StarCraft 2: EPIC - Serral's UNEXPECTED NYDUS vs Clem! (Best-of-5)

StarCraft 2 series between Serral, the number one Zerg and player in the world, and Clem, Europe's greatest Terran player. Lately Serral has been beating players like Maru, Cure and ByuN and he's been making it look easy. In this match he goes up against another Terran, but this time one that's a little closer to home.
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[@ninjack11]

6:22 that brave SCV leading the charge

[@chocobanana5262]

SCV: *Why are you running? Why are you running?*

[@friedNchips]

The terrans benefit tremendously in terms of resources. Thanks to MULE, I spend less resources on SCV and only have 1 type of mechanic shield-up, so there is a lot of resource benefit The scanning range is also very wide. Blizzard have to block the Battle Cruiser for 5 seconds from using the Yamato Cannon and Tactical Jump LIBERATOR & Ghost Sniper so OOOOOOPPPPPP. On the other hand, Protoss & Zerg need to invest more in ground and air defense upgrades respectively Even Zerg & Protoss' defense towers cannot recover resources, but Terran has another resource benefit with the bunker recovery function In terms of resources, Protoss & Zerg are at a huge disadvantage overall The zerg is still garbage INFESTOR skill Deleted but Ghost skill always non Deleted!!!!WTH! Zerg units are expensive to upgrade and take a long time to complete The tech building is also expensive, but you have to invest 50 more minerals called drones there and pay 50 minerals again to produce the lost drone Are the zerg a cheap tribe? Fukshieeeeet. Zerg most expensive and inefficient tribe Zerg adds minerals and gas when transforming units No race is more expensive than the Zerg One last thing on my mind. Terran Cyclone & Battle Cruiser can auto-attack Protoss Phoenix & Carrier can auto-attack Zerg have no such units Blizzard needs to patch these issues quickly nonono, please delete the zerg SC2 only requires Terran and Protoss Blizzard Always just trash balance thank you so much!

[@sodasaintcommentaries4054]

That thumbnail is prime meme material, my man, but thank you for the AWESOME MATCH anyways! :)

[@jameswashington4704]

CURSED

[@stupidcommenter8447]

BLESSED

[@TubeTAG]

Man. It's been a *while* since I've seen you showcase a series where Serral loses, especially against Terran. I still remember when you pointed out Clem as "the Terran player to watch" however many years ago. Good stuff.

[@ustpcz9739]

It's hard to find any :)

[@LowkoTV]

Just looked it up, unless I missed something this is the first best-of-5+ that Serral lost vs Terran in 2023

[@Jukantos]

@@LowkoTV In bloody September, he's really that good isn't he ^^

[@polca4love]

And honestly, he could had turn the 3rd and 4th matches around. But that's his only drawback. He sometimes quit too soon. Of course, hard to evaluate in the middle of a match.

[@friedNchips]

The terrans benefit tremendously in terms of resources. Thanks to MULE, I spend less resources on SCV and only have 1 type of mechanic shield-up, so there is a lot of resource benefit The scanning range is also very wide. Blizzard have to block the Battle Cruiser for 5 seconds from using the Yamato Cannon and Tactical Jump LIBERATOR & Ghost Sniper so OOOOOOPPPPPP. On the other hand, Protoss & Zerg need to invest more in ground and air defense upgrades respectively Even Zerg & Protoss' defense towers cannot recover resources, but Terran has another resource benefit with the bunker recovery function In terms of resources, Protoss & Zerg are at a huge disadvantage overall The zerg is still garbage INFESTOR skill Deleted but Ghost skill always non Deleted!!!!WTH! Zerg units are expensive to upgrade and take a long time to complete The tech building is also expensive, but you have to invest 50 more minerals called drones there and pay 50 minerals again to produce the lost drone Are the zerg a cheap tribe? Fukshieeeeet. Zerg most expensive and inefficient tribe Zerg adds minerals and gas when transforming units No race is more expensive than the Zerg One last thing on my mind. Terran Cyclone & Battle Cruiser can auto-attack Protoss Phoenix & Carrier can auto-attack Zerg have no such units Blizzard needs to patch these issues quickly nonono, please delete the zerg SC2 only requires Terran and Protoss Blizzard Always just trash balance thank you so much!

[@vargad3919]

That chin over the Lowko logo in the thumbnail has something... hilarious 😁

[@ericwadebrown]

Nothing excites Lowko more than fungal growth.

[@friedNchips]

The terrans benefit tremendously in terms of resources. Thanks to MULE, I spend less resources on SCV and only have 1 type of mechanic shield-up, so there is a lot of resource benefit The scanning range is also very wide. Blizzard have to block the Battle Cruiser for 5 seconds from using the Yamato Cannon and Tactical Jump LIBERATOR & Ghost Sniper so OOOOOOPPPPPP. On the other hand, Protoss & Zerg need to invest more in ground and air defense upgrades respectively Even Zerg & Protoss' defense towers cannot recover resources, but Terran has another resource benefit with the bunker recovery function In terms of resources, Protoss & Zerg are at a huge disadvantage overall The zerg is still garbage INFESTOR skill Deleted but Ghost skill always non Deleted!!!!WTH! Zerg units are expensive to upgrade and take a long time to complete The tech building is also expensive, but you have to invest 50 more minerals called drones there and pay 50 minerals again to produce the lost drone Are the zerg a cheap tribe? Fukshieeeeet. Zerg most expensive and inefficient tribe Zerg adds minerals and gas when transforming units No race is more expensive than the Zerg One last thing on my mind. Terran Cyclone & Battle Cruiser can auto-attack Protoss Phoenix & Carrier can auto-attack Zerg have no such units Blizzard needs to patch these issues quickly nonono, please delete the zerg SC2 only requires Terran and Protoss Blizzard Always just trash balance thank you so much!

[@Taznak]

This is peak SC2

[@vanguard6498]

Good job Clem, did what Maru cant it seems

[@mrwolf9095]

Ikr. I’m shocked, and thinking Clem is the best lol

[@N0noy1989]

I think this is more on Serral being stubborn, not changing his builds. Clem really did come prepared with his builds. Serral was just treating this like some other game.

[@mrwolf9095]

@@N0noy1989 that’s a good point. Although, serral did try nydous worm. Nonetheless, Clem really studied and adapted to his opponent.

[@JohnSmith-bm6wv]

It’s not like Serral never lost to Maru. Just give credit to wherever it is due and leave it at that idiot

[@friedNchips]

The terrans benefit tremendously in terms of resources. Thanks to MULE, I spend less resources on SCV and only have 1 type of mechanic shield-up, so there is a lot of resource benefit The scanning range is also very wide. Blizzard have to block the Battle Cruiser for 5 seconds from using the Yamato Cannon and Tactical Jump LIBERATOR & Ghost Sniper so OOOOOOPPPPPP. On the other hand, Protoss & Zerg need to invest more in ground and air defense upgrades respectively Even Zerg & Protoss' defense towers cannot recover resources, but Terran has another resource benefit with the bunker recovery function In terms of resources, Protoss & Zerg are at a huge disadvantage overall The zerg is still garbage INFESTOR skill Deleted but Ghost skill always non Deleted!!!!WTH! Zerg units are expensive to upgrade and take a long time to complete The tech building is also expensive, but you have to invest 50 more minerals called drones there and pay 50 minerals again to produce the lost drone Are the zerg a cheap tribe? Fukshieeeeet. Zerg most expensive and inefficient tribe Zerg adds minerals and gas when transforming units No race is more expensive than the Zerg One last thing on my mind. Terran Cyclone & Battle Cruiser can auto-attack Protoss Phoenix & Carrier can auto-attack Zerg have no such units Blizzard needs to patch these issues quickly nonono, please delete the zerg SC2 only requires Terran and Protoss Blizzard Always just trash balance thank you so much!

[@Niclmaki]

That thumbnail Lowko was nightmare material, yet hilarious lol

[@emmanuelburlayan6743]

2:52am Australia, new lowko upload? cant sleep now - its a requirement to watch

[@nilocblue]

Good for Clem! That was awesome! Really showed a lot of patience as well, especially when Clem was facing an onslaught early

[@josephsleiman9964]

Sometimes when I hear similar intros of the players (about serral making terran pro gamers seem beatable players) I get a feeling that I already watched this hahaha, but then I see if I liked the video or not to see if I watched it or not! I love your show Lowko! Never leave SC2!

[@LHles948]

9:35 can we please talk about them creatures dancing around the fire on the ground of the map? 😂

[@Safar_Galimzyanov]

9:32 Such cute cats dancing!

[@emgee2]

This was an excellent series. The last number I've seen Terran always lose so I was happy to finally see one win.

[@Zimeroy]

Second game clem should have made a raven, it would save him so many scans

[@why_not2274]

they can't do that they're allerigic

[@lain4231]

Thanks for the great content!

[@Seph0rz]

The way Clem teases a zerg player feels like death by a thousand cuts or youll just GG from sheer frustration lol...

[@RoCdota]

Great content brah!!

[@anoniemvonanonima5396]

That 6 dropalord drop was Serral taking revenge for the medivac drop in game 1.

[@xandara75]

he absolutely was fulfilling that sidequest.

[@Name-ru1kt]

In the last game broodlords would of been the answer. Serral however probally expected ghost mech which is super good on that map for countering broodlords

[@nyxiom]

clem played that flawlessly. especially the last game looked so clean and almost made it seem easy to beat serral?!

[@Mojomanmax123]

Best thumbnail I’ve ever seen

[@sithuaung5852]

Thanks man. I requested Serral in the last video.🎉🎉

[@TheDaaabou]

Bravo Clem!

[@celrak7667]

Quel bon joueur aussi

[@publicexpo]

creepiest thumbnail ive ever seen, bravo lowko

[@ROHIRIMSK]

After reading the thumbnail it is now expected nydus

[@Krzysztof_B]

Best SC2 caster in the world.

[@raphaelmt1706]

Amazing starcraft wow

[@gewinnste]

In the 1st game, why did Serral pull his defensive roaches away from his main? Neither did he have any spores, nor spotting ovis next to his main (same in the other games btw)! This allowed Clem to kill his main + nat without any punishment, despite it being an obvious target (he dropped several times at the same location before). And in the last game he constantly let his vipers get killed or EMP'd without a single spell cast - that was so hard to watch :(

[@White1nsane]

Hej Lowko I've been following you for few years now and this is my first comment so far. So I have 2 questions for you. Do you have a playlist on how to start playing stacraft II on more serious level, progress, what to work on, watch for, what should become second nature to you, mental approach and so on. Like a in-depth level by level streamlined teaching/learning curve. Second of all, since you are still an active starcraft II player, I do not know if you dwelved into Arcade much but would you be able to recommend top 3-4games/mods for each section of co-op, pvp, free for all apart from the built in co-op commander and mutations part? Would much appreciate your point of view on any of these, because most of us who do play are not pro-level, like to watch pro matches but while playing its all for fun and a bit escape of reality, if you catch my drift. :) Keep the good content coming, and cheers :)

[@basicuser54]

Great series. Hopefully puts a damper on the z is imba crowd

[@polca4love]

But will give fuel for the "terran OP" crowd. It's a losing battle either way. 😅

[@Sparta-vu3jj]

Darn I've already seen Harstem cast this D:

[@benjamineidam]

There is this 10+ year old RTS-game that a lot of people still play. And then there is the art of SCII. The latter emerges with serral.

[@xandara75]

He didnt really show it in this series though.

[@SebastianBlix]

Clem the GOD KILLER! Made Serral seem (somewhat) human again. Outstanding match.

[@dotathewot390]

It just make serral stronger lol

[@dzvw8840]

Wow, didn't expect Clem to beat Serral like this.

[@gardianx5293]

Yeah, clem is probably the one terran that can beat serral like this. I remember seeing a bo7 where he _crushed_ serral a few months ago. It was like 1 dropped game from clem and it was close. Most the others, he was steamrolling Serral. Wild to think about. I can’t think of anyone else that can make serral seem unable to touch his foe.

[@DrLife121]

​@@gardianx5293Clem and Serral are 2-2 in series on the current patch. This was one of Clem's wins, the other was a 4-3 series. Serral's wins were a 3-0 and a 3-2. Clem is the only Terran to have beaten Serral in pro series at all this year

[@gardianx5293]

@@DrLife121 i did say a few months ago and i don't think it was a gsl. It was a smaller event.

[@MrZiva82]

Did this happen? Terran won? You know what that means? NERF PROTOSS!!!

[@sparkyk24]

Clem always wins…

[@enderend1551]

Clem is Serral’s cryptonyte.

[@LegendofUnknown]

12:09 "Roach counterattacking"

[@333kenshin]

“roach counterattack in the meantime…”

[@xv9021]

surprised there was no corrupter transition from serral

[@brianrice4102]

Yo Clem is the fucking man

[@1937ninjaboy]

46:36 rip that squad for taking out that viper

[@jmsssx]

OMG win Serral

[@ZerglingLover]

nice thumbnail

[@nofunatall4094]

You going to play bg3?

[@mibsmibs9166]

That thumbnail is major cursed

[@mammutmkii7242]

Thank you for explaining it in Lowko lingo

[@adamkinne6467]

What amazes me is how Maru can take clem down so well but cant hold a candle to serral meanwhile Clem is one of the very few players who can handle Serral. Is this because Clem plays so many powerhouse zerg on the european ladder while koreans seem to favor terran making Maru's TvT top notch?

[@ferallhamster970]

Maru tvt best tvt. Clem tvz best tvz

[@shikanoin_vik_gaming]

Some units can Burrow without Burrow upgrade?! :0

[@SD-jf7nb]

I'm sure he meant burrow move - continuously spawning swarms could burrow w\o the upgrade, as it only spawned when burrowed, but couldn't burrow move. Dunno about now, but I think it requires the burrow upgrade, although only accidental swarms typically ever get burrowed. I always thought it would be cool if they continously spawned non-flying locusts when burrowed, but could launch waves of flying locusts when unburrowed. Anyway, I hate them, but they do have a ridiculous amount of dps. Infestors cannot burrow w\o the burrow upgrade, but can burrow move once they have it. I used to always put them on control group while they're chrysalis, so I can burrow them as soon as they pop: otherwise I forget I made them, F2, and derp them to their deaths.

[@shikanoin_vik_gaming]

Thank you so much! As a low Protoss player you can imagine how much I knew about this mechanic :D Thank you@@SD-jf7nb!

[@KevinFu5100]

Your chin going over the Word-logo is weirdly unnerving

[@SebastianBlix]

Clem doom dropped Serral’s main and the VERY NEXT GAME Serral was like see I can do that too…😂

[@joovids3576]

Clem the only one who has serral's number

[@lukeaberdene-wallwork-zy7wm]

Hi lowko, I’m a bit late today, but please upload some Florencio casts or I will travel to the Netherlands and go in hunger strike in your bedroom until you do. Thanks.

[@watershedwonders1744]

Crem de clem

[@d.l.3807]

Whats up with this thumbnail? Your chin leaping over the logo looks kind of weird :D

[@upload5622]

Wait, someone beat Serral? It's so rare, that when it happens, you just don't know what to feel. Is this real, how can it be? What is going on in the world?

[@irrelevantfish1978]

Well, one thing that's going on is that pro-level, late-game Terran is OP. In the case of TvZ, Zerg's only decent, mobile anti-air comes from spellcasters, which just fizzle and pop due to EMP and Snipe unless the Zerg has significantly higher APM and can multi-prong hard enough to overwhelm. Hopefully, the upcoming patch fixes that, but I can't see how. IIRC, the _goal_ was to maintain Ghosts' effectiveness against spellcasters, the Hydra buff seems more like it will delay the onset rather than fix the problem, and I don't recall any meaningful changes to the Corruptor.

[@KingOfNebbishes]

​@irrelevantfish1978 They claimed the goal was to make people less reliant on mass Disruptors, Ghosts, and Banelings. Disruptors got a direct supply nerf, Vanelings got a damage nerf, and Ghosts got a nerf that doesn't do much to discourage mass Ghosts.

[@irrelevantfish1978]

@@KingOfNebbishes What I'm referring to is the snipe nerf. They specifically said in the proposal that they nerfed base damage but gave a hefty bonus against psionic so that it would be less effective against general units but just as effective against spellcasters. IIRC, they used the word "spellcasters" and specifically mentioned Vipers as an example.

[@KingOfNebbishes]

@@irrelevantfish1978 I think we're both correct and the patch doesn't meet the goals and is incoherent at best.

[@vanguard6498]

Always happy when serral losses! Glory to the Terran race and Clem

[@nicholasbarrington954]

Beau, you look lonely. If you need someone to keep Big Z's chair warm call me up. Go Browns!

[@matkaferlein]

Could Lowko take on a UThermal cheese? I'd like to see

[@richardly1543]

Serral is just losing so zerg doesnt get nerfed

[@OnigoroshiZero]

Game 3 was extremely bad from Serral, it was painful to watch a Zerg trying to do something that only works with the broken Terran race.

[@jesusbarrera6916]

I'm surprised more TERRANS don't do those mass doom drops on Z;s main base more frequently.... I always see pro games were ZERG is absolutely trash in defending their main base from AIR attacks

[@Leatherman154]

What's ah....What's up with that thumbnail haha.

[@eduardoddutra]

[x] TvZ [x] Zerg loses [x] Serral loses Beautiful video! Take my upvote and comment to help you with the algorithm gods!

[@ProtonCannon]

"HURR-DURR!! Serral is the proof that Zerg OP!! HURR-DURR!!" The video disagrees...

[@polca4love]

Actually, based on Serral's % against terran players, this video is mostly an exception.

[@xandara75]

@@polca4love But have you seen the games where he wins. He mostly just dismantles the terran, he makes destroying worldclass terrans seem like its a stroll through the park. He seems to know their timings better than they do in those games, his scouting is perfect, not just incredible, it's perfect and doesnt have a single flaw. Clem was just one of the very few who are able to get into his head instead of getting Serral in theirs at least in this series. I truly believe that Serral is just on another level. Doesn't mean he is invincible but his stats do speak for themselves if he wins 90% of his matches on the highest lvl in the world.

[@polca4love]

@@xandara75 Yes? I was just pointing out that this video does not mean that zerg is not OP, since given Serral stupid superiority over other players, both terran and protoss, this series could be considered an anomaly. Even if Clem has a "good" percentage in this match up. And honestly, after people insisting in another video how well Clem played this one, i think that in the third and fourth matches, Serral gave up too soon, which is something the finn has done other times, like in the last World Championship. Serral is indeed in another level. He is so superior that after a fashion it gets boring. Imagine the Dream Team of Barcelona 92. The six matches that are played in the Olympics? Nice. For the length of an entire season with that superiority? It would get boring really fast.

[@burgesj7]

It's zerg ffsakes

[@sc06mad]

splendid

[@daymonklotz]

+3+3 all day

[@stergiosmonastiridis5962]

I have number 10 like!!!! First time!!! 🎉🎉🎉

[@R4ptorrrr]

So sad when serral loses

[@vanguard6498]

ikr, we should nerf terran to the ground so he never losses again, its the only way to be fair and balanced

[@vanguard6498]

Its not sad, its a good day.

[@R4ptorrrr]

Exactly we need to need to nerf Protoss and Terran so serral never loses

[@tomleonhartITC]

Anyone like me ? I see Serral's video then I turn to the end to see if he loses, if he does then I'll watch the entire video.

[@sparkyk24]

Why? Why not just see if he’s playing Clem, in which case he always loses?

[@TheMasterhomaster]

LowKo eats a COUPLE of boogers for breakfast 🍳

[@NorbDoe]

Spoiler shield

[@TheyForcedMyHandLE]

Spoiler wall.

[@teph22]

luv u baby

[@l3r4f54]

WTF

[@SEGment042]

goofy ahh thumbnail

[@irrelevantfish1978]

Is anyone else really, really, _really_ tired of watching Terran bio? It's getting to the point where Marines' firing and death sounds make me want to grit my teeth, and I don't think I've seen a pro-level TvX series that wasn't at least 90% stimmed bio in months, at least.

[@friedNchips]

The terrans benefit tremendously in terms of resources. Thanks to MULE, I spend less resources on SCV and only have 1 type of mechanic shield-up, so there is a lot of resource benefit The scanning range is also very wide. Blizzard have to block the Battle Cruiser for 5 seconds from using the Yamato Cannon and Tactical Jump LIBERATOR & Ghost Sniper so OOOOOOPPPPPP. On the other hand, Protoss & Zerg need to invest more in ground and air defense upgrades respectively Even Zerg & Protoss' defense towers cannot recover resources, but Terran has another resource benefit with the bunker recovery function In terms of resources, Protoss & Zerg are at a huge disadvantage overall The zerg is still garbage INFESTOR skill Deleted but Ghost skill always non Deleted!!!!WTH! Zerg units are expensive to upgrade and take a long time to complete The tech building is also expensive, but you have to invest 50 more minerals called drones there and pay 50 minerals again to produce the lost drone Are the zerg a cheap tribe? Fukshieeeeet. Zerg most expensive and inefficient tribe Zerg adds minerals and gas when transforming units No race is more expensive than the Zerg One last thing on my mind. Terran Cyclone & Battle Cruiser can auto-attack Protoss Phoenix & Carrier can auto-attack Zerg have no such units Blizzard needs to patch these issues quickly nonono, please delete the zerg SC2 only requires Terran and Protoss Blizzard Always just trash balance thank you so much!

[@vanguard6498]

bro zerg wins all the time, you zerg mains seriously cant compute any other races winning

[@xandara75]

I say this as someone who likes zerg over all the other races but half of what you wrote was plain untrue or disingenious.

[@alexisschwartzkopf6412]

not first! :P

[@Rodrigodrt]

Elon Musk need to buy serral and delete him lol.

[@SD-jf7nb]

So Serral finally got a gf?

[@phill8028]

first!

[@ilya2226]

zerg is such a weak race in late game. 0 harass options. Cant defend the base from harass either bc liberators with range dont care about spore or queens. Meanwhile planetary fortresses andf radar towers make it impossible to do any harass

[@daymonklotz]

whos whiter bros

[@theculturedgentleman3699]

I wont watch matches that serral loses...he needs to have a strategy for those early dropships...thats where he loses every single time