StarCraft 2: MARU vs PARTING!

One of the best games of StarCraft 2 I've seen recently. Fantastic match of top level Terran versus Protoss between Maru and PartinG.
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[@johnmcmanus3645]

"pretty sure PartinG just wins most of his games with Peer Pressure" just picturing at a tournament PartinG just death glaring his opponents until they surrender

[@suracha8130]

Not sure that's what peer pressure means, chief, but you've got the right spirit

[@gronkmen5746]

@@suracha8130 "Peer pressure is the direct influence on people by peers" with all due respect king, Pothole would be correct with his use of peer pressure

[@PelaoenPiedra]

"surrender man, everyone is doing it... just surrender dude"

[@boartank]

You better type GG or else

[@mr_clean575]

@@PelaoenPiedra haha

[@daethalion1725]

Man, Parting was just solidly on point for most of this game. What a ride!

[@barforlifebarforlife6019]

the only thing I'm criticizing is that he took the high yield base on the right but didnt mine from it until the terran attacked....

[@moiseguran737]

26:40 Parting: Where are my carriers? Maru: Where are my marines? Lowko: *action noises*

[@magnusbjarni]

"HOAH!"

[@kristoradion]

Look at the fallen's bloods on the ground. They are not "loser" and "sucker" lol

[@carsonllorente481]

Lmao

[@SaltpeterTaffy]

11:41 *Lowko silently highlights an observer* 4 seconds later: *Maru scans that exact location* Maru sees the future and watches Lowko's content confirmed.

[@Boyscout533]

Are we not going to talk about that cheeky Nexus at the end? Absolutely savage sauce there

[@missbelled6700]

@@electronicjack729 "I see your refinery, and raise you one Nexus." maru on 100 minerals and +800/min ... GG lol

[@veganoji]

Might also have been another 200 IQ strategy! Make it seem to your opponent like you have more resources in the bank than you actually might! Could see more like it in 2021 Starcraft haha

[@yamilabugattas3895]

Definitely the most impressive PvT I've seen in a long time. I absolutely loved it!

[@masterofnegotiation2815]

Those carriers notwithstanding, it's insanely impressive how many engagements Parting can manage to micro at once while still expanding behind

[@ballboys607]

Whew, my one random day off and I get an early viewing of some Maru gameplay. Nice.

[@shawnvanstaveren7206]

13:06 "If you're doing a good job...-pause for effect- you can defend literally everything..." Good shit man. I watch every day still. That's so funny. My dad is Dutch so I feel like I am biased listening to you haha. Keep slaying lowko.

[@NinjaAdorable]

I LOVED the dynamic unit composition Parting had !! Stalker-Zealot to Colossus to Carriers to offing the Colossus to Disruptor, High-Templar for splash at last !! Just following along his unit transitions to counter the Terran was a ride in and of itself !! Lowko DELIVERING those "creme de la creme" SC2 games !!

[@Sirkento]

I love the banter you have with yourself debating the appropriateness of word choice and other things XD it's very entertaining to listen to

[@felipeiphar1129]

When Protoss plays like Zerg..... Damn! Awesome match

[@gustavohdzmayes9632]

Parting is just an absolute beast! best protoss right now IMHO

[@ThuhElement]

Showtime, is good too!

[@gustavohdzmayes9632]

@@ThuhElement showtime used to be my favorite protoss, but blink stalkers make miracles!

[@ThuhElement]

Gustavo Hdz Mayes I’m not good enough to manage them In an army but they’re awesome from what I see! I love the Stargate too much sadly.

[@TheKiwiCoder]

Well I guess I know how this game ends then

[@nekdo_kavc]

This game is pushing me in direction of playing SC2 and picking protoss. I wander if i can become one of the best in this game also.

[@omarelfalafly7207]

Other players: loses to Maru or barely wins. Parting: *BMs* Maru with a nexus.

[@hawkenparker]

Holy crap... This was the most amazing game I've ever seen. I was out of my chair shouting... SO GOOD!

[@MrNxou]

the famous terran stargate :D

[@Jindrolim]

I mean there is a movie and couple of series about it

[@TheChadiwack]

One of the best games I've ever seen. Thanks for casting it Lowko.

[@grisus7254]

20:54 damn Lowko, you really captured that starport!

[@dafdaf4052]

I feel like when Maru was the best he used to marine drop much more and played everywhere on the map. Nowadays it feels like he is always playing from behind at defensive mode and that always translates to less minerals = lose.

[@theabstract100]

Well, question is: How you gonna do that in the meta with terran? Yeah you can try proxy rax, to counter pressure the start of parting, but you probably gonna loose your main in this game. Cheese options or snkeay plays with terran are rare. Terran has fallen behind in the meta. There is no game changing unit like disrupter, DT, HT, baneling or infestor. Only macro advantage works, or constant superior micro. Its getting boring, being just good in defense. That not how you win games.

[@gronkmen5746]

@@theabstract100 ghosts are the most game changing unit in the game, being able to destroy an entire army in 1 shot if the opponent is distracted is more than good, they don't have units like banelings no, but they do have widow mines, they dont have units like high templar no, but they do have a capital ship that can teleport across the map instantly, Terran is a good race but people don't utilise its tools properly

[@N0noy1989]

@@gronkmen5746 nukes are just creep tumor clearers usually. Very very (I don't know how much more very to add) rare that they can connect with the army at this level. Banelings don't have friendly fire. That's a huge advantage of banelings. Widow mines have friendly fire. Disrputors do have friendly fire but they are way more powerful at zoning away the enemy. And they also recharge way faster than mines. Mines are good I'm not saying they're not. But oftentimes we see banes and disruptors changing the tide of the game. Very rarely can mines reverse a losing game once the enemy brings overlords or observers with the army.

[@theabstract100]

@@gronkmen5746 Are you talking of useless Nukes, which no one falls for even in silver league, you have no clue if you think that thing is good? Or EMP against Protoss? EMP is a good tool, but just move back, shield will recover. Window Mines doesnt work well on high lvls, the pros are too fast and always have vision with observer and its just usefull for defense. Certainly no game changer, because you can rarely suprise large armies. And bc are nice, but so expensive and good to counter. Thats why you see bc rushes, but not so much bc late game. Too expensive, too much counter. And if you loose them, try rebuild so much suply as terran, good luck! There is no 30+ larva waiting or 8 warp gates.

[@gronkmen5746]

@@theabstract100 Being good in defense is one of Terrans perks, they're still very good in other ways. Nukes are not useless, like, at all, with all due respect, if you think nukes are useless, you probably arent too skilled at the game, it's why every single Terran professional player uses nukes lategame, because they're very good. 1 single cloaked unit can wipe out a whole mineral line and destroy several buildings for a few hundreds of minerals and a bit of gas, that's pretty fuckin good, and even if they don't destroy anything, it causes enough of the mining to stop that it still works out. Nukes are the best way to clear static defense and any locked down position. And as Herald said, they also work very well in clearing creep. The army gone in 1 nuke is a very rare scenario, but the fact that it has that opportunity is still significant. Same with banelings, as you said, pros are too fast and always have vision, banelings only get good connections if the pro isn't paying attention. Splitting is not difficult, at all, and to add to what Herald said, Widow Mines do have friendly fire, but if you get an armoury, they become invisible in the ground, and there isnt detection in every place at all times, there's been more than enough proof of widow mines destroying groups of Mutalisks. The difference is, Widow mines can attack the air, and banelings are green and very visible, you can see them coming and that gives you time to split. Though I'm not sure why widow mines have friendly fire, I do think Disruptors should have it just because their damage is so good that its just needed to balance it out, and to theabstract, EMPs can instantly remove energy from another unit, so can high templar, Infestors can't, BCs do have counters and are expensive thats true, but if you fly it across the map chances are you'll never lose that unit because you can just warp it back, after you have a BC it takes you causing a mistake to lose it

[@jonathanbennett797]

16:00 is like a campaign mission where parting has to break these fortifications with only a few elite units lol

[@xcessgz]

Nice battle! I'm a Terran player, and I wouldn't have did what he did. I would have built like 50 marines and would have forgotten about the 2nd base!

[@jiahaozhang1370]

Wouldnt have did what he did? Dude, do you know who the terran player is!!??

[@bananasplit4391]

@@jiahaozhang1370 pretty sure he meant that in a positive way

[@tigera6]

You cant forget about the natural. If you build the 3rd base and split your army in half, Protoss would continue to harrass both the bases non-stop with blink stalker.

[@ZergleJerk]

I would have built 50 widow mines and a sea of missile turrets. Then walked away from my computer...

[@jiahaozhang1370]

@@bananasplit4391 pretty sure too. But it is just funny to compare Maru with just a terran player. The point is good. But the line "would not have did what he did" just struck me hard lol.

[@highlordalarak5111]

24:00 I have actually been using that way of building structures now when I play Terran if you have good amount of money grab like 6 secs off of the mineral line then shift click them back to the minerals after you build x amount of structures gets everything done in the time zone it takes one to get done it’s super helpful if your struggling as a Terran player try to use that don’t make 1 scv do all the building structures your not Protoss pull some scvs off and build x amount all at the same time

[@paulhumphries7246]

Pure, nail-biting action from start to finish - excellent game, well cast. Bravo.

[@timchambers7068]

Nice one! Super fun watching PartinG and Maru as always:)

[@khangvo9512]

Everytime PartinG’s disruptor hit their target my heart went ooof ❤️

[@davidholland4713]

I had this image of Maru as a special forces commando crawling in the mud before he takes out an entire enemy squadron :-)

[@pavel9652]

Top-left corner in the YT home page in evening hours is always reserved for the latest and greatest video from LowkoTV ;]

[@scrivner3902]

This game was amazing. I love late game Protoss v Terran

[@jerds9293]

Great that you get the big name games. You could use a co-commentator who's an analyst for these.

[@PotatoMussab]

There is nothing I love more in SC2 than seeing the aggressive player win

[@koreaboiii1]

20:45 "way more shit I mean stuff oh my god" lol🤣

[@redfish337]

Vikings may as well explode when you hit the ground mode button.

[@CrumpetsNBiscuits]

lol why? Im a starcraft noob that likes the replays, but they seem decent enough on ground. Sure they're not as cost effective but they still do something.

[@wtmotobikes8838]

🤣

[@kai-xuanyao4666]

@@CrumpetsNBiscuits They are pretty good on the ground with a hoard of range liberators backing them up since they keep your liberators alive by having air supriority, beat stalkers head on, and liberators can take care of anything other than stalkers or air units. HOWEVER, disruptors counter them hard because they are very slow on the ground, and because Maru didn't have medivecs his bio can't afford to stim, and therefore aren't fast enough to dodge disruptors either. Those disruptors at the end are absolutely fantastic by Parting.

[@RiseNShine681]

18:12 10/10 Overlord impression too!

[@WebnewsCelebrities]

One of the best game I've seen for a very long time. The cast tho is always the best *lowko noise*

[@societyofrobots]

Putting a Nexus in your opponents expansion is the SC2 version of the middle finger lol

[@timothyarnold5875]

Finally! A Protoss win, feels like forever since I've seen one :)

[@CarlosTheRaven]

Lowko: think of the children. Also Lowko: Oh another nuke!

[@TrueThanny]

21:25 Why wouldn't he just A-move them down the ramp so they do a little bit of damage on their way out?

[@theanti-hypemonitor9079]

i mark this day in the calendar cuz lowko finally uses "a couple" in the right context. 6:10

[@hawkenparker]

As a terran in real life, I feel like I would be one of those SCV's @27:21

[@Treksh]

Thanks for the episode!!!

[@ButterNugget.]

Petition for lowko to cast more viewer submitted games 👇

[@rorydonaldson2794]

That was an awesome game. That being said, can we talk about Lowkos ability to totally stop his train of thought, comment on an intense moment then return to the tat train of thought without forgetting? Because that impresses me.

[@EMTgamer]

"Maru can only take so many balls to the face before having to tap out" - Summary of end game

[@Nozdormu1982]

The way the game ended was nice as well. Maru was parting ways.

[@zandarz229]

You should do the “Hello my name is Lowko” intro more often....

[@MrBlablaologe]

Everyone... Or in Lowkoish Efryone

[@PrimusVitarex]

My Protossheart is screaming in joy rigth now

[@JSs586]

When we compare the cost efficiency do we count the nuke's cost too?

[@SKRicochet]

LOWKO! THE CHILDREN!

[@Tom_K]

Give them a map.

[@dav__71]

Aaaaawesome game. Finally parting is getting a well rounded game. Good defense to compliment his attacks

[@linusgerbsch374]

Nice! My daily dose of Lowko 😊👍

[@f00dify]

I think disrupters play is becoming my favorite composition to watch because I’m constantly asking are the purification’s gonna land or won’t they, and I feel like at least for this game the answer to liberator play since the liberators don’t attack the purification novas

[@williamg2873]

I love these Parting games

[@gavinruggero3809]

how do you widen the camera angle? like how you did in the beginning

[@DerpSpY205]

PvT is always my favorite match up, beatiful game ❤️ !!!

[@jkim5731]

I swear every time I have lunch there is a video waiting.

[@ianlinder2168]

Great tech switches from Patring

[@djcj]

BEST GAME I'VE SEEN in ages! PARTING is nuts!

[@ZergleJerk]

*3:45** in* "I hear you like warpgates..." "Parting. Pls."

[@TritonTv69420]

That was the best game i have seen you cast all year lowko! Maru is insaine. Yea he lost but man he lost with style. Wow

[@TheRealDarklight]

Even though I'm a Protoss player, I flinched after every disruptor balls at the end of the match (30:08)... So painful, they make me feel dirty...

[@dontenx5738]

i was audibly going oof after those big hits in the late game.

[@kujian]

You're going to have all these war chest games with all this pro play, and then one day you'll change it up and drop a Florencio game and blow our minds.

[@thegoodthebadandtheugly579]

Wow! What a game! 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

[@SameirRomero]

I don´t play SC2 but this was amazing!

[@Marszalek90]

That was the Best Protos game iv ever seen, love it.

[@ryanj2178]

Lowko, do you still play Warcraft 3 reforged regular match games?

[@wanderhund8883]

Is there an undecisive decisiob

[@jimmysverin915]

A yeah my man from the european country without forest out with a new commentary!

[@Nekoyashiki-san]

Thanks for the cool game once again. ^^

[@tommythunder7498]

Lowko casting like a BOSS, this is a prime example of High level god tier players! Still DT are op with their blink ability and terran doesn't have the necessary counter for that, tho it would be easy to fix that : give the Terran their defensive structures like Swann has and this is an easy fix for both races (protoss and zerg) and for the love of Lowko pls give the Terrans more AOE damage that isnt static !!! Yes am talking about tanks and liberators!!! (the first should have Nova's spider mines) & (the later one should have an upgrade that makes it able to attack structure for the love of Maru!!!)

[@joshuafischer684]

Terran has a pretty good defense for that though. Sensor towers, missile turrets, ravens detect, and any sensible player leaves some units behind to ward off drops/run-bys. DT blink is strong but it relies on careless or distracted players to be useful.

[@tommythunder7498]

@@joshuafischer684 all you said is true but protoss put photon canon and it replace all that you mentioned so am not asking for a all in 1 like protoss but some static defense.

[@tigera6]

@@joshuafischer684 DT blinks with 15-16 units can flat-out kill 1 CC with a single strike. And they can wreck the entire bio army in 1 step as well. I dont have problem with DT sneaking in, because Terran supposed to defend against that. its the freaking mass blink-and-strike tatics that drive it nut.

[@kkiel004]

This game was incredible.

[@shunfanshao6069]

wtf Parting played everything so perfectly... It was like when people seeing Faker hitting every single cs in S3

[@hiroki_rinn]

That was a wicked match!!!!! 🤩

[@curtisjackson3645]

Woah, amazing Protoss!

[@Spartsou]

hahahaha!! I'm starting to love Parting! Favorites still Florencio tho!

[@bobikoki1649]

omg how they play like this ?

[@lordmorgoth7]

Parting and astrea, are blowing it up right now

[@kingbigyoshi4685]

Did lowko do his intro? No intro

[@DavidSmashGames]

Again im glad your casting these games! I really didnt like the casters of these games in the live stream they were never looking at what was going on imo

[@SickmanOfVietnam]

Raven ghost combination- parting kills so many marines marauders big fire ball

[@creativeadventuressinkhole]

What a grinder parting is, if you let him get going

[@SparksFlyin]

Already seen this game. Is this a re-upload?

[@devtitanfrog8585]

Hey Lowko could u please start using the new esl overlay? I'm almost exclusively watch on mobile and i just looks so much better on these devices.

[@youu142]

this Protoss player really knows how to counter Terran at late game. gj

[@orangetempest]

Is it just me or did Lowko say stargate for Terran?

[@lonevibes3172]

Parting is the definition of mix ups

[@gezamezga6104]

25:20 - Lowko doing adult film sound impressions...

[@PaWnAable]

What a fantastic game

[@hadriewyn]

Pure masterclass.

[@robertgress196]

When roasting probes you should say “sintered” or “smelted”

[@PresidentialWinner]

Just one question: Why not attack with the Colossal Squids instead of killing them yourself?

[@RevoKunzz]

The only answer that comes to my mind is that he didn't want Maru to know about his stalkers' strategy

[@PresidentialWinner]

@@RevoKunzz Ok

[@walluswang]

i would say this way was faster. He didn't need to wait for them to die.

[@leadjunkie5674]

Anytime I see a pro put their Vikings on the deck, I'm excited.

[@djcj]

#LunchWithLowko Crew

[@michalnyklicek1860]

as you said..fantastic..

[@Keln02]

SC2 was why I fucked up my first year of Uni... I don't play it anymore. But oh boy is still as entertaining as ever.

[@seahawks875]

This seemed like the type of game that went long enough to make it worthwhile to build a mothership. I feel like I haven't seen one of those in a while. Do they not get built anymore?

[@hisser3]

i'd kinda like to see them add the Impaler to the multiplayer as a counter for the mass thors we've been seeing in T v Z

[@Noah-xh4vr]

as protoss I agree, and think that lurkers should be replaced by impalers. lurkers are OP in PvZ right now and impalers would be awesome to open up new strategies.

[@pauloazuela8488]

Once a sunken colony , zerg really evolve and adapt fast.

[@korpscomacho]

Maru is always late with sieging his tanks. Crazy how he isn't changing his playing style on that front.

[@marcmartial1221]

What a great game!

[@lipem14]

ah, about Maru. he is insane. But here in Brazil we have another Maru. Lowko, search by MARU KARV. hahah