Zest could be troublesome, his online form is very good, but with the return of the MARUders, Maru can definitely take him out. Does Group A connect with Group C in the Ro8? If so it may be better for Maru to advance 2nd because I see Dark easily topping that Group and ironically it should be the best opponent for Maru from there
I think Maru has it vs Patience and I think with new marauder he can beat Zest. However with how he has been playing TvZ as of late and how they changed the raven I am a little bit worried to see how he will do vs people like Dark and Solar
On May 16 2018 23:40 Ryu3600 wrote: I think Maru has it vs Patience and I think with new marauder he can beat Zest. However with how he has been playing TvZ as of late and how they changed the raven I am a little bit worried to see how he will do vs people like Dark and Solar
Maru has been doing a lot of 2-1-1 and really aggressive drop heavy play, his TvZ is super versatile.
On May 16 2018 23:40 Ryu3600 wrote: I think Maru has it vs Patience and I think with new marauder he can beat Zest. However with how he has been playing TvZ as of late and how they changed the raven I am a little bit worried to see how he will do vs people like Dark and Solar
While he did beat Dark and Solar with ravens last time, he beat them even harder in the bio games. Almost all the maps Dark took of him were ones that went late. Solar had some really close lategames as well.
The games where Maru just went classic bio pressure with drops, tanks etc he destroyed both of them. But idk how these new maps play out.
On May 16 2018 23:40 Ryu3600 wrote: I think Maru has it vs Patience and I think with new marauder he can beat Zest. However with how he has been playing TvZ as of late and how they changed the raven I am a little bit worried to see how he will do vs people like Dark and Solar
While he did beat Dark and Solar with ravens last time, he beat them even harder in the bio games. Almost all the maps Dark took of him were ones that went late. Solar had some really close lategames as well.
The games where Maru just went classic bio pressure with drops, tanks etc he destroyed both of them. But idk how these new maps play out.
I think you can delay the ultralisk transition a lot longer in current bio vs zerg since marauders just got big buffs however I think zergs will start opting for broodlords in the late game over ultralisks... Which means corruptor and broodlord balls which I personally have no idea what the effective answer to beating that is.
On May 16 2018 23:40 Ryu3600 wrote: I think Maru has it vs Patience and I think with new marauder he can beat Zest. However with how he has been playing TvZ as of late and how they changed the raven I am a little bit worried to see how he will do vs people like Dark and Solar
While he did beat Dark and Solar with ravens last time, he beat them even harder in the bio games. Almost all the maps Dark took of him were ones that went late. Solar had some really close lategames as well.
The games where Maru just went classic bio pressure with drops, tanks etc he destroyed both of them. But idk how these new maps play out.
I think you can delay the ultralisk transition a lot longer in current bio vs zerg since marauders just got big buffs however I think zergs will start opting for broodlords in the late game over ultralisks... Which means corruptor and broodlord balls which I personally have no idea what the effective answer to beating that is.
Vikings, liberators, MMM, ghosts and mass turrets? worked well for Cure in his first bo3 against soO
Hype for this GSL, Maru has a pretty easy group too so very likely to advance in my opinion. No one has every won two GSL code S championchips in a row right? Maru first? =P
On May 17 2018 23:20 Shuffleblade wrote: Hype for this GSL, Maru has a pretty easy group too so very likely to advance in my opinion. No one has every won two GSL code S championchips in a row right? Maru first? =P
No Nestea is the only one so far to win two code s in a row. And while i hope Maru can do it, let's not get ahead of ourselves, let's at least wait till he is in the semis
I think Maru is the best player in the league. That being said he can still lose to a lot of people if he doesn't show up (Dark, Classic, Rogue, TY, Inno etc).
Back to back GSLs would make up for all the times he should have won but lost in the ro4
On May 16 2018 23:40 Ryu3600 wrote: I think Maru has it vs Patience and I think with new marauder he can beat Zest. However with how he has been playing TvZ as of late and how they changed the raven I am a little bit worried to see how he will do vs people like Dark and Solar
While he did beat Dark and Solar with ravens last time, he beat them even harder in the bio games. Almost all the maps Dark took of him were ones that went late. Solar had some really close lategames as well.
The games where Maru just went classic bio pressure with drops, tanks etc he destroyed both of them. But idk how these new maps play out.
I think you can delay the ultralisk transition a lot longer in current bio vs zerg since marauders just got big buffs however I think zergs will start opting for broodlords in the late game over ultralisks... Which means corruptor and broodlord balls which I personally have no idea what the effective answer to beating that is.
Zerg were already going broodlords over ultralisks. The counter is ghosts. The big problem is now Terran don't have a viable late game AoE option since tanks and widow mines have horrid positional requirements that cause them to not scale well as time goes on.
I'm curious if we will see more of Maru's heavy Marauder style vs Zerg like we saw vs soO in the Super Tournament should he face off against Solar at all in the ro16. Honestly, I think Solar's chances vs Maru might actually be better than Zest's chances just because I find Solar more willing to change things up and catch players by surprise. Zest seems to just play more or less the same things over and over again which seem fairly predictable. If Maru doesn't completely drop his guard/under-prepare for his group he should comfortably advance first.
Anyways, as others have already stated, I too am hoping for him to ride the wave of momentum in form he is currently on, and smash face like it's the final chapter of ProLeague all over again!
Ok, bois. Currently, Maru shredding some noobs at kr server. Hot, damn, 15 win streak. 1st and 2nd places. Double 7k accs. HYPE! Good luck Maru you will win. you can do it.