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GSL: Cure defeats Trap; will face Zest in Finals

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TL.net ESPORTS
Profile Joined July 2011
4 Posts
October 04 2021 04:31 GMT
#1

2021 Global StarCraft II League: Code S Season 3

Sixteen months after suffering a painful 0-4 defeat to TY in the Code S Finals, Cure has finally earned a chance for redemption. Taking out Trap in a clinical 4-1 series in the semifinals of 2021's Code S Season 3, the DPG Terran has earned a return to the finals where he will attempt to win Korea's ultimate title once more.

The finals match-up is set to be one of the more unusual ones in recent history, with Zest and Cure having been each other's practice partners throughout the duration of Code S. The mind-games are sure to be intense as the two players face off in a battle for Korea's ultimate prize. The grand finals of Code S Season 3 will be played on Thursday, Oct 07 9:30am GMT (GMT+00:00).

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Match Recaps

Game 1 - Romanticide: Cure looked to play off his many proxies against PartinG in his previous quarterfinal series, opening with a fake-proxy Barracks close to his main. Trap bit at the feint somewhat by making a Zealot, but ultimately the game played out without any major early game complications.

As Trap teched up to Oracles into Phoenixes, Cure went for Widow Mine drops in turn. These choices seemed to favor Trap heavily at first, with Cure's first drop being mostly nullified by well-placed Phoenixes and Adepts. However, Trap gave back much of his lead in a reckless Adept-Phoenix counter-attack where he achieved little while losing many units.

After this point, Cure was able to apply consistent pressure with bio units while forcing Trap to keep making Phoenixes for short-term defense. Trap nearly got himself into the clear after staving off a series of attacks by Cure, seemingly stabilizing on a powerful army of Gateway units supported by Psionic storm. Alas, Trap was unable to hold against Cure's final offensive, with masses of Terran infantry supported by Ghosts able to overpower the Protoss army in the end.

Game 2 - Nautilus: The scouting positions ended up favoring Cure on Nautilus as he succeeded with his 3-Rax Reaper opener against a misguided scouting Probe from Trap. Yet, despite this initial advantage, Cure couldn't find a way to get damage done against Trap's Oracle opener and solid defense.

Cure looked to transition into a macro build after his failed opener, but alas, left himself open to a huge Glaive-Adept counter-attack. Overwhelmed by the Protoss army, Cure GG'd.

Game 3 - Blackburn: Cure opened up with an 'obvious' proxy Barracks at the backdoor spot on Blackburn, which Trap scouted out early with a Probe. The game seemed to go swimmingly for Trap, as he stopped the proxy-Reaper and follow-up Mine drop easily with his Oracles. However, the game swung back in Cure's favor in the blink of an eye, when Trap tried to press his advantage by attacking with his handful of Oracles and Stalkers. The Terran defenders made short work of the over-aggressive Protoss forces, giving the lead right back to Cure.

Despite some strong defensive efforts by Trap, he was unable to hold out against the oncoming onslaught of Terran bio. A few solid mine-drags by Trap made the game feel close, but ultimately Cure triumphed in the end.

Game 4 - Oblivion: The battle of build orders favored Cure once more, as he opened up with defensive Mines against Trap's proxy-Oracles. Be it through bad micro by Trap or good positioning from Cure, Trap ended up losing his first Oracle while Mines were left to wreak havoc in his Probe line. While Trap's initial reactions and defense were commendable, his anti-mine concentration slipped in fatal ways as the game went on.

Trap attempted to go for a Glave-Adept all-in to try to salvage the situation, but Cure was too far ahead to lose. In the end, an invincible army of infantry rolled over Trap and forced the GG.

Game 5 - Oxide: After many tricky openers, Cure finally opened with a standard Reactor-Barracks expansion build. Despite this, Cure somehow baited Trap into a favorable response, triggering a 5-gate Blink-Stalker build against his extremely conservative Terran play. Cure held off Trap's stalkers deftly with well-positioned Tanks, and the counter-attacked with Tanks and stimmed-infantry for a clinical win.



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Riner1212
Profile Joined November 2012
United States337 Posts
October 04 2021 05:12 GMT
#2
first on here! gg cure. traps overconfidence in his p v t skills killed him.
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Drfilip
Profile Joined March 2013
Sweden590 Posts
October 04 2021 07:41 GMT
#3
The way Cure played bodes well for his future win rate in TvP. Trap is a tough opponent but Cure macroed, strategized, and positioned himself to advantages even if he had some tactical setbacks.
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tigera6
Profile Joined March 2021
3342 Posts
October 04 2021 08:15 GMT
#4
On October 04 2021 16:41 Drfilip wrote:
The way Cure played bodes well for his future win rate in TvP. Trap is a tough opponent but Cure macroed, strategized, and positioned himself to advantages even if he had some tactical setbacks.

Cure has always been a top 3, if not top 5 TvP in the world imo. He picked the right method to play against a guy like Trap, who likes to overwhelm people with early micro and macro skill.
Garbo1
Profile Joined July 2020
49 Posts
October 04 2021 08:25 GMT
#5
Great win by Cure, I'm pumped for the finals. I'm feeling a Zest win though.
[PkF] Wire
Profile Joined March 2013
France24192 Posts
Last Edited: 2021-10-04 08:32:44
October 04 2021 08:32 GMT
#6
With the heavy mindgames that are sure to be involved, this could be a great or terrible finals. Probably greatly terrible or terribly great ^^. If Cure can bring the same level of pristine preparation he did vs Trap, I like his chances, but the farewell story for Zest would be so perfect and moving it's hard not to believe he's going to end the Protoss GSL drought.
[PkF] Wire
Profile Joined March 2013
France24192 Posts
October 04 2021 08:33 GMT
#7
(btw : where is DieuCure when the prophecy could be fulfilled in a few days ??? )
BisuDagger
Profile Blog Joined October 2009
Bisutopia19229 Posts
October 04 2021 13:29 GMT
#8
Cure is playing this tournament like Maru played back in 2019. His insane cheeses mixed in with all his other strats shows that he finally understands what it will take to win the GSL. Only reason I'm picking Zest to win is purely because it's his last tournament and the Starcraft gods enjoy a good send off.
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atchosvk
Profile Joined April 2018
55 Posts
October 04 2021 22:39 GMT
#9
On October 04 2021 17:33 [PkF] Wire wrote:
(btw : where is DieuCure when the prophecy could be fulfilled in a few days ??? )



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