StarCraft 2: Maru's Mass COMMAND CENTER Strategy! (Reynor vs Maru)

[@SoundFX626]

Lowko is quite litteraly the only starcraft 2 content I consume. I don't even play the game, lowko is just very entertaining

[@hawkenparker]

Same!!

[@tigo01]

I agree, I would watch league of legends games if lowko would cast them

[@SoundFX626]

@@tigo01 oh, for sure. Even just as a one off where he doesn't know anything but just does his best

[@briankennethdelacruz2344]

Same bro

[@drewcwhitehead]

me too!

[@Rockpet]

Maru was the kid in dodgeball who sat in the corner till his full team lost and then just destroyed everybody.

[@Commie-tube]

Oh man those were the days…liked

[@mrhumanehuman7086]

Sure, when Maru does it, it's a "STRATEGY"

[@debbiebernhardt5406]

Maru just took a strategy from I’m a league zombie mode of Terran fortress battleline

[@alexs5814]

The Difference between Madness and Genious is weighed by success.

[@laward5225]

Maru's end game spec has ended up being putting all his talent points into the defense in depth doctrine and letting the enemy die. The absolute mad man!

[@brimbrim5389]

Man, Reynor is good, but as soon as I saw how long the video was, and it was a bo1, I realised that there was just no way maru would lose.

[@LovelyHick]

that sensor tower is one of the most savage subtle disses ive seen "these bases are mine now lol"

[@Rockpet]

Knowing how lowko tells the truth I'm expecting only command centers in this game and how he wins with only command centers

[@CrimsonA1]

*Somehow lands them on enemy structures, repeatedly, crushing them to death.

[@Rockpet]

It's It's good move

[@100thMkey]

17:48 he didnt forget about the banes... he was trying to bait the ghost! big brain play!

[@lukefifield4041]

Maru out here making ghosts looking busted like Byun's old reapers.

[@sersys1]

Maru, Serral, Raynor are like rock paper scissors: Maru can beat Raynor by standing still and firm as a rock, shrugging off damage Serral can beat Maru by over whelming him from every side like a paper wrap Raynor can beat Serral by cutting through his defences.

[@tobiashou7044]

but maru also beats serral around half the time and serral beats reynor a lot recently, so more like maru beats reynor, maru ties serral, serral beats reynor

[@Rockpet]

Maru has beaten serral alot more recently but loses to rogue

[@toastman8382]

Serral struggle against Clem though, his TvZ is just ridiculous

[@Qewb87]

Maru, from the games I have watched lately, tends to lose when he isn't vigilante against run-by lings/banes (honestly any run-by) When he is able to stay on top of them, and the game progresses to late game, he has nearly unbeatable

[@tigera6]

@@toastman8382 Not anymore, in case you havent check, Clem has been struggling in TvZ for the last month or so. Dark 8-0 him in games recently, he lost to Lambo as well.

[@antonuralskiy6512]

15:26 My god, look at those splits, I think I've got a nerdboner there.

[@frankyfranc22]

I love how, at the same time, lowko is is kinda out of words and he's like "omg, OK", i mean, what else to say?

[@leventetardi8760]

This guy just won't go down. Absolute legend

[@JesusCheeseburger]

Maru did great at conserving his resources, then taking those side bases when Reynor needed them the most

[@kyouma0519]

just took my pizza out of the oven, this is perfect timing! :D

[@ChernorizecHrabyr]

Hahah actually did the same! Though I ate so much before it was ready, I have no room now xD

[@dattanton1940]

1:47 "thats probably the only amount of zerglings he´s gonna produce." Reynor: lets play lingbain :D

[@carllazarraga2858]

He meant for the 12 pool. He meant it wasnt an all in or any kind of timing attack. He just made the 12 pool for that early poke and in case maru proxy raxxed.

[@veylis1212]

Thanks!

[@thekinghmimidou7001]

I feel like the hardest part about this playstyle is to move out to secure/deny outer bases, but maru make it look so easy.

[@TheDarkTemplar3791]

I am already looking forward for grand finals IEM Katowice 2022, Maru vs Serral, that bo7 will be insane!

[@spencerj6557]

Clem Vs. Rogue

[@TheDarkTemplar3791]

Maybe Rogue, but I believe Serral is better. Only thing what can stop him is ZvZ against one of the top 5 zergs.

[@SquirrelTheSquirrel]

I definitely think that serral will make it very far. He has been improving(somehow) even more through out this year. And I want 3rd non Korean world champion... i mean I guess it's still 2... but serral I think has the probability of making it to 3rd. The only Korean I am super in for is Zest. But given how far behind protoss is falling I'm not to sure. Protoss is considerably down trodden right now. I would also love to see scarlet win as well. And she has been putting out much better results too. I think she has most definitely taken over neeb. So yeah those are my top 3 for katowice this time

[@SquirrelTheSquirrel]

I would love to see clem come through too but I feel like he is apt to get thrown out by a maru style play. Clem is very good at playing the standard better, but we also see lower results the farther in we go. Still would love it but not as.hopeful

[@TheDarkTemplar3791]

@@SquirrelTheSquirrel Yea, I would be glad seeing champions outside Korea. Zest wont win that, but Maxpax have some chance maybe, but problem is, beating top zergs in current meta is Impossible for protoss.

[@erik3259]

15:27 that really felt satisfying seeing how strong he micro'ed

[@miming3679]

How does someone do that? Wow

[@dbomber3486]

Such a great breath of fresh air! Love what you do Lowko, thank you for your love and dedication to such a great game. Your casting is by far the most animated in my opinion. Again, thanks for the amazing casting!

[@thomasgrey9121]

Little known fact : Lowko says “Non other than” at least 2 times in a match

[@cristhian3460]

Beautiful, Maru's a monster.

[@andreyfrantov1]

These command centers are a brilliant move from Maru, who anticipated Reynor's economical supremacy, A perfectly timed strategical decision that allowed him not to die under the piles of bailings.

[@paulchiu8853]

Man , what a come back , Maru play this like a strategy game and fully take advantage of the choke points on the map . The switching from scv to mule actually was brilliant, every time reynor ran by with bangling he always end up trading with bunch of mule that almost expired .

[@crystaldazz]

If our planet ever runs out of Salt, all we'll have to do to replenish it is to hold Lowko in front of a screen with Ghosts. You can feel it flow from him at the mere mention of those cloaky-bois.

[@Necroneer]

I love watching Maru's late game. 26:27 This moves needed to happen earlier for Reynor. Wish he made more lurkers sooner, there goes a point in the game where ling-bane lurker can run over ghost pretty well and even sandwich them. At least that's what I've noticed from games with Dark vs mass ghost.

[@stillwatersrundeep001]

With so little Zerg anti-air Maru could have transitioned to BCs, he already had the starports and upgrades for it

[@jpVari]

the biggest evolution I've seen in tvz is that (with maru leading the charge) they've relatively recently realized exactly what those ghosts can handle on their own. so the defense is better because ghosts are handling more, and they're losing less ghosts because they know what ghosts can't handle. I'm sure this has been over years but it feels recent that it has gotten SO well handled.

[@jawnsea4432]

The video hasnt even started yet and i want to congratulate Maru on his victory. How do i know? Because Lowko only casts games of Reynor if Reynor losses.

[@UserName-dm2lx]

Dang it’s facts but feels biased

[@cesarverduga5966]

Maru is crazy good lately. I was afraid of the caster curse for a minute there, but Maru was able to comeback for the victory.

[@LoudWaffle]

That sensor tower at the far-right base was actually galaxy brain. With the planetary fortress, two liberators, and single seige tank, Maru wiped out a huge amount of Zerg who just rushed in eagerly, and it was right about when the mules were about to expire anyways. So basically Maru got a TON of free minerals and then baited a massive army trade in his favour without even losing the Command Center. Maru played ridiculously well this game, even though he technically had a massive economic disadvantage, he still had all of the resources he ever needed for whatever he wanted to do throughout the game. From then on it was just a matter of always making great trades, which is easier said than done, but Maru's clearly able to pull it off. Using the Ghosts to bait hordes of Banelines through his Seige Tank corridors was also great to watch, really getting unconventional value out of those units to make their early production worth it.

[@asdfasdf-mn8iu]

Zerg has no counter to ghosts, lowko. Banelings aren't a counter to ghost any more than they are a counter to marauders, because ghosts aren't light units. In any of those scenarios, if maru's ghosts were caught by banelings and he "just" splits, the banes don't deal enough damage to even kill the ghosts, because it takes 7 banelings to kill a ghost. Zerglings are light, so ghosts deal double damage to them and any expensive unit just can get sniped. The only soft counter to ghosts imo is the infestor, because a single unnoticed infestor can render ghosts unable to snipe or run away, but then again, ghosts have about the same EMP range like fungal growth, so in reality T could prevent ghosts from being hit. Imo T currently suffers from too good lategame units vs Z. Which makes a style like maru's, just sitting back, letting zerg mine out the map but take unfavourable trades and then dominating the lategame without zerg having a counter to it too good but very error-prone too, because if at one point maru makes a mistake, he will probably just die, but if he makes no mistake, there's no way for Z to win the game.

[@TheSailor69]

All I did was open KZbin and for some reason it automatically started playing this video haha, and it’s a reynor replay nice

[@jaredkippers8690]

Why are you wearing a mask outdoors?

[@VoltsAnBolts]

@@jaredkippers8690 I often wear a mask outside if i will only be 10, 15 minutes. Putting on and taking off your mask constantly is bad unless you sanitize your hands between. You want your hands near your face as little as possible

[@plszuts]

Don’t understand why Reynor tried to push the issue frontally when in my opinion Zerg is for run-bys. He tried it once with the dropalords, but should’ve gone for it more or even for a nydus. As this game shows you cannot kill a terran by killing SCVs (because they have mules) and cannot kill it frontally because of turtling (libs, tanks, marines, ghosts, etc.) so the only option is to take down the production facilities the units come from. I guess it’s easier said than done though. 🙂

[@Manwu5]

Hey lowko thanks for the content buddy 💪! Give us more! We love it!

[@xenon333]

After watching so many games of Maru, it feels like he WANTS to play from behind!

[@googane7755]

The problem with playing against Maru is that zerg usually expands aggressively as they normally would but this inadvertently gives more time for maru to just turtle up and create an unbreakable fortress which which plays in his favour in the end.

[@paulchiu8853]

Yes , he knew If he survived that mid game bangling hydra push , he will be winning with the mule

[@lonelydogclub]

Maru is literally a very skilled bronze league hero. Big TPM, building armor, high sec auto tracking, Mass command centers, nukes........All of them can be found in bronze league terrans

[@michp8781]

The build forces Zerg players to soldier up, slowing down the droning and the economic expansion. Maru doesn't lose the marines, medivac shows up and all of a sudden the terran army is ready for some serious multi-prong.

[@squee222]

I think the point of the triple rax is to force a response from your opponent - get them to tech against marines instead of other units and then do a tech shift - or atleast you will probably know the kinds of things your opponent will build after that.

[@Zerog41612]

I hadn't played starcraft 2 in ages, but man you are just such a treat to watch

[@arcagaming3893]

Lowko: "Good morning everyone!" Me, sitting there 6:30 p.m in Germany: ?

[@microqueen69]

Well it's morning somewhere. That is if you believe Earth is non flat.

[@jp7089]

clearly one of the best comebacks in Sc2 history!

[@Owlr4ider]

Lowko, Maru's introduction should be: "the fourth race" as that's what he's known as.

[@yomama8935]

Would love to see another best of 7 series between these two.

[@yomama8935]

Omygawd lowko does read every comment, ily lowko

[@whiteegger2565]

Maru solved the problem that in late game zerg can trade out terran eco with units and overwhelm terran with pure army. Just build more CCs :) No seriously when you think about it, SCVs cost only 50minerals so they are really cheap units. The only reason terran eco crumbles is becaue you can't build them fast enough and losing 20 in a fight creates a snowball effect that allows zerg to swarm you with better eco. But if you have 5 ccs you can instantly rebuild them as well as mule to fill the gap. That's how Reynor's strat of destroying eco didn't work this game. Despite losing 10 SCVs each engagement Maru still has a really strong eco due to those CCs. And eventually Maru is going to out-scale reynor because his trades are way better than reynor's. Ofc, you first need to play like Maru so you don't die in those fights straight ups.

[@aresagathos2075]

Harstem: This hits like a truck ! Lowko: I don't think that build is good.

[@LbISSS]

That was unbelievable. It looks sooo good. Maru defending perfectly, switching forces from one side of the map to other, placing perfect count of siege tanks around planetary fortresses slowing down any possible advancement. And when the zerg finishes with the planetaries - the GHOST DIVISION arrives, killing already weakened Raynor's forces. At the same time destroying zerg base on other side with marauders. That was a terran dream. It's just not possible to kill such strategy with hydra-ling-bane, it'll go the same scenario in endless cycle until zerg will run out of resources. Unless terran loose all ghosts - but Maru did now allowing this.

[@GorastMK]

Wow such an amazing performance by the winner, nice!

[@我想想-e5d]

Reynor should transfer to the viper lurker hydra composition about 10 mins earlier, assuming that ghost counter every zerg unit, just use the most powerful composition to against it. In the slit map situation, only swarmhost and lurker can trade efficiently to the terran.

[@HENTAICOMBO]

lowko: maru was so dead... Right? maru: mining 2 Zerg bases and destroy last mining base

[@1KamaronConClase]

Even if the video is old, because there been no patch, I can say those ghost are a little bit too powerful xD Great cast as always, Lowko!

[@nabusvco]

This game showcases my gripe with ghosts being good agaisnt everything lategame zerg, but then again its Maru on command of those ghosts.

[@willbrolley262]

It's games like this that always make me wonder if Ghosts are OP. I know that they're just a very good unit for their price, but damn.

[@godhandvoid9795]

Well he built like 15 ghosts before any lurkers or vipers we're even on the map

[@Max-sz9ez]

Coming from a terran player I actually think they are OP if microed to perfection, like maru does it here. They are bulky, can cloak, do a lot of aa dmg, snipe counters basically every tier 3 unit of zerg emp counters spellcasters and the nuke is a nice bonus. But like 99,9 percent of the player base can't micro like that so I would say they are balanced over all. It's the same thing that happened with the reaper where it got nerfed because 1 terran was able to micro it perfectly and absolutely demolish zergs (I think that was byun)

[@konev13thebeast]

Every unit is op when pros use them

[@Max-sz9ez]

@@konev13thebeast While every unit has more potential when used by a pro there is a limit to what zerglings or zealots can do because there are straight forward meele fighters. But once you take a unit that can counter everything the enemy has and whose only weakness is being susceptible to splash damage and put it in the hands of someone who knows how to avoid said splash it gets way more cost efficient than any other unit could.

[@pavel9652]

Reminds me of Serral playing vipers, which makes them look broken, but as Lowko says, most of the Zerg players are unable to micro them that well.

[@Kapiteinramsamsam]

Lowko geloof mij;jij bent de beste SC reviewer op dit moment!doe zo verder 👍🏻

[@Aymanzendo911]

Amazing match and amazing how these guys play

[@ThePryzedOne]

Always stoked for Lowko videos

[@yamilabugattas3895]

That was an incredible game, Maru is definitely something else.

[@macyuka]

I only play Broodwar, but seeing the plays here on sc2 is so entertaining. Great channel too, love your videos man. Thumbs up! 👍

[@motonewyork1100]

*Best game I've seen in a long time*

[@Ilkanar]

9:50 bro i sometimes cant find evo i placed myself, its not just casting xD I bet you sometimes did that on ladder too

[@FirstLast-gk6lg]

This is awesome i have been wanting these Terran players to mass Planataries for years, it's such a great static D for the cost and doesn't cost supply

[@Neront90]

Little note To blow up 1 ghost you need 6 banelings

[@anvietanh6723]

Doesn't matter when they have a gazillion banes

[@cjcapulong2067]

Lowko just went berserk with the arrows on the thumbnail XD

[@TheResistantCow]

The hit on those Banes is 100% why the widow mine won the viewer pole😂😂👌

[@BaufenBeast]

The second engineering bay was not on-screen when you zoomed into the one with +2 attack going, so it was not on screen the whole time. It was also kinda obscured by the Pneumatized Carapace notification.

[@sodasaintcommentaries4054]

Reynor's final message is on point: "uGGG"

[@brettloo7588]

What a chaotic match. so much going on!

[@vitorh3568]

Maru is a bliss watching his plays

[@vranaetf]

I can confirm the second engy bay wasn't on the screen the ENTIRE time

[@tarrker]

Maru knows what's up. He sees the expensive trades so he turtles up and starts depleting the map. Pretty sure the mules on the right side were as much to deny Reynor minerals as they were to gather minerals for Maru. The few wins I get usually come to me in the same way.

[@michael6909]

Right side is usually the terrans last base (unless zerg steals it).

[@cottonmouth1966]

Lowki the first build Maru pulled in first match is my main start 95% of all matches

[@lordpeanut3245]

When I was really young like 10 -11 Maru was very much my starcraft ideal like he was the only thing I watched for a while

[@Virenkrock]

Came here to feed the algorithm

[@captainmccuckin2698]

this match is proof how beautiful this game is

[@masterx1907]

I would love to see lowko vs winter in sc2 sometime

[@soldout5918]

Maru against zergs on Hardwire - is a piece of art

[@noneofyourbusiness4133]

The Terran players saw how unreasonably effective the “build only marine build” of Harstem’s “Beating Grand Master with Stupid Stuff” was

[@Ilkanar]

20:10 ha on moded sc1 so you play on sc2 engine i began to play it and that cinematic was here xD

[@MedicJR]

The number of twitch streams is amazing

[@EdgarTheOnion]

Dam!!! Maru is a master with those Ghosts!!

[@dominus6695]

He baited Reynor into wanting to win fast while building up his rock solid turtle army strat

[@originalrecko]

Lowko's thumbnail arrows are on 'point'.

[@wolfrunner700]

I enjoy watching these and have to admit I am learning a lot I didn't know. I am a decent SC player. Never tried going up the ranks though I might see where I can get to in them. Some of the things I see them do are insane lol.

[@TheFrogsmog]

All I did was watch starcrsft 2 KZbin videos for months until I finally downloaded the game so I'm noob but I enjoy your reviews the most :D

[@the7observer]

22:29 - Big PP (Painful Planetary)

[@cottonmouth1966]

2v2 I rock that start

[@mupo1811]

That ghosts split should be illegal in 50 states

[@Matej_Sojka]

This was a beautiful game.

[@JSs586]

20:09 every Terran's wet dream

[@ReodanMadarao]

Really love the vids lowko.. planning on going back to strategies althou starcraft 2 loading just kills the experience for me.

[@dingledln]

Harstem has been doing that 3 rax build at GM on the ladder vs all 3 races

[@Refirrus]

He did it, he actually did it!

[@Aveal]

thinking about the 3-Rax opening. A Theory… maybe the early game isn’t as strong but you are going very strong into mid game. and you achieve the same (creep reduction, two pronged aggression, pressuring 3rd/4th expansion) goals but later and with more brute force!

[@PedramNG]

15:52 very nice 😎

[@stillwatersrundeep001]

Maru is the very definition of 'long game'. By surviving and not letting the Zerg take the last 2 battleground bases, he knows that even if they out-mine him early on, when the map is mined out the one who had more bases and resources overall will win. And for how efficiently his Terran trades, even if Reynor claimed slightly more resources overall he'll still lose.

[@MidnightMogwai]

“He’s sitting at 69.. so that’s pretty nice “ @15:53

[@ilzt8504]

Reynor's strategy is so one-dimensional. WP Maru.

[@김태환-s2i]

True, but for Reynor's sake, basically every Terran except a few will crumble under his one-dimensional Zerg swarm

[@joshuascafidi3851]

I wonder, since zerg held the initial push so well, with at least a dozen army units to spare, what would have happened if he had made say 8 fewer lings and made 2 or 3 drones and a structure earlier or got an upgrade earlier than he did, because just 3-4 minutes later lowko was commenting that he was stuck on with unit comp, and maybe with the above changes he wouldn't have been stuck and could have gone into late game before Maru had 15-20 ghosts

[@bakajanai.]

What maru is doing is basically what I did on All-In, just spam as much planetary walls

[@thorstenwyzgol5041]

i wonder why reynor didnt try to catch the ghosts with a fungal, when he already was so keen on killing those.

[@Rorimac67]

Because 9 out of 10 times Maru would EMP the infestors instead infestors able to fungle the ghosts.

[@thorstenwyzgol5041]

@@Rorimac67 even burrowed ones? does he have the awareness for those shadows?

[@uuuuNB]

@@thorstenwyzgol5041 infestors can't fungal when burrowed

[@dukeyaka]

Everytime I see a Maru video I think of Maru the famous youtube cat. I wonder if they are the same person.

[@dougfax]

this Maru guy knows that you get more eco faster with more town centers