StarCraft 2: MASS Thor vs MASS Brood Lord in 2021?! (Reynor vs Dream)

Epic match of professional StarCraft 2 between Reynor and Dream. This is a recent game from Dreamhack Summer that showcases StarCraft at the absolute highest skill level.
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[@csmlouis]

32:36 Here you can observe Lowko's Word-Per-Minute spiked to abnormal level.

[@LowkoTV]

Chrono boosted

[@Helycon]

@@LowkoTV so are when are we gonna see your rap channel?

[@TubeTAG]

@@Helycon Eminem is suspiciously quiet on this.

[@user-ml8mh9ox2m]

@@LowkoTV Definitely the Karax one.

[@dreatfuldroid9316]

Lool

[@mrfracturepie5736]

I don't think I've ever heard Lowko's voice get that high for that long!

[@QueenDaenerysTargaryen]

IKR💥

[@ZDarabos]

Highko

[@sebastianbehrens8370]

Went into Mickey Mouse mode

[@MrHirenP]

At 32:35 ?

[@yourname6553]

Understandable. This was an epic game and cast!

[@smaakjeks]

31:51 - "Average actions per minute (resigned laughter) how is this human"

[@Uglyminesword]

I just can't believe somebody made brood lords usable in TvZ. Even from Raynor.. just beautiful.

[@shayden598]

Broodslords are used quite a bit in zvt lategame

[@TheThigh]

@@shayden598 No. They’re too slow and they’re essentially hard countered by thors and multi-prong attacks. I haven’t watched this series yet. But there is a reason BLs haven’t been seen much in TvZ, and that’s because they can’t even do their own job properly. Even vs bio/tank since the leash nerf, a poor engagement can cause you to lose a good chunk of BLs since kiting is so much weaker.

[@JorenMathews]

Dream was dumb trying to use Thors. Thors are absolute garbage if you make more than a handful of them.

[@joshuakim5240]

@@JorenMathews Yeah the main thing about Thors is that they're the hard single-target hitters in an army of other units, not a mass-unit since they get destroyed by ironically weaker mass-oriented units. Without at least a front line wall of Hellbats and Marines, they just get steamrolled by zerglings and Brood Lords whose Broodlings distract and ankle-bite the Thors to death due to Thors having no ground splash.

[@AxelTT555]

yeah, broods are total crap nowdays. even despite Reynor won, i still think this way. this is so fucking stupud as well. broods should have at least 12 range, not pathetic 9. because there's so many counters for them, especially from terrans. ghosts, thors, vikings. Having some proper tier 3 units, Reynor would trash Dream much sooner and in much more convincing fashion.

[@aczsh]

Dream not having vehicle armor was sooo painful 😭

[@Bandit473]

He's a minecraft yotuuber

[@cheesysealAnon]

@@Bandit473 wrong dream

[@Y0G0FU]

Yeee that was a huge mistake. These Zerg- and Broodlings dealt way too much damage to the thors thanks to that.

[@thomaskunz3089]

do you think that was the reason he lost? like, thors just got killed too fast then? is there a better way to deal with broodlords? maybe go heavier on vikings since if you have enough of them they can oneshot broodlords (then you hit and run a bunch of times)

[@theabstract100]

@@thomaskunz3089 I still dont get why the pros dont use Hellbats with blueflames. They are cheap, and eat lings and broodlings for breakfast. Just like 8 or 10 in the first row...

[@votecthulhu9378]

I love lategame Matches. Those hundreds of zerglings running into the terran defence just looked so epic. And I love seeing all the different units the game has to offer

[@eded9157]

One of the most exited match i have seen.

[@Purrfect_Werecat]

How many times can you exit a match tho

[@eded9157]

@@Purrfect_Werecat lol, my bad

[@TheKoldar]

I Just can't believe lowko has casted a game where reynor wins!

[@Jabawalk]

I guess Reynor's been complaining for weeks already

[@TheKoldar]

@@Jabawalk Probably Reynor threatened him not to help Lowko anymore when Harmstem casts Lowko' games

[@Ragnarok6664]

Watching the broodlords succeed is such a treat 👌🏻

[@kaichu4814]

Thx for posting so regulary Lowko, I really enjoy your videos :D

[@fredgagne2548]

Lowko wheres your INTROOOOO

[@LowkoTV]

HELLO FRED MY NAME IS LOWKO

[@Andreas-mr6wc]

@@LowkoTV such a humble guy, even made a special version of the intro for our friend fred

[@godfreycarino2808]

I kinda miss the intros🤔 ahhh💩💩💩💩

[@Mooncat25]

Hello everyone this is your daily dose of internet Wait...

[@genatools919]

They were pretty annoying and cringe glad they are gone

[@irdaz7052]

23:15 that reaction plus the bg music of SCII is fantastic. 😂😂😂😂😂

[@CenJohan]

That final engagement was hard to watch as Dream spent way too much time fighting broodlings instead of jumping on top of the broodlords. I saw this live and even the casters were surprised at how poorly Dream seemed to play it out. Reynor probably just exhausted Dream from the long game.

[@arthurfraco2970]

Can you explain if it is designed that terran late is stronger? From what lowko said he forgot some of his army in base and his upgrades and was still even. Imagine if he didnt commit those mistakes.

[@alexsis1778]

@@arthurfraco2970 Individual units for terran mech are stronger because they take so much longer to build. Zerg's advantage is in the fact that they can completely remake an army in a matter of seconds as long as they have the larva. A terran mech army will take several minutes, but really the fact is that Thors are literally meant to be the counter to brood lords. So in a head to head fight the Thors SHOULD win if they're played properly, but as patrick said the thors spent the vast majority of their time just shooting broodlings which really does nothing.

[@zepenance9571]

This is odd because thors are supposed to target priority air as soon as they can. Which means Raynors micro was on point with them

[@tigera6]

@@zepenance9571 Part of it was because the Thors were on a choke point, and not all of them were shooting at the same time. Meanwhile Reynor micro his BL almost perfectly, get in, shoot and then move out of range of the Thors. Had this been a head-on fight where Thors can move foward freely, all the BL would have been destroyed.

[@st4ndby]

@@alexsis1778 it was just because reynor blocked the thors in a joke point and as lowko mentioned the broodlings blocked the path of the thors. Reynor was ahead in this game with his strategy .

[@YomActual]

32:39 Karax: Chrono boost activated! Lowko: _produces his words under ChB effect_

[@altide8784]

35:24 - He's drooling brains at this point

[@ricardosanchez2851]

'Can we see some nukes please?' got me lol almost like a 'Send nukes plz'

[@Kittzz]

So I was pretty surprised to Tune in to LowkoTV and see a Professional match of StarCraft II.

[@Theak47forall]

:D

[@bellicosepariah6609]

It just bothers me to no end that the guy names Raynor plays Zerg and not Terrin.

[@OMIMreacts]

haha yeah same

[@lautarodesimone54]

Jesus christ, that last minute and a half was TRULY HARDCORE. All the big fights were so freagging close.

[@gerry_bman4652]

Wow that was a close one, I don't know how he pulled that off. Thanks Lowko!

[@xxmementomori]

Insane game! love seeing Reynor doing what Reynor does best! Winning :D

[@terekrutherford8879]

Lowko really love these casts. Great content as always!

[@BardKeepseasy]

best ghost dying impression in 2021

[@rustygoddard]

Best I've seen in a while. Great casting!

[@CeciShaw]

the overlords pooping creep for the spores then soaking up the fire! brilliant!

[@mrbaya2191]

So cool to see starcraft 2 is still being played. Me and my friend used to play the origan starcraft as kids and we didn't have a good enough computer to play starcraft 2 LOL or it got delayed or both. MOVED TO PC AND FOUND STARCRAFT IS BEING PLAYED ANDDD FREE. mannn so dope. This vids are cool to watch btw good content.

[@MaskedImposter]

I'm not sure what I'm supposed to pay attention to in the thumbnail without any arrows.

[@djordjeilic5355]

Lowko having a starcraftgasm for 37 minutes

[@teaddict-]

Damn, what an insane game! :D

[@glenscott6717]

14:33 Reynor unburrows the one ling to distract the tanks

[@JaimeWarlock]

Wow, didn't catch that.

[@ChadZLumenarcus]

Protoss have Carriers with the ability to recall them. Terran have Battle Cruisers that can independently teleport. Both are able to mass up and wreck anything in their way in a large Armada. Zerg have Fail-lords that can't travel through the network, are slow and literally have multiple counters. They also have Derp-tralisks that can't step over units and literally clog army mobility. Zerg is like playing StarCraft 2 on hard mode.

[@czeslawpi]

Yeah that was a great game! Best I’ve seen in a long time!

[@marcusswift7969]

Wow. That game was EPIC!!! And you didn’t even use any thumbnail arrows!

[@skyler.mclane]

Lowko, did you know that both hydras and roaches have a melee animation, it's also not effected by guardian shield!

[@joshuakim5240]

So do any marine variants with bayonets (War Pigs during campaign and Mira's Maurader skin marines). The War Hound also has a melee animation (they punch) that's only seeable during HOTS campaign when fighting them with melee units.

[@TritonTv69420]

O yea this is gonna be EPIC for sure. Thors are gonna derp against each other and the broods are gonna brood Edit after watching. Yea pretty much what I expected... Not the best map or location for mass thors. I wonder why they never break those rocks? I bet that would have let terran win. I am always puzzled by these things. Great cast lowko! I will probably honestly watch this a few more times to study.

[@knightish]

Woah that was an epic match

[@HamletNOR]

That was a Masterclass in how to play Zerg!

[@automanautomation9845]

Lowko it was awesome game. Enjoyed every minute.

[@zaksmith1035]

That was such a battle.

[@kllier9837]

I almost never play starcraft, but i cant pass away a lowko video, how that even work?

[@bb-im6hf]

agreed, Lowko can make the casts very enjoyable and easy to understand, with just the right amount of humor and jokes to keep us entertained while the game reaches a bit of a low

[@gh0stluv979]

I've recently only gotten into StarCraft. Only played zerg. Watched some videos. Love it. Thank you. I want some Chipotle. I wonder if this rash is contagious.

[@ethanaleman]

Thor is tied for one of my favorite units next to the cyclones and vikings

[@CascaDEER]

That ghost screan impression was very good

[@sebastianbehrens8370]

Sick match omg

[@chocoman3233]

oh my god. this was. incredible.

[@axe1_b563]

I saw this game live and it was so much fun!

[@juckslasher]

That was a grand game

[@quatzecoatlname6296]

@lowko What’s your opinion on adding hellbats to the Terran force? If I’m reading the numbers right, +1 hellbats should one-shot broodlings at all upgrade levels, which would clear up the pathing for the Thors and help keep them alive. Seems like you’d only need 5 or 10 to keep the broodlings at bay

[@Ljngstrm]

Can someone answer me this: is there a tactics to make a unit like a Creep Tumor or a Changeling, and then friendly fire Broodlings from the Broodlords, out of range of an enemy army/defenses? Is it something that has been seen and done in the past?

[@mj18009]

WHAT A GAME BRO

[@chir0pter]

Wowww what a finish!

[@dr.pieper3704]

Incredible game !

[@JoelGustafsson]

Wow!

[@mansoorhameed7075]

that game was PHENOMENAL

[@AD-lr6pc]

Insane game holy crap

[@beardsvseveryone45]

Wow what a game

[@johnkent8972]

Now that was a Starcraft game.

[@mofoeugen]

"He has no conceivable weakness!" "Let you me show you his teeth!" Amusing ;)

[@jaggermarster]

Such a nice game

[@siddharthprasad7805]

Fantastic game, and great cast as always. I’m trash at Starcraft, so this question may sound dumb: would the fight have gone better had Dream replaced his Thors with several Vikings? Since so much of Reynor’s supply was caught up in brood lords, I’m wondering if this would have ‘changed the tide of battle’. But then again Reynor had several fungals and spores available,

[@shayden598]

Yea. He kinda threw away his vikings into the spores. I think if he keeps some vikings this would have gone in his favor

[@siddharthprasad7805]

@@shayden598 I guess it’s tough to decide in the moment, since Thors on paper should trash brood lords and he already committed to vehicle upgrades

[@glowyboi7175]

No, Vikings have less range than Thors and are very vulnerable to Infestors, Queens, Corruptors and Spores. What would've helped the most is not trapping his own army so he could flank, and having both Vehicle armor and Ship weapons upgrades before the final fight - he had time for both off 1 armory, he just forgot.

[@siddharthprasad7805]

@@glowyboi7175 Makes sense. I guess one advantage is that they’re more maneuverable and don’t derp on pathing. But even if he pulled it off, if reynor remaxed with corruptors Dream wouldn’t have had enough money to pump out marines to deal with the corruptors

[@ToXXeRR]

After many years away from SC2 - your casts brought me back the old hobby. Great match and also great casting. thanks Lowko!

[@OMIMreacts]

sameee

[@chrisisthename4618]

Take a shot whenever lowko say "literally"

[@marzix427]

That was a good one

[@davidfibiger603]

I think this may be the best game I've ever seen. StarCraft 2 can be so beautiful😍😍😍

[@ricoqwertz123]

What a Game!

[@c0barsm]

Sick game!

[@raptorsan85]

great match

[@DubbleTwice]

ok that was crazy

[@heartbreak3r35]

18:05 - Press F to pay respects

[@pops1cle187]

Nice, 4k quality

[@pokerpro-experience4822]

such an epic game !

[@titocristobal5573]

This match felt like a campaign battle.

[@reinierrodriguez5081]

wow epic. I think the nuke could have been a little + retracted to avoid the crash. they were very frontal

[@Not0bito]

What a game

[@bekasiblis9540]

good show now we know to fight a thor, broodlord needs help from overload, investor and spore

[@lippyausletzeburg1455]

very fine game

[@Omnomnious]

How is the ghost at 21:11 not auto attacking? Anyone know?

[@davidweed1879]

Epic match and awesome commentary Lowko. Your love of the game comes through in every broadcast, and it makes it so much more enjoyable.

[@rumandbass]

Reynor's APM hits 1500+ frequently... that is super human.

[@floriandaill5166]

Amazing Game!

[@deetrixreed8961]

Damn, been awhile since I felt such a rush by the end of a game.

[@michaelperazzola4439]

Great game!!!

[@fantasyrulz]

dude your commentary is what makes this video so much more entertaining! good job and looking forward to your next video

[@AlexPiotrowski]

Where is the arrow in the thumbnail?

[@blackphant8399]

If you understand what happening, you are right. whit the best esport thing. And i like how you cast, bcs you try explain what happening.

[@Sifdine13]

Wouahouuuu that game Splendide

[@krzysztofchojnowski5946]

what a game!!!

[@andib.1421]

Epic Indeed!

[@lolzorzegiknietWoWzz]

exciting game

[@seanwest9308]

Great game & cast. Thanks mate!

[@iamelite4274]

Sc2 back then, marine tank, muta bane, colossi stalk Sc2 now, literal campaign cutscenes and missions

[@scott1853]

Does blinding cloud work on thors?

[@peewypeabody4284]

I don't like that the Ghost seems to be the counter against all Zerg late game units (broods, ultras, lurkers, spellcasters). I would love to see what would happen to the game if the Ghost would no longer have Snipe (but maybe a slightly more powerful base attack) and giving the Siege Tank an Upgrade that would ignore (some) of the enemy armor when not sieged. Then we would have tanks and liberators against ultras, vikings and thors against broods, etc.

[@Y0G0FU]

My lord Reynors unit control is out of this world. Yeah you can criticize Dreams Thor micro in the end but that is just one part of the Puzzle. Reynors Broodlord micro was beautiful.

[@fabricciozaracho6833]

The map looks like a chapter of the terran campaigns

[@prestonblack6567]

What. A. Game.

[@hirzo6287]

Can we appriciate that lowko picks the games that his community recommends him? that's worth alot, thank you lowko!

[@sebastienlapierre8904]

amazing!

[@sloper013]

its all creeped up! uhu! (elvis cover)

[@mastersonogashira1796]

“dReEeeAaaAam, where are you?”