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Rogue wins IEM Katowice 2020, becomes first 2-time Katowic…

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TL.net ESPORTS
Profile Joined July 2011
4 Posts
Last Edited: 2020-03-01 16:22:58
March 01 2020 16:20 GMT
#1
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Intel Extreme Masters Katowice 2020

by Orlok

(Wiki)Rogue became the first player in StarCraft II history to imprint his name on the IEM Katowice championship trophy twice, winning a decisive 4-1 victory over (Wiki)Zest in the finals of the 2020 edition of the tournament. The Jin Air Zerg looked impressive from start to finish in the grand finals, deflecting Zest's harassment and ripping through his defenses with ease.



Zest had entered the finals after upsetting (Wiki)Serral 3-2 in the semis, an exclamation point in a brilliant comeback run where he played some of his best StarCraft II in years. Unfortunately for Zest, his five PvZ sets over the course of the tournament seemed to catch up to him in the grand finals, with Rogue's reads and gambles hitting with remarkable accuracy.

Serral had started off his series against Zest with a 2-1 lead, defending solidly against the glaive-adept play Zest had favored throughout the competition. However, he abruptly came undone in game four, being caught completely off guard by yet another twist on glaive-adepts from Zest. Zest closed the series out in game five, splitting Serral's defenses with warp prism tactics before overpowering him with chargelot-archon.

Somehow, Rogue entered the final day of matches as a somewhat understated championship candidate, despite accumulating a tournament-best 13-2 map record over the course of the group stage and quarterfinals. After topping his group to earn a bye to the quarterfinals, he had also crushed BlizzCon champ Dark 3-0 to secure his spot on the Spodek stage.

Rogue had to face teammate (Wiki)Maru in the semifinal match on his side of the bracket, with the two players trading blows in an offensive-minded series. The series ended in a traditional clash between muta-ling-bane and marine-medivac-mine, with Rogue able to overpower his teammate to secure the 3-2 victory.

Zest's five consecutive PvZ match victories—including one against Rogue in the group stage—may have made him look the favorite on paper, but in the end it only made him overexposed. Early game aggression was the name of the game for the finals, with most of the matches either being decided outright in the first few minutes, or seeing one player take an insurmountable advantage. Zest drew first blood with a quick cannon rush into proxy-robo immortal drop on Ephemeron, but that would prove to be his only win of the series. Be it by simply defending against Zest's glaive-adept timings or exploiting Zest's porous early-game defense with quick zergling attacks, Rogue steamrollered his way to four straight wins to claim the mantle of two-time IEM Katowice champion.

With his win in Poland, Rogue secured himself a seed at the Masters Championship at IEM Katowice 2021, and another $150,000 to add to his already significant career earnings. At the end of a playoffs where many expected either Maru or Serral to further their legacies, we've instead been left to wonder where Rogue must rank on the list of all-time greats.

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Nakajin
Profile Blog Joined September 2014
Canada8989 Posts
March 01 2020 16:26 GMT
#2
Congrats to Rogue!
Writerhttp://i.imgur.com/9p6ufcB.jpg
Ciaus_Dronu
Profile Joined June 2017
South Africa1848 Posts
March 01 2020 16:26 GMT
#3
GG Rogue.
Finals did not look close. With the time and data given, Rogue figured Zest out completely.
swarminfestor
Profile Joined September 2017
Malaysia2449 Posts
Last Edited: 2020-03-01 16:38:27
March 01 2020 16:37 GMT
#4
Congrats Rogue. You looked villain to some due to your aggressive and unorthodox game plays, but you still managed to claim the throne more than others can do. Arguably the best Zerg player in the modern times.
Rogue & Maru fan boy. ^^
Boggyb
Profile Joined January 2017
2855 Posts
Last Edited: 2020-03-01 16:42:28
March 01 2020 16:41 GMT
#5
Rogue is both the best and sexiest SC2 player alive. An impressive accomplishment for someone TL labeled a patch Zerg.
Alarak89
Profile Joined January 2016
United States882 Posts
Last Edited: 2020-03-01 16:49:46
March 01 2020 16:44 GMT
#6
Congrats Rogue, Jin Air is still the best.
Now they have two time wcs champion, two time iem champion and three time gsl champion.
sOs is THE ONLY player I pay attention to
MarianoSC2
Profile Joined June 2015
Slovakia1855 Posts
March 01 2020 16:46 GMT
#7
Rogue is simply the best player in the world, no doubt about it ! Congrats
Top 11: Rogue, Maru, Inno, Zest, Life, sOs, Stats, Dark, soO, Mvp, Classic/Trap/MC/Rain
Ej_
Profile Blog Joined January 2013
47656 Posts
Last Edited: 2020-03-01 16:47:20
March 01 2020 16:47 GMT
#8
It is a very peculiar talent of Rogue to make every final he particilates in shit.
And he wins them too!
"Technically the dictionary has zero authority on the meaning or words" - Rodya
CicadaSC
Profile Joined January 2018
United States1600 Posts
March 01 2020 16:49 GMT
#9
Rogue did to Zest what Serral couldn't. He dismantled Dark as well. Rogue looking like the best Zerg atm for sure
Remember that we all come from a place of passion!!
Boggyb
Profile Joined January 2017
2855 Posts
Last Edited: 2020-03-01 16:54:51
March 01 2020 16:54 GMT
#10
On March 02 2020 01:47 Ej_ wrote:
It is a very peculiar talent of Rogue to make every final he particilates in shit.
And he wins them too!

5 of those were ZvP and I can't remember the last time that was a non-terrible match up.
The other 2 were ZvZ and that's never been a non-terrible match up.
MarianoSC2
Profile Joined June 2015
Slovakia1855 Posts
March 01 2020 16:56 GMT
#11
Btw. Zest has to hate Jinair players :D Especially in the finals, he is getting raped by them
Top 11: Rogue, Maru, Inno, Zest, Life, sOs, Stats, Dark, soO, Mvp, Classic/Trap/MC/Rain
StarcraftSquall
Profile Joined December 2018
United States196 Posts
March 01 2020 17:04 GMT
#12
Never talk about Maru vs Serral again: Kaelaris and Artosis both had to go and open their big mouths. Although Maynarde looking visibly pissed on the desk was a fun photo grab after we knew we’d lost it again.

Maru vs Serral is now like Fight Club. And you do not talk about Fight Club.
Fango
Profile Joined July 2016
United Kingdom8987 Posts
March 01 2020 17:12 GMT
#13
On March 02 2020 01:41 Boggyb wrote:
Rogue is both the best and sexiest SC2 player alive. An impressive accomplishment for someone TL labeled a patch Zerg.

He practically labeled himself a patchzerg last year
Zest, sOs, PartinG, Dark, and Maru are the real champs. ROOT_herO is overrated. Snute, Serral, and Scarlett are the foreigner GOATs
Ciaus_Dronu
Profile Joined June 2017
South Africa1848 Posts
March 01 2020 17:19 GMT
#14
On March 02 2020 01:47 Ej_ wrote:
It is a very peculiar talent of Rogue to make every final he particilates in shit.
And he wins them too!


It's like he saw what soO did and thought "Imagine that but winning" :D
Nakajin
Profile Blog Joined September 2014
Canada8989 Posts
Last Edited: 2020-03-01 17:24:41
March 01 2020 17:22 GMT
#15
On March 02 2020 02:19 Ciaus_Dronu wrote:
Show nested quote +
On March 02 2020 01:47 Ej_ wrote:
It is a very peculiar talent of Rogue to make every final he particilates in shit.
And he wins them too!


It's like he saw what soO did and thought "Imagine that but winning" :D


Rogue is the exact opposite of soO, he seems to be working less than everyone else, stomp all of his final and he pretty much has no fans, and someday he's going to finally lose a final and everyone will be ecstatic lol.
Writerhttp://i.imgur.com/9p6ufcB.jpg
Fango
Profile Joined July 2016
United Kingdom8987 Posts
March 01 2020 17:28 GMT
#16
On March 02 2020 02:22 Nakajin wrote:
Show nested quote +
On March 02 2020 02:19 Ciaus_Dronu wrote:
On March 02 2020 01:47 Ej_ wrote:
It is a very peculiar talent of Rogue to make every final he particilates in shit.
And he wins them too!


It's like he saw what soO did and thought "Imagine that but winning" :D


Rogue is the exact opposite of soO, he seems to be working less than everyone else, stomp all of his final and he pretty much has no fans, and someday he's going to finally lose a final and everyone will be ecstatic lol.

Rogue was one of my favourite players during HotS and he pretty much stayed there until he actually started winning tournaments in 2017.
Zest, sOs, PartinG, Dark, and Maru are the real champs. ROOT_herO is overrated. Snute, Serral, and Scarlett are the foreigner GOATs
outscar
Profile Joined September 2014
2832 Posts
March 01 2020 17:28 GMT
#17
Rogue is underrated. This guy can take ANYONE out, can play with a poker face while being down 0-2 to reverse sweep and he's (from what I read) is unbeatable in bo7. Sexy boy rising!
sunbeams are never made like me...
Charoisaur
Profile Joined August 2014
Germany15918 Posts
March 01 2020 17:30 GMT
#18
On March 02 2020 01:46 MarianoSC2 wrote:
Rogue is simply the best player in the world, no doubt about it ! Congrats

Serral is still better
Many of the coolest moments in sc2 happen due to worker harassment
rasi86
Profile Joined July 2019
44 Posts
March 01 2020 17:46 GMT
#19
Another Torney won by Z... Looks like Z is still dominating the very high world class ranks - the current patch looks more balanced than the one before, though. Therefore I assume the current direction is the best one
Zerg is OP as hell. Blizzard, stop nerfing Toss!
MarianoSC2
Profile Joined June 2015
Slovakia1855 Posts
March 01 2020 17:48 GMT
#20
On March 02 2020 02:30 Charoisaur wrote:
Show nested quote +
On March 02 2020 01:46 MarianoSC2 wrote:
Rogue is simply the best player in the world, no doubt about it ! Congrats

Serral is still better


Yea I know, he was sick
Top 11: Rogue, Maru, Inno, Zest, Life, sOs, Stats, Dark, soO, Mvp, Classic/Trap/MC/Rain
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