The new 15/16 Reaper expand Cyclone opening is the new standard macro opening in the Terran mirror match up. I will discuss how the metagame shapes this opening, and why it goes against the conventional knowledge of TvT.
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TvZ: INnoVation’s Hellion and Cyclone Mech
INnoVation’s victory over Dark using a new mech style with Hellion and Cyclone has definitely got everyone talking about it. I will discuss how it works and some of the key defining features.
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TvT: Double Refinery Reaper Cyclone
The Reaper Cyclone opening is considered to be the meta-defining opening in patch 3.8 TvT now with INnoVation having an absurd win rate using it. I will break down the opening and discuss INnoVation’s follow up build.
TvP: Patch 3.8 Early Look
The IEM Gyeonggi qualifier is the only notable tournament that uses the new patch 3.8 to this date. I have looked through the vods for the TvP match up, and there are some interesting trends.
Revolution of Cyclone
Cyclone is not the first unit to come to mind when you think about how the new Legacy of the Void units change the game, but this unit has been in the spotlight in some recent games. Incidentally, these new styles coincide with the announcement of the proposed balance changes, and I want discuss how that may revolutionalise the role of the unit.
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