The roach nuke was actually quite genius for another reason. The zerg didnt have the high ground vision to see the red dot and when he walked into it, the dot disappeared as they do about a second before the nuke actually lands.
@@LowkoTV Whether he could see it from the bottom of the ramp or not the fact is I doubt his mind was on it because the nuke was set before he even got vision of the ramp as far as I could tell so he wouldn't have had any reason to know what was going on outside of hearing that it existed somewhere. That was some really quick thinking by uthernal along with some good timing, lucky or otherwise.
In the view of Elijah, you could see him stop the roaches at the botton of the ramp as long as the red dot was there and only going up when the red dot was gone. But still the nuke came down :o)
The whole series is a banger, if you have never check out Uthermal, his content is awesome. He has a few challenges in his play list all set up for you to find easily on his channel. I just finished up his penguin brothers series, and I recommend it also. That series he can only make units that waddle like penguins, Thors, Vikings, Hellbats, and the occasional Maurador. Check it out, you'll be pleased with all his content.
Start watching for his challenges. But you'll stick around for his running commentary - which he gives *while* he's playing. If you've ever wondered what goes through a pro gamer's head while playing, watch his channel. The guy's instinct and 6th sense for what his opponent is doing are incredible.
Really glad to see more uThermal coverage, he absolutely deserves it. I basically never payed attention to 1v1 or ladder for SC2 before him, save a few glances here and there. Thermal gives me the same feeling I have from GiantGrantGames, I'm probably just into experts in their field doing awesome challenge runs.
I watched this one on thermy's channel, it was a banger. ty lowko for casting it, gonna be interesting to see another perspective. Edit, turns out it wasn't the 1 I was thinking of lol
Definitely recommend uthermals channel, hilarious challenges he's very dedicated about. The roach nuke from his pov is amazing. As for best unit I'd agree with ghost or queen. I think anything that isn't a spellcaster is immediately off the list. I think you can make an argument for queens being no 1 for their cost, mineral only.
I'm glad you've done this, Lowko. I see RUclips Starcraft players do interesting challenges ("Marines only" etc.), but I can't watch the videos because they're POV, so the view jumps around so much. Please do more like this.
It's because of the latest Nova skin, big bubbies, a big butt, only 2 sexy novas can fit in a bunker... the real question here is... why Ghosts are so big? They are giants! If we compare them to the marines with their space suits (check the WoL intro) they are very small compared to the ghosts only with a latex suit covering them...
I watched all the episodes on his channel and you know what, I don't mind watching them again! They are such a blast to watch and a nice break from the same old build orders!
Everyone should definitely check this series out. Great commentary by uThermal, and absolutely banger matches. He really did a good job of being positive to other players, talking about head games, and just generally had a great time doing this challenge. Lowko - thanks for posting these. Really enjoyed your take on this series.
And in case anyone is late to this, I actually saw this video on his channel first - the madlad is now doing a Ravens climb and it's just as if not nuttier than this. uThermal is my new SC2 hero. I don't care how good Maru is, this man wins on pure entertainment value.
finally someone re-doing Beasty's nuke series (original was Terran Never Attack to Grandmaster). It was by far the most fun series I have anyone seen doing :)
@Shill of [insert_personal_Boogeyman] "Violently yeeted away" is an excellent way to put it. And yeah, this is why ragdoll physics need to be in EVERYTHING.
Watched these both the day the video was released, wasn't expecting you to cast them. Mind you i'm just getting back into SC2 so I don't know all the big players. Great casting Lowko!
Honestly lowko I think the probe is the best unit in the game Especially in the metal leagues, the panic a probe causes even tho it's just scouting is tremendous. It also just starts warp ins and goes back to work, in addition to having shields. While workers are easily the most important unit, probes are the best of them.
The best unit in SC2 is: The (humble) Worker units. Think about it, you start without Queens, without Ghosts, without High Templars, and you can still win. Could you win if you started without Workers? Didn't think so.
I think terran could beat an ultralisk like that. If you build a wall of supply depots I think they could outrepair the ultralisk's damage indefinitely (well, until the mineral fields run out anyway but that's more than enough time to win). If necessary you can also do some shenanigans with lifting off the CC too which can definitely win too since the zerg player has no way of tracking where the CC is at all times and eventually the terran player can gather enough resources to do something (albeit very very slowly). Protoss might be able to get 2 photon cannons quickly enough to be able to defend it, but I'm not sure on that one. Zerg probably loses since the spawning pool takes so long to build.
Oooooh, someone picked up the mantle of Beastyqt! Now I have a new guy who's games I'll obsess over, hope he makes more series like this. Although not sure whether he can do that will all 3 races like Beasty could
Harstem does a lot of silly things with protoss if you haven't watched his youtube, recently started a series where he "plays 3v3", but his teammates kill all their own workers at the start and he plays 1v3
Ghost and Queen for sure, queen second cause their mecanics is the counter part of the zerg creep concept, and thus is also a contraint and a specialised/limited tool.
4:53 My lore headcanon is that the ghost rifle is so long, combined with the zoomed-in scope make it unwieldy to fit in a bunker and be able to aim...hence why only 2 can go in! 🤣
I hope you cast some of his more recent ghost games aswell if you're lacking games for content, he's had some absolutely insane games with constant action and comebacks from launching 3-4 nukes at the same time while being extremely far behind
19:42 The best unit? "Void Ray no Micro" from bronze to lower half platinum league, "Carrier no Micro" from higher half platinum to diamond league and "Ghost Well Crontroled" and Queen from master to professional level.
Something i would love to see one day would be a whole competition ( or best of ) focused on the ultimate dinner, front onset to finale. Would be interesting to see the evolution of strategy from 1mn cheese to macro. Lowko keeps mentioning the pro just steam roll lower tier players in competition, i would like to see that :D
queen and ghost are really really top of the top, both can survive a few hits, both have lots of very useful skills, both can attack without energy, both can attack air and ground units, they can both do kind of everything, and the queen is also kinda cheap
For me Queen are the best unit they save my ass everytime and I owe so many wins to then. Like If there is ever a day where Queens can move fast outside creep it would be glorious.
SCV can build anything anywhere without needing any creep or power zone though. Probe can place a building, but has to place a Pylon first (so yeah, he can place and leave, but then he must come back anyway)
Ghost, queen, viper and prism are the best, however only queens and ghosts can be viably massed while vipers have heavy management toll and prism is supportive in nature.
Best unit in the entire game: Ghost Yes, I am aware of their weaknesses but when you have a unite can has a 1 in 100 chance of spawning Nova using the Cover Ops Skin. Trumps all other unites. Also, using a Medivac is fair in Ghost Only Games because Medivacs don't really do anything besides transport and heal.
the best unit in the game is the SCV. It can collect minerals and repair. Without the mineral collection function, all other functions are useless. Their ability to repair (and compound their repair rates in numbers) is what puts them above all other units capable of collecting resources.
3:24 sorry, what? xD no, it eliminates energy, deals a bunch of damage to shields and temporaly deactivates invisibility (Dark Templars) I dont remember right now if it consumes all the targets energy at once, or if it just removes a fixed amount tbh
Yup, that's my exact thought when watching players around my level, 4k~. Every single action they do I just think "what the hell is this guy even doing, why is he floating so much money, just do x, etc etc", then I watch my own replays and realize I'm just "as bad"
The roach nuke was actually quite genius for another reason. The zerg didnt have the high ground vision to see the red dot and when he walked into it, the dot disappeared as they do about a second before the nuke actually lands.
The timing couldn't get any better, probably best nuke of this year maybe we can vote for which is best nuke?
He could see it while idling at the bottom of the ramp, but yeah that was clever!
@@LowkoTV I remember when I watched uThermal's video he went to the replay and the Zerg couldn't see the dot at all.
@@LowkoTV Whether he could see it from the bottom of the ramp or not the fact is I doubt his mind was on it because the nuke was set before he even got vision of the ramp as far as I could tell so he wouldn't have had any reason to know what was going on outside of hearing that it existed somewhere. That was some really quick thinking by uthernal along with some good timing, lucky or otherwise.
Somebody call for an exterminator?
15:15 thank you uthermal for that 200iq satisfying nuke
like he was playing nexus wars
In the view of Elijah, you could see him stop the roaches at the botton of the ramp as long as the red dot was there and only going up when the red dot was gone. But still the nuke came down :o)
The whole series is a banger, if you have never check out Uthermal, his content is awesome. He has a few challenges in his play list all set up for you to find easily on his channel. I just finished up his penguin brothers series, and I recommend it also. That series he can only make units that waddle like penguins, Thors, Vikings, Hellbats, and the occasional Maurador. Check it out, you'll be pleased with all his content.
These challenges are the best SC2 content I've seen in many years
That series is such a quack lol.
Start watching for his challenges. But you'll stick around for his running commentary - which he gives *while* he's playing. If you've ever wondered what goes through a pro gamer's head while playing, watch his channel. The guy's instinct and 6th sense for what his opponent is doing are incredible.
Really glad to see more uThermal coverage, he absolutely deserves it. I basically never payed attention to 1v1 or ladder for SC2 before him, save a few glances here and there. Thermal gives me the same feeling I have from GiantGrantGames, I'm probably just into experts in their field doing awesome challenge runs.
CtG enjoyer?
I mean awesome challenge runs are awesome! lol I agree with more uThermal coverage needed
I watched this one on thermy's channel, it was a banger. ty lowko for casting it, gonna be interesting to see another perspective.
Edit, turns out it wasn't the 1 I was thinking of lol
Definitely recommend uthermals channel, hilarious challenges he's very dedicated about. The roach nuke from his pov is amazing.
As for best unit I'd agree with ghost or queen. I think anything that isn't a spellcaster is immediately off the list. I think you can make an argument for queens being no 1 for their cost, mineral only.
Not to mention how early you can start making queens as opposedto ghosts that need 2 more buildings
I'm glad you've done this, Lowko. I see RUclips Starcraft players do interesting challenges ("Marines only" etc.), but I can't watch the videos because they're POV, so the view jumps around so much. Please do more like this.
@Michael Lochlann even Harstem. Really entertaining! 😁
Sentries only from beastyqt was nice
That's one of the reasons I watch uThermal's. He doesn't jump around so much, you can actually see what's going on.
I'd love to see you cover more of uthermal's challenges here! His games are so interesting and fun.
I'd love to hear lowko about landed vikings lol.
The timing on that nuke was simply sensational 😂
uThermal: "The Barber".
I mean THAT 2nd match nuke was the best thing I’ve seen on RUclips in a long time 😂
Lowko: "Ghosts are very ThIcK units only two of them can fit in a bunker at once"
Me: "Hey, We've all seen the pictures, I believe It."
Yeah because of the sniper rifle 😅
It's because of the latest Nova skin, big bubbies, a big butt, only 2 sexy novas can fit in a bunker... the real question here is... why Ghosts are so big? They are giants! If we compare them to the marines with their space suits (check the WoL intro) they are very small compared to the ghosts only with a latex suit covering them...
15:20 That was glorious
Ah, the Beasty series of X to Grandmaster. Kinda surprised it took this long for others to start doing it as well.
yeah it was crazy bc he would beat some of the pro players with the strats too! XD fuck I wished he would play more sc2
I think harstem has been doing it for a while.
I watched all the episodes on his channel and you know what, I don't mind watching them again! They are such a blast to watch and a nice break from the same old build orders!
15:20 I LAUGHED SO HARD on my God thank you for casting this I'm so happy rn
+1 for that defensive nuke... LOL
0:15 onset of the music fits insanely well. Truely fitting for the horror of nukes
Loving how he's called himself Casper (Casper the friendly ghost)
i appreciate occasional reminders of what abilities units have, it's been a long time since i played and it's good to refresh the memory
Wow ! You should cast more of mass ghosts to GM ! Really entertaining !
15:27 I guess uThermal is also a wizard, 'cause he just made that Zerg army...Disappear.
Everyone should definitely check this series out. Great commentary by uThermal, and absolutely banger matches. He really did a good job of being positive to other players, talking about head games, and just generally had a great time doing this challenge. Lowko - thanks for posting these. Really enjoyed your take on this series.
15:25 my jaw dropped for a solid fifteen seconds after this.
Casper, the Friendly Ghost! That's a blast from the past, oh man!
Been loving uTherms Penguin Bros and Ghost only matches. They have been super entertaining with how chaotic they can get.
Buff ghost, give them lockdown so they can counter everything.
Nah just make emp stop all robotic and mechanical units and give them the science vessel radiate ability
remove ghost channel
literally just give them the odin barrage at this point
They already counter everything
Do more of those, really enjoyed watching those games!
And in case anyone is late to this, I actually saw this video on his channel first - the madlad is now doing a Ravens climb and it's just as if not nuttier than this.
uThermal is my new SC2 hero. I don't care how good Maru is, this man wins on pure entertainment value.
omg this is awesome! the only two starcraft channels i watch are yours and uThermals, and I've always been hoping you'd cast his games.
oh man i remember seeing both of those games on his channel. i think the roach one is my favorite nuke of all time.
One of the most entertaining games I've seen in a while, not because of micro or macro but just the fun build of ghost all in! Brilliant!
I watched these on his channel. Loved to see both players’ perspectives! Thank you for casting!
Been really enjoying Uthermal content recently. Of course I’ve been loving Lowkos vids too!
Yes, I missed this. I subscribed to uthermal a few days ago, loving the raven series
finally someone re-doing Beasty's nuke series (original was Terran Never Attack to Grandmaster). It was by far the most fun series I have anyone seen doing :)
This is the second time i heard lowko screaming in the background because of a super banger of a nukelanding.. This is gold!
Fabulous - never before have I seen a defensive nuke 👍👍🍄👀
Yesssssssss!!! I was really hoping you'd check out these series cause they are absolute bangerrssssssss!!!!
15:25 I don't think I've genuinely laughed this hard at anything in years, never mind just SC2.
@Shill of [insert_personal_Boogeyman] "Violently yeeted away" is an excellent way to put it. And yeah, this is why ragdoll physics need to be in EVERYTHING.
Watched these both the day the video was released, wasn't expecting you to cast them. Mind you i'm just getting back into SC2 so I don't know all the big players. Great casting Lowko!
Hey Lowko, in the past it was very interesting see your games. I'd like to see some again.
Honestly lowko I think the probe is the best unit in the game
Especially in the metal leagues, the panic a probe causes even tho it's just scouting is tremendous. It also just starts warp ins and goes back to work, in addition to having shields. While workers are easily the most important unit, probes are the best of them.
the real O'gaming
@@mikeyuan2128 yes I was grinding broodwar and eventually sc2 in the oval office.
The best unit in SC2 is: The (humble) Worker units.
Think about it, you start without Queens, without Ghosts, without High Templars, and you can still win.
Could you win if you started without Workers? Didn't think so.
If your opponent started with workers and you started with a ultralisk I think winning would be probable
I think terran could beat an ultralisk like that. If you build a wall of supply depots I think they could outrepair the ultralisk's damage indefinitely (well, until the mineral fields run out anyway but that's more than enough time to win). If necessary you can also do some shenanigans with lifting off the CC too which can definitely win too since the zerg player has no way of tracking where the CC is at all times and eventually the terran player can gather enough resources to do something (albeit very very slowly). Protoss might be able to get 2 photon cannons quickly enough to be able to defend it, but I'm not sure on that one. Zerg probably loses since the spawning pool takes so long to build.
Seeing new type of StarCraft 2 videos is really refreshing
Love the commentary, games, and ofc 4k!
Dat nuke was hot 🔥
That danger close nuke drop on his own front door was perfectly timed!
That corpse firework was awesome
Oooooh, someone picked up the mantle of Beastyqt!
Now I have a new guy who's games I'll obsess over, hope he makes more series like this.
Although not sure whether he can do that will all 3 races like Beasty could
Harstem does a lot of silly things with protoss if you haven't watched his youtube, recently started a series where he "plays 3v3", but his teammates kill all their own workers at the start and he plays 1v3
Best unit? Marines. Easy pick.
Nothing like em :)
And I am forced by an angry marine who's aggression inhibitor is short of burning through.
Ghost and Queen for sure, queen second cause their mecanics is the counter part of the zerg creep concept, and thus is also a contraint and a specialised/limited tool.
Thanks for highlighting uthermal. This ghost series is 🔥.
4:53 My lore headcanon is that the ghost rifle is so long, combined with the zoomed-in scope make it unwieldy to fit in a bunker and be able to aim...hence why only 2 can go in! 🤣
That defensive nuke was the most satisfying nuke I've ever seen. His "ahahahahaha" was hilarious. I could feel his joy for pulling that off
That roach nuke gave me a new-found respect for uThermal.
the timing of the nuke is so perfect!!!! that's definitely Katakuri😅
I love uTrhermal casts ;D amazing to see one of those here ;DD
Love the fact that he puts all his Ghost Academies in the corner of his base to build nukes from. It's his nuke nook.
I hope you cast some of his more recent ghost games aswell if you're lacking games for content, he's had some absolutely insane games with constant action and comebacks from launching 3-4 nukes at the same time while being extremely far behind
Now I have to see him lose to Serral or something to remind me why mass Ghost isn't just the most broken strategy ever.
That nuking on the roaches was so juicy! I strive to have that amount of prediction on an opponent
Zerglings and mariens have to be the beast. Cheap, versatile and they are great at the early game as well as at the late game.
yep but they only are dangerous in band. ghost can nuke the band.
Uthermal has had a few absolutely brutal proxy ghosts in their own base games that would be wild to cast
15:13 ""Oh boy, look a red dot, let's see if we can catch it!" They got it!
19:42 The best unit? "Void Ray no Micro" from bronze to lower half platinum league, "Carrier no Micro" from higher half platinum to diamond league and "Ghost Well Crontroled" and Queen from master to professional level.
Something i would love to see one day would be a whole competition ( or best of ) focused on the ultimate dinner, front onset to finale. Would be interesting to see the evolution of strategy from 1mn cheese to macro. Lowko keeps mentioning the pro just steam roll lower tier players in competition, i would like to see that :D
queen and ghost are really really top of the top, both can survive a few hits, both have lots of very useful skills, both can attack without energy, both can attack air and ground units, they can both do kind of everything, and the queen is also kinda cheap
that defensive nuke was a thing of beauty.
You should also cover at least one of his Bongcloud games, I loved that series
uThermal is basically filling the hole that Beasty left. I subscribed to him, everyone should, it's good for the game.
19:40 i really love dt's, ghosts are good, but mothership is cracked, i love it. based unit
wow that was awesome! best units are in my opinion. Queens, Ghosts and Dark Templars.
For me Queen are the best unit they save my ass everytime and I owe so many wins to then. Like If there is ever a day where Queens can move fast outside creep it would be glorious.
The best unit in all of SC2 is a tie between the SCV, drone, and probe. Without them, no other unit could be produced.
probe can place anything everywhere and do something else afterwards so it's the best
SCV can build anything anywhere without needing any creep or power zone though. Probe can place a building, but has to place a Pylon first (so yeah, he can place and leave, but then he must come back anyway)
@@bb-im6hf but pylon takes less time than every building that a SCV can construct, probe can place a pylon wait and spam everything it wants
that defensive nuke vs elijah was better than seeing someone instantly get pulled over for doing something stupid in a car.
Casper the Nuclear Ghost, love it
15:28 reminds me of Starship Troopers. Good bug is dead bug
Ghost, queen, viper and prism are the best, however only queens and ghosts can be viably massed while vipers have heavy management toll and prism is supportive in nature.
Elijah have good manners ! I love when players are fine with being outplayed like that
6:35 maybe they need to lay on the ground to shoot inside the bunker for sniping 😅
Best unit in the entire game: Ghost
Yes, I am aware of their weaknesses but when you have a unite can has a 1 in 100 chance of spawning Nova using the Cover Ops Skin. Trumps all other unites.
Also, using a Medivac is fair in Ghost Only Games because Medivacs don't really do anything besides transport and heal.
After watching these games I'm convinced uThermal has a fantastic evil laugh.
the best unit in the game is the SCV. It can collect minerals and repair. Without the mineral collection function, all other functions are useless. Their ability to repair (and compound their repair rates in numbers) is what puts them above all other units capable of collecting resources.
The best unit with no contest is the Larva :D
Single greatest nuke ever. Period. He started that shit before the roaches were even outside the base 😵😵
You could do a Tier-list with best units in your opinion and upload that Lowko.
15:15 gotta be one of the all time best starcraft moments
This series is legendary. Thermy go brrrr
I think Elijah was doing the vibe's Bronze to GM build order.
Oh shit you're casting a uthermal game!!!!! I'm so excited do this more often
My too favorite people lowko and Uthermal thanks lowko for another good video
This cast is so Dutch it's drinking Ketel One with a Heineken chaser next to some tulips, a windmill and a dike.
I saw this game on his channel (which I highly recommended others do as well). It’s fun to watch this from the observer point of view though!
3:24 sorry, what? xD no, it eliminates energy, deals a bunch of damage to shields and temporaly deactivates invisibility (Dark Templars)
I dont remember right now if it consumes all the targets energy at once, or if it just removes a fixed amount tbh
Battle-cruiser? And if medivac is okay in the rules marine?
the best unit is the queen for zerg, the Ghost for terran and the Carrier???? for protoss, but i cant choose between ghost and queens
Yup, that's my exact thought when watching players around my level, 4k~. Every single action they do I just think "what the hell is this guy even doing, why is he floating so much money, just do x, etc etc", then I watch my own replays and realize I'm just "as bad"
I like how this video turned into let's play nuke or nook with Lowko
8:58
No one :
Me who read TBATE : My man! Where have you been?
TBATE?
So close to 500k Lowko!!!
Casper the friendly ghost 😆
Oh I get it..... Casper the Ghost! LMAO