With two replay packs from major tournaments landing in our laps this past week, we from the "Replays of the Week" crew knew that today's episode will be an easy write up.
Praise the lord, as that's not how it usually goes...
1. Moon vs SortOf
Not many ZvZs go past the 10th minute mark without transitioning into tedious roach wars. Pissed at the meta game (or just because he likes to be that one player with the insane playstyle), Moon goes pure infestor with ling support - and yes, you are reading this right - to humiliate SortOf's attempts to break him with roaches, ending up having 26 casters at one point of time...
2. Taeja vs HerO
After letting HerO sneak a proxy robo under his nose, Taeja finds himself contained with a shiny and twice as beefy protoss army at his gates. As immortals and sentries start pouring in, Liquid's terran appears doomed until with his dying breath he sends eight brave marines in a medivac towards the protoss base.
One less marine in there and it would've been filmed into a timeless classic.
3. HyuN vs Bly
The reason this replay is here might lie in me being tired of my hatch first dying to a ten pool on the ladder; or because HyuN's treatise on early-game ZvZ defense was flawless; or because Contaminate is as rare as a white sparrow nowadays.
In any case, "Weekly Cup King" HyuN deserves to be here!
4. LastShadow vs MC
When LastShadow suddenly snaps and decides to fairly accurately impersonate Thorzain by going mass thors in TvP, MC immediately goes for what sounds like the logical counter: immortals and void rays. He is quickly reminded that thors are more than just a hold position unit.
5. Tarson vs HyuN
Ever wonder how you can go 15 minutes in TvZ without a single tank? Tarson shows us the way, opening with a hellion/thor/banshee build, immediately switching to defensive posture once the initial damage is done to fend off HyuN's seemingly unending roach waves.
Despite lacking the apparent flamboyance of Moon vs SortOf or LastShadow vs MC, this game has some hidden grace nevertheless.
Seen all five replays already or simply feeling tired of commenting on IPL TAC 3 Grand Finals on /r/starcraft? Go over to our Replay Section and treat yourself to some high level StarCraft presents. Who knows,
Just in case you don't have too much time to spare, let us give you a guiding hand and point you to the replay packs from Assembly Summer and Homestory Cup V.
