StarCraft 2: INSANE Zeratul Cannon Rush!

Turns out projecting Tesseract Cannons is a pretty insane strategy.
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The Tesseract Cannons and Tesseract Monoliths are incredibly good in combination with rapid fire. I've got a feeling that this strategy may get nerfed in the future because it does seem a little ridiculous.
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[@selectivepontification8766]

That moment when you're playing Karax and team up with Zeratul, and then find out that he's better at cannon rushing than you are

[@doctoad2655]

Thats so sad. Alexa play Despacito

[@totalbitwise9127]

Imagine Zeratul cannon rush WITH SUPPORT KARAX'S EXTRA ATTACK SPEED BUFFS

[@jacobkim5315]

Insert pikachu meme here

[@Defileros]

To be honest is better at everything more of every other commander, more mobility of kerrigan, more aoe of zagara, more single target damage of Nova and better anti air of abathur... Just to list a few of them

[@Ox_ygen]

this sounds like a carbot starcrafts episode

[@Ethan11892]

Karax: Look at all these cannons! I'm the Cannon master! Zeratul: Hold my beer... Oh wait protoss can't drink.

[@NewTypeDilemma01]

Nah. Give the can a few shakes and pop the tab. Spray 'em. It absorbs right through their skin. Turns the New Years' parties on the Hyperion into hell when the cork flies off the champagne and it sprays on the the Toss visitors.

[@MoleculeXmolecule]

Ethan Ringuette But they can bask in that dank-ass Terrazine

[@phankrit]

"A little line, makes it look prettier." Where's the crescent moon, yo?

[@FlyingDominion]

Crescent moons are for pylon-reliant protoss.

[@S15ken]

Me: time to sleep Lowko: uploaded video Me: how convenient

[@wendellstamps]

Well technically it's not static defense any more hahaha

[@chaosakazero]

Ecstatic defence?

[@jester6819]

I made that joke already in a previous video, but I didn't get half the likes this one has...

[@apelcius]

So... shocking defense? Static discharge defense? Tesla defense?

[@weizhenooi]

Doratul the Explorer: Where is the artifact? .........ARITIFACT! Well done

[@musashigundoh]

When static defense becomes ecstatic defense

[@ChaosGodII]

Truly

[@shiviste7611]

The joy of painting with Zeratul

[@recentteen14]

Just remember, if your ally takes your kill, it was just a happy little accident.

[@coolude888]

Karax: the photon cannon is a defensive building Zeratul: "Defensive"

[@BaalsMistress]

From static defence to mobile offence. Zertul and the evolution of the Cannon.

[@christopherlee9310]

Well deserved victory -_-

[@qloshae]

The prophetic vision actually shows the rally markers as they show through fog of war, so you can test locations by placing a marker where you think it is and if you see it, you're right.

[@IdealIdeas100]

Ive only seen that the first time I played him. Every time after he had no markers on the map.

[@qloshae]

@@IdealIdeas100, I tried it today and it worked.

[@darkshala321]

Zeratul: I don't need a Pylon Karax: Why don't you play alone? Why am I here? Zeratul: I just need your repair beam, yo =))

[@rororoniee8911]

En taro Zeratul!

[@Robert-vk7je]

En taro photon cannon!

[@Ethan11892]

3:42 imagine this in multiplayer

[@lloydmonterola4388]

well imagine this 10:32

[@apelcius]

No. Lol no other commander would stand a chance. No mission will stand a chance actually, now that i think about it... not even brutal missions. It might even be op for any mutation.

[@Nat-ri3ip]

Stukov just infest your Nexus before you get the forge. Most of the commandants can just kill the main cannon while you are doing this. Karax have shield heal, faster attack ans greater range, and since he has no warp time on it, he is not disavantaged by the mobility

[@MrNicoJac]

Nooooooo I wanted to see your vs his kill score...........

[@MYM-FlameHaze]

Well and for what is Karax now ? just feed Zeratul and Repair Beam and Crono Surge for lower Cooldown ?

[@edmis90]

Imagine if someone bought Karax just before Zera was released. I would be so pissed lol

[@unit613]

Lowko I'm shocked, no Cresent Moon?

[@thecommentguy9380]

Amon: I this some kind of off season april fools joke?

[@calebsimpson5841]

"There are no downsides." Projections project shield and damage, until the ability wears off or canceled. The true cannon meanwhile only has the health and no shields (because it's projected) making it vulnerable and easy to kill. I believe shields do not regenerate while projected as well. After the ability is done, the cooldown begins, defaultly 60 seconds, unless you have the Matrix upgrade for the second artifact which reduces it to 30 seconds. By canceling the projection, you start the cooldown early, which ideally you do as soon as the projection has fulfilled its usefulness so the ability is available sooner, but ALSO so it starts regenerating shields! Just waiting for them to end on their own reduces its availability gives you less flexibility in when and where you can use them. By ending them early, you can accomplish the same amount of defense with fewer cannons, thus being more efficient with resources for defense/offense. Love the vids as always, cheers! EDIT: Ahh, you comment on it towards the end of the video. Cool.

[@airkami]

I had someone do mass static defense with zeratul, not once did he help kill the structures during the day. It was a pain in the arse

[@Thereonthebanana]

This Strategy is so op. Used it to beat the last two brutal mutations. I like to use the floating gas for shield guardians.

[@TamrenStarshadow]

Those cannons area really strong, the only things even close to a downside are the cost and the fact that killed projections leave the original cannon with 0 shields. Also I found that Zeratul is utterly broken with HnH because every time a projection or calldown dies it leaves behind minerals. I think part of the reason is that your army call-ins actually kill the units when the timer expires instead of having them warp out again.

[@1pqlamz466]

To sum it up, his cannon scales with upgrades and does 39dam at +3, all cannons comes with a sheild making them more tanky then karax’s cannon. Even tho cannons costs more, the monolith are free so it balances out. Not to mention monolith have aoe stun ability...

[@jester6819]

Lowko, this is a level 11 ability. Also, you're supposed to be able to use it after you collect the third artifact fragment. However, Blizzard screwed up and swapped this and the barrier ability, which is commander level 3 and artifact number 2. So yeah, expect it to still be op, but not nearly as convenient in the near future.

[@J.D.KOfficial]

When I first saw Zeratul's cannons I got excited thinking about this same strategy... then Lowko uploaded this masterpiece... nice.

[@alexandercarlosandresramir2909]

OP? BROKEN! PD: ¿nobody told him about the probe follow other probe in the field of mineral of his main base?

[@cjfletcher325]

Never even thought of trying that ability! Crazy!

[@hubertbernacki120]

Lowko u've uploaded it recently... That doesnt mean that i wont watch it ; )

[@LowkoTV]

It was streamed live and is at the end of the 4 hour long video as well, but I figured a lot of people would likely miss it. This strategy is ridiculous! I edited it down quite a bit. Enjoy! :)

[@hubertbernacki120]

Yea zerax is better karax than karax xD

[@SlimyGreenSlime]

"I want to play mass photon cannons." Ah I see you are a man of culture as well.

[@Sahren1993]

11:20 Do it please

[@josephlim995]

Reported,banned and extra dirty

[@psychopathicroach9615]

I have been looking forward for this!

[@zeroman0460]

I got 1 question, Zeratu died in Legacy of the void right? and Tychus died in wings of liberty, What are they doing in the co-op missions?

[@Alknix]

This is hell.

[@Xelnarash]

Lowko ... how did you get every canon in the hotkey .. i tried it with dubble klick and everything but i cant get all off them in one group if they are seperatet on the map .... please help ... awesome vids btw ...i didnt know about rappidfire and so on... thx love your vids

[@redreboot483]

You can press shift+hotkey to add units on a control group.

[@Xelnarash]

@@redreboot483 thanks man/woman . .. i didnt know that

[@ryanaegis3544]

I would love to see this in 1v1. The increased cannon cost is worth it. I would also suggest the devs make it an upgrade so people cannot get the projection ability too fast. And then I would say make it an ability, of the sentry or DT (maybe the mothership), so a unit has to be in range of where the projection is placed. But otherwise, the same. No limit on cannons or projections, just the upgrade, minerals to warp in, and specific unit in proximity to cast projection.

[@andreasmuller4666]

The first time i see you building propperly put down defenses and not just mass "key spam in the area" ... rather pleasing to watch.

[@Zolfried]

lowko go take a shower.. a cold one.. with a steel brush... so dirty

[@NewTypeDilemma01]

Tactical Nerf INCOMIIIIIIIIING!!!!!!

[@RexMK-]

OH NOOOOO DX

[@BigKingReal]

"Artifact" of form? I'm pretty sure it's Avatar

[@iValenhart]

Hmm, thinking about it now, is it actually viable to cannon rush this week's mutation?

[@darkphoenix00001]

Valenhart my ally tried it. I was playing as karax and had to carry him as he ended up transitioning to army once his cannon rush failed. the thing is you need actual static defence or a mobile army to protect your bases from the stream of turkeys... wow that sounds funny when I say it out loud 😂

[@darkphoenix00001]

Valenhart and this was after he stole the expansion I cleared for myself, making my economy slow lol

[@RayRay-lo2wn]

Now because of Lowko*, the Tesseract Cannons will be nerfed XD

[@your_princess_azula]

"If it's not aesthetically pleasing why would you do anything in life" -Lowko \o/ someone who understands!!! ( JK I'm not that extreme, just love pretty places to live ♥ )

[@213fenix]

recently I found myself enjoying zeratul a lot, so I bought him. watching this cleared any buyers remorse that could have sparked

[@Cyamond]

I once had a versus game where i played terran, opponent was protoss. my sc2 name is starshooter7. it reached to late game, protoss took my natural and kept storming my widow mines, built bc's but then when i warped to the other guy's main it was full of photon cannons. the guy said "i want peace" we eventually ran out of mineral fields and resources and i had to leave. i don't have the replay tho, idk why but all my replays disappeared after a few months of inactivity, btw i switched computers

[@TheOwlMan8850]

wait i saw this 3 times already oh hell let's watch it again

[@9and7]

Seriously. Guys/Gals/Zerg/Protoss, try watching this to 2 Steps From Hell, it's unreal. Miss this game so much, En Taro Adun!

[@danielworden]

So drop Zeratul into a base using his ship without needing sight, spam cannons and win. He can't really die, the projections don't die.

[@promonster6326]

Why not just rename the title "Starcraft2 one sided cannon slaughter"

[@albertbergquist2113]

LOL that's crazy! Could you upgrade shields just to get the absolute max out of them? (i don't know if Zeratul can, but i assume)

[@Nat-ri3ip]

The upgrade is done when you find an artefact

[@nyechapple5332]

Here's some canons for your canons for your projected canons of canons that canon canons??????

[@Drako2k0]

Lowko why do you always choose Telbrus’ Legion? Don’tcha think that in many scenarios, especially involving defense against air, a half dozen DAs or VRs are more efficient and cost effective than a half dozen zealots?

[@FlyingDominion]

He wasn't going to use them against Amon this game. Cannons only.

[@Drako2k0]

Flynn Curtis it’s a question in general. He used the others like, once. And after that always zealots

[@FlyingDominion]

@@Drako2k0 he used the voids on the mutation.

[@cleanerwhite9470]

isn't this part of the Zeratul leveling video guess I'll watch it again then

[@NickMaovich]

Lowko, use your rallypoints from buildings not currently producing anything on the minimap, while prophetic vision is on. You will be able to see them!

[@MagicMan3K]

"There's no downsides." "YOU CAN CANCEL IMMEDIATELY?" "Forget about all the downsides I said earlier." I... Which one do I listen to?

[@andrewwahba5006]

what you mean by "rapid fire"? I hit shift+click to place the cannons quickly, but i'm guessing that's not what you're talking about?

[@Eric_SC2]

rapid fire you literally just hold down the key and wave your mouse to cast ability. no shift and no click for every one you place. video on this: kzbin.info/www/bejne/hGPHf35joq6KobM

[@hardric6284]

And you only used them for defense. With this Shade thing, you could have actually attacked and literally cleaned up the map. I saw some players do it, it's just beautiful to see.

[@iglidor]

Not only are those canons ridiculous as they are, they even get upgrade bonuses to shields, armor AND damage from collecting artefact pieces. Unlike Karaxs, these canons have short range but with their ability to teleport under and around enemy it does not matter anymore. You pay 250 minerals for canon that is by default stronger then regular canon... and which has ability to always count as 2 canons when being attacked because you can always throw shade in front and when it dies you still have the basic canon. Yeah it is ridiculous. Especialy when your other units while strong are mostly about quality of life upgrades. I mean I can blink my stalkers to safety without your help game, thanks. It is convenient but not really game changing. Similiar thing with Immortal. It is awesome that it can shoot long range into air. Really convenient... but 3 cannons cost the same in minerals and can do more.

how do you put those cannons so rapidly? I have to put one at a time when I try to reflect them to battle field.

[@apelcius]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/hGPHf35joq6KobM

@@apelcius thats awesome. thanks.

[@apelcius]

@ you are very welcome :)

[@Tooterbooter]

Zeratul is the new Bob Toss!

[@RandomCommenter955]

Did anyone else see that nuclear missile shadow fly by his cannons towards his base at 8:21?? 0-0

[@cintra6684]

Currently playing Zeratul right now. I'm gonna buy him after level 5.

[@SKy_the_Thunder]

If you have an ally with scan you can just have them scan an area and spam your cannons there.

[@Ragnarok6664]

Have had some fun with Zeratul, but is it just me or does his probes just get stuck absolutely everywhere?

[@apelcius]

This just convinced me to buy zaratul (cuz i totally needed further proof he was op lol).

[@DeteCT0R]

Some commander is good for def like Karax some good for mass unit. But zeratul booth of good unit and good def.

[@fenyxuprising1212]

There is a bug on karax he has unit upgrade that is for zeratul I think it was void array upgrade

[@davidjanda6182]

3:56 the answer is yes

[@Bulltrue32]

"you could write like . . (pauses. thinks about saying penis) your name on the minimap"

[@Shesterenkin007]

And this is, folks, how Lowko cheesed game AI with cannon rush. The end.

[@SilverDew_]

Amon be like: Wtf nerazul op cannon rushing me with 20 tesseract 10 min in and no counterplay or risk, blizzard nerf pls

[@jackb.slambers2810]

for things like this zeratul has to die xD with this kind of power he could match amon alone xD to the hell kerrigan xD

[@TurnaboutAkamia]

Oh hey, your partner's in Beastyqt's clan. That's pretty neat. lol

[@shawmeck9323]

Silly question, how does one rapid fire?

[@Rikard_Nilsson]

It's cool but gets boring fast, I prefer getting two warp prisms setting my production rally points to one then just flying the other one up to the enemy and unload all my immortals in their face.

[@soulprestigio9162]

damn...now i want spine crawler do the same

[@rhylsttoncarlospereiraduar4206]

U could also have put your canons on their respawn.nice vid mate.

[@vamp1310]

I think we're giving carbot ideas

[@Headhunter1234256]

When playing Zeratul, cannons are my detection and mineral dump. Why not spend minerals on them after I max out my army.

[@FlyingDominion]

"What is this 'max out' of which you speak?" -Xel'Naga Ambusher

[@Xagii1]

This was inspired by a comment in the last video, I know

[@FlyingDominion]

He was level 15 in the last video and level 14 in this one. This was recorded earlier.

[@ericrollin2331]

Good ol Tesse-wrekt cannon.

[@bdetert82]

I am not surprised zeratul was a master tactician.

[@lobster838]

Should have gone with raynor, scan inside enemy base, fill it with cannons, enjoy

[@Zekurity]

While this is really cool, I rather play Karax and just make use of monolyths and shield batteries.

[@lukeribbons7893]

One of the guys on my friends list is in your clan, must be a conspiracy.

[@estellebright2579]

The moment when gas is overrated. Upgrade is a dream, and all that is required is minerals. Lots of minerals.

[@khalltlag628]

Oh heck,it’s 0:05 but who cares?

[@Talatharas]

but lowko... you didn't even do a cannon crescent. I am ashamed of you... you had a chance :D

[@Derekloffin]

I think Zeratul needs a bit of a nerf, that was ridiculous.

[@mattialonghin_mr.l857]

A cannon rush with a commander wich cannons cost 300 minerals each? ...seems good

[@davidr21]

That was so dirty haha

[@kylelong6555]

like the level 1000+ partner :)

[@gozzilla177]

Not risk free 100% if destroyed in projection mode. The cannon has 0 shields and has to Regen them.

[@aduner3645]

That is risk free ^^ you took no actual damage. It will regenerate by itself so you didn't take any losses whatsoever

[@gozzilla177]

@@aduner3645 but.... You loose shields lol If the enemy gets to the original turret it's vunrable

[@aduner3645]

@@gozzilla177 this might be true in the early game. But as you might have noticed there is a critical mass of cannons and stun turrets. Once you have reached this amount it will simply kill of any attack wave together with your legion calldown / construct and zeratul making it an risk free operation because your enemy will never reach your real cannons if you build them in the back of your base. Especially if you cancel the projection shortly before they expire ( for the reduced cooldown). These things will almost permanently be available. In the early parts of the game you can do a lot with zeratul micro /legion calldown and your ally can also help to protect you until you get the fragments and cannons . So let me adjust my statement from earlier. If you play it smart nobody is ever going to touch the real cannons because everything will die to projections, zeratul, legion and construct before it even reaches the real building. This doesn't even take into consideration that you still have an ally that is in most cases able to kill a few things aswell ;). ( It should also be noted that the last attack waves of void launch are amongst the hardest in all of coop so lowko smashing them with ease says something:) ). I hope you understand my thought process :). If you don't agree with this I would love to hear your argument against it / preferably with a replay attached that shows how you lost the cannons( there are various sites to upload it), because I would be very curious. Anyways have a nice evening mate :D ( I am sry if I have made any spelling errors I have typed this on my phone 💕)

[@TheAlmightyGream]

"Zeratul is a better Karax than Karax"

[@TheJysN]

I would like to see more cast (profenssional and viewer submitted) instead of coop.

[@billsun]

11:22 You can like draw a p**** on the map.

[@morung]

Can you come with a Karax and play the temple of the past? This will be funny😅

[@GBS4893]

I feel a nerf ploting in the dark...

[@platosha2287]

This is the most op strategy!

[@lokmanhaziq4588]

It call static cannon for a reason ..and blizzard just butcher that word..lol

[@zombiegandhi8405]

Imagine if Has had these powers.

[@djsona5428]

I got verified! Kinda, don't have the subs for it, but whatever XD I'm glad to have another Lowko video to wake up to XD