Official GATT SC2 Replay Channel

[TriniXaeno]

Like phoenix said, not as much time to craft like you, else there would be many more replays but here's my last 1v1 replay vs zerg.

Antimage as always. (Note Antimage himself does his wall with the zealot, but I prefer cannons, everything else is his strat)

[Mez]

nah nah lol is Wyatt brand dem.. not me sah. lol Everytime he say Korean, I do sumn Diff.. and he wah know wda I doing.

[TriniXaeno]

lol, your korean is the most exotic thing ever yes.

but it still can't beat crixx "I going air" strat.

Man proceed to pump zealots like mad and about 20 mins later, carriers. Talk about taking creative license.

Oh and I just re-watched that zerg replay, note I did a little experiment in the middle of the game.

Antimage calls for a counter build after the vray assault. So you should be rushing colossi to deal with the anticipated hydras. I decided to try pushing some zeals with vray support to see if that could handle the roach/hydras.

didn't work....so then reverted to the normal antimage strat (which in his is expert guidance, is +1 colossi in a bungle. (which usually does the trick and it did)

[Mez]

yow.. FUCK ZERG. seriously. i played10 games, 8 were zerg. What the fuck man its getting outta hand.

[phoenix31tt]

once u winning them.. its all good...

and i figure i will try that anti-mage build.. since my overpowered zealot rush was nerfed lol

[TriniXaeno]

Lol, yeah that zealot nerf has seriously slowed down the korean and its effectiveness

[Mez]

Btw I on a 2-3 week hiatus. Laptop gone to be refurbished and zerg is overwhelmingly OP.

[Killa]

Op zerg op zerg!
i doh see how u could call zerg op when professionals who getting paid to play race changing in fear of them losing their sponsorship.
is so much effort and attention to play zerg and not slip up

[phoenix31tt]

Op zerg op zerg!
i doh see how u could call zerg op when professionals who getting paid to play race changing in fear of them losing their sponsorship.
is so much effort and attention to play zerg and not slip up

i actually agree with that.. zerg has the lease room for errors imo.. hmm.. but still.. once they get a few solid minutes into the game... is game over ...

i know my major problem is not being able to read zerg plays

[TriniXaeno]

well I understand where mez is coming from. Not everyone on pro level so what imba for a man in the top 10,000 players in the world might be chicken feed for a man in the top 1000.

I usually kill zerg thanks to antimage so I don't think they are imba.

More afraid of Terran.

Yet mez handles terran like food. Go figure.

[phoenix31tt]

OK little PvZ replay

one way colossus could be used... u really need units up front to soak up damage whiles d col work them from a distance

the guy fast expanded... i mini contained... kept testing him until i was confident to finish him

[Mez]

Ent.. My antimage forget to get manaburn cause it weeek. I so upset I hadda post this from meh bb

[Mez]

You have to be kidding. Zerg are the most versatile race in the game! With properoverlord placement they can scout and produce the counters for anything the protoss come with.

[TriniXaeno]

lol @ no mana burn

You're right about the zerg being versatile and that's what makes the antimage so effective....it uses that very fact against zerg.

They see the void ray and build to counter it.....and you (anticipating that) build to counter their counter. GG

It's simple in theory and effective in game.

When your laptop coming back boy mez?

lemme check out phoenix replay in de meanwhile

[TriniXaeno]

boy phoenix, I ain't know what happen to that zerg nuh. The man was mineral poor for the whole match.

Mining from his main with only 10 drones. wtf???

Is that some sort of sick zerg self imposed handicap to make the game more challenging? lol

He didn't play like a noob (save for the unsaturated mineral line) so maybe you just scared him into forgetting eco with zeal/goon/stalker pressure.

gg

[phoenix31tt]

yeah.. .that make it possible for my one base to be on par with his 2...

i really think he was growin scared and just tryin to come up with an army to break my map control lol...

[Mez]

10-14business days from tuesday...

[TriniXaeno]

Well I have touted the antimage as a zerg killer but here are a few replays with me using it against terran and toss with some success.

a bit scrappy but the premise is the same.

As a recap (for those joining us for the first time)

The Antimage is an anti-zerg build developed by a diamond player who goes by the name of (you guessed it) Antimage.

Rush stargate (pylon on 9, gateway on 10, gas on 13,  second gas on 15, 18 cybernetics, stargate as soon as you hit 150 gas...)
Once you've got the stargate, proceed to pump one or two vrays.
Harass the zerg.
This usually prompts an investment in spore (which reduces the number of drones on eco) as well as an evo chamber and either hydras or mutas. If you are lucky, the opponent will over commit on anti air.
While zerg is transitioning, you FE (fast expand) and attempt to counter with the appropriate units.
Colossi for the Hydra or stalker/sentry for the muta. +1 attack is essential.

A bait and switch basically.

Its usually a walk in the park when they go hydra as the colossi are an amazing counter unit. Not so easy when they opt for Muta as their mobility can be a real problem for stalkers/sentries to keep pace. Best idea is to put extreme pressure on the zerg bases to keep the mutas home defending and try to wreak havock on his eco/buildings. 12 zeals can do serious damage before they die even with a few mutas attacking them.

Noteworthy deviations in my execution are as follows:

1) Inserted a forge into the build order (at about 12 food) and completely sealed off the base as opposed to the zeal choke. Its noob but works.

2) My FE isn't at the natural but at a random spot on the map (Risky and antimage will probably turn in his bed)

3) I prefer to proxy the stargate and hide it instead of putting it into plain view to force the counter from the get go. This gives the build a little more sting, as you can sometimes catch the opponent off guard and defeat them with a surprise vray at the 6 minute mark. This is a strat made popular by whitera and emo and works well when integrated with the antimage. As you can afford to lose the stargate once the two vrays are out. it's a bait and switch after all. If however, the two vrays are doing damage and the opponent seems unprepared, squeeze out another vray or two and go for the jugular.

OK, so thats the antimage.

Repurposed now against Toss and Terran.

Naturally, the typical toss response to vrays is mass stalker. To which you respond with mass immortals.
Likewise, Terran will either mass marines (colossi deals with that) or valkries (gate units are your answer)

and without further adieu, the replays:

[MessiaaH]

Ok, like ive been ranting and raving in d main sc2 thread, i hate fightin zerg, love fightin terran.

here are 2 games where i enjoy mehself fightin terran. plenty different strats coming out from terran, game feels dynamic.

Zerg, yuh play to counter ah build and dies it.

Anyways, here are 2 terran games ah run.

[TriniXaeno]

wow, messiaah  you playing that toss like if is zerg yes.

macro macro and more macro.

Have to try that