Serral's MASS BROOD LORDS - Starcraft 2: Serral vs. ByuN

Serral vs. ByuN in an epic back and forth Terran vs. Zerg. Serral going for Mass brood lords.
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[@tommydoez]

10:17 "Your service is no longer needed."

[@starbreeze2057]

9:04 "Oh hey look an extra squad of marines!"

[@alesholman801]

😂😂😂😂

[@starbreeze2057]

15:32 those two broodlings like the kid on top of the high diving board: "Let's goooooonopenopenopenopenope"

[@kepha76]

18:50 that's some serious mule drops

[@badicusvibesimus182]

15:34 Those are some indecisive broodlings

[@IcyHail]

Holy shit, the infestor/brood lord micro dance is godlike.

[@TylerJBrown192]

Hey guys I think this Serral guy could really go places in SC2!

[@bartololeo7411]

Serral really knows how to break a man

[@takaikioshi9711]

PiG is such an incredibly talented caster. entertaining, anayltical, and provides a deep understanding of the game. I really hope to see him cast more games.

[@ericbetterman9220]

And less fear dragon!

[@davidintrabartolo1572]

16:36 that poor Ghost went through the ringer lol

[@justcallmebookworm7543]

Wow, hard to believe Byun even held on that long against such an onslaught, despite going up against Serral's huge bank. Terran is really efficient in the right hands.

[@ThatWasAllme]

Feardragon: "brood lords are useless in this match up". Serral proceeds to demolish Byun with brood lords.

[@PaceYourself]

Thanks for always uploading such quality content my guy. We can always count on sc2hl to be worth the watch.

[@Solaris0071]

No Nukes, no Vikings not enough drops (widow mine drops) Byun is to stubborn when it comes to this phase of the game. Serral played it really well. Best Brood Lord control.

[@scipio764]

The lack of harass in late game was what cost him this win.

[@F4c2a]

every ZvT is terran's to lose.

[@Whalery]

@@F4c2a LOL

[@utewbd]

@@Whalery Found the butthurt, delusional zerg crutch noob.

[@darkphoenix00001]

​@@F4c2a 6 terrans entered this tournament, 5 of them made it into the round of 8. this is the wrong tournament for your balance whine lmao

[@timothytobias9107]

The mvp is not even the broodlords Gg siege tank friendly fire!

[@ayoubp7689]

They did more harm than good

[@F4c2a]

@@ayoubp7689 for real, buyn would have probably won if he would have just unsieged lol

[@Blag_Cog]

it is actually a lie. while friendly fire definetly did something, the broodlords actually did the bulk of the damage. Serral had them almost fully upgraded and if you pay attention you can see that the broodlings landing did more dmg than the siege tanks friendly firering.

[@Lestaron.]

@@F4c2a if he unsieg the ling/bane flood kills him

[@F4c2a]

@@Lestaron. what flood, most of supply is in broods infestor viper etc

[@ddrzss]

This game was amazing! Thanks for the resume. Love your work!

[@novaintrovert]

So entertaining watching these 2 guys play. I like Serral a bit more, but just look at Byun, what a brilliant play. I think these 2, while being tense, are having a great time playing with each other - it is particularly hard to find a proper opponent to spar with for people as high level as these 2.

[@FiestaCraft]

5:33 best Units lost

[@chrisklugh]

One of the best games I've seen. Looks like a movie. Everything is just on point. Great Players! Great Game!

[@mrbyorself]

SO GLAD to finally see defensive tank and PF positioning.

[@tostahmeister6861]

So much friendly fire from those tanks though

[@alzhang8]

21:04 Serrel power overwhelming 🤔🤔🤔

[@thegrimreaper2608]

Isn't "Power Overwhelming" the line of an Archon?

[@BloodPreist]

Woooow, what a game. Absolutely fantastic micro from the value-zerg

[@halogenzawgi9410]

This is peak Serral. He’s been 3-0 ing like a monster.

[@flex-5213]

This felt like a WOL campaign mission

[@chitahitsu4743]

so THIS is how Solar can beat ByuN: beat serral so he beats ByuN for you in the playoffs - clever

[@Tomwithnonumbers]

Byun squeezed a lot of value out of his army, but he gave up strategic control to Serral.

[@TheAmazingCowpig]

I've been noticing in Byun's games is that it feels like his defining quality is stubbornness, but in a way that also makes him incredibly persevering. Somewhat inflexible, but by god, he will hold on as long as possible.

[@SuflihimTakac]

Best game for a year

[@MAarshall]

Excellent.

[@chaptermastermoloc4171]

This LNG Comp reminds me of 2022 worlds finals between T1 and DRX like, okay this is a crucial do or die game 5 so lets draft a poke team against a peel w/ scaling carry team, surely this wouldn't drag long enough for the scaling carry to scale and our poke won't be enough against a peel comp.

[@cairlys]

Micro Jackson goes down :(

[@weavorjjohanna5619]

people kept saying that terran and protoss is OP, may i remind you that 2 of the best starcraft 2 player right at this point is Zerg main

[@darkdill]

Every time I watch Banelings vs Marines on this channel I think that the Zerg needs some way to get the Hunter Baneling upgrade.

[@yigitinegol964]

Wonderful game

[@ethanaleman]

My Boy Byun

[@GhostMihneaRo]

Amazing game

[@pangzixuan4634]

We need a macro Jackson

[@MrAliali98]

Why didn't byun go for muraders or helions vs ling bane?

[@Attentionseekingnoob]

Serral is so good

[@pahakasvivenuksesta2653]

Serral

[@recuerdameporf]

WOW que juegazoo!

[@joveniel11]

Is this a best of 1 match?

[@rossginn5333]

I literally had a dream last night that I was playing pre nurfed infestors with brood lords...damn I miss that

[@utewbd]

still no skill mindless bullshit tho

[@vancheat]

Great, another Broodlord nerf inc

[@sengju4468]

Wonder why no nukes

[@Mr.Beauregarde]

W O W

[@ericbetterman9220]

is fear dragon getting worse at this?

[@marmar2202]

Settle for third

[@dukerambomanmemegod8280]

i am speed

[@tsmspace]

what if byun had some hellbats and left his tanks in tank mode,,, he wouldn't chew up his own units and hellbats do really well against broodlords

[@gabraeld]

Keep your tanks unsieged a second too much and Serral just blows everything sky-high with the mass of hydra-bane that was hanging off to the side, or the one running interference at the bottom of the map.

[@jcyoungpine918]

7:28 ‘but ugH’ lol what

[@francisrapsing3903]

More incoming zerg nerfs. Lol

[@1337Jogi]

He simply ByuNderestimated Serral.

[@mohdfarid192]

Zerg vs terran😍😍😍

[@sengju4468]

Broken broods

[@locngo5066]

Serral is the reason Zerg will get nerfed AGAIN =))

[@tigera6]

So neither Dark or Rouge won anything as Zerg? Acting like Serral won EVERYTHING is stupid.

[@darkphoenix00001]

@@tigera6 he is the ONLY consistent zerg and has been for 3 years. other zergs have brief peaks but then fall off pretty quick.

[@tigera6]

@@darkphoenix00001 Sure, Serral is more consistent to reach the playoff than any other current SC2 players. But the Zerg dominance extend much further than that, had a Terran or Protoss won Blizzcon or IEM last year, none of this complain will be an issue. Even this year, like 6 out of 9 winners of Global tournament are Zerg, which Serral won 2. Its one thing to say one guy carry a race and win everything, its another thing that race won with different players. And I absolutely have no problem with that to be honest, no balance whining,

[@jakubkahoun8383]

:{{{{{ Well while i agree Zerg is kinda strong when in hands of Pro in hands or normal mortal...its HARD....its like you need to complete puzzle where one missing. piece will loose you a game. (Diamond Zerg speaking)

[@calvintong5036]

Byun made a beginner strategic mistake. he should have never try to build a static defense across the map. that gives too much time Serral to react

[@JosepPi]

I wounder if this is how you should fight a late game zerg. Just turtle up, make turrets and get efficient trades until you can counter attack

[@austinm5630]

If ByuN had spent the same minerals on Marines that he wasted on missile turrets, everything would've been very different. Marines may not be the best Brood Lord counter, but you can build 3 of them for each missile turret that was getting instakilled without doing anything.

[@energyvampire1672]

And not one hellbat..... like having 4 would have solve and done more damage

[@tigera6]

Yeah, I think blueflame helion run by is effective to raid Zerg base as well. Sure they dont have the Mech upgrade, but can still 2 shot drone.

[@true_xander]

No thors in time = death.

[@utewbd]

Thors suck, are you joking?

[@true_xander]

@@utewbd in TvZ everything is sucks, but Thors are sucks less

[@utewbd]

@@true_xander Fair enough

[@bonar1211]

@@utewbd are u dumb? Thor outranged broodlord

[@rexekim3397]

@@utewbd actually Brood Lord's range including broodlings range is 10 but Thor's range is 11

[@lamalien2276]

He has marines and ghosts, and he has some brood lords, why not stim forward and waste em, I don't get it.

[@kokowoch]

fungals

[@MrDulvalius69]

All he needed was thors.....

[@jakubkahoun8383]

would probably get abducted, but it was worth a try i think...

[@MrDulvalius69]

@@jakubkahoun8383 true.....im not saying mass thirs ..maybe 3-4. Idk. Serral pretty much owned him when them broods came out.

[@rothergaudiel2549]

Serral lost here in the Bo5 right?

[@rxxmark8207]

Any excuses??? No more hand injury?

[@aaronbaron6468]

Serral games have become boring to me not because matches are lame but because he's so good that I know he's gonna win

[@HistoryFacts5]

All the commenta are just people shouting first!

[@GuruEvi]

Ooh, bad engagement for the Zerg, ooh, bad engagement for the Zerg, Serral just lost everything - builds zergling/baneling - gg

[@Kisosen]

He used amazing micro with those broodlords and lost almost none of them for a very long time...

[@mehmetokutan9327]

terran OP ?

[@farizfansuri495]

1st stage defend,mid game defend,3rd stage broodlord,baneling, A move. Easy win.

[@pigenator5814]

Mm yes, A-Move is exactly what happened this game.

[@farizfansuri495]

@Ignasle nah mate,im just joking. We know how good is Serral is.

[@babylebron6119]

ZERG JUST OP

[@chrispham6599]

No they're not!

[@rainwater6007]

OP for Serral yes, everyone else no.

[@chrispham6599]

I'm sick of this "this race is too op". No, my dude! You're just fucking shit at the game. Brood Lords aren't OP as they can be countered with air. Of course, you can easily throw in some corruptors or some hydras to counter that. Then again, the other player threw the game

[@rainwater6007]

@@chrispham6599 True! Like the other races, Zerg has major flaws that can be exploited. Zerg has weak late game units and needs to be up 1-2 bases on their Terran or Protoss opponents to even have a chance.

[@babylebron6119]

@@chrispham6599 chill dude, your heart!!!

[@jonnhw]

terran with 25 workers and no bank vs a 60 worker zerg with 14k resource bank and still manages to turtles for ages. yup terran seems balanced

[@F4c2a]

yeah it's ridiculous how workers don't seem to matter to terran. Also casters asked are broodlords bad, yup they are but what else you gonna build? paperlisks lol? Zerg end-game units suck. Serral did 30min of absolutely ridiculous back and forth spellcasting micro in this game and still was hard pressed to win. Meanwhile terran has ghosts, battlecruisers, thors, all friggin amazing end game units. Only good late game unit for zerg is a corrupter lol

[@Whalery]

@@F4c2a And you still don't want to build too many corruptors anyway

[@Tonius126]

Yep as Terran player battling these cladder Zerg mains, I can atest. What Dark, Serral etc could do is very dificult to replicate in the ladder. Though, if these pro Zerg player keep winning, means more nerfs to the race so good for me as a terran player. Lol Terran ftw!

[@jobertuy2130]

Nah, Zerg was just playing safe

[@F4c2a]

@@jobertuy2130 playing safe? when he needed to remax after finally committing to a push? yeah didn't look like playing safe.

[@moileung]

Heheheheh, to the unbelievers, told yah gglords and winfestors is still a thing.

[@jasonroberts2010]

the cutting forward is horrible

[@thomasdosljak3358]

4th

[@louistrinh3608]

If only tanks don’t have friendly fire

[@vio1583]

zerg is broken

[@dukerambomanmemegod8280]

boi first B)

[@phunkym8]

there is really nothing more embarassing than suiciding marines for 20 minutes and still lose

[@korncows1]

Plz thumbs up if u appreciated this too- id like to know how many actuslly watch the game thru...20:15 cheekyness is the best part of this game. Chekc it out. Such a tiny easy thing yet i never woulda had the ability to thinknto do it in the heat of battle. Guy seriously is a pro. He's what Eminem is to rap. He is what tesla is to electricity. He is what the kardashians are to stupid.

[@SauceSquad_]

Zerg is broken smh

[@darkone12491]

1 player makes broodlords work 1 time by not using any of the 90 counters to them must be OP. You must work for blizzard.

[@melris6655]

@@darkone12491 did you actually watch the video or just comment without bothering?

[@Tonius126]

Terran with 25 workers vs Zerg with 60 workers and 14k bank. Terran was still able to hold for half the game. Though if people keep complaining, zerg is going to be nerfed even more, so good for me as a ladder terran player since not every Zerg is a serral. Lol Terran ftw!

[@melris6655]

@@Tonius126 Its as if having over double the workers uses up supply and you shouldn't have that many with a 14k bank

[@tigera6]

@@Tonius126 Somehow you mistaken that 14k banks give you more army supply. A bigger bank means shit if you are not trading against the opponent army, and it would only show the advatage AFTER Zerg is remax while Terran base is dried. Serral has the bigger bank, but he was unwilling to trade inefficient into Terran army. Instead he went with the more efficient units, which take MORE time to build up and switch to. Stop saying its OP when you dont know SHIT about the game.

[@Ericwong2ooo]

Feardragon always ruining games with his horrible casting.

[@chrisswanson4422]

With a name that would a 14 year old cringe. I hate having to hear this guy's shitty commentating.

[@Laneous14]

Isn't the title redundant? Every high level zerg goes mass brood lords in late game.

[@N0noy1989]

their broods usually get wiped though and they win with the transition to ground. very rare that broods are the ones that end the game given the tons of nerf because of Serral. Now Serral is back to get Zerg more nerfs

[@legatos2128]

I watch really much Sc2 Pro- Replays and in my opinion Lurker tech dominates the late game for the most of the toptier zergs.

[@Dman40000]

Wow, Zerg plays worse and wins with free units and OP lategame what a shocker

[@rainwater6007]

Salty Protoss silver leaguer

[@Dman40000]

@@rainwater6007 thanks D2 Zerg

[@legatos2128]

Tell me: Where was a big missplay by Serral? I cant see a really bad play out of him. These are the Godz of the Game! Byun didnt Haras him at the mid-late Game. Serral got free mining for so long. There is no reason for me that Byun can win this. He holds very very good but in the end it would be ridiculous if he wins.

[@Elimenator89]

brood lords absolutely useless almost every game i watch with broodlords is see them win the game

[@ericbetterman9220]

I'm always bored when I watch Serral play... Need more Maxpax

[@jobertuy2130]

U could have insane micro And still lose to infestors + Broodlord combo Zerg is broken

[@m.helazior9932]

He was dead before

[@F4c2a]

insane micro? buyn sat still with his ghosts while his tanks killed his own units. Wow much skill. Meanwhile serral is pushing with spores, casting fungals, stutter stepping with broods, healing with queens and using vipers while also flanking with banes and zerglings. WTF you mean BUYN had insane micro?

[@yemen242]

if only this kid knows how to play zerg lol

[@cousinpatsey2471]

If anything Serral had more impressive micro towards the end. Stutter stepping Infestors and Broodlords, keeping Vipers safe/useful, and transfusing, all while having to keep up the hydra/ling harassment and the injections. The real problem is that the tanks stayed sieged for so long after broods were shown. He kept killing ghosts through friendly fire.

[@jobertuy2130]

@@F4c2a U did watch the game right? he was showing his micro skills multiple times. too bad he cant micro while being fungaled and dodging the sheer numbers of lings,banes, and broodlings

[@alex4ucj]

This game is stupid and imbalanced, is like Zerg 9-10 auxiliaries, Terran and Protoss struggling to have 4-5.

[@SirChocula]

Pretty much. You say Zerg OP then all the zergie boys come out to defend their race even though it's something the entire community have known for years.

[@alex4ucj]

@@SirChocula I'm a Zergie boy and I even can admit this is imba as hell, I switched back to Warcraft 3 which is more balanced even with 4 races and even after lots of drastic buffs and nerfs.

[@yourfavoritetrader1496]

Broken zerg wins again.

[@rainwater6007]

Salty silver league Terrans 😂

[@Namyh0011]

afford apm? who is this caster jesus

[@maxbrotman6951]

Wym? It makes perfect sense

[@andrasfauszt1693]

In high level SC the APM is one of the most crucial resource that they have to manage. This is why runbys are so powerful. They take lot less attention to set up, than to defend them. Its a good way to tax the opponents APM before or during a critical fight.

[@cousinpatsey2471]

It's a weird term the first time you hear it, but it's actually the best way to describe it. Players all have only so many APM they can make, and they have to figure out how they spend them. You can only "afford" so many actions in any given minute.

[@utewbd]

Nerf zerg. If this comment butthurts you, you know you're a scrubby zerg player and I'm right. Good day.

[@rainwater6007]

Serral is the best player in the world and plays with like 600 APM. Serral is not a fair representation of the balance of Zerg.

[@utewbd]

@@rainwater6007 What about zerg being over represented in ladder?

[@rainwater6007]

@@utewbd What league are you in? Diamond league is pretty balanced in race selection.

[@rainwater6007]

@@utewbd Also popularity doesn't equal being OP

[@utewbd]

@@rainwater6007 higher win rate and popularity in higher ranks does