Oliveira vs. Serral - ESL SC2 Masters: Spring 2024 Finals - Semifinals

[@2nerC9]

The real finals.

[@rodriit.6524]

Totalmente my friend

[@runzhou3070]

TRUE

[@zhetian9464]

absolutely

[@jonlots5260]

same thought

[@안경엘마]

Agree

[@yunfanfan9452]

Given how good Serral is at ZvT, Oliveira's form is already amazing and what a great performance he turned in at this tournament! Hope to see more in the next premier event.

[@supersquare04]

I don't know if its still true but I believe a couple years back Serral actually said ZvT was his worst matchup right after he 3-0'd Innovation at gsl vs the world

[@walden6272]

@@supersquare04 Not true. ZvZ was his worst. Serral struggle against Reynor the most.

[@Daniel-rd6st]

@@walden6272 Year depends what year. When he started to dominate id say, that zvz was actually his strongest matchup, he just didnt lose. Reynor was the first player to break Serrals zvz. Nowadays? I think his zvz is up there again and tvt (especially with the recent banelingnerfs) might indeed be his weakest matchup (although weak is relative, when talking about Serral)

[@supersquare04]

@@walden6272 Not back in 2018, Reynor was 15 years old. Besides, losing to 1 player doesn't make ZvZ his worst matchup when he stomps all other zergs.

[@ConnoisseurOfExistence]

@@supersquare04 ZvZ was definitely Serral's worst matchup, have you seen how Dark destroyed him 5:0 at one tournament?

[@jianyao7953]

Semifinals × Real finals √

[@jmgutierrez962]

Serral won but Oliviera stole the show...

[@zes7215]

wr

[@TilSchweiger-hn8po]

Oliviera tryed his best. Maybe someday he will win. Maybe.

[@ZC.Andrew]

I was hoping he'd beat Serral so badly. He ALMOST did! He's such a crowd pleaser for sure.

[@Azarel410]

​@@TilSchweiger-hn8po he already was the world champion in 2023

[@yunfanfan9452]

So much better a series than the finals!

[@apeist]

Normal man bringing the heat! Love to see Oliveira in the zone, definitely one of the most electrifying players to watch. And Serral's defense in G5 was god-tier... GOAT for sure. It's nice to see him work for it every once in a while.

[@kathorsees]

well said!

[@jmgutierrez962]

True.. When Oliveira is in the zone, he's a wrecking ball that comes in his opponent's way..

[@baogiangpham146]

Oliveira sucks

[@xilunjiang2558]

Oli legit feels like a world champion now

[@baogiangpham146]

champ my ass

[@milchtanker3399]

this was the best match of the tournament hands down

[@evil3781]

Best Terran in 2023 and 2024 noone else can play Terran like this versus Serral I'm pretty sure that he could won the final if he won this match

[@jamomoritz6763]

I mean, it's a shame I say that, since Maru lost to him 4-1 in the last finals. But Marus TvT can be only matched by TY imo. And maybe Cure. So I don't think so. I think, Oliveira could have made Maru the winner.

[@kafkick82]

lmao, he won't. the only reason the game was that close is because Oliveira try hard with 3 bases 8 rax allin.

[@jamomoritz6763]

@@kafkick82 I mean, Oliviera is considerably weaker than Maru in TvT and even weaker than Cure for sure. But he is a god in ZvZ.

[@manumainio]

He's a real contender for a back to back world championship. At least if he keeps this level up. ​@@kafkick82So he knows what works against the opponent he's playing? Damn, someone should tell Maru that.

[@ОлегХореев]

Clem can

[@pkmitl]

Much better than the real final

[@JuanContreras-tr2gy]

Holy that last match was beautiful. In that main defense for serral he kept baiting the tank shot to wipe out the marines over and over. He was using mostly lings for that with some bangs, but I feel like that wasn't indecisiveness I feel like he knew exactly what he was waiting for cause the second the last bit of marines were gone is when he flooded the rest of the army

[@simonl1135]

Oliveira, a "Normal Man" rising to the occasion yet again! And again you proved you belong and you proved your World Championship Title is not a fluke, Oli. Hold your head high, you brought the fight to, held your own and only lost, because you fought against a giant among players that have not and probably will never be equaled in this field.

[@bohdan4945]

Why does everyone love Oliveira so much? I'm really asking, don't know much about the guy except that he won Katowice 2023

[@thanosqin2005]

⁠​⁠​⁠​⁠@@bohdan4945his previous ID is Time, a completely normal dude with zero achievement for 6 years. Katowice 2023 he changed his I’d to Oliveira. 1st matchup against Raynor lost 2 games right a way . On the edge of falling, the normal dude raised up. Won 3 games in a roll, Slaughtered heroic, won Maru. (Maru is won against Serral that year btw. )He’s a living fiction

[@cyrodanxz]

Serral won the Match. But Oliveira won ours hearts.

[@bohdan4945]

Why does everyone love Oliveira so much? I'm really curious, don't know much about the guy except that he won Katowice 2023

[@teodoreh]

What a freaking hold. 100% of any other player would had lost the battle and the map on game 3. Anyone except Serral...

[@TravellingMark5454]

really lucky bane hit to really crash in and force the retreat

[@tungnse]

dont worry terran boys gonna tell you about how OP zerg race is

[@ZC.Andrew]

I think Dark could have held it too. He's insane when it comes to tough holds.

[@yurihung9244]

serral was really not satisfied with game 4 (see how he shook his head), he realised it was a bad engagement to fight. in game 5 he became so patient to use the hatchery as tank and wait until he got the right units to counter. crazy recover

[@Iluvatara]

also he moved enough zerglings to cut down the reinforcement

[@yurihung9244]

@@Iluvatara yes, that cutoff is absolutely crazy.

[@baloo164]

The biggest frustration comes from the fact that Oliveira has been using that 3 base 1/1 upgrade timing push throughout the whole ESL SC2 Masters with 100% winrate (Game 2 is exactly the same, except Oliveira split his army). Serral knew that it was coming and thought he was ready, but he still lost. In Game 5 Oliveira decided to put a curve by stepping on the push pedal with 2/2 upgrade since he thought that Serral would be prepared for the 1/1 upgrade timing push that he's been abusing this tournament. To be fair, I think Oliveira would've won if he just used the 1/1 upgrade timing push because Serral doesn't exactly know what is the right response, that's why he's using different approach in Game 2 and Game 4, which failed.

[@stormsand9]

@@baloo164 great analysis!

[@ethanb7657]

Serral was waiting for that brief window of opportunity when Oliviera unsieges the liberators to move forward, and he absolutely pounced on that opportunity blitzing the swarm past the blue circles of death before the liberators could start making a difference. Perfect baneling splits as well. Oliviera knew at that moment that Serral has outmaneuvered him with sheer perfection in tactical timing and micro. Part of me even thinks Serral let the vipers die on purpose so that Oliviera would get a false sense of security and move the liberators forward carelessly.

[@tungnse]

Good observation to player's effort. I'm tired of seeing braindead "Zerg OP" from subhuman

[@AngelReyes-xs6qe]

Give you guys a special intel, When TIME (Oliveira) first play against Serral in Practice: TIME VS Serral is 10 -220 in a month. This is said by Oliveira himself.

[@ДенисСаманба]

thanks, but i don't understand you. please tell this data/numbers in details

[@AngelReyes-xs6qe]

@@ДенисСаманба When TIME (Oliveira) play against Serral in the first time. They practice for 1 month. Serral won 220 times while Oliveira win 10 times. The same happened when TIME played against Byun in 2017 when Byun is champion. Byun won 50 games against TIME while TIME won 0.

[@ДенисСаманба]

@@AngelReyes-xs6qe Now I understand everything for sure. Thank you! I thought that 220-10 was in 2024, so I was surprised by the numbers and decided to ask

[@pablosrf3881]

But what matters in a tournament is the psychological side. That's what made Oliveira champion, he was chilling, less nervous and more consistancy than all the other players even if they are "better". It's different from playing from the confort of their homes.

[@欧阳桀]

crazy match.the real finals

[@Trassik]

Great games and excellent commentating - great commentator team.

[@malaysianman5941]

The Grand Finals we deserved

[@OtterOfFunWrites]

this was freaking incredible

[@Miggysaurus13]

One of the best T v Z this tournament!

[@evelic]

Its curious how Serral barely celebrated. He looked like he was just doing his job, unfaced and in control. Such a mentally strong guy.

[@PreludeSon]

That was a crazy match

[@Giimasu]

2:23 Serral is a helmet zerg. The joke survives! Hahahahah!! That nick should be added to liquipedia. It came from Lambo - Harstem cast when Harstem (or Lambo) said that the amount of counter measure from Serral is ridiculous. It's as if SC2 is a cycling tournament where everyone try to cut corner as much as possible to the point shaving their leg hair. Serral instead does the opposite and wears helmets for every part of his body. Harstem then added that Serral even brought a spare bike on his back. I forgot which game it was, I think it was against Skillous?

[@marhlonsabang3809]

The "nerf serral not the zerg" placard 😂😂😂. How are we going to do that cut-off his 3 fingers? 😂😂😂

[@littlecoldhands]

They sent him to the military resulting in him not getting much practice.

[@kathorsees]

Omg, why would you suggest something so brutal? There's tons of other effective ways to nerf Serral. E.g., just swap out his table and his chair! He has to sit on the table, but his monitor, keyboard and mouse have to stay on his chair. Easy!

[@theeraphatsunthornwit6266]

Not allow his keyboard

[@ZC.Andrew]

​@@kathorseesThose are soft nerfs, because they're not permanent. They want a perma-nerf. 😂

[@kathorsees]

@@ZC.Andrew That's tough. Maybe force him to always play with stream-donos on, like Artosis? That'd also generate some money to fund the rewards for all the players that keep losing to him...

[@keep_walking_on_grass]

3:11 it looks awesome that the reaper is running all the way back to his base to get protection from his buddies in order to deal some damage at the enemy's base. cool af.

[@01-yv3xc]

太精彩了，這場太精彩了。🤩🤩

[@mystrdat]

Serral knows how to win a ZvT, Oliveira knows how to win the hearts of normal men

[@baogiangpham146]

bull shit

[@paoweeo]

It was suggested to me that this game was better than the finals so I am watching it

[@ThomasthetankengineE2]

Wow. That last match! Most Zerg players would have fallen to Oli's initial invasion. Then Serral's subsequent comeback, including sending a team of zerg to pick up reinforcements is just magnificent! Truly the best match this tournament.

[@Piotrekoper]

How does one learn the split at 18:29 when attacking lings uphill into widow mines and bio?

[@neoian94]

Nothing like watching Zerg do nothing but create two units for 20 minutes and still overwhelm an upgraded tank, marine, medivac, widow mine, marauder, planetary composition. #ZergsOpEz

[@YuNherd]

re-watching the Bo5 finals

[@colinmurphy3478]

11:30. Why would Serral sac the bottom right base when he can easily defend it? Roddy suggests to sac the base, then literally 5 seconds later, Serral uses his superior army to beat Olivera's army even though he had a planetary in the fight and tanks in the back set up. Makes no sense also considering how strong it is to keep that base mining in a split map scenario with limited expos.

[@linuxsauna]

🇫🇮 Serral: The People's Champ!

[@ski2398]

music 0:02????

[@Gid-J]

This was the real finals, Maru only wins his local lan parties.

[@ZC.Andrew]

I mean Maru got second place - AGAIN - so.....

[@OnigoroshiZero]

@@ZC.Andrew with Terran, so...

[@obszczymucha1337]

18:31 "Serral wants to fight before this base becomes a Planetary, but it cannot because it's already an Orbital" -Verbal Diarrhea Caster

[@lyn-jhonosia8981]

Sounds like the pro Oliveira announcer was so disappointed when Oliveira tapped out first despite huge resource lost from Serral in game1 😎👍

[@kudohlol9379]

these guys are so good at this game, im jealous!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@keep_walking_on_grass]

1:00:18 Great performance from both players. widow mines though.... don't require shit, just luck and booom.

[@ThomasLuna1989]

Two Champions, One Winner

[@Mr.Broman]

This is the match that Serral will be telling his kids and grandkids about

[@ESLArchives]

Subscribe to our channel: kzbin.info/door/XQexglLCaJyTImYLmSO9Ng

[@DmytroBogdan]

You can see on Serral's face those were tough games

[@Gyeseong-continue]

명경기

[@ghosthamster6521]

Genuinely Oliveira played better than Serral. If the widow mine radius was still 1.75 instead of 1.5, then Serral would have lost game 3. Thank you balance counsel for listening to the cries of ape protoss players that don't know how to micro.

[@whatevermeh776]

Game 3 🤯

[@petersagitarius4356]

interesting match, but video is too dark, and sound quality is poor.

[@dawnstar81]

Yeah that was the complaint on the stream as well, it was really dark both days in the weekend, seemed fine on Friday.

[@AdmiralBison]

Serral's still the GOAT.

[@carloccifeitoza5241]

Desprezível zerg que emporcalha todo o mapa.

[@Deparure8]

Rotterdam is my favorite esports guy.. hes been around.

[@d4slaimless]

Game worthy of finals. Unfortunately Maru couldn't keep up.

[@Supersmallpig]

This one was the only one who could close to Serral ! I watched live at Dream Hack it was crazy after this one Serral 4-0 Maru. And at the back JDCR at TEKKEN 8 lost by a stupid Bluetooth activated. Dream Hack crazy....

[@huiyang6564]

challenging a god in the form of a man

[@LegaRoSS]

Game in description: Counter-Strike 2 And that fkn echo.. cant u record from micro and not from hall?

[@Eatbutternow]

Great match

[@rodriit.6524]

Oliveira merecía ganar, una lastima la verdad, para mi el es el verdadero Campeón 🥺

[@AMORPHISAE]

el mapa no le favoreció, eso lo aprovecho Serral a quien Oliveira ya lo tenía casi de rodillas.

[@ricardom9932]

Merecía ganar? si hizo 8 rax 3 veces seguidas por que en el macro Serral lo masacro. Se notaba en cara de Serral el asco de verlo hacer lo mismo para poder ganar

[@cyrodanxz]

Serral es sin duda el mejor jugador. Pero Oliveira nos dió unas partidas increíbles, es el campeón en nuestros corazones

[@AdmiralBison]

Deserved to win? Why?

[@gabrieldubois93]

Serral is my exemple

[@chailking3931]

Serral making us Zerg proud as always. 🎉

[@넌뭔데-w2i]

If olievira choose a few right decision, this series would be 1-3.

[@ramel3892]

PEAK ZvT

[@Deparure8]

starcraft is really good these days...

[@jamesmears3419]

Why is Wardi casting the finals? Wardi over Pig? Over Harstem? Over Demu? Over State? Half the stuff Wardi says makes no sense, for the finals there are much better choices.

[@nutrino75]

semi Bo5 1hr 33min final Bo7 44min....... says it all.

[@안경엘마]

2022 World champion VS 2023 World champion

[@IEHD01]

Oliveira!!!!

[@BerntOveIhler]

A Ravager has annihilated lu B'Siege Tank, Can it, Zug Zuguard suche est?

[@will7466]

Did Oliveira become the best Terran?

[@ruizhang4609]

The problem with Oliveira is that he is too inconsistent. He carries too many of China's StarCraft hopes on his shoulders, which often causes him to lose his psychological balance. However, the good news is that he is still young and very diligent.

[@will7466]

@@ruizhang4609 well that was the best Terran performance I've ever seen. If he keeps performing at world events who cares about the other tournaments

[@ZC.Andrew]

It was very good, but i actually thought Clem's performance vs Serral at Dreamhack in December 2023 was the most insane Terran performance I've seen yet. He actually beat Serral 3-1, including in the late game, which is very hard vs Serral. Take note that Oliveira's wins vs Serral are all midgame timing pushes.

[@will7466]

@@ZC.Andrew I can vibrate with what you're saying. I have to go back and rewatch but oliveiras presplits...idk how he lost

[@ZC.Andrew]

@will7466 Please do. It's a real treat. In my opinion, Clem is the only Terran who can currently challenge Serral late-game. Maru used to be able to do so but not in the past 2 years. That's not to say Oli isn't amazing though. He is!

[@adriannugraha6308]

Doesnt mean to make fun of Oliviera. But you can see how happy people to even take 1 games from Serral. But if you watch the Final, Serral expression is not much change even after lifting the trophy. Class!

[@銘泉-d2r]

真爽阿

[@TilSchweiger-hn8po]

Guy tried his best to win but failed again.

[@TilSchweiger-hn8po]

The other thing is that Oliviera sucks Maru , Hero, Dark , Clem... So I dont think that Oliviera has a close chance in the future to fight Serral again

[@benjamineidam]

SERRAL!!!!

[@geraldblaster]

Serral is sarnold

[@logicking3765]

meanwhile protoss................

[@Fkitilltank]

🛡️

[@juvenantony]

Top1. Serral Top 2. Oliveria Top3. Dark Top4. Maru+ everyone else

[@stc2828]

Lol no, maru just beat dark, why would you put him under dark 😂

[@shifting766]

serral only lost 2 games in this tournament

[@theeraphatsunthornwit6266]

Nooooo evil boss win

[@BerntOveIhler]

At C.I.A TimeLine, uwa but Deer is, uno mast Santa ClauZzZzZ? Zug Zuguard s'trowbruw? FelipeZ?

[@BerntOveIhler]

F'elipearZ?

[@BerntOveIhler]

Hope n Faith She Reads.,.

[@walay2950]

Serral need an nerf :(

[@BerntOveIhler]

Est Glorie illumine, and God Told onto Adam, Thou shall master Deer Beasts of T's Garden by EVE, jest suie Zug Zuguard? C, Unt'C? ...,,...

[@BerntOveIhler]

Hose did get F, But a wee gave tit deer fancya won.,.

[@FretsMaster222]

Zerg is so broken lol

[@OnigoroshiZero]

You misspelled "Terran". The "Easy Mode" of SC2 with literal cheats in every important aspect of the game.

[@kidtuber3407]

Why don't they change the Dutch caster? His English is extremely hard to understand.

[@davideloi9176]

That's not true. I'm italian and I understand his English perfectly. Maybe he mispronounces some words here and there but no big deal.

[@mikeiscoo2]

terran so fucking op its stupid olivera isnt half the player serral is, and hes still able to compete on half the bases

[@kevinkang3860]

So what percentage is Maru to Serral?

[@leoli2450]

calling terran OP makes me think you dont even play the game...or just does but at a very low rank. Z has objectively the best end game unit combos although requiring more manual control than other races. You just see stim marine rush and think it's the most OP races ever clearly tells me you haven't seen enough high tier matches.

[@mikeiscoo2]

@@leoli2450 lol 😂 I’m diamond 2.. I’m high enough to know that it takes far less mechanical skill to play Terran than it does Zerg.. you don’t have to micro widow mines, you don’t have to micro tanks, you only micro 2 units as Terran. You micro every unit as Zerg and you trade less efficiently than both the other races. You also have more casters as Zerg which requires significantly more effective apm. Terran also has the best early game harassment with the reaper. Imagine Zerg or Protoss getting a unit out as strong as the reaper that early.

[@mikeiscoo2]

@@leoli2450 imagine using ghost that 1 shot every unit Zerg has except for ultras lol 😂.. literally 1 shots units.. and you don’t think that’s op, also Zerg doesn’t have the best late game army. Terran does 110% ghost libs is unbeatable, only Serral can do it consistently.. why do you think every Zerg player has a losing win % against high level Terran players except Serral. If it weren’t for Serral the only race you would see in finals would be TvT

[@mikeiscoo2]

@@leoli2450 like at iem Katowice when Serral need god level fungals to compete with Marus end game army and it still almost wasn’t enough.. and the fact that you have basically map haxs as Terran in the end game.. so you always know what the opponent is doing.. imagine giving Serral total map vision lol 😂

[@thechessplayer8328]

zerg imba

[@在在-h7d]

pimba😂

[@yiwensun3113]

Serral imba

[@strandededucation622]

Write your complaint to Harstem, I cant wait to watch your match : )

[@kylelochner5686]

Oliviera beat reynor

[@thechessplayer8328]

@@kylelochner5686 I beat my cousin's girlfriend's niece with a 70 IQ who went to Brown.

[@obszczymucha1337]

Verbal diarrhea casters again...

[@llzhang3544]

本届ESL如果没有本场比赛，整体来说会黯然失色。

[@James-ao]

第三场为什么不出火车侠 ？？？

[@BerntOveIhler]

[@kafkick82]

the only way to beat a zerg is try hard with 3 bases 8 rax allin and pray zerg makes some critical mistake.

[@OnigoroshiZero]

You literally described how hard it is to beat a mediocre Terran...

[@kafkick82]

@@OnigoroshiZero yeah, oliveira and Maru are mediocre, Zergs has the most intensive micro requirements, you disgusting mtfker🤣

[@pinky797]

@@OnigoroshiZero Imba system goes from top down, not botom up. Every match result on pro player level will affect all ladder.

[@HateradeConsumer]

Hey next time for such a big game in the semifinals of a huge tournament, played between two of the best players in the world, can you have someone edit out the little jumps or pauses that happen every minute? You got 75k views on this video that's literally a direct rip of the tournament, so it's not like you had to really have anyone do any work to post this, but you definitely made money so maybe a little effort is fine. It's not like you guys have to actually play the game or have any skill in life, you're bankrolled by rich people and your content is watching better men do things that you can't do. Have some self-respect lol