Serral Faces A New Tower Defense Protoss Strategy! StarCraft 2

[@bongkem2723]

the 1st game is the perfect Protoss game, one in a lifetime against Serral

[@pracliu1268]

Gotta say, tectonic destabilizers is such a fine addition to the game. No more boring spore forest in a PvZ late game.

[@yornieldominguez2288]

VS TERRAN IT INTERESTING THE HABILITY OF NEXUS LET YOU REFRESH COOLDOWN THE UNIT WITH HABILITYS LIKE INMORTAL, DISRUPTOR, ETC. SOO THE GAME T VS P WILL BE BALANCED.🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉I RECOMEND THAT IM D1 TERRAN

[@LychFinderGeneral]

That was some Soviet StarCraft right there

[@PJOZeus]

@@pracliu1268 could just.. give Zerg real anti air

[@nfzeta128]

@@PJOZeus As is it does seem like spellcasters are the only 'real' anti-air toss has. Like i think Serral needed to just rely on infestor viper more in that first game.

[@hanky.9476]

I wish Astrea had continued his first-game strategy in the series. Don't change something that isn't broken. This is the first time I have seen Serral tap out a game by resignation with a whole army. He knew the difference in economies was too large to overcome by flights.

[@HJK_]

He also has 900 minerals left on the first match and he has no expansion left to mine from. If he had engaged in a fight even after winning he would’ve lost to the replenishment. It was an amazing match man it made me go and install the game again after like 8 years of retirement from SC. You also did an amazing casting.

[@cowmath77]

Remember when the Terran Council made Brood Lords a viable unit again and then took it away immediately?

[@erenj2913]

did you mean the Council of Morons?

[@Jaryism]

After game 1 you see Serral tap out at almost max supply, pretty rare. You could tell he was like "ok ok ok... you got this one"

[@hiphopguy0]

Merry Christmas and thank you for the show!

[@TheDarkwill777]

The Archon a wall of 'overwhelming power'... I see what you did there... ...And I love it!

[@henryviiifake8244]

37:57 "JIMMY, HOLD THE GODDAMN DOOR! YOU HAD ONE JOB! 😤"

[@bogdankozak7656]

28:25 Adept was like "You have failed our race with your miserable existence, be grateful that your mistake will be cleansed by my hand"

[@MrRubixscube]

that's what the adept would have said if it had a mouth

[@bobbymcdobson2153]

@@MrRubixscube how is a three hour old comment responding to a two hour old comment? do protoss have butts? important questions

[@MrRubixscube]

@@bobbymcdobson2153 my guess is that the parent comment loaded when you started the video, but my reply loaded later on when you expanded it, so their timers werent in proper sync. if you refresh the page, that should fix it

[@franciscomagalhaes7457]

I was surprised that Winter missed that heehee

[@true_xander]

28:23 the execution of the probe that has failed the protoss force

[@true_xander]

Winter's queen impressions is the cherry on top of the cake of this channel.

[@dhelsel89]

Astrea manages an insane Stargate win in game one forcing Serral to tap out at 200 supply. Then he proceeds to not go Stargate in games 2-3.. why God why!?

[@hanky.9476]

7:47 The beacon is light. Strategy executed beautifully

[@raskov75]

24:02 Tapping out with 198 supply and 1k minerals and 2.5k gas is crazy work.

[@james-k7o9b]

Serral and Winter admit that maxed Protoss armies are nearly unkillable for Zerg... give me a Brutalisk

[@silverpro8356]

100% AGREE ZERG JUST SUCKS ATM THEY NEED TO BE BUFFED.

[@Wwillswords]

Well maxed out terran ghost mech has the same effect. It is more that Zerg is not really meant to trade efficiently in the late game without good positioning and picking the opponent apart a couple of units at a time. Sure, they could stand a buff, but Zerg is designed to throw armies away and replace them faster than their opponents can do the same and overwhelm them or to do hit and run via nydus worms.

[@electricitybomb]

​@@WwillswordsYou can beat mech with swarm hosts

[@MRsolidcolor]

@@electricitybomb the get out moved by drops

[@cowmath77]

@@electricitybombif swarm hosts cost half the supply they currently do, I’d agree. They eat your entire army supply and only have 1 niche function. If you want to lose quickly, all you have to do is build swarm hosts.

[@benismann]

Wow game one was just top notch toss. One of the few times i can look at the protoss winning and think "wow but the opponent did like 0 mistakes!". Those are sooooo rare....

[@lefthanded0440]

WOW ASTREA PLAYED THE BEST TOSS IVE EVER SEEN GAME 1! Then comes back to earth and serral learns from his mistakes, don’t let him rev up and keep the constant pressure from minute 3 on and he can’t bank 15k and max out on every upgrade to create a death ball. Protoss can be soooo cool but it rarely is achievable against a good player due to this. It was a treat to see a 200/200 tap out from serral knowing he would just rinse and repeat and get mined out

[@georgeromaniajr.2680]

Wow.. all caps top comment spoiler.

[@lefthanded0440]

@ 1)it’s a video game 2) you read comments before watching?? 3) astrea, let’s face it… usually sucks so it was insane to see THAT GUY actually do what he always tells others to do yet doesn’t have the apm and brain to pull off himself. Just happy for the guy but at the same time I think he’s kind of a douche calling out better players saying what they should be doing while he never ever does properly himself as he’s all strategy and no execution aside from game 1. Excitement maybe? It’s also a major channel I watched the entire match I hardly thought I’d be spoiling anything tbh

[@georgeromaniajr.2680]

@@lefthanded0440 it's all good

[@henryviiifake8244]

Against "a" good player? Astrea is facing someone widely regarded as the best SC2 player _of all time!_ 😂

[@yornieldominguez2288]

VS TERRAN IT INTERESTING THE HABILITY OF NEXUS LET YOU REFRESH COOLDOWN THE UNIT WITH HABILITYS LIKE INMORTAL, DISRUPTOR, ETC. SOO THE GAME T VS P WILL BE BALANCED.🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉I RECOMEND THAT IM D1 TERRAN

[@mattheopichetti9258]

First game was literally a tactical masterpiece. Ive seen games with amazing apm moves, outplays , amazing cheeses... but never such a clear domination of a world class player in every single part of the game without a single mistake. A GG at 200 supply .... insane

[@MoonlitGamer]

17:30 - Apparently that pit can eat storms

[@natecw4164]

Merry Christmas, Winter. You've really helped make my 2024 a better year -- Thank you! (Tell Brenda hi! 😂)

[@martinwinther6013]

I think the title is underrated. THIS is legit top tier SC2. Its a truly unique game where Serral has been on his backfoot the entire time. Serral would usually have 10k bank 10min in.. And he doesnt

[@DayrusBPB]

18:05 "you see, that is a demonstration of the Brood Lord Bugg. They're at the very edge of their range sometimes the broodlings get cold feet or smth roughly equivilant.." 💀

[@martinwinther6013]

That first game will be studied for years to come. Anyone who can reproduce this have a shot at taking down the GOAT

[@colinfraser7150]

"Fowl Play" I caught it!

[@james-k7o9b]

@@colinfraser7150 foul

[@thepersonwhocomentz]

I could watch a million games like that first one.

[@jamespidgeon8748]

1st game serral needed sir Richard and the boys, 10 swarm host would have been equally dirty,

[@bt920]

Merry Christmas to you and your family, Winter! Thank you for making my year a bit better. 2025 is going to be a great year for you!

[@michaelclarkj]

That Protoss death ball from game one was impressive!

[@babauaski3928]

There really isn't any viable way to have an exciting unexpected game anymore. The 12 drones start killed early and mid. What they needed to do was to just get a number of drone that got rid of the time lapse before building the first supply. So 8 or 9 drones start. Instead : Cool first game though, good late game

[@senturian]

you know the lategame is in a good place when the GOAT taps out at 200 supply on even bases.

[@a.b516]

That first round Protoss the best most fun I have ever seen... gg

[@Wilde_Wolfe]

Great cast as always! SUCH a perfect first game!! 2nd and 3rd... he fell short trying other strats. But great video! Love ya Winter!

[@damiensandoval1007]

How do you not run the same strat 3 games in a row after it worked so perfectly game 1. Jesus... I would of loved to see him do it again and again even if he failed I would of at least respected it more then those last 2 games where he tried to cheese Daddy king serral.

[@detalores]

Game 1, Astrea played out of his mind. What an insane game. I've been asking for so long why Toss doesn't abuse tempest more... maybe the 1 less supply was the answer! Like idk what Serral could have even done game 1 to stand a chance.

[@MoonShroomMan]

that first game was the reason why i love protoss.

[@unfies]

27:59 Protoss blue algae confirmed

[@locophat]

Oh wow.. That photo of Astrea looks like you Winter

[@begna112]

Zerg desperately needs a legitimate air unit that can fight air and ground like both protoss and terrain have.

[@RasulAbuMuhammadAmin]

GG on almost 200 hundred supply each!

[@Inflatableorc]

Fun drinking game: Take a shot when fleet beacon sound plays. Take a shot when he says existential threat. Take a shot when the queens start yapping. I've watched only 2 videos and I'm dead.

[@craigsafford9737]

Someone better call Astreas parents because he was straight up bullying Serral

[@EGDekker]

Day 5 of pleading with Winter to move "The Maru" to be on a single line in his card mock-up.

[@gabrielpowers766]

I think if Serral had a few Vipers in the first game he could have whittled away the Tempests and then just done whatever he does for the rest.

[@ZenLee]

wow Astrea is so exciting to watch!

[@colinfraser7150]

Thanks Winter, don't know what I'd do w/o my SC2 fix, you're the best!

[@longturdz]

I like watching this man talk about game while I eat.

[@Crmson83]

Protoss vs Zerg is my favorite matchup. So fun to watch

[@blooddumpster3427]

always the perfect amount of insight and puns.

[@nioofida256]

Have we ever seen serral tap out while maxed out before?

[@griefgaming2787]

Tempest + High Templar is the new Broodlord + Infestor

[@izaakkemp8938]

That eagle in the into, rofl

[@alullabyofpain]

Astrea strategy was genius in game 3 he tried to take advantage of the tiny ramp too bad he was found out and couldn't hit critical mass before ravager to make it work

[@lobitoloco]

Thanks for the great content for X-Mas! Best present I got :D

[@pracliu1268]

Serral carved up like a Christmas duck :D

[@mwyler3390]

the eagle scream gets me every time

[@paul6150]

Mister Winter, how do protoss communicate if they don't have mouths? Thank you and happy holidays!

[@Avsoy]

Winter, happy holidays! I think you’ve trained me to smash that like button even before you started your spiel.

[@natefades-x6v]

Merry Christmas!

[@DJCharalampos]

Merry Christmas ^-^

[@JustGeekstuff]

idk why serral was only reacting to Astrea, that is the only reason why he lost. Serral literally took zero initiatives in game 1, zerg playing defence with attacking units? Sure thats a trow. he literally killed 0 drones and zero harrasment.

[@djnone8137]

I think someone needs to check on Jimmy.

[@sawyersimpkins9428]

I've come to like that long intro lol

[@denisdimitrov5051]

It seems Serral tactical switch is lacking tempo... Almost all the map is covered by creep and no defence build. He reacts desicively but is kind of stuck to a losing situation.

[@enriquegarciacota3914]

I appreciate the bald eagle cry before saying United States of America, as it is mandated by the Constitution. Liked and subscribed. Merry Christmas Winter

[@billl.2441]

I'm from the USA, and that eagle screech is 😂😂😂

[@JD-fy2cf]

I think Toss vs Zerg is my favorite

[@ManDuderGuy]

Can't barrel the Serral. Though many wish someone could.

[@TysonJensen]

Protoss is by far the stronger race -- unless the Zerg outplays them they will win. The game is such that skill levels are so disparate that games are still interesting but a perfect Protoss death ball has no answer from Zerg.

[@AGE-d3w]

Tbh serral chilled hard Game 1

[@EndersSaga]

ussually I hate serral losing, seems unfair . . . but astrea was both supremely skilled . . . and unfair

[@sseeaall]

nerf toss when ?

[@remrosetorrecampo5952]

Merry xmas winter godbless

[@zacnewford]

merry xmas

[@silverpro8356]

YOU KNOW THERE IS A PROBLEM WITH BALANCE WHEN SERRAL JUST LEAVES THE GAME. WHEN IS THIS STUPID BALANCE COUNCIL GONNA REALISE ZERG PLAYERS HAVE TO BE SO MUCH BETTER THAN THE OTHER 2 RACES JUST TO WIN. GIVE ZERG REAL BUFFS ALREADY.

[@leeroyjenkins6103]

Blizzard balances all their games around the top 0.000001% win rates with no regard to actual games. As long as Zerg can win in the midgame Blizzard thinks it's okay.

[@BingChilingEnjoyer]

>Serral loses once, after years of being number 1. >It must be the balance Good cope. I suspect you have eyes, you saw they had similar APMs.

[@BingChilingEnjoyer]

Also: protoss loses big competitions year after year: I sleep Serral loses 1 match: real shit

[@hivetech4903]

@@leeroyjenkins6103 This is not true. You can see how Blizzard balance the game on aligulac, its based on the win-rates of all tournament maps, not just the winners of tournaments and not just the premiere big tournaments.

[@fred.dekker]

Zerg late game is fucked

[@psychegamez9709]

Winter I give you as many likes as I can. If I could subscribe twice I would.

[@bothpinkysbroken]

Nice 👍

[@WilliamBunch-z9s]

Keep talking to Brenda like that and she will mess you up.

[@yornieldominguez2288]

VS TERRAN IT INTERESTING THE HABILITY OF NEXUS LET YOU REFRESH COOLDOWN THE UNIT WITH HABILITYS LIKE INMORTAL, DISRUPTOR, ETC. SOO THE GAME T VS P WILL BE BALANCED.🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉I RECOMEND THAT IM D1 TERRAN

[@FatYoda79]

I feel like every side should have an ability for a building type to act as a gate the way depots do for terrans. Since Protoss have the warp tech it seems plausible they'd be able to phase pylons in and out, and spore colonies could have the ability to burrow to make them passable. Or maybe Overlords could have the ability to land and take off.

[@alexandredeniger715]

How can anyone watch the first game and claim that ZvP is balanced? The only reason Serral won the next two games was because he managed to take down Astrea before reaching the late game. No Zerg, not even Serral, can defeat the Protoss 'death ball' in the late game!

[@markusspecht5041]

So you want to buff Zerg Lateran’s cause Serral lost lategame, fair enough. But only if you nerf mid and early game where astrea lost. Sounds like a fair deal?

[@alexandredeniger715]

Not because serral lost, 90% of zerg lost in the late game. We can do nothing against the deathball of Protoss late game. But yes i agree too nerf zerg mid game too nerf protoss late game. I think that the ravanger (early/mid game units) is too strong and the HT (mid/lategame units) is too strong too. The council have too ajust zerg mid and late game!

[@antearesgamer]

terran imba

[@DeletedTaters001]

Guess it's time to nerf Protoss !

[@THeGLML]

Да но это пруф дисбаланса ... зерг ничего не может физически сделать... ( а это на минуточку лучший зерг в мире) То же самое с терранами, зерг ни с одной из этих расс не может играть на равных ... так в чем баланс?

[@ArmstrongAlley]

I think the shield upgrade for Protoss is underrated. It's kind of a waste against Terran when they can just EMP all your shields away in 3 seconds but otherwise I think it's a great upgrade.

[@hivetech4903]

EMP is not the reason why they don't get it Vs Terran... Skytoss is rare and ground units have a lot more HP than shields so naturally armor upgrade will provides a lot more benefit in a fight.

[@derekdreery]

When I started this had 6 likes to 5 views - how does that work!?!

[@gerardalfelor7990]

someone made 2 thumbs up

[@J3WT00B]

what is the government hiding from us

[@cowmath77]

It’s almost like perfect second by second analytics on 14 billion videos isn’t a viable way to use server memory. If only there was a company with algorithmic capabilities that could implement a near accurate solution to save that energy…

[@TheSpectroRush]

Static defense on this game is so zzzzz... thank god astrea managed to put good preasure in order to keep the match in movement, it's so pathetic see players win by only turtleing, good match

[@LordTelperion]

Fowl play. ;)

[@Killmashine]

LETS GOOO

[@mcdc9535]

Noice

[@martinwinther6013]

14min mark. Ohboi, if Astrea had pushed hard in right then n there, Serral woulda been down. Ik, i have 20-20 hindsight. Im not claiming otherwise. Im just saying..

[@thehut2016]

Epic

[@EDDIXspider]

Why i alwais want Serral to lose. I remember the moment (the slow tricle of moments) when Europeans - Serral become to beat the Korean Titans. I was so happy. But he become TOO dominant. And his (The same GAME) style look awfull. Ups But MaxPax too have the same game style but may be because is protoss look or feel better.

[@aidanholden0]

5:20 it's happened. gentlemen. ladies. they have united. we have our first compliment. winter i am watching 🙏🙏🙏

[@silverpro8356]

ZERG REALLY SUCKS ATM. i wouldn't be surprised if serral switches to terran or toss. So sick of seeing zerg players lose cause the other 2 races just have so much advantage and power over zerg.

[@JP-xg6bv]

I know, all those major tournaments being won by all those protoss players 🙄

[@silverpro8356]

@@JP-xg6bv TRUST ME YOU WILL SEE IT NOW.

[@hypersovavideos9465]

no views in 54 seconds? Winter has fallen off

[@bt920]

My day's about to get a lot better ❤

[@stevendombrosky5184]

zerglings op

[@maurice-tn5mu]

firrrst

[@charlieashman9560]

Thought this was a lowko video, I was sadly mistaken.

[@JanneMarjomaa]

Is this some inside joke or why would you feel obligated to leave this comment.

[@kylejohnson7053]

Lol I like lowko too. But winters awesome. I look forward to these everyday.