I Used this BROKEN Cannon rush spot in a TOURNAMENT

Harstem's ESL Masters run continues with a best of 5 series vs reynor.
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[@princess_love9929]

I really enjoy this format of video. It is a nice mix of first person and casting as you get the insight into your thinking but also some more info on what you retroactively add. All in all very entertaining and I hope you do more in the future :)

[@NotaThing13]

high level post game commentary with harstem sounds great doesn't it

[@Mysterio2243]

O7 good job Captain. Love seeing you in top form. If you keep this up for a few seasons you'll be beating the top players 💪

[@damedley75]

I was lucky enough to watch this live. Great match, Captain! 5-0 in mental victories.

[@HaploBartow]

Same, so glad we got to see a follow-up from Harstem's perspective.

[@MatthewEverettGates]

I saw that live. Omg, was so rooting for you dude, then so crushed! Great idea until the tragic Alamo pylon. Happy to see it from your view- some closure 😂 You wins were awesome!!

[@rossgeiger4575]

Harstem might not consistently beat reynor and dark and maru and these guys but the man also casts. Makes great videos. Studies the game in it entirety. Dudes a legend

[@dustyodyssey]

GGs captain! So glad to see you cheesing some games in "important" tournaments. It definitely sparks joy. You are by far my favorite pro player

[@halfbakedpeanut]

"and the final game is played on solaris, one of the best zerg maps in the map pool, but I! I have a plan! uhhhh the plan isnt great but... "

[@kaloyanangelov8042]

Great games, Captain, I watched them live, watched them now and I'm so impressed by your preparation! Taking 2 maps in a dominating fashion by punishing Reynor's mistakes and looking so HOT and close in 2 more - I'm ecstatic to see your next games. You are looking so SOLID even with the mistakes you made, can't imagine what BEAST you would be if you manage to clear them up. WP vs Bly, I hope we see that series as well with your comments. You completely destroyed him, making him look like a second rated player who took one map just by chance. Good luck vs Spirit! Can't wait to see what you have prepared for him.

[@baumes_baum8054]

If you had just canceled one pylon less in the first game you’d have beaten reynor… gg‘s captain great series

[@Giligussy]

Man, that cannon rush with 1 extra pylon and you might have won the series! Well played dutchman!

[@ibfreely8952]

2:40 is just 😅😅😅😅

[@tatatatartine2588]

Our boy Harstem: one of the best preparation of the scene, but doesn't want to wake his killer instinct (that still sleeps in the year 2016). (sorry for the sarcasm, just hope you could unleash your true power).

[@TheBehm08]

“As you can see, I’m pretty upset right now..” Harstem in the background: “AGH COME ON!” 😂😂

[@flynnwagner9653]

Ah glad to see you uploaded this series! Was a really fun one. Great set of games. Really got a lot more than most people do out of their glaive openings.

[@nipsu6757]

"I've won the game already. I just I don't have my chips any more for whatever reason." Wise words of a gambling man. :P

[@scottmills4164]

1st game. An Artosis pylon I believe. Lol

[@contemplate1789]

Thanks! Great to have such videos! Wanted to see those and I think even asked in comments. Cool to see how you play in tournaments and hear comments! Interesting and educational!

[@cripnez]

I just learned so much from this series alone!! thank you so much for explaining the thought process and strategy guidelines!! Greetings from Costa Rica!

[@powlee9333]

great series harstem :) i was on the edge of my seat

[@georgecharnley2051]

So cool to see you mixing in some cheese and aggression into your tournament play. You're on the cusp of a breakthrough. Keep going!

[@KumarBendrake]

That was a valiant effort!

[@HENTAICOMBO]

I remember Harstem doesn't like glgl or hfhf. Also, Reynor is facing against Harstem: glgl

[@Repetoire]

"I canceled my pylons cause I don't need them" "Why didn't you just build another pylon you idiot"

[@cinadairanskywind1841]

Saw this series live and game 5 was so close! Will be cheering you on for the rest of the event so glhf!

[@joepkippensnuiver2969]

Love the insight of these videos in the thought process of a match.

[@plantex625]

Great series, I watched it live. Was impressed by your speed and multitasking, you pushed him to the edge and could have easily taken the series

[@AlexCatable]

Just a pure joy listening to your highly intelligent and eloquent banter)

[@HaploBartow]

Man, so wild to think Harstem was one pylon in game one away from making this a 3-1 victory over Reynor. May the Year of Harstem continue!

[@DistrictTerra]

It is so interesting to hear your side of the games..I would love to see you sit down with someone you've played a series with and talk about the chemistry of it all..

[@amindamok]

This was a fun watch. That last game was a heart breaker though.

[@Pedro-rc8mu]

Very impressive performance, happy to see it! Better luck next time

[@viktorgabriel2554]

you know what you random rambles are a lot of fun and you have a skill to drag them out way longer then needed

[@davidbardwell712]

The perfect scenario "you are shooting, and they are standing in your lazers"!XD

[@nutellaschnute8703]

I dont like it when Harstem talks himself down. Captain you have to remember that you are one of the best sc2 players in the world playing against the other best players of the world. Its always a pleasure to see you play and despite my Bias as a zerg player I will always continue to cheer for you. I admire the attitude of staying in and still doing your best to win. Thats a good anology for real life aswell. Keep it up and never loose hope :)

[@donlwilliams358]

GG, just a Harstem fan here! Win or lose, youll always be a winner!

[@bencheevers6693]

Heartbreaking but good lesson to learn for the future, excited to see the recovery and blowout, at 4 min. Good luck captain Edit: Is the reason you played Reynor first because he was top seed and you were bottom because you were on the bubble of getting in on your last game? If that's the case nothing can be done but if it was drawn then that's a really tough break. Reynor is super scary, bad opponent to get.

[@Nuovoswiss]

I think that Strange glaive/adept build would transition strongly into 2+ robo bay immortals. IE, instead of spending the extra gas on sentries, building an extra robo basically doubles how many immortals come with the follow-up push. As is, there are plenty of adepts to keep lings off them, they just don't have the damage to deal with the roaches and queens.

[@TheDolmant]

I honestly thought you had him there, well done! Insane games.

[@boliveto]

that pylon cancel made me so sad i had to take a break from the video

[@Davesplacee]

I was so happy to see you in such great form. Been fanboying it to my partner all day today.

[@EpicJuiceFilms]

Man so close! I think you could have won game 1 and 5 had some minor details gone differently, still awesome to see you almost reverse sweep a previous world champion!!!!

[@enymus3081]

Imagine having two to three Templars with Storm or some Sentries to Forcefield the ramp at 1:05:49 . . . Or two Stasis Wards on the ramp to your 4th and maybe one on the little ramp towards the Natural and most army chilling on the 3rd base at 1:05:14.

[@andrinhirschi3829]

good format, keep it up

[@messiethehamster957]

The camera dying is just him trying to hide that he had MaxPax play the last game for him.

[@thevanky8311]

gg bro! thanks for sharing. That Reynor is pretty good though... but you got em in the next one!

[@kevinmills3329]

I watched this live. Good effort!

[@getshulked7057]

really enjoyed this one

[@DevilWearsAdidas]

So the thing that I love doing to zerg players is zlot phoenix. If they go roach, you get some immortals and it's pretty effective against them. Keep your phoenix active taking overlords and constantly hunt them down. Like 2 base 2 starport can pump them out pretty consistently. If they get banelings or roaches, you get a couple immortals or void rays. You will be scouting them constantly for either of those tech swaps too since phoenix are hyper fast. He can't build muta against it and by the time you have a huge source of phoenix, he won't be able to get so many corruptors out or get hunted by phoenix. If he gets hydra, you get stalkers and pick up hydras by having your stalkers start the fight and have phoenix swoop in. You have to hide the first like 4-6 phoenix and don't stop making them until either they get out of the hole you dig them or you get 12 or so. You take anything you want at that point. I had tons of success with it. You have to hunt overlords or it won't be as effective. Good transition out is dt into archon. Zlots target spores, dts go uninterupted.

[@yanishine9021]

Nearly, good effort captain H better luck next time

[@dustincintron1682]

Impressive performance lately, Harstem. Idk if your mindset changed or something but I'm happy to see you doing well.

[@kalujny]

Love to see it. Kevin the Konig at his best...

[@martykowal]

great matches! love watching your stuff. side note : you look like youre really really wasted in the, last match, bottom right picture GG WP

[@ekmer2]

kinda hoped you win tho its reynor and i love zerg

[@Athanasia8818]

great series

[@Peckalolx]

I watched the lowko’s cast, what a series💯💯

[@Necroneer]

Well played

[@heavenstarcraft]

shouldn't have trash talked wardii in lobby chat harstem, cmon man.

[@ParleLeVu]

Timestamp?

[@hansellmar1751]

its from the cast with catz and wardi, you cant see it in this video@@ParleLeVu

[@bennif8120]

Harstem and wardi are close friends, and I guess, lobby chat is kind of private and wardi himself talk about it openly. Don‘t read to much into it

[@heavenstarcraft]

Wardi was joking it during the Cast, I'm just meming.

[@martinkrauser4029]

@@bennif8120stop defending him and think about what hes' done

[@christopherjohnson2171]

When I was watching this live I thought if he fully committed to that coutnerattack that killed his 4th he had this in the bag.

[@ten-tonnetongue]

52:39 I know my Sony A6000 only has a USB port (which can't power the camera) but a lot of cameras have a separate cable. If yours has a power cable, just remove the battery and run the camera directly from wall power - you can use it indefinitely. Some cameras may be able to operate simply on USB power as well. Try removing the battery then plugging it in to see if it operates normally.

[@mUnky889]

I'm pretty sure all A6000 (at least mine does anyway...) require a special passthrough battery adapter in order to power them indefinitely... they can't be powered over USB alone.

[@ten-tonnetongue]

Yes - I mis-wrote that. lol thanks@@mUnky889

[@John97857]

Awwww, I really thought he had that last game!

[@Aristocrat15]

Dear Harstem, can I simply share with you that when I simp for Classic, I have noticed that when he plays glaivdepts, he will always look to bounce between two bases? Meaning to say, he will attack a base with his first move out, and I believe the intention is to bait the Zerg into a poor position to defend the base and sometimes if he shades in and has to shade out, he comes back to the first base he was attacking and then he has potential to kill the base because he was attacking that base at the very beginning.

[@timmeeyh6523]

this video was well made

[@highvis_supply]

"The economy is in the gutter. Worker's rights are being violated left and right. What should we do???" "Zealot runbys"

[@dmitry5319]

would be curious to see the Bly game. It was a mess :)

[@penguinquestionmark1704]

ggs!!

[@lysy-zn2gg]

Tournament and Cannon rush? Is it christmas already?

[@evgenienev8924]

Aah so close! Good job nonetheless!

[@Awesomeoo100]

really close games man

[@franciscogonzalez3127]

Excelente bro.

[@luxon4]

oh man the fact that you reverse swept makes the first game ever more painful id have such a hard time sleeping. its one thing if he stomps you the rest of the games but you were literally one game short and that game was a free win sighh :/

[@Selefere]

Glad to see we still haven't learned from Artosis

[@adamwilliams8895]

Want to see an alternative cast from Reynor on the same series!

[@Iwanttocomment1]

Love this video, such a shame about the canon rush!

[@Mister-IKE]

Captain, I think you had that. If you had just gone in instead of picking off that base to the right you would have taken the series.

[@chir0pter]

49:00 I agree I think stasis is lowkey way underutilized vs zerg just like zergs used to underrate fungal

[@79johnJ]

still a very nice comeback ;)

[@HaploBartow]

Map name is pronounced "Al-sigh-oh-nee" 39:47

[@markfeuchter2051]

That your old tinder pic harstem? 54:50😹

[@Optitius]

damn gast NICE

[@loraxak]

WP captian. So close.

[@pauledwards2052]

gg wp Harstem

[@Johnny-Joseph]

Cancelling the second low ground pylon was waaay too greedy

[@phileas007]

Is uGGu the new cofefe?

[@balazsfejes8817]

as a zerg player, this was the first time i felt sorry for someone for a failed cannon rush

[@whatever8411]

GG

[@Cheshire9k]

Imagine still having no idea how to cannom rush after playing this game as a full time job for 10+ years.

[@dustinmorrison6315]

Do a cannon rush in a tournament and I will watch it. Easy money.

[@MrZenmancer]

Just imagine. You could have won the series if you just didn't cancel one pylon...

[@xenniealsentinel1800]

Seen flo do that

[@DavidCalvin19]

Kevin has two times my QI and calls himself stupid. Cmon, Harstem, I dont come here to be humiliated.

[@chloesmith4065]

Yeah, if he thinks *HE* is stupid, where's that place *US*?!

[@laureloneiros1500]

does protoss even have an answer to mutalisks? stalkers have dogshit cost efficiency and phoenixes usually don't build up to a critical mass to actually attack into mutas

[@chloesmith4065]

Phoenix, storm... When they finally let adepts attack air again, adepts, lol. Guardian shield also helps. Winter's patch has a late game upgrade for the Stalker at the dark shrine that gives +2 range vs Air ( think Thor anti air range)

[@chir0pter]

GGWP

[@onix3615]

Man💀

[@EternalHappElements]

HAS could've make the same mistake. right?

[@csw4ak]

Your cheese isn't strong enough.

[@qweytrop572]

Nice one captain! If I may ask, please don't use white background pics as they draw a bit too much attention and makes it look like clutter

[@markfrank3307]

Salty salty!!!

[@LindetwinNL_]

when i see you do stupid stuff i get the feeling that i could maybe play this game and then i see this and i know i might aswell never start.

[@vo1umin]

uGGu

[@enymus3081]

GGs Harstem, well played against Bly 👍 @Harstem The oracles are still underused, especially the Stasis Wards for defense. Zerg players push way too aggressive forwards into you... Against Terran, maybe it is helpful to place down some Stasis Wards close to your mineral lines so you can pull back your workers and if the dropped units (talking about medivacs) chase you down you will get a free Stasis trap. Also against every matchup, a Stasis Ward on your upcoming basis can be very helpful to secure them. Also flying a circle around your opponents units (against Terran) so that you can place Stasis Wards behind them to catch them if they stutter step back or to catch reinforcing units. Keep in mind where the Terran is most likely to scan and put your Stasis Wards outside of that area but still close enough so that you can kite back towards that area Often they scan inbetween bases so the Stasis would be still hidden if you'd place them down directly next to your Nexus. Please STOP standing still above your Stasis Wards after you placed them down. So many Protoss players do that, it makes no sense atall and gives the opponents some major ideas/clues on where the Stasis is most likely going to be. Just queue up a move command towards an area after you placed down your Stasis Wards. And keep checking the minimap more often... Especially in big fights (just a little flinch to the bottom left in between the move/attack/ability commands). For future Swarm Host harassments... If you put down a Stasis --> 1. Would this be viable or not (what i mean is would the Locusts be trapped all at once or is the reaction time of the Stasis so quick that it would only catch one or two instead of all 10-20?) 2. Are the Locusts still on timer even traped in a Stasis so that they die before the Stasis runs out or is the timer also frozen? Are glaived Addepts better for runbys (esepcially against Zerg to kill drones) than Chargelots? --> I am thinking about the Protoss player you faced a couple of days ago (PvP) in one of your videos where he wouldn't stop sending Adepts into your bases. For everyone who is interested to follow Harstem live --> liquipedia.net/starcraft2/ESL_Pro_Tour/2023/24/Masters/Winter/Regionals/EU

[@cobble3231]

Bro thinks he's harstems coach

[@zihehao4841]

Nice of you to help out noobstem with some pro wisdom

[@sakesaurus]

Why are you on every harstem protoss video giving him advice

[@martinkrauser4029]

@@sakesaurusit's herO's smurf KZbin account

[@jli8225]

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