Scarlett's endless Zerg Rush! StarCraft 2

SC2 Tournament ESL Cup - Scarlett's extreme macro Zerg takes on Cure's methodical Terran in a brutal slugfest of a series. Marines & zerglings die by the hundreds as they fight all over the map.
StarCraft 2 Legacy of the Void - ESL SC2 Pro Tour 2023 Open Cup NA 159 - Scarlett (Zerg) vs Cure (Terran) - Best of 3
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[@maximk9964]

Scarlett's games are so fun, it feels like what the Zerg are "supposed" to be like

[@TryNotToDieOmega]

He is a good player, yeah..

[@th3bigbomb]

@@TryNotToDieOmega bruuh😂😂

[@ismayonez6865]

@@TryNotToDieOmega bruh💀💀💀

[@malakalanha]

they are, indeed. She has the swarm mentality. She's the real queen of blades xD

[@redwings13400]

There's something so satisfying about watching massive zerg armies break apart a terran defense. Its just such a cinematic experience, the zerg in the hands of a good pro player really feel like this unstoppable overwhelming terrifying alien force that will just throw bodies at you until you can't handle it anymore.

[@seventyfour8256]

Cannot agree more! Look how Scarlet is channeling her forces in a giant wave. And if the opponent survives this, the next wave will already be coming. And it ll be EVEN larger!

[@Arbaal]

Starship Trooper-esque, Joe!

[@call.me.heisenberg6990]

He has more control over the Zergs than over his gender.

[@aliz1231]

@@call.me.heisenberg6990 focus on the gameplay.

[@kurt7937]

@@ThroatShredder1087 I’m really not remotely a SJW but it’s an adult making their own decision, why should you care about and/or feel like you can dictate what another autonomous entity can do? Who gives a shit

[@arandomperson8336]

Banelings don't have arms? What about 3 banelings standing on top of each other and wearing a trench coat?

[@andrewng4659]

Beautiful dive from that hydra at 21:43 . 10/10

[@djgamer457]

HES GOING FOR THE END ZONE

[@seventyfour8256]

@@djgamer457 TOUCHDOOOOOOOWWWWNNN!!!!

[@McCallaFilms]

Great game! You gotta admire Cure for withstanding such a long continous Zerg onslaught! And Scarlett, of course, always a joy to watch, as you never know what kind of tactics she'll bring on the day.

[@williampeter6593]

Scarlett using the Zerg toolbox is always a sight to behold

[@xea7844]

I'm so happy to see hydras being more than lurker eggs

[@IsaacFNghost]

Back when I played wings the hydra was my favorite unit by far. They could almost stand toe to toe with marine Maurader if you had ling bane with them! And I remember those huge 200/200 arms fights between toss and a huge arch of roach hydra and just watching the Protoss units pop from the hydras dps was amazing

[@louis-etiennebelangergagno5514]

They still suck

[@nagoshi01]

@@IsaacFNghost Me too. Hydas in WoL were beautiful. I'm so glad they got buffed, making them more viable noeadays

[@anthonyjames5427]

wasnt that even scarlett that referred to hydras as lurker eggs?

[@xea7844]

@@anthonyjames5427 i've heard it said a few different places, i have no idea who started it. it does sound like something she would say though lol

[@pinkemoslayer6337]

Always stoked to see Scarlett play.

[@andrzejwilk7316]

the third one was a bit whacky in execution, but the first game of the series was finger licking good.

[@Jawzah]

That creepwork...

[@jasonhumbert7204]

Agreed. And I like the profile cards very cool

[@kylegoff2980]

@@ThroatShredder1087 * she.

[@kylegoff2980]

@@ThroatShredder1087 Okay, just wanted to confirm this was a deliberate troll attempt and not just an honest mistake on your part.

[@tebos11]

Man I haven't watched SC2 game for a long while. Used to love watching vods and guide from you and lowko. For what ever reason this came across my recommended and I just couldn't watch a good scarlett game. She was one of the original Pros that I looked to when learning the game. I made got really good at a 2/2 build she used a few times and absolutely lost it when she tried protoss for a few games! Thanks for the good hosting my man and good games to the players.

[@derekhupp6635]

"Unfortunately banelings do not have arms. So they cannot carry papers. Thus they must be killed." 🤣 Great content 👌

[@randomgamer_SSRB]

Glory to Zergstotzka o7

[@magtheicelander]

I just wanna say I really like the hearthstone cards design you've made.

[@CharlieJapan]

Watching these video every night before bed as soon as they get uploaded. Perfect timing! Thanks brooo!

[@h4x3l]

This commentary is easily the most entertaining I've seen for a SC2 match

[@justincronkright5025]

That first game was the most balanced Zerg army I've seen out of Scarlett in a very very long time. Able to make very good use of Hydras now/again I see.

[@kurt7937]

Balanced in what way? How is the army usually? I’m kind of new :D

[@andrzejwilk7316]

sometimes i wonder: is the creep spread biggr in Scarlett's games, or in the comment sections under them

[@SirKickz]

Underrated comment lol. Still hoping for a nerf to the creep spread in the comments but it never happens

[@WolfGangDealers]

Great game from these two. Such good matches to start off this year with!

[@malicharton4403]

11:43 this seems like the starcraft 1 terran campaign mission where you have to survive the last zerg onslauught at the end of the mission

[@irrelevant_noob]

The 3rd mission, Desperate Alliance.

[@devinm9245]

so fun to watch! thanks for uploading

[@V3x0r]

Scarlett on the minimap always looks so swarmy. I love it!

[@ploki19]

You're such a phenomenal commentator. Thank you so much for continuing to make such amazing videos!

[@williamforbes7156]

i enjoy the high skill cap game play and really enjoyed hearing peers talk about it in school, so i drop in from time to time to catch up. thanks for posting!

[@donotjudgeme251]

While it is true that Sasha always brings out crazy games to comment on, be they good or bad on her part of execution, your commentary really makes it. You have a great personality and your jokes are always funny. Suffice to say, you are one of my favorite casters and I would love to see you in more top tier tournaments commentating. Long live Brenda!

[@kicknitoldskool]

WOOHOOO! Game 1 so epic what a display of Zerg-power

[@cherub3624]

Crazy. Me and my friend randomly happened upon her back in an obs match back in 2010 before she became a pro. We started playing together for a while and like a week later she carried us into a master league 4v4 placement.

[@dustinyager11]

Winter Im just gonna call you out on how perfectly Baity your Scarlett Thumbnail is. But I will also Complement your Thumb Nail skills in General. they are honestly, genuinely emotionally provoking in a way I can tell requires Mastery.

[@00110000]

Man I love watching Scarlett She might not be one of the strongest Zergs, but she's so damn fun to watch

[@jareddavidson9028]

Dark was the zerg player I followed a lot. Scarlett was always my fav Western player on the scene. Zerglife

[@beerasaurus]

There was a nerf to creep spread with ct's but I don't think scarlet got the memo.

[@Kaplapsdakapdo]

scarlett has such a fun way of playing zerg

[@Lewdacris916]

guys are good at sc2

[@parduskotiya]

@@ThroatShredder1087 be kind

[@parduskotiya]

@@Lewdacris916 be kind

[@Lewdacris916]

@@parduskotiya Stating a fact is not being mean, the world has gone soft with this nonsense. Scarlett will always be a man genetically.

[@Nognamogo]

​@@Lewdacris916 Except it is mean and is an irrelevant fact to bring up unless you're trying to hurt them. People aren't claiming trans people have the genetics of the sex they want to be. When born, they feel trapped in the wrong body, and so try to socially present themselves as the opposite gender to feel more comfortable with themselves. If you wanted to be a kind person, it's very easy to just refer them as what they want to be. But intentionally calling them what they'd rather not be (for some reason), is mean.

[@vortbio]

Woo! Go Scarlett!

[@mikegamerguy4776]

Scarlett: What a nice army you've built for me! (Game 1)

[@Mirata_]

Always love when Winter puts a video out

[@paulembleton1733]

Always Scarlett in the first game, brutal play. Second game the awesomic music ruled initially then cure recovered. Third game double brutal from Scarlett.

[@rodrigo_dmatoss]

I come here everytime I miss the time I played Starcrat II.

[@TruNameless42]

Excellent cast. Funny & knowledgable. Take thumb and sub!

[@user-mv2nn6rw2w]

28:30 That one reaper killed both active tumors lol.

[@hexaquras9374]

you can actually notice the creep tumor nerf with scarlett since its been 10 mins and the creep isn't even on cure's 4th

[@Jepskis]

You're the best SC2 commentator I've heard in a long time! Great stuff

[@diegomdobbs]

Glory for zergtoska

[@LichKingg23]

it has been a minute since I saw someone just using Hydras as a fighting unit.

[@patrickgivens4900]

I've watched this series like three times now, I'm excited for IEM.

[@MrCreed145]

Thanks!

[@kevinjustice1765]

"a bit Byunderwhelming"..that got me giggling

[@Bosla986]

Love the casting , the personality and jokes but one thing has to be said - one of the best quality - image/video vise channels out there for SC2.

[@Seven_Leaf]

Reminds me of Red Alert 1-2 when you'd spam endless conscripts and cheap tanks on new players just to see how'd they handle it.

[@nono6167]

Splice is more of an electrician thing, or formerly a sailor thing than a doctor thing.

[@SatansLilHelper666]

That part where she took control of that first tank with an infestor was awesome to me!

[@Thescott16]

Nice to see Scarlett back in the game... She's always been one of my favorite players just because she's not afraid to try unorthodox strategies, makes her unpredictable and very entertaining to watch.

[@MattPlaysRs]

Scarlett is a guy

[@parduskotiya]

@@MattPlaysRs be kind

[@MattPlaysRs]

@@parduskotiya Be real

[@50jakecs]

@@MattPlaysRs How does referring to Scarlet as a woman effect you? It doesn't, you just want to be mean and a transphobe.

[@MattPlaysRs]

@@50jakecs Or maybe I just don't accept the bs and see that celebrating him as a "great female starcraft player" is a slight against women. Elevating men into positions of status in womens spaces is the epitome of misogyny and should be treated as such.

[@gragrim]

She is actually just Kerrigan

[@767ACooper]

hell yeah dude get after it scarlett best NA player and has been since i started watching

[@Daren_PNW]

always cool watching our beloved Canadian Queen of Blades. xD Where do you get those sweet player thumbnails of Scarlett, btw?

[@WinterStarcraft]

straight from the shopify team site :) (also features ByuN staring straight into your soul) shopifyrebellion.gg/pages/starcraft

[@jptailor616]

I Said, Urubu the Space Chicken is just a Vulture

[@Evghenios79]

the 3rd game shows the typical frustration of being a zerg you break them so comprehensively and your opponents are still in-game. Compare that to game #2 when Cure gained an edge it was immediately over

[@kungpochopedtuna]

Scarlets has quickly become one of my fav zerg players

[@jasonnguyen350]

Love seeing the views go up

[@Narkogurio]

the fact some ppl dont consider this a proffessional sport is crazy the level of skills and training needed to play this way is incredible

[@rlinkquish]

Great series and great cast!

[@quintyss1290]

Well played, Scarlett! You put a huge smile on my face.

[@ianholland4285]

Scarlett: Queen of Blades

[@louisconnelly4721]

Woke up. First thing I did this morning was like and subscribe. It's gonna be a good day.

[@verihimthered2418]

Welcome

[@ericwallace1484]

Does anyone know the name of the music track that's playing at about the 29-minute mark? I'm looking through the starcraft ost and can't find it for some reason

[@torreyance2468]

13 year game still going strong. They need to make another Starcraft game with a new story since they ended that one. But about time I saw scarlett win.

[@kain1851]

why isnt scarlett's card name the queen of blade? xD

[@WinterStarcraft]

Scarlett has said she isn't a huge fan of the nickname in the past, not sure if it's still true but there are plenty of options :)

[@fablesenpai8609]

Love you winter

[@MrDdz]

Scarlett plays so well, how come she never makes it to round of 16.

[@Hierax415]

A real shot at an answer, probably because she almost had a work-life balance compared to her peers she didn't go hardcore monk in her teens and early 20s. It's also worth saying that whatever your think about her transition it must have been at least a little distracting/disruptive compared to many pro's that are literally living in a game house from age 16 and focused to the exclusion of all other things. Now she is 29 and that's ancient in pro gaming years (it's starting to show in her micro), she is also branching off into LoL, and it's hard to stay at the top when you are splitting your time. I don't care if she isn't the best, she is super fun to watch and the only Canadian I get to root for.

[@MrDdz]

@@Hierax415 Well you can root for Artosis too, he's half Canadian now.

[@Hierax415]

@@MrDdz Lol, nothing personal against the guy but I find his attitude to be really off-putting. He rages a bit too hard for me to find relaxing. So he moved back from Korea, did he?

[@MrDdz]

@@Hierax415 It's just a show he puts on his stream. Some love it some hate it. The caster Artosis is more of the real Artosis. He moved to Canada to be with his wife's family.

[@Lewdacris916]

@@Hierax415 *he

[@johnrowe7886]

Bahaha. Love the Hearthstone cards at the beginning. Could Blizzard do this!?!

[@badicusvibesimus182]

I'm just recently getting back into SC2 related content. Watching uthermal, sc2hl, and Winter. Anyone else I should be checking out? Also, was Winter the one who used to do SC2 with an xbox controller or am I misremembering?

[@quintyss1290]

PiG.

[@ross.neuberth]

I enjoy PiG a lot. AfreecaTV eSports is an absolute must.

[@yoelezequieldemedici2545]

I feel like they wanted to avoid the broodlings on broodlings tactic nerfing their duration and got a lot of DPS nerf on the Broodlords. If the broodlings last less, they should shoot faster so you can keep up almost the same DPS than before.

[@errantbonzer994]

Yasssd I haven't seen erza Scarlett In so longggg gime more

[@chemopilas]

Scarlet vs uthermal? Toughts on that?

[@arankoka]

why hydras are light and ghosts are not ?

[@alexanderhansen7598]

Beautiful Scarlet

[@HyperFocusMarshmallow]

I really enjoy your casting, Winter! 👍 Good games matter a lot of course, but I probably wouldn’t watch as many games if you didn’t make it so enjoyable!

[@MrGaraa989]

bu kıza hayranım

[@Technoanima]

Awesome! First game was lost due to bad ghost micro. Such a shame.

[@aleksaurus2722]

EMOTIONAL DAMAGE!?!?! WHAT THE HAIL!!!! I SEND YOU TO JESUS!!!

[@ExcuseTheSaltImLearning]

Why no link to the original content you're using?

[@TiredOwl464]

How is it terran can survive with 1/3 worker of the zerg for 10 minutes

[@deadly5074]

Mules

[@Alloran]

My friends this is the counterpoint to the earlier cast Winter did on Byun vs Reynor. Byun makes banelings look like they are a waste of gas and dominates and Cure makes it look like hiding behind a wall with seige tanks is the only way to avoid losing your army to those same banes. Just play like Byun? Scarlett on the other hand, if you don't get her drone count down, is going to hold down the army keys until you die, she doesn't stop.

[@mikeymyke]

It's mind-numbingly frustrating to see ZvT matches where the Z player has to work ridiculously hard to beat T, losing unit after unit (hydras, banes, mutas) while a 50 mineral marine can be so cost effective.

[@user-bj7rn7ig7y]

my queen

[@verihimthered2418]

Proxy hatch, good old days

[@Spychopunk2077]

lol the infestors are so OP, they turned the game up side down.

[@lacontrasena1239]

me acuerdo cuando antes la reina tenia mas rango todavia xd

[@aliensondope789]

If your adversary destroys your armories and such do you lose the upgrades?

[@scuddsTV]

Once the upgrade has been completed, no. If it's still being researched and you don't cancel it, I believe you lose 75% of the resources for the research. This doesn't apply to units being made, just research. I believe you get 100% of your resources back from units being created when the building is destroyed.

[@LeonRedfields]

0-4 in the ro36 LOL

[@wackaflcka]

actually irritates me how long it takes for a terran to tap out. Literally sitting on 1 base vs 6 and you wont tap out? incredible disrespect towards their opponent. meanwhile scarlett taps out almost instantly.

[@popoha4380]

"OwU~22 Miners off the map. Dead to Banelings!" Is what I want to hear Scarlett say one day. Winter Please? Make jimmy Make it a thing?

[@IsaacFNghost]

Maaan I LOVE seeing neural parasite!!

[@pickupmasterygame1991]

StarCraft!

[@wanaan]

At highest level it's a Zerg world.

[@AB-pj7mc]

Winter. It's not called Hellbats. It's called Hellbrats. With an R. :) But lovely video.

[@Merknilash]

There still isn't an RTS like SC2. It's too hard to play - IMO - and that's why it isn't very popular compared to other competitives, but it's incredible.

[@sheepfly]

It's always great to see Terran losing

[@patrickpy1222]

the heart of the swarm is all about its wings of mutalisk with its legacy of the zerg

[@jakebrewable]

The People's Terrain!!!!!

[@ross.neuberth]

Winter, when are you and Byun finally going to tie the knot?

[@pepega5560]

HOLY FK MAN!! i didnt know she so beautiful when she wears makesup! OMFG!!! I CANT AAAAAAAAAAYYAYAYAYAYA!!!!

[@aiami2695]

👍👍

[@MrCreed145]

That fight at 21:00 that winter said went well for cure probably cost him 500-1000 minerals in repair. Hydras are still too expensive. Take off 25 gas or minerals, or add like 10hp. Cant trade with them for shit. Game two she took the muta risk. Hydras and mutas are just so damn fragile AND expensive. Atleast muta can fly, making them good for suprises. 99% of the time when someone spots them and makes turrets if zerg doesn't bail on the mutarisk they loose. Especially against terran. Widow mines are invisible, do splash damage, and cost less than/about same as a hydra.

[@justincronkright5025]

The problem has always been that Protoss' ability to deal with them when they are strong is ridiculously lacking & now that things focus on carriers it's easier for hydras and mutas (the latter isn't too useful though) to take on the carriers. Phönixes I think need a slight buff in that they should reduce armour I think - like the devourer from SCI, where it'd just be a basic reduction against *armoured* air units or armoured targets on the ground (but it doesn't/wouldn't stack). Balancing Phönixes & Mutalisks with the things they need to be good at has been a problem from the start for SCII. Hydras I think have needed an ability like charge, where they reverse whilst shooting once before fully retreating. Or they need their stats increased in terms of health, but reduce something elsewhere... Maybe even just buff hydras with +5-10 H.P.s, but then do a minor nerf elsewhere & then increase Lurker morph/research time. Because buffing hydras inherently makes lurkers stronger (i.e. you can sustain or up your position too much which enhances subsequent lurkers).

[@MrCreed145]

@@justincronkright5025 zerg can't shoot up until mid game. And it's only ground unit that can shoot up sucks. If you want to fight air at all its a HUGE commitment to go air. You need atleast lair and spire takes a million years. So your left with the hydra off creep. But it's bad. The roach is basically a better tradable version of a hydra. At this point delete hydra and bring back scourge. It's just way to expensive for how fragile it is. Needs to be cheaper or have more health. It's comparable in cost to a dragoon except they have more health, and shields, and can blink.

[@arankoka]

@@MrCreed145 hydra have therefore DOUBLE the dps of the stalker.

[@MrCreed145]

@@arankoka I'm guessing a bunch of your message is missing? A stalker has double the health, armor, and can blink....and is biological so it can be sniped. The dps isn't the problem. They have less than 100hp and no armor. They melt to everything and are expensive. Too hard to trade with them and any micro slips ups are too expensive so no one makes them. They die to mines, tanks, storm, banes, colossi instantly. A goon can take like 4-5 swipes from a colossi. . Goon is more comparable to a roach than a hydra. Not to mention because a goon has shields half its health naturally heals when out of combat.