Flash did it again, conquering a pantheon of players like Leta, Hydra and now Zero to claim his third MSL title. The "Ultimate Weapon" crushed the Woongjin Stars Zerg with a perfect 3-0 score to grab the gold and find himself equal to players like Nada, iloveoov, Savior and Bisu who share the same amount of MSL victories.
In the opening set on Monte Cristo Flash went for a Valkyrie build to hard counter Zero's mutalisks but as his Armory and Starport got scouted, the terran had to take swift actions. He pushed Zero's third with whatever marine/medic army he had (not excessively large) but managed to break through the line of Sunken Colonies thanks to his Valkiries which took care of Zero's fliers. As the third died, the Zerg typed the gg.
On La Mancha, Flash went for bio opening but as he pushed Zero's third he took the attacker advantage to comfortably switch to pure mech. Zero reacted as best as he can by starting Hydra and Queen production but even though he managed to clear a part of the tank contain with broodlings, the constant pressure and Flash's impeccable macro forced him to surrender the second set as well.
The final set on Circuit Breaker was an amalgam of the previous two. Flash once again opened Valkyries and slowly transitioned to mech out of his initial M&M. After the third of Zero fell to his bio force, Flash went for a similar and just as unbreakable tank contain. Zero's attempts to break out with Dark Swarm and waves of Zerglings were not at all successful and as his supply dwindled, the Woongjin player had to gg out for a third time this day.
In a post-final interview, Flash said that although he had examined the style of play of Woongjin Zergs, his play that night was tailored to meet Zero alone. He commentated that he actually "brainstormed to come up with the most unorthodox builds" and this is one of the reasons why Zero could not respond to his best.
Flash also takes the time to comment on the Proleague, his future matches in it and the change of venue for the grand final to Shanghai, China.
- "To be honest, when I first heard it I wasn’t all that happy. I first worried about the fans, as I had expected they are immensely disappointed(chuckels). I’m sure Kespa has a big plan for it. I hope fans won’t get too critical of Kespa. I think Kespa is just trying to come up with new ideas to make e-sports better," said the MSL champion.
Read the full interview by following the link below.
Links
Fomos.kr - Source
Youtube.com - VODs
