STRANGEST Mutalisk Strategy…

[@cantthinkanameup]

This was one of the best zvp matches I have ever seen. The absence of corsairs is motives error in my opinion. As you stated, if protoss doesnt get into the 50+ probe count, they’re basically in a 2 base all in position. Zealot knew this and kept motives ground army busy with hydras and a few lurkers while killing probes almost the entire game. Motive just couldnt expand and produce units at the same time. Not to mention those mutas could go anywhere the protoss army wasnt. Its almost like zealot used his ground army as observers too, to make sure motive stayed engaged with those hydras/lurkers while he wore motives economy down with mutas. I think this game was brilliantly read and played by zealot. If motive would have gotten +1 air weapons and a group of corsairs he would have been able to keep the mutas pinned down. It would have forced zealot to either commit more to hydra/lurker or make scourge, which would have decreased how many ground units he could produce. The game winner here was definitely how he kept the probe count in the 40s. That was an incredible game. It almost reminds me of how terran uses vultures in tvp. Constantly rotating and wreaking havoc wherever the enemy army isnt. Thank you for casting all of these zealot games Arty, he is hands down the most entertaining zerg player to watch IMO

[@cantthinkanameup]

Also, a group of corsairs would have been able to not only slaughter those mutas, he would have been able to keep killing overlords and slow the pace down, which is what he desperately needed.

[@AidanNaut0]

thank you paragraph man, my thoughts much more eloquently explained than i could ever have typed out.

[@DoktorSauce]

11:56 doesnt help that he stormed like 9-10 of his own probes here. Helped force the mutas at the time but eesh, he nuked 20% or so of his econ here. Not ideal.

[@Feign_Clips]

A surge ignites deep within, a bioelectric storm racing down my spine. My skin prickles, each nerve vibrating with raw intensity as goosebumps rise in reverent formation. Heart pounding, breath shallow, I’m electrified-suspended between awe and anticipation. These chills aren’t just a feeling; they’re a visceral reminder that I am gazing upon the unearthly miracle of Starcraft.

[@Capris9x]

Starcraft and poetry is a wonderful combination.

[@DirkyDiggz]

At first I thought this was going to be just another Mario porn but it turned out to be so much more

[@AidanNaut0]

​@@DirkyDiggzwhy cant guys in the chat use TTS for beauty like this instead of the scat bombs

[@MeteCanKarahasan]

For a moment I thought you were high templar.

[@RPDBY]

you also learned how to use chat gpt

[@michaelblackburn498]

During the dive at 14:40 he should have targeted that one pylon that was powering the 5 gateways. Wish we had a term for such a pylon.

[@leqeque7383]

This is why i love zealot games. It's always action, always something is being done. He truly is the overmind

[@MeteCanKarahasan]

Yeah. He is both amateur and pro in his play.

[@ThisNameIsBanned]

It really seems like Hydras just eat a storm, die and thats it. When they face a blob of protoss units it just doesnt do anything.

[@JohnDobak]

Mutas flap their wings: chills.

[@SirVesanus]

ZeloT was relentless, jesus.

[@MeteCanKarahasan]

Him and dewalt are the most persistent amateurs there are.

[@stefanc4520]

That was so much pressure!

[@DuyPham-ex5rz]

I watched some of Zealot's games on this channel and I somehow recognize his playful style: when he knows he has the upper hand, he can just keep spamming units inefficiently and make the most enjoyable cut out of the game. He could've upgraded the mutas wayy sooner if he was so committed to harassment or get some defilers to cover the lukers. Motive would've felt so pressured that even though he denied every attacks, he couldn't take any control of the map. If you guys haven't watched it yet, there's video also on this channel when Zealot vanished the count of probes from 51 to 19 by only one drop. ZeaLot is so good.

[@kevinf.2556]

you cant preplan to late mutas, because its a reactive play to toss not making more than 1-2corsair thereby allowing z to go for mutas

[@MeteCanKarahasan]

Lol, mutalisks are not efficient in the late game. They are small units, just like zerglings! Therefore you shouldn't preplan for them, they only work in high numbers and early on. They are actually smaller than hydralisks, so it is a better unit to force the enemy into late game while you can continue playing the midgame.

[@dioc60]

Lol damn

[@MondSemmel]

Seeing Motive's awesome micro at 8:40 makes it all the more heartbreaking how he lost in his ASL/SSL appearance due to rushing an empty main...

[@istovall2624]

32 when I woke up this morning, but the chills only came when I started the video

[@matthewbrown336]

-1F here my guy and I agree

[@chongli297]

The one thing I would suggest to Zelot (like he would ever listen to a non-playing noob like me) is to try to get overlords near his hydras and mutas and pick off some observers. Those lurker lines he was using to zone out the main goon army of Motive would have been absolutely devastating if he had picked off all the observers with a given goon ball. On the other hand, I have no idea what Motive was supposed to do as he was suffering that tempo disadvantage and basically fighting for his life just to defend for more than half the game!

[@radivel1]

Zelot is basically the world's best BGH player.

[@MeteCanKarahasan]

Rad!

[@diegobuenovillafane869]

Zelot had such a fun jajaja bullied Motive to the end. Motive never saw again the other side of the map.

[@revenantentertainment]

He did get bullied he cast like 100 psy storms and still lost incredibly 😂

[@RomanHofstätter-i6b]

I rate this video 10 chills out of 10. Thanks Arty

[@VotdTrades]

Thank you for having this channel and keeping it active. I first learned to type by playing StarCraft 20 some years ago so this game has a special place in my heart. I love watching these

[@guyfromdubai]

Ahhh, time to watch my nightly starcraft to fall asleep to and keep me chilled during these warm nights. Thanks Artosis

[@matrix3509]

I generally agree with Zelot's decision to go heavy into muta here. Until Protosses start showing a greater willingness to make a Dark Archon, they are just asking to get dismantled by heavy mutas.

[@torathel23]

I feel like Motive didn't expect that continuation of heavy Muta production. Even when that group took out the main Nexas I feel like he didn't think it was a big enough group to actually kill it. When he lost that Nexas, he had that huge army in between the bases doing nothing while hydras killed all the probes at the 3rd. Maelstrom would have changed this game 💯.

[@MeteCanKarahasan]

It is what happens when protoss does not play on a timing push.

[@CarbonylDotA]

Imagine if zealot had kept upgrading his mutas. His +2 was so late. After there was +3 on the Protoss units.

[@andallthatcouldhavebeen...9175]

Straight up bullied by the bugs! Need some of that Terran tank power!

[@kevinf.2556]

Mutas are such a great hitsquad with high risk high reward toss has all the right tools to destoy mutas so its rare to see mutas paying off this much. outstanding display of muta micro + hydramaco

[@MJ.Actual]

not too rare lol over defend air die to ground so your goal is to skimp on air as much as you can as a protoss.

[@MeteCanKarahasan]

Also, the only response is DA. High templars are fodder for mutalisks on their own.

[@willf6856]

def needed a dark archon my guy......

[@ericjepson3765]

Can't wait for Arty to start dancing around lurkers with a d-matrixed firebat.

[@pbjandahighfive]

I haven't played StarCraft in probably more than 20 years, but for whatever reason these videos have been my obsession recently. Right now I mainly play Age of Empires II, Total War Warhammer 3 and some occasional Dawn of War, but I'm really considering giving StarCraft another try sometime soon.

[@NanoToast]

I read "STRANGEST Mutalisk Strategy..." and just knew it was going to be ZeloT. I hope this guy makes it into ASL soon, he makes for some really fun games.

[@TurboKingCandy]

The mutas were cool, but what was really crazy was how many horrific battles zealot would take and it just didn’t matter.

[@sebastianosuch273]

Mutas seemed inefficient but they caused Motive to move his army out of position and back into bases which created a great advantage for Zelot which was hard to measure. Since the beginning of this muta pressure Motive haven't attacked Zelot's bases once.

[@MeteCanKarahasan]

That is why you play with mutalisks - they are fast while protoss units are slow.

[@flowertowerrr]

11:52 "Probes are pretty weak" - Artosis

[@Pangora2]

What I found neat was how easily Mutas overwhelmed the canons which then kept Protoss at home. With less magic boxing and maybe an upgrade for damage I could see the Mutas sit on Protoss production like in a ZvT to make a sustained push difficult. Of course the magic is trapping them at home, but those canons just don't seem to fare as well against mutas as a Turret.

[@simonbouchard5299]

It shows the value of keeping a corsair air force through the game in a PvZ. A Mutalisk's air superiority has a massive impact in any matchup.

[@wargumbyx]

they work because the map is so split up that wide armies like massed hydras cant spread out and the more you have the harder they are to move in lanes and the more vulnerable they are to storms. archons also suffer from having to constantly be repositioned because of their lack of speed. also since you have a lot of cliffs separating everything hydras can easily take advantage of dragoons having to bump and grind their way back onto defense

[@aaronliedka7242]

Zelot games are always killer! Hes quickly become a big favorite of mine. His relentless pressure and style brings the chills.

[@Jmanstar171996]

Artosis, I think screen time has been causing me headaches. Could you please release a paper back visual novel of your casts?

[@Enruler]

Excellent muta play, didn't give protoss the time to really get his "game" together, he was just running back and fourth defending the whole time while ZeloT built up massively.

[@IIFrozenFlame]

Absolutely MENTAL skirmishes this was so enjoyable to watch. Thanks artosis

[@alotek2408]

Very very chilly pro-dos gaming

[@iiroaro808]

Damn. A great match to showcase why people make that one dark archon. Amazing 3 pronged attacks from ZeloT, I wish this style could shine in more situations - many players often just shut this down with a dark archon or go corsair.

[@andriimishchenko8284]

Three storms on a single hydra in the end were hilarious

[@akomis5007]

That was awesome game. Lore accurate Zerg. Love it.

[@MeteCanKarahasan]

Thank you! Vanilla Zerg for the win!

[@rogaldorn5486]

This was such a great game, great moves liked that zelot (The unite) runby im the beginnig and the transition to mobile defense vs endless swarms from all directions. Both played im the most immersive way!

[@davidgatten1033]

I thought the constant muta harass was a good tactic. It was just like Arty said, it kept pulling units back into the main and made the game chaotic from a positional pov. Though in my opinion Motive had no excuse not to make a dark archon. He could have had a dark archon and a few templars deal with the entire problem as opposed to like half or more of his army. Awesome game though. Thanks for the cast Arty!!

[@anonymoose5921]

Is it chilly today?

[@Takkelete]

Crazy to see that passive, unblinking stargate while Motive's main nexus just dies to mutas

[@mormorgranat]

Coolest z v p strateg Ive seen in a long time. Sure it requires no corsair and DA production, but still. Fascinating

[@banjiu10]

Protoss didn't put enough pressure early on with corsairs. You can see Zerg comfortably take so many bases.

[@janpaulbusch1437]

24:15 omg h2 molecule entered the game

[@vajguy]

If protoss just attacked head on he would have taken this easily

[@JCMiniPainting]

I just like seeing Zerg and hearing Arty's voice.

[@StudioMod]

Homie just threw hydra+lurker deathsquads at toss and let the mutas permanently suicide his economy. Actual genius zerg tactic there. The absence of corsairs surprises me. You'd think that would be a go-to in that situation.

[@MeteCanKarahasan]

I have been asking for a zerg player like Zelot. He has perfect air:ground ratio.

[@hallo-mt5tx]

he killed like 10 probes with his own storm also, this game felt like a good showcase for why they made corsairs and valks in broodwar

[@FlymanMS]

Lore accurate Zerg play in the end.

[@Shield_Battery]

I think game would have ended earlier if ZeLot noticed the BW edition artopylon powering 3-4 of the gateways, before killing nex. But I also understand you avoiding that low hanging fruit named in your honor.

[@Jturn4682]

Yeah it’s cool. I watched more soulkey and I feel like people don’t realize that mutas CAN fight so even if some go down, if the trades make sense, it’s cool. How zealot expanded behind all of that it’s kinda unreal.

[@TheY2T]

death by a thousand cuts, must've been so suffocating to play against

[@dimayurchenko4859]

Great game! I was surprised motive didn't make any hard counter against mutas

[@amaialaurentia]

Motive never really answered the muta threat, so it worked out for ZeloT to keep making them. It's pretty unusual though

[@johnmcnabs8904]

That was a really cool game. I enjoyed seeing this use of mutas as a tool to dictate the flow of the game. The constant harassment from them really changed the game into something that was really fun and unique to watch.

[@Chamuzi]

Great to be back on ArtosisCasts

[@eriks2962]

Any cute rabbits to share?

[@Chamuzi]

@@eriks2962 !wyfar ?

[@IZn0g0uDatAll]

Gosh that was brutal. Zelot abused the mobility of zerg so fantastically well. A single dark archon in Motive main would have changed the game though.

[@dermensch2553]

Competitive P v Z is also fun...

[@SuperFriendBFG]

As of late the game casts have had some sort of visual filter. It's as if the sharpness is increased way too much, making the game sprites look weird.

[@bsartias7737]

I enjoyed the pace and pressure the mutas brought

[@pontussamuelsson4003]

Think both Artosis and Motive thaught these Mutas was just harrassment. Which they normally are. But in this case they kept on coming and could trade with Cannons and Goons as well as killing probes. So the lack of counter to that cost him the game.

[@gordontubbs]

This was lore correct Zerg play- just pure nonstop aggression, sacrifice units for tempo.

[@gordontubbs]

Would’ve love to have seen a Crackling transition as a finisher instead of that hydra drop, but it’s all good.

[@Mrdudeguy]

Yea the Protoss player made some early blunder with his corsair and gave up the air.

[@jonathaniszorro]

Their projecting is so obvious it’s hard to believe they can’t see it. They literally just say all the people they don’t like are doing all the horrible things they themselves are in fact doing. How much is lying and how much is delusion???

[@AquaSZSSoo]

This game shows us once again why corsairs were invented to counter mutas and PvZ revolves around them. Dragoons and high templars simply can't match well microed mutas. Dark archon might have fared better.

[@ardnerusa]

Corsairs, huh?

[@andreasnilsson7711]

Mutas = Natural born chillers

[@aquilegia9734]

Motive letting his main get killed was sad to watch :(

[@jakovmatosic4890]

Minstrel is such a great map this ladder season.

[@michaelsonntag1469]

Chills coming out😂

[@AlexanderEddy]

I think an early Dark Archon with Maelstrom would have been pretty helpful

[@NoamSalomonski]

quite a lot of silence on this one, I wonder what happened in the background

[@NoTengoStand]

Was there any point in the match a time where it would've been worth for the Mutas to kill some pylons and unpower some of the gates in the main base?

[@Jmanstar171996]

Zelot watched a 2012 DRG vod

[@sleeper1855]

Wild game. If motive had been able to put together an attack he definitely could have won. ALSO where are my Soulkey games?

[@ertert4tetert]

When you really can't be bothered to dodge storms

[@shahbazshaikh9169]

that was the zergiest zerging i've ever seen someone zerg.

[@bradleyakulov3618]

This game is a perfect analogy of the Russo-Ukrainian war going on right now. Everything from storm(shadow missiles) to hydrussians storming to mutaliskanders hitting the economy, the supply lines, the defensive works being prodded, the flanking and the counter-offensives. The only thing that didn't happen is the sudden GG, but Trump's about to get sworn in and we'll see if Zelenskyy has a rapid change of policy.

[@bfors8498]

One rule I’ve observed is, if you let Z get 5 bases for 5 minutes, you lose

[@johnnyboy3563]

I don't understand why pros get khedarian amulet so late! That's literally what lost motive the game. It the HTs each had a storm as soon as they were produced, it would have been an easy win.

[@joelb1299]

Motive was never in this. Shouldn't have had this much trouble against mid and late game mutas.

[@ThisNameIsBanned]

Zealot micro supreme. Terran should do that with marines, they would never lose against Zerg ever again. Simply dodge all the spines, git gud

[@yaninacepqni2091]

My thoughts after just hearing the announcement. This should be a great game

[@ltsjack]

Can we get a video of you going over the ladder and all the top players (also the ones that don't really ladder maybe) and how they're doing etc? Why Zealot is the number 1 and so on

[@GreenGloop]

As a Protoss player, this type of mutalisk play is fearful. Motive could never get across the map to contest anything Zelot was doing. How do you fight this?

[@noonefromnowhere99]

My daily Arty video!

[@drewwalbeck6006]

What is zerg's incentive for not going hydra bust every game? If it works you win, it it fails you go into an even mid game

[@yubyubyub1960]

Alright Flash isnt playing much so I understand why you keep our king from us for now, but maybe you can give us our heart-throb prince BarrackS.

[@MrHaaawer]

finally a game where terran literally doesnt get decimated lol

[@nanthilrodriguez]

My guess is lings are probably "with these mutas"

[@channelxw0rld]

I understand deciding against maelstrom since it’s a big investment, but why didn’t Motive get like 5-6 corsairs to deal with the mutas?

[@Endlessmelody4]

Zelot 💕 Great cast

[@AidanNaut0]

I usually hate zerg, but this was such an enjoyable zerg game to watch. Zealot is quite a cerebral zerg player.

[@MeteCanKarahasan]

He is the current Daggoth of our zerg race.

[@Feltyland]

Feels like Soulkey solved kickback so makes sense it's being perma veto's

[@matthewcrockett604]

Loved it. Great game by Zealot

[@RockBottomBrenny]

Sick game. Hydras distracting for the Mutas instead of the other way around

[@adizergu]

so many mutas definetly fun to play vut very very hard