Serral vs. Maru - IEM SC2 Katowice 2024 - Grand Final

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  • @linkanddrink7880
    @linkanddrink7880 10 місяців тому +457

    Maru is an absolutely inredible player. And that is what makes Serral's achievement unbeliveable.

    • @walden6272
      @walden6272 10 місяців тому +39

      The championship run by Oliveira is still the most unbelievable achievement in SC2 History. Serral's dominance in this tournament is testament to his Goat status.

    • @linkanddrink7880
      @linkanddrink7880 10 місяців тому +11

      @@walden6272 Yea Oliveira last year was somethign else :D

    • @sshreddderr9409
      @sshreddderr9409 10 місяців тому +18

      maru played particularly well here. the games were increadibly even. Serral just never made any mistakes and eventually came out on top every time. he could have easily lost many maps, but he just never did. plenty of times he was on equal supply and upgrades with pure ling bane vs T in the mid game, which is right before the point of no return for zerg.

    • @執政官-m6p
      @執政官-m6p 10 місяців тому +2

      maru第二局为什么不使用渡鸦反隐?

    • @motoboy6666
      @motoboy6666 10 місяців тому +4

      Next to serral he is … ok ☺️

  • @Joyexer
    @Joyexer 10 місяців тому +453

    If Serral himself says he couldnt do any better, you sure as hell know it was peak performance as he is super self critical.

    • @marcelbenner993
      @marcelbenner993 10 місяців тому +6

      Word

    • @Joyexer
      @Joyexer 10 місяців тому

      @@marcelbenner993 Excel

    • @elnino221
      @elnino221 10 місяців тому +17

      Yeah but he could do better because he lost one map. xD

    • @Joyexer
      @Joyexer 10 місяців тому +21

      @@elnino221 Sc2 is a game of imperfect information. Sometimes you have to take a gamble.

    • @B1gLupu
      @B1gLupu 10 місяців тому +4

      @@elnino221 It was ZvZ, so its like almost not that :p

  • @walden6272
    @walden6272 10 місяців тому +275

    I have never seen Serral play this good. This is like God-mode Serral. He was doing everything all over the map. Those infestors play was so deadly. Those queens spreading creep in overlord was a nice touch. The constant harass with lings and nydus too kept Maru on the backfoot. Serral used all the zerg units to perfection, he had the perfect combination of ground units and air units. Serral made Zerg look like it has no flaws. Serral is now officially the Goat.

    • @motoboy6666
      @motoboy6666 10 місяців тому +23

      He has been the goat for years

    • @jameslog3431
      @jameslog3431 10 місяців тому +19

      his infestor control is as if he has someone else on another computer just controlling the infestors it's insane

    • @mis8866
      @mis8866 10 місяців тому +5

      He looks like a god because the race he is playing is fucking DISGUSTING atm.
      When zerg was actually balanced, serral wasnt even in the top 15 lol.

    • @mis8866
      @mis8866 10 місяців тому +1

      @@motoboy6666 imagine calling someone the goat but he hasn't won a gsl.
      that'd be like me saying Jonah Lomu is the greatest winger of all time, but he never won a world cup lol.

    • @Lingboysc2
      @Lingboysc2 10 місяців тому +54

      @@mis8866 lmao he's been the best by far since 2018, through many zerg nerfs and times where he's the only zerg doing well. the "he hasnt won a gsl" argument is stupid because he doesn't compete in GSL but has stomped GSL champions every time they've played. you're just coping and seething

  • @JC-se1wg
    @JC-se1wg 10 місяців тому +785

    20-1 during the whole tournament, unbelievable.

    • @OnigoroshiZero
      @OnigoroshiZero 10 місяців тому +59

      He has no equal.

    • @sshreddderr9409
      @sshreddderr9409 10 місяців тому +64

      this series and the one vs Clem actually had many games that were very close, often with Serral having equal supply in the midgame vs terran, which is not a good position for a zerg to be in, but he never made a mistake at those critical moments and eventually won out. in this tournament he was particularly consistent and on point.

    • @muuanmies7372
      @muuanmies7372 10 місяців тому +2

      OP

    • @stretch90
      @stretch90 10 місяців тому +10

      @@sshreddderr9409 Equal supply is completely normal in the midgame against Terran when you're playing ling bane

    • @teddanville6996
      @teddanville6996 10 місяців тому +4

      @@sshreddderr9409 equal supply is bad? Did you consider the economy, the upgrades, the bank going with it?

  • @soponyaihunor
    @soponyaihunor 10 місяців тому +170

    Serral is a freaking grinding machine.. Unstoppable. Strikes back after last year's Katowice...

    • @naruto7554
      @naruto7554 10 місяців тому +2

      i bet he would have won last year as well if he knew he had won against Shin already 😢

    • @ZC.Andrew
      @ZC.Andrew 9 місяців тому +1

      ​@naruto7554 Eh. I doubt it. He lost badly to Shin, who then lost to Maru, who then placed 2nd. Oliveira was unstoppable. It was his time, not Serral's.

    • @naruto7554
      @naruto7554 9 місяців тому

      @@ZC.Andrew the point is, he didnt lose to Shin since he had won game 5 already and left the game for any weird reason. And what happens when he faces Marwho... well we know it know at least. Oliveira was lucky enough not to face Serral in the finals

    • @rouxypouxy9245
      @rouxypouxy9245 7 місяців тому

      He plays the broken race so ofc

  • @bendo_frendo6309
    @bendo_frendo6309 10 місяців тому +905

    who else is watching this instead of the super bowl?

    • @victorerzikoff1203
      @victorerzikoff1203 10 місяців тому +101

      Who else is not a US American who thinks the world revolves around them?

    • @invader_jim2837
      @invader_jim2837 10 місяців тому +18

      lol, super bowl.

    • @Swiftrootsdadudu
      @Swiftrootsdadudu 10 місяців тому +30

      I'm american and i also agree, superbowl is overrated.

    • @Jedimindkillerjr
      @Jedimindkillerjr 10 місяців тому +2

      Me

    • @thecrazygamer2853
      @thecrazygamer2853 10 місяців тому

      @@victorerzikoff1203 Who else isn't in the mood to make jerk comments for literally zero reason ✋

  • @Ghost-14196
    @Ghost-14196 10 місяців тому +136

    Game 2 is legendary
    Maru's smile at 39:03 says everything

    • @d4slaimless
      @d4slaimless 10 місяців тому +18

      It wasn't a smile. It was painful convulsion out of frustration.

    • @ConnoisseurOfExistence
      @ConnoisseurOfExistence 10 місяців тому +4

      Dat infestor got him good

    • @voodoochild24262
      @voodoochild24262 8 місяців тому +2

      omg amazing pickup thanks. gah the 2 goats

    • @SoulSeeker4
      @SoulSeeker4 7 місяців тому +2

      For real.
      That game 2 was insane.

  • @apawonton1274
    @apawonton1274 8 місяців тому +10

    im so glad too see sc2 esports still going...there nothing like watching sc2. brings back so many memories. no esports matches the same feeling

  • @theculturedgentleman3699
    @theculturedgentleman3699 10 місяців тому +16

    Without a doubt, the BEST SC2 player of all time. The man that made me a fan of Starcraft in the first place. Serral.
    Very well played, Maru. Im happy u were his opponent and undeniably the best Terran. I was praying Clem didnt make it to finals and I thoroughly enjoyed this due to that. I hope to see The GOAT vs Maru matchups again in the future

  • @kayDawgTV
    @kayDawgTV 10 місяців тому +64

    I've mostly been following korean SC2 for the last 10 years or so, but I obviously know the names of some of the best foreign SC2-players. I just didn't realize how much of a BEAST Serral actually is, holy crap.

    • @destrik4115
      @destrik4115 10 місяців тому +5

      Not the first time he slapped maru, they go back and forth usually, sadly when serral hit his prime was around the same time maru had wrist injuries and we never saw them at peak preformance (by that i mean at the highlights of their career, not wether or not they gotten better or not)

    • @GoGoGoTV1
      @GoGoGoTV1 10 місяців тому +6

      Serral is the GOAT

    • @gabapc
      @gabapc 10 місяців тому +1

      Maybe you took a break around 2018?

    • @kayDawgTV
      @kayDawgTV 10 місяців тому +1

      @@gabapc Yeah that's actually very spot on and I have been out of the loop since the most recent patch. I'm really enjoying his playstyle and I'm definetely going to see if I can't get around to watching more tourneys again.

    • @gabapc
      @gabapc 10 місяців тому +4

      ​@@kayDawgTV yea man i could tell you missed it cuz 2018 serral was wild, he went like 8 months without losing a single series, in premier tournaments. For us who followed that domination this tournament wasnt anything new. I havent been watching these last few years but this video was on my recommended so i watched it and he seems even better than back then

  • @mistervanderveer
    @mistervanderveer 10 місяців тому +45

    Serral singlehandedly reviving my excitement for a once considered dead game/scene. More than 70 thousand concurrent viewers tuned in for the finals (42k on main channel + tens of thousands recasts in other languages + youtube livestream). SC2 is more hype than it has ever been. On to the summer World Championship lads, I cannot contain my excitement!

  • @mhomho1979
    @mhomho1979 10 місяців тому +249

    Serral is by far the greatest sc2 player of all time

    • @jameson5508
      @jameson5508 10 місяців тому +15

      Rogue is the greatest SC2 player of all time.

    • @Bajtak
      @Bajtak 10 місяців тому

      😅😅😅😅🤣🤣🤣🤣😂😂😂😂😂@@jameson5508

    • @SDanny23
      @SDanny23 10 місяців тому +38

      ​@@jameson5508nope, serral is , much more achievements

    • @momchiltsonev2897
      @momchiltsonev2897 10 місяців тому +19

      @@jameson5508 who is rogue?

    • @mingyu761
      @mingyu761 10 місяців тому +2

      @@jameson5508 Rouge...

  • @B1gLupu
    @B1gLupu 10 місяців тому +33

    I don't know if anyone else has noticed, but Serral has slowed down from his frantic style of 2018. He has however more than made up for that by making every click precise and with intention, so he is even more deadly now that in his "prime". Every click has thought behind it. The man is truly a beast.

    • @GustavAlbrecht-q4e
      @GustavAlbrecht-q4e 10 місяців тому +1

      i don't like this playstyle i have to admit it's too machine and the problem is zerg

    • @verdibyrd
      @verdibyrd 10 місяців тому

      then why were there more terran than zerg in the top 12? and reynor losing most of his games and solar losing to clem if it is 'zerg op' and not 'serral op'? @@GustavAlbrecht-q4e

    • @verdibyrd
      @verdibyrd 10 місяців тому

      3/4 top 4 players are terran at kato again and terrans still cant accept their race is strong and their losses are skill issue lol @@GustavAlbrecht-q4e

    • @Kassadinftw
      @Kassadinftw 10 місяців тому +1

      @@GustavAlbrecht-q4e There are way too many in the moment adjustments in every game for it to be "machine". He has to constantly adjust to massive pressure especially against top end terrans. Every single game vs Maru was on a knife's edge, and he made the plays. It sounds to me like you're more upset that zerg can actually make plays vs terran instead of a critical mass of ghost making for an unwinnable late game.

    • @GustavAlbrecht-q4e
      @GustavAlbrecht-q4e 10 місяців тому +1

      ​@@Kassadinftw sorry i have to disagree. imho zerg is just a machine race much more than the others. zerg players can literally play the same strategy every game and win when executed well. just open with queens and roaches and you're safe against everything, then macro expand and overwhelm. they have to scout that's true but they have the best scouting options and the decisions resulting out of scouting are simply whether to continue to drone or not. that's not a hard decision. a terran can't go into games with always the same builds because zerg can abuse predictability more than every other race because of their insane flexibility in macro.

  • @Sbadbuoy
    @Sbadbuoy 10 місяців тому +209

    Game 2 was epic!❤

    • @tropicalterrarium1742
      @tropicalterrarium1742 10 місяців тому

      he still got spanked 4-0. Didnt matter.

    • @drBenyy
      @drBenyy 10 місяців тому +7

      It’s actually ridiculous how well Maru played that game and STILL lost.

    • @shapowlow
      @shapowlow 10 місяців тому +7

      ​@@drBenyyIt's more ridiculous how Serral 4-0'ed the best Terran in the world in the supposed Terran patch.

    • @OnigoroshiZero
      @OnigoroshiZero 9 місяців тому +1

      @@drBenyy Maru was bad in game 2, if not for the broken Turtle Terran, he would have lost at least 3 times earlier. Maru's performance was mediocre, Clem played much better.

    • @xIcarus227
      @xIcarus227 9 місяців тому +1

      @@shapowlow 'supposed' Terran patch? TvZ in GM right now is about 56% WR for Terran. There's no 'supposed' here.

  • @sylvariatzaka
    @sylvariatzaka 10 місяців тому +53

    If it wasn't already official, Serral is the Flash of Starcraft 2. Any talk of Maru being the best falls flat watching this.
    Wasn't even close. 4-0 sweep. Serral is truly the goat.

    • @mistervanderveer
      @mistervanderveer 10 місяців тому +17

      He truly is. Going 20-1 in a big tournament including the top Koreans and 4-0'ing king Maru is just absolutely baffling. All that's left for Serral is to play random in all future tournaments.

    • @OHOHOHCOME
      @OHOHOHCOME 10 місяців тому +4

      Wouldn’t it be more accurate to say he is the Jaedong of SC2, since he is Zerg?

    • @sylvariatzaka
      @sylvariatzaka 10 місяців тому +9

      @@OHOHOHCOME He's not just the best zerg player, he's the best player out of all three races. Flash's Terran was also the best out of all three races.

    • @vivsavagex
      @vivsavagex 10 місяців тому +5

      @@OHOHOHCOME hes saying that serral is as dominant as flash was.

    • @danieldaugaard403
      @danieldaugaard403 5 місяців тому

      You mean the Jaedong of sc2 … Zerg you know. Flash is Terran

  • @Tensooni
    @Tensooni 10 місяців тому +23

    Serral doing his thing, making Zerg feel like the stuff of nightmares. But damn, Maru was holding on like crazy, even when he was super far behind! The micro from both players on stuff like ghosts, infestors, and little details was just beautiful.

    • @sparkyk24
      @sparkyk24 10 місяців тому +1

      Yeah based on the late game I actually feel like if Maru could have gotten to the late game with an advantage he’d have smashed. Serral has an insane middle game lately

  • @Danielviomusic
    @Danielviomusic 10 місяців тому +117

    The winner was predictable, but holy shit is Serral playing on god mode. Absolutely insane. It feels like he's on a tier of his own.

    • @TM-vd3df
      @TM-vd3df 10 місяців тому +15

      Blizzard: "time to balance-patch this guy "

    • @ZAWARUD00
      @ZAWARUD00 10 місяців тому +3

      @@TM-vd3df haven't they done that already?

    • @sargonyami4292
      @sargonyami4292 10 місяців тому +9

      ​@@TM-vd3dfif player == Serral al units los 10% health

    • @at0micsheep
      @at0micsheep 10 місяців тому

      S+++++

    • @mis8866
      @mis8866 10 місяців тому +5

      @@TM-vd3df tbf they should nerf zerg into the ground, they have NO weakness at all currently, theres a reason why MOST tournaments in the last 3 years have been won by zerg.
      Zerg has more tournament wins then toss AND terran combined.
      If you swap from P/T you also swap to Z, its never a Zerg player swapping races to say Protoss whys that? Because zerg are the best race in the game.

  • @STEMolDay
    @STEMolDay 10 місяців тому +26

    Definitely appreciate having the post game interview. Makes the ending satisfying.

  • @RedInside_live
    @RedInside_live 10 місяців тому +9

    wooohooo !!! GG Serral!! this guy is an alien.. a machine, I love it! 20-1 the entire tournament.. I am in amazement how he manages to make great players look so small

  • @Swiftrootsdadudu
    @Swiftrootsdadudu 10 місяців тому +97

    Serral doesn't forget upgrades. Just assume it's part of the plan every time xD

  • @TheJerbol
    @TheJerbol 10 місяців тому +13

    As someone who watched early HOTS but haven't in a while, it's wild to see these OG's still duking it out

    • @Douglas77755
      @Douglas77755 25 днів тому

      Lol, not so wild considering zerg has always been the overpowered race in sc2 for me

    • @TheJerbol
      @TheJerbol 24 дні тому

      @Douglas77755 Maru is Terran

  • @vivsavagex
    @vivsavagex 10 місяців тому +13

    the production value was up there with the best if not the best ive seen for SC2 all the picture in pictures and first person cams was really awesome! more first person and more shots from behind the players. very cool to see them actually playing and be able to see there screens too!

    • @mistervanderveer
      @mistervanderveer 10 місяців тому

      Agreed, although Gamers8 might have been the highest production value I have ever seen. Sportswashing or not, the influx of Saudi money is reviving the once considered dead scene of SC2 and I'm all here for it.

  • @keep_walking_on_grass
    @keep_walking_on_grass 6 місяців тому +3

    I just saw serral reaplays from this and against oliveira. serral is a machine. this guy is unreal. I already knew it from the start when he started his carreer that he is different and will become the best non korean. but he became even better.

  • @luckyqualmi
    @luckyqualmi 10 місяців тому +2

    Haven't watched SC for the last 3 years or so. Coming back to this now seeing Serral still going strong is great! 😊 Some of my favorite games of all time were him vs Showtime. Totally different styles but both were awesome.

  • @nickxplore4265
    @nickxplore4265 10 місяців тому +18

    The SCOURGE of Koreans! I wonder what the top Koreans are thinking seeing someone SO UNSTOPPABLE. There's no waaaaaay anyone would think they could possibly match this man..
    He single handedly got the world TREMBLING! 🇫🇮🇫🇮🇫🇮

  • @ramel3892
    @ramel3892 10 місяців тому +17

    I think that's the first time I have ever seen Radhuset Station getting mined out. Insane series.

  • @AznFinBoi
    @AznFinBoi 10 місяців тому +4

    Serral vs. Maru, all-time Zerg GOAT vs. Terran GOAT, with great casting, especially from PiG. What an epic series in this grand final match and an era of Starcraft II to witness. The strategies, which these 2 players pulled off during the entire tournament, were phenomenal and defined their incredible style of playing Starcraft.

  • @Kassadinftw
    @Kassadinftw 10 місяців тому +21

    Game 2 was such a treat for all fans. Dat broodlord transition with the last of Serral's bank and defending with like 10+ ghosts still around was cool to watch. When you're seeing infestors fungaling mules at the last base of the map it had to be a good game. Yeah the score line was 4-0, but everything was super close. Serral just kept making plays, like in game 4 when Maru set up with 13 siege tanks approaching the 3rd, Serral kept counterattacking with just enough. He earned this so hard, Maru threw the kitchen sink at him. Or game 3 pushing into 3 bunkers, I thought that push was never going to break through but it ended the game.

    • @josebove6876
      @josebove6876 10 місяців тому +2

      Was not a close series at all. In g2, maru was always behind.
      G3 is a stomp.
      G4, you know whenever the surround on cyclones happens, serral gets ahead.
      Serral is a beast. Maru played well but it was not close.

  • @rikkol8292
    @rikkol8292 10 місяців тому +125

    When you go 0-3 clem its gameover for everyone..

    • @bengoloitachi2565
      @bengoloitachi2565 10 місяців тому +5

      Fact

    • @maxpayne6386
      @maxpayne6386 10 місяців тому +18

      0:4 Maru 😱

    • @caelestigladii
      @caelestigladii 10 місяців тому +17

      It also surprised me and I thought Clem just had a bad day. It turns out Serral is just so much better than anyone else.

    • @sucersdungeon
      @sucersdungeon 10 місяців тому +2

      The only other person in world history who has gone 0-3 against Clem in recent times is MaxPax and he is literally a Protoss Prince so....

    • @soul8bounce
      @soul8bounce 10 місяців тому +2

      0-3 Clem is one thing especially when Clem is in top form... but 0-4ing Maru is flat insane.

  • @andywang1160
    @andywang1160 10 місяців тому +4

    When I watched first game, it was amazing. Didn’t expect 2nd game to be phenomenal!

  • @lhewjb
    @lhewjb 10 місяців тому +26

    Congrats Serral... 4-0 is just an amazing result in GF

  • @therealsabin
    @therealsabin 10 місяців тому +2

    Its the third time i've seen this grand final... Definetly one of the greatest series of the history of SC2

  • @MajinSaha
    @MajinSaha 10 місяців тому +22

    Despite the loss, round 2 just shows how OP Maru is! Any other Terran would have lost by a 15 minute mark at best under such an onslaught by the Zerg. And it's not even obvious if Maru had to tap out yet given the fact he missed those several minerals at one of his bases.

    • @sshreddderr9409
      @sshreddderr9409 10 місяців тому +5

      he could have easily won that game. if he had been able to mine a bit more during the game, he would have won. they had a similar game a few weeks ago that was even closer, and Serral also won just because he barely mined enough to have enough units to win.
      think about how many tiny decisions along a 30 min game need to consitently go right to win just by having a couple of thousand resources more after the map is mined out. Serral had basically the same resources lost while mining more bases, but never was able to finish him and emptied his whole bank. if he had not made brood lords and infestors with his last resources, he would have lost the game. the level of performance in that game on both sides was absolutely insane.

    • @yemen242
      @yemen242 10 місяців тому +3

      @@sshreddderr9409 it was smart of Serral to get those minerals close to being mined out before transitioning to Brood lords. He kept the pressure going on till the late stages so Maru have no more minerals to mine later on

    • @raducora7159
      @raducora7159 10 місяців тому +3

      @@sshreddderr9409 This is proof that at the highest peak of any sort of competition, the tiniest of details make the difference. There's a lot of minuscule things that could have caused Serral to lose had he not done them. But he has done them, hence he just edged the game.

    • @sshreddderr9409
      @sshreddderr9409 10 місяців тому

      @@raducora7159 yeah. think about that last game vs the cyclones. he lost because he was repeatedly out of position for multiple ling backstabs. earlier there was an almost identical game on that same map, I believe it was raynor vs clem. the zerg had the same starting position, same army composition, same bases, against cyclone hellion into mass tanks, with similar timings, creep, supply count etc. the reason why raynor lost that game and Serral won is because Serral got into the terrans bases multiple times and disrupted the terran enough to barely be able to push him back right before too many tanks could siege. raynor did not, so the tank count got out of control and once they siege between the bases, its over.

  • @KytoSC2
    @KytoSC2 10 місяців тому +2

    It's been so long since the last time these 2 met in a finals! What a great series!

  • @Anthony92815
    @Anthony92815 10 місяців тому +89

    So many fans wanted Serral vs Maru, well there you have it.
    I always knew this will be the result.

    • @PashaSlavaUkraine
      @PashaSlavaUkraine 10 місяців тому +6

      🐐🐐🐐🐐

    • @sshreddderr9409
      @sshreddderr9409 10 місяців тому +15

      I would not have expected a 4:0 though. all those longer games were very close up to a point, they just all went Serrals way eventually. Same with the 3:0 over Clem. he could have easily lost both series as most games involved him having equal supply in the mid game with similar upgrades, which is very dangerous for the zerg. none of those games looked easy, he just played very well and just never made a mistake at a critical moment.

    • @Anthony92815
      @Anthony92815 10 місяців тому +3

      @@sshreddderr9409 Lets not forgot that Serral also annihilated Byun 2-0 in the group.

    • @sshreddderr9409
      @sshreddderr9409 10 місяців тому +3

      @@Anthony92815Byun is nowhere close to Serral in terms of skill. raynor, clem, dark, and maru are the only players that are good enough to realistically win a series against Serral. given Serrals consitency and past performance, he is always the favorite cause he is in every sense the best player without any doubt no matter the metric you look at.
      him going 3:0 against Clem, 4:0 against Maru and 3:1 against Dark is rather surprising, but all of those games were very competitive and close and he could have easily lost a few of those games. he just happened to play particularly well this tournament, and he is statistically expected to win anyway.

    • @BrokeBillionare
      @BrokeBillionare 10 місяців тому +5

      @@sshreddderr9409 if you can turtle as zerg in the starting of the game, you are most likely to win the game due to spell casters. Terran never stood a change and don't even think about toss being competitive.

  • @Jonnys00007
    @Jonnys00007 10 місяців тому +1

    unreal player Serral is a freak ... Like this guy is unbelievable. Bravo and very entertaining to watch !!

  • @mbran031
    @mbran031 10 місяців тому +6

    What on earth happened to Maru's multitasking in this series? It seemed like every ling run-by had him dragging his entire army back home. Against any other opponent, Maru shows he's confident in his ability to split up his forces appropriately and continue a game-winning push. The intimidation factor is unreal here and the "I don't play better, everyone else just plays worse" comment from Serral is spot on.

    • @aaronbuffalo7769
      @aaronbuffalo7769 10 місяців тому +3

      felt like mentally checked out after game 2, played his peak and wasn't enough, threw half his army away defending g3, didn't care about runbys.

    • @SCK-47
      @SCK-47 10 місяців тому +2

      maybe live stage

  • @SnaccBoi95
    @SnaccBoi95 10 місяців тому +1

    What an incredibly wild tournament this was. A huge congrats to all the players and individuals who helped make Katowice one of the craziest esports tournaments we've seen

  • @inanckabasakal7219
    @inanckabasakal7219 8 місяців тому +3

    Although it looks the opposite from the score, the competition is really intense. Both masters are unbelievable. Respects to Serral.

  • @teddanville6996
    @teddanville6996 10 місяців тому +25

    To be expected. Serral was a beast leading up to IEM. As soon as Serral beat Clem i knew he will be champion.

    • @OnigoroshiZero
      @OnigoroshiZero 10 місяців тому +8

      That series was the true finals.
      Clem pushed Serral to the limit in all 3 games, while Maru just dragged game 2 by turtling making it almost impossible for Serral to kill him, and was destroyed in the other 3 games.

    • @teddanville6996
      @teddanville6996 10 місяців тому +1

      @@OnigoroshiZeroyou are biased. If you understand the difficulty of Terran vs Zerg in Radhuset then you would know that even survive with turtling is difficult against Serral of all people. The truth is, Serral destroyed Clem as much as he destroyed Maru. Clem matches look exciting because both Serral and Clem agree to head to a mid game macro, but Clem never had a chance in all 3 games. Maru know he cannot beat Serral like that so he tried to beat Serral tactical wise, but also had no chance as well.

    • @mytrix404
      @mytrix404 10 місяців тому

      ​@@OnigoroshiZero In game 4 there were points where Maru could take it, but than it felt he was mentally struck after 0-3, like couldn't deal with ling runbys.

  • @INNOVANHAPELTO
    @INNOVANHAPELTO 10 місяців тому +6

    Serral makes me proud for Finland

  • @belarepa
    @belarepa 10 місяців тому +4

    Maru and Serral dominated this tournament. Serral dominating Maru is just WOW.

  • @fst534
    @fst534 10 місяців тому +3

    The fighting for the last minerals on the second map was phenomenal

  • @felipevasconcello8164
    @felipevasconcello8164 10 місяців тому +1

    Amazing to see serral in prime form, 6 years after his blizzcon victory, humble and amazing champion.

  • @twicebaked7420
    @twicebaked7420 10 місяців тому +10

    The man is a machine!

  • @donovanteale6502
    @donovanteale6502 8 місяців тому +1

    Easy to forget just how good he is. Bravo sir!

  • @SurrogateSelf01
    @SurrogateSelf01 10 місяців тому +65

    The hardest part of the tourney for Serral was lifting the trophy.

    • @thorwaldjohanson2526
      @thorwaldjohanson2526 10 місяців тому +10

      Haha that made me chuckle

    • @mis8866
      @mis8866 10 місяців тому +4

      Yeah thats what happens when you play Zerg.
      Literal braindead race, A move spam, build 3 units the entire game, Zerg is literal why most people quit the game, you just have everything, you have great early, great mid, great end game, great control, flooding capabilty, you outbuild every other race, you can remax instantly after losing an army, banelings can literally destroy a 8k mineral/gas army, burrow, nydas, creep that heals + makes you move quick, impressive holding capabilty with Queens, injection, healing, fast expansion, more expansions, full map control.
      Meanwhile the other races have weaknesses, Zerg does not.

    • @SurrogateSelf01
      @SurrogateSelf01 10 місяців тому +12

      @@mis8866 5 terrans 3 zergs on quarter finals. Wonder how that happened. Not only that but the least played race in the tourney was Zerg. Weird.

    • @rnf123
      @rnf123 10 місяців тому +6

      @mis8866 There are no other top Zergs who can do what Serral just did against Maru. Yes Zerg is OP. But Serral is even more OP.

    • @mistervanderveer
      @mistervanderveer 10 місяців тому +4

      @@mis8866 The thing about being the best SC2 player of all time (not only subjectively but objectively according to statistics) is that no matter what race you play, you make it seem broken and OP.

  • @Alleycat___
    @Alleycat___ 10 місяців тому +2

    To beat Maru like this, so crushing, in MMR this should be the equivalent to 8K MMR. So perfect

  • @limarismenos
    @limarismenos 10 місяців тому +16

    PERKELE!

  • @ray55557
    @ray55557 7 місяців тому +1

    Serral's macro game was nuts, fighting multiple battles and constantly running lings into the workers at the same time was damn near perfect execution.

  • @faewdsa9106
    @faewdsa9106 10 місяців тому +7

    I thought Serral might lose the game in Radhuset Station, seeing his minerals dropping straight from 10k to even less than Maru's but he shows once again he could be so calm and steer through the storms. That game might have broke Maru's confidence.

  • @ZerXs7
    @ZerXs7 10 місяців тому +2

    I just wanted to go through good Zerg vods and I'm new to SC (3 days of playing) and I'm wondering why did Sarrel place down that geyser right at the start of the first match, just to insta destroy it? Missclick, or did it actually do anything?

    • @ZerXs7
      @ZerXs7 10 місяців тому +1

      nvm I saw it, he didn't had to make an overlord

  • @DeathForSk8
    @DeathForSk8 8 місяців тому +3

    Being the best SC2 player in 2024 is far more impressive than being the best during SC2 peak popularity years. The game has constantly evolved as players learn from each-other and fine tune the meta game. Being the best right now means having far greater knowledge of the game and being able to apply all this knowledge consistently. It's the same as with games like chess where the maximum MMR is constantly growing with the years. Serral achieved 7460 MMR which is the clearest and most infallible measurement of skill gap there is.

    • @kathorsees
      @kathorsees 4 місяці тому +1

      well said! I think people often conflate "peak popularity", "peak prize money" and "peak no. of players" with "peak skill". today's players are far above what was considered top-notch in 2014.

  • @urazoktay7940
    @urazoktay7940 2 місяці тому

    Amazing video. I thoroughly enjoyed it. Thank you

  • @ZM-nb9ib
    @ZM-nb9ib 10 місяців тому +10

    Serral the GOAT, confirmed once again. Devastating high skill.

  • @chavonuevo
    @chavonuevo 10 місяців тому +1

    Watching these two play is just a gift to all of us.

  • @andybogdan4380
    @andybogdan4380 10 місяців тому +9

    The finnish-korean war is real.

  • @ravondal1958
    @ravondal1958 10 місяців тому +1

    Wooohooo ! We are allowed to see production from time to time !

  • @caelestigladii
    @caelestigladii 10 місяців тому +7

    What the f. Maru didn’t even get to play the way he likes. What a monster Serral has become. Congratulations to Serral.

    • @adrianbundy3249
      @adrianbundy3249 10 місяців тому +3

      Oddly enough, Serral has transitioned to all sorts of different ways of doing things over the years with all the zerg nerfs, but never really fell out of contention.

  • @entoythedragon8463
    @entoythedragon8463 10 місяців тому +1

    Serral had the same look and attitude with my Tekken rival. Skinny, shy and introverted. My friend played like a machine in Tekken. reflex is out of this world and he was a champion as well in Tekken.

  • @SuperReviews4you
    @SuperReviews4you 10 місяців тому +47

    Serral just once and for all proven he is the GOAT.

    • @HenriqueRJchiki
      @HenriqueRJchiki 10 місяців тому +8

      Only proving Zerg is overpowered shrug

    • @neuralgiant
      @neuralgiant 10 місяців тому +9

      @@HenriqueRJchikisaying zerg is OP undermines the preparation, planning and practice that Serral did to get to this point. Zerg is not OP it’s just that Serral is literally the best SC 2 player right now.

    • @HenriqueRJchiki
      @HenriqueRJchiki 10 місяців тому +2

      @@neuralgiant Nah, zerg is op.

    • @SuperReviews4you
      @SuperReviews4you 10 місяців тому +6

      @@HenriqueRJchiki 5 of the top 8 this tourney were Terran.

    • @dppsupporter5622
      @dppsupporter5622 10 місяців тому +7

      @@HenriqueRJchiki5/8 terran in ro 8 “zerg op” lmao. Angry platinum terran spotted

  • @sergedhali4547
    @sergedhali4547 10 місяців тому +123

    Spoiler alert!!! Like to que to top.

  • @iamnash
    @iamnash 10 місяців тому +15

    when you scan the entire map ... except one little tiny spot that so happens to be where Serral is hiding his Infestor... of course haha

    • @Samantis45
      @Samantis45 10 місяців тому +1

      I feel like all top players do this but he is above the pack: puts himself in the terran mindset (where would I scan in this area?) and puts the infestors in just the right place. Check again, you will see he also lost a lot of infestors, but he was bullying with them the whole game and I suspect it really psyches you out as the opponent. The one infestor was chillin right next to a turret for a while

    • @slowmomma7222
      @slowmomma7222 7 місяців тому

      seeing him not once just build a raven to follow his army around had me scratching my head

  • @daniloflyff
    @daniloflyff 10 місяців тому +1

    dang that infestors. both are super amazing . serral is like a map hack it self. what a player.

  • @rnf123
    @rnf123 10 місяців тому +4

    That morning Joona had awoken from a sleep of exactly eight hours and 15 minutes, as planned. He got out of bed at an exact 90 degree angle, brushed his teeth for exactly 3 and a half minutes, went to the kitchen and poured himself exactly half a litre of pulpless orange juice, all as planned. The temperature is perfect, there are no dietary, hormonal or bacterial imbalances in Joona's body at this time and on his way to the tournament Joona stops to get exactly one coffee and one blueberry muffin, both things he has commissioned the cafe in advance to prepare to his exact meticulous standards each time, this is all exactly as planned.
    Joona arrives at the tournament in his optimal competitive condition and as planned his music, Eine kleine Nachtmusik by Mozart, has ended the instant he steps into the venue, all according to plan.
    There are no inconsistencies in Joona's morning, so why wouldn't he 4-0 Maru?

  • @2Sor2Fig
    @2Sor2Fig 10 місяців тому +2

    Goat tournament run, mesmerizing to watch.

  • @travisli5632
    @travisli5632 10 місяців тому +10

    Each race should have their own goat maybe. I'm a fan of Maru too. Because of the way he plays and the way the race is designed. He's resilient, he's calm and collected, emotionless at 99% of the time. And his rare occasional smirk when he knows he screwed up is just the cherry on top. As a Terran player, he'll always be my hero.

    • @ramonrl6201
      @ramonrl6201 9 місяців тому

      Agree, Maru is very good and calm as a player, and i, as a zerg player am a bit sad that Serral didnt even shake Marus hand :(

    • @Wade8419
      @Wade8419 9 місяців тому

      These 2 are the clear goats for their races. Poor protoss doesn't win enough tournaments for me to have a solid grasp on who the goat toss is 😂

  • @remixedmind6648
    @remixedmind6648 10 місяців тому +1

    The title is in Europe, what a performance Serral is the greatest

  • @mrc112
    @mrc112 10 місяців тому +10

    Serral will get zerg nerfed up to the point that they can only build workers. And still he'll win pretty much everything out there :)

    • @infomonitor1
      @infomonitor1 10 місяців тому +1

      Just make banelings do friendly fire dmg like mines and youll see where all best zergs will end up ;)

    • @marcelbenner993
      @marcelbenner993 10 місяців тому +7

      @@infomonitor1
      So banes then will also be able to burrow and auto-shot bypassing enemies?

    • @infomonitor1
      @infomonitor1 10 місяців тому +1

      @@marcelbenner993 if they will indicate that they are locked to one unit with delay and u can push it away from others to avoid splash - yes they can :)

    • @ddenozor
      @ddenozor 10 місяців тому

      stop crying. banelings are already nerfed to the ground. it's just impossible to get a connection now if terran is playing bio. zergs still have to play banelings because there is literally nothing else they can do. @@infomonitor1

    • @Daniel-rd6st
      @Daniel-rd6st 10 місяців тому

      Be carefull what you wish for, or you will see 50 banlings buried all over the map :p
      In my eyes widowmines are the most OP unit in the game, followed by ghosts. Mostly because it takes little focus to set them up but a lot to remove them, while they can do devastating damage for little cost. Honestly, the main cost of a widowmine is the factory productiontime it takes up. The few games i see Serral losing vs Terran, its usually because of widowmines blowing away huge chunks of ling bane. @@infomonitor1

  • @dohongan3780
    @dohongan3780 10 місяців тому +1

    39:24
    When I see those lukers burrow in a circle, I know Serral will be the champion, so well played...

  • @henriklarsson1538
    @henriklarsson1538 8 місяців тому +3

    This serral dude is really good at SC2, he should try going pro

  • @TheXistre
    @TheXistre 10 місяців тому +2

    Amazing series, clem, dark, maru. Wow. Gj serral!

  • @garyyytan
    @garyyytan 10 місяців тому +11

    Game 2 was epic holy

  • @wi201631
    @wi201631 10 місяців тому +26

    GG maru the game 2 is simpli epic

  • @invader_jim2837
    @invader_jim2837 10 місяців тому +5

    What a series.

  • @carlthegamer9215
    @carlthegamer9215 10 місяців тому +2

    GG - wish it lasted a little longer but at the same time, i'm glad my boi serral stomped the best terran ever.

  • @arielcaballero6541
    @arielcaballero6541 10 місяців тому +3

    Unstoppable. Serral play in GSL.

  • @Smelly13
    @Smelly13 10 місяців тому +1

    Nice combo casting :) PiG for the win, good synergy with Wardi. High tier. There should be caster names in screen

  • @Miggysaurus13
    @Miggysaurus13 10 місяців тому +15

    This is my Super Bowl

  • @andrewroyle2847
    @andrewroyle2847 10 місяців тому +2

    Once again Serral proving he's the best on the planet.

  • @davidandino3799
    @davidandino3799 10 місяців тому +7

    Spoiler!!
    I cant believe Serral has won AGAIN! Wow and against Maru rightfully So. Amazing performance from both sides, game 2 was crazy. SERRAL IS THE GREATEST OF ALL TIME

    • @infomonitor1
      @infomonitor1 10 місяців тому

      If he will win with every race then Yes, for now zerg is best and statistixs filmów that

    • @davidandino3799
      @davidandino3799 10 місяців тому

      @infomonitor1 if that was true, why is was not a ZvZ?

    • @infomonitor1
      @infomonitor1 10 місяців тому

      @@davidandino3799 because they fought in semifinals? :) ladder was 'made' this way that ZvZ was not possible in finals.

    • @davidandino3799
      @davidandino3799 10 місяців тому

      @@infomonitor1 i see

  • @janl5242
    @janl5242 10 місяців тому +2

    Serral is a beast, still expected that series would be a bit more equal. Maru slipped a tiny bit recently, but still is super strong

    • @Kassadinftw
      @Kassadinftw 10 місяців тому

      It was so close, it could have easily been Maru 4-0. Every game had swing moments. Scouting and player decisions defined the results more than any other factor.

    • @maxwu3395
      @maxwu3395 10 місяців тому

      Agree, seen maru play much better. But was it because serral gave him no room to play his game? Fans of both, Gratz to serral

  • @proddreamatnight
    @proddreamatnight 10 місяців тому +7

    Serral's form is unbelievable right now, pretty sure he's unbeatable in any series

  • @MySelfTheThird-ft8fo
    @MySelfTheThird-ft8fo 10 місяців тому +1

    holy crap !! Serral just unlocked God Mode .
    all tournament long he just slapped everyone around like they were nothing ! 😮

  • @hansellmar1751
    @hansellmar1751 10 місяців тому +7

    genuine question, why do terrans not build like 2 or 3 ravens? it seems like in every game a infestor hits a huge fungal while being burried.

    • @Tonius126
      @Tonius126 10 місяців тому +1

      Because scans is so OP. Nerf it and we will see Terran use Ravens for once in TvZ and TvP.

    • @ninjadejedi
      @ninjadejedi 10 місяців тому +5

      @@Tonius126 Revan does not have the utility and safety compare to other spellcaster. Compare to Viper, Revan is more risky and less utility- Auto turret and anti-armor missile is no where as effective as cloud and abduct. And the vision of a Raven is not as good as Overseer with observer mode and moving no where as fast as. The most important thing is compare to Protoss, and Zerg, Terran invisible units are easy to be detect. Not saying Zerg OP, it is just the nature of Raven in TvZ.

    • @Hydrargyrum8
      @Hydrargyrum8 10 місяців тому +7

      Heard recently from Lowko on this subject, one theory is infestors using neural parasite on ravens and the ravens using anti armor on its own army.

    • @阿倉-o2y
      @阿倉-o2y 10 місяців тому +3

      simply because raven is easily to be caught by abduct.

    • @Daniel-rd6st
      @Daniel-rd6st 10 місяців тому

      Its one more controlgroup to micro, thats the main problem i think.

  • @kentekeroth
    @kentekeroth 10 місяців тому +2

    Love seing Serral win with Zerg. Usually Terran is too efficient against Zerg, so fun to see Zerg being able to win against Terran

    • @sojourner3300
      @sojourner3300 10 місяців тому

      When a lot of the maps are huge open maps, terrains are at significant disadvantage w/o choke points

    • @verdibyrd
      @verdibyrd 10 місяців тому

      name 3 huge open maps in this map pool? hecate, alcyone, oceanborn, goldenaura and hard lead are all terran favoured and full of bridges ramps and chokes. they played one open map and it's the one maru did best on. @@sojourner3300

  • @dppsupporter5622
    @dppsupporter5622 10 місяців тому +24

    5/8 in ro8 was terran. Angry platinum terrans: “uhhhh zerg soooo ”imbaaaaaaa” 😢😢😢😢

  • @goodguycwyzz4768
    @goodguycwyzz4768 10 місяців тому +1

    It’s unbelievable how good Serral is at this game. He would win 90% of GSLs if he participated in them

  • @kevincline2589
    @kevincline2589 10 місяців тому +3

    People don't understand the Clem vs. Maru thing. Clem is not on Maru's level; his style is just simply a better matchup vs. Serral. The best 2 players in SC history made it to the finals and the better of the 2 won.

    • @maxwu3395
      @maxwu3395 10 місяців тому

      Clem is insane but nowhere near Maru’s skill level. Maybe in another year or two if the scene continues

  • @АлександрИванов-п8ь1ъ
    @АлександрИванов-п8ь1ъ 10 місяців тому

    Thanks fot this tournament!

  • @danagray9709
    @danagray9709 10 місяців тому +5

    I recently had a conversation with someone about Serral. I talked about how he "used to be the number one zerg" and how he hadn't really kept that reputation up lately. I'm ashamed of myself. Apparently Serral just took a small break from really going hard. The way he's dominated these finals shows that he's still the best Zerg in the world.

  • @doudoune8035
    @doudoune8035 9 місяців тому +1

    Damn Serral is too strong! What a formidable player!!

  • @petraxus
    @petraxus 10 місяців тому +23

    I could watch Serral win every day :)

  • @sozener1
    @sozener1 10 місяців тому +1

    It's like serral contols every single unit.. amazing.

  • @roncho
    @roncho 10 місяців тому +6

    What.a machine... Serral.is the magnus carlsen of SC2

  • @thezzach
    @thezzach 10 місяців тому +1

    Holy cow, Serral is incredible!

  • @kosherun
    @kosherun 8 місяців тому +5

    Big fan but F Serral man - Zerg just gets nerfed because of him and I'm just a lowly fck***ng zergling out there being punished because of him lol

    • @2nerC9
      @2nerC9 7 місяців тому +2

      He was responsible for many zerg nerf I believe.

  • @analogGigabyte
    @analogGigabyte 10 місяців тому +1

    This is what it looks like when the GOAT goes GOD mode.
    Going 20-1 the whole tournament. Impossible!

  • @adrianbelgrave4123
    @adrianbelgrave4123 10 місяців тому +11

    I just wish there was a Serral vs Life in my Lifetime... just too bad

    • @emreyuksel7466
      @emreyuksel7466 10 місяців тому +4

      Yeah, me too! 🎉

    • @MrChilley
      @MrChilley 10 місяців тому +1

      Man life I feel so old still remember life vs maru 2015 iem was one of the best series ever.

    • @verdibyrd
      @verdibyrd 10 місяців тому +1

      serral would crush life i think, the players today are far more skilled and the meta has evolved a lot since then, maru isn't worse than back then and zerg is actually much weaker vs terran now than in life's time

    • @maxwu3395
      @maxwu3395 10 місяців тому

      Nah ZvT way more I interesting than a ZvZ

    • @jambalaya974
      @jambalaya974 10 місяців тому

      it doesn't make sense, it's like wanting to watch magnus carlsen crush paul morphy

  • @Hq123Hq
    @Hq123Hq 10 місяців тому +2

    Hyped for Serral to do a Flash and go random next year.