so Flash

Feb 29, 2012 18:31


Lost.  I DON'T EVEN KNOW.

The STX Soul coach managed to guess the timing KT would use Flash, and snuck in Dear, a PvT "sniper" - player who trains to take down the best Terrans.

The dude is 6-1 against Terran this season, with his only loss to Flash.

Dear went for Reaver drop.  He made an insane series of choices designed specifically for Flash, and Flash only.  In a post-game interview, he said that his build performed badly in practice games.

Now, Flash is known for having absolutely perfect scan placement, but Dear analyzed Flash's satellite scan timing and location tendencies to hide the Robo Support Bay he needed for Reavers.

Flash starts two turrets calculated at the timing necessary to stop the fastest feasible Reaver drop.  He scouts a fast third base going up with a wall at Deer's front, and sees the blur of an invisible observer scout, didn't see anything with his scans, and knows based on the game time and the units he's spotted that Dear went shuttle and then observer rather than shuttle and then reaver, so reaver's not coming.

Dear spots the turrets going up (which hard-counter his build) and continues with it anyway.

Flash, deciding that he's safe against reaver drop, cancels both of his turrets momentarily so he can get a slightly faster third base, then remakes them in the exact same spot to stop the next reaver drop timing.

Dear's shuttle comes in during the tiny timing between when the turrets were canceled and before they were rebuilt.  Dear drops the reaver, and does insane damage, then follows it up with a double shuttle mass dragoon push to kill Flash before he can recover.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BHfKkYquZiQ#t=8m

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