This is what I'm talking about for content. Love the random! I was expecting you to cheese the last Zerg by playing a normal non-cheezy setup since you said ZvZ is always cheesy. "He will never expect my normal play" type cheese.
I have a new challenge for you. I hope you accept 😊 the challenge is to use swarm hosts as your only “spell caster” besides queens and overseers, while using some of these below tactics and anymore you can think of. Swarm host attack techniques? Thinking about swarm host as a specialized spell caster can be helpful. There spell is DPS, distraction, and a fairly modest amount of damage mitigation. You typically don’t get 12 spell casters unless they are ghosts. Sigh. They are typically thought of as siege units, but they are unique in this regard because the closer you are to the target the more damage can be done. The trick is getting close to targets that can’t fight back or are distracted. If you supplement an army with 4-6 SH this could really boost the DPS on a mid-high tier army. The typical multi pronged attack is always open too. I like to compare the Swarm host (SH) with the infestor. The SH has a 43 sec cooldown but if the infestor is completely out of energy it can’t do anything for roughly 1.5 minutes. Even if the infestor has enough energy for 2 casts, it isn’t worth anything unless the army is ready. But everyone says they are great additions to the army and Swarm hosts are left as larva. Strategy 1 scout sandwich In my opinion, having 4-6 Swarm Hosts burrowed off creep (to avoid detection) along the path of the enemy's advance could work well as scouts, thanks to their burrowed sight of 10. Once the enemy has moved past them, they could emerge from burrow or simply unleash their locusts to create a high damage per second ambush sandwich. However, I've rarely seen this strategy used in practice. Probably because it is 12-18 army supply, 400-600 min, and 300-450 gas. (2-3 infestor worth of gas and way more supply). This would provide a high DPS with a modest meat shield 400-600 HP it would also slow down the enemy’s retreat. While taking out or damaging the often expensive rear guard. Strategy 2 main base nydus. A major weakness of Terran is their production centralization. Step 1 In the mid-early late game get a nydus in the main production facility of the enemy and lay havoc with a group of point blank locusts and whatever else you want to bring. Just as a point of reference 6 SH make 12 locus that do 279 DPS for 18 seconds, that is like 4-5 seconds to destroy a barracks, the locus alone could take out 3-5 and whatever else you bring can speed it up. Step 2 Pop out a few more freshly made SH, from the nydus to fight the enemy that just came to shoe off the depleted swarm hosts heavy harassing force. Step 3 If that works hit ‘em again with the first group, then escape before most people respond with enough forces. Step 4 Don’t forget to attack a freshly mining base when the army is distracted with the above attack. Strategy 3 walk them in This is a bit of a high risk play but if one is doing multi pronged attacks and one didn’t want to invest in a nydus or to be more surprising, slow walking or dropper lord a small group of swarm hosts with some lings to take out workers and force a damaged lift off. If the opponent is taxed enough from other attacks 3 SH can add 140 DPS which is more than enough to take out a town hall. If they lift too soon studder step the locusts and take out all of the workers in a flash all while your SH are queued back home.
I hated that you had internet issues in the tournament. You’re the man. I haven’t even touched sc2 in years but I watch all your vids. GOAT RANDOM SC2 PLAYER
After eating, the body diverts some blood to the stomach, which reduces blood supply to the brain, and depending on the contents of the lunch, additional energy might get diverted to manage glycemic load.
I played in a 1v1 tournament (in the game the ones that are automated) the other day as Random, rolled Protoss in every game but the Finals, and Toss is my main race. I felt dirty cuz it was just a cake walk then in the Finals I did double proxy Marauder & won lol Only my 3rd try (got the the finals before once too) to win a Trophy for the display flex in your base for the rest of the season. Love watching these cheese videos cuz it gives me ideas for games since I'm still in wood league 😀
QoL change for the next patch - Thor builds in the good mode by default (high-impact payload). Alternatively, allow choosing the mode which it builds with, same as you can build directly hellbats instead of hellions and then transform them :)
28:37 nice unit - killing whole enemy army alone. disruptors should work like raven rocket, dealing 0 damage and only reducing the armor of units hit for this game to have a chance of being any balanced
36:40 Why arent you pushing at the front with the marines? That would have easily changed everything instead of feeding your Thors for free in the back
with the Thor, could you drop them in a narrow area instead of in the open? Or... could they have an upgrade? I don't know... seems like a tough one. Wait... the 1st Thor was good(?) but then do all Hellions to attack the mineral line and then Thor again.
For the algo
all hail the algo
For the algae
En Taro Algo
Video, Best, Awesome, Need, To, Watch, This
ye pulling the boyz to hail the algo
Marc, your incredibly positive energy, limitless excitement, and flawless analysis *while playing at an extremely high level* is amazing to watch
Check out mana he also makes great sc2 content.
Man that disrupter juke from the SCVs changed to kill the bio last second. One of your best plays ever
I was still in awe about that nova when a minute later 29:21 that last colossus hit ends the game in the most perfect way
24:02 "where do people normally hotkey their proxy-nexus?" - Florencio doesn't use hotkeys, you silly goose...
The hatchery cheese in game 8 is probably the best single instance of trolling I have ever seen in SC2. Had me laughing my ass off.
Scamapotamus is going to have nightmares, poor guy.
That game looked like my ladder games
Game 4: Viewer Discretion is Advised
Game 4 was an absolute masterclass in harrassment
3 no GGs and some salt, not bad out of 10. Thanks for the vid Mad Marc.
This is what I'm talking about for content. Love the random! I was expecting you to cheese the last Zerg by playing a normal non-cheezy setup since you said ZvZ is always cheesy. "He will never expect my normal play" type cheese.
My god, the proxy nexus game has gotten me perplexed
Can't believe you gave Bly a taste of his own medicine 😂
This is what I'm here for. The random cheese shenanigans.
Well done to Scamapotamus for sticking it out that long.
Hour long episode?!? Frick Yeah! Thanks Thermy.
12:35 that 1hp prism
Your content is so positive and entertaining, big thumps up for the good times!
Time to lose 300 MMR trying to spine rush
Seeing the last game was pretty insane. Timing wise, zerglings are sent, wall goes up, orchestrated chaos.
I really like seeing the cheeses against these high level opponents! Great video!
Great stuff as always. Your calm in the face of salt is legendary; idk how you do it, but it's lovely.
I have a new challenge for you. I hope you accept 😊 the challenge is to use swarm hosts as your only “spell caster” besides queens and overseers, while using some of these below tactics and anymore you can think of.
Swarm host attack techniques?
Thinking about swarm host as a specialized spell caster can be helpful. There spell is DPS, distraction, and a fairly modest amount of damage mitigation. You typically don’t get 12 spell casters unless they are ghosts. Sigh. They are typically thought of as siege units, but they are unique in this regard because the closer you are to the target the more damage can be done. The trick is getting close to targets that can’t fight back or are distracted.
If you supplement an army with 4-6 SH this could really boost the DPS on a mid-high tier army. The typical multi pronged attack is always open too.
I like to compare the Swarm host (SH) with the infestor. The SH has a 43 sec cooldown but if the infestor is completely out of energy it can’t do anything for roughly 1.5 minutes. Even if the infestor has enough energy for 2 casts, it isn’t worth anything unless the army is ready. But everyone says they are great additions to the army and Swarm hosts are left as larva.
Strategy 1 scout sandwich
In my opinion, having 4-6 Swarm Hosts burrowed off creep (to avoid detection) along the path of the enemy's advance could work well as scouts, thanks to their burrowed sight of 10. Once the enemy has moved past them, they could emerge from burrow or simply unleash their locusts to create a high damage per second ambush sandwich. However, I've rarely seen this strategy used in practice. Probably because it is 12-18 army supply, 400-600 min, and 300-450 gas. (2-3 infestor worth of gas and way more supply).
This would provide a high DPS with a modest meat shield 400-600 HP it would also slow down the enemy’s retreat. While taking out or damaging the often expensive rear guard.
Strategy 2 main base nydus.
A major weakness of Terran is their production centralization.
Step 1 In the mid-early late game get a nydus in the main production facility of the enemy and lay havoc with a group of point blank locusts and whatever else you want to bring. Just as a point of reference 6 SH make 12 locus that do 279 DPS for 18 seconds, that is like 4-5 seconds to destroy a barracks, the locus alone could take out 3-5 and whatever else you bring can speed it up.
Step 2 Pop out a few more freshly made SH, from the nydus to fight the enemy that just came to shoe off the depleted swarm hosts heavy harassing force.
Step 3 If that works hit ‘em again with the first group, then escape before most people respond with enough forces.
Step 4 Don’t forget to attack a freshly mining base when the army is distracted with the above attack.
Strategy 3 walk them in
This is a bit of a high risk play but if one is doing multi pronged attacks and one didn’t want to invest in a nydus or to be more surprising, slow walking or dropper lord a small group of swarm hosts with some lings to take out workers and force a damaged lift off. If the opponent is taxed enough from other attacks 3 SH can add 140 DPS which is more than enough to take out a town hall. If they lift too soon studder step the locusts and take out all of the workers in a flash all while your SH are queued back home.
I hated that you had internet issues in the tournament. You’re the man. I haven’t even touched sc2 in years but I watch all your vids. GOAT RANDOM SC2 PLAYER
29:35 lol yeah you should be canceled for that game
Marc is the sommelier of starcraft cheeses
Talking and playing is like singing and running. You are doing way more and it becomes easy so when you don't talk your even better. Your a smart man.
Game ending at 29:28 was filthy. Gefilthy fish!
"If you don't know what you're doing, how the hell can your opponent know what you're doing?" -Uthermal, 2024
Well done! Great vid... and 8 : 2... hahahaha Game 4 was a true highlight also
this thumbnail sent me across continents
Dude, game 8 had me spit my drink 😂 the ending 👌🙏
Delicious cheese platter served up by uThermal! Love the positivity and fun!
This kind of stuff is some of my favorite youtube content
After eating, the body diverts some blood to the stomach, which reduces blood supply to the brain, and depending on the contents of the lunch, additional energy might get diverted to manage glycemic load.
when Marc says dont eat, then serves cheese for over an hour. the mind games are real! lol
I played in a 1v1 tournament (in the game the ones that are automated) the other day as Random, rolled Protoss in every game but the Finals, and Toss is my main race. I felt dirty cuz it was just a cake walk then in the Finals I did double proxy Marauder & won lol Only my 3rd try (got the the finals before once too) to win a Trophy for the display flex in your base for the rest of the season.
Love watching these cheese videos cuz it gives me ideas for games since I'm still in wood league 😀
i have a good cheese for you. play a "normal game" against someone who knows you always cheese people. they will be an anxiety written mess
17:00 - He's gonna make one step and be in to the world of pain! >:]
QoL change for the next patch - Thor builds in the good mode by default (high-impact payload). Alternatively, allow choosing the mode which it builds with, same as you can build directly hellbats instead of hellions and then transform them :)
Thanks for the cheese plate! ^^
You know you're having fun when you have to remind yourself mid game that your goal is to win 😂
I can't believe you didn't show us that disruptor hit against your entire marine ball in the replay XD
"DT blink seems pretty cool...no, no...I want to win these games." 😂
That was some gourmet mountain goat parmesan cheese shit
ah! the brutal game he actually said GG ... what a good guy - actually I would have been impressed too... at the awesome brutality 😆
28:37 nice unit - killing whole enemy army alone. disruptors should work like raven rocket, dealing 0 damage and only reducing the armor of units hit for this game to have a chance of being any balanced
Didnt you retire from professional sc2? How are you absolutely bodying these GM players on ladder 😂😂😂 what talent!
No GM has a chance against Marc, who crushed Serral like a bug.....
with handicap:)
There are multiple players in this video that had a chance.
@@Zwijger sperg much
jesus game 4 was the most bullying ive ever seen in this game
Viktory vs "TheFinalBoss" in 8;08
that's funny to me for some reason
Next series idea... 10 games, random race, absolutely NO cheese. Make sure your opponents know it is you, lol. Mind games.
amazing video idea, thank you very much :)
Always fun to see a spine rush pulled off. :)
Is it mean to point out the irony of you only losing with Terran?
Good video.
Some fine cheese as always:)
I can't believe you actually got that last game.
getting a good OHM is both really hard and effortless
This is amazing content. Well done
What a great video again uThermal showing big wins and how thor drops can be held. :p
uThermal's got his klompen on
Game #4, PvT was absolutely completely disgusting. One of your best games ever.
36:40 Why arent you pushing at the front with the marines? That would have easily changed everything instead of feeding your Thors for free in the back
I'm enjoying these more chill videos
Hey "u" what happened?
Where are you?
Game 4 is how I feel I would do against Uthermal!……wow that was a dirty game!
Go Mark, bringing fun to tournaments
Greatest thumbnail ever
I just heard that you are friends with Grubby! That's pretty cool!
Uthermal= the cheesing gentleman
That sounds like a lot of cheese
You spoil us kids rotten
I think Uthermal is better off-race than terran nowadays haha
Love this thumbnail ! :D
All hail the algo as someone else stated, love the content.
You have 10 different cheeses and Lambo is beating you up
Winning with lingflood vs Bly the zerg cheese master, congrats!
uThermal god tier youtube
with the Thor, could you drop them in a narrow area instead of in the open? Or... could they have an upgrade? I don't know... seems like a tough one. Wait... the 1st Thor was good(?) but then do all Hellions to attack the mineral line and then Thor again.
I thought strategy PvP games were longer than this lol
insane disruptor business
Game 4 was a disgusting thing of cheesy beauty 😂 amazing
Is that tournament over? I was pretty sure it was semifinals when we left off.
Thanks, love your videos
Scamapotamus got done dirtyyyyy
14:17 xDDD
YES. More then an hour of thermieeeeeeee 🎉🎉🎉
Hy Thermal! did you ever tryed a 2 gas/2 factory quick oppening with a 5:30 attack with tanks and double cyclons ? or can i send you some replays??
That 4th game.. I feel unclean.
YAY!!! New Uthermal content 😅😊
This dude can do rap battle fr.
Battlecruiser with scv pull is underrated
Thanks!
“kys” ahaha.
It's like Harstem said, these people are paying for the mortage of content creators. Instant extra 10k views from that alone.
Funny how the only games lost were with the old race.... Guess it was a good switch to Random.
A real Dutch man always has infinite cheeses🤣🤣
You have 10 different cheeses and Special is beating you up
LOL... A Marc vid just isn't perfect without a Dash of Salt, lol.
Algo!
:D you are awesome pls keep it up
19:30 funniest shit ever
Game #4 was magic.