{"id":809,"date":"2015-05-14T22:46:06","date_gmt":"2015-05-15T05:46:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.spawningtool.com\/?p=809"},"modified":"2015-05-14T22:46:06","modified_gmt":"2015-05-15T05:46:06","slug":"featured-replay-of-the-week-marus-proxy-marauder-into-bio-tank","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/blog.spawningtool.com\/?p=809","title":{"rendered":"Featured Replay of the Week: Maru&#8217;s Proxy Marauder into Bio Tank"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/spawningtool.com\/22030\/\">View this replay on Spawning Tool<\/a><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"[SSL 2015] Maru vs Dream Grand Final Set2 -EsportsTV, Starcraft 2\" width=\"584\" height=\"329\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/SF_gGTB_36s?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Game 2. Overgrowth. Grand Finals. What do you expect Maru to do? Proxy of course. Maru goes for a proxy marauder. He places it right below Dream&#8217;s base, because he expects dream&#8217;s reaper to go scout to the his third, then go to Maru&#8217;s base (which would then make his barracks unscouted). These type of attempted mindgames only take place in matches where the players know each other very well.<\/p>\n<p>After dream scouts the proxy marauder, he makes the choice to send his reaper to Maru&#8217;s base instead of using it to defend. This choice would let him get scv kills, while still defending his own base by pulling scvs.<\/p>\n<p>Maru ends up getting a surround on the reaper which potentially saves this game for him. He had no units on his own side of the map, so this reaper could have been game ending.<\/p>\n<p>After the multitasking dies down, maru goes 3cc! In units, he has a hellion, reaper, and a marauder to defend against any aggression that Dream would throw at him. This is the definition of greed, which is not usually Maru&#8217;s play style. He is usually the one multitasking the opponent and constantly applying pressure.<\/p>\n<p>One of the more impressive things in this game is how Maru defended against Dream&#8217;s medivac drop at ~ 7:00. His micro is top notch. The fact that he defended this aggression so well means that he can get away with his 3cc. Dream&#8217;s followup banshee also gets deflected by a hidden widow mine!<\/p>\n<p>The game evens up after Dream gets 8 scvs in a sneaky double medivac drop as Maru moves his army out onto the map. In order to kill just a little more scvs, he does not attack with his marines until he is on top of the mineral line.<\/p>\n<p>Maru actually forgets combat shields and does not have it researched until ~17:00. Dream did not capitalize on this though.<\/p>\n<p>At around the 18 minute mark, dream sneaks about 30 marines into Maru&#8217;s natural and ends up killing a command center. This forces Maru into a counter attack which kills dreams 3rd command center.<\/p>\n<p>These guys are trading blow for blow in the mid-game. They both managed to get maxed by the 16 minute mark, but end up at 100 supply each at the 19 minute mark.<\/p>\n<p>Maru who still has an army advantage and the air advantage closes in and forces Dream into a contain. With great siege tank placement he manages to stop the mining at the natural and forces dream to try something crazy.<\/p>\n<p>Dream ends up trying for a surround by dropping marines behind Maru&#8217;s army then attacking with both halves. It almost works, because he has a slight upgrade advantage, but Maru&#8217;s medivac count is what saves him. Who would have thought this all started with a scouted proxy marauder? Well, I guess Maru would have ;P<\/p>\n<p>-Morn_sc<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><a href=\"http:\/\/spawningtool.com\/22030\/\">TvT Maru&#8217;s Proxy Marauder into Bio Tank<\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>10 1:00 Supply Depot (send your proxy SCV at the same time)<\/li>\n<li>11 1:38 Barracks<\/li>\n<li>13 1:54 Refinery<\/li>\n<li>16 2:43 Barracks Tech Lab<\/li>\n<li>16 2:55 Orbital Command<\/li>\n<li>16 3:03 Supply Depot<\/li>\n<li>16 3:08 Marauder<\/li>\n<li>21 3:50 Reaper (defensive)<\/li>\n<li>21 4:29 Factory<\/li>\n<li>21 4:57 Command Center<\/li>\n<li>23 5:33 Starport<\/li>\n<li>24 5:49 Command Center<\/li>\n<li>25 5:56 Supply Depot<\/li>\n<li>25 6:04 Engineering Bay<\/li>\n<li>26 6:21 Hellion<\/li>\n<li>26 6:26 Viking<\/li>\n<li>26 6:29 Engineering Bay<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>View this replay on Spawning Tool Game 2. Overgrowth. Grand Finals. What do you expect Maru to do? Proxy of course. Maru goes for a proxy marauder. 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