StarCraft 2: MaxPax DESTROYS Maru's Cyclones! (Best-of-5)
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Best-of-5 of the highest level of pro StarCraft 2 between MaxPax (Protoss) and Maru (Terran). This series was played as part of the WTL 2023 Winter (World Team League) organised by SCBoy.
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Funny laser ships will always give me dopamine, no matter what tier they sit at
@Deto128
8 ай бұрын
I know. I play Zerg main nowadays, but I still miss making the beams thick...
@MatthewWaltonWalton
8 ай бұрын
I miss the old void rays!
For people that wanted to know, Those zealots killed all of the vikings, including the one that got moved by the medivac. That zealot "runby" absolutely won maxpax that game.
@Frank_144
8 ай бұрын
oh hi Mark
@rogal_dorn5600
8 ай бұрын
It's weird how maru just decided yo not give it enough attention and completly focused on the main fight. I'm not recognising maru in these games
@Frank_144
8 ай бұрын
@@rogal_dorn5600 Even the big players have to fall some day
@MrStealYoBeef
8 ай бұрын
Even despite that, it still seemed like Maru could have turned it around from that point. It should have been critical damage that ended the game right there, but it wasn't. Maru had to go on to miss another zealot runby and lose half his army to disruptors to finally be killed off.
hello from the future. it's Tuesday 1:11am in Sydney
@danielgloyd4529
8 ай бұрын
Have to love tome zones. I do a decent amount of traveling to southeast asia. Always fun to confuse people when I get home saying, "I just got off a 12 hour flight from Tokyo and got to Chicago 3 hours before I left."
@eztvlight1202
8 ай бұрын
Lottery numbers for proof?
That last game was wonderful gameplay by Maxpax. So fun to watch!
Maru has been doing these weird all-in timings in every big series I see of him. It's like he just doesn't want to go late-game, where we've seen him thrive before. Not sure if the patch threw him off or if he can't be bothered playing high level matches. Same thing happened in GSL last week. So unusual!
@sagara5293
8 ай бұрын
Don't want to strain his shoulder (or back) perhaps. Last time he got injured like that.
@4everdex
8 ай бұрын
His micro was also terrible. So many big disruptor hits in the last game...
The zealot chaos is becoming a MaxPax speciality.
@shirtlessviking9225
8 ай бұрын
i was just wating for it, i love it man
@kindlin
8 ай бұрын
Reminds me a lot of Reynor and his zerglings. Haven't seen much Reynor recently....
Max Figured it out. Pressure at all time, never let up :D
@YoungbloodEric
8 ай бұрын
Honestly yeh, if you see Mary push out then he’s not expecting you to attack, what a beautiful side ship by MaxPax… I love Maru, but MaxPax absolutely stomped him here
Lowko thanks for posting these videos. I enjoy watching your videos everyday at the end of the day after I have done all my work, houseman, husbandly and fatherly duties. Live long and prosper man!
I have a feeling Maru is really dropping the ball lately. Cant remember when i saw him win the last time against a top player. He was even the first player to get eliminated from the currently running GSL in the group phase.
Always fun watching you having way too much fun with dead bodyparts on underwater maps
watching terran lose (from protoss or zerg) warms my heart. seeing 4 ghosts die from a disrupter ball is just beautiful
@allanlarsen3261
8 ай бұрын
I know right. I am sure the 3 races are pretty balanced when looking at the statistics, but whenever I watch good terrans play, they just seem so much more powerful than zerg or protoss. Being able to do so much more with much less. Pretty sure it is all in my head, but I cant help smile when zerg or protoss give the terrans a run for their money.
@snowdrop9810
8 ай бұрын
@@allanlarsen3261Terran is designed as essentially a loe eco heavy agressor or a turtle race. This means they almost alwayd have lower eco& more powerful units. This also makes them very frustrating to fight as their stuff is just *better*.
@Unglued98
8 ай бұрын
@@allanlarsen3261 Terrans are naturally better players
@lothar3073
8 ай бұрын
@@allanlarsen3261 Its not in your head son. Terran being broken is real and it can hurt you.
@hivetech4903
8 ай бұрын
@@lothar3073 Except for the balance stats which show PvT at a perfect 50% win-rate at pro level 😂
hahaha, you always get semi-distracted with floating dead things, I love it!
It breaks my heart to see Maru lose this way
"If you're watching from the future..." I don't think there were ever anyone watching from the past (as of the time a video is created)😂 But I love how Lowko said that with genuine goodwill in his voice. Yes. I'm watching this from your future, and thanks for your kind words.😊
i love watching maxpax games, very nice win
Lowko, I am confirming I am watching this from the future. The world is still here, it is occasionally good, and I have smashed the like button. Please send out a repair crew, I may have cracked it.
Cyclones are now rocket-equipped go-carts.
Great series! I would love to see more MaxPax vs Maru in the future!
One of my best moments of the day. Video from Lowko 😂❤ Cook my meal and just relax watching or listening.
00:35 greetting from the future!
Great start of the week, can only go down after this
Thx for the goooood kontent. I love Your Videos. Thay are running ever night. Props
Heya! I dunno if you want people offering advice on English in the comments (especially if it was just a verbal slip-up), so I'm sorry if this comes across as rude or pedantic. At 9:45, you'd just use "technical" instead of "technological." Technical would be used for describing the techniques and language around a certain skill, while technological is specific to technologies themselves. That said, fantastic cast! As a long-time viewer, I adore the personality you put into your content and your unique style of banter which makes each video feel conversational even when you do them solo
31:51 so satisfying too see those Ghosts explode
wow, did not expect that! I love underwater maps
I vote on calling it a DT drip feed, or D-Tease
This game made me happy to watch. Strong performance by MaxPax. Thanks for the great casting as always!
Some savage gameplay!
What a great series! Love the zealot runs!
I hope maru is ok, he dont play that bad usually
Love how low uses mamma ship instead of mother ship 😂 puts a smile on my face every time
14:53 that adept shade enters the barracks to ride a siege tank then defect to the Terrans.
The Cyclone went from being able to 1v1 a Battle Cruiser early to losing hard to a voidray. Ya they suck now lol.
@mrwolf9095
8 ай бұрын
Ikr
just letting you know, great job and your my favorite SC2 caster! Hello from US keep it up!
Lowko, We never watch your replays in the future, we always watch them in the past
20:30 I miss the good old days of 2010-2011 meta where Protoss would just go mass void ray to counter everything because it was so OP
Those Zealot runbys reminded me of Serral's burrowed roaches, from his past games. In regards to how effective they were and how in most cases, won the game. It has to be said though, Maru isn't near his best, for whatever reason. You can only beat what's in front of you though so well played MaxPax 😀
Best video in a while boss. Love it
i just love watching Zealots played by maxpax, he does it so well
Love the maxpax play. You serve the protoss players well in the last time
Calling it "The Mama Ship" is deeply disturbing 😆
@mercerwing1458
8 ай бұрын
Where did you think the protoss are born? 🤰🤰🤰🤰
Maru is waaay off these couple of series ey... Maxpax, however, is just glorious: smooth micro, zealot runbys & stellar pressure-gameplay! Well-done!!
Maxpax making protoss look OP is always a good feeling. I suspect void rays have much untapped potential. In a previous game maxpax ate several liberators while scaring drops with 1 void ray. Defensively that is a great payoff, using them almost like zerg queens. They also may have synergy with disruptors. The disruptor forces a retreat, void rays attack on pursuit, and there is no fear of friendly fire. That sounds like a spicy way to play.
Looks that they made the cyclone out of paper this time around.
@mrwolf9095
8 ай бұрын
Lmao
Hello back, i am watching from the future. I am a bit behind with the videos, cause of course i watch every single video of you!
For what it's worth I couldn't hear anything out of the ordinary when the microphone was hit. I even rewinded to make sure.
That last fight felt like deja vu for some reason. Cant quite put my finger on why though.
Looks like Team Colossus is blasting off again~!
maxpax is the hero we need and deserve for some protoss domination at long last.. feelsgoodman
Whoa whoa. Loko shots fired. Minecraft can be just as stressful especially when playing on hardcore. Don't jab it till you tried it.
Awesome
The dark shrine is a giant sprinkler head.
Man Lowko you are such a genuine nice dude! Lekker bezig pik! 🎉❤
im watching from the futur.... but its still monday
Only 6 days in the future, but I'm watching lol
The voids just deleted the cyclones. Interesting. How do you make them make cyclones?
Did I see the lights of the CC flash once it oaded with SCV, and they stopped after the SCV back to work?
- Bo5 - 35min - Maru vs Max gona be interesting match 😆
Maxpax is playing so well god damn. His positioning, his strategy and execution were top tier this series, awesome.
Lowko drinking game! Drink everytime Lowko says one of this expression: Generally speaking Massive All his eggs in a basket Feel free to ad yours X)
Voidrays are such an underated unit, yes they are a bit expensive, but they hit like crazy vs armored
122 army supply vs 88 from Terran, 12 skirmishes Chargelots only kill 1 Ghost, then the entire Protoss army gets decimated by Vikings, 4 Tanks, and a handful of 2-3 Ghosts and Marines. In the end, Protoss: 72 army supply vs 80 army supply from Terran. It's completely ridiculous; in every game I watch, the Protoss never win the battle when they attack, and the only reason they manage to defend is because of the Shield Battery."
Looks like Blizzard managed to successfully nerf Maru XD Well MaxPax did play very well in any case.
fuckin love MaxPax!
At one moment I thought Maxpax was playing against someone name Emaru 😂
It's pretty weird to see most top terrans trying to use the cyclone like the rework did not happen. A lot of people trying to say that the new cyclone is just worse, but that's only true if you try to use it like the old one. It's basically a new unit that needs new build orders/strategies. Terrans will probably adapt soon, but I kinda expected a little more flexibility from the top ones.
@hivetech4903
8 ай бұрын
Maybe its more weird to see comments not realize that pros practice new builds like 10 hours a day? An opener with Cyclones like Maru tried literally could not have been done on the old patch, you can't just use a unit differently. Also Terran can't just not do a 1-1-1 and not harass. At pro level the race is built around achieving some early game worker kills or they get crushed later.
13:47 Feels like TvP is the new PvZ lol
Zealots used to be a fearsome unit! I love to watch Zealots destroying everything haha
My beams are so thick rn
It would be fun to get a video explaining the pro players a bit. Serral is the best but Oliveira is the world champ? But Maru is the best terran? Would be interesting :) I know you mentioned how you like Oliveira's story also which I do not know!
@alekzanderor5489
8 ай бұрын
Short version: Serrals zvt and zvp is godlike, but his zvz is mortal, he was eliminated through zvz matches. Oliveira didnt seem to perfom on the same level as when he was going for world champion, so yes, Maru might be best T despite Oliveira being world champion.
Maxpax becoming the Dark Protoss
Are the lamps on either side of the entrance of the main ramps little motherships? Check 14:00
Concussive shells is the most underrated upgrade.
Hello from the far future of monday evening! Still doing good here, thx for caring! 💚
Bring back Goliaths. Cyclones have no use anymore with this patch.
Cyclones still count as armored units, which means voidrays just outright vaporize them.
🤣🤣🤣 I agree with that take tho! Minecraft super relaxing ❤
Lowko, thank you for staying based and redpilled on the evil wiles of mobile game companies!
theoretically, everyone is watching from the future
Hello past lowko :)
When you said you'd be fanboying over MaxPax I swear I heard Femboying and I spent longer than I should have trying to make that make sense.
Hello from the future
balance council: "we are up to make Cyclones more viable VS Protoss" MaxPax: "did you mean not viable at all?"
@jackinthebox301
8 ай бұрын
Like Lowko kept saying, it really felt like Maru was playing them like the old patch. With their speed locked behind an upgrade they're just not fast enough to zone away the Void anymore. Once prismastic alignment pops they just disappeared.
@cyberkekosis
8 ай бұрын
@@jackinthebox301 i've seen a lot of new cyclone play already and since even uThermal and similar grand cheesers can't use it at least 60% as efficiently as the old one i'm considering this a huge nerf and ultimately a removal of the unit from the meta. new cyclones are okay VS zerg but you will be okay in TvZ regardless of cyclones if your opponent isn't Dark or Serral level good. in TvP, cyclones were a useful early push detergent but now... even pumping marines like crazy ignoring factory production at all is way more efficient
@cyberkekosis
8 ай бұрын
@@jackinthebox301 one little change would've made them imba though just remove the armoured attribute and stalkers+immortals no longer hard counter them
6:26 Holy shit, MaxPax deliberately attacking marauders to drain Medivac energy. Same with the stalker dancing at the front. Those are some 300iq plays right there. 7:08 Lo and behold, they're bone dry.
LOWKO IT"S NOT SAFED IT"S SAVED!!!!1 2:58 "ALL OF THE SCVS ARE SAFED" IT SHOULD BE "ALL OF THE SCVS ARE SAVED"
Finnaly
Hello from the future (Australia)
maxpax looked like a protoss serral today
@ObeliskM
8 ай бұрын
So far MaxPax has had 14 wins and 44 losses vs Serral...
I really wish max would play in some offline tourneys. Him and serral are my two favorite players to watch. I enjoy hero a lot too, but i sometimes feel he is a bit more inconsistent (also him leaving his natural open all the time lol!)
Thanks, Lowko, I'm quite well. How are you?
Good to see that Protoss can win a late Game against Terran.
I’m watching from the past I’m in 1978 with an iPhone 12 max that is in your time line
LowKo eats a COUPLE of boogers for breakfast 🍳
Is it possible that the problem of Maru is that he doesn't know yet the maps to do the turtle stuff that usually does?
3-0 against Maru. Wow. Just wow.
@jabinshem1110
8 ай бұрын
spoiler
@ab-rw9jk
8 ай бұрын
@@jabinshem1110 sorry. Couldn't resist, was too excited
@allanshpeley4284
8 ай бұрын
@@jabinshem1110Here's a crazy thought. Don't read the comments before or while watching the video.
@kindlin
8 ай бұрын
@@allanshpeley4284 It's a habit for me to scroll down to the comments basically right away, but I must always resist on things with winners, cuz the top comment will always be OMG IM SO SRURPRISED X WON or WOW THAT LAST GAME BY Y WAS AMAZING. Every. Time.
@user-sz9or2ne5o
8 ай бұрын
3-0 Maru is always an excellent feat but like... I felt like this 3-0 is a bit lesser than other 3-0 due to the drop from Maru form (dude just got eliminated from GSL Group stage) as well as several mistakes from his macro/micro ingame...@@ab-rw9jk
Let's goooo
Lowko can we get a minecraft play thru like ypu did for April fools😂
If you're a protoss player, the time-stamp you want is 17:55. Extremely satisfying.
10:50 I know Chessplayers who lose 3 Kilogramm on a tournement day. Try this with golf...
MAXPAX is the most innovative Protoss, this isn't a question, what happens w/ Protoss isn't a factor as the balance patch is still in question.