i mean you could probably just assume at this point that some of the korean players are as good of friends as they are competitors, considering how long they've been in the scene, so i'd take that choke as a "this is for the double gold base on match 1, you cheeky bastard"
It's about the G5L trophy, so far noone's got it and the only 2 contenders are Maru and Rogue After a very long time Rogue screwed up and got eliminated early so this must've felt like THE SEASON where Maru finally takes it but couldn't And yeah, some of the bits of long-term comradery also
It looks like a friendly banter. They may be a competitors, but still they've been so long in the top bracket that they clearly know each other well and could be friends at the same time. I think in e-sport even more than in regular sports you know the people from your league. You meet at all competitions, sometimes you've been training together now or in the past etc
Great series by HerO omg he is insane and i dont know if its on purpose but i like the description "herO and herO playing the starcraft 2 GSL" its pretty accurate no matter if its accedently xDDD
Maru was literally playing one of those survival levels in SC2 with waves of enemies just coming into his base. Except he had to face it 5 times straight. That's how good HerO was in this GSL.
herO is absolutely insane with his Stalker blink positioning. I don't think I see other pros do what he does. Picking off a marauder here and there seriously affects the balance by quite a lot
herO has been my favorite player ever since his back to back IEM wins, so this was always going to be one of the best finals for me. I'm glad the games were everything we could have hoped for and herO's active style is so fun to watch.
@@ManDuderGuy I don't get what people have against Zerg. I understand the Terran hate with all the siege units and the no-commitment scouting, and protoss with the stalling for shields, but I've never understood Zerg hate (unless it is zvz which gets dull)
what a play! loving how people are figuring out how to dismantle marus campy style hes been keen of lately with this ultra-aggression, feel like ive been seeing it alot
I love this style of Protoss because it's basically how I played back in WoL. Solid chunk of Blink Stalker, into 5 Immortals, fill up on Zealot Archeon and go hammering but always pull back your Stalkers and Immortals, refill on Zealot Archeon and go hammering.
But it pisses me off that terran will get better value engagements. It's protoss, not zerg. Constantly throwing away quality protoss units just because you are up in resources is profoundly wrong.
I seriously did not expect herO to win against maru. When I always watch herO games he loses most of the time against big players such as serral, maru, etc.
Zerg forgets how to counter gateway units. Consequence: Protoss wins a tournament. Amazing stuff. Maru opens 3 rax to hit an early timing. herO responds by doing game ending damage with 1 gateway and stargate's worth of production and building a gold base right outside Maru's base. Great match up.
love the way her0 pushes his econ advantage by spamming tier 1 units and constantly attacking so maru has no time to redevelop his economy. so many players let up after winning or losing a battle and their opponents just rebuild so the advantage evaporates. if you have a big econ advantage losses don't matter as long as your opponent suffers some as well. that's how US Grant beat the confederates in the civil war.
And finally a Protoss plays like it should be played. I never see any feedbacks on the pro level for example. His storms were so good as if he played an open map. I will be totally satisfied if some one makes assimilators to check if the outer bases has taken. They send zealots x10 times and keep losing them on the way. Just make an assimilator, cheaper.
@@kozatas sending out zealots for bases allows you to try and cancel the base rather than just knowing its there. The runbys are more risky but can have a huge payout
What a great first game, you get the impression Maru is working his ass off doing some mad micro keeping the protoss at bay, but towards the end is just like, "WHERE THE FUCK DO THESE ZEALOTS KEEP COMING FROM OMFG"
these maps with the super plain floor texture are so dumb. even a blind person can see the mines burrowed and it makes them worse than useless. and before anyone says "pros can see it anywhere", yes they can, but only like 40% of the time. when maru burrowed them on the edge where there's a more complex texture, the mines always landed
EMP, Medivac, stepback, repair on mech units I mean toss can't even heal bio nor mechanical? but Terran is allowed to take out shields instantly? Okay... great purpose of shields gone. Storms are good but have low AOE. and the HT are so fing slow that any misplay just kills them. I've been saying for years that toss are dealt the underhand. Then her0 comes in and plays better than the weaknesses of the race and creams it xD
_"herO and herO playing the Starcraft 2 GSL Code S finals, with hero going for a sneaky build in the first game."_ So herO is playing vs his evil twin?
Seeing all those Zealots being made at Game 5 made me think Maru should've built some Blue Flame Heckbats to counter them. He couldn't, of course. Didn't have time to do so, and the Disruptors would've killed many of them, but he could've use some.
Hero played like a beast, there's no denying it. However, one should also point out that Maru was far from peak form. So many uncommon mistakes for maybe the single best player of all time (at least the single best Terran ever). The usual Maru would have easily won the second game for instance. Anyways, congratz to Hero ! Finally a protoss win after 5 long years of drought and unfortunate finals.
"50 969 megtekintés 2022. aug. 4. herO and herO playing the Starcraft 2 GSL Code S finals, with hero going for a sneaky build in the first game. " haha!
First GSL win by a Protoss in 5 years.
The last time they won, the Mothership Core was still in the game.
Trap won a GSL ST, in 2021 and 2020, and Zest won it in 2022, but yes for Code S
Dang, that really puts it in perspective of how long it's been!!
Wow. And by Hero, no less. Hero has been an OG from the START.
35:26 this line of protoss units is satisfying
A real thing of beauty.
Looks like something from the campaign
no, is not
@@4utoxic ok
Most intense protoss series in a while man, incredible.
I enjoyed watching this episode.
damn herO, the audacity. "I'mma just go ahead and take both of these...."
herO: "...Is for me?"
Outmine mode was his strategy
I love how maru walked over and pretended to choke hero at the end. I wonder what that was about lol
i mean you could probably just assume at this point that some of the korean players are as good of friends as they are competitors, considering how long they've been in the scene, so i'd take that choke as a "this is for the double gold base on match 1, you cheeky bastard"
It's about the G5L trophy, so far noone's got it and the only 2 contenders are Maru and Rogue
After a very long time Rogue screwed up and got eliminated early so this must've felt like THE SEASON where Maru finally takes it but couldn't
And yeah, some of the bits of long-term comradery also
It looks like a friendly banter. They may be a competitors, but still they've been so long in the top bracket that they clearly know each other well and could be friends at the same time.
I think in e-sport even more than in regular sports you know the people from your league. You meet at all competitions, sometimes you've been training together now or in the past etc
@@itsjustxuan No you are wrong, Maru obviously wanted to murder herO right there for everyone to behold
Pure frustration
The lowground gateway is just so cool. And then the Nexus on the opponent's side is just wild
That ending 😂😂
>Builds Nexus at enemy's gold base
>Refuses to elaborate
@@shinyespeon3995 >Win
200IQ play from hero and i dont even joking the guy is genius, its 2022 and he is refreshing protoss play style
Yeah it was amazing, finally a protoss being constantly agressive
The game is crazy and wild, it needs cray and wild players, it's the Korean bread and butter and we love and thank them of that
So happy to see a Protoss win, and against Maru at that. Well done, her0.
Great series by HerO omg he is insane and i dont know if its on purpose but i like the description "herO and herO playing the starcraft 2 GSL" its pretty accurate no matter if its accedently xDDD
Maru was literally playing one of those survival levels in SC2 with waves of enemies just coming into his base. Except he had to face it 5 times straight. That's how good HerO was in this GSL.
I've never seen anyone put that kind of pressure on Maru. Usually it's Maru doing 3 drops at once and macroing like crazy.
herO is absolutely insane with his Stalker blink positioning. I don't think I see other pros do what he does. Picking off a marauder here and there seriously affects the balance by quite a lot
That, plus his oracle micro is top notch too. Don't think I've seen anyone get as much out of them as consistently as he does.
herO has been my favorite player ever since his back to back IEM wins, so this was always going to be one of the best finals for me. I'm glad the games were everything we could have hoped for and herO's active style is so fun to watch.
I love to see hero win but I hate to see Maru Lose. These games are fantastic
Just so long as zerg isn't winning, thats all that really matters.
@@ManDuderGuy Lol, a zerg not winning = we all win.
@@ManDuderGuy I don't get what people have against Zerg. I understand the Terran hate with all the siege units and the no-commitment scouting, and protoss with the stalling for shields, but I've never understood Zerg hate (unless it is zvz which gets dull)
@@ZatralTMF Greedy bugs that put goo everywhere and ling-rush you. Nuff said ;P
@@ManDuderGuy Why don't more Koreans take up Zerg? I don't get it
As Artosis would say.
Hero played so bad(non meta/predictable), that he played good.
16:22 herO blinks a stalker forward to pull a widow mine shot into Maru's army
He tries to, completely fails
47:25 MARU lose game, but Kill Hero at the end ^_^!!!!Great game...
what a play! loving how people are figuring out how to dismantle marus campy style hes been keen of lately with this ultra-aggression, feel like ive been seeing it alot
agreed, I'm all for these swarmy, agressive, slugathons that I've seen more of
this series was INCREDIBLE!!!
What an awesome series, hero's blink stalkers and disrupters are insane
I think this is one of the top Protoss plays I’ve seen this year!
Nice how Maru went wild after the match. Its like theyre close friends
LET'S GO HER0!!!!!!!!! Protoss represent!
Protoss back to Alpha Race status exactly like in the stories
thank you her0!!!!!
herO and herO playing the Starcraft 2 GSL Code S finals, with hero going for a sneaky build in the first game.
Nice description :)
Jesus, Hero is a beast. He seems to be getting better and better. Can't wait to see him go up against Serral and Raynor in a grand finals somewhere.
HerO is the hero of all Protoss.
15:30 14 fucking scvs. Idk how many the disruptor got alone, but damn.
I love this style of Protoss because it's basically how I played back in WoL. Solid chunk of Blink Stalker, into 5 Immortals, fill up on Zealot Archeon and go hammering but always pull back your Stalkers and Immortals, refill on Zealot Archeon and go hammering.
But it pisses me off that terran will get better value engagements. It's protoss, not zerg. Constantly throwing away quality protoss units just because you are up in resources is profoundly wrong.
Im so glad I can finally understand whats going on after playing starcraft. So entertaining
Hero only busted out the fleet Beacon and skytoss for the last game. Only a Hero does that.
Dang, video won’t load for me “no stream, tap to retry” but reloading by tapping doesn’t bring anything up.
Yeah I noticed this too, it works on desktop but no idea how to fix!
The same problem for me
@@SC2HL fix it
@@rakannazir7729 it should work in a couple of hours, but UA-cam support isn’t too helpful. They don’t understand
It’s up now for me!
16:29 Need to know what this means. Looks funny
This was such a beautiful finals
G1 was wild, reminds me of sOs stuff
These two have such insane micro in big battles
I seriously did not expect herO to win against maru. When I always watch herO games he loses most of the time against big players such as serral, maru, etc.
@Mix & Cat But he has only played 1 game against Serral so far and he won that game. Definitely possible for either side to win.
One of the best finals I've ever watched!!! I love her0 :')
Awesome thanks for the highlights man!
Zerg forgets how to counter gateway units. Consequence: Protoss wins a tournament. Amazing stuff.
Maru opens 3 rax to hit an early timing. herO responds by doing game ending damage with 1 gateway and stargate's worth of production and building a gold base right outside Maru's base. Great match up.
25:20 best gorilla impression you’ll here in Starcraft II
This is how protoss should be played..
Salute to hero,.
you are the hero of the protoss race
Every game is a highlight!!!
love the way her0 pushes his econ advantage by spamming tier 1 units and constantly attacking so maru has no time to redevelop his economy. so many players let up after winning or losing a battle and their opponents just rebuild so the advantage evaporates. if you have a big econ advantage losses don't matter as long as your opponent suffers some as well. that's how US Grant beat the confederates in the civil war.
And finally a Protoss plays like it should be played. I never see any feedbacks on the pro level for example. His storms were so good as if he played an open map. I will be totally satisfied if some one makes assimilators to check if the outer bases has taken. They send zealots x10 times and keep losing them on the way. Just make an assimilator, cheaper.
@@kozatas zealots are for the harass
@@kozatas sending out zealots for bases allows you to try and cancel the base rather than just knowing its there. The runbys are more risky but can have a huge payout
HeRO is on fire
herO
Hero
Dang. Why are these matches so entertaining ?
Awesome finals
What a great first game, you get the impression Maru is working his ass off doing some mad micro keeping the protoss at bay, but towards the end is just like, "WHERE THE FUCK DO THESE ZEALOTS KEEP COMING FROM OMFG"
Damn that first game feels like a fist fighter on the streets rather than a PC match holy christ 😆
Nice series
"herO and herO playing the Starcraft 2 GSL Code S finals"
ah yes, the classic battle against yourself
15:50 is he the same narrator from dota 2 matches
Game 2 really felt like a throw from Maru. Hero played incredibly though
Amazing game from Hero!
Maru’s TvP is rusty lol, probably faced way too many Zergs in the championship already
Brilliant move by Maru, Choking herO to death so he gets the win.
Subscribed, these are so much better than Lowko casts.
The bunker! oh no! it's broken! o.o
Here before 1080 arrives!
Its up right now!
if this is the same her0 from Broodwar..he is a beast!
Such an awesome finals!!
fantastic games. i love terran so im for maru, win or lose!
Wholesome ending
Seems like those blink stalkers will get nerf’d soon. They’re SO nasty
hace 10 años q no veo jugar un protoss asi csv!!!! ❤
great commentary
Congratulations to hero!
This game was awesome
thanks
always enjoy maruder games
herO is a madman!
Hero won, and I am happy, but man, it just goes to show, Maru is an absolute unit on defense, that was not an easy 4-1
He turtles way too much. The other two races can't turtle nearly as well. When they are behind they are dead.
As much as I love Zerg immortals are my favorite unit. I don’t know why
3:26 Porbius 😂😂😂
Its gotta be the carpal tunnel
Yay good casters :D
these maps with the super plain floor texture are so dumb. even a blind person can see the mines burrowed and it makes them worse than useless.
and before anyone says "pros can see it anywhere", yes they can, but only like 40% of the time. when maru burrowed them on the edge where there's a more complex texture, the mines always landed
Maybe fix the description :P Finals were great!
EMP, Medivac, stepback, repair on mech units
I mean toss can't even heal bio nor mechanical? but Terran is allowed to take out shields instantly? Okay... great purpose of shields gone.
Storms are good but have low AOE. and the HT are so fing slow that any misplay just kills them.
I've been saying for years that toss are dealt the underhand.
Then her0 comes in and plays better than the weaknesses of the race and creams it xD
herO 終於讓我看到 Protoss 的希望 😁
"Maru-der" 🤣
This was too stressful to watch
It wasn't even sneaky, that opening was so strong that Maru would have had to know and game plan to take down the gold base to not lose outright.
best finals in YEEAAAARRRSSSS
GSL Finals Over -> Mortal Kombat 😁
_"herO and herO playing the Starcraft 2 GSL Code S finals, with hero going for a sneaky build in the first game."_
So herO is playing vs his evil twin?
Seeing all those Zealots being made at Game 5 made me think Maru should've built some Blue Flame Heckbats to counter them. He couldn't, of course. Didn't have time to do so, and the Disruptors would've killed many of them, but he could've use some.
Dude hero looked so fucking strong
Amazing!
41:34
What was this arrow?
insane performance qnd its scary to watch, he wants to win world
4:56
14:19
21:07
err, 32:58 archon morphing can move?
Hero is a gigachad, comes from military service, and wins against the best Terran in the world with Protoss, what a player!
fully upgraded from the barracks >
Hero played like a beast, there's no denying it. However, one should also point out that Maru was far from peak form. So many uncommon mistakes for maybe the single best player of all time (at least the single best Terran ever). The usual Maru would have easily won the second game for instance. Anyways, congratz to Hero ! Finally a protoss win after 5 long years of drought and unfortunate finals.
*This Maru is embarrassing my Terran" on smaller maps.* For over a decade and no one still doesn't know how to understand with waging differences.
The video what i need
nice!
PROTOSS!!!💪 HERO!!💯
"50 969 megtekintés 2022. aug. 4. herO and herO playing the Starcraft 2 GSL Code S finals, with hero going for a sneaky build in the first game. "
haha!
damn i wish i could play protoss as good as her0. Its shame im on like a 30 lose streak....