The entire series is absolutely top notch, but Game 3 is above and beyond. I don't put timestamps/chapters in the video to avoid spoilers as much as possible - but if you are only allowed to watch one game a day that's the pick. Timestamp below: Game 3: 27:35 thx for watching

@Neesmo

5 ай бұрын

thanks for no timestamps. I really put in effort on series like these to go in blind and stay that way until the bitter end. you're the best streamer alive!

@youtheneyes

5 ай бұрын

Glad you're doing okay, was worried when a couple days went by without an upload from my dude.

@yugonostalgia8961

5 ай бұрын

@@youtheneyes I was worried too! Hopefully Winter's just enjoying the holidays with whoever he wants to tho~

@DrHellford

5 ай бұрын

0:52 0: 1:05 1:05 1:05 53 1:00

@genaricTallGuy

4 ай бұрын

This has been the worst week of my life starting at January 1st through today and ongoing…. What I have relied on is your videos. Thank you for the constant high quality videos I literally am a part of the 1000 of the same people liking every video daily 😂 Thanks for taking my mind off things 😊

43:14 "Serral, he does have a spire. In fact, he's making it great again" Winter, never change.

@ashleyalexander7388

2 ай бұрын

That's why I'm a fan :P. Personality rather than telling us what we can see LOL.

Winter, I was glad to see you and Jimmy carry the B-stream at Atlanta. You did a great job!

@umrete

5 ай бұрын

o7

@_Wai_Wai_

5 ай бұрын

who is Jimmy?

@GotEmAll1337

5 ай бұрын

​@@_Wai_Wai_ clearly you're new here 😂

@_Wai_Wai_

5 ай бұрын

@@GotEmAll1337 yes

@_Wai_Wai_

5 ай бұрын

@@GotEmAll1337 plz tell me

ESL shouldve had you in person. You were the best caster Winter. Loved your coverage of the tournament

@garryarganis5801

5 ай бұрын

i dont think ESL was the one preventing him from going to atl, im sure winter prefers casting from home.

@ibfreely8952

5 ай бұрын

Man was an absolute trooper doing these super long multihour casts, least they can do is let him have the comfort of his own home.

@bahamut256

5 ай бұрын

Winter actually has good gamesense because he understands the flow of the economy. The guys doing the casting for ESL have none and it’s frustrating, I remember watching someone take a fight and come out with -4000 resources, only for the casters to praise his strong position and say his opponent was on the ropes...right before he surrendered because of how badly the fight had cost him.

It’s always so crazy to me how much APM the top Terran are able to get in. In everything under Masters, Zerg just needs like 5 banes to wipe your whole army and it’s gg. These top terrans just weave in and out of these swarms like it’s a fkn campaign cut scene

@austinlaing9012

Ай бұрын

FACT bane A move against terran is auto win

Those two just keep pushing each other beyond their limits and head & shoulders above everyone else. Thank you for casting.

@jamesharrison3149

5 ай бұрын

They are single-handedly going to make the reverse what happened to Zerg happen to Protoss. Clem and Serral are so good at their race that I am seeing some Protoss buffs incoming over the next year unless Maxpax and a few others can start consistently beating Serral and Clem. The joys of an RTS being balanced based on the top tier. Its unfortunately neccessary when the esport is so dominant, but it makes it hard for people below the top tier or just below it (Pros and GMs).

@-Temple-

5 ай бұрын

@@jamesharrison3149 There is hope for MaxPax to lead Protoss to that level as he is quite new to the scene compared to these monsters

that bait was so insane lol. Only showing like 8 units and having 70 behind them ready to pounce

@benismann

2 ай бұрын

I was looking at the army supply that whole time and thinking "where tf r those 110 supply of terran units?"

Man, I remember when Clem was just starting to gain notoriety as a top Terran; his aggression and his micro were top notch, but he was so momentum driven; easily overwhelmed against opponents that could keep up with him, and really bad at managing counter-damage. He has evolved over the last few years into a much more calm, patient, well-rounded Terran that can dish out blows and take them really well too. Really putting Maru on the spot for his title of GOAT Terran.

@blockboygames5956

4 ай бұрын

Agreed. Well said

@lefthanded0440

Ай бұрын

hes like taking maru and adding a zerg element and more APM. Hed crush Maru right now no doubt and as he gets better, Maru falls off little by little with age

Best SC2 series EVER! Clem is a true champ

Not to sound too hyperbolic here but that game 3 is the most impressive, clutch, diehard gameplay I've ever seen. Literally every other player would throw in the towel but it just makes Clem fight harder. This guy is special.

Every time someone complains in the comments, that 50 kill widow mine recharges.

game 3 is without a doubt the best game of the year. down 90 supply and no income

@startraderpaulus4294

5 ай бұрын

Yea, watching it life was insane - I thought : it's over for clem, nobody can come back from such a disaster

@moozoo82

5 ай бұрын

My favourite game in a long long time. Jaw-dropping stuff.

@thefalsehero

5 ай бұрын

Nah, it's just Terran privilege. If Protoss or Zerg had made such a comeback, I'd be really impressed, but Terran? Just another day, if you ask me.

@louisdrouard9211

5 ай бұрын

Though, It is proof the game is not balanced right now. The simultaneous nerf on viper, banes and infest was a bit too much. Especially considering terran were already winning more than protoss and zerg.

@neojack333

5 ай бұрын

@@louisdrouard9211 their goal was not to nerf zerg. their goal was to nerf Serral and Dark

You're my favorite SC2 commentator Winter. I love how you say more with less words. Many other commentators have higher words per minute, but it's mostly cacophonic spam.

Kinda sus that serral brings out broods when big money is on the line, every time. But here, hes almost resistant to them. Doesnt wanna get them nerfed lol

@SavedbyHim

2 ай бұрын

I think they are just not mobile enough for Clem's style plus he has so many libs they are a legit threat to the broods in the air

Even crazier than Clem simply killing that drone trying to build hatchery at the third watching around 3 mins game time is Clem never goes over 160 minerals while it happens. Disgusting.

Clem was at 64 supply with 9 SCV's and zero bank vs Serral, the finisher, the GOAT who has 43 drones and almost double the army supply, and not only does he not just gg and leave the game, he wins? That's amazing, this may be one of the greatest comebacks of all of SC2.

My day was pretty lousy but this cast made up for it. Thanks Winter

This was the best TvZ I have ever seen.... awesome cast Winter

Clem spamming CC is actually a pretty smart move. They used most of the cc to create orbital to maximize efficient mining to deduce creating scv and added it as an army. Also, cc used to create a choking points in every def to maximise the firing range of Platenary thus forcing the serral to play late-game attrition which terran has an advantage. GGWP Clem top 1 terran

@alexanderruchkov7629

4 ай бұрын

No, terran is able to drop 100500 mules for no cost and also mines with no cost and huge aoe, terran is broken atm

21:00 It feels like you need to have everything align for yourself in order to have a bare chance against Serral. How was he alive after the disastrous beginning of game 2?

@alexCh-ln2gw

5 ай бұрын

they definitely did allign with the patch changes.

It's so good to see two players at the top of their game, and them being also at the top of the game is just incredible. Thanks for the cast. Europe finally stands on the top of the world, on the shoulders of all the greats that have come before.

That 3rd game reminds me of legendary MMA fight Don Fry vs Takayama :D

Yeah I watched this live and it was hands down the best series I have ever seen. The Ultimate TVZ.

This match was really interesting, as I have noticed how sometimes players like Clem notice their strong sides, like widow mines in this case, and manage to monetize on this in a games further on the line. I guess that this is a sign of a true professional

I cant remember the last time I saw a game quite like game 3 truly a top 5 game in SC2 history.

The french kid crushingly defeated the finnish kid! I didn’t even know their nationalities until winter brought them up. Only then i noticed serral name is spelled finnish and not finish….

So much war between zerg and terran. Please stop this violence 😅

Thanks winter, I wanted to rewatch this again and glad you’re on top of it

Best of 5, 1:30 hours, Serral vs Clem - that's a must watch in my books :D

3:02 looks and sounds like the Cyclone runs over the Zergling.

Keep thinking that as long as the terran units can be immediately picked up, people will always call these situations imba - where, the zerg wastes 10k+ and can't seem to break the terran line. Maybe if fungal interrupted the medivac's ability to pick up units. Maybe then it would be a lot more fair lol

@ZCasavant

23 күн бұрын

Fungal does interrupt interrupt pickup I believe

Have you ever even THANKED Jimmy?! Great video as always sir

Haha. Check! Go-go cleeeeeem! ❤

10:54 thats actually a wild hit, serral got a good fungal, clem got a widow mine of a life time

That game two was the greatest game of starcraft I have ever seen played. WOW CLEM!

Bro Ive never played a game of starcraft, but man I love watching these games. I can only imagine the amount of skill it takes to micro all these units at the same time. I don't know how they do it.

they should make creep tumors function like widow mines

@myto3729

5 ай бұрын

im platinum 1 by the way

@alexanderruchkov7629

4 ай бұрын

Yeah and slow down all units on creep

Winter? LETS GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO. Oh yea, Serral vs. Clem too. Edit: Game 3 was nuts.

Ahh how many times have we taken a whole carrier fleet and had it melted away like that, but to see it at the highest level was pretty fun

I have yet to see any competitive esport that has the skill level ceiling of SC2. The amount of “good” that these two players are is indescribable. It’s utter insanity

This matchup reminded me of Hero's run through GSL, dominating Maru and Dark. Clem really knew what to do against Serral and first time I've seen Serral look "stuck" on back to back matchups.

7:35 beautiful analogy. Thanks, Winter!

i no longer play SC2 but i always follow, what an amazing series . the level of the final was out this world. happy clem took it.

Insane skills, not a single boring minute, what a match!

Never thought I’d see Serral getting walled out and not knowing what to do, game 3 and 4 were crazy from Clem

Thank you winter, you are the best caster for Sc2

Series like this show how insanely good both players are, but also how horribly bad widow mines are for SC2. In what world does a unit that isn't even controlled for several minutes get 58 kills (2nd game). Get your collective head out of your ass, blizzard. Awesome commentary though Winter, as usual!

@nguyendi92

5 ай бұрын

Bruh, by your logic, Lurker also shouldnt existed in the game? Damage consistency of a Tank and hidden like a Widowmine, also no friendlyfire? Just float your Overseer around and mines are wet farts😂.

@TheBigCheez365

5 ай бұрын

​@@nguyendi92 "bruh", a factory with a reactor = 200/150. Each mine costs 75/25 and deals over 100 damage plus splash ground AND air. Meanwhile a lair, a hydra den, a lurker de alone are 350/350. Then each lurker (including hydra cost) is 150/150 and the spines hit for 20 against ground only. For less building cost, less time, less unit cost, you get a mine that hits ~6x harder. So no, the two are not even remotely comparable.

@nguyendi92

5 ай бұрын

@@TheBigCheez365 uh, if you count the tech building, why dont you count the reactored Factory and the neccessary upgrade so it actually hidden? And the opportunity cost of not making tanks? Mines are useless at any fight last longer than 5 seconds and less than 1 minutes, which make up 99% of SC2. Serral failed to sweep the mines despite negated them 100% in the past is his current mistake, not the game's.

@TheBigCheez365

5 ай бұрын

@@nguyendi92 clearly you didn't even read what I sad because the first 6 words are the factory with *tech lab* attachment. The upgrade just allows them to stay hidden when they shoot, Mines: cost less than half of a siege tank or lurker, take way less time to build than both, but especially lurkers, AND do 5x more dmg + AOE, AND can target ground / air AND 4 fit into a medi. It doesn't matter if a fight is < 1 min long, if all of my ling/bane can be wiped by 3 mines before the fight even starts, then the fight is already lost. Winter himself has even voiced his concerns with mines not being addressed in the last balance patch video he released. Dude there is no world where you're right on this.

@Devaraja67

5 ай бұрын

The splash damage of mines kills both Friend and Foe, the Banes don't ever kill their own, just use more banes as mines and keep microing them @@TheBigCheez365

1:29:48 Winter you liar! Clem has defeated serral before with 3:1 this year and reynor has defeated serral 3:0 this year.

Absolutely amazing Bo5!!! It's amazing to see Serral outplayed.

42.53 the infester is west of the gas. dam what a timing

This serie was better than the final Bo7 imo. Thank you for casting it!

I was watching this tournament on the ESL Archives yesterday but when I got to this match I just waited because I knew would cast it.

Best game I've ever seen! GGs to both these legends!

Hell yeah, I'll be back for this bad boy after work.

I like that Clem implanted CCs all around fir choke points liie uthermal

great series. thx for the cast.

Sir, you are absolutly right! Planets and Planetaries are konvex!!

Great series. The long game was one of the best ever for sure.

54:28 Clem was down 80 supply and somehow fight back and win ... against Serral, not some bronze league hero but against Serral !!!

I call game of the year for game 3. Absolutely amazing!

Top level plays. Top level casting.

This title was my comment on the ESL video. Glad to see you casted it.

Great cast Winter! Great series! Terran seems so overpowered. The ability to build 30+ command centers and scan the entire map constantly, while zerg's so called detection is so damn fragile and slow.

@alexanderruchkov7629

4 ай бұрын

Yes, add 100500 mules, survivability of ghosts plus snipes. Terran has too much on the defense AND offense sides.

I haven't watched any of these on purpose as I wanted to wait for Winterrrrrr so thank youuu ❤

53:00 I think a neural parasite into EMP would have been better in that situation. Maybe the investor didn’t have enough energy. But who am I to arm chair general when Serral plays.

i will remember this day forever

Everybody says Serral is the best, sure...why doesn't he micro like Clem?!😂😂😂 That boy is just insane!!

Was running out of lowkos content..glad i found you

this series didn't make me thing Serral is slipping, ironically. Certainly Clem continues to get better & better, which is scary, but my actual thought is "5 hp per baneling."

Go Clem dang this dude is on another level but both players fought very well.

Great cast, great games! Clem played amazing.

Idgaf, seeing how much Clem has grown as a Terran player tears up my eyes. For him to finally beat a player of Serral’s caliber, he now claims the crown of best SC2 player in the world.

Third battle was an amazing brawl!

Clem is getting better so fast! Don't know if it is just me... Anyway I will say this was Such incredible gameplay from both of them. Beautiful demonstration of skills. And... Amazing casting as usual. Ty buddy. Peace.

game 3 was something else. those were really some of the best tvz games ever played

1:15:34 love the visual!

LOL shit got real too fast to do the intro. EDIT: wow. If we put these two on unlimited resources, one of them is gonna pass out/away before the gg Great commentary as always, Winter.

I've kinda felt like Serral wins the majority of his games by landing some god tier fungal eventually and wiping out his opponent in one fell swoop. In this series he never really managed that. Clem had about 3 digits worth of orbitals just sitting around scanning all over the place and taking out the infestors before they got into position and there was no other method in sight to deal with the weakest units in the game, ghosts. I haven't played SC2 in 10 years so if my opinion is stupid, I blame lack of practice.

@wedgeantilles8575

5 ай бұрын

Zerg has been nerfed to the point that against bio a great fungal is indeed all they have left. You are incorrect in the Ghost. Ghost is by far the best unit in the game. It is great against a lot of things and decent against most. EMP against spell caster, Snipe renders Broodlords basically useless, Snipe oneshots Overseers and Hydras and 2-shots Ultralisks. It destroys Lurkers. Even against banes it is not horrible. Basically it is good (or even a complete counter) against EVERY late game unit that Zerg has - and is a nightmare against Spellcasters and detection of Zerg on top of that.

@rush8222

5 ай бұрын

Ghost is the only unit in game that counters everything.

@balticwater

5 ай бұрын

@@wedgeantilles8575 That was sarcasm, thought that would be more obvious.

@louisdrouard9211

5 ай бұрын

​@@wedgeantilles8575agreed, 3 shot ultra though.

@louisdrouard9211

5 ай бұрын

​@@balticwaterit was not though.

Thanks for the timestamp you legend. This really is the best SC2 ever.

As soon as zerg starts building Losetralisks you know its GG

I can't believe that Game 3. Amazing tenacity and discipline.

Mules are such a joke

Clem looks like Rachel from Bladerunner in that photo 📸

Looks like they finally nerfed Serral enough. Also, planetaries for the win

"who's flanking who here?!" had me dead

Wow. Clem's late game is awesome

I agree with others: you're the best caster Winter. I hope that more pro casting opportunities come your way!

I watched the game but I had to rewatch with Winter cause the amazing commentary.

"Clem is so good at getting every bit of economy he can". He literally sat on 3 bases for 13 minutes.

These are absolutely fantastic games!

That last game :O

crazy games... crazy

Watched you cast the B stream Winter. Even watched players I'm not that interested in just to listen to you. You were great. Thanks.

Mules are balanced

Man Zerg seems.so underpowered...

Just wow! Serral is so good, bur Clem is beyond godlike micro

3rd game is so clinical, love it

lol these mood gummies ads are a revelation

Perhaps the most professional StarCraft 2 I’ve ever seen

Hey winter thanks for the videos. You are a rock bro