StarCraft 2: Serral's EXTREME Zerg Swarm!

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StarCraft 2: Serral's EXTREME Zerg Swarm!

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2 жыл бұрын

Serral versus Cure in a professional match of StarCraft 2. Cure decides to start this game off aggressively with Marine Siege Tank pushes, but Serral holds and forces the macro game.
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@SiverJohn 2 жыл бұрын

I think age of allowable cast depends on how close to current meta versus how crazy the match was. If the match is absolute insanity then even years later is fine because rule of cool.

@aaabatteries9948 2 жыл бұрын

time to cast mvp vs squirtle where all the bcs get archon toileted then

@Big5ocks 2 жыл бұрын

That's fair. I would generally say 1 month after a patch and it starts becoming outdated... however there are some old classics like Idra vs Maru when Idra rage quit in 2010 or 2011 that I would still be willing to see as a "time-warp special" or something.

@rbw9692 2 жыл бұрын

Yeah indeed, and mention it in the title/description

@MrNoodlot 2 жыл бұрын

And something to contemplate on: If the game isn`t patched anymore, does that mean games don`t really get outdated?

@aaabatteries9948 2 жыл бұрын

@@MrNoodlot The meta can change even without patches

@kabasn 2 жыл бұрын

I think you already know this by now, but a lot of your subscribers don't even play the game and haven't for years (I last played SC2 in 2010). I just enjoy your relaxed commentary.

@robinpilar6098 2 жыл бұрын

cheers to this and plus, when lowko is casting games like i felt im the one playing game :))

@TheHighborn 2 жыл бұрын

yep

@LordMarkan 2 жыл бұрын

The last time I played an RTS it was Age of Empires 4, and not the remaster.

@DioBrando-qi9so 2 жыл бұрын

I play a ranked game of sc2 maybe one time every 6 months. I play a lot of custom campaignes (i am a big giant grand games fan) and some coop missions.

@potato.panda_ 2 жыл бұрын

Basically ~

@madpod5 2 жыл бұрын

in that final fight, Serral moved the infestor to the bottom of the ramp, then feigned an attack with the corruptors to pull the ghosts into neural range *then* committed to the final attack. Absolute masterclass

@flint476 2 жыл бұрын

Such a beautiful game of real time strategy chess. 👏🏻

@ethanfullmer5547 2 жыл бұрын

Zerg isn't too strong, but watching Serral sure doesn't make it feel that way.

@MaximumSpice 2 жыл бұрын

When zerg is played near perfect, my god it looks by far the best race, just spamming and over running your enemy

@TheHighborn 2 жыл бұрын

@@MaximumSpice race fantasy perfected

@stixinst5791 2 жыл бұрын

@@MaximumSpice tbh the problem is we rarely ever see other races played perfectly...and no, mass ghost against ultra does not count :D

@MaximumSpice 2 жыл бұрын

@@stixinst5791 fair I don't play SC2 anymore but man zerg looks good like that lol

@tuck295q 2 жыл бұрын

Dude, the amount of precision, micro, macro, multitasking whole map, multitasking zerg tiny variety of units, updating countering army constantly like Serral, if there’s a Terrans Serral, Protoss’s Serral, Zerg wouldnt come out of the water.

@12yearswar91 2 жыл бұрын

I agree with several of the commenters about "if the game is cool enough, it's always castable" but outside of that I'd say anything within the last couple weeks or within the current balance patch & map pool. Half of the viewers probably don't keep up with SC2 via any other method so it's not a big deal to have some older games, and even then, who's gonna complain about another Lowko video?

@verne51 2 жыл бұрын

lowko sucks!

@TubeTAG 2 жыл бұрын

Pretty much this. If Lowko thinks its good enough to cast, that's good enough for me.

@Hidden_Sage 2 жыл бұрын

Zerg isn't OP- Serral is. Blizzard's next balance patch needs to include random packet loss for whatever device he plays from. That's the only way to fix the game balance.

@PeteKillsBats 2 жыл бұрын

Serral plays on Nintendo DS

@pegasisilver6249 2 жыл бұрын

Isn´t it a problem that when serral doesnt win other zerg players does?

@quinn3745 Жыл бұрын

@@pegasisilver6249 IKR, two players have made over $1m and both are zergs, smh

@DeviousNekomata Жыл бұрын

@@quinn3745 Maru has made over 1mil as well, very close to the same amount as Rogue and he plays terran. It's the players not the race lol if you look at money made across all tournaments it's actually quite close for all three races.

@quinn3745 Жыл бұрын

@@DeviousNekomata Sir, I was being sarcastic because that guy didn't understand that

@Jo-de3st 2 жыл бұрын

Whenever i watch top level Zerg, especially Serral, its insane to me how quickly they switch from early game to late midgame or even lategame units, like we see ONLY zerglings, a few banes and queens for half the game and then at 14:50 BAM! Ultras in the third, vipers yoinking air units, corruptors attacking medevacs.

@twoface9959 2 жыл бұрын

19:37-19:44 It always amazes me how Serral manages to get the right Ghost to takeover with the Infestor. That one Ghost was perfectly trailing behind the rest of the Ghost squadron, like he was running late for work, because he wanted to sleep in a couple more minutes.

@bagahbread 2 жыл бұрын

Cast more Serral games plz. I look forward to them. This guy is just too damm good. I would have been dead a hundred times if a Terran came at me like this

@Lumberjane37 2 жыл бұрын

18:08 “The best word I can come up with to describe his playstyle is surgical.” You mean, surge-ical? Cuz he’s a constant surge of Zerg? Get it? I’ll see myself out.

@WindsorMason 2 жыл бұрын

Zurgical

@jacksonbowns1087 2 жыл бұрын

I guess Serral really was the Heart of the Swarm.

@jamesrockybullin5250 2 жыл бұрын

4:30 Jesus Christ look at Serral's map vision. That's insane. Yeah, he's getting a heads up of anything super early. :D

@webentwicklungmitrobinspan6935 2 жыл бұрын

serrals ling game is on another level. it feels like every single ling is a living creature when he plays

@GundamReviver 2 жыл бұрын

That's what 510 AVERAGE apm does to a person I guess. Last few times I had like, 50 ish.

@KidoKoin 2 жыл бұрын

I wonder why it feels like banes get less attention from Serral and other top zergs. Very often we can see clumps of them being wiped out by Siege Tank targetfire or a lucky mine. Always felt that pre-spreading them out a bit was useful, and these guys certainly have APM and accuracy to do this mid-combat. Maybe it's not worth it because they will clump up during a combat regardless?

@NPC-9361 2 жыл бұрын

@@KidoKoin I think that maybe the banes are too slow, and will just get blown up even with splits. Also splitting them makes them even slower since they aren't taking the most direct path.

@sz-gn9id 2 жыл бұрын

I always hope for a Serral vs Cure match, thank you Lowko!

@Kaiyuni 2 жыл бұрын

I love watching Serral replays. Watching him vs. any other zerg player really does feel like a night and day difference.

@liveinamber1307 2 жыл бұрын

It’s not about “balance”. Serral just picked the race that fights in the nude, signaling to his opponent that he knows no fear.

@mechadoggy 2 жыл бұрын

So Serral should play in the nude to be on brand

@canobenitez 2 жыл бұрын

yeah sometimes you like one unit and just pick the race that has it

@Boiling_Seas 2 жыл бұрын

Rule of cool wins every time. Even 2v2 games where something crazy happens, like one guy quits at the start so their ally takes up the mantle and plays only their ally's units. (I won a ZP v TT this way back in WoL days) It's not zerg too strong, please nerf; it's Serral too strong, please nerf.

@aug3600 2 жыл бұрын

I see a Serral game and never wonder who is going to win lol

@kurofox1247 2 жыл бұрын

Actually, all this talk of old game casts made me think, Lowko, would you make a series where you specifically cast old games? If that was possible, I'm not sure if it is, but, I think that would make for an interesting series that gives more perspective on how the game has changed. Just like once in a couple of weeks maybe casting several years old sc2 matches.

@bloodphoenixab 2 жыл бұрын

I think it is more about content of the game than the age. I personally would love to see any game that has Serral, Reynor, Babymarine, Dark, MaxPax, or Harstem be casted, especially any time Serral or Reynor play something on the smaller scale that I am likely to miss due to my casual following of SC2. Plus, I love you casting Harstem because who doesn't love you two Dutch SC2 players casting and/or judging each other's games?

@antoniocarmona9567 2 жыл бұрын

Love ur commentary you’re the only one I watch but I watch every video lol

@Rockpet 2 жыл бұрын

You could find the Valencia tournament packs. All of the semifinals to finals were insane.

@Z7Sakari 2 жыл бұрын

Kerrigan’s got nothing on him. Serral. is. THE SWARM.

@thiaahmin7176 2 жыл бұрын

The Crossdressed Zerg King hahaha

@clarevyn7478 2 жыл бұрын

Serrals the kind of zerg that summons the swarm.

@sargantis 2 жыл бұрын

would be really funny to go back and cast some games from back in the beginning to see the evolution of the game... perhaps some game with huck and idra come to mind :)

@disinterBaz 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for casting this game! seeing a game on this old map is so nostalgic...

@1987retroman 2 жыл бұрын

How good is Serral? He's the only Zerg that doesn't make Ghosts look extremely broken.

@stixinst5791 2 жыл бұрын

And even than he needs a lucky neural to shut them down

@CastielVII 2 жыл бұрын

@@stixinst5791 lucky for you, but not for serral, he made that situation happen.

@stixinst5791 2 жыл бұрын

@@CastielVII really? It is lucky there was not a scan happening, it is lucky the missile turret did not finnish 5s sooner, it was lucky the ghost had enough energy, that the ghosts were not split by default, that they were in range of the EMP, that terran did not make a single raven to follow with ghosts........ you could say it was a missplay by the terran, but I want to believe a profesional can keep a group of 20 units under detection at all times

@oza_lup 2 жыл бұрын

@@stixinst5791 TRUE

@tylernichols6768 2 жыл бұрын

@@stixinst5791 Starcraft has never come down to luck, it comes down to decisions. Whoever makes more good decisions faster wins.

@bernardo.bridon 2 жыл бұрын

When I saw that cheeky infestor I thought "Man if Serral neurals a ghost and EMPs the clump of ghosts it's gonna be... Yup, GG."

@Panda-cp9cs 2 жыл бұрын

finally another serral match. it's been ages

@xmante3937 2 жыл бұрын

Gothic 1 in Poland still got huge fanbase, its 21 yrs old game. We got meetings, LARP festivals and casting players still for today :D

@BarringtonDrive 2 жыл бұрын

I can and will happily watch games that are over a decade old if the caster is knowledgeable enough to tell me why it was such a giant of its time, and passionate enough to recapture that moment in time.

@spaced_RAVEN Жыл бұрын

What a game omg, had me on the edge of my seet. Serral plays so beautifully, its immensely satisfying to watch

@Russianninja956 2 жыл бұрын

There is somthing so satisfying about watching someone who is deeply competent play at the top of their game. I hope to see the Serrel around for many more years.

@evelic 2 жыл бұрын

Zerg needs a buff. Only Serral can make it work. I mean, 2, 3 Terrans all-ins with a late third and STILL able to get to late game. Fucking hell.

@michaelisrael6558 2 жыл бұрын

Hey lowko just started giving you some $ to say thanks for all the content. Your videos are always super and after watching your channel for the past few years I wanted to give back. So thanks again for all the excellent content, don't change too much. I hope all good things come your way. 😉

@andreasmuller4666 2 жыл бұрын

Ghosts are so broken that the only way to really deal with ghosts is to use "drumroll" enemy ghosts.

@Knightpiecerules 2 жыл бұрын

I used the ghosts to destroy the ghosts..

@TNNTGaming 2 жыл бұрын

I think the age of allowable cast doesn’t really matter cause you do a really good job on explaining the previous meta and current meta. Love your cast. Keep up the good work!

@TritonTv69420 2 жыл бұрын

Dude that thumbnail was a banger!

@diontranekr6567 2 жыл бұрын

It’s good to see some old stuff. To remind us. How the game was played early.

@TETRADECAGONE 2 жыл бұрын

The sound of Ghosts dying will always be music to my ears.

@LoudWaffle 2 жыл бұрын

Oh cool, this is the first time I've actually had that "video from a subscription doesn't show up in subscription feed" issue.

@noon9346 2 жыл бұрын

A good game, is a good game. I'm happy to watch any game you choose to cast.

@marcomarin1196 2 жыл бұрын

That last point is accurate. People only complain about balance when it’s Serral Reynor or Rouge

@zackeriazeriksson1758 2 жыл бұрын

18:11 best word i can come up with is zerg-ical

@gergoolle5773 2 жыл бұрын

That was on an other level. Beautiful

@Andrew-jv3zs 2 жыл бұрын

I think you should create a pool of random great games from the last 10+ years, and then choose one randomly and cast it blind without know what year it was from. Could be fun watching you guess when it was from and then comment on the strategy, etc.

@chriszuccaro7074 2 жыл бұрын

I would absolutely appreciate Lowko casting some SC2 classic games from years ago!

@rickdias1981 2 жыл бұрын

Love to watch Maru nuke his own army or nuke the opponent's entire army anytime, even years later! Love to see their reactions too 😂

@TheMasterhomaster 2 жыл бұрын

If it’s a Serral replay it doesn’t matter how long ago it was from bad long as you mention when it was from.

@rockstar6goalkeeper 2 жыл бұрын

Dude, Pig sometimes casts Florencio games that have machine gun cyclones and infested terrans. A game is NEVER uncastable

@laurihuttunen4550 Жыл бұрын

If it is more then 1.5-2 years old, but sometimes if there's an awesome older game that could be a fresh reminder of what SC2 was like back in the day 😅

@MrClebophd 2 жыл бұрын

I have never played this game, but I enjoy these casts, and they can be as old as the game is. I find Serral's games amazing pieces of art sometimes. To me, it's hard to fathom how ranged units are not absolutely dominant. They have unlimited ammo... The Serral Swarm is fantastic... Also, Lowko, you are one of the better commentators to keep the attention on the game. Thanks for these uploads!

@c0barsm 2 жыл бұрын

Serral is super good, love seeing replays with this type of strategy!

@orangepearlf40 2 жыл бұрын

Serral has it down to a science. Love seeing a turtling terran get rofl stomped.

@dajusta87 2 жыл бұрын

I swear there should be a late game upgrade for Zerg to increase population limit to 230 or 250. Make it cost 1000 minerals 1000 gas. Terran should have a similar ultimate upgrade that allows for command centers to move and attack like a massive gundam. Protoss should have an ultimate upgrade that allows for ground units and air units to be warped in ANYWHERE.

@123mickymouse123 2 жыл бұрын

The 200 limit is more of a performance thing.

@cullensmith5205 2 жыл бұрын

I guess if the game is within the latest patch it is fair grounds for casting Lowko! Also you are the fricking man and I get so excited in a nerdy way when I hear your intro!

@Terranc987 Жыл бұрын

small detail but cure moved the ghosts who got emp'ed forward to tank the banes for the ones who still had energy LOL

@oscarsantiago1753 2 жыл бұрын

WOW. Serral have four arms and two brains!

@porterporter 2 жыл бұрын

Your casting is good, so casting a game from any time period of the life of the game would be enjoyable.

@ChadZLumenarcus 2 жыл бұрын

As long as you mention the date and game version of the match, I'm happy with any time frame.

@afailable 2 жыл бұрын

Interesting to see cure play considering we didn't get to see much of him this current GSL. Always happy to see Serral play regardless. I think the shelf life of this game is about 18 months.

@mohammadmontazeri 2 жыл бұрын

Serral is OP

@Lettuce-fl4wt 2 жыл бұрын

Two siege tanks inside of a medivac sounds like the beginning of a bar joke

@Willdreynolds870621 2 жыл бұрын

I think there should be a bane cap lmao. 10 banes at a time hahaha. Kidding. Serral is just so precise. I’d dare to even call him the overmind for my old school peeps in here. GG

@webentwicklungmitrobinspan6935 2 жыл бұрын

i would love to see a very old game from time to time with different units, balancing and strats

@pr4vus.studios 2 жыл бұрын

That was a total domination from Serral, nothing else

@mv3507 2 жыл бұрын

these games of sc2 make me want to play it again even though i’m a gold league hero

@ealxele 2 жыл бұрын

That infestor neural parasite to EMP Cure's own ghosts was awesome.

@beerasaurus 2 жыл бұрын

faclonpaladin casts games from 1999 and I still watch them.

@WeItenspinner 2 жыл бұрын

Zerg doesn't need any nervs, Serral does. :D

@diegognoatto8706 2 жыл бұрын

im new to star craft and i like your content alot, the one thing i felt missing and had to prospect a lot was a "best star craft II games of all time" list or playlist. felt like a waste of good title for a youtube video. the last made was "top10 best star craft 2 games of all time" and it had 8 years old

@ShadowTheHedgehogCZ 2 жыл бұрын

Looks like Serral basically wins his games with only Zerglings and Banelings. And a lot of Queens, but he's using those basically only for creep spread and very little else. I mean, people talk about how he took care of the Ghost energy at the end. But what would the Ghosts do? There were just Zerglings and Banelings.

@hortkind8934 2 жыл бұрын

I think a game can never be to old to become uncastable

@DerpyLaron 2 жыл бұрын

I think there is a few cases foe old games. If the meta, patch and map pool are the same. It doesn't matter if it is 3 days or 3 months old. Like you said I couldn't have told you if this is from yesterday or a few months back. If it is a good game it deserves to be shown. Now if the game is on a different map pool and patch I'd say it can also be cast sometimes. Especially if it is really old. Start of lotv or hos or even wol (though I think there is issues with old replays.

@thatonedavid123 2 жыл бұрын

Cast a protoss game with mothership using a black hole. Nostalgia!

@donovanteale6502 2 жыл бұрын

Serral keeps scII alive for me

@jamesalexandergallagher7822 2 жыл бұрын

That Nine-Brain ending!

@Trot4fun 2 жыл бұрын

You can make Retro section when you cast games from old patches to remind how much Meta/Game changed... It can be interesting, at least for me :)

@nahruz.w3044 2 жыл бұрын

Serral just solidified his position as a Goat

@chir0pter 2 жыл бұрын

brilliant game, coup de grace delivered with some style points

@UngaBunga-zw1ik 2 жыл бұрын

Watching serral play is always such a treat! lol

@MatthewBluefox 2 жыл бұрын

When I still played SC2, I also always chose the pink color.

@kevincolwell3066 2 жыл бұрын

Stereo is so OP he need to be hit high a bat so he can only play one handed.

@clarevyn7478 2 жыл бұрын

That's an insane creep spread

@the-heckening4077 2 жыл бұрын

2:20 However ever old Starcraft is + 1 day. Everything is castable as long as its a good game.

@Blarghmasta 2 жыл бұрын

If the game is engaging and provocative, it's always castable.

@ZirJo 2 жыл бұрын

Serral is a complete monster. I love to see him play. It's not that Zerg is IMBA, Serral is IMBA xD!By the way, for me, up until 3 months, if there has been no major patch in between, if great.

@MikeRochaMusicAcademy 2 жыл бұрын

I’d say a match is officially too old to cast if it goes back to a previous patch.

@IrishLegacy93 2 жыл бұрын

Lowko, you are slick wit it.

@biovorebarrage6860 2 жыл бұрын

I’m cool with any replay as long as it is in the current patch

@watchvidsandcomment1 2 жыл бұрын

SERRAL VS THE WORLD

@KK-sg5gl 2 жыл бұрын

No comment on uncastable games. But if there’s ever a replay drought I would love to see some pro players beating up on people in the early stages of a tournament. You mentioned becoming better at the first five minutes of the game, and so you could use those casts to show what a un-harassed Serral, Cure, or Hero would look like in the first five minutes. Cheers! ✌🏼

@CubeItself 2 жыл бұрын

since we live in a world with essential old maps tournaments or sometimes look back at slightly old metas whenever, i think in the end it doesnt matter as long as we get a fun match no matter what patch or matchup, watching pro level games is always refreshing