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Trap defeats Maru, will face Rogue in Code S final

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TL.net ESPORTS
Profile Joined July 2011
4 Posts
Last Edited: 2019-09-21 21:12:32
September 21 2019 21:00 GMT
#1
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2019 Global StarCraft II League - Code S Season 3

(Wiki)Trap defeated (Wiki)Maru 4-1 to advance to the Code S Season 3 grand finals, avenging his painful 0-4 loss back in Code S Season 1. Trap is now set to face teammate (Wiki)Rogue in the September 28th grand finals, looking to become champion after finishing top four and runner-up in the previous Code S seasons of 2019.

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Maru's game plan for the series centered around +1 attack & stim timings in the early game, with enough flexibility to transition into a longer macro-game after. This worked out perfectly in game one on Cobalt, with Maru's early attack dealing crippling damage after eluding Trap's miss-positioned defenders.

However, Trap would not repeat the same mistake again. Games two and three saw him stay on top of the early game threat, safely putting together deadly mid-game armies to smash through Maru's front line (once with double-robo Disruptors, another time with 'traditional' double-forge upgraded gateway troops).

With Maru down 1-2, it seemed like it might be time for one of his signature cheese builds. Instead, it was Trap who used deception for an easy win, catching Maru completely off guard with proxy-gate Adepts into fast Dark Templars.

With game five going to Thunderbird—the designated macro map of the season—viewers finally got to see an entertaining macro game between the two contenders. While Maru was able to battle Trap evenly for decent portion of the game, much of the action occurred on the Terran side of the map. Unable to keep the Protoss economy in check, and having barely enough breathing room to squeeze out high-tech units on his end, Maru was eventually forced to tap out against Trap's triple-splash composition of Disruptor-Templar-Colossus.

The Code S finals between Rogue and Trap will take place on Saturday, Sep 28 8:00am GMT (GMT+00:00), with both players looking to win their first Code S championship.

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BisuDagger
Profile Blog Joined October 2009
Bisutopia19229 Posts
September 21 2019 21:04 GMT
#2
I want to criticize Maru for losing again to another teammate, but instead we should give him major props for once again being the one Terran who can push the race to the limit. This series aside, he really stepped up.
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Profile Joined June 2011
United States403 Posts
September 21 2019 21:05 GMT
#3
solid series, was interesting to see the high level of prep that clearly went into the games. Big fan of disruptors lategame, they're a really solid answer to the new ghost power it seems
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aringadingding
Profile Joined September 2010
474 Posts
September 21 2019 21:24 GMT
#4
Very very very happy for trap, he has been so fucking strong lately!
dragoon
Profile Joined December 2010
United States695 Posts
September 21 2019 21:27 GMT
#5
aw man, well congrats trap! gl in the finals! it'll be a good one for sure
i love you
machinus
Profile Joined January 2010
United States291 Posts
September 21 2019 22:07 GMT
#6
It looks like Maru did as well as he could with the race he plays.

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Darkness2k11
Profile Blog Joined December 2010
Chile313 Posts
September 21 2019 22:17 GMT
#7
Trap delivering as expected, so happy for him!, I hope his PvZ is up to the task vs Rogue
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BjoernK
Profile Joined April 2012
194 Posts
September 21 2019 22:39 GMT
#8
Heromarine Trap 3:1 (3:2 including team match).
Maru Trap 4:1

Heromarine > Maru.
DreamlnCode
Profile Joined December 2018
United Kingdom77 Posts
Last Edited: 2019-09-21 22:42:44
September 21 2019 22:42 GMT
#9
I had a feeling Trap would perform well, i didn't expect it to be this much of a stomp
dysenterymd
Profile Joined January 2019
1199 Posts
September 21 2019 23:18 GMT
#10
Maru only won a GSL this year, totally washed up
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Pursuit_
Profile Blog Joined June 2012
United States1330 Posts
September 21 2019 23:47 GMT
#11
Really solid play by Trap this whole series and looking unstoppable in standard PvT and also able to mix in some aggressive / cheeky builds. His micro wasn't the best we've ever seen, but his unit positioning and knowledge of when he could get away with expansions and how to harass was amazing.

I feel like this series really proves / shows just how much Maru benefits from his team helping with his build prep. Maru did basically the same safe, standard and predictable build every game even on drastically different sized maps. It probably doesn't help that Trap probably has helped Maru develop a lot of his other, more gimmicky strategies and so Maru wouldn't feel comfortable using them.
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FataLe
Profile Joined November 2010
New Zealand4495 Posts
September 21 2019 23:56 GMT
#12
On September 22 2019 07:07 machinus wrote:
It looks like Maru did as well as he could with the race he plays.

don't forget he 4-0'd trap despite the race he played at the start of the year before the buffs/nerfs.

give trap his dews. he showed up.
hi. big fan.
Paljas
Profile Joined October 2011
Germany6926 Posts
September 22 2019 00:07 GMT
#13
Hard to count how many series Maru has lost already for doing literally the same build over an over
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Nakajin
Profile Blog Joined September 2014
Canada8989 Posts
September 22 2019 00:10 GMT
#14
Is Trap the best Korean player of the year?
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JJH777
Profile Joined January 2011
United States4400 Posts
September 22 2019 00:46 GMT
#15
On September 22 2019 09:10 Nakajin wrote:
Is Trap the best Korean player of the year?


If he wins GSL and either he or Serral wins Blizzcon I'd say yes.

If he wins GSL and one of Classic/Maru/Stats/Soo/Dark win Blizzcon I'd say it goes to them.

If he gets another 2nd place and Serral or a Korean besides those 5 win then I'd give the best Korean player of the year to Dark.

If he gets another 2nd place and then wins Blizzcon I'd also say yes.
Charoisaur
Profile Joined August 2014
Germany15919 Posts
September 22 2019 01:47 GMT
#16
On September 22 2019 09:46 JJH777 wrote:
Show nested quote +
On September 22 2019 09:10 Nakajin wrote:
Is Trap the best Korean player of the year?


If he wins GSL and either he or Serral wins Blizzcon I'd say yes.

If he wins GSL and one of Classic/Maru/Stats/Soo/Dark win Blizzcon I'd say it goes to them.

If he gets another 2nd place and Serral or a Korean besides those 5 win then I'd give the best Korean player of the year to Dark.

If he gets another 2nd place and then wins Blizzcon I'd also say yes.

I like how you don't even count it as a possibility that a foreigner other than Serral wins Blizzcon.
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col_jung
Profile Joined October 2017
139 Posts
Last Edited: 2019-09-22 02:07:09
September 22 2019 02:00 GMT
#17
Biggest Maru fan here but gotta give it up for Trap. The lad's been on fire this year. Even if he wins GSL I feel like some will still treat him as an underdog or fluke, but the reality is he's positioned himself as arguably the preeminent Protoss right now.

Truth be told I wasn't totally convinced about his performance for the first three wins (that DT build worked out particularly lucky for him IMO), but the way he stood up to Maru in the final macro game was quite convincing. I also still can't get over a particular big engagement he won over Classic last season that showed his truly world-class micro.

Rogue's won BlizzCon while Trap is still chasing a level of respect he truly deserves, so I'mma rootin' for Trap to take his first GSL next Sat.

Usually we see Maru holding up the trophy while the camera pans to Rogue, Trap et al looking on from the Afreeca Studios crowd--this time it'll be the other way round.
StarcraftSquall
Profile Joined December 2018
United States196 Posts
September 22 2019 02:09 GMT
#18
At the risk of starting a hot debate: is Trap our best Protoss this year? 🤔

Terran and Zerg have their champions in Maru and Serral. Could Trap be the Protoss answer when we ask who is the best at their race? 👀
Anc13nt
Profile Blog Joined October 2017
1557 Posts
September 22 2019 03:06 GMT
#19
On September 22 2019 11:09 StarcraftSquall wrote:
At the risk of starting a hot debate: is Trap our best Protoss this year? 🤔

Terran and Zerg have their champions in Maru and Serral. Could Trap be the Protoss answer when we ask who is the best at their race? 👀


I think so. Classic had promising results but kind of fell off whereas Trap has looked good all year.
Waxangel
Profile Blog Joined September 2002
United States33339 Posts
Last Edited: 2019-09-22 03:14:06
September 22 2019 03:13 GMT
#20
On September 22 2019 11:09 StarcraftSquall wrote:
At the risk of starting a hot debate: is Trap our best Protoss this year? 🤔

Terran and Zerg have their champions in Maru and Serral. Could Trap be the Protoss answer when we ask who is the best at their race? 👀


There's still a decent amount of SC2 to be played this year (well, the most important part anyway), so who knows? I think Stats, Classic, and Trap all have a good case at the moment.
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