Feature: GGLastShadow Takes Down HongUnPrime in NA ZOTAC Cup #8

The first game of their match was played on Tal'Darim Altar. The map must have made HongUn feel quite comfortable as he went for a 1gate fast expand, but LastShadow had other ideas of how to play this map. He would put down two Barracks in the middle of the map which stayed hidden until HongUn put his scouting Probe at one of the watch towers. By the time HongUn discovered the proxy barracks it was too late, a Marauder was already on its way to HongUn's natural.




HongUn's scouting path worked very well for LastShadow since HongUn had scouted clock-wise, which gave LastShadow all the time in the world to produce his Marauders without interference. By the time HongUn had realized what was going on, it was too late as his 1gate FE had made him very vulnerable to LastShadow's proxy rush.

After a bit of fighting and microing with Probes, HongUn was forced to GG.










Game two was played on Shakuras Plateau and a macro game ensued. No cheese from either player as both of them took early expansions. HongUn did a fast expand into 4gate which has become quite popular on the Korean server.


LastShadow barely defended the macro push as HongUn pushed with a sizable force and even warped in Zealots on the high ground at LastShadow's natural. The offence from HongUn lasted quite a while, but he could not break LastShadow's defences. LastShadow attempted to retaliate by elevatoring up into HongUn's main, but HongUn was ready and LastShadow lost a handful of units as they were forcefield against a cliff and obliterated.

The game went back and forth as the two players attempted to gain an advantage over the other. It came down to a final battle in the center of the map where LastShadow ended up the victor. LastShadow would go up 2-0.




The third game of the match was played on Metalopolis. Being down 2-0 HongUn would have to take three wins in a row to make a come back. With the match on the line, HongUn went 4gate against LastShadow. However, with a timely scan into HongUn's base to find the 4gate in progress. Seeing four Gateways turn into Warpgates, LastShadow quickly put up almost half a dozen bunkers to fight off the rush.



HongUn waited until his hallucination was finished researching and then attacked with a massive force of tier 1 units with half a dozen hallucinated Archons. Despite the large meat shields in front of his army, HongUn was unable to break LastShadow's Bunker Defence and gg'd after his failed 4gate. LastShadow took the match 3-0 against the Korean Protoss.