StarCraft 2: Can MaxPax OUTPLAY Serral?! (Best-of-3)
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- Опубліковано 20 вер 2024
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im just happy that there's finally a player that gives protoss hope
what about HerO?
Watch them nerf protoss AGAIN
@@jeffreywarf that’s how it works. One genius Zerg caused Zerg to be nerfed many times. Time for toss to taste this pill
@@ИванИгревский Actually Protoss got nerfed many times because they were the most OP in 10 years in PvZ - dominating the Major tournaments. (You can see this on aligulac's balance report page.) That's the level below the Premiere's Lowko was talking about. Balance is based on all tournaments because there's just not enough players for sample data in the Premieres.
@@ИванИгревский protoss got nerfed a lot, carrier is nerfed already, disruptor is nerfed too and not a single protoss champion recently.
That chocolatey smooth “Welcome to Lowko…Lowko before breakfast” needs to be the new intro 😂
MaxPax is a hope for all protoss around the world to be in game
Wow that's the best protoss ive seen. Makes me a proud toss player. 😊
fellow tosser, eh?
hope detected, please nerf protos they are op! :(
So you admit to being a tosser
@@robinspanier7017 NOOOO lol.
@@robinspanier7017 lol is this really how the community works? I feel like because protoss units are the strongest, when their units survive and regen shields it's almost exponential how much better a slight boost makes the race.
The last best-of-5 series of Serral vs Maxpax you uploaded was one of the best I've seen in recent times and maxpax was already playing with this strategy. And that high mobility Stalker+oracle with non stop stasis is beautiful to see.
That was fantastic. Max Pax is showing us what he's made of.
Background: This is from Serral's stream fRiskying around. Serral called these freebies where he does bad strategies that are fun to watch so his MMR doesn't get too high.
Error 404: "Hello everyone my name is Lowko" not found 😢
In my best Jon Snow: "I don't want it."
But who am I kidding? It's a Lowko video. I'm going to watch it ANYWAYS
Welcome to Lowko… Lowko before breakfast.
I always miss the singing of “Hello everyone my name is Lowko”. Even my girlfriend used to sing it
Do you have anything to ad to this comment, Lowko?
He is absolutely right!
Where is our "hello my name is Lowko"? Where? Huh?!
Max boy is a beast. I don't even remember when was the last time that I saw anyone beat Serral this year.
Katowice
@@sevenpolar3483 ZvZ. Doesn't count :D
@@3d_win why?
@@sevenpolar3483 Just joking :D
I believe Wardi or Pig said at Dreamhack that Serral has lost two series total since Feb.
I assume this is one, i dont know the other, i believe they were counting post-Kato.
Does this prove that Serral and MaxPax are not the same person?
Not yet, they should be on the same stage at the same time for this. This could still be Serral playing on two machines at the same time trying to outplay himself.
@@OnigoroshiZero i have heared that serral is good with his feet
@@robinspanier7017 or maybe he is testing a brain implant from Neuralink.
Actually MaxPax is a famous retired Hollywood actor. Maybe Jack Nicholson.
Best feeling seeing Lowko upload a new video
23:08 Poor creep tumour 😢 Queens got so mad they started going after it.
i love the idea of delaying oracles vs serral, serral knows the timings so well that he positions himself to deal with it so if you wait, he might be out of position
Nice going Lowko, this was a Fantastic game. HURA for Protoss.
I love how Serral doing the Erik opener is so normal it's not even worth mentioning anymore. :P
I remember when (not too long ago) 80% of finalists were protoss, and everyone else complained about how op protoss was. Then came some balance patches that tipped the balance in favor of terrans, and terran players were going "Wow, is this what it feels like to be protoss?" SC2 is not static.
I think MaxPax figured out how to fight Terran, and that's what's cool. It turns out that against Terran, if you aren't ahead you're behind, so keeping them always 1-2 bases behind you makes your late game army actually scale relative to theirs.
I still feel like the balance is why pros choose what they choose, maybe even if they don't know it. After playing protoss since broodwar came out, I gave zerg a try recently. What I noticed was despite the units feeling worse, the spellcasters are in a different leauge then protoss. Protoss has aoe damage spell, and aoe damage spell, really centered around keeping the death ball alive in zoning damage.
The zerg spellcasters actually feel like they are precise and enhance the army, which helps fast accurate guys like serrals play style.
Terran is the opposite of protoss. Protoss uses cheap gateway units to tank for their thin line of power units. Terran uses their power units expendably to enhance their bioball. Set them up, and use heavy fast micro to keep your bio alive while you slow creep your base forward in a heavily entrenched position. It works for the fast guys like byun and clem, and for the guys who are methodical and planning like maru.
but then again. the pro scene seems to finally be figuring out how to play protoss. theyre the aggressive race.
The shield overcharge for the cannon at the end of the game was hilarious to me
I love the way Lowko says "Dragon Scales."
Speaking about protoss being UP.
In a way, I think they just lack some of the quality of life things that other factions have.
Like they cant heal hull hp. (flesh hp i guess for zalots and adepts XD)
They don't have something as powerful as creeps or scans for vision.
Those things count for a lot in my mind.
as zerg main, aside from the movespeed creep gives, i would much rather have a t1 unit like a phoenix for vision, and with just a t2 unit you can also have infinite vision with a well placed observer for an entire match
@kurt7937 Nah creep is just better.
The sensor/scan terrain combo is great too.
Observers just don't compare.
@@aziouss2863 did you forget you have hallucination in t1? cmon bro
@@Iaotle Creep is in every game.
So are scans.
Sentries? Not so much.
@@aziouss2863 you should get at least 1 sentry if you want early scouting. If you don't - don't make one but don't whine about it lol.
Game 3 was a proper strategy game.
WOW! first time in a long time ive seen serral outplayed.
Lowko for Breakfast = Lowko Cocos
wow, Serral set up 2 computers and played them at the same time
a Bo3 40 min game with MaxPax and Serral?
*you know it's going to be good*
Don't worry Lowko, I'm a MaxPax fanboy too :D
9:19 if only that 1100minerals was static defences right ;P
13:17 if only he had invested like 500 into static on each base he wouldn't have lost such an extreme amount of workers :P
It's interesting to contrast these "Protoss doesn't win" type impressions with Aligulac's balance stats. According to Aligulac, between January 2021 and today there's been only one month where PvZ hasn't been in Protoss' favour, and PvZ has consistently been the matchup with the most imbalanced winrates.
TvZ has generally favoured Terran, but it's been much less unfavourable for Zerg than PvZ and has multiple dips to being Zerg-favoured - this April and May being the two most recent ones.
PvT's generally switched the race that's favoured though after Oct 21 it's been evenish or with a small Terran lean. April 23 was clearly Terran-leaning but May was dead even.
So it may be that Protoss doesn't win at the very top of the world, but the picture's very different among mere mortals.
That's true. Its the tournament Majors where Protoss dominates, and I would still consider those players beyond us mortals lol.
The balance is excellent overall though the past 6 months, averaging within 2 or 3% of 50.
Still not great now at premiers, where toss has been doing much much worse after the last patch. Unsurprisingly, with huge disruptor and shield battery overcharge nerfs for faster forge upgrades.
It was a bit weird in game 1 hearing LowkoTV talk about how serral was outplaying maxpax when the finisher was down to 3 bases versus the four of Protoss but oh well.
I will ALWAYS root for protoss in a PvZ. Great games by both players!
Long time (months?) since I didn't watch some StarCraft or your channel. No good reason, just resting a bit on that.
Commenting at 2:51 to say that you can do more of the forced smooth Lowko voice anytime.
I'd listen to such a voice during my morning coffee too.
If I were still drinking coffee, that is (and god how I miss it).
13:57 comment: that first game was insane!! So glad I came back.
Also, no thank you for the Mickey Mouse voice. But I did chuckle.
And don't worry for missing some of the action. Honestly I missed all these rollbyes. And it's always good that you rollback a bit in these situations.
Well played matches but... I'm gonna be honest (this is a common complaint I have with Serral) he gives up too easily. If he believes himself to be at a disadvantage, he taps out right away. Even when it's a small difference or, on occasion, he's not the one at a disadvantage at all, he just thinks he is. He knocks himself out of just as many tournaments as someone else knocks him out.
To be clear he's still an amazing player. I just think he'd do even better if he was more tenacious. I was going to avoid more spoilers but... It's all over the comments. I was talking about game 1. That game wasn't over by any stretch of the imagination, his disadvantage was minor.
Love watching MaxPax play
The reason Protoss doesn't win any tournaments is pretty simple in my opinion. They struggle to defeat a Terran army. Everything in the Terran arsenal counters Protoss so hard. It's a constant uphill battle. Protoss may win a few games but inevitably cant continuously win vs Terran.
As a player with minimal experience I feel like a late game upgrade for stalker / adept that gives maybe 15 shields back upon use of their abilities like a sort of blink Regen could possibly make them a little more tanky while also not making them require more skill to use
What will it take to get Protoss to make walls for their outer expos?
Love Lowko when he is really amped up on caffeine.
so this proves that serral can play starcraft with his feet as well
That game brought a smile to my face. Ty maxpax
I think differences in skill matter more than differences in power level in StarCraft 2. I´ve been watching a lot of my replays and weather I win or loose I can usually find places were me or my opponent could´ve changed the outcome of the game by making small changes to how they played the game.
I 100% agree that the reason on why protoss doesn't win as many tourneys is because of the players. If you compare serral & maru to any of the current protoss players, they just aren't at the same level (well maxpax is looking very promising). Though toss is for sure in a worse spot balance-wise aswell, zerg has creep, terran has orbitals, & toss has.... nothing as significant as orbitals and creep.
? PvZ has consistently been _Protoss favored_ for a long time at tournament level, and aligulac proves this. Lowko was referencing Premiere tournaments only, which obviously doesn't provide enough data for balance, because as he said they are a very small number of players. The balance is now close to 50% so in a very good spot, although still slightly Protoss favored.
ahem? protoss can warps units and buildings.
I would definitely watch a lowko before breakfast tv show
WOW!! finally we've found a savior of protoss.
Serral is the greatest SC2 player of all time, he's very dominant, especially in ZvT and ZvP. Maxpax taking a series off of him is very impressive.
@Lowko: It's okay to root for the underdog!
Not suprising since Serral plays the most broken race.
@@ObeliskM If Serral didn't exist, Zerg would look downright underpowered in the Aligulac ratings and in terms of tournament results. If you check the results for the 10 most recent Major and Premier SC2 tournaments in Liquipedia, 4 were won by Terran, 4 were won by Protoss, and 2 were won by Serral.
@@ObeliskM Serral makes it look broken lol, go watch the last 10 major tournament games. The only zerg wins are by Serral
The danish prince breaks the helmet zerg himself?! What am I seeing? :0
Beautiful Scandinavian Derby
Serral doing a dark queen walk in game one. Ahahah! Love it.
More lowko before breakfast please :)
Plot twist: Serral vs MaxPax is serral multiboxing with two accounts. 😂
Im a fan of maxpax since the era of the proxy zelot opener against terran 😂 high pride for our protosses out there
Lowko start a Off Race story cup” players must pick a race that did use in gsl
Is Good to see the golden armada winning sometimes
Love the "Welcome to Lowko. Lowko before breakfast." That deep voice is bound to attract more female viewers to your channel 🤣
What you don't have for us is The Lowko Intro(TM).
But I'll watch anyways, sounds like a banger even without it.
Maxpax par excellence
Holy shit I did NOT expect that at all
This was GLORIOUS
gg! Great job to Maxpax!
This title is 100% clickbait, and I'm here for it.
The fact that we're getting robbed from watching MAXPAX offline... Jeez.
I'm a Pax man! Skibby dibby dip boom budup bup, skibby dibby dip boom budup bup.
amazing game. Their micro is godlike :D
oh no! can't believe serral lost! still a great series! maxpax is the future of protoss.
I know it's probably happened pleanty of times but this is the first time I've seen Serral lose to Protoss. WTG MaxPax!
nice cast, really good game, love yoo watch falcon paladin same cast to feel different point of view
Never thought I'd see Serral get run through by a group of carriers...
Smooth Lowko is best Lowko
I always feel like Serral ggs out a bit too early. I wouldn't mind seeing him try at least an extra minute.
Lowko before breakfast podcast 2024
That was some great Starcraft
Bruh wtf😭 seeing that many banes rolling into your shit is hilarious af
Me a Zerg main: damn my race hasn’t been top tier since brood war.
Serral:hold my beer
Me:👁️👄👁️
Bruh. Your race has won like half of all the tournaments over the last 6 years. Thats way past top tier.
Your race its the definition of top tier. Lol.
38:56 recall col immediatedly. no reason to let them stay to die and no chance they can get out without recall from such position.
I was cheering for MaxPax also! Underdogs ftw
Serral can actually lose? Oh my god. This is like the first time I've seen him lose since 4 months I've been looking at his matches
Lowko loco know about the zerg nexus and the zerg probe.
43:24 true but serral played suboptimal ^^
That was sick
MaxPax ComPletely Dominated serral, lol, get owned serral 😂🤣
Nerd chills, Max Pax is our Protoss!
bedankt
Wait a minute, i thought maxpax was just serral's offrace? Something is right here... hold while I get my red string and tackboard... i have a mystery to solve
I haven't heard PartinG's name in forever.
so that you know Lowko, Serral needs to start his military service before his 29th birthday.
He's Finnish.......I would almost view his mind to have already for any threats russia might bring. =P
@@ThulgoreFinland has mms as well
Proud to be from Denmark :D
MaxPax ok one of my favorites
vs
Serral oh damn I am so in!
Max is a god with stasis
As someone not that knowledgeable about SC2, is there a reason why protoss don't finish off the lings caught in stasis?
You can't attack units in stasis. As far as waiting for them to be out of stasis, it might be more important to be elsewhere.
Please everyone, write to the Danish Royal family to allow the prince to play offline!
I still can't believe he can play both sides at the same time, how does he do it?
I started watching it and i know allready it is biased contest! :)
Safe and sound Protoss still around ✊
I love maxpax, but can he be considered the best protoss when he does no live events (which seem to feature everyone bringing out their best) I don't know.
Either way, I enjoy his games
This is the protoss I should be emulating I suppose
Wow j adore max pax il réussi même à battre serral le dieux de StarCraft ❤️❤️❤️🤩🤩🤩
Great cast man ur voice was fine. I dont think that in the pro gamers level, the skill difference is too much.
Mickey mouse Lowko is a treaure of humanity, love u man, so funny HAHAHHAH
11:20 it was +2 and +3 upgrades... maybe fix?
Boo. Hoo.
maxpax is my new hero
maxpax on highest difficulty can outplay everyone if it chooses to