Oliveira's BATTLECRUISER Anti-Timing vs Dark! (StarCraft 2)

Professional match of StarCraft 2 between Dark (Zerg) and Oliveira (Terran). This match is easily one of the best games of SC2 I've seen recently.
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[@natecw4164]

This week has been, without a doubt, my best 7 days in years. Waking up to a quiet house and a new Lowko cast is essentially Saturday saying "Let's have another epic day."

[@fromchest]

Would you like to share what made your week so awesome?

[@natecw4164]

@@fromchest Great news on my health, my mom's health, my finances and our new apartment we've been wait-listed 14 months for. Life could spread that stuff out but I'll take it 😂 ❤️

[@fromchest]

@@natecw4164 That's amazing! Big upswing for you. Always nice to hear when someone gets a great few days like that, it doesn't happen too often. Thanks for sharing, buddy, and I hope things stay good :)

[@natecw4164]

@@fromchest Thanks!! 😊

[@aaronventurini3448]

When I hear that intro, I smash that like

[@sgt.buttsrelick9878]

“Hello my name is Lowko!” When you hear that, you know you’re gonna get a great replay and great commentary with some great play by play announcing. I just turned 40 y/o and though I don’t play that often anymore, I love watching the pro’s battle it out. I hope Lowko is still casting when he turns 40 and has grey hair. lol. Hey Lowko, do you or anyone else remember when Uthermal had hair? Ha! Lol. Love you guys. Keep on keeping it on. -signed a former amateur pro gamer 1998-2003. (Cable or dsl only) ha! Those were the days. Thanks again StarCraft community for all the great memories.

[@saintmikeyg3417]

I think he only does it when Zerg wins

[@Federico-1]

@@saintmikeyg3417someone’s gotta make a spreadsheet now

[@x0j]

ur both boomers

[@ZerglingLover]

@@x0j20s is a boomer? lmfao, my guy self reported as a child

[@x0j]

@@ZerglingLover my mom died at 40, see you later old man

[@sangy80]

4:00 "...it's skinny and long at the same time, that was my nickname" Not gonna lie, I didn't expected that and I choked on my drink.

[@iosifterentyev]

Lmao glad someone mentioned it

[@Andre_-lHl-_Carmona]

OMG he said it! Now I'll rewatch this 10 times.

[@patrymaxim7603]

Same

[@zegreatpumpkinani9161]

"HELLO EVERY-" *added to playlist*

[@MauroDraco]

@@zegreatpumpkinani9161hahahahaha

[@MauroDraco]

It is great!

[@ericz6024]

22:53 The energy drain on a moving spore is a cursed view we barely ever see

[@yamilabugattas3895]

Dark is always ready to take advantage of any mistake by the opponent, he has a very active play style, really nice to watch. Great cast Lowko!

[@dragoslove]

Lowko title: Look at this awesome build! Build loses. ... I'm on to you lowko >.>

[@mrwolf9095]

Haha

[@whateversgoinonhere6427]

The intro is back, a chef's kiss, and definitely just 😔👌

[@OldSpaghettifactory89]

insane play from dark to be able to make the post nerf broods and infestors still get work done

[@anthonybuterakos3423]

classic intro = instant like

[@bbdd1212]

battle cruiser:pew pew pew overlord:tries to fly away overlord:dies

[@NevermindThee]

Every time I see Thors, I think of that line describing them 'giants that kill giants'. And then, I wish there were tournaments of top pro gamers playing the Real Scale Mod. That surely would be fun to watch. :)

[@_fisheater1027]

That shade towards Solar lol 😂

[@natesky6603]

PLEASE, I want a full game perspective of that hero battlecruiser

[@katsamajoto]

I won't lie I don't play sc2 anymore I just like watching the lowko vids. Like I haven't played since you started out with sub 10 scvs, drones, or probes. The best part without a doubt is the lowko intro, cheers!

[@Nekoyashiki-san]

Thanks for casting. ^^

[@reinereue9210]

Beautiful opening, always a pleasure. I need a alarm clock that starts with this, "HELLO ANS GOOD MORNING" ❤ LOWKO, please make motivational quotes or morning motivation! I'd pay!!!

[@ventoumb7275]

Man I was so excited for today's nap, thank you , love ur content

[@xXAnarchismXx]

You are the only sc2 commentator I enjoy watch

[@Kagutsuchi4]

I'm a Protoss player but I want to know why Terran has so many counters to the other races. Against Zerg, Broodlords (Highest tier unit) can be countered by Ghosts/Vikings/Thors. Make it make sense.

[@Kiro_UwU]

Another great cast-video by loco

[@eeriewaffle3938]

If you're struggling in the late game as zerg, just play like Serral. Do what he does. Ez win.

[@Moa_Smug]

That is almost saying to stop being human 😂. Watching in the Pro-gamers' POV it's almost unwatchable tbh because of how fast they most around the map

[@Bookqoutes_]

Classic lowko intro, automatic LIKE!

[@Zoutsteen]

A "Dark" Future awaites you. well played Dark, nice and controled.

[@Adyx360]

Its not a tournament.....the oliveira still champion!

[@C_Shay_77]

The way lilabeth fell just broke my heart this time

[@thekornreeper]

Great one

[@zacharyhenz2108]

Mom, get the camera! He did the intro!

[@buzzlightyearpfp7641]

6:11 the fucking music LOL

[@edwardsolomon1951]

Can't tell you how many times "noobs" fragged me on the ladder because of imprecise timings. This game is a good example. It's like playing a new chess player. They play so weird that it actually gets you worried for a moment because they create unknown positions.

[@theperson912]

classic lowko intro W

[@rustmonster1e]

On the Michael Jackson thing: yes he did that all the time. He also had a guy following him around who would go to the manager after Jackson moved on and say "yeah, he's not buying all that. He'll take this and this and this. Cancel the rest."

[@michaeldoomchild4861]

He did the into! 😊

[@maximesavard-beaudoin560]

intro

[@boliveto]

4:00 probably talking about the forehead 😭😭😭😭😭

[@bdgkagekage5623]

I hear lowko intro, i like

[@megustAslagt]

I would love to see what happens if too many things are being produced at the same time to display horizontally. Should be possible too right, by producing/morphing 1 of each unit at the same time, producing 1 of each structure at the same time, having enough of each building to research all upgrades at the same time, and having an extra hatchery, lair, and spire to morph those into their upgraded buildings. That should be more than can fit, right?

[@flameHashira756]

25:43 LMAO

[@Bobucles]

The equilibrium meta is to not spend your veto on it, and force your opponent to waste a veto on it instead.

[@davidbardwell712]

Oh my God, he did the thing!!! 😍😂😭😭😭

[@mirastor1796]

"I always sort the games by filesize" Damn, so we won't see a Bo5 from "Has vs Bly" where the entire series is over in 25 minutes :D

[@Moa_Smug]

That's one of the shortest match i:ve seen. Shortest i think i've seen was 12-15 mins.

[@mrc112]

the day that Serral will neural a ghost and then launch a nuke on the entire terran army will be the day Blizzard will officially shutdown the SC2 servers. It's just a question of "when"

[@Moa_Smug]

The mind control really is a b*tch. Zerg spellcasters are so overpowered

[@kevinbirkett9462]

I've seen that Michael Jackson video! It was not cheap stuff either lol

[@lightscrafts]

Nice!

[@hivecasts]

did Lowko say forbitals (four orbitals)? :D

[@BoleiDi-nl5sv]

Typical maps are not “diagonally mirrored”, but rotational mirrored 180 degrees.

[@everaldrhoden5549]

Beautiful map Lowko. Terran equals torrents , torrents , torrents missile torrents is always key..geez

[@JSs586]

How about the second and the third game in this best-of-3 series though?

[@willqin4628]

Network is indeed the biggest issue in China. I could load some app easily, but in China it may take forever to load. When vpn is enabled, the app will load immediately. But it just added another layer of network and possible point of failure.

[@GlowStickProductions]

He said the thing.

[@lucasaurelio2806]

He did it boys

[@neobahumut707]

WHOA since when can you see where the players are looking at on the minimap? Am I crazy and just never looked close enough to see that before?

[@dragore2]

I see battlecruisers i press like

[@tohothewriter8002]

This game is a good testament on how Zerg late game since the removal of the Infested Terran is a lot of guess work still, because Dark went with the traditional, oppressive playstyle that propelled Serral to the top years ago. Oliveira got punished at the end for making a huge blunder of a mistake due to how long the game has been going, he was holding his own quite well otherwise, and was on top of pretty much everything... until the last 6 or 7 minutes. Slowing down the tempo in late game only helps Zerg gain free advantage and map control.

[@AlexanderVRadev]

What????? Guess work? What???? Broodlords spewing free units from the other end of the map, Infestors - the most broken unit since its addition to the game taking control of the enemy army bashing them on the head with their own units... In addition to being a clocked, faster high templar that also slows the enemy units it hits. Casters that can freely replenish energy by licking a zerg structure for a bit, that tell the enemy army where to go by yoinking it from half the map away, do AOE air damage that follows the army and can even do AOE protection for ground forces. Nidus letting the zerg teleport around the map freely, while Protoss had recall nerfed to the ground and Terran not having any at all apart from BC. Queens being mobile shield batteries and missile turrets into one, and letting the zerg to basically use a map hack. And we didn't even see the clacked siege tanks that do no friendly damage or the free unit locust factories that zerg has. Late game zerg indeed is guess work. As in guess which unbalanced bullshit thing I will use to destroy you.

[@kittyflier8338]

Must be very frustrating for the two players. Just imagine maintaining the APM for half an hour straight!

[@giancarlocorlazzoli5527]

Wish I was good enough to worry about .3 seconds 😅

[@MonkeyManJams165]

I searched for clickbait and landed here, gotta say it worked :)

[@hsdExorcist]

Skinny and long, really lowko? 😅😅 Killed me

[@polca4love]

Love that "velcome". Not that my pronunciation is better; should take english clases. 😂

[@artemirrlazaris7406]

If I was terran... if the brood lords hit around 15.. count or close to it I would consider BC change over, to use Yomato cannons ot harrass Zerg. BCs aregreat for flying in and warping out and doing good snipe damage. One shoting brood lords. Every 71 seconds you can get 5 free brood lord kills... but combined with ghosts, you could snipe all teh overseers, making cloak better. The problem always is neuro parasites. There no real counter to it. Other then killing the unit. BC's can be quite powerful in slow pushes. It can also be a nice 6 supply defending your production from Nydus's for free. OFten smaller nubmers of Bc's make up for their cost... obviously... killing a brood lord, + an over lord is essentialy a bc cost. I think Olivveria made some good moves, but didnt' diversify his skill set enough... he didn't make any more marine run bys to attack the Zerg army... when there isa brood lord shift... A drop in the main can be devastating because you have speed at your hand.... and targeting tech buildings is alwasy good idea for various reason ,but it can delay rebuilding certain units... whihc then takes more time.... Dark had a better overall composition, He had a main army taht has to be defending or impeded against, with some suppyl room to make small attritional damage work with lings, slowly getting in, I mean he nydus next to a tank... the tank could of unsieged, moved behind the supply depot resieged and lived, but its these tiny things that was the over all loss. I think have a few, flying Bc's for vision, and yomato sniping, infestors and brood lords is essential... 300/250 is brood lord cost. BC is 4/3. Every 71 seconds you can snipe a brood lord. So 1500/1250. instantly gone... the cost of the bc's for 5 is 2000/1500. I doubt you would lose 5, without ling and other kills... The main thing is infestors and fungal or neuro... When the BC's are back line defence their range on broodlings is fairly good. Combine with a tactical nuke walling an area... you can slither forward deeper... Ghosts are essential also. I have never thought mass Thors are good. SInce they end up way to clunky... Often BC's can train ina positive manner, IE net zero to + rss. Yomato cannon can be great and if you decide a slow fly in, YOM YOM a building or too, and warp out of there... but often peopel don't scan well with bc's BC"s have great vision, so scaning their tertiary apprach vectors, will give them viewing pleasure that can avoid those nasty... infesties... For a tiny cost... Bc's in a late game of time... and rss management, its ability to snipe cost'y units in one shot is great... I think the onyl unit taht can be yomato'd in one hit is... a BC, a few protoss units. I jsut realized the lowered the damage on Battlecruisers to 240.. I swear it was 250. lol... WEll micro'd BC's with extended vision works well... SPider mines also work well cheap, disposable unit... for extended forward burried vision.. but that would require a setup... Instead of building towards 12 thors... 7 and 5 bc's would of made more impact.. as teh bc's sniping broodl ords instnatly lowering the balls dps, while the thors put massive pressure, teh enagemetn would stop fairly fast.. its often thogh a mistake for the bc's to chase the zerg army ball, wihtout vision of infestors... you always need an elite squad of ghosts ready to snipe infestors.... Eventually mind controlling units will probably be removed from the game, because its incredibly hard ot balance. WHy protoss lost is Over powered mind control... sadly that makes 600 supply games of the past in sc1.. not a thing in sc2. lol .... Each species had its own supply cap of 200. LMAO.. 600 to 200 army. I think priorty of an infestor should be teh highest priorty IE it moves up teh change when using a neuro parasite... However... what happens if you neuro parasite an infester that parasited a unit and each infester in a long change of parasiting, all took over each other what happens to the front unit and does it cause permannet change in losing its id chain.. hmm.. test the programming ,because of how reversion works... I have no idea.. never comes up parasiting infester that has parasited. Over producing BC's often ab ad idea as corruptors, but 19 brood lords out... bc's are a great answer, insta kill 5 of them.. they are at 14 significanntly less formidable... and the corruptor to brood lord hatching... gives you about another 21 seconds to shoot again, but the poitn of end game is making engagements very costly... and ineffective... Priotorty of a bc's in a brood lord fight is brood lord is a defenseless sky kitten. and a yomato can instant kill giving you near par in one shot, and mostly likly will fulfill a net zero balance in your budgeting terran needs. meh.. I knwo nothing.

[@polca4love]

And every time your BCs are fungaled and abducted you lose 2000/1500. Yamatos every 71 seconds does not make for the risk.

[@FahqYou-uu3qw]

Lowko I went to slander and I got super messed up

[@thesquisheee]

Can a zerg player use a nuke if they use neural parasite on a ghost?

[@richardkenney9636]

Balance the game around Serral? You mean Byun, right?

[@nietbasxoudenh3772]

3 over 5 drone 1 queen lose mining time worth it for the 1st bc

[@twofish777]

The og intro = instant like

[@bobaquatics6776]

Is it just me or do u guys know the winner of the game right when u read lowkos video titles?

[@zachsantos3686]

I love BC's

[@aaroncheng3927]

dun know why oliveira not defending the base, and dark are so patient.

[@TheMasterhomaster]

LowKo eats a COUPLE of boogers for breakfast 🍳

[@peter2611]

Full game Can be seen on winterstarcraft’s channel

[@boyPobre]

cmon bro youre cementing solar as nuke cathcer 😅

[@artemirrlazaris7406]

at the 23 minute mark... you typicalyl don't need full production as your bouncing on 200 supply as TErran. It would be wise, to move your production to a mid base front on large maps on your frontl ine, making it harder adn thus jsut eventualyl abandoning a couple buildings and the addons as they rebuild... addon late game is pretty cheap, its the avoiding losing production time from a bad engagement. That often can happen... Terran often doesn't utlize flying buidling skill as much as it could in the game. To eck out fodder fire... and often doesn't operate its healing of mech units as much as it could... so in the change out of scvs, or lowering the account, if you mech, its better with teh army if they are in repair mode.. They can casue hte army ot derp move though... but a good front and back line mix of repair scvs, and a few medivacs can help with positioning, adn scv will repair a medivac from teh inside out apparently... when in repair mode.. Self healing... medivac.

[@magnusbjarni]

An issue with moving production forwards is that you’ll expose it to run by’s and it removes your ability to back down if you’re badly engaged. It moves the supply line forwards and you can’t abandon it completely, forcing you to fight when you otherwise might not have had to

[@robertrodriguez2963]

bro i like your content so much, but that intro, i think youve said you used to use it forever ago, just irks me lol thanks for the infos on sc2!

[@kindlin]

Really? We found a rare and elusive anti-classic-intro-er? Didn't even know such a Lowko fan existed! Tho, there is a certain grating/resonant pitch thing going on, which I don't think was always there. Tho, it was similar, idk, hard to explain. Go check out a video from 4-5+ years ago and see how loud and excited he is to let us know were here for another great match of SC2. EDIT: PS: Lowko had to stop using that intro because it was literally hurting his voice! Quite the history here, indeed.

[@maryceleste_aghost]

Well as always terran late game reply on scan, coward when fight with a zerg more quantity and fast they lose

[@slimguyneedsfood]

❤

[@StaK_1980]

Baah, zerg winning, how original... I am kind of getting sick of people complaining about zerg being nerfed and then watching them winning.

[@dannybryandavis6135]

bring back HEShushy videos

[@kekekekekeooo]

Zerg is to strong race

[@REDRAGON12345]

Zerg so op. Looking forward to the upcoming nerf

[@TheKevinGeee]

Skinny and long /:)

[@Its_me_deo]

So fun to easy mass broodlords atack simultaneously so satisfying.

[@AlexanderVRadev]

Yeah almost all the late game zerg OP bullshit in one game.

[@auckwads8169]

Once again proving zerg is imba