SC2 - Maru vs Reynor - IEM Katowice 2022 - Group D

[@owmordejezycy]

Dat 3rd game!!! There were moments when the final winner had 80-90-100 more supply, and still it was soooooo close in the end. Reynor and Maru are both inhumanely great in Starcraft 2. Great games, a real feast for the fans!

[@andrejtippner]

Thank you for avoiding spoilers (y)

[@benjaminjoeBF3]

Reynor is playing on another level. What a great set of games!

[@balazsfejes8817]

Sick series with GREAT cast. Pig & ZG are the best! When I watched game 3 live I was on the edge of my seat, one of my fav sc2 game all time. Maru is a beast.

[@xandmore]

Outstanding games! 🔥

[@powdoa]

That last game was insane!

[@whynow4306]

Almost all games I saw of him. He banks like enormous amount of rss and creep spread. Really impresive

[@Orimthekeyacolite]

As Jess runs out of air in her lungs from excitement, Jared picks up where she left and they keep switching back and forth, just short of screaming in rapture)) Hype sports commentary at it's best!

[@timothyallen3117]

Reynor throws everything and the kitchen sink at Maru, then goes to the neighbors house, "I need to borrow your kitchen sink."

[@albertlam1873]

Both casters are great!

[@masterchaosforge]

This is hands down probably the best match of Starcraft I've seen played

[@InfTlr]

Outskilled z player winning because of his race's handholding mechanics, what is so interesting?

[@momchilgradinarov6428]

That third game was fire !

[@zuruckancarlyle6197]

This game made my day, Raynor is so aggressive, I bet most of the zerg player would give up in the mid game when they confront Maru in the 2nd and 3rd game

[@TheBboyEnergy]

yeah maru just shows how skill is just amazing vs raw push. Showing how he can outclass so many attacks. Honestly couple more attacks and reynor would've been screwd.

[@doublecrossedswine112]

The champ is here

[@petarnedyalkov9669]

Zerg has been OP for years now!

[@Axairu]

Yeah but the crybabies want more buffs

[@Qichar]

How is that Zerg OP? They split games (with Terran winning game 1 easily) and it literally came down to the last fight in the last game. How much closer do you want it to get?

[@bongkem2723]

Reynor was a kid not long ago now he is a freaking hulk, so muscular :)))

[@noflame6061]

what an awesome cut....wow really now?

[@lad4694]

What's the problem?

[@TheBboyEnergy]

was reynor on like adderrall or something seemed super jumpy

[@Samantis45]

Whenever he plays a serious game, he listens to Italian rap. I heard he is a fan of Eminem also. It hypes him up and you can often see him wiggling around and mouthing lyrics. The nature of the songs is very high energy. These youths and their rap music.

[@the_harlekin]

Does anyone understands Reynors strategy in game nr. 3? Yeah, it was impressive to watch marus performance - but to be fair: Reynor was like "I want to get my head through the wall!!!!". Roach-Ling-Bane is absolutely useless agains Thros, Ghosts and Tanks. Those hellbats had a great time, roasting the lings - wave after wave after wave after wave.

[@IronyNinja]

The casters pretty much explained this. Maru had like 12 ghosts with full energy; anything high-tech unit Reynor made was going to get destroyed. Infestor would have been the 'best' move but infestors take time; they need to stock energy, long build time, etc. So the safe, but ugly, play was just to use the low tech units, flood the enemy base constantly, and overwhelm. Normally this would be a bad plan due to cost efficiency, but cost efficiency was not a concern at that point.

[@MrAndromedean]

I'm not worthy to behold

[@Alex45441]

第三盤Maru 防守堅若磐石!

[@sammy5301]

이게 스투 프로지!!

[@guybucknell4481]

WP Reynor. Even though the game is much harder for the terran in terms of the task that needs to be surmounted to win, he played some good StarCraft.

[@mertgulec7541]

Haha classic terran

[@ZeVexGaming]

The muta ling harassment gives me ptsd. It makes me want to build bunkers, depot walls, tanks, and PFs at every base lol.

[@ohmyonionpie]

maru such a god

[@AlacrityTW]

keep fanboying

[@OnigoroshiZero]

True, Maru is just a minor god that lost to both of the supreme entities (Reynor and Serral) of SC2 in this one, Serral basically destroyed him as the true GOAT will do to any minor deity.

[@wotwot6868]

​@@OnigoroshiZero Serral has yet to qualify for Code S. While Maru has endless battled all actual Gods in South Korea. Just remember how he got JAGW into Championships in ProLeague while getting unbeatable records himself like Royal Roading and winning all the star leagues. Anyone who actually watched SC2 for long time has to palm face for this fanboy.

[@tungnse]

​@@wotwot6868 OK Done crying? and where are all the "actually gods in SK" now? Byun&Maru beaten by reynor, Dark & Maru & Rouge trasahed by Serral. Gods? Who tf cares if you won tourney after tourney and then you lost the one that matters? Oh and now this is LAN so no more latency blaming ok? Go blaming balance instead just like you fanboys always do lol.

[@OnigoroshiZero]

@@wotwot6868 "Serral has yet to qualify for Code S"...are you stupid? Serral does not live in Korea to play in Code S, and he is not interested to move there (yet) just to play with players like Maru. In EU he plays against Reynor all the time which is the only one that can take Serral at his best. Also, he can play against the Koreans at every major international tournament where he destroys them, like in this one. As for your last paragraph, "Anyone who actually watched SC2 for a long time knows that Serral is by far the best, and Maru is not even in the top 3." there I fixed it for you blind Maru fanboy. Maru has a small chance of losing against Serral in a world final before he goes to the army. But, so far he is not even good enough to reach there.

[@ravondal1958]

Please keep production up as much as possible :) And minimize the close ups please. Just my personal preference. Awesome coverage btw! Best wishes!!!

[@lad4694]

Why not show close ups of the contestants? They're the ones we all want to see, so....🤷‍♂️

[@gilachess]

Totally the opposite of what I want. It's the mix of variety. Close ups. Caster comments. Crowd reactions. The combination that makes the show magic.

[@ymc86]

Wow Maru!

[@logan5173]

best best best Maru well done.

[@N0noy1989]

Comparing this with Clem and Reynor's fight, really clear that Terran only has one god tier player (Maru.) Zerg has 4, Protoss has none. Yet people keep complaining about balance. Protoss is actually slightly stronger than other races because of the tons of nerfs to Zerg and buffs to protoss because of Serral's domination. Even if Protoss and Terran is buffed again, it won't matter because they don't have players to carry the race. Reynor vs Clem, Reynor wins. You say that's because of race? Reynor and Clem played a tournament where they switched races and Reynor as Terran still trashed Clem as Zerg. Rebalance this shit all you want and complain, doesn't change the fact Zerg has the strongest pro players.

[@pochibro4965]

Didnt you see zerg losing 25 drones at mid game and still getting macro advantage, zerg macro needs nerf man, maru clearly played better that last game but still lose

[@igit_7296]

Reynor is too strong for Maru, but I still see Maru as a top three or top four player. Great job Reynor!

[@someguy7474]

@@pochibro4965 the problem that game was that mech takes a while to build up the army since mech is so gas heavy which gives zergs time yo recover. If maru gets 20+ drone kills and plays bio from there reynor is sure dead since reynor will either build units on an awful economy or rebuild drones and have way less army which would probably die to a push

[@doublecrossedswine112]

How you going to crap all over Trap like that? Give the man some respect.

[@igit_7296]

@@doublecrossedswine112 Zoun is the greatest Protoss in the world. He seems like he is god-tier.

[@AnlnnocentCat]

Think he should keep his composure a bit more, basically almost lost a game in which he has a massive lead lol....like calm down, humble up

[@angusyoung8845]

Zerg win the champion but maru is still the best player in the world

[@OnigoroshiZero]

Keep dreaming, the reality that had him lose to Reynor and be destroyed by Serral later, may be too harsh for you.

[@game_jinx]

hatcheries provide the most economy, tech, and production options, but are the cheapest

[@wilhua3083]

ok

[@Adamin_The_III]

Kinda imba 🤔

[@isaiaslopez8567]

Im just a D2 terran, but even though it cost 300, take 50 from the worker it sacrifices, and one less worker for about a min i think. Then it is a great production building.... IF you have queen inyects, so you need to add a queen at least. Zerg is very strong, but it has so much multytasking its hard also.

[@yumyum78]

@@isaiaslopez8567 I think Terran also requires a lot of multitasking. Zerg is too strong compared to other races. It looks like you need a balance patch.

[@Adamin_The_III]

@@isaiaslopez8567 geez we're just joking around. At least I hope he is

[@dgasg4304]

sit down Raynar u lost

[@doublecrossedswine112]

Can I get some of what you are smoking?

[@iamnietta1940]

Well Raynar lost, but Reynor won…so 🤷

[@Anon-tt9rz]

@@doublecrossedswine112 hes smoking concentrated salt

[@Renwoxing13]

Excellent !!! Reynor is absolutely one of the best *ZERG* in the world , just like *SERRAL* !!! *ZERG* has to be specified because any *Terran* or *Protoss* that perform at the same tier as them ➖ Put simply ➖ They are just better players !!! 🖤 *Maru* as a Terran is the best in the world, and because he is Terran he is obviously on the god tier skill level that is right above Reynor & Serral !!! ⚫️ It *SHOULD* be pretty *Fuxc1ng* *OBVIOUS* [ A lot of people are not all there though ] that the ONLY non Korean players who compete at the *ABSOLUTE TIP TOP* of world class skill are *BOTH ZERG* !!! ⚫️ I mean it *SHOULD* be obvious, but sometimes you can beat someone over the head with a hammer & they still won’t get it, but : 🖤 If *MARU* had decided to play *ZERG* as his main right from the beginning ➖ Then there would be *NO DEBATE* , *arguments* , or *DENIAL* ➖ *Everyone* would acknowledge that *Maru* is just superior, and the *BEST PLAYER IN THE WORLD* !!! ⚫️ Instead *Maru* Picked his favourite race instead of the most *OP RACE* , and as a result : ⚫️ Maru basically handicapped, *KNEE CAPPED* , *HOBBLED* , *CHAINED* , & ➖ [ Like many good anime characters ] ➖ *SUPPRESSES* his *TECHNICAL SKILL* & *OP MIGHT* by simply : ⚫️ *not* playing *the BEST* race !!! 🖤⚫️⬛️◼️◾️▪️➖ *IMPORTANT ADDENDUM* ➖▪️◾️◼️⬛️⚫️🖤 ⚫️ I am not Korean, nor am I Asian !!! ⚫️ My skin is : 🖤⚫️⬛️◼️◾️▪️➖ *As White As The Driven Snow* ➖▪️◾️◼️⬛️⚫️🖤

[@curtispienaar6681]

Remove zerg from this game please

[@barswolf4517]

Haha... Zerg is awesome.

[@angusyoung8845]

Zvzvzvzvzvzvz......forever imbalance

[@OnigoroshiZero]

The 3 top be PLAYERS in the world are Serral, Reynor, and Rogue. It has nothing to do with the race, they are just the better players. But some Terran bronze kids and the Maru fanboys can't understand this simple FACT.

[@barswolf4517]

@@OnigoroshiZero Well in broodwar most of the top players were Terrans - I am happy to see that my race is getting it's revenge in SC2.

[@MrZeePeepz]

womens voice so of putting.

[@Qichar]

One of the most epic best of 3 games of all time, and THIS is your comment?

[@Zeuts85]

@@Qichar He's not wrong though. Her casting is terrible because she just constantly forces a babbling stream out of her mouth like she can't possibly fill the air with enough words. She could be decent if she'd just chill a bit and not try to fill every nanosecond with her voice.