1v1 Ranked Mechabellum vs. Hackerman (1492 MMR) | Win or Learn to Top 100 (Ep. 33)

[@jocylinfrancis930]

First Edit: wow that was a close game. One thing I noticed was that you took multiple intensive trainings but then didn’t use them for most of the game. I find myself doing similar things, so do you think that card may be a trap more often than it’s useful?

[@WhoopedGG]

If I'm being completely honest, I took them to meme a little bit because I got destroyed and I thought it would be funny to level something up a bunch. I thought I had a better chance at squeezing water from a stone than winning that game. But once I started to come back, I had to shift my supplies to tech I thought would be better. In this particular case, I absolutely wasted them. Sometimes they can be really good though.

[@seanmilisits2820]

Wow what a turn around, great vid

[@BLOODKINGbro]

Down but not out

[@WhoopedGG]

Thanks, Sean!

[@croket07]

Good example of why you shouldn't give up until it's over!

[@WhoopedGG]

Exactly! Keep fighting if there's a chance, even a small one.

[@SubmissionComedyClub]

Omg wow! That ending!

[@WhoopedGG]

I was 99% sure I had lost. Unless it's mathematically impossible though, I still have to try.

[@agemanzi7792]

great fking game

[@BLOODKINGbro]

Oh the tides of fate

[@WhoopedGG]

Let's go!!! I was hyped but at the same time, Vulcan is so broken I almost felt bad.

[@davidvanmeelis3159]

Nice recovery those situations can get real hairy real fast, Feel like if you spammed chaff early rounds more (specifically i think tripple chaff when you dropped scorp) would have really given you the upper hand since he really did have terrible chaff clear for most of that early game.

[@WhoopedGG]

Yeah, you're probably right. I don't think Scorpion was the play. The problem was, once I had the Scorpion, I couldn't clear his chaff. I didn't even think about him not being able to clear mine. Nice perspective!

[@StarKech6010]

ggwp with nice comeback

[@WhoopedGG]

Thanks, bro. I had no business winning, but a dub is still a dub 🤣

[@EIixir]

Nice pivot! Does health at the end of a game interact with how much MMR you gain? Cause if not, a win is a win and it doesn't matter how much health left you have. Health then becomes a resource to be spent. Spend it until you can dominate. Even at 10 health your units still operate at 100% efficiency with no penalty.

[@WhoopedGG]

You're 100% correct. Doesn't matter if we win by 1 or 1,000.

[@4FunCycle]

That's a good insight. You have to be careful though. Low health makes you vulnerable to a cheese play. There are plays that can win you a round, but can easily be countered once you know they are there. For instance, last night the opponent and I each had less than 1k health. We both had balanced, asymmetric boards. I chose "level 5 crawlers." I put three deployments of teched, rank 5 crawlers on his lightly defended flank that I had touched, and then sold out of earlier. The crawlers overwhelmed him, taking tower quickly, and doing 120k damage on his flank/backline. It's a cheese play that won me the game and would easily be countered next round. It was a good play as it was almost certainly the final round of the game.

[@WhoopedGG]

@@4FunCycle Let's goo!! Man, lvl 5 Crawlers are something else. Nice play

[@leonarddumm7634]

Gg

[@BLOODKINGbro]

Wp

[@the_hate_inside1085]

Vulcans are pretty bad without upgrades to be honest, so it is a considerable investment to get them. Since it was a drop, and he also got it, he could have just done the same as you...

[@WhoopedGG]

Vulcan + Scorching is good. Once it's level two, it's amazing. He could have, but he didn't. I don't mind 🤣

[@franciscomagalhaes7457]

Your comment about taking threats seriously is something I've been trying to focus on. Respond to threats. We don't need to spend all our money on the response, but have *something*. Because if we don't respond and the opponent invests in it, we're going to stay behind.

[@WhoopedGG]

Yeah it's something I struggle with too. I feel confident in my anti-air, so much so that sometimes I relax on it too much.

[@eme130]

Napalm always wins

[@Mortis_XII]

*armchair player* Why get vulcans, you have plenty of tarantulas to handle chaff *wins* Well shit…

[@WhoopedGG]

hahahah I love this comment. (It's because I thought I was going to lose and Vulcans are OP so I just kind of memed a bit and got range + scorch and it actually worked lol)