Zealots Are The ONLY Counter To Battlecruisers! | Is It Imba Or Do I Suck

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[@LowkoTV]

26:12 Don't believe his lies

[@edd8914]

Lol

[@Ben-gd1so]

Golozo: "I've tried nothing and I'm all out of ideas!"

[@OldSpaghettifactory89]

He should have played zerg. Zergling would leap up and chew on his battlecruisers

[@hamster_designs]

Evolution complete!

[@enriquegarciacota3914]

That’s incorrect, the right unit is swarm host, because locusts can fly.

[@atreidesson]

Just destroy the battlecruisers, then they will fall down, right on the zealots' blades

[@Lost7one]

I like how the toss is behind 50 supply after 8 minutes in a game where nothing happens lol

[@hamster_designs]

Happy birthday Harstem! To another year of malding over replays!

[@tommasotogni7553]

happy bday captain!

[@raskawell915]

From Mee to happy birthday

[@666mandrake]

Happy birthday Harstem, mon capitaine.

[@MrTubeStuck]

O Captain, My Captain have yourself a very happy birthday!!

[@tmonsters7344]

Happy birthday big man

[@Joel-co3xl]

Harstem: make sure you control your DTs Uncontrolled DTs: kills 41 workers in 30 seconds

[@LiviuGelea]

those were like 20 dts. 2 scvs each is not wow.

[@wernerviehhauser94]

@@LiviuGelea the loss was 18 supply, so 9 DTs

[@ZerglingLover]

i mean, zealots would have done just as well if not better, which is what Harstem was saying.

[@LadyMorrigan]

the dramatic reading of the complaint form was actual top tier content, i was in tears

[@4lc4p0rn]

got a beating grandmasters with stupid stuff idea for you: right buildorder, wrong race. you play as protoss, but execute a terran build order by building what units or buildings would have been in the same slot on the ui, at as proper timings as possible.

[@jorgelenny47]

Imagine a zerg getting 8 pools because the toss build order is heavy gate

[@RancorSnp]

@@jorgelenny47 That would be hilarious but not sure it is possible to win a grandmaster fight wasting this much minerals

[@danielskrivan6921]

@@jorgelenny47 Reminds me of doing archon with my nephew trying to teach him how to play, and looking at our 4th base to see 15 forges.

[@Trazynn]

@@jorgelenny47 that's the spirit.

[@Lost7one]

I think he already did that

[@ddenozor]

If he thinks PF was the issue, Tempests have no problems with PFs. So the only answer against all his questions at the same time was Tempests.

[@vinniechan]

You need some forward vision for that to work but he had none

[@ingrudmessenger1193]

@@vinniechan Actually tempest can fly directly over a PF and still kill it.

[@Jet-ij9zc]

27 minutes in and he just fought the first pf only to melt it at little to no cost. Idk what the person sending the complaint was on

[@RockyLXXXVIII]

I can’t get over the fact he dedicates half his army supply to phoenixes to make absolutely sure all those banshees are killed then he immediately flies the phoenixes over the thors, sacrificing all of them to kill like 1 of the 5 banshees. 99% sure dude literally just all army A-moved into the mech death ball and accordingly died

[@maxnaks8001]

A masterpiece of literature and presented accordingly! Maybe there could be a series with just the poetical stories of Imbalance complaint forms. Some of them surely would make shakespear proud :D

[@G3Dem]

A slow dramatic reading with some piano in the background x)

[@SapphirosCZ]

Shakespeare would be proud. As Harstem stated in one of his previous vids, he enjoyed games of Starcraft II. Even based some of his plays on replays from SCII tournaments.

[@charlieawerbuch5352]

I think this guy thought he was playing the Legacy of the Meme mod for single player - turns whirlwind zealots into anti-air while whirlwind is active.

[@snowman7234]

I was just thinking "wait a sec, the Phoenix also can't lift massive units, right?"... and then the editor added a lovely reminder at the top with unit details. LOVE this. Keep this up, this is fantastic editing for your viewers. So damn interesting to have those in there, love, love, love! More of these, please! :) edit: omg, and there's "Trade info" as well. I love this series. NICE!

[@Aristocrat15]

I really like how Harstem put in an emotional performance to reading out the balance report. This alone has earned my like today

[@blakedurrant9399]

Still waiting for the day someone sends him a replay where they're playing against a content creator doing a ridiculous challenge. Also, Happy birthday Captain!

[@saxus]

The very ackward fly under of some ground stuff at 31:58.

[@Santisima_Trinidad]

This terran seems to just be playing a TvZ build. Worked out, so more power to him, but very weird.

[@danielskrivan6921]

15:11 Thanks for the massive tip, Hamster. Although it wasn't uplifting.

[@hamster_designs]

What a dad joke...

[@danielskrivan6921]

I have an idea for the next season of Rank Roulette (which I hope is on the horizon). You could have one round where you just have the build order chart of each player, and try to guess from that what league they are in.

[@PralineToffee]

I think as a bonus round we're it's a 3 choice multiple choice would be a cool idea. It'd be three choices so there's no huge guess gaps because a bronze player knew their build orders.

[@hamster_designs]

This is an interesting concept... I am not sure how interesting it would be to only guess from the build order for the viewers, but maybe providing it as additional information could be interesting as well! And if it is on the horizon, no, absolutely not. It is way closer than the horizon already ;)

[@solarmande7280]

One of the gentlest, most genuinely helpful iiodis I've seen, I appreciate that you're harder on the GM's and give this diamond player a bit of a break. Even if he still sucks.

[@phileas007]

Terran has like more than double APM in this match. Kevin, it would be really nice to take that into consideration in these IMBA matches.

[@guy9146]

I haven't watched anything past the intro yet so I'll eat crow if I'm wrong here but at this point I feel like this series is more. "Kevin, here is a game of mine in which I failed & claim IMBA. PLEASE....explain why I suck." PS: I love this series.

[@RuinousDrow]

Gosh I've been checking in daily in anticipation for 100k SUBS! You an an awesome content creator sir! :) HAPPY BIRTHDAY!

[@danielskrivan6921]

Complains about Terran static defense; doesn't use Super Battery.

[@treyway2403]

"called gg out of respect and later sat down in my bathtub, as cold water droplets merged with my tears" xD.

[@Tornak90]

Happy birthday cap! Thanks to you and Hamster for doing these videos, I'm watching them for a few months now with the great pleasure, and are eagerly awaiting your 100k. All the best wishes -- loyal friends, lots of health and happiness!

[@mitoroskokoros589]

Countless years of evolution and zealots are still being used against BC's

[@galambosdaniel7496]

Happy Birthday! As always, awesome content, good analysis, I enjoyed every second of it. I wish the 100k subscribers hit as fast as possible :)

[@TheDerpiestSir]

"if you don't want to pay attention to your units, you should be playing zerg", seems like reynor hasn't flamed him enough when harstem sends in zergling runbys and forget about them.

[@You-ul8qw]

Dang this guy had the best balance complaint intro ever... Happy birthday Harstem!

[@luxemas1282]

Happy Birthday Captain! Thanks for all the laughs and great sc2 content! Hope you have a great one!

[@AngelicAbility]

Happy Birthday Harstem! Thank you for all the laughs and great content, I'll be here enjoying the laughs and great content throughout the future!

[@Athelas952]

The fact that the game didnt end at 10 minutes should make terran send a balance compaint form lol

[@sjoerdglaser2794]

That end was awesome! If bonking your head against a tree doesn't get rid of the tree, just try 5 more times!

[@trhiew]

Happy birthday Harstem! It’s my birthday today too and I always get loads of laughs from iodis and tons of insight from your harstemcasts channel. Even though I have nightmares of floating resources, I know one day we will have to micro our kids and be floating money while trying to counter a diaper rush

[@hamster_designs]

Happy birthday to you as well then!

[@Blezerker]

SO CLOSE TO 100K SUBS AAAAH

[@krizzkaos4983]

Wait is that - no it can't be, can it??? 100K subs??? MY man! Congrats dude I'm not sure 100K people still play this game. You have the best SC content and I will still be here when you hit one million!

[@Aminmotors]

Love your videos, happy birthday and thank you for all you do.

[@Tobiasz931]

Happy birthday! I hope you make it to 100k subs very soon!

[@amitvinod3334]

Happy birthday Harstem! I don't play SC but I still enjoy your vids

[@klisotr4900]

me seeing this guy is 3540 mmr: ok, he is probably pretty good me also seeing that it's NA: never mind...

[@1.-ulysses334]

You just insulted my entire race of people. And Yes!

[@rahulshah1408]

Yep. I’ve lost every game so far. One day…

[@henningbreede6428]

3500 mmr is low level on every server.

[@klisotr4900]

@@henningbreede6428 sure, that's why 90% players can't reach it

[@Jobutron1]

Happy Birthday from Western US, Kevin! Keep up the awesome casting!

[@danielskrivan6921]

Your reading of the complaint form was epic. As usual, I haven't even gotten to the game yet, and I have to like and comment.

[@legionermk]

Happy birthday Captain! An idea for new series - You can't go over a certain supply limit (for example 100 or 120)

[@borisp9988]

After watching all these IODIS videos I feel like one of main advices would be: don't be shy to retreat

[@UConduit]

Happy birthday Captain! Thanks for getting me back into the game

[@patximartel]

Happy bday Cap. I hope this will be the year of Harstem.

[@klerafukan2083]

Welcome back. Happy birthday.

[@Andrey-ch7xc]

Kevin, he is playing perfect race for those who dont want to pay attention to their units. I cant believe you forgot everything you learned from Reynor and Lambo

[@creeperkingdom3190]

yea I had to puase after that one his literally playing the a move race. the entire reason zerg only has one production structure is so that we have to focus on our unit more. so much so that our macro mechanic is literally a spell from the queen.

[@henningbreede6428]

@@creeperkingdom3190 Zerg generally pays the most attention to macro and your "a-move race" comment sounds like a low league complaint.

[@creeperkingdom3190]

@@henningbreede6428 most protoss units benefit less from micro than most Terran and zerg units that's why it's the a move race. secondly it didn't say that zerg pays less attention to macro than the other races I said that they pay more attention to units that Horsham is implying since most of zergs macro mechanics literally revole qround a unit which is the queen. I'm sorry if you didn't understand becuase I will admit that my first comment was written poorly.

[@w0nd3rlu573r]

I've missed it, but Congratulations on hitting the 100k subs! 🥳

[@karlekpapak6387]

Happy birthday Kevin! 🍻

[@iamtassadar9458]

New stamp for Hamster: Rant : What is a Build Order?

[@HexRox]

28:17 Did not expect that irl advice

[@XX-tg9xi]

A polite complaint form got rewarded with polite roasts and a lot of valuable insights for the protoss player.

[@kristoferlora8112]

Happy Birthday Harstem! Best SC2 Content.

[@glaDos-]

Funny and informative as always.

[@samragsdale2301]

Happy birthday mate

[@nrf82]

Haha the letter is god tier

[@gonzalonavarro6444]

Happy birthday Cap!! Best wishes!!

[@pigzard01]

Damn this guy is almost up there with the guy who sent a rap complaint.

[@andreashalbfeld7671]

You're a content MACHINE!

[@frozencloudzzful]

Happy birthday kevin! 🥺❤️❤️❤️

[@jingxuanwang8674]

Happy birthday Harstem!

[@meandmyself1600]

12:42 are we in big enough number to kill enemies? yep - do we have energy to lift? yep - are we in danger of getting killed? nope - what do we do now guys? wave the retreating enemy good bye!

[@Santisima_Trinidad]

Happy birthday harstem.

[@jonathanyaeger2289]

Happy Birthday Captain!

[@mateuszchojnacki1889]

Happy Birthday Captain ! We wish you Beating Top Players with All Kinds of Stuff !!!

[@t-b0nestream]

Happy birthday, Harstem! We love you

[@floriL3636]

this jump in the beginning to minute 3 of the match was kind of overwhelming. How shall we recognize the shittiness in his BO?

[@mattpfeiler6974]

Happy Birthday captain

[@acrayon3699]

Happy birthday legend

[@ignacioarmandugon2916]

happy birthday Captain!

[@darkvahnor5180]

Happy birthday

[@kokosofen]

at 25:14 he basicly would have won the game if he fell back. at 25:20 he lost the game xD and thanks for the humble commentary Harstem :D very soft and metoring, nice ;)

[@judicatorhurayth1927]

Damn i never knew Massive can break force fields! Thanks editor!

[@bradleywatts7928]

Happy Birthday Brother

[@jeffreywarf]

This protoss DID remember their upgrades, though. Good job!

[@tolo9664]

he was born 1 day after sc2 was "born" he was just made for it keep it up kevin (and hamster)

[@RegazozoGaming]

The Dramatic Reading of a compelling story made me feel deep sorrow for this Poor Defenseless Protoss. My heart goes out to him and I havent even watched the replay yet.

[@alex222333ful]

Drunk guy at a bar: " ooh yeeah I'm gonna scout this girl out"

[@sharp252]

Happy Birthday Harstem!

[@gabrielcaceres1995]

Happy birthday cap!

[@mikewilliams1479]

Happy birthday Kevin. I do not see him having a planetary issue. His decision making sucks

[@DanielWator]

Harstem: You should control your 9 DTs way better, that control sucks 41 dead scv: Am I joke to you?

[@MrFelblood]

At 20:00 Harstem says Golozo's clawing his way back, but I think Golozo's already blown his chance with that DT harassment. Golozo needed to invest that APM and unit production time in scouting and preparing a counter for SaMsonOD's attack that moves out at 21:00. It's coming and Golozo doesn't know it, and it's going to put him on the back foot. He needed to seize the initiative while he had the chance and squandering his gas bank on that run-by wasn't enough.

[@FinetalPies]

That attack killed like 40 workers, it could've been a lot better but it was good

[@henningbreede6428]

Harstem was obviously correct there, what are you on about.

[@tombstonefreak]

I find this imbasuck the best gaming guides for me, thx

[@brandon1024]

Happy Birthday Kevin

[@3v1lp1ngv1n]

Actually, wounded zealots evolve into dragoons but it didn't work because that unit wasn't available in this game.

[@fly1ngsh33p7]

Sorry Professor Harstem, you read that wrong: They said "Im glad the prof is out now", that means they are referring to you as a teacher!

[@anthonyrush8902]

Happy birthday! Only 4 days away from mine

[@buturusca]

Like it how the analysis was more empathetic, to the point, and not so harsh...in some past IMBA videos there were comments like: you should't be playing this game. Harstem is getting older :))

[@mrbyorself]

I burst out laughing before even starting the video.

[@danielkirpichnikov2007]

That man has a powerful tool, called sky toss, and he is unwilling to push it. What a legend!

[@cabage-yes]

100k subs around the corner :O

[@nathankitchel6764]

love you harty

[@Sjaapdespaak]

Gefeliciteerd Koning Kevin

[@luxon4]

100k on your birthday... congrats!

[@DezKaiZer]

I love you Harstem!

[@dominikmagnus]

I got multiple brain aneurysms in last 10 minutes of replay. Thanks, Harstem and Golozo. Hopefully I won't die soon due to one of them rupturing. Adios.

[@courageousmelon5654]

27:05 who cares if it turned sour? Just make some karnemelk!