StarCraft 2: Elazer SWARMS Clem! (Best-of-5)

Best-of-5 series of high level StarCraft 2 between Elazer and Clem. This Zerg versus Terran is from the StarCraft 2 ESL Masters Summer Europe tournament.
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[@SnyperMK2000JclL]

That first game.. God I love when top tier zerg players build multiple macro hatcheries for more and more larva... that super swarmy style is so awesome, it really truly embodies the swarm as intended...

[@caelestigladii]

Agreed. I always love it when high level zergs play offensive and swarmy. Too many play expensive high tech defensive. Can’t blame them though, creep is just too useful.

[@zachariastsampasidis8880]

@@caelestigladii what? Most people go for low tier units swarms and add a few spellcasters when needed generally unless the enemy composition explicitly forces things like broodlords

[@loganmyall660]

​@@zachariastsampasidis8880idk what you're talking about because in this meta zerg has to react to everything. Dark is about the only person that builds mass Lings. There are a few zerg who go the +1 roach speed timing but that's just a timing attack.

[@chikendoodle1628]

You gotta cast more Elazer, this guy is awesome to watch!!

[@sebastjankrek1744]

I rarely comment on this, but that's exactly what I wanted to say. His play style with zerg is incredibly satisfying for me, he makes it look precisely as if you're stuck in a corner facing this endless swarm.

[@andrunouchi]

Love seeing a Zerg use burrow Banes and Hydras against Terran Bio! I've seen Serral struggle against Clem in some games but win once he incorporates hydras too.

[@kylereif4357]

Elazer is also sending changelings basically whenever the overseers have energy for it. Using the scouting mechanic that is usually mostly forgotten until the late game.

[@MrSnow24]

How is it almost forgotten ? When I played I hate Zerg for the changelings, always thought that they are op as hell…😅

[@hydraulichydra8363]

Lowko deserves more appreciation for all his hard work giving us cool SC2 games!

[@polombo1]

Definetely. Such a great commentator, fun, genuine guy... Hope we get those replays from toss Clem! :D

[@TheBeingX]

Words for StarCraft. -This Zergling Attack was Delicious (they Had Marine for Dinner) -The Terran has the technological Advantage Here (because He has more Tech Upgrades) -Berstling are Not effektive getting through the Archon Blues (Their shields) Thats some i find kinda cute

[@JohnSmith-xv1tp]

I had to look up Berstling, but I think that's a much better, and funnier, name than Baneling

[@Zorlac]

I felt like I was in Mortal Kombat when you typed Effektive

[@eldra2179]

remember to take care of your zerglings guys, feed them an varied diet of SCV's and marines for optimal performance and health 🥰

[@TheBeingX]

@@JohnSmith-xv1tp German: 1 Englisch: 0 ;)

[@celrak7667]

31:12 we call that « explosion de centre de commandement »

[@danielbob6900]

Harry the friendly helion.😂

[@me1970]

Two words come to mind, Bombastic and Prosaic! 🤣

[@ezraclark7904]

Lowko, I would love it if you used the word Tumescent to describe good creep spread.

[@LowkoTV]

I had to look up what that means 😅

[@countspyder4769]

@@LowkoTVbut are you gonna do it?

[@Cuyut]

21:28 poor Jimmy the Marine died pretending to be a changeling lol

[@danielpirez381]

First game commentary was pure gold lmao

[@calculatorade]

These series matches that play out all possible rounds are amazing. I love seeing so many of these. I love this game. I love your casting. LONG LIVE STARCRAFT 2 + LOWKO!

[@hydraulichydra8363]

I like that you learned "Give him an inch, he'll take a mile" from the comments of a previous video and now incorporated it! (I think you mentioned the Dutch expression "Give him a finger, he'll take your hand" or whatever you guys' equivalent of that it.)

[@sherwinstephenaaron5842]

Scary into terrifying when a “scary push” is not enough to describe it.

[@Hiiiro]

"un bomb d'carpet" lol. I dont play StarCraft but I've just been bingewatching your videos, dude!

[@jordanleighton6893]

43:59 This is the point where I still really don’t understand why Terran doesn’t invest in one raven, just for mobile detection. You know he’s been putting banelings everywhere, you have the resources to do it, and you have or soon will have enough medivacs. The gain is so high vs what(to an admittedly poor outside observer) so little cost. Like how many scans saved, tumors killed or marines saved from burrowed banes would it take for the raven to be worth more than a 6th(?) medivac?

[@propeacemindfortress]

nothing like a good and long sc2 video

[@MoRanes]

Best call to action ever 😂 20:08

[@captainbroady]

Watching Terran vs Zerg is so satisfying, and there's so many explosions!! XD

[@hydraulichydra8363]

At game 4 with less than 10 minutes left I was like "It's gotta be an Elazor win..." Happy little surprise, there!

[@d34d0n1mp4kt]

I think it's target saturation. The melee nature of Zerg means they can't focus fire as effectively as Terran, and only so many melee units can attack a target at one time. With ranged units, you can use tons more units. Zerg, using many smaller units forces Terrans to spreads the damage around rather than concentrating it.

[@relaxingtopology256]

Very happy to see Clem beat a high level opponent once again.

[@TweeTV_]

"as clem would say" kept cracking me up

[@Arkvicnugan7]

Here are some flashy English words for commentary: extravagant, triumphant, grandiloquent, steeled, masterful, monstrous, transparent, telegraph, entropic, forceful, extermination, stolid, colossal, eviscerate, invincible, electrify, mesmerize, sophisticated. Have fun!

[@kingsgambit7098]

The way you are describing the build is what I consider the standard way to play. No gimmicks, it all just boils down to who the better players is.

[@ivanlin2139]

the tires analogy is really funny

[@Spartsou]

Ooh, an hour long video??! Nice 👍 7:54 You missed an opportunity to call the Overseers 'Zerg Observers' 😂. *Love it when you do that* 😎

[@icecream6256]

41:32 favorite french phrase

[@SuperBlansh]

I like this Zerg style a lot. It looks amazing and very refreshing (Starship troops style ^^). Brilliant game! Thanks for great cast!

[@rafaelsousa5]

"It's just you need to manually detonate them" Actually, unless it was changed, unburrow can be autocast.

[@BlitzMachina]

Here's a few: "A 'riveting' game" " A 'crippling' counter" "An enigmatic strategy" Or...and this is the most important one... "Wow, look at those voluptuous queens"

[@rev9115]

yes a down bad comment i been looking for

[@StaK_1980]

This was a close one but damn I love watching zerg loses 😂 Good commentary! We are here for the bloopers too! Don't edit them

[@Cuyut]

38:01 RIP Doggie

[@MrErizid]

So many TvZ games where the Zerg clearly lost because they never contested the Medivacs. The Scarlett series I watched recently being a good example. Elazer builds Hydras that threaten the Medivacs and suddenly the Terran can't just pick up and save his entire army with no risk every time. Either get Hydras, or get Vipers or get Infestors. You MUST at least threaten the Medivacs if you want a chance to beat top-level Terran Bio-balls.

[@stalwart56k]

The animal metaphor you were looking for was beaver. "He's hanging on by the skin of his teeth, but it turns out Clem is actually a beaver, and his teeth can gnaw through wood." ;)

[@alfimatsson1836]

Ty for attending dreamhack and taking time to talk and answer my various question with varying intellect ❤❤😂

[@TheMythh]

I'm surprised you didn't mention a single raven when lambo had wild creep spread early on in the first game. I would've loved to see one there 😅

[@etherscholar]

Extra vocabulary? Hmm, idk how useful they might be but, off the top of my head, only because you specifically asked: "entrenched", "embattled", "massacred", "annihilated", "vanguard", "rampaging", "eviscerated", "meat grinder", "back stab", "flirting with death", "vigilant/vigilance", "carved/carving", "whittled", "slice 'n dice", "bastion", "recon/surveillance/intel" (I'm sure you know these but I don't ever recall hearing these in your casts), "swoop/slide", "gut punch", hmmm that's all i got right now. Love your honest commentary though, you da best

[@crystaldazz]

Lowko, if you had to rank all 6 race matchups (TvT, TvZ, TvP, ZvZ, ZvP, PvP), what would your rank list look like, from favorite to least favorite?

[@hydraulichydra8363]

Lowko, the _point_ of Altitude's center is to have an X and a river, because rivers/water are cool in SC2 maps.

[@nersh46137]

I think you should incorporate the phrase "hit like a truck" more into your casts.

[@everestswisher6628]

Lowko, I do believe "Love" was the correct word choice

[@sirmathias8852]

I would love the increased usage of the word schaufelradbagger

[@QuinnBritewater]

Have yet to watch but pumped for a full hour of starcraft goodness

[@monkeyman9630]

Lowko, it's funny in a way when you ask for more English words to incorporate when English (the American version at least) is partially an amalgamation of different language's words 😆

[@jijenikkke]

This hour flew by!

[@silly3732]

1:03:09 " Sorry.. " -Lowko's lowest point in comedy

[@Big-T-Raw]

80 additional Zerglings Lowko :)

[@nikwintren]

Great games, amazing plays by Elazer! Also some words to incorporate to your commentary @lowkotv: succulent, laborious, flamboyant, ominous and the positive exclamations bully and capital.

[@jeremiahjuergens2485]

I think “Black Sheep Wall” needs to be added to your StarCraft vocabulary. Or “there is no cow level.”

[@joost00555]

Imagine if it was Henry the Helion, like Henry the Hoover, but instead of sucking up dust, he burns your house down

[@daikatarokamegawa542]

Harry the Hellion! You'll definitely run into a guy named Harry at any military facility

[@bigeteum]

Clem bait in the end was tip of the top

[@Sam-vd1ce]

@Lowko , for the ghost, what about the emp draining energy or shields over a short period of time? And maybe snipe doing dmg over a short period? Would be more in line with spells like fungal and storm. Might help with the instant lethality of the unit.

[@levismegenbir]

Egregious is a great word you could use more often... haha!

[@elliebarrett3648]

Mistakes are humanizing, you're a great caster

[@eastakho]

"Look at that income advantage..." hahaha!!! We love you!! Super polished boring commentary is defentely not as fun as this!! We love you for how you are Champ!! Keep up the good work Lowko!!

[@jacobtrang833]

COOL Words LowkoTV could use: Accomplished, Unique, Adagio, Atingle, Crestfallen, Baffled, Flimflam, Futz

[@zegreatpumpkinani9161]

Let it be writ upon the scared texts, the hellion is piloted by Harold

[@stormtrooper421]

The word I want to see Lowko use more in TvZ is Raven

[@ASe82Fin]

Best game I've seen this year. The 1st game

[@markvon9727]

"Spire will be fully erected in the main base... ...it is a strange shape after all." :P

[@etherscholar]

I think the infantry armor upgrades these terrans are prioritizing are completely on purpose. The attack is better on paper... IF you don't have medivacs, but I feel like medivacs multiply the benefit of the armor upgrade, and with zergling wraparounds in particular, the longer marines stay alive especially on the perimeter the better, because it gives the medivacs time to pick up, and all of this especially when it comes to the first few minutes of a game, where the zerg is capable of really pumping lings if they want to. It's a safety decision for the early game in particular is what I'm guessing. I'd be particularly interested if these terran players do the same vs protoss, as it seems like attack upgrades would definitely be more preferred in that early game scenario where you aren't being swarmed as the protoss tends to have LESS units than you as terran. Like let's check if Byun and Clem get attack first vs protoss, and we'll have our answer.

[@dwlang001]

Clem is a beast.

[@batt3p4nts]

Lowko you should use the word Inaugurate to describe something (like an upgrade) beginning. E.g ; ByuN Inaugurates the +1 armour upgrade.

[@TimonCZ]

Lowko likes neohumanity the most bcs there are some nice clubs he likes to visit

[@KnVlove]

Hey lowko! Been watching your vids for years, got me through some of the worst times in the US. Navy. If I could have just one comment after all these times I'd be so happy 🥰 If you wanna show a US viewer even more love I'll 1v3 you with my scrub ass and scrub ass sister and brother in law. You'd make this fans "game of the year"

[@MilohRhed]

Hank. Hank the Helion.

[@danielposada5574]

I don’t watch SC2, I watch Lowko HAHA

[@zegreatpumpkinani9161]

9:25 does that even count as a "Ghost transitioooooon..." on my bingo card?

[@ingrudmessenger1193]

I always liked the word abomination and think it's way underused. I think Harstem might have used it to describe a build order once, but i'm not sure about that...

[@TheMasterhomaster]

You can add the word s“handful,” “bunch,” and “few” to your vocabulary to describe 1-9 things instead of saying “couple” to describe 2 or more things.

[@SnaxNZ23]

would love to hear more Martin Brundleisms in your commentary, while youre asking for suggestions, and on the subject of F1

[@SnaxNZ23]

ps can we see more "drone in main battle group" gameplay too thnx

[@Bliss467]

Could use the word “frugal” when resources are limited and players are opting for upgrades, spellcasters, etc.

[@TheDevildante92]

Centre de commandement close enought ^^

[@yoda2661]

Word suggestion to add to your vocabulary, and to maybe use in SC commentary : entelechy. ;)

[@jawnsea4432]

the words i would love to hear you use is bamboozled or baboonery

[@Bliss467]

He uses hydras as his weapon, not a stepping stool… whoa!

[@ryczko123]

hank the hellion @LowkoTV

[@tnaumovitz]

I'll add the word onslaught to the list of suggestions.

[@sondalo511]

Ephemeral is a cool word

[@wojurera3131]

ClemOnt Is an Absolute Master! He is the Terran King 🤴 🙌 ❤️ Loved this Reverse Sweep🎉 Thank you for giving Clem the props he deserves Lowko!

[@Maximsus]

Lowko I think I needed some arrows in the thumbnail, wasnt very clear

[@Sinampalokangbayabas]

Fathers day!

[@antto9218]

now everytime i see a video that says best of 5 on your channel i will think it is a 3 game comeback

[@FindingMeaning]

Dude lowko do a f1 shoutcast lol

[@Roducius]

delicate its a must ❤!

[@stenchlord]

Please start incorporating sesquipedilian into your casts.

[@JamesDevlin100]

Speaking of tvz, can you please cast Reynor vs Buyn best of 5 from ESL masters ?

[@SaltpeterTaffy]

Fun fact: Dotting a 't' and crossing an 'i' would make the same letter.

[@kurosetsuna29]

Fun fact, dotting your "t" and crossing your "i" are actually the same character.

[@Knuckles2761]

tl;dw - Elazer have one trick, but Clem is smart enough to adapt.

[@lixnix2018]

I love and hate the clickbait 😂

[@MegaRutters]

Lowko you gotta start calling brenda voluptuous

[@martinrossel547]

Yeah it's "centre de commande", you got the last one right

[@thomasmartin2248]

yo those pit stop timings and tire change strategies are super important bruh lol. try watching american baseball. gets real dry. was watching boston/yankees game that made it to the 13th inning. they showed the moon for like 5 minutes. it was gorgeous

[@MichaelM-ik7nz]

splendid ...use splendid

[@samtheman1287]

He's hot and itchy for all Zerg players! Clemydia strikes again!!!

[@Erebus2075]

25:07 yup sc and sc2 is all about apm and very little about strategy or tactics everywhere but the very top 3 players and even here it often comes down to who can spam more keys... its stupid.

[@phileas007]

lol, 350, my natural apm limit is 80!