StarCraft 2: soO's LUCKY GAMBLING vs Cure! (Best-of-3)

[@loganstickler7237]

"Send forth the units!" SoO is playing real Zerg lol. Risky and bloody, but I love it 😅

[@vinagnihotri]

Absolutely right. We are zergs, we are bugs, we can multiply fast...just keep making more and hitting enemy until they gg.

[@jackproductions4668]

@@vinagnihotri exactly!

[@stalwart56k]

I LOVED soO's mutalisk play in game 1. I have so many fond memories of playing mass mutalisk in SC1 in middle school and high school. The double ultralisk cavern was 100% intentional. He's done it in other games.

[@favicci7856]

Love seeing ultras actually doing something for once!

[@DrakeyC]

Lowko cheat sheet ;) Heart of the Swarm introduced the Hellbat, Widow Mine, Mothership Core, Oracle, Tempest, Swarm Host, and Viper. Legacy of the Void introduced the Cyclone, Liberator, Adept, Disruptor, Ravager, and Lurker. So, if one views the Mothership Core as a mini Mothership (and it's gone now anyway), each expansion added two new units for each race.

[@phamunsands3126]

Lowko, I just have to say your are an amazing Commentator. The amount of detail and attention you give to each player giving the audience an understanding their skill level is underrated. Thank you for another cast.

[@volanceleste]

35:29 if you look at the hellions, one of them is actually pushed on top of another one with its wheels. I didn't even know that animation was possible in sc2!

[@997x2]

I was looking for someone who saw it as well hehe

[@SuperKillertay]

yes I was going to comment lol

[@Aisaaax]

I like how it starts something like "Strategy-wise, I don't like what Soo is doing here..." And then it ends with "I wonder if I can incorporate some of this strategies into my game?" To be fair though I don't think Cure did his best here. He made some questionable decisions in game 1, I think he underestimated Soo and thought he can win by half-assing it. And in Game 3 he started with a cheese and then basically played all game from behind.

[@TubeTAG]

Re: Double Ultralisk Cavern. I mean, it's only an extra 200 gas and 150 minerals (+50 for the drone) to basically get your Ultra speed bonus 42 seconds early + not having to remember to go and actually push that button. That's less materials than one extra Ultralisk and at the time SoO was floating nearly 4k resources. While certainly not as obvious as double lurker upgrades or even double hydra, I think SoO was probably thinking, "If I can flood these Marines with Ultras before Cure can get ghosts or libs out, I can win." Or, maybe, yeah, he plunked down a second Ultra Cavern by accident as like, "Welp!"

[@DrakeyC]

37:05 - Reminds me of the early Wings of Liberty previews where Blizzard hyped up the Viking as a base raider, able to fly behind enemy lines, transform to ground mode to attack the enemy's infrastructure, then turn back into fighter mode to escape when the counterattack comes. Yeah that never really happened. Until now. XD

[@amythystmiriel]

uThermal has been doing some nasty things with vikings vs toss in his Penguin Bros series on YT

[@The_Murder_Party]

I thought it had at some point and they had to nerf the hell out of it, because it was about as good on the ground as it was in the air and it's *notorious* in the air.

[@MrChacha1994]

Nice intro! Definitely makes the experience of the video more immersive.

[@zegreatpumpkinani9161]

I dunno, still missing a lil' "HE-llo EV-eryone mynameis LOW-KOOOO"

[@ClippyWulf]

​@@zegreatpumpkinani9161 ahhh good ol days ehh

[@russiancat5020]

I can't remember the last time ultras were so useful and not getting popped like water balloons

[@junevue9665]

I've always hated ultra, their so clunky

[@mangamango1340]

Lowko: What two caverns? soO: Oh ye of little faith

[@Malacite]

soO channeling his inner Zap Brannigan I see. Seriously that creep spread was nuts, but Lowko didn't even comment on it being the unsung hero of game 1 for the Zerg; That's why Cure couldn't take a breather, the creep was just enabling such rapid reinforcements.

[@Jdog-tt8qe]

You cracked me up with the "i dont care if youre complaining, get in the plane marines"

[@yamilabugattas3895]

That was some relentless pressure by SoO in game number one. Exactly how one imagines the Zerg in the lore.

[@Nozdormu1982]

23:13 Why would widow mines want to connect with the marines? I imagine that is the last thing they wanna do xD.

[@MrNxou]

soo is very keen on when and where he will win the fight, even by a few, and he always go for it. Deep insight.

[@etistyle96]

i love so much how SoO plays. He's like "Zerg go BRrrrrrr"

[@IAmBael]

With all these Korean SC2 pros who have done their mandatory military service, I am terrified of the thought of S.Korea ever going to war. Imagine all the cannon rushes, proxy barracks and baneling busts. Utterly terrifying.

[@bookshop7337]

That first game was probably the best lore accurate TvZ we've seen at a pro level

[@solandri69]

No mass queen healing everything + no mass ghost sniping everything = exciting TvZ.

[@bookshop7337]

@@solandri69 And at an even higher level, it matches the story of the zerg. A massive swarm that keeps bashing down the front gates while the Terrans desperately defend; countless hives pouring out disposable armies which run into the meat grinder again and again until their sheer weight buries their enemies

[@panampace]

This gets commented on literally every zvt

[@Russianninja956]

What a fantastic game! Impressived by both players, always fun to see a mix up in strategy and with such diversity in style. GGWP

[@CraneArmy]

since you brought it up anyway(s): 17 no way: 4 one way: 1 way too much: 2 oldschool way: 1 by the way: 10 all the way: 1 thats the way: 2 far away: 1 give(ing) away: 2 somehow someway: 1 curds and whey: 0

[@TheRippery92]

Anyhow

[@evilunderweargnome9171]

everytime lowko says anyways as a segway. take a shot

[@DARKH0BBIT]

i would love to see a patch make ultras able to walk over lings, bane, roaches that would be a big game changer i think

[@nguyenucnhung7747]

then ultra will get too strong. Then they eventually get removed from the game. Ultra is a forever a myth and can only see them in campaign or offline game.

[@DARKH0BBIT]

@@nguyenucnhung7747 so you believe that having them stuck and glitch behind units that are literally smaller than their toes is an intentional mechanic meant to balance the game. I personally disagree and think not only does it ruin many encounters with them it also demolishes the lore/immersion side of the game. If it's a balance issue then I would say even a simple stat change would fix that or a cost increase if this truly does make them op but I don't believe a change like this would break them in anyway just change the way the opponent has to approach them

[@Wiimeiser]

@@DARKH0BBIT Maybe balance it out by making it an upgrade that must be researched first? "Dexterous Balance" or something like that.

[@DARKH0BBIT]

@@Wiimeiser ya maybe

[@lavaot5207]

I agree with that if they crush the lings in their way..hahah . I think Ultras are very cool units too , but that would probably be too op

[@frankwhite2072]

That fight at 11:00.

[@weixinguo8476]

Lowko thank you for your quality videos! Please keep going! I love watching your commentaries!

[@zapoyou2]

Wow this first game was one of the most intense games I have seen the Zerg micro was insane.

[@ashleymadness15]

Now that's a real Zerg 😂 Recklessly monstrous!

[@aarongazzaniga1929]

The ultra popped like the Hindenburg?

[@You-ul8qw]

19:27 Like a watermelon with the 200 rubber bands.

[@InsaneReeko]

He plays zerg in such a roleplay swarm kind of way Its really enjoyable to watch.

[@ahanahan327]

35:28 - You can see the helion go on top the other. New mechanic for terran?

[@ChaosGodII]

Are ultralisks like... Mega zerglings?

[@junevue9665]

Glad to see hydra bane Ling still a thing, I wonder if roach hydra still a thing as well

[@ProtonCannon]

19:25 "Pop like a boiled oyster"

[@jayyrod1]

Soo was in basic training thinking,' I AM THE SWARM!'

[@zerg6471]

Love this zerg style of play!

[@Sotman.]

Not the bots in Lowkos chattt

[@Keith12363]

I've always wanted to know.. what does the LE stand for at the end of the name of the map?

[@basicuser54]

Ladder Edition

[@jlee1522]

Where's the "Helllllllo everyone My name is Lowko"? I still haven't smiled since Lowko stopped telling me to at the end of his vids

[@goldensea03idk51]

Maru’s play style is similar to that of an American. Sits in his house, resources stockpiled to supply him for a year, and waits gun in hand or the intruder to walk in so he can play his brains out.

[@talscorner3696]

Liberators were not in WoL. I *think* they were added with LoV...? Though I remember them being in Nova Covert Ops

[@tauronmaikar]

Dear Lowko, Soo is not gambling, he is smarter than other top level zerg. He knows that ling-bane + muta is a much more effective counter against marine-medivac based armies. That is because, of course, because mutas shuts down medivac movement, which is the cornerstone of so many terran strategies. Also, diving into terran armies with small units (lings and banes) are an effective play against widow mine as it forces to deal friendly fire.

[@min009]

You are telling me I can't counter lurkers with just Marines like Byun?

[@BarkSkinGolem]

This match blew my mind.

[@uyjune]

Anabolic boost is a nice upgrade for offensive mobility but it's negated by Ultras being too chunky to even be a useful T3 melee unit. I wish they would just give Zagara's Abberation passive to walk over lings to Ultras.

[@GuenzoSlyGecko]

I KNOW HOW TO FIX ULTRA! Just let them walk on top of zergling and baneling units (at least it would be interesting to try it out, might cause some insane dps on structure if a full zergling line and ultralisk line is hitting the same thing). At least it would fix the inconsistency.

[@maroxian6341]

kinda nice change to this intro that You introduce player's and then show up the scoreboard. I like it. Dunno if it wouldn't have better immersion if You shown the scoreboard right when saying "spawning in the corner". But that's just my opinion. Dunno if it's new or i missed it and You do it from some time, but i noticed it right now :v

[@FernasRPG]

The siege tank having to research is SC1, SC2 always been already with the unit.

[@Richroach]

SoO actually zerging. Fun to watch

[@1KamaronConClase]

This was super interesting to watch! Love this Zerg playstyle, is more "organic" than the super safe style of other players. More gambling is more entertaining (Gambking is bad, kids, don't gamble)

[@marcs4128]

3:39 Having the right units at the right time at the right place, Isn't that the strategy for every scenario in life? :) (banking, family members, office locations, employees, mistresses, etc.) Congratulations: Lowko solved life!

[@K3rriganZerg]

It's actually a dream if the mines hit the ultras, what u don't want is them hitting ur mutas/ling/bane then ur A O K :'v

[@peterlem1]

I think you forgot something about soO's old school style. It's not *just* Ling Bane Muta. It's *a lot* of Ling Bane Muta.

[@TubeTAG]

"Have you heard of this great new app called Tiktok?" Has that already been replaced? Is there a new hotness that I don't know about already?

[@mrnoblemonkey8401]

Man that was a fun game wish I could play like that

[@polimorph2023]

soO's a freaking monster, he plays zerg like is meant to be played!

[@jackinator251]

Did they change the icon for grooved spines?

[@ashitaka8633]

Ghost snipes are so op. It should take two shots to kill a ultra.

[@kmandestruction]

Would it be a bad idea to make ultras towering units like the colossus so they don’t get stuck on other units?

[@ShadowTheParrot]

Glad to see you still making sc2 content. I sucked at the game. To much micro managment which did not make it fun for me. But loved watching your vids of them.

[@gavinfreeze1532]

I think the ultra just needs to be able to walk over smaller zerg units like colossus. Then they wouldn't derp so hard. That would help them alot. Zerg death ball

[@ight_of_heart]

soO is back POG

[@GoatedKetchup]

That's soo lucky

[@mikeplaysgamez7095]

you havent watched the video yet...

[@Lazuline98]

Who ever said it's too early for puns?

[@SuperKnight263]

Someone missed the joke

[@mikeplaysgamez7095]

Ok

[@16thCenturyDutchman]

Oh look, a Zerg victory. You don't see too many of those on this channel...

[@dominikskorjanc]

Byun is an absolute madlad stimming into lurkers ... better go and study Cure

[@lemanruss7218]

This gives me hope, it's exactly how I want to play zerg all the time. Push push push. Take all the bases. Rush mutas and ultras

[@Santa080]

where do i find the world ranking?

[@TheSnarde]

Lowko do you keep record how many of each matchups you cast? I think every other video is TvZ. It’s great match up but it would be great to see more highend PvT or TvT 🤓

[@kylesanford3666]

I don’t get why people don’t put widow mines next to tanks?

[@kibitokay]

why terran didnt made tanks in the first match is a mistery.

[@ReGReT12372]

SoO is very interesting and fun to watch, so unpredictable - I mean soO unpredictable…

[@michaelmichaelsen3472]

It's a really old build he complains. Nonsense I say this is gold 😂.

[@wheelwrightpl9429]

How are Mutas weak exactly ? They can take two direct widow-mine hits, and none of them even gets killed, and then they regenerate that damage extremely fast. I think they are overpowered.

[@lavaot5207]

they get clumped up easily , but yeah I agree they should have less armor or something they are not supposed to be this sturdy , plus Thor damage is way too low in my opinion , I might be saying something stupid but it seems that way.

[@jaydenbouchard4256]

BROO1!! he was just soOOO lucky

[@bahaykoofficial00]

The swarm

[@pjaxy]

Ultras pop like pimples

[@Kscliffe88]

soO must now change his name to Mr.soO. I'll inform him dont worry about it

[@johnthomas9255]

I think flying the mutas to the thrid was satistically the best choice to. not have a turret. Do to the fact that its going to have the least amount of economy when compared to the first and the natural and you know terrain can only really afford 2 turrets at that stage in the game. Also if you look at the timing of the double ultralisk and his decision to even go ultra yes it was a gamble but he had not seen any indication that ghosts or libs have been placed on the board plus you have a contained terran with little to no scouting info and a economy on a timer... Ya got balls kid and a big brain too. Cure automatically transitioned to ghosts. Libs need upgrades the ghost bassically come out the box ready to go, i think he should have made a few libs or atleast micro your mines into mutalingban not the tanks. I concur on the byun, clem or maru comment. You can only win a war when you know who your fighting. I think the middle east can contest to that. I dont think soO would play that style against them, but at the end of the day tho is was bloody of hell good match id say. How zerg and terrain should interact.

[@mikegarcia4808]

Lowko i dont understand why you think Ultras are SOOOO bad. it takes 4 SNIPES PER ULTRA to kill it. even if there are ghosts on the field if you dont kill those ultras SUPER FAST they will do a TON of Damage. Libeators arent a Great Counter to Ultras they only are if your using them defensively. so think if you have 8 Ultras and they only have 10-12 Ghosts on the field. it wont work too well because it would take 32 snipes to kill them. 10-12 ghosts dont even have that many snipes and if you continue to build ultras the ghosts will stay absolutely depleted of energy and if their army is marine/marauder heavy ultras are good against it.

[@Fishbro]

Who else has had an affair with lowko? Right before sleeping I whip out the Lowko, get that HEELLLOO EFRY VON MAH NAME IS LOOOWCOOO AND I VELCOME YOU ALL TO A BRAN NEW SC2 FIDEO!, and it's in that moment I know its bed time and that everything is gonna be alright. Gotta love Lowko. Been here since 20k, come so far since then. ❤️ ya Simon

[@megadomo6581]

*Lowko Introducing the Players: "Behold the Very Best Player in the World, Against... The Very Best Player in the World. This is gonna be an absolute Banger!"

[@TheRippery92]

Lowko being Lowko

[@Owlr4ider]

Tik-Tok a great app? Said noone ever...

[@alekzanderor5489]

pretty sure if tanks in WOL had siege mod by default then terrans would autowin all games)

[@conneralford6122]

I'm not sure if SoO won that or if Cure just lost it.

[@MrNxou]

ultras are for mines sweep

[@5x385]

Lowko is soO jealous

[@plushling6996]

Ultralisks pop like a zit. XD

[@vancechristians.garcia3124]

Playing like the real zerg. Widow mine feild op2.

[@LesOubliesQuebec]

would be nice if you can find AI game were the AI is not limited for the action per minute

[@johnthomas9255]

The more i watch SC2 i don think people dont understand how intelligent these pros are... Chess a joke compared to SC2 i hope i see the day that we figure out how to remove the mechanical aspect of SC2 or SC3 of that becomes a thing

[@chchchchooongus]

zerg is Lucky not overtuned!

[@二师兄-b6y]

wow blood

[@ninjakingcola]

The game was better before widow mines :P

[@evil0verl0rd]

Yay!

[@KennyKenKin]

You said Soo instead of Cure like 37 times lol. Still, I love watching your casts. 👍

[@tommythunder7498]

How mant time do i jave ro say this : Tanks belong behind bunkers !! Which is why Terran NEED Banshees with AoE ability to replace them! Also at minim give the Hellions the smart servos upgrade to have them fire while moving !! But the best is the give Firebats and Medics!!

[@TheRippery92]

Waait what? U dont have to do the research for tanks on factory in order to be able to siege them up?! Lol. Well ok... i didnt play this game for 10 years... I guess a lot changed

[@iILuZioN]

hoorah

[@raynor5127]

No way tik tok is great pls stop it it’s from PRC