You are your own worst enemy

[@aaronthestuffguy3485]

Daggoth: "Kerrigan! Zasz is dead!" Kerrigan: "oh no, anyways..."

[@CaiJadE]

Daggoth: "No! He really is!" Kerrigan: "Oh...."

[@R23_RR]

@@CaiJadE Anyways....have you heard of the new Dacia Sandero?!

[@brunodavian377]

Instablaster.

[@ZetsubouGintama]

@@CaiJadE Kerrigan: You guys are a sitting duck against Protoss. Maybe I should create a new strain of queen instead.

[@manolgeorgiev9664]

Daggoth: Zasz is dead! Kerrigan: Oh? ok. Daggoth: No, for real this time! Kerrigan: Oookay... Daggoth: I mean he can't be reincarnated again! He's dead for good! Kerrigan: Cool!

[@Banditlord52]

Man, I loved Tassadar so much. He was a noble and kind hero, but wasn't so hung up on honor that it made him dumb. Instead of fighting directly with her, he played her like a fiddle, taking advantage of her pride to distract her while he and Zeratul killed their real threat, the cerebrates. He was a fine example of using dirty tactics while still being heroic. I wish more media showed this kind of stuff.

[@becausebuzzbomb6133]

Media can't show more. This kind of writing requires thinking on both the creators' and audience's part. No can do these days.

[@thousandyoung]

Tassadar worked with Zeratul despite belonging to the High Templar Order, enough said. I'd say everyone underestimated him.

[@postblitz]

Media can't show more because then how can they keep the sheep in line once they have the guile of wolves?

[@IronwillTR]

a moment of silence for zasz,the cerebrate who was wiser than O "queen" of the Zerg

[@patrektgaming2584]

Zasz was wiser, now he’s dead.

[@kalebhopping800]

@Alissa Cynthia salsabila Interesting. I like it. Glad I was lucky enough to grow up on Tarsonis with Psionic powers...

[@adams13245]

@Harutyun Tatlyan Hence why it's called "The Culling." Though StarCraft 2 retconned it to all be part of the overmind's gambit to wipe out itself and the cerebrates, since they were corrupted by Amon, and (hopefully) make a swarm free of the dark Xel Naga's influence. ... fan reactions can be seen down further in the comments. Make sure to always have two inches of neosteel between you and the riot- I mean commenters.

[@Gabronthe]

Maybe if Zasz was so mart, he'd have better prepared his defenses.

[@Kizrunin]

​@@Gabronthe Late reply, but in the novel Zasz did, but Zeratul feigned a negotiation (A way to kill Kerrigan) and assassinated him.

[@demonbear1689]

Tazzadar was playing 5d chess the whole saga

[@52flyingbicycles]

“I do not need to flaunt my power in an infantile test of will” Maybe they wrote him to be a Xelnaga the whole time, maybe not

[@marcoramirez642]

@@52flyingbicycles Tassadar was the strongest templar before Brood War, if not the whole StarCraft timelime... but still, he was a protoss, not a god. The Xel' Naga Ouros just took his form and manifested on the universe by the prophecy that Zeratul followed... in other words, the true Tassadar died with the Overmind and his "ghost" who spoke to Zeratul and Artanis in SC2 was Ouros, the Xel Naga who used Tassadar's form to inspire action on the firstborn.

[@52flyingbicycles]

@@marcoramirez642 that’s the theory I subscribe too, but it’s cool that they have these kinds of lines since the beginning anyway. Multiple interpretations

[@arcmen2275]

I think it would have been cooler if he became a xel'naga when he crashed into the overmind.

[@pawek8498]

​@@marcoramirez642 Tassadar didn't try to be like his god. It was his god, who wanted to be like him

[@jimmydodopage]

Tassadar, my favorite hero of the saga.

[@KanexYT]

Kerrigan: An Illusion? Are you afraid to face me, Templar? Tassadar: I Don't have time for your Crap

[@becausebuzzbomb6133]

Somehow I hear that Tassadar line in his very voice... Sounds awesome.

[@jamesestrella5911]

More like “YOU don’t have time for my crap!”

[@Altermerea]

And then Kerrigan used that line against Fenix before he died... And I was like, damn Kerrigan, that burn hurt you so much, you had to project it against other Protoss, didn't you? You were triggered and butthurt about it the whole time.

[@girlgarde]

Pretty much. Also, Fenix was Tassadar's best friend so she killed Fenix to spite Tassadar.

[@優さん-n7m]

when. which line?

[@Altermerea]

@@優さん-n7m Tassadar's: "So long as you continue to be so predictable, O Queen, I need not face you at all. You are your own worst enemy" And Kerrigan turned it into: "You Protoss are all so headstrong and predictable. You are your own worst enemies."

[@bolg892]

Cope

[@followingtheroe1952]

Wow even when winning Kerrigan was coping and seething

[@Extractor1907]

Honestly this saga has so many raw lines that you can make a 30min compilation of them, and still have some left.

[@xxlCortez]

I think she learned the value of deception from that, even throwing Tassadar's line back to Fenix for trusting her.

[@averagefanenjoyer8696]

I took that lesson to heart, Praetor. Now, are you ready to die a second time?

[@ziephel-6780]

Except how she does so, is more despicable and foul. Tassadar at least decieves an enemy, and never betrayed his own. Whilst the Queen of Blades is loyal to no one. Hence, her redemption in SC2 was a mistake.

[@xxlCortez]

@@ziephel-6780 indeed

[@ziephel-6780]

@@xxlCortez The Queen of Blades shall be sacrificed to the Blood God's skull throne.

[@VeryPeeved]

@@ziephel-6780 BLOOD FOR THE EMPEROR! SKULLLS FOR THE GOLDEN THRONE

[@TheKnightOfSmite]

Kerrigan: "So.. Tassadar's plan was merely a diversion. I should not have underestimated him so.." Daggoth: "No! You should not!"

[@huyucle1228]

Starcraft 1/Brood war Zerg/Protoss language usage was so badass. Zerg dialogues sound like something written by Lovecraft, and Protoss speeches sound like fancy Shakespearean novels. Starcraft 2 dialogues sound like a high-school student writing his first fanfiction, most of the complexities are gone.

[@sihTdaeRtnaCuoY]

Starcraft 2 dialogue sounds like an action movie for 12 year olds. They massacred my boy Zeratul too. He speaks broken English saying "Friend, Raynor" like he's incapable of understanding and speaking English. In Brood War, he sounds like the advanced, super intelligent and charismatic leader that he is. In SC2 he sounds like a caveman trying to learn English.

[@CrickettoSantalune]

My favorite scene about "language" is when Artanis and Raynor handshake 🤝

[@terry_the_terrible]

@@sihTdaeRtnaCuoY Dude, the first thing he says is "I have pierced the veil of the future and beheld only oblivion" in a high English accent and you're saying that he's a caveman? And "Friend of the Protoss" is Raynor's official protoss title. A high honour that is only reserved to humans that have earned great loyalty from a Protoss. For someone who values individualism more than the hive mind like Zeratul you can be damn sure that it's a a more respectful title than High Templar or Emperor.

[@sihTdaeRtnaCuoY]

@@terry_the_terrible Raynor, friend of the Protoss would have sounded fine. Instead he says, "friend, Raynor" all the time, and it sounds really dumb, like something a caveman would say. And the line you quoted also sounds cheesy and terrible. It's exactly what the "wise sage" character would say in a Hollywood action movie. Some cryptic bullshit made up by some pretentious moron. They are also old friends, and he's talking to him in some weird, cryptic way for no reason. That's not how Zeratul speaks either. We've seen them speak to each other many times. The character was utterly destroyed in Starcraft 2. All of the characters were to some degree, but him more than anyone else.

[@danieljanecka9492]

Fucking hate that. Happened to almost all entertainment in the recent decade. Worse yet, uncritical masses keep throwing hoards of undeserved money at it, wanting more horrifying mediocrity.

[@TheNobody1324]

Y'know when you think about it, Zasz was right about everything. He was right that something was off about Tassadar, and he was right that Kerrigan would be the downfall of them all (the Cerebrates)

[@gigabytemon]

Zasz was the smartest of all the cerebrates by gut feeling alone. Its brood was bred for guerilla warfare, so instinct was definitely something it would have learned to trust very well.

[@masterexploder9668]

Cerebrates were not supposed to live without Overmind. Overmind wanted for Kerrigan to replace him (it?) to free Zerg from Amon. Which means that Cerebrates were goners to begin with, and considered expendable for Overmind.

[@oscarstaszky1960]

at least Kerrigan being the downfall of the cerebrates was something for a good reason lel

[@thecreator625]

@@masterexploder9668 Stop treating the official fan fiction masquerading as a continuation of this game as canon.

[@feferson492]

@@masterexploder9668 star craft ii is cringe

[@nunocgas9206]

I love how kerrigan keeps improving herself and the swarm , before broodwar she wasn't the best leader, but after facing Raynor and Tassadar she learn from them. It does not matter if she wins or loses, because she will become stronger. She is the swarm.

[@jyankyleardillomangubat9842]

She also got that gorilla grip

[@d.r8892]

wish they had keep her as an irredeemable villain tho

[@nunocgas9206]

@@d.r8892 yeah me too, i like starcraft 2 lore, but they abandon the starcraft brood war storyline

[@theicyphoenixrecords5980]

oh yeah,the song,how can i forget "and he sais,signal the fleet,and on hail's mark,everyone you know begins to leave all you have left,that's out their retreat all you have left is the swarm above your head you felt her fall away,calling out your name,as she became the queen,the queen of blades i hope im not the only one who knows these briliant parody songs by Saher Galt

[@joshuakim5240]

Kerrigan, aka the only character in fiction to actually learn a lesson from being trolled rather than just get angry with nothing learned.

[@CrickettoSantalune]

I always found funny how Kerrigan was ranting and spitting shit about Tassadar and Daggoth says "Zasz is dead". It's so anticlimactic XD

[@kadabarVIM]

If Tassadar had a Twitter account, he would be getting all hit tweets from roasting everyone with his wit and old English language

[@mopbrothers]

It’s really sad that this is the first time you see Tassadar. Blizzard shouldn’t have cut the Terran mission Biting the Bullet as it was the perfect introduction to Tassadar.

[@mackparker9064]

is that mission playable?

[@spikem5950]

@@mackparker9064 I'm pretty sure you can download it somewhere if it's not in the main game. I do know that the SC2 mod Mass Recall which recreates SC1 and Brood War's story has Biting the Bullet on it.

[@GreyWolfLeaderTW]

There's a direct line in the Mission Briefing where Tassadar explicitly states "We have met before". Of course without the context the of the cut "Biting the Bullet" mission, this statement doesn't make sense, as the Protoss only revealed themselves by destroying one of the Terran Colonies, and we never see Tassadar beforehand.

[@stephenwood6663]

I presumed at the time that Tassadar was being poetic. We're informed during the Terran campaign that Tassadar was the High Templar in command of the fleet which attacked Mar Sara and Tarsonis. He and Kerrigan had "met" before, albeit from across a battlefield.

[@Altermerea]

@@GreyWolfLeaderTW I was always under the impression, that Kerrigan and Tassadar were both telepathically in contact before. It only has happened off-screen. Kerrigan said to Raynor during their last conversation, that "she knows what she is doing, the Protoss are going to destroy the entire planet, not just the Zerg, and she knows that, because..." and then she pauses before saying "well, I just know it, I am a Ghost, remember?" and this has been to me a soft implication that Tassadar told her that he has to purify every planet infested by the Zerg, and Kerrigan cared about human life too much to let that happen, but she didn't feel comfortable with bringing this up to Raynor, so she left it as a vague "intuition" thing. And the confirmation of all of this seems to be in the later conversation - Tassadar knows of Kerrigan well, they have met before, so it's possible that this is what they are referencing about all those "vaunted powers diminished" and the rest of their little smack talk. Of course it's all cleverly conveyed, but to me this has always been an explanation. Well, at least to me, it is obvious that not everything has to be explicitly told and shown, and StarCraft is full of events which happen off-screen already.

[@PepperDoom]

Daggoth: Kerrigan, Zasz is *DEAD!* Kerrigan: Oh no! Anyway...

[@johnhsmckay]

its crazy that i will spend hours watching starcraft campaign videos when i have played the campaign 100 times myself, even within the last few months, yet here i am, watching it again feeling the itch to play through it all again lol

[@shanej.w4822]

Back when StarCraft was legendarily Dark and Horrifically intriguing and only kids grew up during those days with such legendary piece deserve a good reminiscence and appreciation of its old school gaming philosophy. Love it and glad that i was born with this game!

[@archsteel7]

Tassadar steered a diversion on a collision course with the queen of blades.

[@kiirothedriver8714]

...Until broodwar where she reverse Karma'd Fenix. Certified Yandere moves, there.

[@MuzaZX]

Mayhap, O Queen. I like this phrase :)

[@kurzackd]

Zasz was right all along !!!

[@marcinzysko1653]

zass is dead kerrigan: lol zass is Really dead karrigan: shit

[@dustypaint]

If Terrans are space cowboys, Protoss are space samurai. He kamikaze-crushed his flagship right into the belly of the beast, the Overmind.

[@michaelandreipalon359]

What are Zerg and the UED then?

[@Spiralpaladin]

​@@michaelandreipalon359 Space bugs and space Nazis?

[@anarchistlilia]

you just got pranked kerrigan

[@tamasmuszbek]

bamboozled

[@akosszilagyi2656]

When opponents in video games actually were competent...

[@l.christoffersen7502]

Zasz was an underrated character tbh.

[@Spirit529]

My man Tassadar was spittin fire

[@ForTheFREEMAN]

ZASZ spits straight facts.

[@gigabytemon]

If there's one thing Zasz got absolutely right, it was that Kerrigan would be the doom of all cerebrates.

[@garakds9]

In summary, Tassadar pulled Loki strategy on her

[@johnybitmap2559]

Daggoth: "Kerrigan, Zasz is dead..." Kerrigan (outwardly): "Oh, it's a pity that Cerebrates cannot truly be killed..." (funny is that she admits that for her IT'S A PITY - so she'd like to know how to murder them all :D ) Kerrigan (her inner true self): "Noice!!! Now I'm so eager to know and meet whoever has such a wonderful power to do so!!!" Why is she so interested in the Dark Templar in BW? Why was she on Shakuras so very early, overhead of everyone of our Aiur survivor Protoss heroes, Artanis, Aldaris and Zeratul? Coincidence? I think not! To support this, notice how the Overmind and the cerebrates invade Aiur, but she doesn't go with them to Aiur... And while the cat's away... We know the rest how the story of BW unfolds...

[@stormpants1638]

I think that was just sarcasm, she means, "Oh no! It's such a shame that he died! It's as if they can't be revived!"

[@adams13245]

@@stormpants1638 Could go either way... after all, according to Star Craft 2, the Overmind had a dozen murder suicide pact planned to free the swarm of Amon's taint... Though saying that was a good idea may just be suicide itself if you go near the fans.

[@comradeivan9326]

@@adams13245 starcraft 2 isnt a good game with the lore

[@deathrayman8074]

Well, she was instructed to stay behind on Char and hunt down any remaining Dark Templar.

[@Keatosis_Quohotos]

This is a very aggressive zoom call

[@TesseraktGaming]

Kerrigan was such a good villain. She didn't need a redemption arc.

[@frogland8362]

Exacto, pero bueno, ya estaba planeado desde hace mucho el tema de los Xelnaga y los híbridos pero creo que se podía desarrollar de manera diferente y más trágica, SC 2 esta centralizado en el desarrollo de los personajes contrario a SC1 que de inicios no nos dicen quienes somos y solo seguimos el curso de la historia.

[@thousandyoung]

He did teach her a Lesson of Humility.

[@laifamohammed3571]

Karrigan: wait it was all a bold plan to kill the cerberates and the overmind? Tassadar: always has been o queen of bitchs

[@tssdr9419]

got her good.

[@cocoaadept]

babe wake up new Executor Nral video

[@Morec0]

Yes dear....

[@bondbond8260]

Yes my dear...

[@pistachioinlove2862]

New way of killing Cerebrates, thus giving pause even to the Overmind just dropped!

[@BaconHer0]

Protoss talk so much about fighting honourably but it seems they always resort to **INHALE** **CONJURE ARTOSIS** **LET THE ANGER BUILD UP** FUCKING CHEESE TACTICS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! **Exhale**

[@MustbeTheBassest]

What happened to blizzard? They were such an incredible studio..

[@spikem5950]

Activision happened.

[@spikem5950]

@Lamp Boi Blizzard didn't get any moneybags for it. They were literally forced into the merger by their parent company at the time.

[@spikem5950]

@Lamp Boi Yeah it really does. Nobody at Blizzard agreed to it. Iirc even Activision didn't want it to happen at the time.

[@Willdroyd]

i love the sc:bw/sc before mission place, its so cool seeing different leaders of different races talking before starting, explaining lore. its super cool to see kerrigan and the protoss talking before one mission and talking with raynor on the other. its so cool

[@RickJankowski92]

" I remember your selfless exploits defending humanity from the Zerg " HAHAHAHAHA is Tassadar on drugs? All she did was fight and kill other humans, unleash zerg on them and in the end kill some protoss that were actually fighting zerg.

[@ExecutorNral]

I think Tassadar is referring the cut mission Biting the Bullet where Sons of Korhal were fighting against the zerg. Seems like Tassadar didnt know what happened after that.

[@skullzans]

@@ExecutorNral Both of you: Reminder what the last mission in SC1 Terran Campaign Was. The PROTOSS were directly PRESENT to witness this shit(Its violently unlikely EVERY protoss stayed to die) and what happened instantly after the protoss were cleared away was the zerg attacked, kerrigan was defending her people and likely was canonically acting heroically, only to be captured. To be fair this is one incident and could be written off as self-defense, but its not remotely impossible that kerrigan died a hero as opposed to a victim alone.

[@ThisIsntAYoutuber]

Honestly, New Gettyburg wouldn’t have happened if Mengsk just told Tassadar of the situation and told him to burn away Tarsonis like they did other planets instead of bothering to rescue civs. But a) that wouldn’t sit well with Tassadar anyways, and b) Raynor and Kerrigan would never have forgiven Tassadar.

[@kurzackd]

Tassadar is sarcastic. A tactic to get under Kerrigan's skin and provoke her. It worked. ;]

[@kurzackd]

@@ThisIsntAKZbinr Tassadar had already decided to employ boots-on-the-ground rather than a Direct Energy Weapon. Of course he had mass Terran lives in mind.

[@DrownedInExile]

I'm surprised the Overmind (once recovered) and other Cerebrates didn't go all Darth Vader on Kerrigan's butt! "Don't fail me again, Queen of Blades."

[@mattp2788]

Killing Kerrigan would kinda mess up the Overmind's plan to foil Amon though.

[@DrownedInExile]

@@mattp2788 Not kill her, but give her a choking reminder of how little tolerance the Overmind has for failure.

[@stormpants1638]

The Overmind, as scary as he is, is a good father. He wouldn't be mean to his children cerebrates, he hasn't said and done anything bad to them before.

[@DrownedInExile]

@@stormpants1638 Perhaps, but he's never lost one of his cerebrate-kids either.

[@thebandofbastards4934]

That's because through Zazz permadeath the Overmind found out about Aiur's location.

[@reychop]

Zasz was right after all. She was the doom of them all.

[@hrs.ai2018]

i like SC1 story more than SC2

[@sonicganga]

Everyone does

[@strider8662]

I liked WoL aswell but the rest was terrible

[@spikem5950]

@@strider8662 WoL was the source of everything that went so terribly wrong in the other two. It set up the dominoes to fall the way they did.

[@stormpants1638]

@@spikem5950 still better than Hots in my opinion.

[@michaelandreipalon359]

And so we get officially introduced to the Protoss... and by officially, we never got to do the Hidden Missions as of the moment.

[@chickendrawsdogs3343]

(Tassadar pointing at Kerrigan, throwing his head back laughing.)

[@eoretaspace]

2:16 ARTHAS SMILES

[@heatseeker9573]

Lmao

[@Keleslava]

Foolish Templar! You activated my trump card!

[@TomGelayIII]

1:27

[@westhouse4641]

The templar of zoz. Starring dorothy as the queen of blades

[@skyvipers]

@ 1:28 - That is some major foreshadowing, RIP all cerebrates

[@LordOfGilneas]

1:29 oh Little Did Zasz Know how True his words would be :3

[@Дедмороз-я8ф]

Man, merry Christmas to you, congratulations !

[@優さん-n7m]

What communication method do the zerg queen and the protoss templare use? Anyone?

[@edmis90]

Is the voice actress different from the SC2 one?

[@ExecutorNral]

Yes

[@kranianus5559]

Alt Title: Tassadar roasts Kerrigan

[@clementpruvost7995]

Zasz deserved this. He didn't give any Hunter Killers to us during the campaign.

[@krzysztofputerko1943]

hunter killers were given to us by daggoth not zasz, so joke not succesful

[@becausebuzzbomb6133]

Yup, that was indeed Zasz's last time...

[@ghostly8846]

OH SNAP! Tassadar played her!

[@leion800]

One thing that drives me nuts, is karagins voice line. From just a cold "yes." To a clunky "yes seribrate?" Pardon the spelling, but I don get why it was changed and it breaks the immersion a bit.

[@pepsastomna7758]

ZASZ: You will be the doom of us all. And in her stupidity she was.

[@learnplusss]

Man I like Tassadars character

[@Morec0]

Hold up. Tassadar had an attack?

[@Morec0]

@Dante Abaddon huh, don't remember that at all

[@madmantheepic7278]

He learned the ways of the dark templars.

[@zixiais]

yes. you get to play him during the mission to escape with raynor - he has a psi attack targets only ground, 20 damage

[@rjmax3311]

He's a high templar they all have attacks I think but they are weak.

[@sihTdaeRtnaCuoY]

@@rjmax3311 In SC1, and most of SC2, High Templar's did not have an attack and could only cast spells. But Tassadar was a hero unit, and he had an attack. And they gave HT an attack in SC2 sometime in LOTV.

[@PeterParker-yg6fc]

so good

[@penitentestudios1492]

What game is this

[@thewizzle1688]

What if Tassadar did show up, and you know, just whoop her ass?

[@rawfleshStarCraft615]

Somebody already done that years ago from Newgrounds.

[@Jay-vp5tn]

Whoa

[@guapisimopro4780]

Tassadar op

[@nlarson1344]

don't trust anyone not even yourself

[@sarunwitchakkharasa3727]

What! Zasc is Dead

[@davidkissel2214]

Davidkissel

[@frogland8362]

Te odio Kerrigan, quele hiciste a Fénix 😔

[@petertakacs8236]

Tassadar is technically Jordan Peterson in space.

[@matthewgagnon9426]

Don't insult my man Tassadar like that.

[@petertakacs8236]

It was a compliment.

[@amorigan539]

6666 views yoooo

[@spaceschizo8573]

Kerrigan reminds me of my FBI agent 😏