The KZ team is now probably ranked in the top three among the 16 domestic teams.
The main reason is that in addition to the two Korean players in the team who have first-line strength, Time, as a national player, also has the ability to compete with Korean players from other teams.
Unlike other national players from other teams, they basically get paid for free.
So for regular season games, formation is very important.
However, neither side has any way of knowing in advance what their opponent's lineup will be. It all depends on the game before the game.
One of the great charms of the game StarCraft lies in the strength of a player, which does not mean that all confrontations are on the same level.
For example, if a player is from the human race, he is sure that the human race will be the best when beating the human race and the protoss, but he will be a little less good when beating the Zerg race.
Depend on your own playing style.
Gao Ran knows his random play style very well. As long as he faces the Protoss, it will be difficult to lose.
"God Killer".
He is a random player and has a great impact on the Protoss opponents. Other races can scout first and then consider tactics.
However, the first crystal of the Protoss to defeat the Zerg must be placed under the second mine, otherwise the Zerg will have more troops and greater mobility in the early stage.
The Gods couldn't defend themselves without blocking their mouths.
There is no need to fight against Terrans or Zerg.
But precisely because Gao Ran is a random race, the Protoss must put the first crystal under the second mine because he does not dare to bet on the opponent's race.
Otherwise, once the opponent is a Zerg, you don't need to do anything, and you can easily bite the opponent to death with a dog.
but……
If the Protoss puts down this second mineral crystal, and if the opponent is not the Zerg, but the Human Race and the Protoss, it will be very difficult for this side...
The terrain will directly affect the deployment of the Protoss formation, and it will be difficult to defend in front of the second mine.
This is also the fundamental reason why Dear, the Korean protoss player in KZ, has almost no chance of winning against Gao Ran.
In addition, Gao Ran's basic skills and strength are already at the top, so he has no chance.
However, when it comes to the first round of the league, KZ is still very confident. Even if it is difficult to beat the high-burning team, they can just play well in the other two games.
Dream's two newcomers don't seem to be very strong.
All three of them are among the top 30 players in the world.
…
The first opening game of the first round of the 2023 StarCraft 2 Golden League Spring Regular Season regular season!
In the official live broadcast room of the Golden League, Brother Huang and Brother Sun sat on the commentary table seriously.
Although it is an online match, it is on an official channel. The two commentators must be a little more formal and no longer use a chatty tone.
"Today is the first day of the first round of the Golden League regular season. Today our main stage will broadcast three games: Dream vs. KZ, DPG vs. BSG, and CSC vs. IG."
"There are live broadcasts of 4 games on the sub-stage."
"The opening match of the first round is between Dream, which just joined the Golden League this season, and KZ."
"I believe this confrontation should be the most topical game."
"First let's introduce the players on both sides."
"Everyone is familiar with the members of the KZ team. Time, a human player, ranked 27th in the world, innovation, satellite, a human player, ranked 15th in the world, Dear, parent, a god player, ranked 25th in the world."
"Dream on the other side, the player everyone is most concerned about, Gao Ran, is still a random player."
"The other two players are all newcomers. Jq, the Zerg player, Fox, the Protoss player, and Dream's three players are not ranked in the world."
"Yes, judging from their strength, to be honest, Dream probably has little chance of defeating the KZ team."
Brother Sun also said seriously that if it is another team and the lineup is good, there may be a slight chance for a newcomer from Dream to meet a national player from another team.
However, KZ’s national players are the strongest, and the three members of the entire team are relatively average in strength.
"The main thing is to watch the high-profile debut."
"It's very important to look at the formations of both sides."
"Whoa!"
"The first high-energy match against Satellite."
"The second game Jq vs. Dear."
"Game 3 Fox vs. Time."
When seeing this matchup, all StarCraft fans became excited and went up against Satellite!
This is a direct battle between the ace players on both sides!
“This is Gao Ran’s first time meeting top Korean players in an official competition!”
Brother Huang was also a little excited. When Gao Ran first became famous, he had only encountered one master, Time.
It is definitely not convincing enough to say it now, and now it is directly against innovation, which is ranked 15th in the world!
When Weixing saw this formation, he was also a little excited from the bottom of his heart. He was more willing to fight Gao Ran than to fight the other two "chickens" of Dream.
Although Gao Ran was beaten for several games in the training match, the performance of both sides in the official match was not directly proportional to that in training.
In the KZ team, Dear is defeated by Gao Ran, and Time cannot beat Gao Ran. Only Satellite can compete with him.
Gao Ran adjusted the equipment, took a deep breath, and entered the console under the watchful eyes of two newcomers, Fox and Jq.
The two newcomers will also stay behind Gao Ran to learn Gao Ran's operations and fighting methods.
"Let's have a look."
Gao Ran and Satellite enter the competition room.
After confirming that the preparations are complete, you enter the game interface.
…
"The game begins!"
"The person born in the lower left corner of the map is Dream's random player Fire. This game is randomly assigned to the Protoss."
"Those born at three o'clock on the upper right are 'Lu Bu' innovations!"
"When the satellite comes up, we should still conduct reconnaissance to confirm the opponent's race."
"The high-burning side is open normally, wait and see if there are any wild things."
Brother Sun explained.
Sure enough, Gao Ran put down the barracks normally and controlled the core and the second mine. It was a normal start. It mainly depends on Gao Ran's subsequent tactical choices.
The satellite on the other side came directly to explore the way, saw the second base of the Protoss, and also knew about the high-burning race.
His confidence in fighting the Gods is relatively strong.
"The satellite came out first with two gods of death and one train."
"I want to use some tricks!"
"This high-spirited apostle has suffered terribly."
Brother Huang shouted regretfully, the high-burning apostle floated directly to the second base of the satellite, and the god of death and the train hidden in the satellite came out of the shadows at the same time!
Double-team this lonely apostle directly!
However, Gao Ran's response is very fast, he can directly switch back to the base and spend the base energy to return to the city.
Send the remaining blood apostle home!
"ah?"
"He's not dead?"
Brother Huang wondered if it was his own problem...
"The focus of this wave of high-burning reasoning is on the apostle. It is not easy to die, but the reaction is really fast. If you are slow by 1 second, you will die."
In a confrontation between masters, the advantages are accumulated through small operations. It is possible that because you have two fewer soldiers on the front, you will lose several rounds of key output.
"The main thing is to see how Gao Ran started, with two hunting defenses."
"There should be no chance of satellite backpressure."