Serral fights for his life vs Maru's Mech Terran. StarCraft 2 

Serral pretty friggin good man. The fact that he can make winning look just almost inevitable against one of the best Terrans alive is incredible.

So far, I'm like 5 minutes in, you explain not just going on but specifically what the implications of the decisions is incredible commentary for someone who does play much starcraft, or any at this type of level. Thanks for the good content.

That stat box at 1:03:17 450 zerglings lost, 95 banelings, and only 1 drone, 3 queens, and 5 hydralisks!! I think the thing that separates serral in zvt is just his ability to read a fight, pick out key targets, get in, get out, and go again. Maru utterly destroys most zergs when he goes bio because he can bait other zergs in to bad engagements by just having insanely deep, well positioned siege tank lines, so he can kill off a good chunk of the Zerg army every time while losing only the vanguard of his own. But serral never takes the bait, he just never loses more than he needs to, he pokes around, takes any initial favorable engagements, then gets out of there as soon as there’s nothing easy to pick off. Absolutely insane patience and just ability to read and react to defenses immediately. I don’t think anyone else is able to do this anywhere near as well as serral is. Edit: he got to 710 dead zerglings before he lost his sixth hydralisk. Against siege tanks. Absolutely ridiculous.

Serral can't keep getting away with it! (He can)

Winter slowly realizing that "Sorry, I blacked out for a moment" isn't a good line is my new favorite sub plot

The first game was so intense!!! I was leaning right into the screen and holding my breath. Amazing.

Your comments are high quality, cultivated, with a certain discrete irony, and outright elegant. I enjoy watching your casts.

Serral is a monster. Looks like Maru got tilted after the first game.

22:10 "In case you're just catching up: there's your 12-year cliff notes" Thanks man. I actually am literally just catching up after like 11 years of ignoring SC lol.

22:40 to 24:00 was awesome to watch, that push was really strong. Definitely some high level gameplay from both of them.

I am inexplicably drawn to the thumbs up button every time he begs for likes and subscribes.... It works people!

And more Serral! By far the most fun to watch!

Maru has been my favorite SC2 player to watch for probably the last 10 years... But Serral makes him look like he doesn't know what hes doing out there!

Keep Fighting. Keep Producing. That's the Power of the Supply Depot

Pretty spectacular that we get to witness this. 2 of likely the best to ever do it going head to head.

Winning agaist serral is like finding a bug in a program :)

There is a saying for guitar players: "Go slow to go fast". Serral exemplifies this

When the likes goal reaches 2000, I hope that SC2 is still alive. May this game be eternal in life.

man, playing against bio is like Serral's bread and butter kind of battles! I think Maru was on the right track with the high tech army but he needed to get some hit squads together or something to stop production

Never played StarCraft but really enjoy the commentary and watching. Thanks for all you do!

That first game had me on the edge of my seat the whole time. It's so crazy how good these players are!

I love how the upper right base in Game 1 sloooooooowly goes from a mining Terran base to a mining Zerg one, with patient and constant pressure applied by Serral. The scary thing is that Maru's mech army never leaves. It's simply forced out. Insane!

Idra: "If I'm winning and then I want to loose, I build ultras"

Nice match Serral just too good

This video is almost a copy of the Serral vs HerO video I saw yesterday. Down to the drones attacking the Starpart... And them fighting over the final right side base... Crazy. The Spine crawlers and everything, broodlords xD.

Ravens saying "Nevermore" ? Winter is truly a man of culture.

As a person who literally got into StarCraft because of Incontrol (RIP) and literally just watching RU-vid casts because of his commentary, I miss him a lot. Outside of him you're definitely my favourite SC2 caster. Well done on the community you have built, keep going!!

Serral is on a whole different level

The age of Maru is passed; the age of Clem has arrived.

Omfg, that first game ! I am blown away!

what an insane first game. hope the rest lives up to that hype

Its crazy that they got to such an even theoretical end game

Hey Winter, thanks for your great microphone etiquette

I wish StarCraft 2 videos will never stop, thanks for the continuous content Winter

Serral just picks you apart man, that was nuts.

Who knew being a starcraft 2 commentator would be so emotionally challenging!

My favorite corner of RU-vid is when Winter blacks out for a moment. 😅

Is Clem the only Terran winning games without cheesing right now?

It’s amazing to see the difference it makes just seasoning your army with a few banshees can make! Their high dps firing from the back is amazing as a support unit! Not sure why they’re not used more they seem so cost effective when you just add a few!

He doesnt even get to say two words before I smash that like button. Take THAT Winter.

The first game was an absolute nail biter. Incredible performance taking starcraft 2 to its limits

Winter made a comment on another Serral match about what does the best player in the world practice to keep getting better or something to that effect. I think what Serral has that puts him so far ahead of other players is rythym and game sense. The rythym is the boring stuff Winter talks about. Creep spread, injects, overlord placement etc... That extra Queen energy efficiancy is something I think makes a big difference, when combined with all the other efficiant things he does. Game sense is what I think is really Serrals "X-factor". He is able to know what the other player "should" be doing and exactly when. It's why his Zerglings always find a way in. Its only something that really works against the best players because anything less will make mistakes that throw off that timing. Things like "He should be lowering the depot about this time to let an SCV through and speed is finishing up so i can get it in." This falls off later, somewhat, because little inefficiancies build up and the direction builds can go start to get to complex to be able to predict. Still he has that sense of what his opponent "should" be doing at every stage of the game. He also combines this with extremely diligent scouting. Single zerglings, overlords, creep etc... Its a tiny detail but his extra game sense also means his scouting is more effective because he is checking what his sense tells him to and its usually right. I can't state enough how exceptional this combo is because it's easy to overly rely on your game sense and not scout as effectively. A lot of pro players do this and they are usually right but sometimes they aren't quite on the money but Serral remains humble, for a lack of a better word, and double checks with very diligent scouting. I think he also just has an encyclopedic level knowledge of the range and size of abilties. I think his creep spread is probably just so that you can't really get more than 2 or 3 tumors in a single scan, when he has the time to take an extra millisecond to place them nicely. I think that's how the trademarked "Serralfestor" came in. He just knows how big the scan is and combined with that extra game sense can put them in that one spot that is just out of reach of where the enemy player is scanning. If I were to hazard a guess at what Serrals training regiment is, it would be something like just playing against a afk enemy and practicing that rythym to do the injects and creep spread and all the boring stuff. Just like playing an instrument he practices that chord progression over and over so it is just as natural as breathing. Kinda what happens when you see a band playing and the guitarist does some crazy dance or moves that seem impossible to do and nail that guitar solo. In reality they have just done it so many times that they would fall asleep playing if they didn't spice it up. I would also maybe hazard a guess that he has someone or multiple someones to practice against and, this may be off the walls and actually a stupid thing to do idk but its what I would do if I were the best, gives them some form of handicap. Like a custom map where the enemy units build slightly faster or get minerals and gas slightly faster. Things that don't effect what build order they play but just give them an edge on making it come online faster and more efficiantly. So they can kind of emulate a player on Serrals level and when Serral plays against a normal but better opponent it's like the weighted training clothes come off. By training in a way that semi replicates playing against a perfect human player that no human could naturally achieve it gives him an edge that keeps him at the top. Again this is probably a theory that makes me look like a tin foil hat wearing lunatic but it's just so crazy that it might just be GENIUS!!! I'M NOT CRAZY!!! YOU'RE CRAZY! ESPECIALLY YOU NAPPA!

This was the game of all times or is it?.....Thanks Winter for casting these matches. You definitely made my day better as you do since I have subscribed. Thank you very much

Love those close games

Serral is the Tom Brady of SC2. Goat 🐐 🐐 !

Even after beeing inactive for 6 years ... God only knows how much i love seeing a Terran struggling like a drowning animal because of the relentless attacks of the swarm

been a while since I've seen a old school late game battle

Cyclone damage and range is so emberrassing compared to it's old self it brings tears in my eyes.

I like Winter's witty casting

that first game was incredible

I love when winter says: "one of the closest games I've ever seen"... meanwhile serral wins 3-0

"Serral who... sometimes looks like a mortician's accountant" Winter 2024

Winter, can we have a few casts with SC1 music? Always thought it feels more starcrafty.

Describing serrals play at the beginning started to sound like fitter, happier, more productive.

Wow Serral really had his back against the wall....It was impressive how he completely dominated and Maru really had no chance at all. What exactly is Serral anyway?!?

Maru cloaks & croaks. GG. Insane tourney win for Serral!

This is my Game of the Year for sure!

In a situation like the first game I'd love to see Maru just lift all his building and fly them in to take aggro while he attacks, not like he'll have money to produce anything anyway

38:12 why is there a soft honk in the background @winterrrr

Oh man. I don't know about you guys, but I feel like this could be... A GAME OF THE YEAR...

The fact that the infestor has been nerfed to hell and is still an incredible unit shows just how amazing of a unit it was when the game originally dropped.

I love the queens conversations! They are so awesome!

10:43 the biles “almost” hit the tank?

I think, someone who bet on an unbelievable 3-0 is lucky man. That's Korean SC2.

Maru is slacking, man.

200k soon!

Big ups

The Liberator. Watches.

the first zerg win on hard lead. does anyone know whose face is on serrals base picture? just irks me not knowing.

Going to "mech" it happen after seeing a second factory, heard what you did there 😉

I wanna take a moment to ONCE AGAIN drop a comment on maru's completely wasted barracks at this moment 11:16. On screen right now if I dropped a bunker in between the engi bay and the CC on the 3rd, and one in the wall, or just near the wall at the natural. This whole counter attack isn't doing anything especially with 6 marines in a plated bunker. He probably loses a lot less of his units on the front because he can manage that more "full time" 14:12 no he hasn't wheres the bunkers hes between the gas and the CC making it hard for bane run by.

36:50 did that reaper just auto-heal?

The Liberator watches...

I feel like siege tanks should get a late game tech, like hover mode. They're such a liability either because they become useless through blinding cloud, does FF through splash or gets neuroed and basically does full FF. They're also incredibly gas intensive.

Thanks for your hard work in content and casting :) I started playing again just against Harder/Hardest AI, might start laddering again ❤

New idea for brood lords. If they dont attack for 300 seconds the little guys morph into a brand new free broodlord.

i think in this game i learned how to balance this game: add more cost to lair/(especially) hive, reduce damage by 50% for tanks but increase fire rate by 25%, reduce liberator dmg by 25%. protoss is fine.

One thing I've never understood is why Planetaries are worth it when they die so fast... wouldn't it be better to have something that can just lift off and survive?

There is something wrong with the phrase "Serral gets an EMP off". Can't quite say what, though.

Those odd moments where you forget what you're saying or mess it up heavily are getting more frequent. Could be lack of sleep, could be something worth talking to a doctor about. Take care of yourself, Winter, we need you.

I love how we have all these titles and reverence for Serral, but for Maru its just "Oh, and the 7-time World Champion - ANYWAY". As if that is somehow less 😂

These lategame maru vs serral Games are ridiculous and have been for like a decade😂

How didn’t “game of the year” get in this title

Does maru’s units gets 1+ Chariama and Amor? Or Armor?

Ah Maru. He loses one close game, he's out. Doesnt matter if there's 5 games left to play, the guy just cannot keep composure after a hard loss ... gets tilted and falls apart.

Thank You Om nom nom

insane

Anyone else think it was way more entertaining watching sc2 in wings of liberty when the pros wernt as perfect as they are now? You had insane swings. Like you never really knew who was going to win. Micro wasnt perfect eother. Idk i love going back and watching those games.

ONG What a title :)))))) ty ty ty

"some terrain features finally working against the terrans". Lmao. Every map for the past decade+ has had overlord pervert towers specifically so zerg gets 100% vision of the front of the natural.

The fact that a tank army can kill more of it's own forces than enemies, never made sense to me....!!!!!

What a lol sers. Is it fair when terrain has a tech building forward spawn?

Can someone please tell me why pro SC2 players just don't seem to repair units at all?

"Mech doesnt have anti air" Also thors 2 shot aoe muta

mech it happen... lol

Zerg has always been OP in sc2 - all phases / expansions .

RIP 3-3 hellchads

Zerg are over-powered!

Lo de las cartas de verdad se aplica? 0:25

a handfull of zerglings hahahahahaha