Maru vs. Serral - EWC StarCraft II | Day 3 - Group Stage

[@hmphhnn8774]

Can someone make a spoiler shield?

[@dustingriffith4017]

You did. Lol

[@OnigoroshiZero]

Why? This is the most expected result you can have in a tournament in this game.

[@_fisheater1027]

@@OnigoroshiZerowhile Serral is GOAT, he looks vulnerable in this tournament tho. Watched the Serral v Hero? Or Serral v Clem?

[@HenriqueRJchiki]

Cry

[@stefangeorgescu7954]

You are the spoiler shield my friend

[@BenDodson-id8em]

Starcraft is such a sick game - I love it so much. These guys are insane to watch, the level at which they play is so unbelievably high. Great series ♥

[@PhantomKenTen]

I swear Serral has more than 2 hands, controlling a melee army, two different spell casters and macoring at the same time.

[@orangepearlf40]

Don't fool yourself. Serral is an A.i robot terminator. I don't know why you guys haven't figured it out yet.

[@miniwaern]

Macaroni macori macro micro.

[@Nil-js4bf]

Maru's strength as a Terran was always his ability to go super late game vs the other races when ever other Terrans can't. Unfortunately it doesn't work vs Serral and it does seem like he needs to explore more aggressive playstyles similar to Clem and Oliveira that have shown more success.

[@Adam-uz3hj]

Half agree, Serral is by far the best zerg and player in the game, and Maru's technique of absorbing blows is pushed to the limit and often goes past the limit by him. However, I think in the last two games you can see Maru has the potential to beat Serral in the late game. The one where Maru won was a classic case of continual bad engagements despite higher resources on the zerg side, which is Maru's zerg bread and butter. The final one, Maru really threw that game hard in taking a terrible engagement on creep, had he just sat back and defended his, and put more pressure on Serral's, outer bases, I think it likely could have looked a lot closer to the previous game.

[@teddanville6996]

It really not that easy. Oliveira did not beat Serral, he surprise Serral with some timing attacks but Serral solve it by the 5th game buy skipping some drones and build more units. Clem beat Serral buy overloading Serral with superior multi-tasking, which probaby only Clem can do, Maru is too old for that. The key is to surprise Serral and play better than Serral. Whatever strategy you are using, if Serral scout what you are trying to do, you are going to lose, that's its.

[@阿倉-o2y]

@teddanville6996 the reason Clem can beat Serral this tournament is because Serral is not in his best condition. rumor has that Serral got a small fever and haven't recovered yet.

[@ZoeylaRose]

Maru needs to play this style nowadays for health reasons he has had shoulder and wrist issues for ages

[@Daniel-rd6st]

@@Adam-uz3hj I dont know if i agree with your last sentence. I think the reason why Maru commited there so hard was that he was feeling that he was losing and needed to get something done. And i think he would have been right in that assesment. Serral was playing *a lot* more efficient than in the game before (honestly i havent seen Serral play so inefficient in quite a while) and he did mine quite a bit of Marus bases. So yes, Maru could have dragged the game out for another 15 or so minutes, if he had avoided any mayor fights and bunkered down, but i think Serral would have grinded him down eventually.

[@_fisheater1027]

22:53 they need to nerf the fungal-widow mine combo 😂

[@mikechan2942]

this is why terran has to be 100% perfect to win against a 90% perfect zerg

[@agustingallero1590]

I would like to see comentators from time to time, as well as players shaking hands at the end. Finally cutting the video when the comentator didn't end doesn't seem so professional in such an event. The comentators do a great job, grats!

[@empororziehr]

Shout out to the observer repeatedly trying to point out how well Serral was mining from edge bases in game 4. I saw that! Announcers didn't catch it. Serral extracted the entire purple gas! Worth mentioning. PiG wouldn't have missed it ;)

[@tolearnandteach2595]

Maru used to look 14, now it looks like he has a stable career and salary, with a mortgage to match

[@mustard9933]

Banger series crazy ending

[@YuNherd]

that fist pump at the end, well deserved

[@DmytroBogdan]

This is a grand finals level of games!

[@zimmerman1031]

You'll know what I'm talking about when I say: THOSE GAME 2 DUAL WIDOW MINE FRIENDLY FIRES!!!! OMG! I am very much not a fan of the widow mine's design, but part of what I love about Starcraft is that it allows for friendly fire on units that would be very much abused without it.

[@tpurves]

Great to hear @zombiegrub 's wisdom on these casts, clearly she's been working hard in prep for this event.

[@tiberiusx22]

maru's playstyle just doesnt go against serral's that well. to disrupt serral you really need to do damage in the early game and keep him uncomfortable. if you let serral alone, next thing you know he's maxed out with 3k in the bank. as the casters pointed out, maru's play is "outdated" and he needs to adapt especially when playing serral

[@Luisml8]

not only that, zerg needs to get some sort of a nerf on the queens is really dificult to do anything early on to a zerg... thats been like this for way too long.

[@orangepearlf40]

@@Luisml8 Queens used to get rekt, until zerg-fanb0ys complained and paid off the balance team to buff them beyond a protoss immortal unit.

[@teddanville6996]

your comment would have make more sense if Clem didn't just 5-0 serral, game 4 forcing Serral to GG with 7k mineral in the bank. Clem has shown that it's relatively not difficult to defense a Zerg late game as long as you don't move your Ghosts to the front line. Tank and Libs are very efficient and can be replace. Clem also did not take his 6th and 7th base for a very long time because he know Serral need to take those bases to gain a resource advantage in the case of mining out the map. Clem would then only need to continuously send small armies to snipe those bases and force Serral to rebuild, gaining lots of resource advantage.

[@Luisml8]

@@teddanville6996 yeah right like the only terran to do so lol

[@ZC.Andrew]

​@teddanville6996 In reality it's more all about playstyles than a racial thing. The way Serral plays beats the way Maru plays, but he loses to Clem. Clem has much more difficulty vs Reynor however, who can beat him much more easily than Serral can. And guess who beat Reynor? Maru. 😂

[@Ianuarius]

What's with the audio cutoffs?

[@Terracronz]

Clem’s playstyle of 2 hellion into either 2-1-1 stim or hellion/banshee seems better. Unfortunately we don’t get updated build guides anymore from the mainstream KZbinrs.

[@markjedigorian7489]

It was an incredible game, In the last match, Maru had one very unsuccessful battle, after which his limit dropped a lot... just one battle :(

[@ZC.Andrew]

100 supplies lost for him in that battle. It's insane how quickly the game can turn on its head.

[@Cormalek]

Got so happy to hear ZombieGrub casting, but paired with Artosis? F yeah. And in Maru vs Serral series. I can't get over how SC2 keeps getting better.

[@alltat]

Great job by the observer too, even solving the mystery of that early overlord murder by finding the marine with one kill.

[@natecw4164]

Can someone please explain to me when this tourney ends? Online says the final day is Sunday but I keep seeing videos from Day 3. Which would be Saturday... Which is tomorrow. Even in Europe it's WAAAAAAY too early for a tournament. I'm worried I'm gonna miss the finals

[@sreaberac]

Knockout is Saturday finals on Sunday. Time zone though. So if your in North America it's more like early morning Saturday early morning Sunday. This is day 3. It started Wednesday.

[@kinama33kinama]

18 august: finals.

[@natecw4164]

@@sreaberac ohhhh it started Wednesday, thank you! For some reason I thought it was Thurs-Sun And yeah... Waking up early AF Sunday 😂

[@kingpet]

23:00 that's insane, i didnt even see the infestor come in from the left. that was a good trap.

[@MaverickMcDougel]

what happened to the game sound?

[@alfredempay]

Please release a 1440p video. It's already 2024

[@amourzombie]

Spoiler chicken 🐔

[@natecw4164]

Bawk bawk! 🐔

[@justsaying102]

How Maru could become unstoppable in TvZ: He just needs to combine the playstyle's of his own, and Clem's. Clem's playstyle is super in your face, but it fails against Zerg mid-game if the first infestor's catch a bunch of marines, or a lurker nydus appears in his main base. Maru's playstyle is super turtley, and if you give him an advantage, he'll cement his 5th+ base, and simply be more efficient than you. Combine them both and you get something even Serral would lose to maybe half the time.

[@epiphanyspace]

Game 4 turned on Serral Ultra Instinct … it’s GG

[@pavelkraev7476]

Who are the commentors? I'd like to see them during broadcast as well!

[@emilio8380]

Yo - Question! Why is no Terran player repairing his air units?

[@artdre1881]

they repair them sometimes. But people quiet often don`t want to waste time on it.

[@yunfanfan9452]

Why am I not surprised at all at the result?

[@N0noy1989]

I suspect that Maru has a psychological barrier in his mind when going up against Serral given the years of getting beat up by Serral. It feels like Maru isn't all there when he's up against Serral.

[@阿倉-o2y]

​@@N0noy1989maru can beat all the players in the world except Serral.

[@shiiiitstain]

@@N0noy1989 think its more of a playstyle issue

[@phongminh2588]

because Serral duh

[@YuNherd]

maybe the players state of mind. raynor not smashing the GSL but in here hes killin it.

[@miniwaern]

ZombieGrub was actually smashin in this one!

[@BinxyBrown]

Spoiler shield ...

[@tiafema2901]

There are lots of instantaneously voices translators between languages nowadays, and with the same exercised voice and timbre they are even better, exact and precise. It may be the best model to save money and improve the experience of watching e-Sports in the future. R.T.E. is missing to feed some local commentaries too.

[@teodoreh]

1:27:35 Serral went full bronze mode, with 10k/9.5k minerals and steady 153 supply for some 10". :D Seriously now, great games. I think on the third one, Serral respected Maru too much.

[@vitalWord]

Serral is GOAT!

[@keep_walking_on_grass]

5:23 "that overseer, that's why he went for the lair.." not really Artosis. there are more reasons. Zombie G. said it: Serral needed creep in front of marus base for queen transfuses which only works on creep. but no creep in front of Maru's base without a lair. Serral also wanted that creep highway on the way to Maru's base so he doesn't have to wait for roach speed. the lair is essential for that push, also because of cloak banshees. it is always easy to say, Zerg is op just because Serral wins. But Serral doesn't make any mistakes. Every mistake is huge at this level of gameplay. there are no little mistakes.

[@davidharley5025]

Zg and artosis... Pretty good. With more time together they could become great

[@TonyMasters-u2w]

Gods of Starcraft

[@justsaying102]

Serral won because his playstyle counters Maru's. Everyone's playstyle is a little better againstly someone else's.

[@laceless1207]

They’re just going to keep nerfing Zerg and buffing Terran until Serrano loses

[@nmpiars8936]

as they should

[@artdre1881]

how exactly was terran buffed? by nerfing crucial units like mines and ghosts?

[@will7466]

One thing I can see Serral work on is attacking from multiple angles. Reynor is probably the best at that

[@Miggysaurus13]

Did hey say Maru got 12-0 by Serral. Wow that’s crazy it to happen to one of the best Korean Terrran

[@bluelemon2805]

GO SERRAL AND REVENGE AGAINST CLEM!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@阿倉-o2y]

after Serral recovers from illness in 17th, he can revenge against Clem, I m sure.

[@Witch1988King]

You need to show a lot of early aggression and do not slow the pace of your offense to beat Serral. Clem has shown how it should be done

[@phongminh2588]

damn that double mines friendly fire at 22:52

[@simonl1135]

Can Maru at least win a game against Serral now that Zerg has been nerfed by a series of patches? That would be huge for him. Also, go ZG!

[@momoaa]

I love listening to zombiegrub yap about something irrelevant while a game deciding engagement is happening because she just loves the sound of her own voice so much

[@ZC.Andrew]

Timestamp?

[@momoaa]

@ZC.Andrew i dont remember unfortunately, this was over 2 months ago

[@bernardojuchembecker3475]

Artosis omg. S2!

[@Iseenoobpeoples]

Great plays.

[@nguquaxanguyen5224]

mines splash killed 50 supply of ghosts and medivacs -_____-

[@aimwell7089]

I chose this vod because here is Artosis 😅

[@RaphaelClavey]

Well after playing with the simple units (fast lings, banelings, roaches, and hydralisks) - lets take out the super fast, underground long range lurkers and with a tunnel to the back of your main base while at 12,000 minerals lol 😆🤪 ZergCraft.

[@erickmorales4799]

Uy esta vez maru le gano una partida a serral 😅😅😅

[@Apr0x1m0]

OMG, did Maru just seagul Serral?!

[@benjamineidam]

SERRAL!!!!

[@teddanville6996]

Im proud of Maru. Against a great player like Serral, it’s important to take things 1 game at a time. At least it’s not a sweep this time. Not everybody can be like Clem.

[@Moseswasagod]

Maru be beating Clem tho

[@justsaying102]

Maru was the best Ghost user, not necessarily the best Terran. Ghosts used to be unstoppable, their snipes did more damage, could not get interrupted, and could not have their lock-ons be broken by distance. Maru used to take advantage of that by rushing to Ghosts, and abusing these once over-powered units. He did this for the better part of a decade until they were heavily nerfed the last couple years. Now with all the nerfs to ghosts, what made Maru an unstoppable force in the late-game is gone, and he needs to reinvent himself.

[@artdre1881]

sure mate unstoppable. that`s why most of the major tournaments were won by zergs.

[@nigosan8311]

It was not a surprise.

[@ScienceHelpUs]

Nerf Terran more. Maru was able to eek out a win in one game. Simply unacceptable.

[@neuralgiant]

Clem 3-0 Serral. It’s just that Maru shuts down vs Serral. There’s no balance issue here.

[@NikksTV]

It's gonna be serral v clem

[@greatworld885]

Excelent👍

[@MeMyself-gf7fn]

Any comment that's not a spoiler is a spoiler shield

[@BAMBOOZLE7]

SERRAL!

[@wescford]

Can’t do the commentary. Oof

[@helinw]

Haven’t followed sc2 for a few years. Now we have a foreigner dominating?!

[@kaelinvictus6039]

Serral has started dominating koreans since 2018.

[@lukesymonds1887]

The best player for each race is European.

[@Uksidorgje]

I feel Like for protoss thats Not quite true, unfortunately

[@lukesymonds1887]

@@Uksidorgje I reckon MaxPax is better than Her0, hard to judge though since he doesn't do offline events

[@xilunjiang317]

@@lukesymonds1887 yeah cuz most Koreans are either retired or not at their prime conditions

[@jamespidgeon8748]

Counter to turtle Terran is swarm host, 7 - 10 max

[@Solaris0071]

great cast by zombie grub!

[@Cibo_888]

Several rollback, random cut, if you could please pay the guy who make the editing

[@mcblanc900]

1:42:19 hahaha, marus face. He is really pissed off.

[@orangepearlf40]

The mule button ain't working on serral. Free money mules failed.

[@jeraldo4571]

Serral is better than Maru but Maru is more entertaining to watch as a spectator IMO.

[@RakeshPipG]

I saw maru shaking on the first game.

[@jmsssx]

How long Maru can not win Serral

[@orangepearlf40]

Spoiler: You can't really play turtle terran against serral. Turtle terran means zerg will just take the whole map and swarm you into oblivion.

[@pavelkraev7476]

Serral is the best!

[@ktime2037]

Omg, is that Artosis

[@DiverDrive428]

Serral looks angry

[@67gh276]

mfkin serral , the game haven't even started and is moving the mouse and pressing buttons lile crazy

[@genesisone6725]

The Protoss player won!

[@_fisheater1027]

Yea Maxpax looking untouchable in this series lol

[@brendonnel6631]

As an average diamond zerg I can see me shitting myself literally at 50 secs in game vs maru. Damn. He is so fast. But how good is Serral. Life x 10.

[@JokersColection]

are this people human?

[@itsleo5697]

Lol liquipedia is a clownshow for thinking Maru is better than Serral. He straight up is worse. He cannot adjust. That is not how the greatest of all time plays.

[@theeraphatsunthornwit6266]

What coild terran do in game 1 to win😂

[@brnpeter6]

game 3 serral has no sportsmanship

[@professorquack]

I mute most casters as they just talk too much and don’t work together Blah blah blah trying to get a word in. At least tastetosis is like listening to a podcast as they only talk 10percent about the game vs rambling a play by play.

[@NxndbhduKnbsuxdh]

Martinez Christopher Davis Sandra Wilson Sandra

[@Momo-96]

Serral is the mf goat

[@GloriaOwens-i3n]

Jones Barbara Taylor Paul Hernandez Timothy

[@oluckyasian24]

gg NO REE

[@theculturedgentleman3699]

Maru is actually my favorite Terran despite me being a Serral fanboy. I have lots of respect for the guy, unlike Clem who I firmly believe has no talent. I always enjoy Maru vs Serral despite who wins. Its always interesting to see.

[@jkkim6928]

You prefer Maru to Clem precisely because you’re Serral fanboy. You hate he who just smacked your idol left and right

[@davidharley5025]

The way Rotterdam spoils other games taking about win lose sucks. Don't hire him

[@neek2814]

마루는진짜 마우스 피지컬빨이지 문제해결력이읍다..

[@Manwu5]

Maru underperforming once more... sad

[@GloriaOwens-i3n]

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[@Ethan1205]

Serral was mewing

[@jamesmears3419]

TBH the ZG commentary comes off a little overly critical of one of the best player if not the best player of all time.

[@davidharley5025]

Pig and artosis or pig and tasteless with no filter

[@ckerdigancharcas3010]

[@kowalski5134]

who is this girl commentator? let me know her name, she really knows how to add some drama.

[@Kiennguyen22360]

great game ruined by zg's nonstop rantings

[@_michelangelo_4513]

Does she need to scream like that? Just be quiet and let us enjoy the game...

[@demisalansantanazuniga8318]

Ridiculous. From nerf Terran Ravens, all s turn to shit

[@N0noy1989]

Terrans are not legally allowed to make Ravens for detection when fighting Zerg. They'll be arrested.

[@gerkan2052]

U once had a powerful lategame Unit with the raven but it was rofl nerfed

[@bobbobby8250]

Zerg still broken eh? Not that anyone cares about a dying game blizzard won't balance anymore.

[@dawnstar81]

Theyve done nothing but nerfing the units Serral uses mostly this year.