Day9

  • Day[9] Daily #597 - Innovation's TvP Hellbat style

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    In the recent WCS, Innovation blew everyone's mind with his remarkably strong Hellbat/Marauder composition in TvP. It's an exceptional way to overrun the Protoss player in the midgame, and we're going to see all the ways that innovation does so!

  • Day[9] Daily #595 - Stephano's Stupid ZvP Style

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    Welp. Today's daily marks an unusual departure from my usual enthusiasm. I love new strategies. Say... 99% of them... but this one hurts my very soul. It violates that which is Zerg. It is NOT THE SWARM.

  • Day[9] Daily #594 - LucifroN vs ForGG - WCS Ro8

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    The core concept of today's daily is ADJUSTMENT! We don't wanna change our play completely, we simply want to adjust it! To examine this, we watch every single game in the LucifroN vs ForGG from WCS EU Ro8. Although the ...

  • Day[9] Daily #593 - Hero vs Ryung WCS America

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    We'll be looking at the WCS Ro4 matches between LiquidHero and AxRyung! We've been seeing a rise of HELLBAT BASED COMPOSITIONS LATELY (lulz innovation), so we're going to take a cursory look at it today. We'll talk about

  • Day[9] Daily #589 - State's safe fast 2base PvP

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    Today we actually are NOT going to look at WCS games!! MWAHAHAHA! Instead, we're going to be looking at two games from State's PvP semifinal match from SHOUTCraft America. In these games, we'll see an extremely safe fast 1gate expand ...

  • Day[9] Daily #586 - GuMiho TvP Marine Tank builds!

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    Normally we see either mech OR bio in TvP. But, in today's daily, we'll explore GuMiho's unusual reliance on tanks AND marines in the TvP matchup! Specifically

  • Day[9] Daily #585 - Naniwa PvZ 2 base plays

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    Today's topic is simple: Naniwa hit the finals of DreamHack Stockholm with some amazing 2base plays, some allins, some not. We're going to analyze some short games so that we can steal all his gosuness :].

  • Day[9] Daily #583 - DeMusliM Fast +1 Attack TvP strategy

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    In today's daily, we're going to see a nice, clean little opening that many Terrans are trying on versus Protoss: a very fast +1 attack upgrade that allows for some swift timing pushes! In this daily we will see

  • Day[9] Daily #582 - Sage vs Mutas PvZ

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    In today's daily we're going to watch an HOUR LONG PvZ game from the recent ROOT-Gaming replay pack. In this game, Sage battles for an extended period of time versus mutas WHILE behind! We're going to see how he gathers ...

  • Day[9] Daily #579 - LiquidHero PvZ crazy epic!

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    In the fashion similar to yesterday, we'll look at HerO's attacking oriented PvZ style! :D Part 1 Part 2 Part 3

  • Day[9] Daily #578 - LiquidHero epic wtf PvT style

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    Ok so wtf. We're going to look at LiquidHero be an utter psychopath with crazy attack timings, transitions, and other assorted glory in the PvT matchup. Despite the insanity, we'll do our best to analyze why it's awesome!

  • Day[9] Daily #577 - Feast's clever PvZ build

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    Though this game is fairly short, it showcases a very difficult to defend, but brilliant build from Feast. We'll go through this game more than once to fully admire the cleverness that is Feast's opening! In particular

  • Day[9] Daily #576 - Tempest Funday Monday !

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    In today's Funday Monday, submit to me your most awesome Tempest based comebacks, wins, and fails! Part 1 Part 2 Part 3

  • Day[9] Daily #575 - Terran Hellbat/Mech vs Protoss

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    Mech is generally considered to be a "too slow" alternative to standard bio + medivac play. However, in the recent EU WCS qualifiers, we saw a surge of a hellbat centered TvP style. With aggressive pushing, drops a plenty, and ...

  • Day[9] Daily #571 - MMA vs Sage

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    Today we look at two fantastic games between MMA and Sage from the Teamstory cup! In today's daily, we will do the following Yahoo! Part 1 Part 2

  • Day[9] Daily #570 - Winning Late Game ZvP

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    Many Zergs are struggling with ultra late game ZvP. Protoss armies seem unstoppable with voidrays, archons, tempests, storm, colossi, and more. However, in ROOTCatZ's own words, late game ZvP greatly favors Zerg so long as the Zerg poises himself properly ...

  • Day[9] Daily #569 - PandaTank vs Nightend

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    We'll be looking at two neato PvP games between these strong foreign players! Part 1 Part 2 Part 3

  • Day[9] Daily #563 - Grubby vs cKiLLeR

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    In this game, we see a back and forth ZvP on StarStation between the ground force of Grubby and Muta/ling force of KiLLeR. We'll see not only some of the considerations for HotS modern ZvP openings, but also what to ...

  • MLG Winter Championship Day 3 in reply to MLG Winter Championship by Riuna

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    The Winter Championship in Dallas, Texas, from March 15-17 will include 32 of the world’s best will compete in a StarCraft II: Heart of the Swarm exhibition tournament just days after the game is released. 28 players who win their ...

  • MLG Winter Championship Day 2 in reply to MLG Winter Championship by Riuna

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    The Winter Championship in Dallas, Texas, from March 15-17 will include 32 of the world’s best will compete in a StarCraft II: Heart of the Swarm exhibition tournament just days after the game is released. 28 players who win their ...