Maru's Insane Base Defense vs. EffOrt

From the GSL 2012 Season 4 Code A Ro48, Maru vs. EffOrt Game 1 on Entombed Valley
effort ;_;

[@KategariYami]

That 18kill Captain Marauder on a drop of health: Never give up, never surrender!

[@roonion1279]

Its not that EffOrt didn't put in enough EffOrt, its that Maru put in too much Maru.

[@maxmagnus777]

2019 and this play still looks legendary :D

[@ОлександрПоздняков-л3ц]

2021 same)

[@andilouis8770]

@@ОлександрПоздняков-л3ц Me too

[@SusaVile]

2022. One of the best defenses I have ever seen. Best though, is HerO vs Life on IPL

[@satriaamiluhur622]

Well, i held my breath almost constantly here. This was simply amazing

[@Keanulollol]

maru is the best terran in the world

[@matalbasse]

Still is :D

[@siddharthchauhan3661]

after 7 years he still is

[@ShadoCroc]

Maru is currently not only the greatest Terran, but the greatest SC2 player in History.

[@snowdrop9810]

​@@ShadoCrocgoing a tad far there arent you? He's currently not as good as the other guy people call GOAT

[@ShadoCroc]

@@snowdrop9810 Bro toy sleeping on your nose. You won more GSLs than anyone in SC2 history. He's also won the 2/3 gsl this season. Tf yoy talking about?

[@senko0802]

Not gonna lie though, I still like the recommendations YT has given to me. And it is surely a good one indeed.

[@biancogrigionero7614]

..the adventure of the captain marauder ...min 1.30....min......alredy alive....

[@INFEDnoX]

How far little Maru has come

[@jackadam9348]

into 2018, he is back to back gsl champ

[@AKA.SV9]

@@jackadam9348 back2back2back. 3 time champ :)

[@elliskennedy9885]

@@AKA.SV9 back2back2back2back

[@siddharthchauhan3661]

2022

[@avefreetimehaver5154]

@@AKA.SV9 About to be 5. G5L!

[@zeheero]

2021 and this still looks amazing!.

[@markdevlin150]

Definitely a highlight for the year.

[@TemplarKnights99]

6 years later and he has the triple crown, a double royal roader, and a gsl 3-peater. He's now a certified bonjwa

[@jackadam9348]

HAHAHHAHAHAHA "we are lucky to be alive, human has been around for a long time" - Tastosis

[@jorgegrijalva6281]

Wait, how i never seen this before? this was amazing, daaamn

[@jiawenzhu5915]

You guys should know one single fact...Maru is like 14 or 15 at 2012, this video time.

[@Necroneer]

Maru put in a lot of effort in that one.

[@guetali]

one word ... shocking .... oh my god ...

[@Frazful]

I have seen many epic defenses but this is the one that impresses the most. He even made vikings to help defend... It's not everyday that you see such decision making in moments like that.

[@hallraker4489]

This is why Maru is 3 peat GSL Code S champ!

[@Fauxkuhila]

Haha! 2018, baby!

[@TheBmxNixor]

That zerg is REALLY strong, and can comeback from the most awkward positions

[@GalaxybearBoss]

Good effort, EffOrt

[@DannTeBg]

LOOK AT THIS!!!! LOOK AT THIS!!!!

[@Leif3]

When I want to add this video to my favourites, it says there are no duplicates allowed for this playlist. I think they should make an exception for that video!

[@PlaythroughEmporium]

why the fuck am I here 9 years later....

[@jakesmith5405]

So impressive

[@Alexon88]

thanks for sharing, looked impossible to hold.

[@ahandle01]

Maru has always been so good

[@fadmizf]

That Marauder deserves a medal.

[@Bennetting]

That was actually filthy.

[@MALKton]

"maru uses every gap that he has" ...

[@tokyotoronto6028]

He is the greatest player in the world now.

[@TurtleneckNHorse]

and lets not forget that effOrt does not ever miss the injecting

[@goodisgood153]

that micro o.O

[@sz-gn9id]

Ah yes, old Maru.

[@yeroctehh4xor]

WHiteRa would be so proud. He made expand then he defensed the hell out of it.

[@To3To3To3]

god damn khaldor cant stop talking in a high pitch voice

[@fiend7777]

Because you were saying that 4 queens is an overkill. I am telling you that 4 queens is not an overkill at all. Extra queens can be used to defend while simultaneously expanding creep. Furthermore, queens do not deplete your larvae bank, allowing you to pull even farther ahead in the macro game. 4 hellions cost a full command center. That's fewer mules, fewer scvs. Plus 4 queens easily wall off your base. So please, herp derp somewhere else.

[@tabby7189]

How is that even possible

[@killka123]

Zerg can produce mass attack units, but notice as the commentator stated he cannot produce drones meaning his economy suffers greatly with all in strong attacks like that. If it was scouted and the Terran didn't put 400 minerals into the CC and got more/some bunkers up sooner, the pressure would have been a lot easier to deal with.

[@The-jy3yq]

Love the WoL music now its just LotV all over the place

[@chatoXvato]

Take note Toss & Zergs: Micro can get you far in games.

[@Probablyacowtbh]

You must be a riot at parties.

[@Wozobb]

There already are a ton of videos like this on KZbin, GOMTV generally has no problems with highlight videos such as this

[@nashbidzis]

This is impossible for 99% of terran players to play like that. It;s like average football player who aspire to be Messi or Ronaldo

[@GilbertCarrizales]

+nashbidzis I don't know man, I beat a Diamond protoss with great Micro. He was at 185 supply & i was at 135. He had 4 Colossi with talkers, templars and zealots. I had Marauders, marines, wikings & ghosts. What won my defense against his attack were my ghosts.

[@BlazedBeat]

+GilbertCarrizales he is talking about this specific case

[@nashbidzis]

+BlazedBeat Wow , at least you understand what I was trying to say

[@GilbertCarrizales]

+nashbidzis your original post didn't mention anything specific about this game. Anyone else would have read it in very general sense. Especially when you use phrases like "99% of us" and "playing like this" without mentioning anything relating to this particular match. But since you where talking about this specific match, no. I still believe that with the right amount of experience & training, a lot Terran players can play very similar to this both defensively & offensively.

[@simonreichmd]

Gilbert: Well, now do this against GM in a live tournament and u will have an argument ;)

[@lelouchvibritannia7809]

This is why Maru will beat Serral Oh wait

[@dvnweak5171]

I hope Maru will beat Serral ! We need legendary player like him to remain legends.

[@elmundanito]

in this WCS both are to the other side of the brackets...sadly with the buffed zerg is not a easy task for maru

[@Sapreme]

2012...

[@patches_sc]

oko Maru was a god and still is a god :)

[@gabrielm7144]

GOAT

[@bobsmith1133]

who won at the end?

[@Wozobb]

Failed Roach-Baneling all-ins tend to result in a Terran victory

[@TheHunefer]

the marauder

[@zonesey]

Who?

[@FaTaLiTyaCE]

thats determination right there

[@shar978]

wow thats actually insane!

[@DelusionalKraut]

a zerg all-in at 12 minutes. yes i can see that working.

[@TheTachy0n]

Neither tasteless or artosis were casting this game lol

[@guest273]

Was that H to the Usky HuskyStarcraft with the cracking voice??? =O

[@jeehooahn9114]

for some reason, pros never like to allocate 2 or 3 banelings to the scv line.

[@Leif3]

look at the units-tab at 2:36: 4 hellions, 2 medivacs, 2 marauders, 2 marines against (18 army supply) against 22 zerglings, 11 roaches (44 army supply) shouldnt the zerg wait for the lings to arrive (10 seconds later) instead of donating roaches?

[@thepowlow3521]

i'd give it to maru. that's a very outstanding defense. however i'd say it's also because of effort's bad decisions. His first mistake was when he pushed against a very disadvantageous position with his roach-bane army on the first push. He lost a lot of banelings for few marines. The second mistake was when he did not focus fired on the trapped hellions to give his zerglings free run over the marauders. That's one of most zerg's mistakes: sending in units to be freely killed without trading cost efficiently.. then crying about terran's imbaness.

[@KoinzellGaming]

Basically the ones who say that terran is op are retards. That's all. Don't even pay attention to those idiots. Starcraft 2 community has turned into something far worse than what LoL and Dota 2 community is.

[@limmy_b]

KoinzellGaming I think LoL is worse still.. I suck at both but I get flamed on LoL a lot more =/

[@thepowlow3521]

I think they are 2 different communities. I hate both. :D Dota and LoL are all whining about their teammates, putting all the blame to them when they lose. In StarCraft, people are blaming the balance team because there are no other people to blame other than themselves. I hate both of them, also the forums are always full of trolls and wanna-be tough guys and know-it-all craps. I mean, trying to look intelligent to prove that medivac speed is imba then few months later, he'd defend that it is not imba because pros showed how to defend against it.

[@DQO07]

KoinzellGaming The LoL community will never be trumped for being horrible. The amount of 12 year olds flaming, or trolling in games, never be trumped.

[@KoinzellGaming]

Damien Quinton Have you taken a look at twitch chat or the forum for SC2? In League people don't go all racist cause you play a X champion, while in SC2 it's being done every minute of the day. And yes racist is the fitting word. You can easily ignore 12 year olds in a teamgame because hey, there's 3 other guys in your team from which atleast 1 or 2 are atleast sensible, making it easy to ignore him (And hey you can easily ignore any and all of those guys.). In SC2 you can't do that. Not in twitch chat and not in the forums. There's too many of them. The LoL twitch chat is actually more mature then the SC2 twitch chat. Considering they bash every more popular game, they bash races, and they even are the most biased people I've ever seen in my life. SC2 community is trash. Plain and simple. The vocal majority are worse then the 12 year olds in LoL.

[@firei11]

I love Khaldor's voice.

[@sillybear617]

That one range is the essential difference between hellions out ranging queens, which would then allow hellions to infinitely poke at queens, which would then limit creep spread. It isn't intended to make up for your inability to stop hellions from getting into your mineral line. You should try making units. O wait, Zerg player. NR20 amirite?

[@SC2Spectre]

I'd like to see the APM tab during all that

[@arthurdesjardins8485]

I dont think he did. He makes vikings because they could make some damage, and he didn't have enough raxes.

[@nattescheetgezicht]

mr. WhiteKnight to the rescue...

[@Tantemify]

good commentating there

[@neverwhere101]

they suicide their 3/4 hellions into your drones meaning they mayyy if they're lucky kill a few drones, but have no more map control and cant deny your creeep or your 3rd base...

[@bobmarleyyyyyy]

Maru won that game. He won first game. Second game he lost to nydus and roach play and last game he won with an sick split

[@Kassplaylist]

He's Terran. What did you expect?

[@wafriadi]

thanx 4 d vid =)

[@MrAykron]

most likely maru, after holding he was in such a strong spot he could almost a-move and win the game

[@pchobo]

Please tell me he went on to win the game.

[@JunPJ]

This what terran now need to do to win , zerg just have to A move ...

[@Sturmbannfuhrer2]

Maru best Korean!

[@greenheat1]

SOMEBODY'S MAD

[@TheYorih]

a move from zerg failed

[@mikecmtong]

to be fair, these korean players practice so much that they've probably had an experience at least similar to this, so making a viking in response is probably something engraved in their brain, but yes it was very impressive micro

[@mrvolax]

Jesus, rofl. These guys are insane.

[@Mannershark]

Now THAT is fucking GSL

[@Ladaria_VoD]

Its only a clip not a full game

[@chatoXvato]

The one season I didnt buy a ticket. -_-

[@D00ml0rdKazzak]

The protoss.

[@Leif3]

oh, zerg actually has 33 army supply, but anyway.

[@ShawRoadProductions]

Dat Marauder micro

[@TheMrboss12]

thats brutal!!!! =O

[@Ladaria_VoD]

I want to see the keyboard cam

[@marwasnotavailable]

aww yeah maru prime

[@Bihu89]

who did eventually win this game?

[@brillenzwerg]

that was impressive

[@Toni0z]

JUST LOOK AT IT

[@MomotarosSWORD]

Where can i download the full replay?

[@ZachBugay]

Link to the full game?

[@KnifeCarryingMonkeys]

Shit that is intense. Great hold!

[@chatoXvato]

Ha, you're right.

[@dunglequang6573]

Impressive

[@DELPHIIII]

Who would go there without baneling speed?

[@Wozobb]

The entire point of the Roach/Bane all-in is to kill a greedy Terran before he can get his tech up, and waiting for a 2-minute upgrade before attacking defeats that purpose

[@DELPHIIII]

oh ok

[@glhfsport4682]

maybe it works against someone else LOLOLOL

[@saulocpp]

I need some pills for headache... just GG after that defense, even if you have 1M minerals and gas.

[@RommelRico]

You do not have permission to post this video without GOMTV's permission.

[@Fabrezz123]

LCS big plays

[@Valorios]

wtf.. dat micro. so sick

[@OneTwo1989]

im so happy khaldor stopped casting sc2

[@Woodshadow]

dat marauder

[@flectz]

His point is Zerg is too easy.

[@mahehahee]

insane

[@VeryMediocre]

Fuck that was amazing!

[@zinowagner]

Skill

[@bami2]

2:10 dat observing