Well that was because Zergs were OP at that time. Monster player + OP race = total domination. Now Zerg is a "weaker" race, definitely far from the OP broodlord/infestor days. Yet, to me, Serral is still at the top, and is getting better given the nerfs Zerg received
31:20 TY Pig. This is actually the first time I've heard someone explain why pros don't get Ravens. Didn't think the list of issues would be _that_ long XD
another thing would be the nerf on Raven years ago, changing the damage of the Heat Seeker Missile to Zero, basically making Raven a useless unit outside of TvT.
@@tigera6 the damage on the missile was just stupid, with 2 ravens they could kill an entire army of lings. The whole point of that skill is to reduce the armor so the other units can kill them easier.
@@OnigoroshiZero then what about Storm? Fungal? Disruptor shot literally kill everything but large units. I mean spell with AOE damage that kill small units arent that rare in the game. If they want to balance it, reduce the damage and/or the blast radius. To say the ability is OP while there are similar spell is just ludicrous.
2:35 It's interesting to watch someone like Lambo play against Serral. I consider Lambo one of the smartest zergs out there. Lambo knows how good Serral is at reacting, so he often tries to take advantage of that by going for subtle mindgames to surprise Serral. Such as going for a roach allin, building warren in main, and then building a warren at the front a bit later, while denying scouting of the main, to make Serral think that it's a normal buildup with defensive roaches, and not an allin. The kind of smart plays that wouldn't work against a worse player.
I've never seen someone play like serral did that last game, conserve ravagers, drain medivac energy. this series was better than 95% of GSL. (except for dark vs rogues last match that was fucking insane)
46:28 That creep spread is awesome. I know, Serral had games against pro terrans where his creep reached the terrans third base, but that was before the creep spread nerf and not against clem.
-In the matter of Serral v. Clem, the court finds in favor of the audience: the true winner. -Dissenting opinions to be written by the haters, the chuds, and those in high diamond league. -As a matter of judicial record making, tanks are three supply in SC2. They are still two supply in SC1/BW (somehow another guy crawled into the Crucio tank crew and stayed there).
Court ordered addendum: in re "Ravens v Scans for detection," it's always important to remember that when a unit dies, that is value that can never be brought back. When an Orbital Command scans an area instead of dropping a M.U.L.E., no resources are lost - the only thing lost is the *acceleration* of the gathered minerals. Over a long enough time line, M.U.L.E. utility drops to 0.
Hi Jared, thanks so much for the background intro in the first few minutes of this game. I always know that Serral is the Goat, but didn't know exactly how he has done so. Your introduction is really helpful to me !
For people that get dizzy by the camera spam or just find it uncomfortable, watching it in a smaller window helps a lot compared to full screen. Less taxing on your eyes and brain when you have the surrounding browser UI and desktop for visual support... or maybe lower the playback speed :-)
i just noticed "new" (to me anyway) serral tech. he uses his overlords like a wall of flesh in front of his 3rd in the 1st map. if he ever needs to retreat they can take fire for a little bit while he gets more reinforcements. crazy guy, so good
48:26 Serral build that mistaken swarm host relatively often, it's nice of him to show that he's still human...ish, so we can feel a little bit better about ourselves. ;-)
the thing you said about not understanding serral is interesting. I'm australian as well and even though I'm pretty good with accents i have a lot of trouble understanding him a lot of the time. Maybe learning english from australian accents encodes something that makes it hard to process the way he speaks.
I'm american, most english accents are fairly easy for me to get. Except for some weird New York accents and most southern accents. It's almost like those accents cause my brain to misfire and only hear gibberish. (yes there are some dialects in most countries that I will never get. (looking at you Scotland and Ireland......specifically)
Intresting. I'm from latin america (native spanish speaker) and serral's accent actually feels really clear o.o Most foreign accents feel easy to decode actually, but I struggle a lot with some specific accents from parts of the us 🤷♂️
Great cast! And that shit about multiple spellcasters is so true...Only a few pros can perform that multiple caster micro. So tired of watching my full energy Infestors die because I qued a fungal and it wasn't my closest caster or when my Vipers just fly forward like they do aa damage lol.
22:28 got to love how a successful baneling mine (which requires attentiveness for manual detonation) is effectively nullified by a few cheap scraps of metal casually buried into the ground
Thank you for the video! Unless you tried Cube Mod for the AOE 2 - you do not know what is hardcore "low graphics" setting. P.S. It is extensively used by some Finnish players, btw.
Ha! Every time I see a modern pro's PoV I just think; I've been playing Starcraft since 01, SC2 since 2010 release, and I will NEVER be able to be as quick OR intelligent as some of these kids.
Yeah, I it really is. I do remember some games against raynor a few years ago where he played catchup the entire game, and he was incredibly good at it. I feel like this case was just different in that his army comp does not allow for terrible engagements to happen because the terran will just snowball into you
Serral's brain boggles my mind. Even if he's not the best, what he does with the Zerg is mind-blowing. It's also his adaptability, micro-managing, calculating, relearning stuff. Most of all he still seems to have passion and drive to be the best. Even though he's been there and it was undeniable when he did it. Things changed after that. (just not him)
I wonder why serral and reynor insisted on doing ling bane every single game vs clem. The korean players who have won vs clem have used roach/ravager timings. Good to see Serral change things up a bit in this series.
Pleasure to see Serral in action! Him losing his shine of total invincibility doesn't mean he's not insanely good.
Hellmuffin lol
he's the goat, but now some games are exciting because he might lose. best of both worlds.
Well that was because Zergs were OP at that time. Monster player + OP race = total domination. Now Zerg is a "weaker" race, definitely far from the OP broodlord/infestor days. Yet, to me, Serral is still at the top, and is getting better given the nerfs Zerg received
31:20 TY Pig. This is actually the first time I've heard someone explain why pros don't get Ravens. Didn't think the list of issues would be _that_ long XD
another thing would be the nerf on Raven years ago, changing the damage of the Heat Seeker Missile to Zero, basically making Raven a useless unit outside of TvT.
@@tigera6 good. because they were just stupid before.
@@tigera6 the damage on the missile was just stupid, with 2 ravens they could kill an entire army of lings. The whole point of that skill is to reduce the armor so the other units can kill them easier.
@@OnigoroshiZero then what about Storm? Fungal? Disruptor shot literally kill everything but large units. I mean spell with AOE damage that kill small units arent that rare in the game. If they want to balance it, reduce the damage and/or the blast radius. To say the ability is OP while there are similar spell is just ludicrous.
@@tigera6 problem is that it cannot be dodged and hit both air and ground, none other caster can do that
I LOVE the Serral pov PLUS Pig casting games. My favorite sc2 content
Hell yeah! more FPV. I love these!
Thanks again for commenting and explaining as we go, it`s very helpful when we`re watching their inhuman speed
2:35 It's interesting to watch someone like Lambo play against Serral. I consider Lambo one of the smartest zergs out there. Lambo knows how good Serral is at reacting, so he often tries to take advantage of that by going for subtle mindgames to surprise Serral.
Such as going for a roach allin, building warren in main, and then building a warren at the front a bit later, while denying scouting of the main, to make Serral think that it's a normal buildup with defensive roaches, and not an allin.
The kind of smart plays that wouldn't work against a worse player.
I've never seen someone play like serral did that last game, conserve ravagers, drain medivac energy. this series was better than 95% of GSL. (except for dark vs rogues last match that was fucking insane)
I almost wonder if forgetting about the 4th base gave him a mental advantage lol
ZvZ bruh
Incredible games, incredible commentary! I haven't been this engaged in a piece of starcraft content in a long time.
Man watching these two play… all the little insane plays that add up to make the difference! It’s AMAZING
46:28 That creep spread is awesome. I know, Serral had games against pro terrans where his creep reached the terrans third base, but that was before the creep spread nerf and not against clem.
-In the matter of Serral v. Clem, the court finds in favor of the audience: the true winner.
-Dissenting opinions to be written by the haters, the chuds, and those in high diamond league.
-As a matter of judicial record making, tanks are three supply in SC2. They are still two supply in SC1/BW (somehow another guy crawled into the Crucio tank crew and stayed there).
Court ordered addendum: in re "Ravens v Scans for detection," it's always important to remember that when a unit dies, that is value that can never be brought back. When an Orbital Command scans an area instead of dropping a M.U.L.E., no resources are lost - the only thing lost is the *acceleration* of the gathered minerals. Over a long enough time line, M.U.L.E. utility drops to 0.
@@broastedgarlic7354 never thought about it that way. Really good point
Cringe dude.
Hi Jared, thanks so much for the background intro in the first few minutes of this game. I always know that Serral is the Goat, but didn't know exactly how he has done so. Your introduction is really helpful to me !
For people that get dizzy by the camera spam or just find it uncomfortable, watching it in a smaller window helps a lot compared to full screen. Less taxing on your eyes and brain when you have the surrounding browser UI and desktop for visual support... or maybe lower the playback speed :-)
Man Serral uses those ravagers better than anyone I have ever seen. Really makes me rethink my games where I just clump and rush them in.
I’ve been watching sc2 for a while but never in this way I’m realizing how good it is
54:20 Me watching a video of PiG who is watching a video of Serral watching a video of himself... Got a little vertigo there XD
Great cast, all the explanations are scoring and really helpful!
i just noticed "new" (to me anyway) serral tech. he uses his overlords like a wall of flesh in front of his 3rd in the 1st map. if he ever needs to retreat they can take fire for a little bit while he gets more reinforcements. crazy guy, so good
I remember when you could go mass infestor and just drop 500 infested terrans which were essentially marines with rocket launchers.
48:26 Serral build that mistaken swarm host relatively often, it's nice of him to show that he's still human...ish, so we can feel a little bit better about ourselves. ;-)
the thing you said about not understanding serral is interesting. I'm australian as well and even though I'm pretty good with accents i have a lot of trouble understanding him a lot of the time. Maybe learning english from australian accents encodes something that makes it hard to process the way he speaks.
I'm american, most english accents are fairly easy for me to get. Except for some weird New York accents and most southern accents. It's almost like those accents cause my brain to misfire and only hear gibberish. (yes there are some dialects in most countries that I will never get. (looking at you Scotland and Ireland......specifically)
@@Thulgore that's so interesting. I'm not too bad with New your or Irish accents. Scottish is rough though sometimes for sure
Intresting. I'm from latin america (native spanish speaker) and serral's accent actually feels really clear o.o
Most foreign accents feel easy to decode actually, but I struggle a lot with some specific accents from parts of the us 🤷♂️
The Best Starcraft 2 Video i've ever seen. Well done Pig!!!!!
Great cast! And that shit about multiple spellcasters is so true...Only a few pros can perform that multiple caster micro. So tired of watching my full energy Infestors die because I qued a fungal and it wasn't my closest caster or when my Vipers just fly forward like they do aa damage lol.
Like the Medics in BW :(
Should send Serral Reynor and Clem to participate in a few seasons of GSL
the koreans wouldn't like that very much lol
@@darkphoenix00001 true, these 3 will probably be always in the final 4 and one of them would win the season.
@@OnigoroshiZero What >>>>>>>LANs
I forgot this was FPV for a bit. I was wondering, did serral see the baneling mines? Damn, that chad detonated them without even looking.
these two players are amazing.
Hope for a cast about the last DHM EU finals
Very interesting perspective.
So epic! The man is a beast! Cheers PiG!
He's literally so damn fast that I can't even see when he spreads creep
Love these voiceover casts
Great analysis! Awesome players, great game
How come i dont see hit hotkeys on the screen. for controlling units?
22:28 got to love how a successful baneling mine (which requires attentiveness for manual detonation) is effectively nullified by a few cheap scraps of metal casually buried into the ground
There isn't even anything going on in the early game and I still can't figure out what is going on or how he's clicking that fast.
Thank you for the video!
Unless you tried Cube Mod for the AOE 2 - you do not know what is hardcore "low graphics" setting.
P.S. It is extensively used by some Finnish players, btw.
Ha! Every time I see a modern pro's PoV I just think; I've been playing Starcraft since 01, SC2 since 2010 release, and I will NEVER be able to be as quick OR intelligent as some of these kids.
Don't we all!
unbelievably sick
Why does it seem like Serral isn’t using control groups? Meaning, why aren’t they on screen?
great content piggie
how many kills did the SH got?
Gods of SC2. Fingers of fire...
does serral not use control groups?
he does just has the display turned off so it doesn't take up screen space
It's crazy how Serral taps out with
when you play roach and
Yeah, I it really is.
I do remember some games against raynor a few years ago where he played catchup the entire game, and he was incredibly good at it. I feel like this case was just different in that his army comp does not allow for terrible engagements to happen because the terran will just snowball into you
Serral's brain boggles my mind. Even if he's not the best, what he does with the Zerg is mind-blowing. It's also his adaptability, micro-managing, calculating, relearning stuff. Most of all he still seems to have passion and drive to be the best. Even though he's been there and it was undeniable when he did it. Things changed after that. (just not him)
I wonder why serral and reynor insisted on doing ling bane every single game vs clem. The korean players who have won vs clem have used roach/ravager timings. Good to see Serral change things up a bit in this series.
Hell yeah, brother.
When is Serral going to dump the bugs and play Terran/Protoss
my head hurts
Serral isn't invisible, see at 4:29 the hatchery is off center, washed up
In thumbnail img, u should add message: Guess where my finger was ''Sniff, sniff''
screen tearing is a bit annoying but other than that is wachable
Widow mine to OP
Hey not griefin. Just my opinion... Stop giving away who wins with your titles. -Raynors invincible defence.
Zimba?luker=autowin:cockroach=autowin