last Edited: 2019-08-04 11:10:05
July 15 2019 02:11 GMT
#1


2019 WCS Circuit: Summer


The WCS Circuit welcomed a new king as Reynor defeated Serral 4-2 in the grand finals of WCS Summer to end the Finnish Phenom's streak of major WCS Circuit championships at five. In lifting the trophy, the seventeen-year-old Italian Zerg avenged his 3-4 loss to Serral at 2018's WCS Montreal—a tournament where he could have won his first major title if he had not erred and allowed Serral to pull off an impossible comeback in game six. It seemed like Reynor would eventually get his due when he defeated Serral 4-3 in the finals of the trimmed-down 2019 WCS Winter: Europe tournament, but Serral's decisive 3-0 sweep of Reynor in the semis of last month's WCS Spring suggested that the Finn still reigned supreme in full-scale WCS Circuit events.

Indeed, the first three-and-a-half games made it look like Serral would easily put the upstart in his place. Having shown composure far beyond his age in the past, Reynor made the uncharacteristic error of forgetting Roach speed in both games one and three, which Serral ruthlessly punished for two easy victories (Reynor managed to take game two after fending off a two-base all-in from Serral). Serral looked like he was well on his way to a 3-1 series lead midway through game four, building a daunting late-game advantage with cunning counter-attacks and Nydus tactics. However, it only ended up setting the table for Reynor to repay Serral's incredible comeback from WCS Montreal with one of his own. With just one thing on his side—a larger 200/200 army due to having his Drones whittled away by Serral—Reynor gathered his forces and took Serral down with a desperation haymaker. "I tried the YOLO move, F2 A-move, and it worked." said a laughing Reynor in his post-finals interview.

The comeback seemed to swing all of the momentum in Reynor's favor, with Serral being the one looking uncharacteristically sloppy afterward. Game five went Reynor's way after Serral forced a disastrous Roach-Ravager vs Roach-Ravager fight into his opponent's awaiting army. Then, Reynor closed out the series in game six, with his handful of mid-game Mutalisks giving him just enough of an advantage to overwhelm Serral with a follow-up Roach-Ravager attack.

With his first WCS Circuit title (two, if including the ambiguously stationed WCS Winter: Europe), Reynor won $20,000 in prize money and a direct seed to the WCS Global Finals for his first place finish ([view WCS standings]). And, if anyone had previous balked at such an inexperienced youngster being dubbed the rival of the most dominant player in WCS Circuit history, then Reynor now seems to have fully earned that designation.


Serral's Streak Broken

For Serral, the loss marked the end of an unprecedented run of success that began in January of 2018 at WCS Leipzig. After defeating ShoWTimE to win his first WCS Circuit title, Serral went on to win four more for a consecutive total of five, blowing past Neeb's previous best of 3-of-4 titles in WCS 2017. Starting in WCS Leipzig 2018 and up until his loss to Reynor, Serral had won thirty-five consecutive matches in offline, combined-region WCS Circuit championships (excluding WCS Winter: Europe) with a total map record of 98-25.

In hindsight, the end of Serral's reign was portended at WCS Montreal 2018, and not just by his close call against Reynor in the finals. Lambo and Scarlett also took Serral to full-length series in the playoffs (Bo5's), and even the North American underdog JonSnow managed to steal a map. Although Protoss and Terran pros seemed resigned to losing against Serral, the top Zergs of the Circuit seemed to have a puncher's chance—something Reynor proved correct at WCS Europe: Winter.

Outside the few minutes after winning the 2018 WCS Global finals, Serral had always been understated and restrained in victory. In defeat, he was very much the same. After scratching his head and offering Reynor a congratulatory handshake, Serral left the stage. His subsequent Tweet suggested he was not especially perturbed: "Not this time, a bit sad about game 4 and 5 which I pucked up but otherwise a fine series."

Reynor's Path

With top Protoss players such as ShoWTimE and Neeb drawn into Serral's side of the bracket, WCS Summer became an opportunity for Reynor to reaffirm his ZvT chops. After taking out MarineLorD and uThermal in the group stage, Reynor took an impressive 3-1 victory over WCS Spring runner-up SpeCial in the quarterfinals. His come-from-behind victory on King's Cove was particularly notable, where he withstood constant pressure from SpeCial before finally assembling a late-game composition that could deal with the Terran's mech army. In the semis, Reynor defeated top EU Terran HeRoMaRinE, making up for an 0-3 loss at HomeStory Cup 19. Oddly enough, the tightest margin of victory for Reynor was a 3-2 against Nerchio in the round-of-sixteen, a point that the acerbic Polish Zerg was quick to point out after the grand finals.

The next offline event on the WCS Circuit will be ASUS ROG 2019 (August 1-3), with Reynor, Serral, and many of the top Circuit players competing alongside a handful of WCS Korea players. After that, GSL vs. The World is set to follow on August 15-18. The final WCS Circuit championship of the year will take place in Montreal during September 6-8 at WCS Fall.
Facebook Twitter Reddit
TL+ Member
NoS-Craig
Profile Joined July 2011
Australia2196 Posts
July 15 2019 02:17 GMT
#2
Very impressive performance by Reynor. I just assumed Serral would stomp everyone again but Reynor gets another up on Serral. I was hoping Special would get further but shit happens.
Artosis loves Starcraft
Xain0n
Profile Joined November 2018
Italy2740 Posts
July 15 2019 02:38 GMT
#3
Very nice writeup, I appreciated the paths to the finals being highlighted.

Nerchio undervalued his ZvZ in his tweet, he played well and had Reynor on the ropes.
RealityTheGreat
Profile Joined January 2018
China515 Posts
July 15 2019 03:11 GMT
#4
So why Serral all-in?
Betrayed, forgotten, abandoned.
Fran_
Profile Joined June 2010
United States943 Posts
July 15 2019 03:13 GMT
#5
Italia! Italia! Italia!
seemsgood
Profile Joined January 2016
4853 Posts
July 15 2019 03:35 GMT
#6
On July 15 2019 12:11 RealityTheGreat wrote:
So why Serral all-in?

Cuz his coin told him so
ZvZ aint a shitty match up for no reason
Xain0n
Profile Joined November 2018
Italy2740 Posts
July 15 2019 03:42 GMT
#7
On July 15 2019 12:11 RealityTheGreat wrote:
So why Serral all-in?


To add variety and unpredictability I guess, the idea was good.

ZvZ involving Serral are always at least very tense, although nothing is better than Reynor internalizing Alphastar's teachings and winning the game pretending ramps just don't exist.
DreamlnCode
Profile Joined December 2018
United Kingdom56 Posts
July 15 2019 03:53 GMT
#8
Those were some crazy games, congratulations to Reynor.

Looks like there's some stiff competition between EU Zergs atm.
MockHamill
Profile Joined March 2010
Sweden1645 Posts
July 15 2019 04:29 GMT
#9
We now have two non-Koreans that can win Blizzcon.
Kalera
Profile Joined January 2018
United States326 Posts
July 15 2019 05:04 GMT
#10
This tournament had a lot of really entertaining games, even in matches with lopsided scores. Congrats to Reynor and his meteoric rise.
Brained
Profile Joined December 2012
Germany45 Posts
July 15 2019 05:53 GMT
#11
good news for sc2!
Hell, it´s about time
Zerg.Zilla
Profile Joined February 2012
Hungary5016 Posts
July 15 2019 06:10 GMT
#12
...a sad day indeed
(•_•) ( •_•)>⌐■-■ (⌐■_■) ~Keep calm and inject Larva~
Fezvezfez
Profile Joined October 2017
58 Posts
July 15 2019 06:31 GMT
#13
The problem I have with Reynor is that he's too damn cute. He smiles and makes thumbs up and laughs when he wins instead of being a robot.
Legan
Profile Joined June 2017
Finland79 Posts
Last Edited: 2019-07-15 06:42:31
July 15 2019 06:40 GMT
#14
Congratulations to Reynor. It's good that Serral's streak broke, but I would have liked it be done by a Terran or Protoss and that the finals would have been little more tighter to make it clearer that others are catching up and not just Serral slumping. I hope and kind of expect that we get this top 8 to GSL vs The World. Maybe Elazer is replaced by Lambo or Scarlett.
showstealer1829
Profile Blog Joined May 2014
Australia3088 Posts
July 15 2019 06:51 GMT
#15
As I keep saying every WCS might as well just be Reynor and Serral flipping a coin 7 times. At least then we wouldn't waste three days to see the same result. But hey, the same two guys in the WCS finals every time isn't the problem. Let's all nerf Protoss out of the game instead
There is no understanding. There is only Choya. Choya is the way. Choya is Love. Choya is Life. Has is the Light in the Protoss Dark and Nightmare is his chosen Acolyte
stilt
Profile Joined October 2012
France1263 Posts
Last Edited: 2019-07-15 06:56:57
July 15 2019 06:54 GMT
#16
This is a nice rivalry and an incredible feat imo.
Henceforth, it seems like the wcs are decided by one of those two.

Edit : I didn't expect this considering their last encounter.
Sorry for the bad grammar T_T
HotDOSBuns
Profile Joined February 2018
Canada139 Posts
July 15 2019 06:56 GMT
#17
Unfortunately could not watch this live but that just means it was a beautiful day of catching up.

Congrats Reynor! Impossible not to root for this kid. Maybe not the craziest finals but still a good time. GGs
MockHamill
Profile Joined March 2010
Sweden1645 Posts
July 15 2019 07:11 GMT
#18
I do not play Zerg so I am not sure, but to me it looked like Serral played better than Reynor, but lost?

Am I missing something, or is that correct?
UnLarva
Profile Joined March 2019
246 Posts
Last Edited: 2019-07-15 07:56:21
July 15 2019 07:55 GMT
#19
On July 15 2019 16:11 MockHamill wrote:
I do not play Zerg so I am not sure, but to me it looked like Serral played better than Reynor, but lost?

Am I missing something, or is that correct?


Following just my impression, it felt like Reynor was most of time little bit more reactive and concentrating to micro than Serral, while Serral had generally better 'plans' and macro-game. Regardless, Reynor kicked Serral's arse so beautiful it didn't leave much questions or room for speculations who was better this time.

First time for long time I felt there was some kind mental collapse on Serral's side, that then accumulated faster than Serral managed get grip again to his game.

However, if assuming 1000 games series between these two zergs I still consider Serral better when insane volatility of ZvZ is rendered out from results, maybe 400-600 for Serral.

However, Reynor is clearly done a lot of work with studies on Serral's game (probably more than anybody else due his personal experiences and past matches), so it isn't exactly surprise he was the guy to decrypt Serral. Reynor's composure looked much more relaxed than Serral's, even after he noticed his idiot mistakes with roach speed. Without those mistakes it could've been even more clear win for Reynor.

In ZvP and ZvT match Serral is still ahead Reynor.

Furhermore, sometimes I feel Serral GG too easily nowdays in situations that could be recoverable, particularly during mid-end games inwhich he would benefit from his skill. Almost like he would use energy saving tactics too often for avoiding over-lengthy macro games when actively trying go to those kind games would highly likely give better result for him (as we've seen already).

Maybe that wasn't good strategy against Reynor in his mind, but there should never exist reasons to drop games by pre-mature GGs in any BO7 Grand Finals.

GG Reynor!
...but! God Perkele fuck sake, that's something the world needs now. Serral...
HsDLTitich
Profile Blog Joined October 2012
Italy801 Posts
July 15 2019 08:41 GMT
#20
Still thinking about the F2 A-move yolo moment in game 4
ESL Italia - ESL SC2
1 2 3 4 Next All
Please log in or register to reply.
Live Events Refresh
Next event in 2h 19m
[ Submit Event ]
Live Streams
Refresh
StarCraft 2
Harstem 475
RotterdaM 397
Ragnarok 198
ProTech164
LamboSC2 158
HerO 138
StarCraft: Brood War
Bisu 4088
Flash 1621
Larva 1267
Calm 990
BeSt 392
Jaedong 288
Bale 208
Stork 189
Soma 167
ZerO 156
[ Show more ]
firebathero 134
Light 115
Rock 84
Mini 68
Snow 55
ggaemo 52
Sharp 50
actioN 27
Hyuk 26
Rush 22
NaDa 17
Aegong 15
zelot 11
Shine 8
Nal_rA 5
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive
fl0m936
nookyyy 265
wKairi9
Super Smash Bros
ArmadaUGS233
Other Games
MaximusBlack1263
OGKoka 321
Lowko314
CrankTV 311
Happy197
firebathero (twitch)110
QueenE46
DeMusliM33
AxAlicia30
Organizations
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive
ESL CS:GO4668
Other Games
B2W.Neo1370
StarCraft 2
OgamingTV Inter171
OGamingTV SC2 91
TaKeTV 74
SC2 Vod Archives63
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive
dreamhackcs34
StarCraft: Brood War
Classic BW VODs25
StarCraft 2
TaKeTV27
[ Show 10 non-featured ]
StarCraft 2
• FunKaDeLiC 61
• Belair 33
• PlayArcher 6
• Dystopia_ 4
• KingCobra90 3
• SarahBW3
• LUISG 2
StarCraft: Brood War
• sscaitournament6
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive
• starladder5 4853
Other Games
• itshafu4261
Upcoming Events
OSC
2h 19m
Alpha X Event
3h 19m
Proxy Tempest
10h 19m
Alpha Pro Series
18h 19m
Trap vs INnoVation
Kashynical Open Cup
1d 2h
Proxy Tempest
1d 4h
StarCraft2.fi
1d 19h
IndyK Event
1d 22h
Chance vs Angry
PassionCraft
1d 23h
Cheesadelphia
2 days
[ Show More ]
GG of the Year
2 days
Big Gabe Invitational
2 days
Elazer vs MarineLorD
Lambo vs souL
ShoWTimE vs Harstem
PtitDrogo vs Clem
IndyK Event
2 days
Alpha X Event
2 days
Copa América
2 days
Grand Platypus Open
2 days
DSCL Nationals
2 days
BW Jeez Weekly
2 days
PassionCraft
2 days
Cheesadelphia
3 days
Alpha X Event
3 days
Copa América
3 days
Blazing Series
3 days
Rex vs Creator
Nice vs Bomber
GG of the Year
4 days
OlimoLeague
4 days
Liquipedia Results

Completed

BW Jeez weekly 49
WESG 2019 - North America Qualifier
H. Lounge Div. S S2 EU Qual. 4
EPL Season 10 - Finals

Ongoing

Titanes Del Ring Nation Wars
BWCL Season 49
KCM Race Survival Season 12
2019 Liquipedia Shinhan Tank Proleague
GPC 2019 - Grand Finals
WESG 2019 - China Qualifier
HotS League: REVIVAL S4
H. Lounge Div. S S2 EU Qual.
Nexus Cup 3
BLAST Pro Series: Global Final

Upcoming

BW Jeez weekly 52
BSL8 Ladder Open #3
BW Jeez weekly 51
BSL8 Ladder Gosu & Chobo #3
BSL8 Ladder Open #2
BW Jeez weekly 50
BSL8 Ladder Gosu & Chobo #2
WESG 2019
IEM Katowice 2020
WESG 2019 - Latin America Qualifier
OSC Championship Season 7
Copa América 2019 Season 3
Cheeseadelphia XI
Agon Premier League: Season 1
H. Lounge Div. S S2 EU Crucible
H. Lounge Div. S S2 NA Qual. 4
H. Lounge Div. S S2 NA Qual. 5
Champions Cup Finals
EPICENTER 2019
ESEA S32 - Global Challenge
DH Open Sevilla 2019
cs_summit 5
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 © 2019 TLnet. All Rights Reserved.