StarCraft 2: Rank 1 TERRAN vs Rank 1 PROTOSS! (Maru vs herO)

Best-of-5 series of top level StarCraft 2 between Maru (Terran) and herO (Protoss). These two players are the current best Terran and Protoss players in the world.
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[@liveinamber1307]

Welcome back to learning with Lowko! This week we have: -Stalkers have no shoulders. -Widow mine pilots live in factories.

[@dkn1055]

LMAO

[@ordinaryguysgaming2655]

lets not forget about Tectonic Destabilizers.

[@LiCensored]

Widow mines *not* remote controled by operator, they is fully autonomous units with AI like theys predcessors - Spider mines. Also Stalker *has* elbows on his "tentacles", moreover - two pairs. Lowko completely wrong at that way.

[@jessedijksma3442]

You forgot about Stalker's elbows

[@MrAcerulez]

Not to mention the names of the Tempest attacks

[@timogreving1576]

Thx for All the good sc2 content over all the years.

[@carissamace]

He has been amazing, and I’ve watched him ever since middle school. I still have fond memories of watching him while driving to school on a rainy day.

[@Boyscout533]

Lowko filled the void HuskyStarCraft left in my heart! Love you Lowko!

[@danielskrivan6921]

I used to like Lowko's videos. I still do, but I used to, too.

[@gunkanjima3408]

@@danielskrivan6921 It’s almost like you copied and pasted a joke. Oh wait

[@danielskrivan6921]

@@gunkanjima3408 I'm guessing 99% of the jokes you've ever heard were probably not originals.

[@DaveyGunface]

9:12 So I know there's probably at least 100 guys who have said this, but that person would be me. I got matched up against him, and verified from match history full of custom games and his camera perspective in that game, was 100% Maru. He annihilated me with what I initially thought was a 2 base all in, but was actually pretty much just a push and nothing more. I was so honorably destroyed, and I loved it.

[@buttergod42]

Yo Davey i love your content.

[@elijahpeck3540]

I think I may have played him recently. I didn't think anything of it, but now that I know he placed in diamond with this account I'm trying to remember more about the match

[@jsyap11]

‘A little bit of alteration at the start of the cast never hurt anyone’ This is why I subscribe

[@dragomirvalentin]

A huge thanks to Lowko for keeping SC2 alive and bringing us so many entertaining games, I hope you make huge income from this as that would make it worthwhile for everyone

[@yamilabugattas3895]

Incredible series! A series like this deserved the classic intro, Lowko.

[@Jbn0s0rus]

51:10 Storm does 80 dmg over 2.86s, at a max range of 9. EMP does 100 shield dmg instantly at a max range of 10. (on an even larger area than storm if Enhanced shockwave is researched.) Technically EMP is stronger. Against units that have a massive amount of sheild, it's absolutely destructive.

[@knivesoutcatchdamouse2137]

EMP is completely busted against Protoss and everyone who plays Protoss knows it. Psi Storm is actually quite well balanced as the opponent has to just stand there in order for it to enough damage to be scary. Also I don't know what Lowko is talking about, people talk about how EMP is overpowered all the time. The people who think it is balanced almost all play Terran or they don't play SCII or else just haven't played much Protoss. You can carpet bomb an area in Psi Storms ensuring that the enemy units will have to take most or even all of the 80 damage but then your HTs are out of energy and become worthless supply for the next 45 seconds or so. Sure you can merge them into Archons but since we're assuming you are in the middle of a fight, it's about a 25% chance that the merge will actually complete before your would-be Archon is toast. Plus Archon is the Ghost's prey of choice.

[@goldythuglife7621]

@@knivesoutcatchdamouse2137 i am kinda new to sc2 so take my opinion with a grain of salt but i feel like i won't be able to beat protoss with terran late game without emp so is that true?while the psi storm isn't as strong nunber wise it comes online much earlier and it feels more effective due to terran comps which has a lot of marines and marauders so i am not sure if emp is too strong

[@silverstar5091]

@@knivesoutcatchdamouse2137 Not only can storm actually kill units, but it also ends up killing terran units much quicker than most people think. This isn't because storm does a ton of damage as you can see with the comparison. A marine has only about 60 health and a maurader has 80, meaning both of the main terran units can be killed with only one storm within only 2.86 seconds. Make that two or more storms and your whole army gone in a second. Protoss units will often still remain with a large about of health despite an EMP, making them still viable and strong. Quite frankly, terran needs to use EMP to even have a chance at winning because of storm and because of the insane health of protoss units. The only reason people complain about it is that they are used to getting free wins as protoss against terrans who don't have the insane micro needed to control ghosts and an army, and can't deal with actually playing the game against someone who can. On top of that, arcons are incredibly strong against an army which had to just use it's EMP's on HT's. If the terran has enough ghosts to EMP both the HT's and the arcons then you are somehow getting out macroed by someone playing terran, which is genuinely a travesty with how easy it is to macro as protoss

[@F4c2a]

@@silverstar5091 "only 2.86 seconds" if you stand in a storm that long you deserve to lose, your perspective is biased because you're used to winning with terran, other races can't afford to stand around for 3 seconds picking their noses. EMP is op as heck. You could nerf it to half and it would still be used.

[@knivesoutcatchdamouse2137]

@@F4c2a This is a very valid and important point that too often goes unstated. Instantaneous and undodgeable (EMP) easily trumps Area of Effect Damage over Time (Psi Storm).

[@whollytrained]

love the no no nonsense straight into the content format... your education is wonderful, and your humor is on point.. rare to find a caster with all these

[@Federico-1]

Always a lot of “i love your channel” comments. Rare that such an honest strategy/format for a KZbin channel to do so well for so long. We all appreciate the uploads even if we don’t comment it every time

[@hamburgers7817]

Been watching for a long time Lowko thanks for all the casts. Played sc2 at my parents home as a teenager, moved out, and there were many years I had no cpu set up and could only watch sc2. I watched your channel and eventually got a cpu set up and started playing again last year as boomer. Been having a blast getting back to it, thanks for getting me through the 5 years in-between lol! Congrats on 1/2 a million subs!

[@shawnlongman9815]

The “blinkception” comment on the stalkers in the main base proves Lowko has the best commentary 😂👍

[@anshchandarana]

Finally someone pointed out the EMP is broken thanks Lowko, in just a second half of the health of all protoss units disappears not to mention all spell caster energy too. If not anything else atleast Blizzard should remove the "Enhanced shockwave".

[@vanguard6498]

EMP isnt op because you actually need a follow up attack, shields do recharge.

[@anshchandarana]

@@vanguard6498 how many shield batteries would it take to regenerate my entire army😵?

[@silverstar5091]

EMP is necassary to beat protoss in every way. Storm can, with 80 damage, kill the entire terran army of marines (60 HP) and marauders (80 HP) in only 2.86 seconds. Protoss units often have as much if not more health and DPS than terran units after being EMP'd. It's literally impossible to beat protoss without it, and those who say it's broken are often just people that are used to getting free A-move wins against terrans who don't have the insane APM to micro ghosts and entire armies at the same time

[@anshchandarana]

@@silverstar5091 Terrans have walking shield batteries with medivacs, more mobility, all I'm asking is the enhance shockwave to get nerfed. The APM for protoss to micro is high you need collosai, Disruptor, high Templar etc just to counter ghost.

[@LiCensored]

15:57 Did you notice that mindgame with morping Archon, who was pushed by Stalkers directly on Mines to defuse em? upd: He trying that 2nd time again at 18:52

[@georgeharris6099]

Can a Morphing Archon Take damage?

[@jamesn.5721]

look at herO's stalker movements on the map from game 2 4:10 onwards trying to spot the medivac. actually insane. 100% map vision on the bottom right

[@eduardomissi7804]

man, these 2 are such a joy to watch

[@piotrjarecki1835]

03:25 "Legibility obviously is very important but TvP default skins not too crazy" Said the dude oftentimes misnaming Zerglings for Zealots and Hatch for nexus xD

[@Borsshun]

Thank you Lowko for doing these videos, these are the highlights of my days!

[@danielheikkila3352]

"Well I guess it's not the size of the army that really matters when you play protoss, it's how you use it" -That's what she said

[@huyxiun2085]

Omg second game seemed so clutch to me! I mean it wasn't, but I was like, "ok, Hero win... that's gg... that's gg right? ... come on... holy crap, that's gg now, no? ... no, not yet, fucking Maru..." That terran is disgustingly good. We obviously have Serral giving that dominant vibe for Zergs... And I am SO looking forward to a protoss giving the same feeling. Hero is a very good candidate for that, getting close, really close.

[@stc2828]

That is the meta. Terran can preplan ghost movement for nuke right before fight, but the other guy will need to change his view 5 times during the fight looking for the nuke.

[@samtux762]

I as a terran die to blink stalkers of a strong opponent. Just don't live long enough to utilize nukes. Hence, nukes do nothing at the level of 95% of players.

[@yingkiyim5659]

2 of the best players of their respective race... epic

[@vampireby]

Ok, I think we have our first named Zealot - 56:20 - Zachery. No longer are our queens the only named creatures :)

[@jorgehernandezsilva833]

Actually named him at 11:40 of i'm not mistaken

[@crabapplemcnasty3546]

Thanks for more great content Lowko, love your channel man!

[@oleks.4924]

maru has a diamond league portrait here because these games were played on eu, and he propably only did placement matches on eu

[@buttergod42]

One of my favorite bits of SC2 trivia is that tectonic destabilizers only increases tempest damage against grounded buildings as it’s AA attack is a different weapon

[@lucasjunqueira4790]

I love watching hero play! Keep bringing him Lowko!

[@iseektheholygrail2055]

No one complain about how broken EMP is against protoss because anyone who tried got their device EMPed before they can finish typing their messa-

[@danielskrivan6921]

Maybe you should do a Starcraft trivia show, and see how well the pros know the details of the game.

[@MW-lw4ek]

499'000 subscribers! Gz lowko!

[@rodrigosinastre7203]

Essas reviravoltas que Maru faz, são simplesmente incríveis!

[@Z7Sakari]

19:44 “Full Envelopment” is a phrase that would fit here.

[@knivesoutcatchdamouse2137]

Can someone please explain to me why some of the professional Protoss players (out of the 5 or 6 of them that exist, lol) like to make a Zealot first in PvT? Unupgraded Zealots are worthless against any of Terran's early units. Possible early Terran units: Reaper, Hellion, Marine, Marauder, Widow Mine. In an engagement against any of those, a Zealot would be lucky to get one swipe off before dying. It will get kited until its death against a Reaper or a Hellion. I get that they don't cost any gas, is that the sole reason? Seems like a waste of 100 minerals to me.

[@joshuahitchins1897]

EMP is so good, it's Zerg's best caster ability.

[@wojciechsura]

There's a saying in polish volleyball: if you don't win 3:0, then you lose 2:3

[@Vluxuation]

For no reason I stopped watching SC2 content years ago. Recently you popped up in suggested videos and I'm glad you did. I truly missed SC2 competitive gameplay AND with good commentary throughout. Doing gods work out here.

[@thezzach]

24:55 The Terran player is the guy with the joystick 😂

[@babeshake]

It's called a pop quiz over here Lowko

[@scarx4181]

Man Lowko is a big fan of backdoor stalkers.

[@dgenx316]

The different colors is so refreshing to watch!

[@ArtanisKizrath]

New tongue twister: Playing pretty purple Protoss probes Playing pretty purple Protoss probes Playing pretty purple Protoss probes

[@xXxGameboy500xXx]

I always believed, even back in WoL days, ghosts emp was really under utilized.

[@vacekto]

i forgot how fun watching lowko is for a while

[@kissenklauer7011]

those widow mines wipe out entire armies on a regular basis and yet you are concerned there might be someone in there getting hurt 😆

[@yeleukenov]

Pretty Purple Protoss Probes sounds nice

[@jacobedkins1997]

Congrats on 500k subs!!

[@downsauce]

Keep up the good work lowko, I stopped playing sc2 shortly after legacy of the void but have been watching your casts still

[@ThatGuy53297]

You could say Hero was keeping the pocket base, in his back pocket.

[@juiblex1979]

You made me snort in my coffee with "Blinkception" :)

[@danielskrivan6921]

45:10 I thought "Arclite Shock Cannon", but that was the SC1 Siege Tanks.

[@mancubwwa]

Nah, Arclite was the model name for SC1 siege tank, the weapon was just "shoc cannon" BTW the model name for SC2 siege tank is Crucio.

[@JohnnyFiction]

Keep up the great work

[@Rcoutme]

@Lowko I was born in 1963, so we did not have video games. As a consequence, I was the nerd who passed those tests.

[@hiddentruth1982]

runescape wasn't around when I was in school. home computers were barely a thing back then.

[@jjesl]

22:45 how did maru know hero unloaded the disruptors just behind him, he stims when the prism is out of vision and moves back towards the disruptors and right after he is in range he drops a scan. Maru using maphack?

[@javiergarciamartin9351]

would be so nice to see a free for all maru, her0 and serral

[@997x2]

Pretty purple Protoss probes? What a banger of an alliteration!

[@997x2]

lol you referenced to it exactly right after i posted it

[@Tang0Fox1]

@Lowkotv ya shouldn't scare people like that. Facing Maru in Diamond league is like the "Are you ready for the exam?" question when you have zero idea of the exam or when you're being pranked.

[@seraphinagames]

Purple/Yellow > Red/Blue any day of the week. This color combo is so much more pleasing to look at. Generally better for color-blind folk too.

[@shirtlessviking9225]

in lore i believe archons are rare, and only for the direst of circumstances. in the actual game they are everywhere and the first thing the templar do when they spawn...

[@QueenDaenerysTargaryen]

Quite impressive 👏👏👍👍

[@Fjordgnu]

I still expect to hear "... where we find ourselves on Glittering Ashes!"

[@csmlouis]

29:55 Wow, never have I seen such a major diss to Lowko by herO. I felt bad and thus I liked the video as to not feeling awkward.

[@zekeodima3708]

Cool color set purple and yellow are also opposites. So they differentiate quite well

[@luissaybe]

Great cast

[@333kenshin]

maybe i'm overly influenced by having watched uthermals penguin bros series, but wouldn't the vikings with their bonus vs. mechanical have been more useful on the ground?

[@silverstar5091]

No since they are so flimsy. They are actually pretty expensive in resources and time to produce as well, so it's better to have bio for the ground

[@ninjachihuahua4843]

This will be a treat

[@danielskrivan6921]

Purple and Gold were my university colors.

[@halolord8212120]

Just a thought, but maybe widow mines are issued commands from, you know, the command center.

[@Niemandzockt]

"Maru sucks at TvP." So much for that

[@edibleapeman]

Playing with the Pretty Purple Protoss Probes *chef's kiss*

[@spidercat2234]

Love that you played RuneScape. Did you ever join a pvp clan or reach a skill cape?

[@MaximumSpice]

how do widow mines work? Can the enemy see it burrowed after it fires?

[@nicholasfactor]

lowko do the 7 cheater ai challenge plz

[@JD12ish]

Purple or pink protos probes are positively perfect.

[@lightarmor753]

What’s it like to live a life centered on SCII? Do you ever have a bad day? Your vids are awesome man. Keep it up 👍

[@Eunski]

Maaaan. I miss ghosts with lockdown.

[@jirikunc1956]

didnt played sc2 for like 5 years but i think siege tanks got shock cannons and marines using gauss rifles.

[@tujan7598]

13:54 - Water balloons get a kill

[@emgee2]

Ghost EMP requires follow-up response, storm and disruptor ball are 1-shot entire army enders. That's why EMP isn't talked about as much as storm and disruptors. (My thoughts anyway).

[@hivetech4903]

Storm is not an army ender, only in Platinum. Nobody complains about Disruptors as most of the time they hit nothing or clip a couple units.

[@Leonhart_93]

Storm is not that great as it does damage over 3 seconds, HT are vulnerable as heck and is hard countered by EMP. But sure in lower leagues where terrans just A-move bio and stare at the screen it can be really strong. But then again so can EMP if they knew about its existence.

[@silverstar5091]

Your right, same thing for storm

[@xzeeno3712]

Where can I find professional replays?

[@Error205]

Thought the thumbnail was Lowko after eating mexican.

[@Evanescenz]

Gosh. I always wanted to see nukes being used as a zoning tool. This is it.

[@ashra8281]

Are you trying to beat Winter with how soon you mention Zest in games he's not in? Xd

[@Jubei729]

agreed!!! 100 percent!! EMP so much more powerful then storm. it's like a mini nuke for toss, so broken. MAKE TOSS GREAT AGAIN

[@celrak7667]

3:09 me too x)

[@jayyrod1]

Hey lowko - your English is immaculate. You speak better English than many of the natives. At least where I'm from down in the dirty south of the good ole you ess of ayyyyy

[@Hollow_555]

almost thought this was a 1 hour game when bo5 wasnt in the title

[@ahmadabbassi7886]

Hi lowko Just wondering, statistically, who is winning more battles? Zerg, protoss, or terran?

[@qwe-80085]

00:01 his name is lowko right???

[@GabeMisura]

Lowko, who do you recommend to watch to get better at micro

[@hunterrandolph3769]

Magnificent!!!

[@pipebomber04]

Yeah different team colors!!!

[@slayer_slayed1134]

good thing they didnt have runescape on mobile in highschool, never wouldve made it out

[@shileichang9562]

LOVE Lowko！from China

[@chaywarburton3488]

Can't you just click the alert button and see where the nuke is gonna hit?

[@jakesecreto]

25:06 Could be controlled by an A.I

[@vanguard6498]

Awesome come back from Maru

[@polyacov_yury]

Pretty Purple Protoss Probe Probably Plants Pylons Preemptively

[@Nukespeargaming]

Did someone thumbnailed a nuke..?

[@chrispacheco2514]

Do the end of the year test

[@kampkrieger]

What are Pylons for? -> To Pile-On the pressure :D :D :D