Serral's Sneaky Infestor Strategy - Starcraft 2: Serral vs. Clem

Highlights of another amazing series between Serral & Clem, both players with excellent micro.
Match: Serral vs. Clem
Tournament: ESL Pro Tour - Atlanta 2022
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[@carll02alire]

The pace on first game is so insane.

[@oldfrend]

**SO** insane goddamn

[@ThongTran]

can't breath

[@yunfanfan9452]

We don't even have time to look at all the fights happening at different places simultaneously, how did these two players consistently do multi-pronged fights while macroing! Just amazing. Best in the world no doubt.

[@iambrett333]

terrifying to see Serral get picked apart like this

[@waterzoip]

widow mines and ghosts is why I don't want to play the game again ^^"

[@atrozzorta9602]

@@waterzoip Exactly this. As Zerg vs Terran you need to take them out before they get to ghosts because ghosts just destroy everything late game Zerg can produce.

[@AliceLiFuTay]

@@atrozzorta9602 fr. I don't wanna come onto these videos complaining about balance, but when zerg was dominating like terran is now, they nerfed broodlords, then infestors, then banelings, then queens....

[@notrather5514]

@@atrozzorta9602 Yeah and also I dont evn understand the concept of widow mines. I dont understand why blizzard decided to make new units as they did: banelings that can shoot air, has range and can reload and is invisible (for ALMOST THE SAME PRICE), and disruptors are something similar as well. As a zerg main I also detest Lurkers because they are just a weird siege tank. And why is zerg the only one with 2 spellcasters that are reliant on one another? I am trying lategame zerg and I realsied that its only works when I have both casters but its too much controll for my 3000 mmr mind. I dont say that they should get nerfed but it is defenetly not a fair thing.

[@Wabbelpaddel]

@@atrozzorta9602 Sorry, I couldn't hear you from all the vipers slurping hatches. Life must be tough when you are the fusion of pudge from Dota 2, science vessel AND defiler, right?

[@selimcelik3494]

That first game was insanely high level.

[@jimwang17]

Not sure if you read my previous comment but thank you for not spoiling the results in the title!

[@SC2HL]

I didn’t! But usually the title doesn’t indicate who wins. Try to keep it random so you won’t know before you watch

[@benjaminantal716]

@@SC2HL I just want you to know how very much your titles are appreciated!

[@edwin8549]

6:26 the second mine saving the ghosts was like "where you go?"

[@Sir_Tomoyuki]

Those matches were intense! I thought Serral's Infestor at the end would do something because of the title of your video, but a well-timed scan from Clem shut it down.

[@jmguezz3789]

Serral, Reynor and Clem are all on a whole class of their own. It's crazy how they dominate the EU scene..

[@vy1585]

8 ghost 10 marine death squad strike forces are so brutal when you can micro 3 of them at once

[@blue-phoenix115]

Wow! Never seen an Evo block against the Hellions like that.

[@winterfell9990]

12:24 Serral read that situation amazingly. He saw that the creep was receding and took a bet that clem wasnt looking.

[@GotEmAll1337]

Not that it matters. One engagement where Serral has to watch like a fucking hawk just to get the value of literally one set-and-forget widOP mine. Fucking trash game.

[@yuvl32]

10:40 that swarm host is providing moral support, I’m guessing?

[@Santisima_Trinidad]

Tis a Dog whistle swarm host. All zergs build them when they have been mentally broken by there opponent, Bassically just says "i don't have any mental capacity left, so long as my opponent does anything i will be unable to respond in anything approaching an intelligent manner".

[@SkyFireYZ]

It happens when you missclick while trying to build vipers

[@iLoveLamp222]

god those widow mines just chipped away at him way too much

[@lordbry470]

Fascinating game. Makes me wonder if these two are aliens with 4 hands playing video games

[@wicem4]

and 2 to 3 screens too...

[@icantwait]

Terran: Build mines.

[@GotEmAll1337]

= win.

[@ep103103]

Serral GGs so early these days, its wild.

[@Mike-oz4cv]

Because he knows when he’s lost.

[@Mike-oz4cv]

@@nonombre8589 IMHO it’s just boring (or even disrespectful) when players keep on struggling until their last building is destroyed. Some players like Maru are capable of almost impossible comebacks (maybe because he plays Terran) but I trust Serral to know what he’s doing.

[@scottevensen2615]

I need a break after that first 11 minutes 😵 Insane!

[@oldfrend]

fr i paused and scrolled down the comments for a bit. bout to go back in. pray for me =(

[@scottevensen2615]

grab a coffee?

[@commandermilander4674]

The fact that Clem is as good as he is for how young he is will never not blow my mind.

[@kathorsees]

Honestly, it was blowing my mind too - until I learned that Clem is actually 20 years old. For comparison, Reynor is also 20 - and Serral is 24. Which means that Serral was also around 20 in 2018, when he really blew up. So now my mind is blown by how Clem looks like he's 12 despite being 20.

[@commandermilander4674]

@@kathorsees yeah but not trying to take anything away from either of them, Reynor & Serral, but clem is just a menace too. I knew Reynor was around same age but you are right he grew up xD

[@TheyForcedMyHandLE]

These guys are playing out of their minds.

[@felipezurita2476]

serral has an overmind on each finger omg+

[@Wabbelpaddel]

He IS the overmind! Let's name him the King of Blades.

[@nabusvco]

The funny ghost snipe every time

[@GotEmAll1337]

6:25 brilliant infestor play, hard-countered by ONE single widOP mine no-brain no-micro 1-shotting like fucking 15 banelings. #BlizzBalance TM

[@0_Body]

How do you have storms without Protos? Both players move as fast as lightning

[@aloe7794]

the pace of the first game was quite shocking to be honest

[@rakgitarmen]

Yet another TvZ. So I guess Protoss went extinct at top level at this stage.

[@FamSisher]

Very clean professional casting, love it.

[@ivancolesnic]

Widow mine is the real MVP.

[@ktflash7583]

Yes ofc haha mines are the best counterpart for Banelings

[@GotEmAll1337]

check your spelling my friend, it's widOP mine.

[@raphaelantoine7331]

0:55 INSAENE 4 evo chambers

[@AloneSoul666]

I quit watching the minute I watched the ghosts pick off the ultras with snipes. Please nerf this spell. It sucks, it's boring, it's overpowered, it's a crutch.

[@atrozzorta9602]

Agreed. Zerg is on such a timer against Terran. If Terran makes it to ghosts it's gg. Clem won three games and lost one game in this series. The 3 that he won was after he got to ghosts, the one that he lost was before he made it to ghosts. If that doesn't scream crutch I don't know what does.

[@AloneSoul666]

@@atrozzorta9602 Right? If they want to make this match-up fair, they'd have to give the infester back it's infested marine. THAT might be fun to watch. 2 broken-ass spells fighting for dominance.

[@qcdoomqc]

@@AloneSoul666 lmao, let's completely ignore absolutely everything else that happened during the game and boil it down to "ghosts = win". In all the games he won, he took a considerable advantage early on by out-playing Z with shear APM and game sense. I'm sorry, there is one series Zerg didn't win, let's nerf everything that isn't Zerg now, right guys? Zerg entitlement is something else lmao

[@GotEmAll1337]

What else would you expect from a race that also has ranged, cloaked, auto-targeting (to include air), MUCH higher damage, re-usable banelings (i.e. widOP mines)? Obviously Terran is broken.

[@bawad01]

Truly world class gameplay from both.

[@muhammadzinc5228]

Winner of Serral vs. Clem: Imba Widow Mines

[@qcdoomqc]

Of course, let's not give Clem, the Terran with the highest APM in the whole fucking world, any shred of credit. You Zerg players are funny, Zergs have been winning everything for like 5 years and the second they lose you cry for imbalance. Zerg entitlement is absolutely crazy. Imagine how the Toss players feel lmao only Zest managed to win a few tourneys.

[@muhammadzinc5228]

@@qcdoomqc i'm a Terran player myself and I still believe Widow Mines and Ghosts are straight up broken.

[@qcdoomqc]

@@muhammadzinc5228 the issue lies with ling/banes. Can’t touch widow mines if ling/bane spam is left unchecked. There is a reason the only two Terrans in the world able to beat Zerg at the highest level rely on Widow mines, there is no stopping ling/bane spam without it. I don’t like that meta either but what can you do… Get rid of widow mines, halve the speed of the bane speed upgrade and maybe nerf queens just a bit so Z has to make actual units to defend so they can’t just drone to 90 and then spam you with lings and maybe we would have something. As for Ghosts, they would need to change some of the spellcasters from the other races otherwise we simply could not compete late game but I agree that ghosts being such a crutch is kind of cringe. I really don’t like the current meta and it’s why I’ve stepped away from sc2… Disruptors is also a crutch unit that I really don’t think is healthy for the meta… too big a reward for such little risk while the opponent (be it Z or T) can lose their entire army for looking away for just one second. It happens to pros, imagine how it is for us masters and diamonds…

[@GotEmAll1337]

@@muhammadzinc5228 you're one of the few who can be honest, thank you.

[@ElGranPanda]

Beautiful games all of them

[@liuzeyuan]

i have not seen serral lose in a while. alto last game he almost made a comeback, overall, clem played better in this series. clem wow very impressive

[@V3x0r]

I haven't seen Serral get bullied like that in a long time.

[@bankaiiibankaaa4573]

I love Clem, he is pushing his skill beyond what human is capable FOR. On the other hand Serral, he is using God mode cheat.

[@user-po3kk5fz3j]

going no tanks bio medivac mines ghosts is just so good.

[@atrozzorta9602]

How anyone can watch this series and think Ghosts aren't broken is beyond me. Game 1 Clem gets to ghosts and wins. Game 2 Clem gets to ghosts and wins. Game 3 Clem doesn't get to ghosts and loses. Game 4 Clem gets to ghosts and wins. Sadly this is the state of ZvT, if Zerg can't beat Terran before they get to ghosts then they lose. Zerg is on a clock against Terran because ghosts are so stupidly overpowered against Zerg.

[@escanor790]

I'm with ya. Ghosts are OP. I'm hopeful blizz will understand and patch soon. 🤞

[@qcdoomqc]

Imagine being this much of an idiot. Zerg pros win against Terran like 80% of times right now, only Clem and Maru are able to make it a decent matchup. If they nerf Ghosts or mines, they need to nerf banelings. Zs are already winning 80% of TvZ by A-moving ling/banes, can you imagine without mines?

[@atrozzorta9602]

@@qcdoomqc lol someone is a bit angry.

[@kennethjohndatoy3141]

2nd game spectator: GG! me watching: HUH??

[@austin702]

Why does it look like the footage has been sped up?

[@1412dante]

well time scan for Clem, otherwise the tables could have turn

[@Yeest540]

This channel is great and I've been watching for some time. Is it possible to add some "dead time" after the video as to not give away who going to win?

[@fatmilf1498]

That backfired horribly

[@aimedshadez101]

Clem was playing out of his mind I'm the first match. I could barely keep up with the commentary let alone everything that was happening on the map

[@tuck295q]

Serral really has the early mid harass timing. You have to have 4 hands though😅

[@NevskiyVladislav]

Клем красавчик. Очень быстрый пацанчик!👍

[@Lost7one]

in game 2 caster says it is looking terrible for clem, catz corrects him and says no it looks fantastic, short after Serral GGs

[@shaunkiyabu2707]

So lets make zerg the macro race with speed units…oh wait lets gove terrans reactors and hella move speed with stim… seems like terrans are balanced…

[@CodeUrban]

What tourny was this from?

[@tholos2758]

So many infestors paying the ultimate price for trying to be sneaky

[@Metaspace2]

First! I thought I'd never be dumb enough to post that

[@pudim6809]

I, uhhh, second that.

[@PeterRudesindus]

6:25 all the banes got hit by the mines before doing any real dmg

[@GotEmAll1337]

FYI this is the case with the vast majority of widOP mines. This game is fucking trash.

[@PeterRudesindus]

@@GotEmAll1337 The real problem I see in the game is protoss as a whole just being a joke. You CAN outplay wido mines, but with toss it feels like there is almost a hard cap on what they can do with end game units. Every time I spell spam toss as zerg and win I feel bad because it feels like there is nothing they could have done to avoid that. Give the toss mothership a viper pull ability or something to prevent them from just dying a slow death...

[@nickcole6682]

I see a pattern in this series and the Clem vs Reynor. Zerg can hold their own, until Widow Mines are backed up by Ghosts. Then nearly every Zerg I watch now is set to lose the game. The Mines deal with Ling Bane perfectly, and then any anti- Mine unit like Lurker, or Broodlord, or in fact any other unit at all, is destroyed the the Ghosts. I don't know if they will change anything, but I know Zergs don't really want to play vs Terran at the moment. Every game is the same. Terran turtles until they have enough Ghosts, Mines, Turrets and Libs, and then Zerg trades out all their resources and dies. It is interesting the first few times you watch it. And then it becomes repetitive and predictable. Anyway, that is not Clem's fault. He played really well. But it is funny to see players as good as Reynor and Serral have literally no solution to the Terran BioMine Ghost Lib strat. If they have no chance, what about the rest of the Zergs?

[@escanor790]

Agreed. I've not lost a TvZ and none of my zerg friends have beaten terrans since LOTV. Really messed up.

[@escanor790]

Love to see terran skill shine!

[@GotEmAll1337]

*skill = use of a broken unit (i.e. widOP mines)

[@asaf-vm6pm]

Who?! Who doesn’t want to wear the ribbon?!?

[@rieshishgarmee5046]

Were do i go to watch this? Other than here witch are just highlights

[@SC2HL]

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[@wolfclaw3812]

Bio with mines is awesome yo

[@GotEmAll1337]

you spelled "overpowered" wrong.

[@GotEmAll1337]

*Friendly reminder* WidOP mines are broken. That is all.

[@infojaviernova]

Impresionante...

[@nealliu1746]

is that reynor narrating?

[@Santisima_Trinidad]

And in the second game we see a characteristic serral early GG. Well, "early", he wasn't in a good position, but he was potentially in a playable one. Opposite of maru, who taps out 5 minutes after being defeated.

[@whiteegger2565]

Yes that's what I think of serral as well. He's been doing that for 2 years already. There were games that he was in terrible position but still far from defeats but he tapped out. I really hate it. He believes too well that his opponent won't be making mistakes and give him a comeback.

[@Santisima_Trinidad]

@@whiteegger2565 true. There is certainly a skill in it, recognising when you are very far behind is far from intuitive, but it's kinda bad practice. Course, zerg is very much a "get ahead, stay ahead, win" race, unlike terran which can very happily be behind for bassically the entire match, but simply be efficient enough that they win primarily through attrition.

[@whiteegger2565]

@@Santisima_Trinidad There's no such thing as "Zerg can't win if behind". Every race can get a comeback from one single good engagement. What if his opponent makes a mistake and throws 20 ghosts? What if a huge banelings connect? What if you did a great runby while all these happens? SC2 is a really punishing game and tapping out when you still have a chance of coming back isnt a good practice.

[@Santisima_Trinidad]

@@whiteegger2565 your not wrong, but zerg really needs the opponent to feck up extremely badly in order to win from behind, because it's not a race which is meant to win from behind, it's meant to win from ahead. And relying on your opponent to feck up isn't really a good idea, unless the opponent is zerg, all of whom are legally obligated to throw at least 1 maxxed out army per game into your strongest defensive position. It's still bad practice to tap out as early as serral often does, but for zerg it's more understandable because they aren't good at winning from behind, in comparison to protoss or terran.

[@whiteegger2565]

@@Santisima_Trinidad Every game you win is because your opponent fuck up more than you do, that's the point. No one plays perfectly every time. There are plenty of games where zerg wins from behind, from serral himself as well. So I disagree. It is understandable when you tapped out in an unwinnable situation, but serral does it too early too many times and it doesn't matter his race. Rogue doesn't do it, dark doesn't, reynor doesn't. It's a bad practice.

[@Supersmallpig]

用野路子從頭打到尾懟死Serral 不愧系clem還是那麼有創意。沒看視頻之前還在想吊打Maru噶Serral，clem抗得住麼。結果從頭到尾Clem完全不跟你用坦克 哈哈

[@MegaBertz1]

gg clem best terran!

[@lightarmor753]

WOW

[@sangh.m611]

Clem is Zerg killer

[@MDRB_PLN]

Zerg losing, happiness

[@Arhatu]

Serral tamed!

[@PyuckYiu]

Jesus Christ. This guys don't know how to micro the lings... LOL! he sacrifice the lings to get the widow mine to proc LOL!

[@bradebronson8835]

Clem always beats zerg players.

[@glados4765]

Terran won once they get 7+ orbitals.

[@JustMe-ug2cz]

I would love if Catz cut his commentary down by 20%, or so, to leave a bit of white space for the actual game play.

[@Scawtsauce]

you should have used uthermals casting of this game much better than these low MMR casters

[@tgxilyaork9719]

First: Clem vs Serral? INSTANT MAST WATCH 2nd: sorry guys but... Serrall with 1k minerals on a 150 supply... when clem got more? I don't get it

[@MrChaoticKira]

got to love ghost 1 stop fix everything SC2 is so unbalanced it make its crap to watch and there not doing anything to fix this game anymore

[@somebody1828]

The commentators are so bad that I may have catched ear cancer. Imagine a world without filler words!

[@darthvocrum5719]

why is bin laden commenting these games lmao