SC2 - Serral vs Reynor - IEM Katowice 2022 - Final

[@tristanpouliot1646]

So glad to see Serral putting out amazing performances again!

[@nelzelpher7158]

I remember a time when Serral never dropped a map for a year.

[@fenixchu8082]

@@nelzelpher7158 An offline series, since WCS Austin 2018 till IEM Katowice 2019 Ro24 group stage (lost to Innovation)

[@Habeev07]

Serral Won the world championship in 2018 and 2022. This man has had the most dominant season of all time in 2018 and also now among sOs and MVP to have multiple world titles in SC2. His sustained dominance for 4 years is unmatched imo - they nerfed Zerg in 2019 right bc of his dominance or was it 2020. Serral is for sure in the GOAT conversation.

[@benjaminjoeBF3]

What a final, total blast!

[@Habeev07]

Serral Won the world championship in 2018 and 2022. This man has had the most dominant season of all time in 2018 and also now among sOs and MVP to have multiple world titles in SC2. His sustained dominance for 4 years is unmatched imo - they nerfed Zerg in 2019 right bc of his dominance or was it 2020. Serral is for sure in the GOAT conversation.

[@psa4026]

2 things I want to say: 1) Amazing game, it was unbelievably close. Any of them could have won it but I'm happy to see Serral winning again. You could tell he was really happy by the way he celebrated the victory. 2) Shoutout to Zombiegrub, she has improved so much with her casting. In the past I would have said she was just "good" she wasn't bad but she wasn't great either. But right now she's phenomenal! Please give her more opportunities to cast more games in the future 🙏🏻👍🏻🌟

[@zippityb]

Her casting was great. Loved the analysis she brought. I am familiar with broodwar and not sc2 her breakdowns helped a bunch. I also feel she could have taken the lead at certain points of the cast over her co commentator. I feel like he detracted later on into the series and the analysis as a whole suffered.

[@doktorbundy7279]

oh no zombiegrub

[@mateuszkowalski7647]

Casting ok, one big miss at the end of game No. 3 kzbin.info/www/bejne/mXy3anx7ibSeqpY, Serral've lost Gold Exp then gave up.

[@joebaer1358]

@@zippityb it seemed like she only casted with FearDragon for a minute, and I feel like they just weren’t a great duo. I always knew she’d be better with other casters.

[@goteborg7744]

Both of their castings were stellar. Pretty funny to hear how much more civilized language PiG used compared to when he casts Florencio Files xD

[@joeo6378]

That was intense. zvz used to be such a snooze but these days it is in a really cool place.

[@analogGigabyte]

A final worthy of 2022 Starcraft What a game

[@samuelricchio9427]

Well deserved victory for the legend. Can't complain for the opposing side, going 3-4 isn't anything to get depressed over.

[@OnigoroshiZero]

True, the 4th and 7th games were an absolute blast. I wouldn't mind if Reynor had won with the level he showcased here, but I like Serral more as a player, so I am happy he was the one that won.

[@peterchui1964]

Losing 3-4 is pretty demoralising because it show that he was *that* close to becoming world champion again.

[@Habeev07]

Serral Won the world championship in 2018 and 2022. This man has had the most dominant season of all time in 2018 and also now among sOs and MVP to have multiple world titles in SC2. His sustained dominance for 4 years is unmatched imo - they nerfed Zerg in 2019 right bc of his dominance or was it 2020. Serral is for sure in the GOAT conversation.

[@LorandPalfalvi]

It is so weird to see that Raynor is just left to leave after the game ... I would organise the event differently at the end. Before letting the finalist go to his trophy I would invite the second player to come to the stage, congratulate him as well, maybe give him a prise as well and only after that go to the trophy. Maybe is not a good idea but anyway, I would have loved seeing Raynor there as well ...

[@Zahk_noodle]

I know right, it felt like they suddenly forgot about Reynor and just ignored him there, besides in the end both of them did managed to get to the finals...

[@IamAWESOME3980]

Nah, losers are boo, shame, and then disgraced

[@pinhead5859]

while it is true at the end he didn't get the media's attention, he went home and a little later 75k went into his bank account because that's the prize money he gets for getting second

[@LorandPalfalvi]

@@pinhead5859 wow, that is a nice amount. But still. From my perspective, money isn't always everything.

[@jamexen1661]

@@LorandPalfalvi For some the current way is a better option, if victory was what you were seeking and you lost that is one thing, but if you are made to stand next to the guy who won while he gets rewarded for doing what you wanted, that just hurts.

[@javicoca]

This rivalry and friendship is really something

[@erikalexander3085]

I love Serrals withdrawn modest personality, as we northerners in general are. I of course dont know him personal, but I see alot of Scandinavia in him on stage and he's not trying to be nothing else. You dont haft to take alot of space to be no.1. And OMG was his deck stacked against him, Maru, Rouge, Dark, Reynor - every game could have been a final.

[@fatbasterd5195]

Give it 3 months and dumbasses will once again start calling Maru (or Rogue) the goat or saying Serral is washed up...

[@__-os7rr]

@@fatbasterd5195 Yeah they watch one online tournament and start saying dumb shit

[@lelouchbritannia4985]

Serral's face is the same for all emotions 😂

[@atrudokht]

what else you want to expect from a Finnish guy?

[@B_Dragon.]

Serral's got that. That's amazing victory, with such a beautiful strategies... Serral proved he's came back. Congratulations, Serral

[@aizendor]

12:11 you need to have balls to do this in a final.

[@taylortetra1781]

Dude and it BARELY worked. These guys are nuts both doing and resisting

[@kosherun]

Yeah, he pulled a Scarlett on him alright...

[@drozdovblog]

I was there. In Spodek arena. When Serral won, I jumped, screaming and ran towards the podium, at the edge of having tears in my eyes. People may argue that it is not really a sport, but me being there, with the atmosphere, this absolutely awesome tournament, culminating with this game, last map and deserved victory of Serral was the most emotional sport event I ever witnessed. I felt this more than an international achievement of team or individual from my country in any sport.

[@Zamiroh]

I would argue and say it is a sport. It is thrilling to watch, and I often come back watching matches over and over again.

[@keizan5132]

Smix barely didn't cry while interviewing Serral. That alone tells you how insanely EPIC this whole tournament, Serral's overall run and these finals were. I've been watching competitive SC2 from almost the very beginning and the level, epicness, craziness and sheer tenacity and fighting spirit showcased in this whole tournament is just second to none compared to any other tournament played in all these years. And that, fellows, is saying A LOT as we've had mental, extraordinary, absolutely mad tournaments in the past. But this one? This one takes the gold with Serral cementing his legacy as the undisputed GOAT against no other than Reynor: the only one who, finally, can actually put up a fight against him when he's at the top of his game just like back in 2018. Props to every single person that made this beautiful event possible, in the middle of a pandemic, being the first big international offline event in two years, with a war at the country's borders; but none of that stopped any of these great people to bring this beauty into existence. Maybe today it doesn't look like that, but this one will go down as one of the greatests of all events forever and ever.

[@edan2629]

watching these matches and geniuses... gives me ghostbumps...

[@CaptainBrash]

Yeah, Reynor has to be one of the hardest players to actually kill. Not a Zerg player but you know it's going to be phenomenal with these two.

[@owenong9146]

damn zombiegrub's casting has improved tremendously over the years

[@zippityb]

I loved her analysis.

[@bthekuta]

She's ridiculously good. Seriously, turn off the volume and try to cast one of these games. She's just brilliant.

[@SOPERFECTT]

@@bthekuta Simp

[@davidengum5348]

Love the casting, such a great series

[@FerencDojcsak]

I'm happy for Serral, that last game really could've gone in either way. Grats to both!

[@pg8835]

cuda until reynor stuck with roach too long, when the 'interruption' occured, Serral popped 4 Vipers, combined with the superior lurker army reynor was done

[@kowalityjesus]

It's disappointing that they don't shake hands after the conclusion of the matches anymore.

[@paulgazeley4059]

They did in almost every other match... I guess just because its the final it was a bit different, Serral more interested/pumped about the trophy. But I agree I think Serral should of gone over to see him, especially since they are friends and this was one hell of a series

[@llenunz]

Maybe becos of Covid and sanitize issue

[@jonaskammler79]

@@llenunz I think that's just a petty excuse. They could have shaken hands while wearing a blue / red glove on their right hands instead. (one glove each just for shaking hands) Fairness is really important - especially in eSports.

[@calla211]

I think it's a combination of Covid + the fact that they actually did shake hands prior to the games in a manner where you could clearly see the friendship that exists between them.

[@Randomperson1234]

I agree. He could have simply walked closer to him (maintain distance) and bowed or done a namaste or something. It just looks very d*ckish tbh

[@OnigoroshiZero]

What amazing finals. This is the level we get when the two top players on the planet go against each other. Serral obliterated everyone else, but played to the last second against the only one that can actually put up a fight against him. They are the unquestionable number 1 and number 2 on the planet right now, and Serral is the unquestionable GOAT of SC2, with only Reynor or Rogue even deserving to be mentioned after him for this title.

[@__-os7rr]

Yeah a lot of people like to throw out a couple of the last tournaments but those were online. Sure some can compete with Serral on 200 ping, but on LAN it's a different story.

[@__-os7rr]

@STD092812 Maru can hang with 200 ping

[@j.w.213]

@STD092812 washed up Kappa

[@Habeev07]

Serral Won the world championship in 2018 and 2022. This man has had the most dominant season of all time in 2018 and also now among sOs and MVP to have multiple world titles in SC2. His sustained dominance for 4 years is unmatched imo - they nerfed Zerg in 2019 right bc of his dominance or was it 2020. Serral is for sure in the GOAT conversation.

[@LaelDawit]

These guys are amazing!!!! Fantastic job on both ends.

[@dgasg4304]

Hey , the Great Goat wins, congratulations man looking forward for your future victories.

[@slave2truth4freedom]

incredible, had to re-watch this several times

[@RoboticDragon]

I love seeing players excited when they win, and seeing them upset when they lose. Its always great. Normally during GSL, they dont show any emotion, unless they are Byun or a foreigner. But during the big global events, even the koreans show emotion.

[@son_60han]

Match 2 @10:50 Match 3 @16:02 Match 4 @23:55 Match 5 @37:23 Match 6 @53:57 Match 7 @1:01:48 Non korean really make zerg so easy

[@kitsoskitsou]

Great games! And finally some offline tournaments. The only thing that bothers me is that I would like to see a handshake or at least some gesture of acknowledgement between the two opponents. It feels very cold and awkward for the victor to go directly to the center of the stage and for the defeated to just stand at the desk, collecting wires etc. Make the game a bit more social guys.

[@smoothknyte]

Yah I noticed that too. And Serral has always been known for doing it in the past. I think it might be a social distancing thing still. We'll probably see it phased in more as lans come back.

[@kreterakete]

Right. It’s super awkward and irritating. And it looks super staged too.

[@mareksicinski3726]

the handshake happens at the start

[@mareksicinski3726]

@@kreterakete 'staged'? it literally is on a stage wtf do you want 'irritating'?

[@x0718]

Want to see the game not the players

[@aaronbuffalo7769]

7:55 - it looked as if the overseer was just a bit late, there was 2 volleys serral got for free, i don't know how much vision reynor had there but he just took the full brunt of the concave going up the ramp, was just a brutal fight, if reynor's clump of army was moved forwards to the right as he was going up the ramp he could have collapsed in, but instead the reverse happened. Think it showed, the trouble with the 7th game, reynor was on 3 vipers, when had the 400 gas should have pumped up 2 more, there were 10 lurkers on the field at that point. In the end we see that serral just had 4+ and deleted all of reynor's vipers leaving him with almost nothing to combat the superior lurker number. insane gameplay.

[@boriskoslowski7176]

What an Final! Those two make for so many great games! 🥳

[@STEMolDay]

Congrats Serral! That was hard fought.

[@kosherun]

Great final! Last game could have went either way, but Serral was in control. GG

[@IgnatRemizov]

What an insane final!!! A total blast to watch

[@honolulu4794]

Its always sad to hear a couple of people clapping at the 2 players introduction "11:20" but you know that there was a time where the stadium would be full

[@kaceydillin7367]

All Finals should be Z v Z. So epic, so much skill.

[@keynes1614]

Both are the best players in final.What a bo7 match.Congratulations, Serral.

[@ConnoisseurOfExistence]

There is your GOAT right here!

[@igit_7296]

Congrats to Serral! There have been many great Sc2 players through the years - but winning the World Championship is what separates the GOATs from the rest of them! Terrific to see Serral fill that gap in his trophy case.

[@TTArt]

He was already a World Champion in 2018, just not IEM Katowice champion. Now he has won everything. GOAT.

[@christran9341]

this is his second time becoming a world champion. Its his first IEM world champion before it was WCS.

[@game_jinx]

honestly i have watched so much zerg this year, i didnt even watch this game

[@bvittlegit1005]

He really needs to go play in GSL now and win that too, once they open the country again and have foreigners back in the tourney of course.

[@igit_7296]

@@bvittlegit1005 if the Koreans want to take on the best player on the planet they should leave the GSL for Europe. 3 of the 4 semi finalists for the World Championships were from EU, after all.

[@Habeev07]

Serral Won the world championship in 2018 and 2022. This man has had the most dominant season of all time in 2018 and also now among sOs and MVP to have multiple world titles in SC2. His sustained dominance for 4 years is unmatched imo - they nerfed Zerg in 2019 right bc of his dominance or was it 2020. Serral is for sure in the GOAT conversation.

[@TheLando011]

The greatest ZvZ of all time 😂

[@adam88099]

Agreed. These were an amazing set of games from two absolute monsters of the game.

[@B_Dragon.]

Serral's got that. That's amazing victory, with such a beautiful strategies... Serral proved he's came back. Congratulations, Serral

[@Farikaal]

Wouldve liked to see few of the games like the 7th wouldve been even more intense but i understand both were desperate for the trophy and ending it fast as possible last game definately delivered

[@poisty21]

What a series... beautiful play.

[@aldridgedatuin8297]

More Victories & Exciting Games..... Few words, but captivating!

[@sorbitol2864]

GODDAMMIT. Wanted to watch quarter/semi finals but saw Finals in suggestions -.-

[@dert159]

Amazing final, they should make it a best of 10 these games are great

[@joeblow2069]

The reign of South Korea in SC2 is over. The 2 best players clearly Europeans. Serral has to be called the goat now. 2 world championships. Owned Maru and Rogue. Beat Reynor. Wow!!!

[@dani45987]

Congrats to both, great games, thank you.

[@Zamiroh]

The goat does it again!!!

[@Sunless1337]

Wish we could get 1440p quality option, given the game's intense graphics. Would do it justice.

[@torinsmith9867]

SC2 Beginner here, why the GG at 22:00? Serral seemed to be doing fine to my untrained eyes, did serral just not have the economy to build back at that point?

[@venom-gt7rc]

I suppose it's because Reynor had many more workers and better tech (lair, although I don't know if Serral was aware of that). Also his gold base is kind of exposed. Reynor was ahead, but indeed I think that not every Z would have GG'ed at that point

[@JimmyTomes]

I think the fans would like to hear the full intros of the match. It's kind of shoddy to cut in when the commentator is mid sentence.

[@hybridreaver2118]

Bruh its depressing on how empty it is… I remember stadiums being full as fuck

[@jonasluks1438]

Have you seen Dreamhack Atlanta last month? Place was packed and they had to add seats as the tournament progressed. We're back to normal it seems.

[@harveypraz7962]

Glad to see serral beat all the Korean pro players! Finally a non-Korean champion and legend

[@PaulRogerstrumpet]

Damn, was really trying to avoid spoilers, but the title just spoiled it for me.

[@begoodtoo]

lol

[@game_jinx]

zerg versus zerg

[@paulogodinho3275]

You can't avoid spoilers for the world championship 😜

[@Jeff-fc7nf]

Sombiegrub is such a hype machine monster in this cast. Pig is my favorite caster ever. What a sick casting duo.

[@the13thfox46]

such an exciting match up, at the computer crash, going for Reynor

[@eugenijusdolgovas9278]

I wonder if hiring Smix was a bigger expense than what Serral got payed for that victory. She agreed for a co-analyst online and that was cool. Seeing her in IEM Katowice is a gift.

[@zhadoomzx]

You can tell 12 pool is not Serrals comfort zone... his hands were shaking after he won the 2nd game.

[@whomptalosis22]

Awesome series

[@lyctriangle]

In the 1st frame of this video, serral is up on minerals with the exact same timing.

[@dimpleex]

When Reynor was a knee-highs, Serral had already humiliated korean players

[@rodzinapolska2377]

Happy that Serral has won!) He is the one who deserve that!)

[@mantramusic5009]

amazing series

[@landonbellum8021]

So is Katowice considered the highest tier tournament now? That is the biggest one they can win? Guess I’m just confused why it happens at the beginning of the year.

[@damedley75]

22:05 Mweh? If I were playing for the world championship I don't think I'd GG that quick! Sure, he's down but even a 1% chance would be worth playing it out, no?

[@damedley75]

47:00 again

[@cooledry]

@@damedley75 Playing an unplayable situation will also tire you, and probably even faster than a normal game would, since on top off all the things you were already doing you are now actively thinking about out of the box ways to play and cheese a win. Maybe by saving this energy they feel that they will have better chances in the next game. If we had 1 game a day I'm pretty sure the number of quick surrenders would drop.

[@damedley75]

@@cooledry yeah I've heard this before and it makes some sense. Still, sometimes when you can only win if your opponent blunders, your opponent blunders.

[@teodoreh]

His programmers need to improve Serrals voice in order for him to look more like a human!

[@whiteWinter88]

I hate this trend of clipping the first minute or two of these games out. Please just stop.

[@B_Dragon.]

Serral has all trophies but not IEM... He's been the victor of all tournaments but not IEM... 😔 Congratulations, my friend, you deserve this trophy, you HAD to win 👍😎.

[@damedley75]

I don't love ZvZ but this was worth the watch from beginning to end!

[@Usercehdbf]

New player here, how did reynor win at 22:06?

[@matthewyauch9291]

Serral tapped out. He was down big on drones so he could gather an army, didn’t kill nearly enough, opponent’s full wall was still up. This last roach fell inside the wall and there was no way he was getting anything else in as he was already down army supply… oh and he had just lost his gold hatchery.

[@physicals]

that male commentator is in love with Serral haha

[@vlandorrackhum5420]

damn, loved this

[@seandangercampbell]

1:23:18 - That must've been the best feeling in the world.

[@dawonlee2770]

Is the arena half capacity or is there just few people in the audience?

[@pollograssopollo]

tickets were sold out in hours

[@j.w.213]

it‘s still covid you basement living nerd

[@lukex1337]

I’m not a fan of watching ZvZ, which was inevitable considering how zergs win most major tournaments (I wonder why).. but this was a great series. Last game was really good too, wp!

[@trombonemasta]

Yeah, I wonder why, too. Maybe, and and I'm just spit-balling here, maybe the Zerg players--like Serral, Reynor, Dark, and Rogue--are better than other players.

[@johnmellan1732]

@@trombonemasta Yeah, your talking utter shit. Zergs (insta) remax potential is what is broken and everybody knows it. Not that I have an issue with it, but when people like you talk shite, might as well say the truth.

[@manopeace9175]

You rock serral!

[@serenus6633]

Where is SC3?

[@exnihilonihilfit6316]

@Shill of [insert_personal_Boogeyman] You put TLDR's at the beginning, dumbo.

[@damedley75]

8:00 PiG: FLEE! RUN! PANIC!! Serral:

[@mariusevander2214]

21:38 the commentators completely miss reynor hitting serrals gold hatch

[@kir.bomi23]

36:16 у него такой пронзительный взгляд

[@pierrehedelin8611]

Serral the Goat!!!

[@joosefkaarioc1222]

ESV - 12 His eyes were as a flame of fire, and on his head were many crowns; and he had a name written, that no man knew, but he himself. 13 And he was clothed with a vesture dipped in blood: and his name is called The Word of God. 14 And the armies which were in heaven followed him upon white horses, clothed in fine linen, white and clean. - ESV - FIN YEAR SUMMER 2022 -

[@MrOceansEleven]

I wanna see serral + reynor vs maru + heromarine

[@matthewlarue1883]

We need a 4th team. We need space orks. Maybe some space elves. That would be awesome.

[@dichevski]

When zerg will be nerfed?

[@Dyrtbag68]

True King of the North.

[@TheDirtyone84]

Zombiegrub has become an great commentator

[@romanmalakhov8723]

Raynor bravo, 2 years in a row with finals. Serral imba

[@samyofren2093]

i wanted Reynor to go back to back :(

[@taylortetra1781]

This just in, skinny old man stomps on handsome fellow coming back from the gym

[@liuzeyuan]

holy shit epic game 7. one thing tho: come on a hand shake serrel. you won you got to initiate

[@Walamies]

covid

[@fallenhw]

just trying to figure out why everyone always drinks like 2ml of water XD

[@gobrotravel]

Serral the best 🔥🤟

[@henrikpettersson2886]

I think they should do like they do in Tennis and right after the victory walk over to the opponent and shake hands. Well now that the Corona is somewhat under control ..haha its weird times

[@xDFoRcEzZ]

dude just took home 170 stacks not bad.

[@rocketsmall4547]

the female caster is on point well done

[@DerAleksey]

вот это побоище!!!! И как всегда, красивый "раш" от Серрал!

[@philipschroeder5427]

Couldn't Serral have morphed a few corruptors into broodlords vs the lurkers?

[@ravondal1958]

Dislike that a window for continuous advertisement has been created. Not that they care but felt like mentioning anyway.

[@ZillaTheTegu]

Congrats to Serral, but man coudlnt they wait till Reynor left the stage before they started the interview? The poor guy had to slink off while Serral was being praised by the interviewer.

[@laodrofotic7713]

no one is going to say nothing about how straight serral arms are when he is flexing? I mean that is NOT ok..

[@AlacrityTW]

GOAT