Dark's NEW 200 IQ Zerg strategy - StarCraft 2

SC2 Korean StarCraft 2 League | Dark shows the value of a macro Zerg Nydus in this roller coaster series against American Protoss Astrea!
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[@ChrisTheNuke]

Winter you have single handedly brought me back into Starcraft 2 multiple times now and you're my go to for SC2 content, thanks for everything.

[@davidm2031]

He and harstem are the best.

[@_Wai_Wai_]

@@davidm2031 Winter's witty comments brings him a notch above Harstem

[@xxArCxxWavExx]

Fully agree

[@the1Blind]

24:32 Dark waves his hand and tells the probe to stop just outside vision range. "This isn't the hive you're looking for."

[@spencerbeard3904]

"Dark has no dedicated anti air" Dark deletes 3 carriers in 4 seconds

[@VinnyVelvet]

All the little puns and calling 'cards' and all the built up work doing this has always kept me a huge fan of your casting. From streams to youtube to the big time, you make it addicting to watch and I appreciate it.

[@qualwinters8784]

For that bonus game, I'm proud to see a Malaysian SC2 player get his match casted by you, Winter! 😍

[@Mister-IKE]

"two warp prisms lost sooo I haven't been doing my job" 😂😂😂

[@diclonius7]

God that last game was so chaotic where watching the pros is almost always so ordered and samey. SEAKING neuraling the colossi just felt like bullying at the end.

[@vox5505]

I'm dying. keep the bonus games coming! That was amazing

[@ConstantineIII]

The look of sheer disapointment in the last game is too funny. I had the exact same face palm moment IRL lol

[@TheMuddbudd]

Winter saying that specifically only Dark's hydra's counter carriers, like it's not still going to give all 20 people that still play ladder the idea to try it themselves.

[@reallordfluffybutt5636]

Dark playstyle is the most disgustingly disrespectful I have ever watched in SC2. It's a compliment btw.

[@mrbojangles4155]

When you say “Welcome back…”, I can tell you are genuinely welcoming us back to enjoy the games with you.

[@Npc-Mob]

You were fighting Dark's main army and then ten seconds later you're already infested with lurkers in your production.

[@jovanpetrovich9359]

Dark is the sole driving force in making me want to play starcraft

[@robesadler]

(A Terran) noted.....

[@Ghost_of_the_Mountain]

Dark doesn't play Starcraft like a strategy game. He plays it like an action game.

[@stalwart56k]

2:08 Dark is literally the favorite in everything INCLUDING being his mother's favorite child haha ;) ^_^

[@gushlergushler]

I quite enjoyed the bonus game, seeing these not quite top tier players is nice, their engagements not being as crisp and a bigger chance of mess ups makes it less predictable!

[@angelcolon4306]

"its a disaster" is so good I have actually caught myself using it irl multiple times

[@RYXPfan]

When I initially saw the ultra cavern I was seriously confused, but with all the armor against interceptors I started to realize their use right around the time Winter was talking about it ;)

[@ilikepinacoladasandgetting896]

What is funny is that i have never played starcraft 2 but your content is so entertaining that i have been watching for almost 10 years.

[@Koht2809]

I think Meo’s name contains both a reference to One Piece (Sea Kings) and an acronym (South East Asia) making him the “Last South-East Asian King” I haven’t asked him directly but his profile status is “I’m the last of my kind..” which sorta plays into my theory. Edit: Also very happy to see the SEA players getting some love!! (Should keep your eye on LeoRusher and Koht, they’re roughly the same MMR as Meo and Ranger)

[@AdioShu]

Dark is an inspiration to zerg everywhere!

[@WeastintheEast]

Just want to say thanks for the casts. Had my 2nd son a month ago and your casts have kept me entertained daily and been a reprieve from the stress. Keep up the good work and bad jokes!

[@fernandoxavier3089]

I love the sad background music in the second game while the spine crawlers crawl towards the protoss base. 😂

[@steffensimon2949]

"Its not really a basetrade, when only one player is losing bases" - what a line haha

[@astrofun4221]

at minute 7.48 probes cant leave there is a hardwall astrea didnt cancel security sybercore at his natural

[@vamsiampolu8438]

keep up the great work winter. that 3rd game was fire.

[@christianclark9494]

thanks for getting back into SC2! it's been fun getting proxy rushed and roach all in for hours!

[@WolfGangDealers]

And to end my night, I finally get around to watching this video. Here’s to me not falling asleep during it.

[@williamfitch1546]

23:32 "there is no such thing as cheese, just alternative macro" I will take this message to my brethren in the Bronze league heroes!

[@Cephalopopo]

Dark plays like rogue and he always has. However ppl hate rogue for it but love dark? Bonus game is a great thing winter.

[@bighighwargod]

Honestly wish Winter was just the caster for the live events. The amount of time and effort Winter puts into his videos really shows his love for StarCraft2.

[@patgrady]

Loved the bonus game, and was great seeing dark give hydras love

[@JacksonJoseph-Eugene]

thanks for this commentary and for the bonus game That was an "execution" indeed !

[@nicholasfactor]

Thx for doing the bonus games! Awesome content as ususal!

[@ianh4297]

the viper is definitely the best unit in the game because every other race loves to play cute and footsy with your zerg army its so satifying to ABDUCT their expesnsive cute units one at a time into your hydraroachling deathball

[@trobertw]

Winters great casting and analysis made me reinstall SC2 and re-discover my hate for the game after 2 ranked matches

[@bphenry]

I love the whole "Astrea is the NA hope!" Then Astrea just gets the floor wiped with his face.

[@mimszanadunstedt441]

damn i wanna see something like this vs terran then i might actually play again

[@MuklukYoutube]

"I'm not telling you newbies that hydras counter carriers... I'm saying DARKS hydras counter carriers" I was watching this while eating dinner and started choke-laughing like an idiot at this line. Fantastic.

[@DaveTestaSC]

Love the cast! I actually caught some of this for the first time! :D Thank you for your hard work!

[@DaveTestaSC]

too

[@the1Blind]

Well, the third game certainly was entertaining to watch :D

[@hivetech4903]

gg 😎 Great to see the whacky Infestor timing lol.

[@taykex3483]

I totally remember rogue using a similar strat against maru in one of the gsl finals like 10+ years ago.

[@GameFuMaster]

27:24 IMO, Nexus should provide their own power in a small radius, it's ridiculous that you still need pylons to power stuff that's right next to a base

[@hivetech4903]

Really? You don't see how that would break the game instantly lol?

[@GameFuMaster]

@@hivetech4903 you don't see how underpowered protoss tends to be? Look at game 1. All Dark needed were mineral units and could easily attack and defend against units that cost gas Then game 3 ends because a few banelings just destroyed pylons

[@hivetech4903]

@@GameFuMaster "tends to be"? Spoken like a true ignoramus of SC2. Looking at one match, check. Not realizing that Astrea the rank 27 player is not even remotely a match for Dark, the 2nd best Zerg on the planet, check. Ranger is Rank 192 GM, MeomaikA is rank 88 GM 😂Like both of those Zergs have multiple times the winnings of the others. Check aligulac yourself, PvZ is currently 51% (that means slightly Protoss favored). So what are you talking about?

[@GameFuMaster]

@@hivetech4903 Okay, so I'm looking at /periods/latest/ and it's showing: Leading race Terran Terran (7%) Lagging race Protoss Protoss (12%) PvT 37-45 (45.12%) PvZ 33-38 (46.48%) TvZ 37-44 (45.68%) Even going back a few periods and it's showing that protoss lags in the double digits

[@OniFeez]

Where do you get that alternative scheme for the zerg in the bonus game? That just looks striking, as if the late great Alan Rickman slapped me in the face with a trout.

[@Chimpy_Mc_Gibbon]

Looking forward to this match again. Thanks Winter!

[@jeremykiahsobyk102]

*Nydus emerges in the main* Probes: mY LyFe 4! AyUR!

[@DarkScreamGames]

this bonus game is SC2 played like it was WC3, how interesting

[@danawetlesen8129]

Game three was just a wonderful treat. 10/10 best way to follow up s dark vs Astrea game

[@kirill429]

Damn astrea really played his heart out in game 1

[@MRMR-ii8du]

Loving the bonus games

[@piensabiblia7351]

This is great content and even greater effort from you Winter. Trult the best SC2 content creator by miles. You even made me stop watching other creators because of how good quality content you make

[@darkestaxe3415]

My Rank Roulette Guess: I'm guessing Diamond 1. It felt like they weren't expanding when higher apm would but they were both so aggressive without obvious blunders and breakdown that I feel they have to be well above metal. Also the creep spread was weird but probably good enough for masters, but the starting aggression that couldn't get the infesters was also probably not a build.

[@Xenocide586]

Love the bonus matches!

[@godmaxer]

Dark so good

[@CatzyCatzy]

Oh....Dark did the Sex Panther build? I saw PiG doing that not long ago. 24:05

[@reue100]

23:50 .... Yep

[@blorby]

I like the fact winter started to “like” our comments when it’s a good comment. Feels better when watching and commenting on KZbin as twitch is too far as a platform for many of us.

[@poopstain1234567891]

I miss "binders full of ____" jokes. Glad to hear other people say them lol

[@screes620]

Wow.. It's like someone came up to dark with a challenge and said "you get 1 queen, 10 banelings, 3 spines, and 5min. GO". That was disgusting.

[@zalmar5855]

+1000000 internet points for the firefly reference

[@cristofersiech4692]

yeah the bonus games are very smart, also maybe some more "wintermercials" : ]

[@juliustan1494]

Man … Dark knew he had to do something after that earlier defense

[@jaybee8862]

Ahhhh how deceiving... i figured Dark was gonna give us another macro win, but naaaaaah 😂😅 Lol ty for the surprise Winter 👏

[@WiseWik]

Prefire like without looking bruv!

[@xero1269]

More bonus games!

[@user-yy1fp2mb5j]

Next level strategy!

[@blaskbulwark2881]

I love macro-nydus and cheese!

[@JoeMustache321]

i like that weird zerg skin in the bonus game

[@michaelvan-y2414]

Bonus game!

[@Ulti_H]

oh my that second game was vile

[@DrownedInExile]

So how is an infestor's neural parasite supposed to affect a purely robotic Colossus??

[@hivetech4903]

I'm guessing Colossus have a complex robot brain that works well enough for the parasitic cord😋

[@chrizzvt]

winter what do you think with the current zvp how about if stalker do more dmg againts anything with energy?i think protoss lack of fighting chance and none of the patches for over 10 years to help this issue...

[@tyrellwreleck4226]

Ranger never heard about disruptors. Although he can still go HT but he already have that robo so why not do it

[@kinglinkz]

I know it's not neeb, RIPish (we miss you), but I miss the proper American protoss intro

[@GotEmAll1337]

Honestly in the beginning I thought your voice/casting style was a little annoying/trying too hard...but I've come to realize you're just a g00ber and I fucking love it. Perfect amount of humor but with actually relevant commentary and, unlike others, you actually AREN'T trying too hard...it just seems to come naturally. I've gotten to the point where, if I see a new video from you, insta-click + insta-like. Keep up the good work man!

[@madumlao]

the 2 lings attacking was just bait to force the stalker in the wall. With the stalker in the wall there was no way to deny the spines.

[@chessx6847]

"The best way to control a unit is to remove it from the field" (TOP)

[@jasonnguyen350]

Love the deck

[@brwnipoundr8791]

Macroroni n’ Cheese

[@MunkeyBrewster]

I also like the bonus game so that I don’t know it’s a 2-0 😊

[@treebeard2297]

As a viewer, I freakin love zerg. As a Protoss main, I freakin hate zerg.

[@cameronmorris112]

Great games

[@MrBigjoecincy]

I need to use lurkers more

[@bongkem2723]

Meomaika has the weirdest build among the master players =))

[@mathisme7918]

Guess who's back dark again...🎉

[@brendonnel6631]

Winter you have a great personality man. Impeccable casting.

[@Vajhdeken]

Going against Dark isn't a matter of who will win, rather more of a how long will his opponent last

[@zergstirfry]

Omfg! I am a Protoss simp but Jesus dark is crazy

[@JoeMustache321]

Let's goooo!!

[@mbran031]

Lol Astrea treated Dark like an average ladder opponent. Throwing away a tempo advantage just to build a bunch of carriers never works against Dark.

[@benjaminhenderson5025]

1.2K likes just a few minutes after midnight.

[@jakebrewable]

Today I learned you can not clear creep with Storm

[@yashasupercow99]

The CHEESE!

[@ironmonkey1512]

how do you get dark hydra?

[@SBG420]

OLIVEIRA FTW

[@Intensi0ns]

That last game....what a stupid game...I love it

[@josuepereira9782]

Kind of one-side games.

[@enriquegarciacota3914]