the 1st game is the perfect Protoss game, one in a lifetime against Serral
@pracliu126812 сағат бұрын
Gotta say, tectonic destabilizers is such a fine addition to the game. No more boring spore forest in a PvZ late game.
@yornieldominguez22888 сағат бұрын
VS TERRAN IT INTERESTING THE HABILITY OF NEXUS LET YOU REFRESH COOLDOWN THE UNIT WITH HABILITYS LIKE INMORTAL, DISRUPTOR, ETC. SOO THE GAME T VS P WILL BE BALANCED.🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉I RECOMEND THAT IM D1 TERRAN
@LychFinderGeneral8 сағат бұрын
That was some Soviet StarCraft right there
@PJOZeus5 сағат бұрын
@@pracliu1268 could just.. give Zerg real anti air
@nfzeta1282 сағат бұрын
@@PJOZeus As is it does seem like spellcasters are the only 'real' anti-air toss has. Like i think Serral needed to just rely on infestor viper more in that first game.
@hanky.94766 сағат бұрын
I wish Astrea had continued his first-game strategy in the series. Don't change something that isn't broken. This is the first time I have seen Serral tap out a game by resignation with a whole army. He knew the difference in economies was too large to overcome by flights.
@HJK_9 сағат бұрын
He also has 900 minerals left on the first match and he has no expansion left to mine from. If he had engaged in a fight even after winning he would’ve lost to the replenishment. It was an amazing match man it made me go and install the game again after like 8 years of retirement from SC. You also did an amazing casting.
@cowmath7713 сағат бұрын
Remember when the Terran Council made Brood Lords a viable unit again and then took it away immediately?
@erenj2913Сағат бұрын
did you mean the Council of Morons?
@Jaryism2 сағат бұрын
After game 1 you see Serral tap out at almost max supply, pretty rare. You could tell he was like "ok ok ok... you got this one"
@hiphopguy014 сағат бұрын
Merry Christmas and thank you for the show!
@TheDarkwill77712 сағат бұрын
The Archon a wall of 'overwhelming power'... I see what you did there... ...And I love it!
@bogdankozak765614 сағат бұрын
28:25 Adept was like "You have failed our race with your miserable existence, be grateful that your mistake will be cleansed by my hand"
@MrRubixscube14 сағат бұрын
that's what the adept would have said if it had a mouth
@bobbymcdobson215311 сағат бұрын
@@MrRubixscube how is a three hour old comment responding to a two hour old comment? do protoss have butts? important questions
@MrRubixscube7 сағат бұрын
@@bobbymcdobson2153 my guess is that the parent comment loaded when you started the video, but my reply loaded later on when you expanded it, so their timers werent in proper sync. if you refresh the page, that should fix it
@franciscomagalhaes74575 сағат бұрын
I was surprised that Winter missed that heehee
@henryviiifake824412 сағат бұрын
37:57 "JIMMY, HOLD THE GODDAMN DOOR! YOU HAD ONE JOB! 😤"
@true_xander9 сағат бұрын
28:23 the execution of the probe that has failed the protoss force
@true_xander9 сағат бұрын
Winter's queen impressions is the cherry on top of the cake of this channel.
@raskov752 сағат бұрын
24:02 Tapping out with 198 supply and 1k minerals and 2.5k gas is crazy work.
@dhelsel8910 сағат бұрын
Astrea manages an insane Stargate win in game one forcing Serral to tap out at 200 supply. Then he proceeds to not go Stargate in games 2-3.. why God why!?
@hanky.947612 сағат бұрын
7:47 The beacon is light. Strategy executed beautifully
@james-k7o9b15 сағат бұрын
Serral and Winter admit that maxed Protoss armies are nearly unkillable for Zerg... give me a Brutalisk
@silverpro835614 сағат бұрын
100% AGREE ZERG JUST SUCKS ATM THEY NEED TO BE BUFFED.
@Wwillswords14 сағат бұрын
Well maxed out terran ghost mech has the same effect. It is more that Zerg is not really meant to trade efficiently in the late game without good positioning and picking the opponent apart a couple of units at a time. Sure, they could stand a buff, but Zerg is designed to throw armies away and replace them faster than their opponents can do the same and overwhelm them or to do hit and run via nydus worms.
@electricitybomb13 сағат бұрын
@@WwillswordsYou can beat mech with swarm hosts
@MRsolidcolor13 сағат бұрын
@@electricitybomb the get out moved by drops
@cowmath7713 сағат бұрын
@@electricitybombif swarm hosts cost half the supply they currently do, I’d agree. They eat your entire army supply and only have 1 niche function. If you want to lose quickly, all you have to do is build swarm hosts.
@benismann13 сағат бұрын
Wow game one was just top notch toss. One of the few times i can look at the protoss winning and think "wow but the opponent did like 0 mistakes!". Those are sooooo rare....
@lefthanded044015 сағат бұрын
WOW ASTREA PLAYED THE BEST TOSS IVE EVER SEEN GAME 1! Then comes back to earth and serral learns from his mistakes, don’t let him rev up and keep the constant pressure from minute 3 on and he can’t bank 15k and max out on every upgrade to create a death ball. Protoss can be soooo cool but it rarely is achievable against a good player due to this. It was a treat to see a 200/200 tap out from serral knowing he would just rinse and repeat and get mined out
@georgeromaniajr.268014 сағат бұрын
Wow.. all caps top comment spoiler.
@lefthanded044014 сағат бұрын
@ 1)it’s a video game 2) you read comments before watching?? 3) astrea, let’s face it… usually sucks so it was insane to see THAT GUY actually do what he always tells others to do yet doesn’t have the apm and brain to pull off himself. Just happy for the guy but at the same time I think he’s kind of a douche calling out better players saying what they should be doing while he never ever does properly himself as he’s all strategy and no execution aside from game 1. Excitement maybe? It’s also a major channel I watched the entire match I hardly thought I’d be spoiling anything tbh
@georgeromaniajr.268014 сағат бұрын
@@lefthanded0440 it's all good
@henryviiifake824412 сағат бұрын
Against "a" good player? Astrea is facing someone widely regarded as the best SC2 player _of all time!_ 😂
@yornieldominguez22888 сағат бұрын
VS TERRAN IT INTERESTING THE HABILITY OF NEXUS LET YOU REFRESH COOLDOWN THE UNIT WITH HABILITYS LIKE INMORTAL, DISRUPTOR, ETC. SOO THE GAME T VS P WILL BE BALANCED.🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉I RECOMEND THAT IM D1 TERRAN
@mattheopichetti9258Сағат бұрын
First game was literally a tactical masterpiece. Ive seen games with amazing apm moves, outplays , amazing cheeses... but never such a clear domination of a world class player in every single part of the game without a single mistake. A GG at 200 supply .... insane
@MoonlitGamer6 сағат бұрын
17:30 - Apparently that pit can eat storms
@natecw416415 сағат бұрын
Merry Christmas, Winter. You've really helped make my 2024 a better year -- Thank you! (Tell Brenda hi! 😂)
@martinwinther60133 сағат бұрын
I think the title is underrated. THIS is legit top tier SC2. Its a truly unique game where Serral has been on his backfoot the entire time. Serral would usually have 10k bank 10min in.. And he doesnt
@DayrusBPBСағат бұрын
18:05 "you see, that is a demonstration of the Brood Lord Bugg. They're at the very edge of their range sometimes the broodlings get cold feet or smth roughly equivilant.." 💀
@martinwinther60132 сағат бұрын
That first game will be studied for years to come. Anyone who can reproduce this have a shot at taking down the GOAT
@colinfraser715013 сағат бұрын
"Fowl Play" I caught it!
@james-k7o9b11 сағат бұрын
@@colinfraser7150 foul
@thepersonwhocomentz3 сағат бұрын
I could watch a million games like that first one.
@jamespidgeon874812 сағат бұрын
1st game serral needed sir Richard and the boys, 10 swarm host would have been equally dirty,
@michaelclarkj6 сағат бұрын
That Protoss death ball from game one was impressive!
@bt92014 сағат бұрын
Merry Christmas to you and your family, Winter! Thank you for making my year a bit better. 2025 is going to be a great year for you!
@babauaski392813 сағат бұрын
There really isn't any viable way to have an exciting unexpected game anymore. The 12 drones start killed early and mid. What they needed to do was to just get a number of drone that got rid of the time lapse before building the first supply. So 8 or 9 drones start. Instead : Cool first game though, good late game
@a.b5167 сағат бұрын
That first round Protoss the best most fun I have ever seen... gg
@senturian7 сағат бұрын
you know the lategame is in a good place when the GOAT taps out at 200 supply on even bases.
@Wilde_Wolfe6 сағат бұрын
Great cast as always! SUCH a perfect first game!! 2nd and 3rd... he fell short trying other strats. But great video! Love ya Winter!
@damiensandoval100711 сағат бұрын
How do you not run the same strat 3 games in a row after it worked so perfectly game 1. Jesus... I would of loved to see him do it again and again even if he failed I would of at least respected it more then those last 2 games where he tried to cheese Daddy king serral.
@detalores7 сағат бұрын
Game 1, Astrea played out of his mind. What an insane game. I've been asking for so long why Toss doesn't abuse tempest more... maybe the 1 less supply was the answer! Like idk what Serral could have even done game 1 to stand a chance.
@MoonShroomMan6 сағат бұрын
that first game was the reason why i love protoss.
@unfies13 сағат бұрын
27:59 Protoss blue algae confirmed
@locophat7 сағат бұрын
Oh wow.. That photo of Astrea looks like you Winter
@RasulAbuMuhammadAmin4 сағат бұрын
GG on almost 200 hundred supply each!
@Inflatableorc6 сағат бұрын
Fun drinking game: Take a shot when fleet beacon sound plays. Take a shot when he says existential threat. Take a shot when the queens start yapping. I've watched only 2 videos and I'm dead.
@longturdz9 сағат бұрын
I like watching this man talk about game while I eat.
@begna112Сағат бұрын
Zerg desperately needs a legitimate air unit that can fight air and ground like both protoss and terrain have.
@craigsafford97376 сағат бұрын
Someone better call Astreas parents because he was straight up bullying Serral
@EGDekker2 сағат бұрын
Day 5 of pleading with Winter to move "The Maru" to be on a single line in his card mock-up.
@ZenLee3 сағат бұрын
wow Astrea is so exciting to watch!
@gabrielpowers7662 сағат бұрын
I think if Serral had a few Vipers in the first game he could have whittled away the Tempests and then just done whatever he does for the rest.
@colinfraser715014 сағат бұрын
Thanks Winter, don't know what I'd do w/o my SC2 fix, you're the best!
@Crmson8311 сағат бұрын
Protoss vs Zerg is my favorite matchup. So fun to watch
@blooddumpster342710 минут бұрын
always the perfect amount of insight and puns.
@izaakkemp89386 сағат бұрын
That eagle in the into, rofl
@nioofida2566 сағат бұрын
Have we ever seen serral tap out while maxed out before?
@griefgaming278714 сағат бұрын
Tempest + High Templar is the new Broodlord + Infestor
@lobitoloco11 сағат бұрын
Thanks for the great content for X-Mas! Best present I got :D
@alullabyofpain10 сағат бұрын
Astrea strategy was genius in game 3 he tried to take advantage of the tiny ramp too bad he was found out and couldn't hit critical mass before ravager to make it work
@pracliu126812 сағат бұрын
Serral carved up like a Christmas duck :D
@mwyler339014 сағат бұрын
the eagle scream gets me every time
@paul615014 сағат бұрын
Mister Winter, how do protoss communicate if they don't have mouths? Thank you and happy holidays!
@Avsoy14 сағат бұрын
Winter, happy holidays! I think you’ve trained me to smash that like button even before you started your spiel.
@natefades-x6v12 сағат бұрын
Merry Christmas!
@DJCharalampos4 сағат бұрын
Merry Christmas ^-^
@JustGeekstuff2 сағат бұрын
idk why serral was only reacting to Astrea, that is the only reason why he lost. Serral literally took zero initiatives in game 1, zerg playing defence with attacking units? Sure thats a trow. he literally killed 0 drones and zero harrasment.
@sawyersimpkins942811 сағат бұрын
I've come to like that long intro lol
@enriquegarciacota391414 сағат бұрын
I appreciate the bald eagle cry before saying United States of America, as it is mandated by the Constitution. Liked and subscribed. Merry Christmas Winter
@denisdimitrov50516 сағат бұрын
It seems Serral tactical switch is lacking tempo... Almost all the map is covered by creep and no defence build. He reacts desicively but is kind of stuck to a losing situation.
@billl.24415 сағат бұрын
I'm from the USA, and that eagle screech is 😂😂😂
@JD-fy2cf14 сағат бұрын
I think Toss vs Zerg is my favorite
@ManDuderGuy5 сағат бұрын
Can't barrel the Serral. Though many wish someone could.
@TysonJensen8 сағат бұрын
Protoss is by far the stronger race -- unless the Zerg outplays them they will win. The game is such that skill levels are so disparate that games are still interesting but a perfect Protoss death ball has no answer from Zerg.
@AGE-d3w9 сағат бұрын
Tbh serral chilled hard Game 1
@EndersSaga13 сағат бұрын
ussually I hate serral losing, seems unfair . . . but astrea was both supremely skilled . . . and unfair
@sseeaall12 сағат бұрын
nerf toss when ?
@remrosetorrecampo5952Сағат бұрын
Merry xmas winter godbless
@zacnewfordСағат бұрын
merry xmas
@silverpro835614 сағат бұрын
YOU KNOW THERE IS A PROBLEM WITH BALANCE WHEN SERRAL JUST LEAVES THE GAME. WHEN IS THIS STUPID BALANCE COUNCIL GONNA REALISE ZERG PLAYERS HAVE TO BE SO MUCH BETTER THAN THE OTHER 2 RACES JUST TO WIN. GIVE ZERG REAL BUFFS ALREADY.
@leeroyjenkins610314 сағат бұрын
Blizzard balances all their games around the top 0.000001% win rates with no regard to actual games. As long as Zerg can win in the midgame Blizzard thinks it's okay.
@BingChilingEnjoyer7 сағат бұрын
>Serral loses once, after years of being number 1. >It must be the balance Good cope. I suspect you have eyes, you saw they had similar APMs.
@BingChilingEnjoyer7 сағат бұрын
Also: protoss loses big competitions year after year: I sleep Serral loses 1 match: real shit
@hivetech49036 сағат бұрын
@@leeroyjenkins6103 This is not true. You can see how Blizzard balance the game on aligulac, its based on the win-rates of all tournament maps, not just the winners of tournaments and not just the premiere big tournaments.
@fred.dekker7 сағат бұрын
Zerg late game is fucked
@bothpinkysbroken3 сағат бұрын
Nice 👍
@psychegamez970914 сағат бұрын
Winter I give you as many likes as I can. If I could subscribe twice I would.
@FatYoda7910 сағат бұрын
I feel like every side should have an ability for a building type to act as a gate the way depots do for terrans. Since Protoss have the warp tech it seems plausible they'd be able to phase pylons in and out, and spore colonies could have the ability to burrow to make them passable. Or maybe Overlords could have the ability to land and take off.
@WilliamBunch-z9s14 сағат бұрын
Keep talking to Brenda like that and she will mess you up.
@yornieldominguez22888 сағат бұрын
VS TERRAN IT INTERESTING THE HABILITY OF NEXUS LET YOU REFRESH COOLDOWN THE UNIT WITH HABILITYS LIKE INMORTAL, DISRUPTOR, ETC. SOO THE GAME T VS P WILL BE BALANCED.🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉I RECOMEND THAT IM D1 TERRAN
@antearesgamer10 сағат бұрын
terran imba
@DeletedTaters00110 сағат бұрын
Guess it's time to nerf Protoss !
@alexandredeniger71510 сағат бұрын
How can anyone watch the first game and claim that ZvP is balanced? The only reason Serral won the next two games was because he managed to take down Astrea before reaching the late game. No Zerg, not even Serral, can defeat the Protoss 'death ball' in the late game!
@markusspecht50416 сағат бұрын
So you want to buff Zerg Lateran’s cause Serral lost lategame, fair enough. But only if you nerf mid and early game where astrea lost. Sounds like a fair deal?
@alexandredeniger7154 сағат бұрын
Not because serral lost, 90% of zerg lost in the late game. We can do nothing against the deathball of Protoss late game. But yes i agree too nerf zerg mid game too nerf protoss late game. I think that the ravanger (early/mid game units) is too strong and the HT (mid/lategame units) is too strong too. The council have too ajust zerg mid and late game!
@THeGLML11 сағат бұрын
Да но это пруф дисбаланса ... зерг ничего не может физически сделать... ( а это на минуточку лучший зерг в мире) То же самое с терранами, зерг ни с одной из этих расс не может играть на равных ... так в чем баланс?
@ArmstrongAlley11 сағат бұрын
I think the shield upgrade for Protoss is underrated. It's kind of a waste against Terran when they can just EMP all your shields away in 3 seconds but otherwise I think it's a great upgrade.
@hivetech49036 сағат бұрын
EMP is not the reason why they don't get it Vs Terran... Skytoss is rare and ground units have a lot more HP than shields so naturally armor upgrade will provides a lot more benefit in a fight.
@derekdreery15 сағат бұрын
When I started this had 6 likes to 5 views - how does that work!?!
@gerardalfelor799015 сағат бұрын
someone made 2 thumbs up
@J3WT00B15 сағат бұрын
what is the government hiding from us
@cowmath7713 сағат бұрын
It’s almost like perfect second by second analytics on 14 billion videos isn’t a viable way to use server memory. If only there was a company with algorithmic capabilities that could implement a near accurate solution to save that energy…
@LordTelperion13 сағат бұрын
Fowl play. ;)
@TheSpectroRush11 сағат бұрын
Static defense on this game is so zzzzz... thank god astrea managed to put good preasure in order to keep the match in movement, it's so pathetic see players win by only turtleing, good match
@Killmashine15 сағат бұрын
LETS GOOO
@mcdc953514 сағат бұрын
Noice
@thehut201615 сағат бұрын
Epic
@martinwinther60133 сағат бұрын
14min mark. Ohboi, if Astrea had pushed hard in right then n there, Serral woulda been down. Ik, i have 20-20 hindsight. Im not claiming otherwise. Im just saying..
@EDDIXspider8 сағат бұрын
Why i alwais want Serral to lose. I remember the moment (the slow tricle of moments) when Europeans - Serral become to beat the Korean Titans. I was so happy. But he become TOO dominant. And his (The same GAME) style look awfull. Ups But MaxPax too have the same game style but may be because is protoss look or feel better.
@aidanholden02 сағат бұрын
5:20 it's happened. gentlemen. ladies. they have united. we have our first compliment. winter i am watching 🙏🙏🙏
@silverpro835615 сағат бұрын
ZERG REALLY SUCKS ATM. i wouldn't be surprised if serral switches to terran or toss. So sick of seeing zerg players lose cause the other 2 races just have so much advantage and power over zerg.
@JP-xg6bv14 сағат бұрын
I know, all those major tournaments being won by all those protoss players 🙄
@silverpro835614 сағат бұрын
@@JP-xg6bv TRUST ME YOU WILL SEE IT NOW.
@hypersovavideos946515 сағат бұрын
no views in 54 seconds? Winter has fallen off
@bt92014 сағат бұрын
My day's about to get a lot better ❤
@stevendombrosky518412 сағат бұрын
zerglings op
@maurice-tn5mu15 сағат бұрын
firrrst
@charlieashman956013 сағат бұрын
Thought this was a lowko video, I was sadly mistaken.
@JanneMarjomaa13 сағат бұрын
Is this some inside joke or why would you feel obligated to leave this comment.
@kylejohnson705312 сағат бұрын
Lol I like lowko too. But winters awesome. I look forward to these everyday.