BROODLORD Rush versus Grandmasters | Beating GRandmasters With Stupid Stuff

Zergs didnt believe it was possible and that is where I came in.
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[@shiron1076]

the most romantic moment in starcraft is in ZvZ both players just keep moving their creep forward until it touches 🥰

[@mrpootispow8794]

The taint touch

[@Nathanael_Forlorn]

Don't forget the magical moment, when two opposing overlords smush their faces into each other on the precise middle of the map. Carbot captured it beautifully in one of his early starcraft animation episodes.

[@Solar424]

What if I put your creep tumor next to yours 😳

[@dsds51621]

Creepy? No. Romantic ❤

[@markd9318]

Can you put your own tumors on an opponents creep?

[@damianskrzat4060]

From "Broodlords are soo bad" to "They just dont die, you can even micro them with the new speed buff"

[@LordxJoe]

and the one he micros died immediately after

[@Henour]

@@LordxJoe Best part of the whole video imo

[@1am2strong4you]

@@LordxJoe LMAO

[@davidevans7477]

He got gud

[@Otaar21]

As a french, I believe we're more known for "removing queens", rather than "adding them to the composition"...

[@ralfenelf]

​​@Michael Lochlann hahaha xddfd

[@ekothesilent9456]

I request a simple casserole dish recipe from you sir.

[@christianr9649]

"This is a theoretical win, which are the most important wins." Harstem 2023

[@marcoCampanella]

I'm gonna repeat that after all my ladder losses.

[@rykehuss3435]

@@marcoCampanella for it to count as a theoretical win you have to come up with a theory of the win first, so dont forget to analyze all your losses to turn them into theoretical wins

[@nathanrogers8544]

Artosis?

[@BreadAndGatorade]

and 2022 and 2021 and... He been saying it a while xD

[@SchemingGoldberg]

A conceptual win. Just like Artosis is conceptually 2500 MMR.

[@user-pe6ct7ut8t]

Help I'm stuck in Harstem's basement

[@alpha-cf2oi]

oh are u stuck?

[@chikendoodle1628]

no

[@xirvin92]

Step bro?

[@JFox4587]

Did you try researching tunneling claws? What’s that? You don’t have the technology to perform that ability yet? Silly humans 😉

[@sciencetube4574]

Just recall bro

[@snoopyt7]

"i'm not sure what's happening, i'm just gonna build drones, whatever" - THE zerg playstyle

[@GibsnRage]

I have fallen asleep to hundreds of different youtubers and other media sources over the last 10 or so years. Harstem, you are and will likely remain my absolute favorite to fall asleep to. Your little analogies and unbridled self criticism is a blessing to this lifetime.

[@badoverwatchhighlights7614]

To influence a wild population, you have to initiate a catch-and-release rehabilitation program. Once the Terrans in your basement are sufficiently mollified, you release them into the population again. Keep statistics on your recapture rate and you should, hopefully, see a lower rate of recidivism over a period of time as your targeted region's population of Terran have begun to self-select to avoid being detained!

[@alviworld]

you can also turn terrans into zerg.

[@DFGdanger]

You can also stick them in a giant spaceship and blast them to the Koprulu sector

[@pablovirus]

Wouldn't that only work if the fitness for survival of the mollified Terrans was somehow higher than that of the wild-type Terrans? Or perhaps you could make the mollification process 'contagious' to wild-type Terrans when they interact with mollified Terrans

[@ekothesilent9456]

You sound like a biologist with a dash of eugenicism 😂 .. just what the terrans needed

[@Half-timeHero]

There are......other methods of population control.

[@Alloran]

The Captain ends an episode of BGMWSS happy? This is unheard of. I enjoy the transition from Broodlords suck to Broodlords can't die. Harstem made the ultimate zerg mistake once, he stopped making queens.

[@D_U_N_E]

I'm used to going to sleep with the sound of power tools, so I am used to it, because you Harstem, are a Power, Tool.

[@ToTheNines87368]

“Wait.. what are you hiding from me?” 31:48 😂😂😂😂

[@TheLucaslopezmolina]

31:40 seeing the robo bay and thinkin "hmm disruptor drop against zerg ... weird" harstem: "??? ahhhh" 31:50 xD laughing so hard, thx mate for great content

[@milessimon5830]

that first hold was honestly really impressive - well played

[@Bananenbauer123]

13:10 and everything following about cannon rushes is so spot on it hurts

[@DLockholm]

Now make Reynor play this, broodlord rush against GM zergs.

[@Name-ru1kt]

He would need to do it on an alt then though. I don’t think he wants to risk like 100 mmr in a single game cause he played this challenge Ik he is good but he could definitely lose a game against a low gm playing something like this. Simply from the fact they will leave before he attempts it and if they don’t cause he purposely goes easy then he’ll just lose cause he has to make broodlords cause he can’t be too far ahead.

[@DLockholm]

@@Name-ru1kt He already did something like that not so far ago, pure zergling against GMs and won all the matches.

[@ekothesilent9456]

@@DLockholm to be fair he 13 pooled most of those but yes his mono-ling micro is insane

[@Name-ru1kt]

@@DLockholm aren’t lurkers like half the cost and do the same job but better? Like mass hydra can shred broodlords

[@23432fdsasde]

I haven't played starcraft in YEARS yet I love Harstem. Very entertaining and it's mostly the talking. Like, this could be a podcast without video and i would still be 60% effective

[@levfurtado32]

broods should have a one way recall back to a hatch

[@mickmccasker6401]

31:50 Waking up to Harstem screaming in my ear? 🥰

[@mf.serious8581]

35:16 Thankyou for waking me up when I'm not supposed to be falling asleep 🙏 please continue to screech randomly to keep me in check

[@zeratul8372]

you should do this one again this shit is too funny

[@alexs.2069]

Those headphones look really silly, Mr. de König

[@joryiansmith]

Heavy lies the crown boss :) Excellent episode

[@Sorenzo]

I love that even Terran players in captivity have their priorities in order: food, and more buffs for Terran.

[@mazman9355]

I'll take a pizza with extra cheese delivered to the basement, and I'm only coming out when marines get a buffed stim pack with a dutch cafe upgrade

[@smallerw]

Make me laugh cause usually I'm also watching this when going to sleep, but not complaining about the screaming because he wakes me up so I don't leave my tablet playing youtube all night. So please keep screaming!

[@jhat2014]

I like the episodes where you lose every time as well xD Seeing the process is fun

[@jhat2014]

@Harstem fake account ^

[@TheAussieLeo]

Captain Harstemensk is cleaning up the Dominion.

[@pablovalmaseda5437]

Hey hamster, what I use to do is 2 base 8-10 corruptor rush (hit around 7 min mark) (with an expendable 3rd) divided on 2 groups to pee over main and third of the protoss at the same time, then defend with 1-1 roach ravager the counter attack, if oponent rebuild i presure with the roaches I made for defense, and the corruptors while trying to get an eco. It works suprisingly well against Protoss and zerg (even terrans can take a lot of damage), you are garanteed to destroy atleast one of the bases on the first move and can get both a lot of times. Then you have an easy transition in to broodlord. But is better than Broodlord rush because you force it to be back at home to prevent the corruptors From peing all over nexus/hatchts. You coud try I could send you an example in D3 league.

[@pablovalmaseda5437]

Maybe you can improve it.

[@aquaswallower988]

how do you deal with all in though, I am P as soon as i notice you do not have a 3rd base around 3 30 mark. I am gonna do a 2-base 8 BG all in. it gonna hit around 5 mins mark and you are dead instantly because there is no way to defend this as 2 base tech up zerg.

[@aquaswallower988]

if u opponet open with stargate from oracle into blink staler you are instantaneously dead as well, just gonna be void ray with charge lot and blink stalkers

[@pablovalmaseda5437]

@@aquaswallower988 As I said earlier I make a third, but I dont drone it up, and I can afford to lose it as bait that gives me time. Mean while I do wall my nat with 2 evos and the roach warren, if I see im gona get push / allined I stsart making roachs lings and 3 /4 spines at the wall.

[@pablovalmaseda5437]

@@aquaswallower988 keep in mind that You Ill be scouting. the oracle can be defended as usual with queen spore, the firt voidrays will be held (and kill ) by queen corruptor as they are so early and you get enough of them to overwhelm that void (+ warp prism) then the mobility of the corurptor help you put presure back at home to the protoss while defending the rest with roach ravager ling and a wall with spines. If the toss sit back and get units to defend the corruptors, the ground army will get big enough on 2 base eco to deny new bases or if not able it means they cant prevent the corruptors from sniping one of the existing ones. also if I scout several gateways before starting the corruptors I can just make 4 to snipe the WP and spend all the rest n army to defend. (+ the spines) and counter attack with the corruptors, forcng warps at home. If you are not attcking with air units and not all ining my corruptors will most likely catch you by surprise and snipe 1-2 bases the toss will have 2 options try and rebuild or all in and for both scenarios ive been making just ground units before hand to defend in case one or pressure while try myself to build an eco on case 2.

[@thesultan1212]

Great episode!

[@SBG420]

Like how you threw in the TvT finals, totally agree.

[@SlayPlenty]

my man rocking an industrial hearing protection sheesh

[@trentostgaard]

Just FYI it is not a "theoretical win" it is a "conceptual win" like how you are conceptually rank 1 in our hearts

[@Sidecutt3]

just like everyone in chat is in conceptual GM

[@whateverppl1229]

24:24 the strat that I like is to move corruptors in the dead space behind your enemys base and then make them into brood lords to hurass eco

[@pablovirus]

Such a great episode lmao

[@WandererTheLost]

48:11 They don't die and you can micro them... as he tries to micro it and it dies

[@andreashalbfeld7671]

You're a content MACHINE!

[@JohnSmith-mo6re]

I play SC2 for my own fun, so namely just vs AI (4v4). There is generally a timing attack that comes somewhere between 12-15mins, and sometimes they're even MAXED by then in those attacks too, which is crazy considering it's AI. For these attacks I find having air assist is heavily underrated and needs to be played more. That said I try to be set to have 6-8+ broodlords by 12mins, which is something you well cleared, having it just after 10mins. There's just something about broodlords that's much more effective in attacks than a pure ground army can access even with lurkers with 10 range (which I also generally have by 9-10mins). I've also found having a mutie-corruptor group to assist is phenomenal picking off random other bits as you move around the main ground+broodlord attack forces.

[@bukjay314]

28:30 I was waiting for him to say 4 x 5 = 9 😂

[@dizastro5437]

Lol. Nice. Now how do we land a Disruptor shot in that basement?

[@Jake-mp7ex]

Someone did this to me in my last game at dia level. Was so confused. Hilariously easy to beat.

[@chir0pter]

I agree, if Dark had played broods vs Oliveira instead of lurkers I think he wins!

[@dharaypm]

Can u do mothership+ disruptors? I dont know if those balls are visible without detection

[@hamzahabdullah587]

I think if you don't put 9 drones mining gas at 21:05 you win lol

[@andreygalkin5666]

Love your videos!

[@pattucker7414]

I wonder if there's more potential in using broodlords to siege from dead air space rather than pushing open battlefield with queens/creep

[@enriquegarciacota3914]

I believe the trick is defending with minerals only (Zergling, queen, static d), accumulate gas, deny scouting if possible and then mutate the corruptors near their base (off land)

[@ChadZLumenarcus]

A droperlord with queens would give you mobile creep to spread and stay near the broodlords during an advance.

[@OpiatesAndTits]

11:38 you needed to kill the prism you had corrupters …

[@michaelvan-y2414]

hahahaa "right now i have 150 terran players locked in my basement" LMAO

[@SuperRedhawk97]

So I'm not the only one that falls asleep to SC2 videos? I dont mean any disrespect just something makes me snooze even though I love watching this game

[@Wirmish]

Broodlords are bad if they are alone.

[@Hairintd]

Suggestion for BGMWSS (or maybe other series) - playing games "blindly", but only skipping opponents mmr/name when starting. So Hartsem is never aware who he playing against: Serral or 4.8k Zerg. Will he be calm and win ever single game in this case? Will he be worried, cannot concentrate and lose whole day? I bet - first!

[@Monkeyheadtpc]

Actually impossible to lose with this BGMWSS strat: Lurker + burrowed Infestors to NP the enemy's detectors.

[@AntiDoctor-cx2jd]

what if they have air units? scans?

[@gandalfthegayasinhappynothomo]

Wat is bgmwss?

[@Monkeyheadtpc]

@@AntiDoctor-cx2jd just play better

[@AntiDoctor-cx2jd]

@@Monkeyheadtpc so the impossible to lose strategy is actually to just play better. Are you sure it's not to just win all the games? I've never lost using that strategy.

[@Monkeyheadtpc]

@@AntiDoctor-cx2jd well that's a pretty lame strategy. Anyone could pull that off.

[@princedank1435]

I have never seen such a ridiculous headset in my life

[@unsubscribable3819]

"This is a theoretical win" I bet half the games I win the opponent thinks this :D

[@lg6707]

those are good ear defenders mate, I Think when terran research the hp buhh they also get shield defend like in WC3 :)

[@PGooseGaming]

Captain content machine

[@DmytroHavrykov]

don't stop screaming, this is one of my favourite parts in your videos

[@januszkurahenowski2860]

Defensive broodlord and alone broodlord basetrade squad are actually the best strats, pros aren't just smart enough to realize that

[@phongminh2588]

Very nice man. Keeps playing on high graphic; it's very comfortable for the eyes. I truly hate the low graphic videos.

[@themoOsician]

I’ll try not to be, nor to act like an idiot. 👍🏻 A suggestion to BGMWSS: worker drops to harass economy. Forgot who was the player to accidently done it in Katowice. Probably Creator or Classic on Babylon, but I might be wrong. 😏

[@rogier2776]

Would be open to do a weird battle/tournament ? With crazy rules like example: you can only make 3 types of units. And you both take turns before the match

[@greenlitlleman]

In the second game you could have split your forces to kill all the bases and probes at once.

[@Bizm4rk]

That second game sums up 10 years of Zerg emotions. Whenever a unit is worth massing/rushing, it gets nerfed. Beware the terrible 400/400 army.

[@Redtornado6]

what you need to do in zvz is 2 base mass spines at your natural and then rush brood lords. nothing can beat this

[@kaloyanangelov8042]

Do the same again, pls, it was fun, I want ZvT bloodlord rushes xD

[@artemirrlazaris7406]

Like having a few lurkers under your brood lords travelign with, helps against untis like stalkers, by punsihing them for blinking in udner your brood lords, and even with an observor your protoos adversary will ahve a hard time seeing the lurkers... itsall good form to move overlords and the overlords that give sight with them, since they can soak up other shots... sky tanking, lol...

[@henningbreede6428]

That is really expensive and very far from an actual broodlord rush. By that point you're already playing lategame against carriers.

[@aquaswallower988]

by the time you have m both it gonna be 12-13 mins mark, the protoss you are dealing with gonna be oracle+ tempest with carrier and storm lol.

[@KumarBendrake]

Maybe you could create a separate show for people trying to sleep? I'm just getting my day started, and I'm here for the screaming!

[@TheCajunAsian]

The person who has the most fun playing a game...

[@SleepDeprivedEzOne]

this .... might turn into an actual build D:

[@samsaiter1644]

Best episode

[@st4ndby]

Lordbroods

[@YTAnalyzed]

Brood lord rush works, just as long as you don't actually rush to them, and they don't make up the bulk of your army...

[@arodreth]

you could maybe sneak morph the broods somewhere close to his main while doing a runby or something. never works for me tho xD

[@1august12]

You should get Reynor to do a beating grandmasters with stupid stuff on your channel sometime

[@artemirrlazaris7406]

In my experience, hydralisks paired with brood lords are the best combination due to their long-range and the high damage output of the broodlings. Upgrades to the air attack and melee attack of brood lords significantly increase their DPS, making them a strong ground attack option. Although broodlings do not work well with lings, combining them can create a useful bio wall. The fast attack speed of broodlings also makes them effective, dealing up to 4-7 damage per hit. Roaches are not recommended for defense because they do not provide much protection other than being a body. Infestors are a great option for defense as their fungal attack slows down units and prevents blinking. Brood lords are also useful with nydus support for funneling ground armies into supportive positions. Hydralisks have a range advantage of +3 compared to roaches and can attack both air and ground units. Their high damage ratio and faster attack make them effective for managing damage clusters. Using marauders in the front with marines behind can also be effective. Brood lords are equivalent to an air siege tank and are costly, making it important to think about how to get your money's worth out of them. A combination of roaches and brood lords lacks air defense, but the range of hydras under the brood lords is a powerful defense. Brood lords are effective in defense with supportive units such as queens and hydras. A brood lord rush requires careful planning and is best executed in turtle mode. Corruptors can be used as anti-air early on, and sneaking them in with a simultaneous attack can be effective. Brood lords require a supportive swarm, and a rush of 10-12 can be comparable to 20-24 tanks.

[@henningbreede6428]

If your opponents lose against broodlord+hydra that just means that you play against low level players that have no idea what they're doing.

[@kesatola3554]

@@henningbreede6428 All but 50 or so sc2 players fall into that category, so it doesn't tell much. Hydra + broodlord would still work up to high GM, just like the vast majority of unit compositions would do.

[@henningbreede6428]

@@kesatola3554 No it doesn't, that is how bad it is. You'd have to be up so much mmr over your opponent. It loses against just about anything.

[@kesatola3554]

​@@henningbreede6428 Yes it does, you can definitely make that work as your lategame composition below pro level. I've seen people play way way dumber crap in GM league than that.

[@aquaswallower988]

well, skytoss just completely shut this down.

[@draigevykhait6141]

Keeping 2 corrupters to fight the prism would have made a huge difference in game 1 I think

[@vitaliyzamirko4821]

It's cool and all, but can you win by dropping ultras to harass mineral lines?

[@callummunro1184]

my guy really had 9 drones on gas for the whole game :((

[@AntiDoctor-cx2jd]

I heard from terrans that terran players are the best.

[@damedley75]

Suggestion: Is there any way you could get an opponent to GG with higher supply than you? Maybe with hallucinations? "Idra GG"

[@Sejegs]

wait, Harstem called corrupters the best unit in the game? oh that's a new one :)

[@chir0pter]

BGMWSS idea: Play zerg without using creep tumors, using burrowed ling bane and speed overlords for vision instead and use dropped creep from ovies to connect bases instead of tumors. Alternatively, creep tumors can be used to connect bases, including proxy bases: thus, to spread creep offensively, there must be a proxy base at the other end.

[@waspmanz9810]

I've done this in ZvP with just mass Queen/Nydus/Broodlord. I didn't even build roaches, It's Diamond level so I've gotten away with it hahaha

[@timoborri298]

I want a ling Ultra rush. Feels so swarmy.

[@tcunero]

Personally I have found Swarm Hosts are just better then broodlord. They can release and move back, are not super slow, deal good damage fast. It ends up being more about positioning.

[@henningbreede6428]

They are a completely different unit. Broodlords are expensive very supply efficient units that directly fight while swarmhost are extremely supply inefficient and are made to put midgame pressure on the opponent and trade well. In lategame broodlords are a million times better. Instead of losing as soon as storm is out, they can kill templar.

[@AntiDoctor-cx2jd]

I think this can be true, but it requires a lot of skill to manage swarm hosts. Overall I think I've seen more losses from them than wins.

[@nigahiga878]

i may not be as good at sc2 as harstem but at least i babysit my brood lords

[@wischmopps293]

Imagine broadlords having more hp, maybe also some kind of shield. Then It should be able to also attack air and have more DPS... So you could send them in groups alone over the map... Then maybe some kind of nydus that works nearly instantly and brings them back to any of your hatcheries if needed defensively. They should be so strong that only very specific counter can kill them and these counter should be easy to be countered aswell. Maybe by a zerg splash spell like an aoe storm.. And that these support aoe Spellcaster don't die running into the enemy even you a move this combo, they should get some kind of weak range attack....

[@JC-wl1vf]

BGMWSS idea, corruptor rush to vomit (poo?) down buildings. Imagine a zvz where you get hit with corruptors at each hatch. Thanks for the content Captain!

[@NanoLT]

Zerg actually have the highest IQ, I know this because I am not Zerg

[@OpiatesAndTits]

26:00 I’m still not saying it’s a good strat but once the base trade begins you need to move as many drones and ovies across the map with your army. To transfuse all you need is creep which can be gotten with a nydus or ovie Pee. The nydus let’s tour drones escape across the map or send units back to defend. Shockingly surprisingly even you had a chance to win with that startegy but your execution was bad.

[@zhadoomzx]

Here is a genius idea... add in some infestors

[@roathanakong1675]

hahahaha lock up the terrans!

[@GoodMomo]

What? You should be used to Harstem's screams by now, sleep right through them

[@Ciapciaq]

They should have some kind of "Its initialy realy slow but if did move for 5 sec it gets a bit of MS". You could catch enemy by suprise and he has lower time to react but also they are eazy to catch offguard if not managed corectly.... or slt. This unit is so trash tbh. But that fealing when enemy tanks are dealing splash dmg to thier units - priceless.

[@Ciapciaq]

where gg counter ?

[@iamcool565]

Protoss- rush carriers and win with less than 60 apm Zerg- try hard to get broods and then lose

[@Yoshi_206]

They just don't die.... if you have endless queen energy to transfuse them

[@princess_love9929]

Didn't DRG beat Serral with broodlords at Katowice?

[@c.kainoabugado7935]

😎

[@johnny5731]

You a brude boy