Maru's Genius Battlecruiser Strategy - Starcraft 2

[@SC2HL]

If you're a Starcraft fan, the previous highlight of TY vs. sOs is an absolute must-watch: kzbin.info/www/bejne/mn2mgqRpqNGBhLc

[@btiny101]

you just HAD to add that extra Second to the video to stop any possible memes about it.....man your no fun xD This is a joke btw Why are you still scrolling? there is nothing for you here....shu shu STOP!! Stop this now! i am warning you you just dont listen do you Fine that is it, you asked for it [Impending doom] there was nothing here, you were just jabaited :)

[@AshGAM3BO1]

9:24 satisfying thor surround followed up by satisfying widow mine hit onto a group of zergling

[@henryviiifake8244]

Dozens of happy Zerglings: "We got the Thors! We got the Thors!" 😌 One Widow Mine: "Ratio." 💀

[@3xplosiv0]

maru and battlecruiser in the title. easiest click of my life

[@SC2HL]

Maru + Serral + Battlecruiser in the title would be the Holy Trifecta.

[@lleo3638]

There's no option!

[@TheDavidLiou]

Or nuke

[@commentsaretrue4570]

@@SC2HL or has

[@mastershake42019]

Make it so

[@Duckzilla-54]

Seeing Battlecruiser in the title Ah shit here we go again

[@amitvinod3334]

That was some really good targeting on those clumped up broodlords

[@MrFiddleedee]

you have each one of them hotkeyed and its quite easy tbh

[@L_ky]

@@MrFiddleedee or just have the yamato binded to instaskill key

[@craigjorgensen1986]

Those battlecruisers hit those broodlords almost as hard as my responsibilities hit me on a Monday morning.

[@-Kidzin]

I love watching BC Mech play, it just feels right for Terrans to fight Zerg by utilizing the biggest guns they have.

[@Michael-kd1ho]

"They're everywhere!" "Then shoot everywhere!"

[@eksentrysyti]

If only a Terran engineer would figure out how to put Hellbat flamethrowers on a Thor...

[@henryviiifake8244]

10:07 _Disgustingly_ high level control from Maru. Many pros would have either warped early or lost BCs.

[@VladTepesZA]

Man I just love Artosis and Tasteless games, don't get me wrong the gameplay itself is really phenomenal(and the other casters) but these two and their casting are the best

[@davidintrabartolo1572]

the warp onto the brood lords was just disgusting in the finest of ways

[@DarkRedZane]

Yeah when I saw those BC's pre-warp south I already knew it was coming.

[@twilightgardenspresentatio6384]

12:30 real cavalry move there

[@adultjames3097]

"Armaru" XD

[@deseanlothian]

No one is safe from tastosis, not even 10 seconds in.

[@thefatherinthecave943]

"Armaru" *groans*

[@-Raylight]

9:29 MVP widow mine, I can see why it's being called that. Lots of Zerglings are going to be widows xD Those BCs are definitely MVPs, but shame they got destroyed like Kerrigan when she obliterated UED. F :(

[@REDandBLUEandORANGE]

Maru’s bc control is just stupid good and it’s so satisfying

[@AndrewBryanSapigaotarsonis]

Ragnarok knew once he saw the fleet that he's screwed. He just wanted to eliminate those BCs to have a morale victory

[@segalliongaming8925]

11:48 - Flying Adepts. So sick. If I were the Zerg player, I'd ragequit right then and there.

[@idi6246]

50 supply worth of broodlord, delete just like that

[@bimbyizhere6789]

12:58 that realization of RagnaroK when he got out-supplied

[@lhfirex]

Maru + BCs = another fantastic SC2 highlight.

[@Necroneer]

Man Ragnarok made a huge questionable decision rolling all those banes towards the entire army of Maru there.

[@turniper8959]

Honestly half the questionable decision was making that many banelings in the first place against that army. Not only was it mech, but it was mech with half air and a heavy complement of thors, there was basically nothing those banelings would have traded very effectively against. He really needed that gas for more corruptors and spellcasters.

[@gabrielgardner4572]

If he devided and sent those banelings after the eco he would have had a better chance

[@henryviiifake8244]

BC and Seige Tank crews when they see Banelings: 🤑🤑🤑🤑

[@carmeloshin]

@@henryviiifake8244 marines and marauders: 😰🫂☠️

[@SpectreInk]

@12:45 Those two Thors be like "It's a good day to die."

[@SuPeReZ23]

Those guys Hate zerglings. All their homies hate zerglings

[@StarlineInfinity]

When you see Maru with Battlecruisers, you know it's gonna be Epic

[@mariozunigaliarte7492]

Wait, Maru playing mech... obviously he knows that we miss gumiho, and he went like "oooook guys, I'm gonna Play one mech against zerg just for you but don't get used to it ok?" Best day of my life.

[@Josh-99]

Those first four Battlecruisers paid for themselves 10 times over. That was nuts!

[@ivanleon6164]

9:29, felt bad for those zerlings, they looked so happy for killing a thor.

[@duncanblue4744]

Arty he GOT two queens

[@timgubler3584]

Marus battle cruiser coming back for the 5th fight: WE BACK ONCE A MFING GAIN

[@true_xander]

1:25 "I'm gonna buy a trumpet and I'm gonna bring it every time there is a Hellbat push. Instead of speaking I'm gonna blow into the trumpet as hard as I can."

[@alexanderfaye1840]

11:48 holy cow, the bc is straight up trolling the corruptor

[@nohbodhi1120]

6:00 look at that siege tank siege. Beautiful, something out of the campaign

[@Deusle]

"Hellbat pushes suck." - Artosis I laughed so hard my dog woke up

[@gideonmiles7161]

So I had the thought, why would a player like Maru keep doing something as an opener that doesnt win him a game? The answer perhaps it does something he wants besides outright winning the game. Perhaps that Hellbat push is just to drain out all the queen energy

[@Zeratultheking]

Its pressure. Its not supposed to be devastating, its supposed to try and kill anti air and possibly hit the economy. Also gets an idea of where the queens are at so he knows if he can/cannot use BCs 30 seconds later.

[@tigera6]

Its about getting the opponent off-guard to deal heavy damage, and its also about how he doesnt want to reveal all his strategy yet.

[@fbpo1699]

its more like a prisoners dilemma. If he would never hellbat push, then zerg could cut gas and queens and drone much more early. Hence, he has to hellbat push some percentage of games to ensure the zerg keeps trying to defend against it, although the push itself is negative-EV, over time it creates an advantage because of the cumulative resources zerg invests to defend it.

[@googane7755]

I guess he wants to keep some sort of pressure out and force the zerg to defend and not rapid fire the drone button. Its not meant to deal damage and you want to get rid of them eventually as he transitions into bio or mech.

[@GloomGaiGar]

never give your opponent time to get comfortable and confident

[@LeoJakeMaxi]

Like BC used at the professional level is always my favorite. Especially in such an effective and thoughtful way. Well done

[@warcraftlake7]

Maru is probably the best BC user in SC2.

[@zodiark111]

Great match! Loved the efficiency of those BC's.

[@michaeldeepona5951]

1:53 my favorite protoss structure, Spore Crawler

[@SkyNinja759]

More like. My favourite protoss unit type, the battle cruiser. He was talking about the BC's tactical jump "warping" in _over_ a spore crawler. Respect the joke though.

[@HistoryFacts5]

Its been a while since I watched a terran player go mech agaibst zerg. But I'm very glad to see it!

[@danielcaceres7925]

Didn't know Maru could play terran and zerg, simultaneously!!!

[@YY-mk4ti]

11:56 Kreygasm

[@TUvaledor97]

"Armaru" that made me laugh so hard 😂

[@vungocoanh2205]

11:56 What a teleport!!!

[@abpolsci27]

0:40 shout caster forgot the legend "boxer"..

[@Daniel-Choe]

Maru: *Goes BCs* Tasteless: *He's going Melee, Carapace, and Baneling speed. That's a different kind of choice* had me loling. 😂

[@chrisrojas3561]

Perhaps the point of the hellbat push to to buy time and draw focus elsewhere, rather than to win fights.

[@BudhaXIII]

Why no nydus and harrass T eco as muchas possible, exploit T mech immobility? I'd probably go for swarmhosts or mutas instead of banes too... truth is zerg has nothing to counter this comp, too efficient, mustpriorituze eco/production...

[@SZRLM]

Arty is aware he's casting and not streaming, right? 2min in and the anger is coming out.

[@iambrett333]

ever since i saw the clips of him losing his shit on stream i have not been able to see him the same

[@Tomoyuki_Tanaka]

Are you talking about his "every Hellbat push has failed. GARBAGE! GARBAGE!" dialogue?

[@missbelled6700]

@@Tomoyuki_Tanaka Didn't win the game right there, must be useless. He should offer Maru some coaching.

[@Tomoyuki_Tanaka]

@@missbelled6700 Huh? You mean Artosis?

[@quocphantruong]

19:12 by the name Ragnarok, it is really a Ragnarok for him

[@SVSky]

Fleet Admiral Maru

[@anthonywrenn4085]

I came up with an unorthodox counter to BCs as Zerg. Make a section with 7-8 spores. Neural parasite and warp the bcs into your defenses.

[@anvietanh6723]

Sounds good but the point is can you even neural them, do you even know where they are to neural

[@anthonywrenn4085]

@@anvietanh6723 I’ve used this method about 10 times and it’s worked 3 times. Again I said it was unorthodox. It definitely crushes your opponent mentality however. It’s a 300 iq play if you can pull it off

[@tigera6]

I think most Zerg already knew that, and Dark made the "improvement" by clumping the Infested BCs together and shoot them all down with Biles.

[@thenoobinator3508]

Damn maru hit him with the bamboozle

[@mugge518]

think its a little bit op tht its only 25% repair cost for Terran, sure its some lost mining time which might make up for it but zerg really needs a better counter or way to stop the damage

[@verruckter360]

I thought he would gg after the big BC trade, man if BCs can take some damage

[@nabusvco]

Man ragnarok needed Infestors and they came out too late

[@ljs2001]

The cost of repair a battle cruiser from 0 health is 100/75 + the mining loss from SCV... so killing a muta for every repair is almost an even trade.

[@dtczyk8976]

You can’t repair from 0 because then the unit is dead! But I know what you meant fren

[@DeathstarsEG]

yeah but the BC is getting way more value than just 1 muta kill per repair :D

[@ljs2001]

@@DeathstarsEG true. I’m saying if we see 3 BC teleporting out after 3 muta kill. I wouldn’t call that a victory.

[@helmutalexanderrubiowilson6835]

omg perfect use of teleport!!!

[@eleddar]

Anything Battlecruiser!

[@Hongsta]

45k to 26k INSANITY in terms of cost efficientcy!

[@alibitter6361]

Rogue might have traumatised Maru into playing full Mech vs Z haha

[@tigera6]

The funny thing is, I thing Maru can win playing Mech vs Zerg just as well as Bio. It took Reynor a whole 7-games series to beat Maru with Mech style.

[@muhammadzinc5228]

As a T player myself, its still annoying how OP Terran is if you play at a super professional level.

[@nouvek]

i know its always easy to criticize someone after a lost fight but seriously, no infestors?? neural parasite is literally the best and possibly the only answer you can have vs bcs and thors

[@darkone12491]

Genius battlecruiser strategy Step 1: make battlecruisers step 2: instantly win GENIUS!!!!!!!!!!

[@DarkRedZane]

Step 0: Be Maru

[@pierrelaflotte8540]

Im a total newb - couldnt you just burrow a few infestors here and there and snatch the bcs?

[@EagleWolfSparrow]

I think all PRO Terran should start building Starport on the Expansion instead in BASE. it's like Huge HP Barricade for Command Center

[@alexanderdelatorregomez3947]

Zerg are to op, they have all type of units and even can heal their structure... Fuck and maru still winning.

[@zergrush_9704]

Terrans can heal all of their structures and units too, and they have all types of units🗿

[@blacklight4720]

Huh?! What happened to Thor missiles? Anti Air animation is the same one Anti Ground?

[@justinwinch6275]

Thor has two anti air attacks -- the missile looking one and the one that looks similar to their ground attack. The missile one has splash and bonus damage against light units but still does a lot less damage so it's really only useful against stuff like a giant muta clump, and the other attack is useful against most other things. Of course, a lot of what thors are made to fight against (at least in pro games) is giant muta clumps, so you probably see the missile attack a lot.

[@MrWajahatHussain]

i wouldnt have used yamato on the corruptors instead of the broods before jumping away and just chased down the broods with the bcs

[@ekremaziaullah8213]

I would love to see a full montage of juicy mine hits with Benny Hill music in the background Looking forward to it Mr.SC2HL !!!!! 😛

[@EagleWolfSparrow]

Those pro player need to use More barrack as WALL and build in Expension, it helps a lot

[@johnnycage5513]

dong maru is a genius

[@DaHellWhyNot]

Maru playing this like chess

[@humble-l2x]

New Battlecruiser video-> Click -> Click like button-> Watch video

[@ApocalypseGuy1]

Zerg T3 units are at best equivalent to the T2 units of other races.

[@VengeanceSinX]

but very easy to mass produce

[@choiswimmer]

Are they sure it's not them for not understanding why the pros constant do hellbat pushes? They don't pay sc2, they only play sc1. The pros clearly know something they dont if this keeps happening

[@eduardo_carvajal]

Loving BC but I want more Thor rush! :)

[@gokublack8342]

It's not Hellbats that are bad it's Queens that are overpowered Zergs shouldn't be able to make a bunch of Queens and essentially get to extremely safe while still droning to the moon

[@christhomasson4972]

Nice! :^D

[@brodobroggins]

Optimal BC micro

[@MsFlyingCake]

And I thought corruptors are designed to counter BC..

[@Juan-nz6ez]

Beatifull!

[@hko2006]

If only zerg rushed infestor and neuro the BCs/thors

[@tigera6]

Scarlett tried to do just that earlier today, and it wasnt that pretty for her.

[@Tomoyuki_Tanaka]

@@tigera6 What? She did? Which game was it? I need to watch it.

[@tigera6]

@@Tomoyuki_Tanaka World Team League, check WardiTV Twitch stream from last night. Team NV vs Shopify Rebellion 2nd match

[@Tomoyuki_Tanaka]

@@tigera6 Gotcha! Thanks!

[@RandomFerrum]

Ruff do that every second game. Who is a genius?

[@CKSLAFE]

i like bc so much.

[@bigbeef2654]

omg those Chinese kids must have come from the same queen

[@dlf4298]

holy shit second set

[@MultiMellieha]

Good times

[@zxKAOS1]

BCs... b/c you value, value!

[@eldoreschess2428]

1:21 that’s what she said :(

[@cottonmouth1966]

2 queen went down.... come on tasteless

[@Rombizio]

Are they twins?

[@adamelias1727]

And Clem can make them work

[@HBon111]

Are there any good Zerg players? I don't think so.

[@paradowski12]

Years go by and its still better than normal sport

[@ShadowTheHedgehogCZ]

Haven't seen Zerg winning for years.

[@tahutagaol9186]

srsly? zerg is the easiest race to play with such beneficial u fool

[@GramOfAdderall]

That zerg threw the game so hard sending all those banes in. For the love of God, just attack on the other side.

[@racingsfun]

Best at mech is avilo. According to avilo

[@jotaylor1106]

Terran needs buff

[@vasyl4g34]

Maru plays BCs!!!

[@tostahmeister6861]

I don’t know why more pros don’t do what Maru does. Do damage with the BC’s then jump out when they get low. Too many pros see a clump of units and then jump away without doing any damage

[@JourneymanJacob]

I feel like I just got done watching pornography for the first time, that was an amazing game to watch.

[@djangbang7547]

Are they brothers?

[@RuFFRyDas87]

These two look exactly the same.

[@chucaque1104]

son gemelos??

[@solon2923]

I know how much terran would cry if zergs had broodlords that could teleport over the whole map and could shoot both ground and air and zerg could tech up to them by the 5 min mark, but sure explain to me that the game is balanced... Also what's Clems win rate Vs zerg again ??