Liquid_TaeJa vs. MVP_Finale
Set 1 - Abyssal City - TaeJa to the left and Finale to the right
There weren't really any kinds of aggression during the first 10 minutes.
TaeJa invested a lot in ghosts with cloak and
Finale initially went for archons and storm tech, but later also added colossi.
TaeJa lost some ghosts for free when they were chasing part of
Finale's army and got forcefielded away from the rest of his army.
Finale on the other hand lost a colossus for free due to a misrally.
When they had their final engagement
Finale had a couple of Colossi, but
TaeJa had no vikings and
Finale's archons, colossi and storms tore apart
TaeJa's army and the young Protoss took the first set.
TaeJa vs. Finale = 0 - 1
Set 2 - Antiga Shipyard - TaeJa in bottom right and Finale in top left
TaeJa took his natural quickly, but
Finale was able to sneak a pylon into the natural of
TaeJa.
Finale pretended to expand as well, but went for a 4-gate instead, and unfortunately for poor
TaeJa he never scouted the pylon.
Finale warped in and attacked just before
TaeJa got a second bunker up and the 4-gate pressure was far too much for
TaeJa who was forced to GG giving
Finale a surprising win in the first match.
TaeJa vs. Finale = 0 - 2
TSL_Polt vs. StarTale_Parting
Set 1 - Daybreak - Polt in bottom left and Parting in top right
Both got their third bases up (
Polt's in the main though) without getting harassed.
Parting tried some heavy 8 gate pressure, but
Polt had 3 bunkers and was able to barely deflect the attack. From there
Polt could fly his third safely out and they both went for double upgrades with
Parting investing in archons and
Polt in ghosts.
Polt tried some heavy drop play, but
Parting scouted it and used the opportunity to move in at
Polt's third and force a lift. But
Polt was able to prevent Parting from pushing further on with great EMPs.
From there
Parting started producing double colossi, but at the same time
Polt went for triple viking production.
Parting however managed to force a big engagement before
Polt had built up a decent army so that gave the protoss a good lead.
Polt tried some counter harassment, but
Parting cleaned it up and was able to push towards
Polt's base and take out his remaining forces with his Colossus/Archon based army.
Polt vs. Parting = 0 - 1
Set 2 - Antiga Shipyard - Polt in bottom right and Parting in top left
Parting went for a DT into expand build whereas
Polt took his natural quickly and from there aimed for a 8-minute marine/marauder with stim and +1 attack.
Parting's DTs were able to do a good amount of damage, but
Polt evacuated some of his SCVs. At the same time
Polt was able to take out
Parting's natural with his push. On top of that
Parting did an unfortunate move-command mistake and lost a lot of units for free.
By pulling probes
Parting was able to deflect
Polt's attack and then retake his natural.
Eventually
Parting got some Immortals and Colossi, but around the 15-minute mark
Polt pushed with his big bio army, and with good drop play was able to catch
Parting's Colossi and different parts of
Parting's army at different locations and in the end
Parting had lost too much and was forced to GG.
Polt vs. Parting = 1 - 1
Set 3 - Cloud Kingdom - Polt in bottom left and Parting in top right
Parting went Nexus first whereas
Polt went for some early 3-rax aggression upon scouting the Nexus first.
Polt tried to get a bunker up at the natural of
Parting, but by pulling probes
Parting was able to defend.
Instead
Polt expanded himself, but was of course pretty far behind in economy.
Polt still has a bigger army though and he tried to push at the natural of
Parting again and this time he forced
Parting to retreat into his main and also got a bunker up at
Parting's natural.
Parting got an immortal out and was able to push down his ramp and take out
Polt's army and the bunker with good force fields, and thus save his natural.
At this point
Parting was far ahead and he decided to go for a big counterpush.
Polt was able to hold on for a while by pulling SCVs, but
Parting stayed ahead while adding on colossi.
Polt never found an answer for
Parting's colossi and was forced to GG in the end.
Polt vs. Parting = 1 - 2
MVP_Finale vs. StarTale_Parting
Set 1 - Antiga Shipyard - Finale in bottom left and Parting in top right
Finale went for a 4-gate and
Parting went for 2-gate and a robo.
Finale managed to get a pylon into the natural and main of
Parting and the game turned into a heavy micro battle in
Parting's base, but
Parting managed to survive and was only a few probes behind
Finale after the attack ended.
From there
Parting expanded whereas
Finale decided to continue aggression instead of expanding himself.
Finale was able to force
Parting to retreat into his main, and thus take out
Parting's natural.
From there though
Parting was able to push out and take out
Finale's army and also retake his natural.
Parting then pushed towards
Finale's base, who had tried getting his own nexus up, but when
Parting arrived he had far too much so
Parting took the set.
Finale vs. Parting = 0 - 1
Set 2 - Cloud Kingdom - Finale in bottom left and Parting in top right
Finale went for quick DTs into expand, but
Parting went for quick robo so he took no damage from the DTs.
Parting then expanded himself while
Finale cancelled his
Nexus and added more gates instead.
Eventually it came down to an all-in attack from
Finale with his archon-immortal based army.
By barely having enough immortals and pulling drones
Parting was able to survive the attack and with that the game was over.
Finale vs. Parting = 0 - 2
TSL_Polt vs. Liquid_TaeJa
Set 1 - Antiga Shipyard - Polt in bottom right and TaeJa in top left
Both went for quick CCs and
TaeJa did a good early drop that took out some SCVs and
Polt's tech lab researching Stim.
Polt though did a decent counter push and was able to take out
TaeJa's tech lab researching combat shields. Eventually both took their third while going for heavy Marine/Tank compositions.
Polt took control of the center, but at some point
TaeJa was able to stim and catch some of Polt's tanks giving
TaeJa the tank lead.
Polt still remained in the center though.
Eventually
TaeJa tried to do a big flank on
Polt's army in the center, but ended up getting flanked himself when
Polt came in with another force from the south and from there on
Polt had a good lead.
They both took their fifth bases, but
Polt was able to push on
TaeJa's third with his tank lead advantage. Eventually
Polt also pushed further towards
TaeJa's natural and main and at this point
TaeJa was way behind in army supply.
He still had 4 bases and a lot of SCVs, but since he had no answer for
Polt's army and he was forced to GG eventually.
Polt vs. TaeJa = 1 - 0
Set 2 - Daybreak - Polt in bottom left and TaeJa in top right
Polt went for bio and
TaeJa went for mech.
TaeJa took his third faster than
Polt and he also took out one of
Polt's tanks early on with hellions so the Liquid player was in a good position.
Eventually
Polt sieged up outside TaeJa's third and natural and it looked like neither would break the other.
Suddenly
TaeJa engaged at the ramp outside his natural with only half his army and
Polt's bio force took out lots of
TaeJa's tanks practically for free and with all of
TaeJa's remaining tanks still positioned at his third,
Polt was able to move on into
TaeJa's natural and
TaeJa was forced to GG and with that was knocked out of the tournament.
Polt vs. TaeJa = 2 - 0
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After taking out most of TaeJa's tanks Polt's bio force has free reign! |
TSL_Polt vs. MVP_Finale
Set 1 - Whirlwind - Polt in top right and Finale in bottom right
Finale took his third rather early on whereas Polt invested a lot of all kinds of aggression, but Finale was ready for all his drops and took out several full medivacs, so Finale got way ahead in economy.
When Finale finally pushed out Polt had no answer to the massive damage that Finale dealt with his Colossi and storms.
So Finale could push all the way up the main of Polt who tried a counter drop, but once again Finale defended well and thus he took the set.
Polt vs. Finale = 0 - 1
Set 2 - Antiga Shipyard - Polt in bottom right and Finale in top left
Both went for some aggressive builds with Polt going for reactor'd hellions + banshee and Finale for early twilight (blink) and robo.
Polt got hellions into Finale's main and was able to take out 10 probes. Finale tried to counterpush with blink stalkers and was able to do a good amount of damage in Polt's base. Polt however got more hellions into Finale's base and in the end Finale has no probes left.
At the same time Polt was able to force the blink stalkers to retreat with excellent SCV and hellion + banshee defense and with that he claimed the second set.
Polt vs. Finale = 1 - 1
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Finale's only hope is his remaining blink stalkers, but they're doomed |
Set 3 - Antiga Shipyard - Polt in top right and Finale in bottom left
Finale went for a 2-base 6-gate push around the 8-minute mark with around 5 sentries.
Polt had two bunkers, and he scouted the incoming attack in the last second and was able to position all his SCVs correctly and also get a 3rd bunker up.
Finale decided to try and break him anyway, and he took out two of the bunkers, but his army was crushed and as stim finished for
Polt the attack was absolutely denied.
From there
Polt was far ahead, but
Finale tried to transitioned into a longer game while getting DTs.
Polt moved out when he had a bunch of medivacs and
Finale was able to hold on a bit with his DTs, but
Polt just kept sending units and eventually
Finale was forced to GG.
Polt vs. Finale = 2 - 1
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Polt defends perfectly against Finale's big attack |
Parting and Polt advanced to the round of 16!
Finale and TaeJa is knocked down to code A!
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Polt is a happy dude as he secures himself a spot in the RO 16 |
All in all some pretty surprising results as TaeJa was probably the favourite going into the group, but ended up finishing in last place.
Parting on the other hand showed some really dominating play and is definitely looking like a protoss contender to take this season.