Bomber conquers MLG Raleigh

StarTale's Bomber emerged as the MLG Raleigh Champion by defeating Slayers_Coca 4-1 in an extended series final. The talented terran will bring home the precious trophy and $5,000 of prize money and promised he will return for the next MLG in Orlando.

Bomber entered the grand final with a 2-0 lead due to the extended series rule but lost the first set on Metalopolis after he could not survive Coca's endless swarms of banelings and mutas, streaming from both sides and surrounding his army times and times again. Coca continued to further display his skill in the second set, exploiting huge mistakes by Bomber - like bad tank positioning and undefended tech labs - to gain a huge lead but suddenly he was pierced by multiple marine attacks. Coca lost two of his bases and Bomber caught up in supply and with a final push the score was 3-1.

In the final set, Coca tried to break the terran with roach/baneling after defending his bunker rush but Bomber had too much of everything - marines, tanks and bunkers. After his spawning pool died to a marine drop and his desperate counter-attack failed, Coca tapped out, making ST_Bomber the MLG Raleigh champion.

Once again, the final standing were colored with Korean flags, taking top 6 in the tournament. The only foreigners that made it to the top 8 were EG's newest member HuK and Dignitas' Sjow.

MLG Raleigh Top 8
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