Artosis

@horowitz

If your TVP problem is specifically against that, you should be doing 3 base SCV pulls. It should be able to knock him out before all his upgrades finish.

For TvZ, you have to be very aggressive with your creep removal. Many times your first push with medivacs will do little more than force some units and remove some creep. Every time…[Read more]

@zizlah

Hey man, sounds pretty interesting. No, I’ve never seen it before. What level is it working for you at?

@epicdemente

The thing about Zest’s play is, the Phoenix Harass counts as pressure in this case. While he’s not forcing army units like a regular pressure would, he’s killing drones, forcing spores, killing overlords, and forcing more production of overlords and drones, all at the same time. That’s quite similar to forcing units.

Also, he…[Read more]

@thepastor

You are absolutely correct. At lower levels that small mineral disadvantage is NOTHING next to the correct intel on what’s going on. For a LONG time when sc2 just came out, I knew builds wouldn’t be super refined for some time, and just scouted on 9 all the time. It gave me a huge advantage until the game got more refined. For people…[Read more]

@mojo99

A confidence boost probably did happen for some number of progamers. Lots of Terrans were just down about their race for a long time. Really though you are right, there’s a really high skill cap for Terran as far as what can be done during a battle with macro going on at the same time. I’d say the new patch is pretty good for now. We will…[Read more]

@thepastor

Haha I just started using that DT robo build again. It’s so damn good, but it’s got to be a bit more greedy nowadays. Lots of the time I’m going for a super fast Nexus with it, like almost right after DT Shrine.

@limper

Love ur ID. Best books ever.

Yeah soO is coming out of there, don’t know if DRG has what it takes to kill Stork or not.

@ricsiqt

Good picks, but srsly I don’t care if Classic just won GSL, sOs is better than him. Come onnnnnnnnnnnnn!

@namek

Group A I’ll give u as definitely arguable as the group of death. Can’t do that with Group G though. I know they are awesome, but I think there’s at least 2-3 groups which you clearly have to put above it, like A and E.

@thepastor

Yeah but he’s got time to practice that matchup. It’s not like his ZvP is bad. It’s a more volatile matchup for Zergs, IMO. I think he’s gonna be ready

Seriously fantastic video. Couldn’t have said it better.

@maynarde

Really interesting idea!

I think, minimum, this balance change will cause lots of people to experiment with roaches and hydras again, which is probably why it’s popping up on the ladder a lot right now.

The composition reminds me of TVP mech a lot, tbh. If it’s scouted early, it has a hard time. If not, it has a pretty big advantage.…[Read more]

@nutsac

Haha, well it’s kinda true at all levels. Until you get pretty darn high level, PvP mechanics won’t often be the reason you lost or won the game. And by the time you get good enough to be at that level, your mechanics will be good enough anyways.

PvP is so much about strategy. There’s a lot of Rock Paper Scissors type situations, a lot…[Read more]

The lower level guys definitely are a bit neglected, tbh. A little bit of love (and help) can go a long way for them.

I don’t know if I’d be where I am today without a very kind gosu who say with my newbie self and helped me out way back at the beginning of my career.

higuys,

The speed of the scout of mech definitely has a lot to do with how well it works out at the moment, no doubt about that. But even that tells us something. The right mech composition can wreck a Protoss who has the wrong tech to fight it with. I think with some more work and innovation, the strategy can become more strong. Not sure if…[Read more]

jtez,

As I’ve pretty much always said, I think that mech is mostly unexplored, and will get stronger and stronger the more people play it. Is it viable on every map in TVP? I have no idea, and I doubt anyone else does either. Bbyong is showing some strength with it, but that is very map specific at the moment.

I’m not sure what the future will…[Read more]

Haha awesome thanks guys, this helps a lot!

the pastor,

I agree almost completely with your predictions. One thing I want to change though EffOrt is for sure coming out of this group. EffOrt is going full beast mode.

The story of this season may be that of the BW legends.

hi guys,

Yeah group G was the other one that came to mind. Dear being out of the picture mixed with, as you mentioned, TY’s lack of individual league performance, made me shy away from it.

TRUE played some godly PVZ with that ling/queen/corrupter style, so I really hope everyone is on top of their game.