IEM Cologne was packed with great games. Polt’s performance was astonishing, and really showed his intelligence. Specifically, his tactical reaction to the literally most hated TvP build blink Stalkers build has the potential to shake the metagame.
There is prominent trend that Terran favor upgrade in their macro oriented builds for TvP. 6/7 of the TvP match ups that use a Reaper opening (any variation) opt for early upgrade (except Flash vs. Sora). This is no coincidence.
PartinG’s build against Flash yesterday on Proleague was crazily good. I cannot give analysis of the same depth as what I usually do with Terran builds, but I will try to share why PartinG’s build is good from a Terran perspective.
The new season has kicked off with Proleague and a proposed balance test map. The production of Proleague looks very promising, while the proposed balance test map seems to move in the right direction. I will give my thoughts on the proposed changes.
Given the current state of TvP, the Terran community will scrutinize any innovation that may give new hope in the match up. Bomber’s bio and Hellbat aggressive play against PartinG is the most recent innovation out there. While many are interested in the actual build, I want to discuss other key aspects of the build.
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