StarCraft 2: Astrea's LATE GAME Cannon "Rush"!

Solar versus Astrea in a professional match of StarCraft 2. In this Zerg versus Protoss we see a game go the distance. Astrea executes some really cool moves by building a wall close to one of the outer Zerg bases and slowly shooting it down with Disruptors, High Templar and Oracles.
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[@Sprayer-px3tu]

so many probes walked into the zerg territory, I wanna see infestors parasiting them and the zerg starting to make toss units in a pro game.

[@jacobfaro9571]

Look up the Zerg mothership. He did a vid of that.

[@BartixShieldsmen]

@@jacobfaro9571 unfortunately no one seems to recognise JustMonika as a pro player which I think is an absolute crime, they could easily beat reynor and serral

[@Jukantos]

@@BartixShieldsmen JustMonika is an underrated hero

[@atharisgroholm8992]

If I remember correctly, back in WoL there were a couple of actual pro games where the zerg ended up getting a mothership.

[@thomaschesnay4217]

Back in sc1 with a dark archon you could take control of any unit, and the unit limit would go up to 600 when you had all 3 races...add carrier to battlecruiser and a swarm of guardian and Hydra...i managed to do it only once on bgh...so pleasant !

[@sciencetube4574]

The wall secured him one of the Zerg's bases, so he literally made the Zerg pay for it.

[@asddasdasdasdadsa]

Ohh so astrea keeps trumps promisses?

[@muffinmendy7327]

I WILL BUILD A WALL, AND THE ZERG WILL PAY FOR IT-trastrea

[@SomeGuy-ty7kr]

@@asddasdasdasdadsa So, what you're saying is, astrea is our next president? ;P

[@asddasdasdasdadsa]

@@SomeGuy-ty7kr your next President ;) and i think would be a better candidate than the Last 4 Mayor ones (okay Most Monkeys would be better than Biden Trump clienton or Harris).

[@br4dley]

@@asddasdasdasdadsa I think Trump didnt do too bad for you guys, he did fix your economy pre pandemic after all. i still remember obama who fucked it up asking trump if he had a magic wand to fix it as he didnt believe it could be done. Then after Trump fixed it Obama tried taking credit for it. You can say what you want about the tarrifs and trade wars trump did but it did help you way more than hurt you, your media just focused on the ones who it hurt.

[@Vaprous]

20:00 - Lowko you missed the part where Astrea started killing his own Zealots because he thought they were Changelings.

[@DreamyAileen]

Maybe he was trying to free up supply

[@Tom-yg7mi]

you sure? cant you kill changelings just with rightclick? why would he a-attack them if he thinks they were changelings?

[@kalo8524]

@@Tom-yg7mi you can't kill them with right-click

[@Spartsou]

@@kalo8524 you can, I'd say Astrea misclicked it

[@Vaprous]

@@DreamyAileen I am not so sure given the fact he kept supply open the whole game for zealot attacks. Also he literally started a Zealot run by with the ones he was warping in that survived just a few seconds after looking back to see he was killing his own units.

[@rocketraccoon546]

I randomly fell asleep on my couch today and dreamt that I visited Lowko at his house but he kicked me out after an hour cuz I didn’t speak Dutch and milo bit me. Not sure what to do now.

[@atrtsh]

Learn Dutch probably

[@Executioner9000]

"so rich he doesn't even have to pay taxes!" - ouch Lowko, ouch!

[@Daniel-rd6st]

"very creative bookkeeper!" :D

[@AnUnlikelyHero]

As if I needed a reason to like Lowko more haha

[@ChaoticNeutralMatt]

If only though :P

[@EdgarTheOnion]

WOW this match was insanely good ! Making the zerg invest on mass corruptors then switching to ground ranged forces at the last min to clean them up hoho big brain move !! very NICE!

[@Gardstyle35]

insanely good? doing nothing for hours?!

[@VetisEQ]

@@Gardstyle35 looked to me patience was the road to victory for protoss. Label it however you want to. Very methodical and intelligently played by the protoss player here.

[@Cyberpansy]

So good! Astrea really getting behind the idea that supply is the most precious resource in late game. Mass static defense and giant banks was so neat to see in practice, and watching both players walk the knife's edge of late game army control creates so much tension!

[@dietrichpriebe9279]

"They're good units, they're really quite nice in the late game". Lowko on ultralisks, 2021.

[@1un4cy]

Purification Nova on this map is like a super-trampoline.

[@pavel9652]

It is like going bowling with car bumpers 😂

[@morris_c0de463]

Alternative title: Astrea chokeholds Solar for 20 minutes until Solar passes out

[@goatmeal5241]

14:20 if anyone is trying to skip to the wall

[@nakurw2659]

Thx King

[@dietrichpriebe9279]

It was effective at preventing zerg migration. Outcome of the match, besides.

[@svanriakdogermont8123]

I am Mexican and I approve your wall jokes, I won’t be paying for them tho.

[@corvojow]

hahahahahaha

[@a-1pictures478]

😂😂

[@callonblub1833]

@@a-1pictures478 that jokes are realy fine, it jut getting messy if people not joking att all

[@psikogeek]

Build that wall! Build that wall! Zerg are vermin. Keep them out.

[@SZ-wb1qb]

@@psikogeek And after we build that wall, we are gonna take Mexico city(the zerg base)

[@asddasdasdasdadsa]

Why cant zerglings Attack Carriers at 2000 Atmosphere they should be able to swim to them and Attack them :/

[@CenJohan]

"Solar has just spent his bank." - Lowko, 2 minutes after solar was basically broke.

[@nar2130]

Lowko that was freaking AWESOME!! I love how Astrea literally reversed the winning late game meta on the Zerg and slow walked static d themselves!! Wow, what a match.

[@WebWingRecords]

The other reason Lowko missed why Astrea may have gone back to ground at the very end is that he needed to remax as quickly as possible otherwise his bank advantage would do him no good if he didn't have time to remax with it. Air army takes forever to rebuild but with that many gateways you can remax relatively quickly.

[@SolaufeinG]

Excellent cast of a very interesting game! Astrea was extremely patient and with a plan at the end. He didn't want more stargate units. Literally he sacrificed an entire, freakishly expensive army, the moment he realized Solar was broke. Solar paid for the wall after all. :D Which reminds me: brutal "American politics" jokes. Very well played Mr. Lowko!

[@Maugli42]

I love how Lowko is shocked literally every time he casts Astrea bc. at the half of the replay, he hears the Dva announcer :D

[@e7venjedi]

19:36 Imagine that! People actually using strategy in an RTS and not just yolo-ing a death ball and hoping for the best. I love it.

[@joseaca1010]

"WE NEED TO BUILD A WALL!" - Zeratul, probably

[@LoudWaffle]

Wow, absolutely brilliant composition pivot by Astrea at the end there. I was flabergasted like you, Lowko, when it seemed like he was just idling for a couple seconds after his army got wiped out, turns out he picked the secret BEST option for the situation.

[@ledrash6079]

Airtoss into mass stalker? Happens every ladder game in korea.

[@Purrfect_Werecat]

That game was super exciting for such a long slow game!

[@c64cosmin]

This was such a good game to watch! I missed so much that feeling of celebrating and shouting at the screen when something awesome happens, thank for sharing!

[@LanceFehr]

I loved the Disruptors added in from Astrea! That turned out to be a really good idea!

[@Cowclops]

Its interesting watching matches like this - as viewers we know that astrea could have a-moved into the "technically stronger" zerg force, traded awful with it, then simply rebuilt but he probably thinks he has to trade efficiently or else lose. There were a couple points I saw where he was losing carriers for "free" which could have at least taken a few corruptors down with them if he had the interceptors out, and anything he would have lost could have been replaced while Solar was out of money. But Astrea had no idea Solar was out of money, even seeing the whole map doesn't tell you whether your opponent still has a big bank, is running low, or is flat broke.

[@temushin]

Man, I wouldn't have wanted to play this game, but watching this game was great.

[@WaterCursed]

That photon cannon wall reminds me of how I leave my base when playing the campaign on Brutal.

[@scp--un6pg]

8:06 He just yeeted that roach to oblivion

[@alexvig2369]

Watching Astrea play is very inspiring. I only ever saw Zerg players being able to control the map like that.

[@tacotornado]

That was, without a doubt, one of the most beautiful PvZs I've ever had the privilege of watching. Thanks for the commentary, Lowko!

[@pissheater3k]

plants versus zombies

[@s4dazz671]

This is most likely the most mindblowing smart play ive ever seen

[@Usernamenottaken2k]

6:34 Wow. Really hit a high-note there!

[@skyler.mclane]

Lowko, I'm American. I give you permission to make as many wall jokes as you want xD

[@sosasoseante8757]

14:58 I'm Mexican, I also give permission for the jokes. BuiLD THAT WALL xd

[@spacecadet3779]

I also give american consent to mock our country, we may be great, but we are by no means perfect. Keep it up lowko

[@eb5671]

@@sosasoseante8757 so we should just let the rapists and murderers in?

[@Dragonspirit223]

Trust me, we make jokes at our iwn expense probably three times more as often as jokes at other's expense. We're honestly just a bunch of trolls making fun of each other.

[@eduardoquispe6367]

@@sosasoseante8757 lol no mAMES pensaba que nadie español veia este canal

[@mdube391]

Awesome casting of a phenomenal game of sc2. Thanks for all the great content you create for us

[@howlingdin9332]

Artanis: "We're going to build a big, beautiful space wall, and make the Queen of Blades pay for it."

[@GarrettDenton]

"building a wall like a true patriot" LMAO

[@soucravn]

I still believe this is the way starcraft should be played, it's so much more enjoyable to watch a long development than looking at a rush that ends the match in min 6

[@jackmr946]

Those disrupters have been amazing!! And the late stalkers 💯💯💯 very logical plays!

[@dustinlight4716]

Holy cow! That is one of the best late gane matchups I've watched.

[@e7venjedi]

42:04 While all this is happening, on the right Astrea sends the zealots in, which if you think about it, would be really hard for Solar to deal with now. He could actually pick apart the buildings if Solar doesn't defend them [which he can't, because Astrea is fine playing it slow and mining the last few minerals to give himself even more reinforcements.]

[@Thefrrst]

lol the wall joke had me rolling

[@josephlawter2994]

Very cool matchup. You rarely see a match go into such long overtime.

[@seanclements6206]

Yessssss I was hoping you were gonna cast this. I mean I dun watch anyone else 😅

[@wesleyhunter4526]

14:20 - It's the Maginot Line!

[@Defileros]

You know Skytoss vs Skyzerg is a shit match up when a 20k bank is struggling against a 5k one

[@georgestain2803]

I was just yelling at screen. Warp only stalkers, thats all you need and he did it. Protoss air units are mostly just thrown money against never ending abduct abusse

[@firebal6129]

@Playmaker Games Not actually always true, vipers and infesters are some of the most cost effective in the game

[@poppy3318]

You can't spend your money when maxed. If you have that much money and you're maxed and still not trying to poke it's not the Zerg that has the problem.

[@Defileros]

@@poppy3318 the real problem is that overpowered casters turn the game into a staring contest, this game showed it for example... both armies were ht/disruptors and viper/infestors with other units around them... it's basically the biggest problem sc2 has

[@poppy3318]

​@@Defileros Don't get me wrong. I think late game Zerg is the most powerful. But that's not what happened here. Toss had double the money and turtled like a Terren. He had plenty of chances to WP in the main Zealots. He was afraid. This wasn't an example good example of skytoss vs skyzerg. I haven't seen a game like that since Hots. Maybe even WoL. You want to bitch about Viper/Infestors, Oracle/Tempest/HT or mass Raven I'm right their with you. How often do you see a GM game go to a mined out map? It was a fun game.

[@Jcarroz]

Epic game! Thanks for sharing.

[@tater4434]

Not super relevant to this video, but I just discovered Scion's custom races, and I think it would be pretty cool if Lowko covered Genetron and Xeyed games. Does anyone know how balanced they are against the standard races?

[@Phobos91]

Awesome match! Thanks lowko

[@blue3d830]

Haha I don’t think u can call it a “rush” when it lasts past 30 minutes...

[@Zergling.]

well he rush build all the cannons and shield batteries

[@Key_Keiadrin]

The cannon crawl, lol

[@phoenixgagnon1559]

@@dakkerrins6344 he’s tired 😂😂

[@bryanbuchanan1292]

I believe the Cannon Wall emerged at ~10:00-15:00 minutes in.

[@Tseuq4gninaem]

wow. your Starcraft 2 commentary videos popped up on my recommended videos without me even watching anything starcraft related and I love them. you have a good attitude and voice. I haven't played Starcraft since brood wars way back in the day and I must say this makes me miss playing rts. This may be outside of your wheelhouse but what RTS do you recommend for a boomer to get into?

[@talviratwal5587]

Love that that worked!

[@Nedded]

Just in time for lunch!

[@NTC]

"I am just a one-man production team" - I kinda like it!!!

[@yamilabugattas3895]

That was an awesome game, it must be exhausting to play such a long match.

[@chriskwammie2773]

Watching this makes me wonder if 2 people could team up as in total control of all units (not like 2 teams team up) but to mitigate all the micro management! Would lead to different strategies and more robust battles!

[@fabienherry6690]

you are looking for archon mode xD it mostly devolve in SUPER hard early cheese/fight since you can do that and still macro

[@corvojow]

what a smart game from protos

[@patrickb.8485]

That was quite a match. Way to stick it out by the Zerg.

[@kaih231]

At 32:19 there were just random broodlings flying around without a broodlord to attach to

[@andrefurlan]

love your jokes about the wall... lol

[@Perichoresis777]

Great game. Great casting!

[@Amyntheri]

"Oh hi! Good to see ya Probe, of course I can lend you a cup of Mineral. Have a good one now"

[@jamesmagrath3590]

An absolutely amazing game

[@napoleon-pl3wx]

Wow, what an insane game

[@PandaRizzArg]

what a game ! ( Lowko do u play with the winter comentary dlc ? )

[@gmc2386]

"hes investing in infestors"... some would call him a sort of investor

[@DuffTerrall]

Took me three days to watch this (working dad life, yo) and I was unsure at some point every single day who would come out on top. Bananas game.

[@SlyStrashMan]

The wall works!

[@aethertech]

Astrea just pulled a modified TLO. Were TLO static defensed up as a Zerg to mine out against (I can't remember) then kept mostly infestors and some other stuff around to stop the opponnet from advancing, along with a massive line of spores and spines - then at the end, just zerg rushed the shit out of the broke opponnet.

[@KevinMartinez-oz6gl]

Very good jokes hahaha. Really enjoyed this one, Lowko!

[@vladimirkvasnick]

When I saw nothing being built after the army died I was freaking out. Still think he could have got a round of phoenix out for that last fight...

[@wadesearle1447]

1 of my all time favourite matches... Pure bleed out so messy

[@manofculture8038]

Whoa 40 seconds ago. Anyways thanks for the video Lowko, we appreciate you!

[@similartracks]

props to Solar for holding on like that

[@phunglung69420]

I love Lowkos humble flex!!!

[@atesinsan]

Great game, Liked it

[@suigetsuh17]

Ooh what a game! I would've gone for some warp prisms in the main base to destry zerg tech. If I had 300 apm that is...

[@Abstered]

i see all the 44 mins of game, very interesting one

[@RydWolf]

They played it out very well, but it felt like a foregone conclusion at around the 20 minute mark. They had the clever pivot at the end, but it seemed like that was just to finish up the game quicker.

[@JG-ti7id]

wow, great game !!!! tytytytytyt for the cast!!!!

[@Ole_Rasmussen]

Astrea the Merciful lets the extractors live. He just lets them know that he could kill them if he wanted to.

[@morris_c0de463]

I think flavor wise it is so good that zerg feels very rushy nowadays. It really fits the theme of the race and I'm here for it!

[@dawislv]

This is my favorite chanell since Husky retired. I did think you are a bit Zerg biased, but now I think you have defined it in the way that matches my observations. My feeling is perfectly microed Zerg army wins Protoss army in late game.. It is just that only few players can get close enough to perfect to secure that advantage. Protoss army makes a better deathball which is why in all leagues we see that play stile to be used that often. Also less efficient pro players visibly struggle against skytoss because it is more easy to extract value from protons late game army than Zerg. But it seems when you finally get your skill level where you can extract full value from Zerg army most of the time Zerg will win late game because of Viper and Infestor abilities. In this hame Protoss won despite losing the "main encounter" due to fact Zerg was outmined and starwed for resources. Usual in the games I cast though Protoss is finally caught in situation (e.g position problem rustling in bad fungal) that results in catastrophic encounter which leaves Protoss unable to recover due to resources or time required to rebuild armada. If Zerg and Protoss mine about equally what I have seen in many of your casts is that Protoss is slowly bled out of minerals due to cost of replenishing interceptors and losing odd carrier which is abducted. Since broodlord produces free damage dealing units over time this delta accumulates. What I personally do not like about this situation is that this leaves most SC community saying Protoss is OP because this is what you see everywhere, but the very top level games. On the other hand the very top level Zergs will win Protoss, which leaves most of the community with assumption that Protoss is OP, but there are few Zerg players with incredible skill that win despite that. While I am not denying their skill, my opinion is that top level Zerg are not necessarily better than top level Protoss, but simply at that level of play their race is giving them more tools to win.

[@Metaspace2]

What an unexciting match

[@BGPsychology]

AMAZING!

[@TheYakkis]

One of my favorite games

[@andrewr681]

The Age old story of Zerg vs the OPTOSS, Confirmed 100%

[@damedley75]

24:30 Now that the game is perfectly balanced, we see that Zerg players have to be superior to Protoss players to compete. 😆

[@chir0pter]

Walls work!

[@randyross5630]

In the Original I use to do such a quick and powerful Mutas "Rush", and managed not just to do it quick, but throw in packs of lings and really throw them off, and they never expected 9-12 Mutas slaying their resource collectors so quick, or I'd go Mass Hydras and Drop them. I would always get some guys in the beginning and a little after that to throw them off, and they never expected someone throwing out some packs of lings semi effectively is really also Expanding and Rushing the Tech Tree to Mass something quicker and more powerful than I should be able too. Surely getting Star Craft 2, but I kinda feel like I had it for a few months 10 years ago

[@timd1191]

After watching back to back to back to back serral maru dark etc, its nice to watch a little less refined fights!

[@Morbius2271]

I lost it at “I was promised the Zerg we’re going to pay for this wall! Well I guess they are paying for it indirectly…” xD

[@michaelmclaughlin1765]

That wall kept in the mostly peaceful protesting Zerg

[@SuperEdo07]

"Ultra.. not made for this world". That's just one of the moments I find myself laughing out loud.

[@SomeGuy-ty7kr]

I think "build the wall" jokes have always been appropriate

[@PastaEngineer]

Why do the bodies always fly upwards? Been a long time since I've played, dont remember that. Is it a replay issue?

[@felipemaciel4450]

Is the map gravit efect

[@GentleWrath]

What a great game!

[@jasonlynch282]

What a good game!

[@charmlessman5199]

i really love this game... nice protoss

[@observingfrank8435]

wow, just epic

[@danielellertson8261]

how do people send you casts?