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StarCraft 2 Tournament GRAND FINALS - Maru vs herO - GSL SC2 2024 Season 1 - Terran vs Protoss - Maru battles for his 8th GSL Championship his rival herO in this EPIC GSL FINALS!
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[@Unformed8]

As someone who doesn't actually play sc2, I very much aapreciate the explanations Alas no zerg to tell brenda to get back on the creep

[@rycolligan]

"the Protoss arsenal is mostly a spice cabinet with a few slices of bread under it sometimes." Somehow I knew exactly what you meant by that. It feels like there's no meat and potatoes in the Protoss kit until you get to sky-toss. And even then, it is expensive prime rib and not just some cheap chuck steak that you can make en masse.

[@ottoback5375]

The only race that has multiple bread and butter units is terran, marines: always good Cyclones: mech marines Ghosts: best unit in the game (except in tvt but who likes that matchup anyway) This is not a ballance complaint btw for all you angry terrans, the game is pretty well ballanced at the non pro level

[@_Kroaken_]

​@@ottoback5375I was just thinking about how wildly good Marines are in pro hands. Just efficient.

[@____GoMeZ____]

Right. FOr instance, Terran have marine/maurader/medivac which is good from the beginning of the game to the end. Protoss have the stalker and zealot but they get absolutely shredded once stim is finished. The rest of the protoss arsenal are just niche units. The archon needs a +1 range buff in the next patch IMO, but i dont even think that'd fix the massive disparity between bio and well, anything the toss have...

[@_Kroaken_]

@@____GoMeZ____ make zealots great aga... Well just great ;P

[@rycolligan]

@@____GoMeZ____ I think a big problem in the PvT matchup is that EMP is just too freaking good against protoss armies. They become so fragile once you strip out all their shields (especially archons). Maybe make it so that the shield upgrades reduce the efficacy of EMP against them by 10/20/30% respectively, or something like that, which makes it actually worth spending money on in this matchup, since most players just skip it entirely. Upgraded shields that don't evaporate from an EMP barrage would enable late-game protoss armies to hang in a slug-fest so much better in the PvT matchup.

[@hexaquras9374]

I like how the Grand Finals is just pure aggresion, no 20+minute lategame and just two guys punching each other on the face

[@Michiho.]

Maru keep taking HerO's Left Punches while HerO taking Maru's right punches

[@tressil3607]

I didn't watch this live and couldn't believe a GSL Bo7 was only a ~1hr cast lol

[@quaeludes2090]

"Marines aren't that good until they get their upgrades, until they get their drugs, until they get their guns...my neighbors would make great Marines!" Classic Winter...so good!

[@subaruuuu1]

"My neighbors would make great Marines" lmao

[@Ole_Rasmussen]

Watch this banger of a series again!? You couldn't stop me if you tried! Maru vs Cure in the semis is also absurdly ridiculous

[@Terracronz]

Maru’s BC style was pretty interesting, skipped marines and went straight to SkyTerran

[@Limewire1984]

I know who won, but watching Winter cast: It's a new video.

[@adoi8467]

Literally everything Terran has counter Skytoss, so idk why he went for it, seeing those Tempest and Carriers doing "damage" and still losing to Marines is just beyond tragic.

[@Wizuhd]

Terran has lower skill and cost counters to everything protoss. Any protosses can tell you PvT is a nightmare

[@FlokiTech]

@@Wizuhd Yea, poor Protoss players on ladder when Protoss has higher winrate.

[@FlokiTech]

When Terran goes early skyTerran people call the Terran player bad, when Protoss players go skytoss early they call Terran op lol

[@adoi8467]

@@FlokiTech because groundtoss can't do shit against ranged libs????? After getting EMP'ed stalkers literally gets 1 shotted

[@FlokiTech]

@@adoi8467 Maru made 2 libs in 5 games

[@theelephantandtherider9536]

i like to imagine the warp prism and medivac's flying by eachother, and the medivac pilot is all like, heyooo. but the warp prism pilot is just fuckin bitter, which takes the medivac pilot off guard and now they're embarrassed. if only i had talent.

[@kildidar]

thanks winter! i truly appreciate your commentary and bringing starcraft back into my life. i haven't played in like 15 years bec i just couldn't get gud but i tell you that starcraft is so much more fun to watch professionals and have someone spoon feed me details to make the most of these casts. cheers m8

[@slevinlaine]

55:40 Yeah I appreciate the extra explanation Winter! : ) thank you very much for all the effort you pour on your casts, I love it!!!

[@catbert7]

2:35: That was a BRUTAL shutdown of the drop =0 4:10: Aaand then just blinks into a ton of Marines... 😑 5:20: Love this Protoss aggression! 7:05: Sick tank snipe! 7:30: NO WAY! 🤣 8:35: Hero is my hero right now! 8:50: "Maru didn't expect Hero to be on his lawn, with two Disruptors and two Colossi, throwing 2 middle fingers" Perfect imagery 🤣 13:00: The DT definitely did do significant eco damage - 12 SCVs, plus some infantry. And the DT in the earlier fight took out 2, almost 3 Siege Tanks! 15:25: What is Hero's obsession with Blinking into mass MM? 15:40: Those Forcefields were actually crucial, even with the absurd eco imbalance. 22:10: It is straight-up nuts that Hero didn't die here =O 26:22: These Tempests did so much work. 29:30: Those poor Marines absolutely evaporated. 36:45: Yet again... He can't help it. 38:22: ROFL 38:42: The hyper-aggression just keeps catching Maru off-guard! 31:55: Trail of Tears. 47:50: How many times must this happen before Hero's loved-ones will do the right thing and commit him to rehab? 52:32: What a great position! The Colossi can sit back and burn through the army as it comes up the ramp! 52:34: *Walks Colossi right into infantry* ...NM

[@NecronIsGood]

Right before serral leaves for his military service you should cast his last series or game

[@WinterStarcraft]

I already did. His last professional series was the IEM Katowice Finals vs Maru: kzbin.info/www/bejne/j5eWoHeprLOprrc - He still plans on competing in some of the major tournaments this year (his military service may allow it, he is in a special sports program).

[@NecronIsGood]

@@WinterStarcraft oh bet ima go watch that after this

[@lvo9197]

SERRAL IS GOING TO THE MILITARY?????

[@NecronIsGood]

@@lvo9197 he has to for his country

[@mithrandir3047]

Finland has mandatory military service, though it's for less time than Korea

[@empese1127]

I'll never understand why go skytoss when terrans can produce 4 vikings at a time with 2 starports. They build faster than Carriers and outright demolish them.

[@bigstreetguns6619]

Probably because everything else also gets demolished by T1 Terran unit.

[@SpeedChamp467]

I mean tbh the protoss air units are pretty good...except for the tempest....tempest is an absolute garbage unit...even the scout from SC1 would have been better than the tempest.

[@awilliamson76]

Favorite winter quotes Go in the reply 1:"Get you creep tumors off my lawn!!" 2: " I remember when we could fly Susan" "stfu about that Brenda" 3: "They'll expect one of us in the wreckage brother"

[@conor9966]

55:54 hey look it's me. I've never touchede the game but watch most your vids. Your commentary is great and the games have better entertainment, flow and narrative than say LoL, CS:GO or other games that I have actually played

[@ThePotatoLord-r3y]

how did herO make it this far withought using the thinking part of his brain

[@LON35TARR007]

I've missed the fleet beacon sound bit. Well done Winter, as always.

[@ryanongtengco9070]

I just watched the replay from GSL. Guess I'm watching it a second time

[@chloesmith4065]

Winter's commentary makes it worth it lol

[@lvo9197]

Coming here to relive the pain. Oh this match was heartbreaking.

[@kathorsees]

look how they massacred my boy :(

[@ThomasLuna1989]

Atack as Zerg; Defend as Terran; make something as Protoss :v

[@DarkArchon-wm3hx]

Shutdown harder than a blue screen - you are a legend m8!!! loving it

[@MusicGodAndMyLaptop]

1:28 THIS IS THE WAY, give newcomers a way to find their way in!!

[@tahasaeed5458]

Love these. Been watching for years

[@technicalotaku5970]

still kinda funny how protos is supposed to be the super superiour race but the "primitive" race has EMP which literally works against every single thing in their entire society.

[@rul8734]

Jimmy cmon this series deserves atleast 2222 likes 😃

[@BuddyWudzyn]

This was one of the funniest casts ever. Firstly the refrence to Zeratul being protoss jesus.. then the fucking muraders just running past the golden armada lol

[@natecw4164]

23:00 That SCV didn't get the memo. Build stuff and hang out at home? F that, gimme my cattle prod!!! 😂

[@benismann]

MILD SPOILER: after watching the first game, i bet the series will be something like "P wins 1 game, then looses until the series are over, with maybe a few moments where it looks like P might win"

[@remeokits]

Idea planetary fortress with a tank. And a window mine on hold to give vision.

[@bigstreetguns6619]

I love just how balanced terran is. Thanks Blizzard!

[@Tary88]

Small edge against Protoss early game. That's with the best players int he world playing.

[@Michiho.]

its only the most top player that terran looks better, but below grandmaster league, protos and zerg win rate is higher than terran, so nerf terran again so 99% of the terran player win rate will be much lower?

[@benismann]

@@Michiho. that's coz noobs flock to terran as it has the most... normal RTS mechanics, ig. Zerg and Protoss both have weird af unit production, Zerg is just weird in general too, so Terran it is. And also coz u dont have to learn since ur basic marine covers air and ground and if u ever make medivacs also heals at good rate and has quite a mobility. Not to mention siege tanks being both splash and anti-armored, which covers just about everything lol (it doesnt, but on low level it very much does).

[@bigstreetguns6619]

@@Michiho. Why should we care about lower levels? On lower levels it's a skill issue. Where as on the top lvl it's a matter of whether humans can play any faster/better than this. Which they can't, because protoss haven't won a big tournament in ages.

[@wuschu5563]

As much as PvT is a nighmare for protoss, Hero got outplayed in this series horribly. Balance did not matter in this series at all.

[@InterwovenElements]

The nexus SCV urinal meme is absolutely golden xD (pun intended)

[@WolfgangGaming-xq5rm]

Past early to early-mid game Protoss, all things equal, is behind. They have nothing that beats the other races in the long game; carriers included. They are fully dependent on overcoming the defenders advantage prior to the 6th minute in some fashion or fully out maneuvering their opponent as taking a head-to-head fight is asking for disaster. The Protoss used to have disrupters as their opportunistic win-con, but that got nerfed (rightfully, as being dependent on a outplay-able coin flip is no way to be beholden) but they were given nothing as replacement. Watching someone like MaxPax get absolutely trounced by any high end Zerg shows how bad a shape Protoss is in. He takes games off Clem because of the sheer volume that they play each other, it’s closer to playing the man.

[@justsaying2181]

Why Protoss Loses illustrated by the amount of foilable ground splash damage attacks: Zerg: 1 (Fungal), (hard to foil banelings and ultras if used well) Terran: 2 Widow Mines, and Anti-Armor Missile, (Siege tanks don't count, they're hard to foil) Protoss: 4 Disruptors, Psyionic Storm, Archons, Collossus This is why Protoss Loses at the highest level, but is so easy to ladder with. When designing the game, they should have replaced disruptors with something else. I think an upgradeable Stalker would have been best, one with instant attacks (no longer dodgeable), and has a slightly higher attack speed and damage. And they have one spell, similar to corrosive biles.

[@nicob.6685]

what a close series.. well, no - its protoss xD

[@johanntan86]

His shirt is gonna look like a north korean general with all those winner pins 😂

[@azullives]

just wanted to say, the Cast is so funny.. i love it.

[@theoverarch6909]

Wow i only saw the first game so far and this is fantastic already

[@stefenleung]

I hope you can cast Maru vs Cure too. Of cos, spoiler Maru win or he won't be on final. But those are weird builds for Maru.

[@cathulionetharn5139]

Thank You Om nom nom

[@henryviiifake8244]

59:05 No matter how many times I see this - and how good I know these players are - the way this multi-pronged attack was setup blows my mind (especially with a "harassment" unit breaking double-digit worker kills mid-attack). 😮

[@christopherscott6383]

Let's go!! My mornings have gotten so much better, and my days have also gotten just a little bit better. Jimmy, I'm just chilling 😎

[@MusicGodAndMyLaptop]

Sorry it took me so long to pay for your quality casts, but I just became a Zergling. Thank you for your fantastic grind and hard work of casting with this game we all love and hate.

[@mattoverton9087]

When pushing across the map and winning how risky is it for protoss to use a recall on damaged archons? I hope that future protoss come up with cool uses of an aggressive recall in tandem with static shield batteries to restore the shields of damaged units.

[@200070Sammy]

u make it always better

[@antonioangeloviii4748]

And that is shut down harde then a blue screen computer. XD. Love your commentary, I'm new to sc2. Long time Broodwar player here.

[@MrRagequitnow]

I wish there was a Winters mod to player stat buffs, like the stat cards portray.

[@palos537]

Hi i love your vids, can you please play the nostalgica terran music on some terran games?

[@theelephantandtherider9536]

that scv at 23:03 had cup of liber-tea playing during that chase.

[@JasonAuger-gs4ve]

Winter I feel your pain when weird things happen in games, you're the best caster 😅❤

[@JJ-Toreddie]

Isn't every grand finals CRAZY?? 😂😂😂

[@AZ3rgling]

Let them fight

[@matthewclark7955]

FINALLY terran WINS SOMETHING OMG

[@Ruthless9o7]

holy crap this was so one sided, it was like watchin a GM player beat a Bronze player

[@ManDuderGuy]

This was a goodun, wild slugfest :)

[@Peewma]

W to the inter Winter

[@dabbs82]

Protoss needs reworked but I know it’s not going to happen. Everything is so expensive and if u lose ur army it’s so hard to survive. Every single unit is valuable but yet still seems so useless.

[@luisagra1829]

A nice economy indeed

[@BitBam]

on the bottom UI there's the mineral and gas stats, but between those are numbers with arrows up or down. what are they?

[@kathorsees]

the arrow points towards the player who is earning more at that moment. the number tells you how much more. so if e.g. Hero mines 1000 minerals per minute, and Maru 800 min/minute, the blue arrow will point at Hero and say 200.

[@BitBam]

@@kathorsees thank you!

[@kathorsees]

@@BitBam you're welcome ^^

[@TheRealKimJong-Il]

Winter, its Al-sigh-uh-nee, my dad is Greek and works for -Frost Giant- Blizzard

[@SickmanOfVietnam]

Your awesome ! 👏 Thank you

[@qystein]

Terran is always one micro-mistake away from a loss. The AOE potential in Protos colossus/disruptor/storm is almost too much...

[@tressil3607]

People forget this when watching Maru, Byun, Clem who are micro-gods.

[@wuschu5563]

You say like it's not true for protoss... Ever got all your templars emped? Your collosus evaporate cause it was 2 steps to the side? Your army jumped and demolished cause you run out of disruptor shots? Or maybe you lost the game becouse your archon or collosie prefered to attack supply depo instead of marines? One blink too far and got demolished by units out of vision?

[@mikesgamedomain8202]

I love your videos, thanks for all your work

[@daegon1985]

Me checking the last time Maru Prime wasn’t Prime 😮

[@DarkMoon309]

Protoss units are supposed to be insanely strong with unique abilities, yet, the strongest point of the race is the worst of out 3 races. Like when you talk AOE, Protoss is the only race that do not have guarantee damage. Storm requires an accurate hit, and the opponent does not move out of the way for the entire duration, same deal with disrupter shot, and the shot can be destroyed. Vs other what do we have ? Fungal - one accurate hit = 100% damage, no matter what. EMP - any units caught is 100% shield damage - both does not allow opponent to move out of the way when hit, cant be interrupted. Colossi used to be good, now they are just viking target practise lol. Tempest and Carrier are just jokes. You would think Tempest shot huge energy ball, it should be AOE ? Too bad. Carrier is just way too expensive to maintain, and Mothership is just literally a 400/400 resource throwaway

[@benismann]

"Colossi used to be good, now they are just viking target practise lol." Yea, i dont play P, but watching pros play them... Colossi just seem so weak, why do people even build them?

[@DarkMoon309]

@@benismann iirc Colosi is the earliest source of viable guarantee AoE protoss can have. Both storm and disruptor required high number, and bit of luck to be effective. So with storm and disruptor, missing shot in low number = deadweight. Colossi used to deal flat damage, now they are only good vs light.

[@RandiOW]

Winter ive figured why I love you so much you remind me of Norm Mcdonald...

[@caligiuricallidus967]

for someone who doesnt play starcraft professionally youre not explaining enough... i need information about the time and building timings whats good whats slow and so on...

[@Shotzdownn]

Where is brenda in this matchup :(

[@glassberg5018]

She's manipulating the Terran and Protoss to fight each other so they stay off her creep.

[@Klaus2319]

yeeee such an SUPRICE the terran gets it 🙄 fix the damn CC or watch boring shit terran hardly dominating!

[@zachlynch6656]

Why hasnt Serral been in the last 20-30 videos? Does he not do all the competitive tourneys or did he just not make it far..

[@wuschu5563]

I belive GSL is in korea and is played over a month, locally. Many european players just skip it becouse of that. Serral does not take part in smaller tournaments usually, and i belive he is about to go into military service, or already did. It's only like 6 minths tho.

[@brukmensa]

Susan, It's pronounced ad-uhge

[@talscorner3696]

The bacon is lit!

[@francescomaddaloni9217]

can they change race? or they lock in before the tournament?

[@kathorsees]

some tournaments allow swapping mid-tournament, some don't. but only 1 or 2 players ever swapped races in the history of sc2 - because the races are so different. it's basically like switching from a saxophone to a guitar mid-concert. sure, you're still playing music, but all the buttons are different, the micro and macro are different, and the strategy changes entirely. so it's a rare treat to see that! you can check out some Raynor games here on Winter's channel, he usually plays zerg, but has shown a few really cool protoss plays this year.

[@tressil3607]

@@kathorsees Scarlett and Reynor are the only two players I've seen do it, but rarely in major tournaments

[@villz1267]

Surprise terran is OP protoss that plays so bad can reach grandfinals

[@JpFungalore]

Day 3 of asking for a new updated 2024 “Beginner guide for new players” I wanna get into this game but have 0 clue how to do a lot of things

[@benismann]

not much has changed since the last 2 years tho.

[@Gronnthabomb]

[@nomedeuusuario]

Doesnt stop saying nevermore and stop building ravens Dude thats the most deep reference ive ever heard in a sc2 narretion

[@TommyEngdahl]

Brenda says its only 531 likes sofar but i hope it will be a little bit better😊

[@kathorsees]

I'm doing my part!

[@juteparadisechillmusic345]

If Hero had recalled at kzbin.info/www/bejne/aZrXYaSnrtSFe5o he could have gone 2:2 in the series

[@REDRAGON12345]

Good to see underpowered Terran win a series

[@lucastaffolani8087]

hero always losing every unit cause he can't play defensive for a moment😅

[@austinlaing9012]

why do these pros stay on stalkers so long? I like to get to chargelot archon asap before ghosts and all in terran. Hero could have beat Maru when he was in the natural. What happened there? He threw away the colossi. He should have destroyed the natural. After destroying the natty, defend and trade evenly.

[@tressil3607]

Maru is among the top 3 players in the World and a Terran god...

[@Oban2006]

😮😮😮

[@JollyGreenWizard]

In theory, the "freestyle" theme for map design was fun, but in practice, almost every map these days is terran-biased. I have a feeling we're going to see them be even more dominant this season, and that's just... not fun. I clicked on this video going "oh great, another protoss getting stomped by terran" and look, I was right. I love watching your casting style, but... idk, I might stop watching tvp because it's so one-sided so much of the time.

[@user-oo7un6ko9b]

Winter! I switch browsers just to watch you! Yes MARU is the best!

[@fredrikjuhlin3834]

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[@rymdlego22]

Whytf are u zooooooooooooooooooooooooooming in all the time............?????

[@lahancodon]

Come back to watch this game after a few months of hiatus. Nothing new unfortunately. You just can confidently predict how a terran will play, absolutely no initiative lol.

[@FlokiTech]

sc2 is 14 years old and you think anything will change in a few months lmao

[@Appletank8]

@@FlokiTech If unit balance was changed, maybe. I don't think Bio has ever been nerfed in 14 years, for example. That'd shake things up.

[@benismann]

@@Appletank8 imagine what kind of chaos giving marines smth like 0.1 second delay between stopping and shooting would cause

[@user-oo7un6ko9b]

We love you Winter!

[@marinav3905]

Your speech at 56:02 just about made me cry. 🥲 Thanks for all you do for us newbies, Winter!

[@jennifer_dreamzzz]

[@user-oo7un6ko9b]

This is the best time to be Alive I'm 42

[@zapperzapplin6238]

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