Dark goes 5 Hatch(!) before GAS?! (StarCraft 2)

StarCraft 2 ESL Open Cup Grand Finals between Dark (Zerg) and ByuN (Terran). This match features wild Zerg build orders, as Dark decides to throw curveball after curveball to confuse ByuN as much as is possible. An amazing series of Zerg versus Terran.
Photo of Dark on the thumbnail by me at Blizzcon in 2019. Before the beard and the moustache.
Support my work: / lowkotv
Lowko merch: lowko.shop
Tech setup: lowko.tv/setup
Discord community: / discord
My second channel: / morelowko
Twitch livestream: / lowkotv
Live most days, starting at 2 PM CET / CEST
StarCraft 2 is a military science fiction real-time strategy video game developed and released by Blizzard Entertainment.
#StarCraft2 #SC2 #RTS
Kijkwijzer (Dutch viewer guide): 6, violence, fear
--
/ lowkotv
/ lowkotv
/ lowkotv
/ lowkotv

[@user-ii6yf1cj6h]

Translations for the korean Byun: are you taking the gold minerals Dark: stop stream sniping Byun: it's too obvious After seeing the gold base Byun: wait you actually took it? Dark: hehe Next game Seeing dark hasn't taken gas Byun: serious? No gas? Go win Dark hasn't replied and was able to fend off the hellions Dark: talking to me and sending hellions (while I type)? Byun: hey not bad Next game Dark: gl hf Byun: This time, it's different Dark: oh shoot I've made a mistake Byun: it won't be easy this time Dark: sure, let's get this over with

[@ChristianSandviknes]

You are doing the lord's work

[@miza6]

Ty

[@avinotion]

I think you should add some question marks

[@Aimless1337]

Ty, u too are a HerO

[@radudragos4252]

ty

[@jackmr946]

"Marauders are popping, Ultras are coming" 27:17 Here you go Lowko, we still want that rap album

[@jacoballey21]

ByuN and HerO probably have literal nightmares of playing against Dark--which is fitting

[@leonardovegaolmedo5483]

Hero has solid win rates against dark. Also, dark himself stated that he really struggles against hero.

[@nmgaro2156]

Due to hard work and practice, they made the dreams come true

[@SpeedyR0gue07]

😊😊😊😊​@@leonardovegaolmedo5483

[@jacoballey21]

@@leonardovegaolmedo5483 Dark only respects a few ppl. HerO is certainly one. And I love watching when they play

[@sparkyk24]

@@leonardovegaolmedo5483Actually, you’re both right. Pig has talked about this: they both absolutely dread playing each other and have no confidence

[@gregoryadams8433]

Claiming someone to be the Mike Tyson of SC2 is a huge compliment, in a game where one can have a plan for everything and just getting dummy slapped into the ER of a hospital. Nothing is more satisfying to see when the point of no return is an instant over compared to a slow death over 20-50 minutes of waiting for "GG" to show up. Keep up with the great commentary Lowko!

[@C_Shay_77]

I've never heard "micro jackson" before. I nearly died 🤣

[@trstnhn]

You would actually die if you were watching the tournament where Byun got that nickname. His hair and just the overall mood he carried then was a 1:1 replication of Michael Jackson, which is why he got the nickname Micro Jackson.

[@logik1677]

How have you never heard that…

[@VeryBadPlayerTV]

how.... its been his nick name for years.

[@C_Shay_77]

Been outa the loop for years.... life happens @logix1677 @@VeryBadPlayerTV ✌🍻

[@C_Shay_77]

I bet! I'll have to try and check that out! @@trstnhn 🍻

[@erikvarga4367]

16:27 "you can't dodge these corrosive biles!"

[@poisht853]

how did he even rapidfire those?

[@erikvarga4367]

@853 I think it is not on "Activate skill with keybind + click" but "Activate skill and the click command are on the same key" and then wherever your cursor is there will the biles go. So he holds down the bile key and moves the cursor wherever

[@dotquack1]

40:42 do NOT try nydussy!! worst mistake in my life!!!

[@diomega3805]

Thank you. Looked in the comments the second I heard "Nydussy!" 😄

[@gabekeeter6415]

Instructions unclear, I can no longer pee without medical assistance

[@ryanfahey1281]

Nydus worm for the 17th location in the exact same time huh Lowko? Proof that Dark is a time wizard?

[@LegalHotdog]

Love me a long vid to fall asleep to. Thanks Lowko!

[@hollyjarvis1131]

HAHAHA! I wonder if that's an amazing compliment or the spiciest zing.

[@Cooscoo]

Spanishiwa "Ice fisher" build still works

[@LowkoTV]

That’s a loooooong time ago

[@AsslessDaMenace]

Loved Spanishiwa's streams back in the day. Taught me a lot

[@Malpheron]

@@LowkoTV I played Zerg before Reynor was born.

[@emptybox-design]

Thank you @Lowko for all the content, really enjoy starting my work day listening to your channel.

[@ddenozor]

Dark is the type of player who is not afraid of throwing random shit to the wall to see what sticks. But he throws them so hard they all stick anyway.

[@zepenance9571]

Byun: play a standard game Dark: (saitama face) ok. Yep.

[@WhitePum4]

Awesome, dark doing a variation of my opener in 2nd game. Pretty sick, except with 2 extra hatcheries because he got away with defending reapers without roach lol

[@Nekoyashiki-san]

That was so greedy in the third match! XD Thanks for casting. ^^

[@whisk5724]

Dark makes me scratch my head. Gotta love it!

[@dontworryaboutit4807]

Your TvZ is always a blast to see

[@zyrf1167]

+1 roach Hyun style haha classic!

[@Malpheron]

Reminds me of the Ice Fisher build from WoL.

[@bobby4tw]

Dark: "Build order?, what is that nonsense?"

[@ObeliskM]

Hi Lowko. Any chance for more ZvZ, TvT and especially PvP? You almost never cast mirror matches...

[@Markfr0mCanada]

28:35 Lowko, make sure to rap about how space and time are interchangeable!

[@kw8295]

The scary part is that you can never tell if Dark is serious or if he's just messing around until it's too late.

[@theperson912]

lil lowko up next 💯

[@kw8295]

24:10 Byun: 5 Hatch?! WTF?!

[@stephenbeeson7622]

"Lurkers in the worm" 🤣🤣🤣

[@BoneAppleTea]

Lil Lowko is a great name hahaha

[@azamilizzatbnazlanozizi]

Wait, what happened to the CC in the last minute?

[@compinerd732]

crazy to me that byun picks up the marines everytime when they get surrounded but the tank right next gets left to die in game3

[@wannapeace81]

Lil Lowko - Marauders poppin' (Banelings pt 2) feat. Husky Starcraft

[@wtfill]

Dark thruly playing some next level challenges here

[@333kenshin]

"slown" isn't wrong per se - it's the past participle in the same way as grown, shown, and thrown "the fungus was grown atop the creep" "the marines were slown by the fungal growth"

[@justinsaunders110]

@@tonythesopranos5310you’ve grown, she was shown a variety of options.

[@tonythesopranos5310]

@@justinsaunders110 sorry I deleted my comments, you're completely right sorry, my brain melted for a bit there.

[@captainmccuckin2698]

Meanwhile Protoss has to struggle to wven have an idea for a third base vs Zerg

[@chrisdaignault9845]

Oh Dark.

[@NecromortisQc]

The new Spanishiwa build? 😮

[@Catman_CM]

That thumbnail, though :0

[@snowflaxxx]

1:58 gas

[@zyrf1167]

i don't play this game alot, but i do a similar build when i do, play, i actually only use this build against terran. It gets me straight into masters every time. the roach build that is in game 1

[@The4thShrine]

3 min into the vid and now i understand the exclamation points

[@PolineChan]

321 ending is 👌

[@jorgen0lsen863]

i thought i was losing vision to diabetes, then i checked my internet connection, but this recording is just an eyesaw

[@kittlyeatyou]

Let’s go!

[@jeffreyhocker6782]

I believe there's a lesson in this... even the greatest HerO can still be afraid of the Dark.

[@KnutFuchs]

Proving once again that Lowko only casts games in which Zerg wins

[@Glantir]

The "rap" was: Marauders are coming, Ultras are popping ^^

[@FlyingDominion]

At 22:21 you can see the gas coming up before the 5th hatchery.

[@SaltpeterTaffy]

Far be it from me to question the pros, but killing off 7 drones before gas seems like a terrible idea!

[@ronaldgreig1748]

Nadussy! Best plural for nydus worm

[@A_C_.]

Dark still doing Dark things.

[@alexhashimoto5739]

Credit to where it due. Dark scout have improved by leaps n bounds And yet I still don’t understand how he process the info. Just Dark doing Dark things.

[@madmartigan1634]

7:10 audible kek!!

[@NM-zt9kb]

whats the best Zergunit? what can u spent ur larvae on building this unit? what u gonna do with all ur minerals? - get more bases - u r ZERG!

[@osraneslipy]

When did Byun win for the last time? 2015?

[@squidhgf9997]

"a little bit of miscontrol from micro jackson..."

[@chhan_hima4351]

Hey, is this normal StarCraft game speed or is it sped up slightly? Please can anyone tell me?

[@kyneticist]

"normal" is very fast. You can reduce the speed in games vs AI.

[@kosherun]

"Whenever a terran player is thinking..." - confirmed! terrans do not think and are mindless blokes 🤣

[@Tyletoful]

I'm American and 'slown' down sounds better to me too. You're right Lowko

[@alfred7846]

ByuN vs Dark, what is this, 2016?

[@julesvetter3326]

Dark memeing with gasless Roach builds that gold scrub Zergs do, but wins vs pros like ByuN with it. It's entertaining and I like him for it.

[@ironmonkey1512]

Greedy Dark gets a click.

[@Bliss467]

My man just say nydussy 💀 oh dear… ya got me never lookin at em the same way again

[@LowkoTV]

Twitch Chat has a bad influence on me

[@BennyKsBandwidth]

I feel they should bring back infinite swarm host play if they're going to let the cyclones move and shoot.

[@Gh0stpain]

It does sound better 15:20

[@nothingbutanything6585]

If you seen one 'ㅋ' it means LUL and the more 'ㅋ' you have it means LOL. This works same with question marks

[@lockpickingstudent1255]

I hope Blizzard includes a spectator settings to auto-translate chat to English :)

[@calmsouls4502]

"will burn figure out this is a gold base first". More like, "will burn figure out this isn't a gold base first", if dark goes for a natural first expansion.

[@KryselITG]

Heh... Nydussy ❤

[@SirJohny5]

😮

[@SirJohny5]

Space ropes 30:54

[@abcdeeer]

i like to call them nyddies

[@zbright01]

You should put the English translation next to their comments. It would be fun to see what’s said.

[@jcisonutubee]

40:42 nydussy!??

[@enriquegarciacota3914]

Should have gone 6-hatch before gas

[@werxx7]

wp

[@Enm1ty]

Why do you not like multiple question marks???

[@VikTimmy]

It was on the screen a split second, but the gas was added right before the 5th hatch

[@Y0G0FU]

the banter between Byun and Dark is always a highlight xD

[@Jaysnipes]

14 mins in dark could of just mass lings or roaches and that would of been game.

[@UnrivaledAegis]

5 hatch before gas and loses. Guess you shouldn’t do that build.

[@JordanSlash]

2 hatch before gas?

[@Jimmyni-kk4em]

Hey lowko. Since u r self proclaim expert of the game. Can u tell me y against bio terran. Zerg don't use mutas to hit the medivac to shut it down. Any reason they never use it

[@arahelis2038]

Not a SC2 player, but I'd wager it's too expensive to tech into and the marines would quickly shut down the mutas. Now why do they don't make hydras is another question and I wonder about that too.

[@zsolt.a9255]

Mutas are really gas heavy and not a unit that you can just afford to have 3-4 of to hunt medivacs It would be apm heavy, the spire takes ages to build, its expensive and marines with stim and combat shields do really well against mutas on a straight up fight

[@Jimmyni-kk4em]

@@zsolt.a9255 if the pros r smart mutas atk when loaded. U say gas heavy. Rnt lurkers heavy too Rnt ghost heavy too. Just need a feel mutas flying around to shut down medivac or when terran is running away. I think the pros r just not smart in that. It's a obvious counter

[@zsolt.a9255]

@@Jimmyni-kk4em its inefficent, and you ignored almost everything else I said And by the way medivacs have the boost aswell, so they could just get away without being shut down And the main reason is that it would be incredibly apm heavy to have them constantly flying around while you try to manage everything else

[@Jimmyni-kk4em]

@@zsolt.a9255 OK so u r saying the. Problems of shutting down medivac cos a few mutas is too apm heavy. How do u explain the all the units the pros have to manage. Ghost viper infestor. So what if they have boost. It's not going to last long mutas should be able to catch up. A clear solution but ppl saying saying excuses that domt make sense. I dunno that y lowko should answer this. Or is he too uptight to answer his followers

[@palebleeder]

16:27 Ravagers celebrating their victory.

[@sieghart7156]

Genshin & HSR when?

[@pokapoka5733]

Hello!! My name is LOwko:P

[@aljamalk]

Lowko?????, if you start korean course, I will subscribe.

[@joovids3576]

clickbait! he took gas in main before 5th hatch

[@Bliss467]

If I know what you mean when you talk, you’re using English correctly. There’s no official rule book to this language. Slown down works, too 👍 But if you’re proud of being better at English than most native speakers, good on you 😅

[@Suicide_Circus]

Slown is past tence

[@evilcanopenervega8312]

why put the winner on the thumbnail.....that is so stupid, why would I watch the video if I already see who wins?....lol

[@Asira24]

??????????!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@emptybox-design]

First

[@masgenmann6215]

As a man of culture i can say with certainty that Nydussy is NOT the pluralisation you want to use xd

[@patrickdavidreiner]

??????????????????

[@Markfr0mCanada]

Why do multiple question marks bother you??????????????????????

[@jirikunc1956]

Dark is just abusing strongest unit in the game, queen :) why bother with lings and gas. just build 5 hatches and pump army of queens and your early game defense is solved

[@asdfasdf-mn8iu]

You are aware that was the only game in the series he lost, right?

[@AHersheyHere]

Lowko needs to slowdown his "slowdown". ^-^

[@yamilabugattas3895]

While these were great games, it's a bit sad to see Byun playing so passively.

[@Erebus2075]

22:00 no. byun is VASTLY worse than dark... like thousand+ mmr. the fact these are more than 5min games just goes to show how OP T has become...

[@ElGranPanda]

Byun vastly worse than Dark… Do you know who Byun is? Legendary Teamless World Champion Byun? Love Me Forever or Never Byun?

[@trstnhn]

Stop being delusional. As a neutral viewer, Zerg has been the strongest race for so long. Zerg just has so many BS units, and their macro is op.

[@philh2932]

@@trstnhnthat’s the problem, you’re just a viewer. You don’t play the game.

[@trstnhn]

@@philh2932 Not really. I have played in the past and mained Zerg back then. If I start playing again, I can easily start climbing to top 10% fairly quickly. Whether you play or not is pretty irrelevant. You don't need to be good at a certain activity to have knowledge regarding it. The world has many great examples supporting this claim while rejecting your closedmindedness. Also, if "skill" is such an important metric, then 99% of the currently active players are nowhere close to being qualified for adding to this discussion, which most likely includes you as well.

[@asdfasdf-mn8iu]

@@trstnhn That's why in all the latest tournaments, terrans are overrepresented and the only player that holds zerg mean winrates up is serral, because zerg is so OP, right? All the terrans just got insanely much better over the last few patches, can't have anything to do with balance lol. Do you even watch sc 2 games? T do mistakes the other races could barely ever afford. Maru flies his raven head-first into queens, loses his raven to corrosive biles. Byun in these games didn't do as many mistakes, granted.

[@TheMasterhomaster]

LowKo eats a COUPLE (like 7 of them since he thinks 3 or more means a couple) of boogers for breakfast 🍳

[@briankim1466]

OMG stop saying “utter”. I speak multiple languages. You’re saying a completely different word. It’s embarrassing.

[@martin_1982_]

Too much advertising. KZbin Premium got too expansive, but i hatte the adds. I stopped watching.

[@DStarLugia]

I'm not a fan of the title of the video. there's no reason to use ().