StarCraft 2: EPIC Zerg vs Protoss!

Ultralisks, Brood Lords, Mothership, Carriers. An epic pro match!
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Easily one of the best examples of late game Zerg versus Protoss. Both players continously try to set each other up for mistakes. In the end we see compositions based around the Ultralisk, Brood Lord, Infestor and Corruptors with a whole lot of Spore Crawlers on the ground going up against High Templar in Warp Prisms and a lot of Carriers cloaked by a Mothership.
In this video I cast an epic match of professional StarCraft 2. A Zerg versus Protoss between ShoWTimE and Nerchio.
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[@peterni9164]

Lowko: That stalker gave his life for Aiur Stalker: For shakuras!!!

[@nordhalberg2249]

Recall probes??? Gotta take notes.

[@iohanb211]

that was a nice move, getting a nice eco lead !

[@RockyLXXXVIII]

I know. I never thought of that before but I’m gonna start doing that from now on when taking a gold base of if I have a large amount of excess probes at another base. Gives a substantial, very quick eco boost

[@Darksage5555]

Dude, I barely got into SC2 this month just because it went free, I LOVE your videos, your commentary is indepth enough that I see more seasoned players talking about what you say, but, easy enough for me to understand as a brand new player, keep it up! easy sub even though I dont play more than 1 game a week =)

[@orfeassynetos3788]

Robert Treen i hope everyone new is feeling this way

[@Darksage5555]

I hope so too, his commentary is just so insightful!

[@Netsmile]

So good to see new people joining the sc2 community! Welcome!

[@Darksage5555]

I look forward to getting more involved over summer, thank you!

[@guartis]

Well, you can say whatever you want, but you can say that this isn't Starcraft's golden Age.

[@gamer388]

So good to see Nerchio still at high level of play for such a long period of time. He was already at the top level in 2010 and he still is. Respect Nerchio.

[@zombiegandhi8405]

That was a pretty slick game. Being a casual SC 2 player at best, I am clearly in the perfect position to tell Nerchio what he did wrong in this hindsight. About half-way through, when Showtime was trying to establish that forth base, as his home, gold, and natural were mined/next to mined out--Nerchio kept pressuring and kept knocking down the Nexus. Showtime wasn't able to pressure at all, or amass any forces, because he couldn't keep a base up. For whatever reason, Nerchio stopped the pressure even though it seemed economically, he could outlasted the Protoss army. Then again, when I play Starcraft, my APM peeks at 30, so, what do I know.

[@GG-bi8tb]

being even worse than you, i'll add my bit keeping those burrowed zerglings sleeping near a vulnerable mineral line and forgetting to research their upgrade was a big mistake and gave protoss the opportunity to catch a break

[@AlexGhoro]

APM is just a number -Kappa

[@VArsovski10]

thing is = SC is a game of imperfect information, keep that in mind, if you don't scout it you cannot know, or know too late what's going on in the opponent's base.. we as a spectator have the God Mode view of things, but the players themselves have only the vision of their own units so it's quite understandable some of the hesitations

[@tiogah]

Not as casual as me that had a very hard time following what was happening. #hypercasualplayer.png

[@rocksparadox]

Zombie Gandhi Your insight in the game is not ''limited by apm'', only your ability to EXECUTE orders, defend, harrass etcetera suffers from it. Don't grovel and lower yourself, most pros are really good at executing but they make stupid mistakes, forget upgrades or scouting too. Some pros only seem to be good at executing 2 or 3 build orders that they have mechanically mastered. If your EPM is a high percentage of APM and you get it up to 75/100 you could get into plat/diamond.

[@sausagedog98]

The disruptor/stasis ward combo at 17:01 was dirty

[@walden6272]

yea basically hard counters banelings easily.

[@rohanparker9004]

Such a sick play

[@prestonexzabe2997]

Yeah, I saw it and thought: "Huh, I didn't know stasis blew up your units after it ended"

[@TheIndignation]

Yeah that was killer!

[@Necromacer67]

30:34 Lowko: I think indeed this is going to be a sacrifice for the Blood God Me: Ahh that reference explains why Lowko loves casting such brutal games.

[@ahmadtarek7763]

Skulls for the skull throne

[@MatthewNoPants1atoll]

Those zerglings that remained burrowed gave me massive anxiety

[@gunnarvennemann7613]

Lowko you seriously need to consider becoming a commentator for any blizzard game.

[@REDRAGON12345]

I love these maps with fewer bases (less than 14). I find that they add such an intense element and seem to lend towards epic games.

[@StarryTemplar]

Those High Templars at this end kills everything lololol even the own interceptors

[@Zakuzelo]

Music timing was on point for this one.

[@okkymulphy3859]

there is lot a can learn from this, awesome video Lowkos!

[@SerLoinSteak]

The Infestors were a good call, but he really needed Vipers so he could pick off the Carriers. Also he really should've kept some Corruptors on hand and played with those Lings in the Protoss base. ShowTime did a great job in this match

[@SuperLapplander]

That ending was indeed in the heights of epicness

[@justinbrown4562]

sacrificing at least half of those broodlords could have been game changing.

[@kevincorkum2147]

Or just kept them as Corruptors to snipe the carriers

[@RockyLXXXVIII]

He didn’t have the eco to replace them. Some vipers/corruptors would’ve been better but he couldn’t make them, and the broodlords were better than nothing

[@walden6272]

Yea, Nerchio ran out of money to replace bloodlords. In a game of rock papper scissors, he draw the wrong hand.

[@MatthewNoPants1atoll]

He never remaxed. It's irrelevant

[@sardauk3038]

not enough money for nerchio, in addition, no real upgrades on air and only 1 ground armor upgrade.

[@keep_walking_on_grass]

Lowko you do a great job casting SC2, i hope you are going to cast more games live from tournaments in the future.

[@tritonis54]

I have the feeling that this patch will bring us a lot more of epic game, this one was so intense :D

[@degen83]

Never let the Protoss get 17 carriers and a mothership. That is a tough army to deal with.

[@menelik6652]

22:47 RIP oracle, you did great

[@General_Fiye]

20 minutes into the game, Nerchio gets burrow.

[@hmjt21]

teach him from silver league, please.

[@smithers4420]

I want to see a good video of mass Protos air actually losing a battle

[@asdfasdfasdfasdf628]

Yes! I found a sc2 caster to replace husky

[@muharemmujadzic5228]

Dont, the memories.....

[@falb5659]

love how Nerchio is neural parasiting the empty carriers...

[@zachbergmann7916]

10:00 Lowko: "Where's that oracle, I thought there was an oracle, I guess it must've got sniped there" Oracle is literally sitting in the middle of the screen hahaha

[@zatablet5793]

showtime: leads by 70 supply lowko: showtime is in a bit of trouble!

[@mho...]

the lack of vipers disturb me deeply!

[@MrGuana141]

28:45 fucking 1000 Apm

[@estellebright2579]

I love storm. Also lowko, if you can cast a pro game from someone’s camera instead of observer mode, everyone can learn stuff from one player. For example, you can cast nerchio from his angle and understand why he is defeated.

[@xspearterrax5855]

God his voice is just soooooooo beautiful to hear

[@lrdkelvin]

I think you should have a "just a matter of seconds" counter. It would be slightly hilarious :D

[@sunfurry]

Oh, watch it already, awesome match.

[@wafriadi]

ok hee

[@atlucas1]

18:18 Nerchio's APM goes OVER 1100!? Must play on an anodized aluminum keyboard so it doesn't catch fire.

[@aaronbeedle941]

I wish the way this software tracked APM was more accurate, saying someone is at 1500 APM when only 400 of those are consequential must be of putting for new players. Multiplayer is the core of most RTS games and they're going to think that supercomputers are playing this game online. 1500 APM is 25 actions per second, and I know that's not happening.

[@jameswillis3042]

A war of attrition at its finest.

[@alexandercarlosandresramir2909]

In my times, the carriers pushed so hard. Now, the style is "go and back". Infestors, a problem since WoL :/

[@jonathantaylor7991]

This video clearly shows how Terran is OP please nerf so this doesn't happen again.

[@Robot.Cornbread]

This was a Zerg vs. Protoss match. Maybe you mean Protoss? If so I agree, but they are, in my opinion, the hardest race to play (even though I'm a Zerg).

[@stevey7997]

@@Robot.Cornbread it was a joke

[@whelingtonsilva5758]

Duuuude, didn't know you where casting! That's amazing, congratulations! Next time you really should announce that on a video.

[@Catholic-Redpilled-Spaniard]

Lowko would you ever consider uploading in 4k? It would be awesome

[@oskarrasmussen7137]

Not gonna lie: I really enjoy seeing Banelings blow the shit out of worker lines.

[@zawarudoz]

Why does the creep look so spotty?

[@Urza26]

In that final battle, I think zerg could have tried to continue sitting back further with the infestors instead of rushing forward for neural parasite and getting mass stormed. If those infestors sat back and just fungal growth chain, the interceptors would not be able to dps well because they need to move and attack. Those interceptors would also not be able to retreat. And there's nothing on the ground like immortals or zealots to help kill spore crawlers faster. The brood lords can zone out the high templars a bit. Just my opinion, but I think nerchio could have made it much much harder for showtime in that last battle. If you look at the carriers' interceptors count by the end, it was quite low. I think some of them might even have died to self storm. Showtime probably would still have done well because of his gas bank, but I felt that Nerchio could have held that last battle.

[@ДмитрийБаранов-н1н]

Wow, indeed an interesting game. Btw Lowko, speaking of WESG, liked your casting and commentators your were paired with.

[@ThePalatineHill]

if only scourge still existed in starcraft...

[@lemniscatefortunecanfinall2707]

Patience definitely beats power most days.

[@IlIWarGIlI]

Carriers incoming. 15:54

[@PatentlyWillton]

Why didn’t Nerchio build corrupters?

[@theelitecombine1715]

Showtime is my favorite player

[@General_Fiye]

You thought you could get past me.... You were wrong

[@jayson6360]

This map is so cool!

[@BlackwingKakashi]

In the late game there, when the Zerg is just sitting around spore crawlers, can anyone explain to me why the protoss sits there poking with carriers instead of just going above/below them and starting to hit bases? Surely the units then have to either move to defend or attack in return, and if they do that they're vulnerable outside the spore crawlers.

[@rapidjack375]

Awesoma game! Спасибо LOWKO!)

[@thomasschulz8477]

great game great casting!;)

[@LowkoTV]

+Thomas Schulz Thank you Thomas!

[@hyrulehallow2561]

O hope the next coop hero controls the hybrids that would be cool like what if they had mini void thrashers as defence turets and lowko if you read that whats your thought of a hybrid camander

[@JLNHB]

You can actually hear the handful of words that make up his vocab in just a matter of seconds.

[@NotValidSky]

How to deal with heavy infestors, taking notes

[@darkrobroy14]

Hurray for protoss

[@nerfgunful]

Damn, that was epic

[@CyberPunk-yj5zz]

Awesome game - good job :)

[@tinycatmakfat]

as noob. sometimes i feel like if pro players threw down a few spore crawls on the edges they might prevent more scouting. i know that static is considered a waste but sometimes it seems that 2 spores on each base might be worth it. of course this is me looking on a game from spectator mode.

[@mufaya]

I'm a little new to the game. How do you see the icon of the current spawning slot on those buildings? like you can see the unit icon on the building itself without clicking on it. How can I achieve that? edit: AND that production thingy on the top left side.

[@SD61904]

How can i watch this without thia guys commentary

[@hiroki_rinn]

Damn... So good.

[@rogerroca2803]

Man this is late game protoss but i mean, VERY LATE game protoss. Nerchio was leaving it all to the micro...

[@mlemmage8449]

wouldve loved to see disruptor and lurker drops. instant mineral line kill on lower levels.

[@Catholic-Redpilled-Spaniard]

I have been "un-updated" in SC2. Would someone be so kind to tell me what changes have been made in terms of the gamepleay? Patches and all. I do understand that its been substantial

[@xxhalo3zz]

I dont know if its possible or if you have explained this before but can i see these machups like you? i mean the "repetitions" of pro players

[@hightemplar7642]

Just one question - where are corruptors?

[@barbusrex]

Does Showtime wait to chrono boost his nexus until he has confirmed that zerg is taking a 2nd base? Is that what is happening in the first thirty seconds or so?

[@karl5131]

Great video

[@Nexis1701]

Showtime almost 900apm.. Jesus

[@xtominy1090]

Nerchio got over 1100 at one point

[@IsaacFNghost]

I remember being a fan of nerchio during HoTS :) I was a diamond zerg player back then and loved watching pro zerg players all the time. My all time favorite was Stephano but he ended up quiting to go to college. IdRa was awesome too but his attitude sucked.

[@정세화-x1n]

Could I have links for the games you commentated? I'd really like to see them

[@danteyongthaisong9141]

sieht geil aus mit dem Zerg. Fehlen noch Flugeinheiten.

[@braulionoh7416]

Is good watch showtime won again , the best protoss :D

[@muharemmujadzic5228]

Agreed rightfully!!!

[@llobell86]

Showtime played like shit with those disruptors at early pushes

[@Jcarroz]

wow, that was amazeballz. Thanks for casting !

[@mystirboy]

Newbie here but can someone explain to me why Nerchio never sacked his broodlords and replaced them with Vipers/Corrupters instead?

[@RockyLXXXVIII]

He didn’t have the resources to do it. Protoss managed to kill enough Zerg so that in the late game Zerg didn’t have enough resources to reinforce his army

[@mystirboy]

So it was just a matter of Toss being more cost effective then?

[@rohanparker9004]

mystirboy and harassing continually with zealots and that side army.

[@MajinMind]

Plural of Nexus is either Nexus (long u) or Nexuses, but NOT Nexi.

[@Lomitoarmy]

great game!

[@ShadowofSun2012]

Hell yeah!

[@Robot.Cornbread]

What happened to his voice at 30:53? Listen to how he says Zerg.

[@jorgealejandro8545]

Mennnnn!!!! beautiful!!!!

[@stalwart56k]

Great job Nerchio and Showtime. What a great game by both players. As a Karax player, the spamming of shield batteries makes me happy :) Lowko, would it have been possible for Nerchio to get a bunch of corrupters? Or was he too hard pressed economically to make them? He was way under 200 for the last part of the match.

[@rat488]

the counter is the viper you pull the mothership into the spores and the static defense does the anti air

[@GG-bi8tb]

he made corruptors, but he mutated them into broodlords (which didn't help againsin the end carriers)

[@RockyLXXXVIII]

Nerchio didn’t have enough eco for vipers, which are the TRUE AA, the viper pulls the unit, spores and infested terrains clean it up. He over committed on broodloods in an attempt to counter the ground army. In the late game the broodlords were pointless

[@rat488]

The real mistake he made is he assumed that Toss was going to transition heavily into colossus and that just was not the case he built way too many ultras and they did not do enough doing so put him in a scenario where he was running out of resources and made a second run at ultras when he should have focused on getting out 2-3 vipers which is all he would have needed.

[@bryanmckeithen899]

So I was listening to this game and only half-watching it. I totally thought the Zerg's name was NerdShow. Anyone else?

[@mattischastan7967]

How does "ultra + broodlord" can be a response to "mass carrier" for so long ?! I call "mind game" on this one, because Showtime should have won very early on this one.

[@matthewblaikie7903]

I don't know a lot about zerg since I main protoss, but I do know that the ultra can't attack air units. Basic fundamentals.

[@Kalenz1234]

Why no Tempests by Showtime?

[@cosminanton5419]

why didn't he do any vipers?

[@daraenmetaknight8148]

Spoiler Remeber the game a zerg winning woth broodlord onfestor viper against airtoss and erverybody cried "Zerg so op"? So watch this: Showtime used his hightemplar the correct way he wins.!! (Watch those storms). In the other game the protoss didnt used a single atorm against something other then infested terrans (im talking about the last minuts) so he lost. Lategame is all about spellcasters. You can fight carrier only with viper infestor corrupter. You can fight ANY ground army with some standard lowtech ground units and 2or 3 good/perfect storms(only if there are ultras you need archons or immortals). With hje preupdate ravens it was the same(im talking about the perfect use of ervery spellcaster). So in the late ALL is about spellcasters.(My opinion) I hope you forgive my speel and grammar misstakes and my comment was helpfull :)

[@renok3699]

28:52 RIP probes

[@iangobencion4847]

As protoss should I upgrade shield? Or armor? I'm new

[@CoffeeD_1]

most units have more hp than shields, shields recharge anyway. so it's more bang for the buck

[@RockyLXXXVIII]

If a unit loses all its shields, it’s not big deal, but if a unit loses all its life, it’s dead. Armor decreases life damage taken, while shields decrease shield damage taken. Armor is more likely to keep your units from dying. A unit surviving with even 1hp is great if your P, so keeping your units alive for as long as possible after the shields drop is imperitive

[@iangobencion4847]

What about for zergs? From the evolution chamber? Should I upgrade range or armor?

[@walden6272]

Range is for only certain units,, so depending on your army. Let's say if it's mostly hydras, then take range first. The general rule of thumb is, offensive upgrades before defensive upgrades.

[@gyerardos]

Has neural parasite ever work?

[@PetersaberHD]

Yes. Just recently there was a game where maxed Skytoss was slaughtered by three Parasiters and some yanks

[@jamesyu7578]

Hey Lowko, just saw your stream crash on winter’s channel ;)

[@edwardseiffer5966]

James Yu we raided Rotterdam today

[@jamesyu7578]

Ik I saw

[@TheNeomaster15]

Why didn't Nerchio get vipers? He was on the defensive and relying on those spore crawlers so why not pull protoss units into the spore crawlers? In hindsight Nerchio focused too much on those brood lords probably thinking that showtime had an archon ground force as well. Good game though

[@tele-cadira]

beautiful

[@ann0ynim0us]

viper corruptors would have finished the job

[@Свет-ш7к]

what i got for you today ))) non other then Showtime ))

[@devonh00]

Simon’s punny

[@arnigeir1597]

those 5 hidden zerglings would have won him the game, had he used them

[@НиколайСтефанов-з5д]

Hey lowko. I want to send u a repay but i dont know how. Can someone tell me