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DHM Summer: Clem wins EU, Neeb wins NA

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TL.net ESPORTS
Profile Joined July 2011
4 Posts
Last Edited: 2021-06-14 18:50:21
June 08 2021 16:20 GMT
#1
[image loading]2021 DreamHack SC2 Masters Summer

The regional phase of DreamHack Masters Summer concluded with Clem winning his second straight European title while Neeb reclaimed the throne in North America.

Clem picked up right where he left off in 2020, a year where his consistent growth allowed him to overcome the power duo of Reynor and Serral in the Fall season. In the first competition of 2021, Clem took down Reynor two more times to retain his European title, while also extending his winning streak against Reynor to eight consecutive matches.

The first duel between the budding rivals was a nail-biting, wire-to-wire thriller in the upper bracket final, with the deciding brawl on Romanticide standing out as one of the best games (if not THE best) of the tournament (VOD). Unfortunately for Reynor, he was not able to put up the same kind of fight in the grand finals, with Clem coming out on top with a 4-1 victory (including a one map winners' bracket advantage). In keeping with many of their past battles, Widow Mines played a key part in Clem's victories. Though Reynor has shown he can be one of the most alert and responsive Zergs in the world—nowhere more notably than during his World Championship run in March—Clem's sheer speed and unrelenting aggression was enough to cause deadly lapses in Reynor's concentration. Some of Clem's games should have come with a graphic content warning for Zerg players, as he attained absurd resources lost ratios of two-to-one. Still, with some time to process the loss, Reynor was able to joke at his—and his Banelings'—own expense.



VODs on ESL YouTube

With such a convincing victory against Reynor in the finals, and a 10-1 overall record for the tournament, one has to wonder if the Zerg duopoly era in Europe is over, and it's going to be a one-man-show from here on out.

Clem's dominance in Europe makes his upcoming Season Finals (July 1-4) campaign all the more intriguing. His TvZ looks unrivalled throughout the entire world (standing at a ludicrous 3480 Aligulac rating at the time of writing)—even Code S champion Rogue might be considered an underdog, especially when playing outside of his favored environment. However, Clem's TvP and TvT have been shown to be 'merely' top-tier in comparison (GunGFuBanDa handed him his only loss of the season during the group stages), and the reason why he hasn't enjoyed any international success so far. A reserved Clem didn't give any guarantees, merely saying he is "definitely going to try to be as prepared as I can" for the tough opponents ahead. Will Clem finally overcome that final obstacle at the DH Summer Season Finals?

Speaking of obstacles, Clem didn't get a chance to take down Serral again in DH Europe—but only because Serral couldn't make it that far into the playoff bracket. Instead, the Finnish Phenom was relegated to playing the part of co-star in Lambo's story, as the German Zerg made a stunning run into the top three.

After losing to HeroMarine in the upper bracket, Lambo seemed doomed to go out in the top six, with Serral looming as his lower bracket opponent (Lambo had a 1-13 record against Serral headed into that match). Instead, Lambo brilliantly strategized his way to a 3-2 victory against his Zerg nemesis, clinching a game five victory with a fast gold mineral expansion on Blackburn. Lambo then continued to defeat HeroMarine in a lower bracket rematch, securing his top three finish—his best regional result in the EPT era.

The only reason it wasn't a top two finish (or higher) was due to a heartbreaking series against Reynor in the lower bracket finals. Lambo fought Reynor all the way to the fifth and final map, where he took an early lead with a clever Roach-Baneling all-in (masking his fast Roach Warren with a fake, normal-timing Roach Warren at his wall). However, Lambo committed too hard to trying to end the game with his initial advantage, which led to Reynor pulling off a series of improbable holds and eventually winning the game. As Reynor put it: "Damn, I'm dead. But then I wasn't dead."

Considering Lambo's strong performances for Shopify Rebellion in the World Team League, his best may be yet to come in July's Season Finals.

Europe

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In North America, Neeb reclaimed his place as the region's top player with victories over his two primary challengers, first taking out Astrea in the winners bracket final before going on to topple Scarlett in the grand finals. The three players had established themselves as the region's power trio in 2020, finishing in the top three of all three seasons and each winning a championship a piece.

Overall, it was an extremely dominant run from Neeb, who went 10-0 in matches and 23-3 in maps. The typically staid Neeb was far more candid than usual about his motivation after winning the title, saying "I was really disappointed when I lost to Astrea last season… ...From then on, I was just determined to win back my [championship], just me being on top."

Unlike many had feared/anticipated, the grand finals between Neeb and Scarlett didn't involve any marathon turtle games. While Scarlett was able to take two maps with incisive all-ins, on the whole, Neeb looked like the stronger player who was able to win handily in the mid-game. Still, the tournament was Scarlett's best all-around showing in months, with her triumph over Astrea in the losers final staying fan concerns that North America might have become a two-player contest.



Fourth place went to NA stalwart Nina, who seems on track to displace Future as the potential interloper in the top three. The American Terran took a step back after an inspired 2020 campaign, failing to make it out of the group stages.

North America

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Clem, Reynor, Lambo, HeroMarine, Neeb and Scarlett will move on to represent their regions at the Summer Season Finals, where the final player roster will be as follows:

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Argonauta
Profile Joined July 2016
Spain4906 Posts
June 08 2021 17:02 GMT
#2
both NA and Europe tournaments were entertained to watch but NA's PvP were FUN. Tthe newcomers Disk and Trigger lefty really good impressions
Rogue | Maru | Scarlett | Trap
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BisuDagger
Profile Blog Joined October 2009
Bisutopia19229 Posts
June 08 2021 17:49 GMT
#3
I'm a huge fan of Neeb and hope this means a resurgence year to his once dominant form. I'm also really glad to see Scarlett is in good form and hope to see her have a dominant year too.
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aringadingding
Profile Joined September 2010
474 Posts
June 08 2021 19:09 GMT
#4
Happy to see Neebs strong performance! ^^
AirbladeOrange
Profile Blog Joined June 2010
United States2573 Posts
June 08 2021 22:31 GMT
#5
I'm really excited for the main event. Wondering if Neeb can play even better than he did in the NA regionals.
aringadingding
Profile Joined September 2010
474 Posts
June 09 2021 06:20 GMT
#6
I was also glad for NA since, after the group stage, only to matches were won by toss (that was not pvp) and that was in the first loser match. After that the tosses lost one by one..
Harris1st
Profile Blog Joined May 2010
Germany6891 Posts
June 09 2021 08:03 GMT
#7
Serral should start playing in KR. Easier to get top 6 in KR than top 4 in EU
Go Serral! GG EZ for Ence. Flashbang dance FTW
DiMano
Profile Joined July 2011
Korea (South)2066 Posts
Last Edited: 2021-06-09 09:13:06
June 09 2021 09:06 GMT
#8
Clem > Reynor > World
Can’t wait for MaxPax to join the party!
tommey.liang
Profile Joined November 2020
United States362 Posts
June 09 2021 21:08 GMT
#9
Congratulations to both wonder kids in Clem and Reynor on duking it out, and with Clem securing his second-ever DreamHack EU title by using his stellar ZvT style, arguably one of the best in the world, if not the best.

Was really cool to see Neeb come out on top in the NA region and Scarlett joining the season finals come July. Neeb's form is in good shape, reminiscent of his 2017 prime self.

It is a bit strange to see Serral not be in the DreamHack summer 2021 season finals, but this may mean his revenge tour come next DreamHack, and of course meanwhile in other premier tournaments going on such as NeXT and TSL7.
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AzAlexZ
Profile Joined September 2016
Australia3303 Posts
Last Edited: 2021-06-10 19:31:58
June 10 2021 19:31 GMT
#10
Season finals bracket out and Neeb and Clem are in the same group
Faker is the GOAT!
JustPassingBy
Profile Blog Joined January 2011
10776 Posts
June 10 2021 19:48 GMT
#11
Anybody know how the seeding was done? Its weird that there are groups with no Koreans, a group with two Europeans, etc. This is definitely different from last time:

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FDA_mist
Profile Joined October 2011
France19 Posts
June 11 2021 20:44 GMT
#12
Congratulations Clem !
546marine
Profile Joined January 2013
United States22 Posts
June 14 2021 17:01 GMT
#13
Awesome seeing Neeb in such good form!
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