Serral Shows The Strongest StarCraft 2 Strategy I've Ever Seen.

[@griefgaming2787]

First game was a master-class. Why Serral is the number 1 Zerg. Didn't lose 1 drone.

[@wedgeantilles8575]

The first game is a perfect reflection of balance right now: Serral outplays him starting from minute 1. And continues to do throughout the complete game. All the game Serral is dominating 100%. And it takes him 30!!! minutes to actually win the game.

[@Twiixq]

@@wedgeantilles8575 Well first Serral is not an "in your face" player, as winter said at the beggining, someone like rogue, reynor or shin would have finished this game earlier probably. Second Spirit just played a good old Turtle Terran. With a marines/medivac style he would have lost earlier aswell.

[@nfzeta128]

@@Twiixq the point is you shouldn't need to be an 'in your face' player on the level of rogue or dark in terms of finishing to end a game you're dominating so hard.

[@teddanville6996]

@@wedgeantilles8575 it doesn't matter if it take you 30 mins or 5 mins, a win is a win. I would argue that with how good Serral is in the late game, dragging the game to late game is more safe than trying to all in a Terran with roach ravager. It's also a psychological warfare as well. The more Terran players realized they cannot beat Serral in the late game, the more they try to finish the game early, which make them predictable.

[@Sorain1]

There's a point where Serral was basically farming Spirit for xp in that first game, good lord. A reminder of why this is the person sitting on top. Yeah, he makes mistakes, but he makes so few of them that he can afford them. That second game really did hinge on that lost tank, in terms of momentum. One thing I appreciate from Winter here is the filler, sometimes things are just going forward without much to commentate on, and that's where I appreciate Winter the most. (That and the running gags with the Queens remains fun all the time.) Serral absolutely earning that sweep.

[@thelunaticco9320]

11:50 Serral saw those defense cruisers jump in and placed a nidas knowing that spirit would send them to kill it when it screamed, letting the corrupters he moved there easily pick them off. This serral guy is pretty good...

[@Vidrigsson]

Yeah he might become something....

[@ozymondiasthehub5925]

Seems like a rising underdog 😮

[@getoffthegames89]

One day he might be the best

[@hreskayra]

38:32 "Losing almost a King Henry of Queens"

[@davidstud3952]

Wow that first game, Serral always 2 steps ahead, never seen that displayed so clearly

[@Vidrigsson]

Can you imagine being in the top 10 of the world and feeling like a bronze hero playing him?

[@davidstud3952]

@@Vidrigsson haha, exactly what I thought 😁😁

[@nathanbennett1735]

That scout on the fusion core was a pivotal moment. I wonder if the overlord placement was precisely for that

[@theghost8914]

@@nathanbennett1735 i wouldnt say precisely for that i think its more of he knows thats the best spot for value and this time it paid off far more then normal. either way it was an absolutely devastating play. and then he follows up the next game with that momentum. spirit didnt even get to fight back until game 3

[@wedgeantilles8575]

And despite outplaying Spirit since minute 1 it takes him 30 minutes to actually win the game. That says everything you need to know about balance in SC.

[@ChrisPinnell-h4p]

20:27 serral uses the nydus as a force field to trap the Thor in the sim city

[@T3hSill3h]

When there is a best of 5 where game 1 is half of everything... chef's kiss.

[@ThusISpake]

16:00 "So even Serral makes mistakes... Like using microbial shroud at any point." 😂😂 Game 1 is Serral outplaying terran from minute 1 and terran still dragging it on for 20 minutes.

[@BingChilingEnjoyer]

Do you use 2 accounts to spam this? 😂

[@toolarmy4life]

Earned a sub from someone totally not planning on even watching StarCraft but your commentary sold me. Keep it up brotha

[@Regunes]

Insane how on top of his game Serral was for this first game.

[@wedgeantilles8575]

The first game is a perfect reflection of balance right now: Serral outplays him starting from minute 1. And continues to do throughout the complete game. All the game Serral is dominating 100%. And it takes him 30!!! minutes to actually win the game.

[@altonito777]

yea but he's playing with his food a bit, making his lead bigger and bigger to make sure he eventually wins and respecting the terran army

[@c0461-e1s]

@@altonito777 no you don't get it, if i win a battle i should win the war instantly as zerg

[@benismann]

@@altonito777 it still took a bit too long...

[@adamgeier1313]

Thanks for the excellent casting, Winter!!

[@jimmyha1898]

Poor mootalisk didn't make it into the thumbnail 😢

[@okachobe1]

that spire though!

[@altonito777]

Wait what ?!?! Did you guy saw what just happened ?? 50:50 winter not saying sorry after the queen roleplay ! That's ILLEGAL

[@Cellus5000]

Whats interesting is that I've been in serral's game 1 position (relative to my own skill obv) and I can almost never close out a game as end game zerg, it feels like so much work, so many moving parts and if you forget your inject cycle right as you trade large sums of your army you just die

[@altonito777]

stack injects ! (especially before a fight)

[@benismann]

spam hatches/queue injects. I forget to do this all the time, but it does help a lot

[@SilverSidedSquirrel]

I want to see what the Kill Count was for that Company of Swarm Hosts

[@abdirivaldi3516]

Terran council after watching serral be like "we should nerf drone, now drone cost 200 mineral" 😂

[@johningles1098]

yeah, spirit should have been able to survive 40 minutes instead of 30 in a game where he's being outmined the entire time

[@mariusz7238]

​@@johningles1098 Spirit is a weak player bro and typical Zerg is not Serral.

[@TysonJensen]

@@mariusz7238 That's not how the Terran Balance Council will see it. Any time Terran dies in less than 3 hours surely someone not Terran needs a nerf.

[@ozymondiasthehub5925]

And to compensate, we're increasing Microbial Shroud duration by 0.01 seconds! (We're tone deaf)

[@seese9456]

terrans aren't b¡tchy and whiny zerg players 😂 if you want proof just view the comments when Clem beat Serral in the grand finals of the EWC

[@stalwart56k]

45:32 If it wasn't for large hit boxes, none of us would have been born ;) ^_^

[@justincooper478]

Not a single drone was lost by Serral throughout that 29 minute game

[@andywang1160]

24:08 The line here made me LOL'ed I subscribed after that. I think you are way funnier than Lowko man. LOL

[@natecw4164]

Ohhhhh man, if you're new to Winter casting, you're in for a treat!!

[@jeffseifert4820]

commenting not just for the algorithm, but to let you know you're awesome Winter. Merry Christmas!!

[@OnigoroshiZero]

That first game was hilarious. Serral was completely dominating the game non-stop for 15-17 minutes straight, and never took any kind of damage (he did not lose a single drone in the entire game) except a few minor army losses in the last few minutes, and yet he was still unable to close the game at any point during that time... Managing to lose as a Terran against Zerg requires some kind of hidden skill. It should at least unlock some achievement for every Terran pro that manages to lose vs a Zerg at this point.

[@nullgeodesic9423]

It's annoying that turtle terran can survive for 20+ minutes while having half the bases, losing every fight, and being outplayed across the board. Plus if Serral messes up a single engagement, the terran mech deathball can win the game, while losing fights for terran just means retreat to planetaries and try again in 2 minutes. For a patch that was supposed to encourage more active playstyles, it sure has turned into a turtle fiesta

[@antearesgamer]

@@nullgeodesic9423 serrall f'd around and still dominated...he wasn't taking game 1 seriously he was having a bit of fun...that's why he built swarm hosts...zerg is not 'muh pooorh'

[@silverpro8356]

Dude i been saying it all along zerg is hardest race to play and win with and terran needs a nerf its honestly rediculous they can hide behind planetary fortresses and do nothing all game then just push out and win.

[@nfzeta128]

@@antearesgamer only at the end you could consider anything he did not a necessary strategy and even the end you could say that. He wasn't f'ing around he was purposely advance countering everything Spirit did.

[@frysebox1]

mmmm stinky zerg main tears

[@FBGshouldveducked]

MY MOTHER FITS JUST FINE ON NEON VIOLET SQUARE THANK YOU

[@Nuggetheadification]

Merry christmas Winter! Know that I don't always watch sc2 anymore these days, but when I do, I find myself tuning into your casts, wp!

[@zsoltnagy3991]

"Units which have larger hitboxes: Thors, your mother, Ultralisks..." 🤣

[@ebn__]

Out of all the best games of this year, this is the best one.

[@jamessteele7010]

great cast and great games. knowing is half the battle, and it really showed in these games.

[@gabydewilde]

surpising to see such progress in his zerg build

[@andywang1160]

1st game feels like Blizzard show casing Zerg is the best new race.

[@DavidPage-u7x]

It seems Clem is the only person on the planet who can beat Serral.

[@AKAsubtor]

Gotta love seeing Terrans getting shredded.

[@silverpro8356]

It's annoying that turtle terran can survive for 20+ minutes while having half the bases, losing every fight, and being outplayed across the board. Plus if Serral messes up a single engagement, the terran mech deathball can win the game, while losing fights for terran just means retreat to planetaries and try again in 2 minutes. For a patch that was supposed to encourage more active playstyles, it sure has turned into a turtle fiesta.

[@BingChilingEnjoyer]

That's...ironic? Since you can beat the zerg in your base, and before you counterattack, he's back to full army.

[@mavser1911]

@@BingChilingEnjoyer yeah if only almost every single terran build didn't have a ton of reactors stacked so it rebuilds pretty much like a zerg does...

[@BingChilingEnjoyer]

​@@mavser1911true, but that's both a big investment and not supporting a complete army; you might mass marines, but will still take same time for marauders and ghosts. Maybe it works well anti air (vikings), but on ground, I don't think it's comparable to zerg.

[@2639theboss]

@@BingChilingEnjoyer Bro it's 50 50. It's basically a baneling. Protoss would go bonkers if they could spend 50 50 and double their warpgate production. Zerg would probably be broken even if you just let them apply that upgrade to doubling a single larvae recharge.

[@benismann]

​@@2639theboss i think he's talking about production buildings being an investment. Which is true in a way, that's why u dont see much mech, it's just too vulnerable early on. Except for rax, since rax are mineral only and are not that expensive at all.

[@KazekanAgiel]

“Things with bigger hit boxes… Thors, *your mother*, ultralisks…” Love the ease with which you dropped that “your mom” joke. 😂

[@IfritMiraZ]

Serral is so OP, such beautiful gameplay and outplays. The GOAT right there! Finally Zerg showing that they can do unto Terran what Terran’s have been doing, harassing and dismantling the Terrans. Man stopped the main army from attacking him in game 1

[@phlogistanjones2722]

Thank you for another fantastic cast. Always a pleasure. Peaceful Skies

[@sykes1024]

Why do we always have to 'smash' the like button. Can we not just take it out to dinner, show it a good time, and gently and tenderly depress the like button?

[@EndTide]

🤣

[@tuck295q]

Terran council sees this and need to buff MMM to beat al Zerg units.

[@JG-ti7id]

23:33 I can hear Serral in his head saying, "Stop hitting yourself. Stop hitting yourself." What a bully... tytyty Serral for doing this and Winter for bringing it to our attention! 24:05 "Then again he doesn't need to go to OH MY GAWD he has lings burrowed. Serral needs to stop smurphing in professional tournaments." CRYING LOL 27:27 P.S. That's what she said... (Viper is her name for Serral's hoohaa) Also, tytyty Serral for making my new year!!!!!!!!!!!!!! & Winter, I just realized i'm not even 50% of the video! 42:13 "It was too little" That's what she NEVER said about Serral 42:14 "It was too late" That's what she said after Serral was done

[@DedesFewscres]

Terrans: Nerf Zerg 😭😭😭😭😭😭 Zergs: Nerf Serral! 🤣🤣😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@natecw4164]

40:50 You know at least one of those SCVs debated getting up and going to work that day. ... tragic 😂

[@Supahsalami]

first game zero drone losses.... :O

[@H3llfire741]

what replay UI is that where it shows the hotkeys as well?

[@Sovieski13]

thank u Winter! great cast

[@100thMkey]

Of course the Overmind is going to Use every tool at his Disposal. "Awaken My Child, and Embrace the Glory that is Your Birthright"

[@FBGshouldveducked]

"The nuke did nothing." As seen on Queen Brenda's headstone

[@Eastman-Stuff]

i just dropped some mushrooms!! ....and now my day just got.. a .. little.. bit...better!!@

[@keep_walking_on_grass]

Saving his BCs with Tactical Jump. Toss has Recall. What has Zerg again to save Broodlords?

[@exterminans]

Infinite free units

[@butterstix1112]

This is a literal proof that Clem is just a different monster

[@theanti-hypemonitor9079]

this is like the first time in AGES ive seen a series casted by lowko earlier than winter.

[@gabrimc3871]

It's increíble how Serral manages every single zerg unit. First game IS a máster class. I wish to watch another game against Clem, Who IS 2 leagues above any other Terran .

[@gdept88]

Cyclones should have a different ground-only, auto attack that does 10-12 damage, with a slightly higher DPS than current, like a machine gun animation out of the front of the unit, and only use the missile battery as the casted ability. Drives me crazy seeing it shoot missiles as an auto attack.

[@cyrusmagnus]

Serral has gotten a lot better at letting people play a bit before he crushes them.

[@Utisvi]

7:15 Peas and their pods

[@EdwardHowton]

Kinda wonder how the game would change for Zerf if Scourge were brought back. Especially considering how weak to air Zerg seems to be.

[@benismann]

stop it with the grave robbing already. Those units are dead. Just change muta or smth it's not played much anyways.

[@artemirrlazaris7406]

So terran v zerg, if he had 8 vikings/ 16 supply, needs them to be on a mission of clean the skies. THis way, they double as eliminating the overlords vision and cna land and rapidly remove a nydus network, and cna deek out of coruptors also, making them ideal for front line patrol/ guarding of their vision on the maps. having a sensor tower would reveal any zerg unit that hsould be hunted down immediately. 4 vikings per nydus assualt/ swarm host, this also also helps remove locaust waves and you can move in and land on the swarm hosts, losing a couple vikings per swarm host is okayish, slightly large loss, but it removes the threat and its a costly investment, obviosuly you as terran have an army so you can still navigate the land and skies whilst its going on, as starcraft as no naval units... but that aside... vikings are optimal for teran defence, and turrets giving yoru vikings a place of refuge or bio ball for hitting against coruptors, but viking range is king of hte air, per speed and volley making the assault mech. Vikings are really the reborn goliath, that is better, think of it htis way viking is a mech unit. IT has the abiltiy to be land or air, giving it immunity against single layer type enemies. It has zero restrictions to hte places it can go, and it has bonus damage against mechnized units... has long range, and pacts increbilly powerful and mobile unit. However it comes across as a bit of a week unit, hp wise, but if used propery, of landing and taking off, I htink the layer switch is almsot instantly over the animation where as it was always to me felt like hours waiting for that damn thing ot trasnform so it doesn't die... vikings, are optimal with hte interplay against zerg, and optimal in the interplay in prism klling, banshes are better for elimainting worker lines... Over alll tanks and vikings, make em mobile... liberators can be good defence gainst swarm hosts because of their AIR splash damage, over thords, as you wnat ot not take any damage, so stopping htem from landing is key... thats my thoughts, vikings would be a better choice when inundated by nydus waves, and swarm host, more reactive and mobile nad it only takes 4 vikings per nydus ot effective move in land and remove and take off and clean up the skies of sneaky vision lords. or changelings... Changelings an annoying unit, I think one slight balance change to changelings is, if its scanned or by a turret, its a different colour in your mini map only, or simply changes back into the enemy colours but isn't attacked, simply its still has its steal capabiltiy, of walking around not getting hurt unless interreacted with, just making it easier to find and remove the spies... i don't know.

[@kraz007]

Serral literally breaking the internet

[@cathulionetharn5139]

Thank You Om nom nom

[@bothpinkysbroken]

Nice 👍

[@ruidasilvamartins]

Awesome ! =D

[@AADNinja]

This intro was the first time I've ever heard your keyboard

[@ozymondiasthehub5925]

Terran council next patch: - removes Overseers - removes Nydus Worms - decrease energy cost of Microbial Shroud by 0.1 (please use this ability)

[@piFFD513]

Decrease it by 0.1? So now it cost 74.9 instead of 75? Unless you worded it wrong

[@wedgeantilles8575]

@@piFFD513 Yeah, of course, then they can say: Hey, we buffed Zerg too. That's how they do it since a long time. Minor nerfs to a certain race while not touching it's overpowered stuff at all. And another race gets heavy nerf after heavy nerf - and some laughable buffs to "compensate". And since most players only count how many buffs and nerfs there are - while completly ignoring how major they are - the balance council gets away withit. Just look at the Hydra: Heavily nerfed the movementspeed. But "compensated" for that with an ability that last for what? 0,5 seconds? Or the disruptor: Slightly larger area - but now so little damage that it doesn't even kill Marauders any longer. (But "fun" fact: The damage nerf was done in a way, that it STILL ZEALOTS in friendly fire in TvP. So it doesn't kill the Terran units any longer, but because it does more damage vs shield Toss will still friendly fire any zealot caught in the blast.)

[@notredface2254]

4:17 couldnt say it any better

[@Inflatableorc]

Wow serral in game one looks so dominant!

[@zzasdfwas]

playing with his food

[@bladgier]

Can someone please explain to me why mech is being called battle mech? I mean is there any other instance where mech is not battle? Is there non battle mech?

[@jerel7416]

I think it's for battle (cruisers) + mech

[@TheHalogen131]

It's a leftover from the time, when Cyclones were a different unit, essentially a mechanical Marine. They had crazy fast attack speed and could hit air and ground (but they were stationary and didn't do that much damage). Battle Mech was a composition using these Cyclones, Banshees and Helions, a much more mobile army in comparison with Siege Tanks + Thors, which are usually associated with mech. It's just something the casters thought of, probably because it was a composition favoring quick skirmishes, rather than a prolonged push.

[@georgeromaniajr.2680]

4th ranked Terran? What about Gumiho?

[@Qaos2]

I watched this twice just because the punishment was that lovely

[@timothyallen3117]

"Spirit is the #4 Terran in the world" meanwhile Cure and Olivera :Well screw us I guess. 😂

[@bobscuttled3579]

it's somewhat horrifying to see Serral messing with anyone (even an actual amazingly skilled progamer)

[@TheHalogen131]

Let's face it. I like Spirit and I cheer for him because he is from my country, but he has no chance against Serral.

[@kenny_mc_cormick]

Zero drone deaths vs 160 SCVs is insane…

[@efegokselkisioglu8218]

Yep, that's Zerg alright

[@vhejem]

infestors are incredibly strong?

[@EuroG100]

Always astonishing how terran can lose 149 scv to 0 drones and the game is still like winnable for them

[@EGDekker]

Day 4 of pleading with Winter to move "The Maru" to be on a single line in his card mock-up.

[@ignasdaugela1780]

It's not that interesting to watch when you know who's gonna win even before you watch the first game.

[@haptalktv9322]

wouldn't u agree that oracles need a buff for late game. shouldn't the balance council give oracles permanent cloak upgradeable at the fleet beacon cloak and energy overcharge would be amazing

[@unborncookie9809]

Today, is still winter

[@uramalakia]

Death by a thousand cuts.

[@joey-pc9mx]

The slowest death animation......

[@paulbarteltii9998]

Added my like

[@SolSourceoflight-y7d]

so, the cannon hush you stopped last night got me thinking and it won me several ai games against the highest ai..... you took me to starcraft school...thanks teach...

[@fp6889]

Jimmy deserves a raise. Frankly he's a big draw.

[@andywang1160]

Feels like Serral is just doing challenges for himself. "Okay..... for next game.... the only combat units I am going to use next game are only tier 1 and 1.5 melee units and queen. Nothing else.....

[@ludo1764]

I'm doing my part!

[@mcdc9535]

doin' my part!

[@somaloll]

crazy how people complain about tvz balance when if clem wasnt playing serral would never lose

[@B1gLupu]

Watching that game, it seems like Serral was trying to... Kill his spirit ba-dum-tss 😅

[@brianberchiolli3448]

Another Amazing cast!! We love you Winter thanks for always giving us a daily dose of joy❤

[@aidanholden0]

the ladies are very civil today i am a fan, that's a nice corner

[@yakunins1-sx7ot]

I pushed like stright at 0:01

[@exploringtheisle3475]

Why no daily uploadels...ni video roday😢

[@auduneikli9862]

That first game gave me terran ptsd

[@Davinh70]

I want the HOA (Hatchery Owners Association) expanded univers to keep expanding until it is as big as yo mama!

[@ericeclifford]

Serrel is jujst on a diff level.

[@socrisarguese6573]

how he got 203 supply?

[@TysonJensen]

Zerg can cancel a building and get the drone back. So you start 3 buildings, build 3 supply of other stuff, then cancel the buildings.

[@mariusz7238]

You can turn drones into buildings, this makes your supply go down then cancel the building and supply goes up.

[@pietervanmuysen7441]

[@ruidasilvamartins]

Yeah !!!! =)

[@NightGC]

Aren't Oliveira, Cure and Gumiho better than Spirit?

[@waiora_wf]

Gave a sub to Brenda and Susan