I Accidentally find the HOLY GRAIL OF Cannonrushing

[@calebmaple4788]

After finding your channel a year ago, I've consistently watched you which finally brought me to try playing ranked again, I managed to get platinum 1v1 2v2 Terran and 1v1 zerg but I think plat is my peak now, but it was a huge rush and joy getting back into sc2. I was getting stomped at first but your videos always made me keep going back and trying. I wouldn't have much interest in sc2 if it wasn't for your channel bringing me back please keep making hilarious and quality videos.

[@cartersimon1970]

💯

[@nathansharnsky2330]

I have a similar story. Harstem! You’re amazing! Thanks for making sc2 so much fun :)

[@kovasm.6088]

Glad to hear that harstem's content makes people try sc2, they definitely influenced me to keep playing at times of low motivation as well. If you keep playing, you're definitely going to get diamond (maybe even masters if you put it enough work!) o7.

[@aussiecara4334]

Yes nearly the same here. I found my way back to Starcraft 2 myself after 5 years. But Harstem motivates me to play more 1vs1 and get better.

[@erikkarlsson9192]

@@kovasm.6088 Yeah I got to Diamon when I just played more than a few games per season, I started playing maybe like an average of 3-4 games a day and got to diamond within a couple of weeks, was actually a bit proud of that. 😊

[@mar98co1]

"We lost about 50 MMR, so it's been a good day" -Kevin, 2021

[@nnm711]

"Beating Grandmasters with stupid stuff" usually means -100, so losing just 50 is a good day indeed.

[@cobble3231]

For those afraid: don't worry, last season the Beckett spot (behind the mineral line) was also broken, but soon everyone knew it and it was impossible to pull it off

[@Ole_Rasmussen]

Yeah sure, if you're GOOD but what about me?

[@feto5310]

let me be afraid cobble

[@Kanehelax]

its already gone

[@jonataneldh]

The captain didn't reply to the GLHF because he knew the opponent wouldn't have fun anyway.

[@JulienRoyCode]

"I repeat, roaches don't attack air =D" ------ oh shit ravager/queens

[@_unknown_guy]

Few moments later...

[@nahruz.w3044]

The fact that harstem was so proud to show us a great 3 pylon wall cannon rush position, and then accidently found a 2 pylon wall position is gold. And frankly this was not the first time things like this happen to that man.

[@petecabrina]

That was hilarious the speech about roaches and queens then he gets totally pawned by the push.

[@madsondurton8754]

I m glad you re doing this, Its just like you say about clem and the proxy racks, two successful cannon ruch in a tounament and suddenly your scouting probe gets always followed or better with earlier scout from opponents. A probe should always strike fear. Comgrats on your score in rank roullette too!

[@danabeled]

somewhere parting is pissed that you revealed this 2 pylon wall

[@ralfuhlmann8341]

Harstem is Bob Ross of SC2

[@Amoeby]

Holy crap! This 2 gate forge build is something else!

[@JFox4587]

2 gate forge was sick nasty

[@Bhuyakasha]

Why not kill your own cannon at the start to rescue your probe? It was already super low anyway.

[@Harstem]

Because I am an idiot.

[@Bhuyakasha]

@@Harstem Good point.

[@PotniMuzik]

@@Harstem we know that )

[@You-ul8qw]

Dang I figured out that super strong 3 pylon wall at the bottom ramp on glittering ashes (which you can also glitch through the wall with your probe when you build a cannon, but I did not know that hardwire had that 2 pylon wall at the top!! Wow I'm never going to play a macro game on that map now... not even versus a terran.

[@bjornprompeler9424]

Harstem: Roaches don't shoot air... Dark: hold my 🍺

[@alistairbolden6340]

with the forge fast expanbd wings of lib strat you place the pylon out of line of sight and then wall in with 2cannon+ pylong behind the mineral line.

[@Gajoobles]

Harstem: My opponent has made a huge mistake we will win for sure Harstem: *Loses"

[@jerubaal101]

For someone who cannon rushes every single PVP, Harstem sure does suck at cannon rushing. I feel like every single game he makes some giant freakin mistake. You can't even blame accidentally canceling buildings on your enemy.

[@samuelhaines3685]

Harstem still has much to learn, but he's been getting pretty decent. I'm curious to see if he can get a proper feel for it sometime

[@jerubaal101]

At least he still has his sense of humor. xD

[@mitjapintar4609]

i was better at cannon rush 12y ago...

[@GollyGeeWilikers]

for real. "oh i shouldn't have let his drone kill my probe." yes. this isn't wood league. and i suck shit at this game but everything i've learned from harstem over the last few years it seems like i remember and harstem has forgotten.

[@marcoalmeida4058]

You need to build a forge then 1 gas with 3 probes. Now block the ramp with 3 pylons. Start one cannon and a pylon next to it (in case drones unpowered it by destroying the pylon at the ramp). If he started with 6 pool don't block the ramp, just build the cannon at home and block with 2 gateways (one is just momentary). Cancel one gateway and build the cybernetic core. Of course try to expand.

[@OmgMyutubeaccount]

Thx coach

[@whateverppl1229]

17:47 "just keep swimming, just keep swimming"

[@genaricTallGuy]

At around 6:00 he said “whatcha gonna do when they for..” FREE COFFEE TUESDAY ADD - PERFECT TIMING “… you” lol

[@blooburry416]

Cannon down to the last hps just kill it take the probe build new cannon no longer "stuck" and cannon back to full hp not just shields. ez start vid win.

[@LankyAssMofka]

Yeah he had a cannon sitting there that could've blasted the high ground cannon and kept putting down stuff

[@seanclements6206]

15:13 that's the beauty with the fog of war

[@stilesRTS]

we need more cannon rushing

[@danciagar]

we need more cannon rushing

[@powertreadssupremacy]

@@danciagar we require more minerals - for more cannon rushing

[@theresgoldinthesecomments4067]

Fun seeing old tactic in SC being called new

[@erikkarlsson9192]

4:30 I was thinking like two minutes ago that he should kill that cannon with his probe and get to the other side and instantly try sneak a pylon there instead to power the other cannon on the low ground. Probably wouldn't had gotten away with it but it would've been so funny if it had actually worked! Around 3:08 was when I first thought about it, but it wouldn't had worked as around 3:30 the zealot gets there to kill the unpowered low ground cannon.

[@llllllllllllllIIlIllIIllIIIIll]

i did not have success with that 2 pylon block, maybe the cannon is 2 far away? but you can also cannons on low ground from the high ground pylon so i can see something happening with that

[@llllllllllllllIIlIllIIllIIIIll]

Cravings to cannon rush are intensifying

[@monkeybusiness673]

Oh, you dirty, DIRTY man! Awesome!

[@FrederickFIintstone]

That zealot forge build is hilarious, stealing that for sure

[@Ole_Rasmussen]

I was like "he's microing so fast" but while that's true, I did have it on 1,5x speed

[@semajojnab]

I've been trying playing Terran and pride of altaris has a strange ramp set up with the two supply Depot / barracks wall off. Not sure how to explain but when it's usually the Depots and your add on, that walls it off. But now it takes a little bit of the barracks too. I'm blabbering hahahahah

[@Draemn]

31:55 sounds like an IoDIS complaint

[@jamesmears3419]

lmfao juking around with the pylon and goofs the wall

[@anima94]

that game 2 build order was straight up evil

[@roberttomsiii3728]

Click for curiosity, stayed for instant satisfaction

[@damedley75]

Suggested new rule for Cheesiest: at 10 minute mark you have to pull all probes and attack or simply surrender.

[@DubbleTwice]

The cheese giveth and the cheese taketh away.

[@RemingtinArms]

As a kid, I thought Canon rushing was cheese, but as an adult I understand, I truly understand... That cheese is pretty good.

[@D3cyanide]

Yes, this is the best Harstem video.. hilarious

[@Sara_Feingold]

Harstem has gone from cannon-rushing as a gimmick to becoming a real cannon-rusher now :)

[@whateverppl1229]

they grow up so fast. :')

[@whateverppl1229]

"we're down 70 mmr so it's been a good day" sounds about right

[@slumberingsam]

love these cannon rush videos

[@Florenciosc2]

3 pylons is a better wall.

[@x3XDiablo]

yep, if you get 3 pylons up you can reinforce with 2 more and its pretty much unbreakable

[@stefanrofl]

"Ja ja, ja ja" You love to hear it.

[@WhoDareChillYouN]

U could have destroy the upper canon using lower one, and free the the probe and kept going onto building more canons in his main base

[@LachimusPrime]

Rtr1? Iiodis? Cheesiest man alive? Doesn't matter, they're all good 😁

[@FasterThanLightOreo]

Best series ever!

[@Magworld0]

If you killed your highground cannon with the lowground cannon at 2:10, to let your HG probe in front and put down HG cannon in range of both your LG cannon and their nexus, the game was over already!~

[@BackZero11]

most entertaining sc2 player/caster

[@RyanJosepher]

Holy grail. Does that mean it doesn't get better then this?

[@may_on_fire]

All of the maps were made by cannon rushers xD

[@happystick3804]

thank you for your service comrade

[@DankandDanker]

@lowkotv recently joked that harstem kills critters and here he is killen em

[@starnostras]

That fucking thumbnail. I don't even play SC2 and I'm subliminally impelled to subscribe.

[@FelipeNaranja]

I know this guy, he's the one that 3-1'd Maru!

[@Trazynn]

3:08 wouldn't it have been a good idea to destroy your own top cannon using the bottom cannon, freeing the probe and hoping your opponent doesn't see it?

[@terryhopp645]

If Pete Davidson and Anthony jesenik had a kid it would be him

[@TpoJioJio47]

I've accidently finded the HOLY GRAIL OF Cannonrushing

[@Villiscaband1]

He could have killed that cannon on the high ground with his and his probe would have been free

[@christianr9649]

Who loves to see it?

[@stoneheart7482]

2:16 nyaaaaa owowow :3

[@tiberiu_nicolae]

As a creature of the sea, I felt let down by the intro

[@eztvlight1202]

Blub blub bluub

[@diggoran]

You have not enough minerals

[@2019inuyasha]

Put down 2 pylons no cannons when he pulls 6 probes for a while just cancel pylons your way ahead here

[@whitemouse2460]

So, what you are saying is that to acquire the holy grail of cannon rushing one must... construct additional pylons?

[@goodguycwyzz4768]

Should have killed the first low hp cannon to free your probe and rebuild it

[@NerdLantern]

He clocks needlessly

[@severusvonrosenwald4178]

Nice!

[@SickmanOfVietnam]

winning player i see, wp GG my friend :)

[@danielbrannon8371]

MMmmmm... Consequences. Yummy.

[@officialmcdeath]

Hop hop hop \m/

[@raunaquepatra3966]

Viewer Request for beating grand Master with stupid stuff. Try using the adept teleportation with mother ship glitch

[@andreygrigorev8366]

What to you mean by that? Never heard about this glitch

[@raunaquepatra3966]

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[@aljoker7808]

U know u can target ur own cannon with another one? :D

[@oneiterationaday6667]

u rock

[@WastedTalent83]

it need skill and everything but, i never liked rushes in starcraft , even if they are effective. because many games you don't even use most of the units/building. Maybe its high lvl play style, can't say im not that good. But i prefer the long games^^

[@Plasmax-jp6pm]

lul ziomek

[@thomasfischer9259]

can you beat Artosis?

[@eksentrysyti]

Need to learn how to mineral walk your probes chief. The game on glittering ashes the opponent was sending 5+ probes to chase your extra probe, that's all burned mining time, could have gotten a full scout and make him panic something extra. That extra scout could have exposed the stargate, and then you know for sure you need those shield batteries in the mineral line.

[@chrisgriffith1573]

You canceled your cannon?? It could have killed three lings before going down, bought you time and made it less hard for your probe defend!!!

[@antonzhdanov9653]

There is nothing holy into canonrushing.

[@NerdLantern]

Clicks

[@actually_it_is_rocket_science]

Take my KZbin premium money

[@MimicGaming]

Harstem is imbal

[@andrewjknott]

1:55 kill your own cannon to free the probe.

[@lightpad1360]

Sorry Kevin, but your last game wasn't a cannon rush, so it doesn't count.

[@dopeman2468]

I’ve been doing this for about a month

[@gabydewilde]

You are getting good at all aspects of the game but here? #31:42 I've seen bronze players fight better with their probes. Lings are not like marines or zealots vs workers. Workers actually kill lings. If as a zerg player you send 6 lings into a full protis mineral line you expect to lose all of them because of mineral walking and those stupid shields that keep growing back. Unless it is you, then I expect all probes to die while harvesting. Its a honorable death but it wont win you the war. What are you going to do after the game with all those extra minerals? zergling: 35 hp 10 dps 4 seconds to kill a probe probe: 20/20 hp 4.67 dps 7.494 seconds to kill a ling he has something like 12 lings before reinforcing? you have 30 probes there? And shield batteries? Or am I wrong about this?

[@TheJoe5212]

Yeah you are a bronce man... Couldn't have shouted it harder lol

[@asdfasdf-mn8iu]

Please put the name of the video category back in the title harstem. The titles really don't gain too much in terms of "cleanliness" without it but they lose so much glance value and in the thumbnails there's usually too much going on and too much clickbaity stuff to reliably see if it's IODIS or cheesiest man alive etc. It's really just worse without the category in the title.

[@LatMajare]

Cannon rush providing shitty gameplay. This video is suck. Thanks for sharing it with us

[@geethug6910]

This guy is a clown.

[@CarcyBass]

you give bad ideas to people who don't know how to play. i unsub xD

[@eztvlight1202]

Typical land dweller

[@alfiey5783]

Why bother playing this game if you are going to do stuff like that. No wonder my little cousin says its a dead game and for old dudes.