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Starcloud
Profile Joined September 2018
50 Posts
January 11 2021 11:48 GMT
#1
Hello fellow SC2 fans. At least Im kinda dissapointed, that we havent had any Power Ranks for a really long time. Where there any in 2020 ? With that said, what would be your power rank for 2020 ? Below here is a current aligulac top-25 to maybe give some direction to your lists.

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Obviously last year was very different from before since all tournaments were online-only. We can argue endlessly about who it affects most, bot negatively or positively. However when we take account the whole year, it should give us a more clear picture who was playing better and who worse. The year was interesting in many ways since many players had ups and downs throughout the year, so imo it is very hard to put players into order. Instead I try to do bit more vague listing, especially because I havent followed the Korean scene that closely last year and things seem to fluctuate there more than usually. But here it goes;

PLACES 1-2, best of the best

This was imo the only tier, that was kinda easy for me. Top-2 for this year for me were definitely Serral and Dark.

Serral was very consistent again the whole year and his level of play seems to be on point most of the time. Everywhere he goes, he is one of the favourites to win it. Well, maybe except European tournaments, where he has been struggling with the new kids on the block. Only big miss was the last tournament finals against Dark, which seem to be a total miss for the Finnish Phenom. Otherwise all seem to be upset if he isnt in the finals of every tournament. Who else has those kind of expectations in the whole scene ? Yeah, nobody. And its already been 3 years in a row. One of the legends already for sure.

Dark also had a pretty strong year. I havent had the privilege to watch that many of his games last year, but his match history seems to be pretty solid troughout the year. However, his performances in GSL have been very lackluster, not even getting top-8 on any seasons ? Somebody with more knowledge can perhaps share more info on that. But.....what gives him the top-2 place is the final tournament victory. He played like a madman, crawled his way back from lower bracket to finally destroy Serral in the finals. He beat Rogue, Reynor, Showtime, Maru, Byun in the way. What can be more impressive than that ? For me its pretty hard to decide who of these two was the number one, so I settle for them being the top-2.

PLACES 3-6, near the top

Rogue, very near top-2, won IEM Katowice 2020, still inconsistent as always
Trap, seems to be up there on every tournament. Best protoss 2020.
Maru, bit hard to judge. In better days almost unstoppable. Injuries slowing him down ?
Reynor, all the qualities to be the best. Bit too confident/cocky at times. End of the year seemed to slow him down a bit ? The Bane of Serral.

PLACES 7-10, almost there

Clem, Everybody knows his talent. Star is still rising. Needs to take the last step to be on top. Is very near now, but still tournament results kinda lackluster compared to the talent.
Innovation, The machine. Top-8 in every GSL. On a good day can challenge anybody. However there are also the bad days, and the difference between those two is pretty big.
Buyn, Comeback kid ! Showed to the world he still has got it. Challenged even Serral and Maru quite fast ! Will be one of the most interesting players to watch in 2021. Will he rise to the top ?
Showtime, his rise to the next level was fun to watch. Managed to finally also beat even Serral. Finally we can say that on a good day he can absolutely beat anybody in the world now. Very solid gameplay especially towards the end of the year. Can he challenge the wonderkids in 2021 ?


So, what do you think ? Agree or disagree ? Make your own lists and have some reasoning behind them too. Let the friendly debate (not drama!) begin !
deacon.frost
Profile Joined February 2013
Czech Republic10553 Posts
January 11 2021 12:07 GMT
#2
Don't agree with Showtime, Clem while missing Stats and TY. I would switch Serral and Dark for either Maru, Rogue or TY. Surprised to see Reynor under Serral(which is wrong IMO).

Missing a double Code S champion is a big WTF honestly.
I imagine France should be able to take this unless Lilbow is busy practicing for Starcraft III. | KadaverBB is my fairy ban mother.
Haku
Profile Joined August 2013
Germany470 Posts
January 11 2021 12:08 GMT
#3
The guy winning 2 GSLs and placing 3-4th the other season and in GSL ST not even making the Top 10? lol

No offense but you did not put in a lot of research into your ranking.

But i agree, i wish we would have some kind of frequent powerranks back.
Jaedong | Life | MKP | PartinG | LosirA | Flash | TaeJa | Revival | TLO | Bomber | HerO | Armani | viOLet | Stephano | Maru | Ragnarok | MC | IdrA | Serral | Creator | TY | INnoVation | Liquid | Prime | JinAir
deacon.frost
Profile Joined February 2013
Czech Republic10553 Posts
January 11 2021 12:19 GMT
#4
my power rank would be Rogue, TY, Maru, Reynor, Trap(and just because Protoss won something other than NA local), Serral, Stats, Dark, Byun and Inno =)
I imagine France should be able to take this unless Lilbow is busy practicing for Starcraft III. | KadaverBB is my fairy ban mother.
Akio
Profile Joined January 2019
Finland1509 Posts
January 11 2021 12:32 GMT
#5
INnoVation being in top 10 while TY isn't, hmm...
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Harris1st
Profile Blog Joined May 2010
Germany4076 Posts
Last Edited: 2021-01-11 12:41:46
January 11 2021 12:38 GMT
#6
1. TY
2. Rogue
3. Maru
4. Serral
5. Trap
6. Reynor
7. Dark
8. Innovation
9. Stats

Something along those lines. More top of the head than actual research

EDIT: Let's hope we get an "official" TL PR before Katowice :D
TheDougler is the master of signature bets, he is the two-time Blizzcon SigBet Champ. Also, Serral let me down.
WombaT
Profile Blog Joined May 2010
Northern Ireland15131 Posts
January 11 2021 13:38 GMT
#7
Official power rank when?

Especially given the lack of offline international tournaments I’d weigh GSL above other considerations and TY’s had a stellar year there so he’d get my number 1 slot.

Below him the likes of Serral, Reynor and Trap have had really consistent years, Stats has been good and the likes of Dark and Maru have had really scary peaks. Don’t envy those who actually make such ranks as I’m finding it quite tricky just thinking about it now!
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Anc13nt
Profile Blog Joined October 2017
1436 Posts
January 11 2021 13:48 GMT
#8
1. Rogue
2. TY
3. Maru
4. Serral
5. Reynor
6. Stats
7. Trap
8. Dark
9. INnoVation
10. ByuN/Cure/Clem
Jaedong, Bisu, Stats, INnoVation, Dark, ByuN. BW Name: Xeralos, Anc13nt
dysenterymd
Profile Joined January 2019
345 Posts
Last Edited: 2021-01-11 14:37:21
January 11 2021 14:15 GMT
#9
It's really hard to rank the non-Koreans alongside the Koreans. My ranking of who's most likely to win Katowice is very different from my ranking of who has had the best year. In terms of best year by results:

1. TY
2. Rogue
3. Serral/Reynor
5. Maru
6. Stats
7. Trap
8. Innovation
9. Dark
10. ByuN/Cure/Clem

In terms of most likely to win Katowice:

1. Serral and Rogue (they've won world championships before, and besides lacking his clutch factor Serral is looking about as good as ever.)
3. Dark (even though he's beaten Rogue and Serral recently his poor offline record against both makes me question whether he could beat both in one tournament. Otherwise he's looking scary)
4. Maru (he seems to have gotten a lot better at weekenders)
5. Reynor (Reynor has been looking weaker lately but can beat anyone)
6. Trap (Trap has shown that he can take out one top tier Zerg per tournament, so if the bracket works out he has a chance)
7. TY (TY has a bad record in non-GSL events this year but is clearly a great player, it's funny how big his gap is between these rankings but I think it's justified)
8. Stats (Stats can beat anyone but I question if he will)
9. ByuN (sound thrashings by Serral and Dark make me think he still has work to do, even if he can look like the best in the world at times)
10. Innovation (he's still really good and can beat anyone, but seems to have cooled down a lot since 2021.)

If Clem had a miracle bracket of TvZs he would have a tiny chance. Same with DRG and a miracle bracket full of Terrans, though his ZvZ means he probably has no chance. Honestly it's much harder to guess a world champion than in the last few years.
Serral | Inno | sOS | Soo | Has
MarianoSC2
Profile Joined June 2015
Slovakia1474 Posts
January 11 2021 14:31 GMT
#10
[QUOTE]On January 11 2021 23:15 dysenterymd wrote:


In terms of most likely to win Katowice:

1. Serral and Rogue (they've done it before, and besides lacking his clutch factor Serral is looking about as good as ever.)

Serral never won Katowice
Rogue the Sexy Boy >= Maru >= Trap >= Neeb >= Life :(
dysenterymd
Profile Joined January 2019
345 Posts
January 11 2021 14:37 GMT
#11
[QUOTE]On January 11 2021 23:31 MarianoSC2 wrote:
[QUOTE]On January 11 2021 23:15 dysenterymd wrote:


In terms of most likely to win Katowice:

1. Serral and Rogue (they've done it before, and besides lacking his clutch factor Serral is looking about as good as ever.)

Serral never won Katowice[/QUOTE]

True, I was thinking in terms of the world championship. Edited.
Serral | Inno | sOS | Soo | Has
MarianoSC2
Profile Joined June 2015
Slovakia1474 Posts
January 11 2021 15:12 GMT
#12
1. Rogue
2. TY
3. Maru
4. Reynor/Serral
5. Trap
6. Stats
7. Dark
8. INnoVation
9. Cure/Clem/Byun/Zest
Rogue the Sexy Boy >= Maru >= Trap >= Neeb >= Life :(
Charoisaur
Profile Joined August 2014
Germany13627 Posts
January 11 2021 15:19 GMT
#13
On January 11 2021 21:38 Harris1st wrote:
1. TY
2. Rogue
3. Maru
4. Serral
5. Trap
6. Reynor
7. Dark
8. Innovation
9. Stats

Something along those lines. More top of the head than actual research

EDIT: Let's hope we get an "official" TL PR before Katowice :D

This is good - I think I agree with this list
Top 10: Maru, Inno, Zest, sOs, Life, Rogue, Stats, Dark, soO, Mvp
ZigguratOfUr
Profile Blog Joined April 2012
Iraq16496 Posts
January 11 2021 16:05 GMT
#14
Putting Dark in 2nd place is unjustifiable, as is omitting TY. Dark had a bad year overall and one good tournament doesn't change that.
https://tl.net/forum/starcraft-2/563903-2020-season-2-ladder-map-statistics-retrospective
SamirDuran
Profile Joined May 2012
Philippines791 Posts
January 11 2021 16:31 GMT
#15
Where's the 2 time GSL Champion this year TY?
Don't practice until you can get it right, practice until you can't get it wrong.
deacon.frost
Profile Joined February 2013
Czech Republic10553 Posts
January 11 2021 16:43 GMT
#16
On January 12 2021 01:31 SamirDuran wrote:
Where's the 2 time GSL Champion this year TY?

I think the issue is that this is a player power rank. He's a caster
I imagine France should be able to take this unless Lilbow is busy practicing for Starcraft III. | KadaverBB is my fairy ban mother.
travis
Profile Blog Joined May 2003
United States23835 Posts
Last Edited: 2021-01-11 17:27:48
January 11 2021 17:12 GMT
#17
1.) Serral
2.) TY
3.) Reynor
4.) Dark
5.) Maru
6.) Rogue
7.) Trap
8.) Clem
9.) Stats
10.) Byun



If it was just the 2nd half of 2020, I'd probably put Byun a little higher.

Why are people putting Rogue so high? What am I missing?

edit: ah I guess I wasn't thinking about katowice at the start of the year. I'll move him up a little. But I still don't rate him in say.. top 5.

I am probably an idiot for that I just feel like if he played a bo5 against the 5 players above him he'd probably lose.
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starkiller123
Profile Joined January 2016
United States3226 Posts
January 11 2021 19:27 GMT
#18
1. TY
2. Rogue
3. Maru
4. Reynor
5. Serral
6. Trap
7. Stats
8. Dark
9. Byun
10. Clem

Kind of just off the top of my head but 10th was a little hard to pick for me, I just went with Clem cause we finally had a good foreigner terran. I think INno just missed out on my list. Shout out to Cure as well he easily could be 10th.
Shathe
Profile Joined July 2017
Hungary323 Posts
January 11 2021 19:49 GMT
#19
Funny how Dark was unbeatable against Terrans last year and this year Innovation and TY eliminated him easily from all three GSL. Though brackets, but still after 2019 very surprising, i guess injury was a factor too.
Due to this and his choices not to play cross server he barely played on international stage.

My list considering the whole year.

1. TY
2. Rogue
3. Serral
4. Reynor
5. Maru
6. Trap
7. Dark
8. Stats
9. Zest
10. Innovation

deacon.frost
Profile Joined February 2013
Czech Republic10553 Posts
January 11 2021 20:00 GMT
#20
On January 12 2021 02:12 travis wrote:
1.) Serral
2.) TY
3.) Reynor
4.) Dark
5.) Maru
6.) Rogue
7.) Trap
8.) Clem
9.) Stats
10.) Byun



If it was just the 2nd half of 2020, I'd probably put Byun a little higher.

Why are people putting Rogue so high? What am I missing?

edit: ah I guess I wasn't thinking about katowice at the start of the year. I'll move him up a little. But I still don't rate him in say.. top 5.

I am probably an idiot for that I just feel like if he played a bo5 against the 5 players above him he'd probably lose.

Rogue won WC title at Katowice and Code S S2, Serral didn't win anything nearly as impressive. And considering the covid situation he hasn't won anything against Koreans who were fully awake
I imagine France should be able to take this unless Lilbow is busy practicing for Starcraft III. | KadaverBB is my fairy ban mother.
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